US11034582B2
The present invention provides a cold plasma ozone generator, comprising: an inlet gas port; at least one in-electrode, said in-electrode having a plurality of holes substantially at a perimeter of the same; said plurality of perimeter holes are in fluid communication with said inlet gas port, said plurality of perimeter holes configured to allow said dry gas to pass therethrough; at least one out-electrode, said out-electrode having at least one hole at the center of the same, said at least one hole configured to allow gas to pass therethrough; said in-electrode and said out-electrode configured to maintain said high voltage AC therebetween; at least one spacer between said in-electrode and said out-electrode, said spacer configured to maintain a constant-width gap between said in-electrode and said out-electrode; an outlet port.
US11034578B2
A multi-layer sealing film for high seal yield is provided. In some embodiments, a substrate comprises a vent opening extending through the substrate, from an upper side of the substrate to a lower side of the substrate. The upper side of the substrate has a first pressure, and the lower side of the substrate has a second pressure different than the first pressure. The multi-layer sealing film covers and seals the vent opening to prevent the first pressure from equalizing with the second pressure through the vent opening. Further, the multi-layer sealing film comprises a pair of metal layers and a barrier layer sandwiched between metal layers. Also provided is a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) package comprising the multilayer sealing film, and a method for manufacturing the multi-layer sealing film.
US11034569B2
Systems and devices for cooling and dispensing a beverage fluid are disclosed herein. One beverage dispensing system includes a beverage tower comprising a tower body, a shank, and a faucet. In some implementations, a coolant line is routed proximal to a beverage supply line through the tower body, through the shank, and into the faucet. In these and other implementations, the faucet includes a removable nozzle having a supplemental portion of the coolant line. In these and still other implementations, the faucet include a removable nozzle having a second coolant line. The coolant line and the second coolant line are configured to transport a coolant medium proximal to a beverage fluid in the beverage supply line to maintain or adjust the temperature of the beverage fluid. Many other features are described herein.
US11034567B2
A spirit dispenser that includes a cabinet that includes a back panel facing an interior of the cabinet, and a plurality of shelves, each shelf being able to support thereon a plurality of spirit containers; at least one spirit dispenser system integrated with the cabinet; and a plurality of pumps residing on an interior surface of the pack panel of the cabinet, each pump being connected to a first tube that includes a tap connector configured for connection to a tap of a spirit container supportable on one of the shelves of the cabinet, and a second tube that is connected to the spirit dispenser.
US11034562B2
A modular powered hoist design comprises: 1) a multifunctional baseplate, which forms a foundation of the powered hoist design and comprises part of a guide system for a lifting media, and 2) an integrated lift/guide assembly, securing a liftwheel therein, that is attachable to the baseplate through attachment features formed within the baseplate. Embodiments allow for different components of a powered hoist to be interchanged in the case of material incompatibility or to provide higher guide performance (such as accommodating different safety factors). Moreover, in manufacturing, embodiments allow for the use of overlapping product parts across different powered hoist product designs, thereby reducing overhead-related costs.
US11034556B2
Methods and systems for monitoring at least one crane, preferably two or more cranes, in particular revolving tower cranes, on a construction site, wherein one or more optical detection means are provided, and wherein a collision monitoring unit analyzes the recorded optical data to recognize a possible collision between at least one crane and one further crane and/or another projecting edge.
US11034547B2
An elevator system may comprise a vertical guide rail, a horizontal guide rail, a shaft relative to which at least one of the first or second guide rail is kept stationary, a rotatable rail segment, a car that is movable along the guide rails and switchable between the first and second guide rails via the rail segment, and locking devices configured to selectively secure an orientation of the car and/or the rail segment. A method for operating the elevator system may involve positioning the car into a transfer position on the rail segment while the rotatable rail segment is aligned with the first guide rail, rotating the rail segment into alignment with the second rail segment whereby movement of the rail segment is braked by a rotary brake, and securing the rotational position of the rail segment relative to the shaft with one of the locking devices.
US11034546B2
An illustrative example elevator governor includes at least one flyweight configured to move a first distance between an initial position corresponding to a zero speed condition and an activation position corresponding to an elevator speed that reaches a predefined threshold. A biasing member biases the at least one flyweight toward the initial position. The biasing member is configured to allow the at least one flyweight to reach the activation position when the elevator speed reaches the predefined threshold. A flyweight position member sets a rest position of the at least one flyweight in the zero speed condition that is between the initial position and the activation position. A range of motion of the at least one flyweight is limited to a second, shorter distance between the rest position and the activation position.
US11034544B2
An elevator installation may include at least one car that is displaceable in an elevator shaft; a first supply unit for supplying the car with energy, material, and/or data; and an interchange arrangement for interchanging the first supply unit to the car whereby the first supply unit is removed from or attached to the car during ongoing operation of the elevator installation. The interchange arrangement may be configured to remove and/or attached one or more supply units from the car during a regular door-opening cycle where the car stops at a floor of a building in which the elevator installation is installed. A duration of time required to remove the first supply unit from the car, or alternatively add the first supply unit to the car, is less than a duration of time required for a regular door-opening cycle.
US11034543B2
An apparatus for applying elastics to a running web including a crank and arm, the arm arranged to reciprocate from side to side during use and having a laydown carriage carried on the arm, the laydown carriage including at least one eyelet arranged to support an elastic strand, the assembly further including a shoe guide.
US11034536B2
A card flipper includes a frame, a receptacle, and a motor. The receptacle is supported by the frame for a rotation about a flipping axis. The receptacle is configured to support a card in a support plane and receive and discharge cards along a card feed axis. The motor is configured to drive rotation of the receptacle, the support plane and the card feed axis about the flipping axis. The flipping axis is oblique to the card feed axis and is displaced from the support plane.
US11034532B2
A picking device and method for increasing the through-put of picking an order from a storage container into an order container. The picking device includes a mobile platform capable to travel along a guide rail and a robotic gripping arm. The mobile platform includes a receiving location for each of a storage container and an order container, which are both reachable by the robotic gripping arm. The robotic gripping arm is actuated by a platform-supported image acquisition and evaluation unit and by a platform-supported controller.
US11034528B2
A workpiece holding jig including a base member conveyed by a linear guide and at least one pair of holding pieces arranged on the base member in the direction crossing the conveying direction of the linear guide. Each of the at least one pair of holding pieces includes a workpiece holding portion that fits or contacts with the outer peripheral surface of a workpiece located between the at least one pair of holding pieces to prevent the workpiece from slanting or becoming misaligned during the conveyance. At least one of holding pieces in the at least one pair of holding pieces is movable in the direction away from the other.
US11034524B2
A roller conveyor system configured for installation on top of a mobile robot to provide robotic transport of a payload includes: a roller conveyor, the roller conveyor comprising: a roller assembly, the roller assembly comprising a plurality of rollers, the rollers configured to move a payload, each of the rollers being configured to rotate, the roller assembly comprising a motorized roller and one or more auxiliary rollers, the motorized roller comprising a motor configured to cause the motorized roller to rotate; and a hybrid power transmission configured to drive the rollers, the hybrid power transmission coupling the motorized roller to at least one of the one or more auxiliary rollers, the hybrid power transmission using at least two power transmission methods.
US11034517B2
A method includes acquiring starting position information of moving bodies; acquiring destination position information of movement destinations; acquiring path information indicating paths on which the moving bodies can move; calculating, for each moving body, a minimum movement amount required for the moving body to move on a path from the starting position to each movement destination, based on the starting position information, the destination position information, and the path information; allocating a movement destination not allocated to any moving body to a moving body that has a minimum movement amount being the smallest of the minimum movement amounts and that has no allocation of any movement destination; further allocating, when there is a movement destination not allocated to the moving body on a movement route, the not-allocated movement destination to the allocated moving body; and determining movement routes of the moving bodies based on the allocation.
US11034516B1
An item stowed at an inventory location may rest or be supported by a surface, such as a shelf, that includes an optical sensor array. The optical sensor array comprises a plurality of optical sensors that detect light intensity values. When a light source illuminates the item resting on the surface, a footprint or shadow is cast by the item onto the surface. Such a shadow is detected by the light intensity values at the optical sensors in the optical sensor array. Once the shadow is detected, information about the area, shape, and perimeter of the shadow can be determined and saved as footprint data for a single item. Such a process can be performed at intake of the item to the facility and later accessed to determine a quantity of the item on a shelf of a facility.
US11034512B2
Disclosed herein is an ergonomic trash collection system and methods of a container with a floor. One or more flexure bearing region, hinge or living hinge, being formed in the container and or floor. In some instances one or more gaps or partial formed in the container wall(s) configured to support an asymmetrical separation of the walls along the gap.
US11034509B2
The embodiment herein discloses a steel stand known as steel saddle/pallets/skid, which comprises of comprises of at least two pair of inner legs (02), at least two pair of outer legs (01), a load caring load carrying plate (04), a bridge strip (03) and cushioning/cushion pad used for handling, carrying, supporting, storing and transporting steel, steel coils, pipes, and/or such other heavy materials at variable temperature while travelling for a long distance. The load carrying load carrying plate is placed on top of the four-hollow metal support stand (two inner legs and two outer legs) at opposite end, both end joined together through a bridge strip by welding.
US11034505B2
An insulating container can be configured to retain a volume of liquid, and include a canister having a first inner wall having a first end having an opening extending into an internal reservoir, and a second outer wall forming an outer shell. The opening can be sealed by a spout adapter, the spout adapter having a spout channel extending between the internal reservoir and a spout opening, smaller than the opening of the canister. The spout opening may be sealed with a cap having a magnetic top surface, and the spout adapter may be further removably coupled to a lid that may be used as a cup into which a volume of the liquid can be poured. In addition, spout adapter assembly with an adapter that releasably attaches to the canister and a plug that is received within the adapter that moves to place the spout adapter assembly into an open and a closed orientation. The plug may have a means to provide tactile feedback to a user that the spout adapter assembly is in an optimal pouring condition.
US11034491B2
A sealing cap for a container for holding a medical liquid comprises a cap body and a connection device having a sealing element arranged on the cap body. The sealing element is arranged at the opening and is retained in the cap body in a clamped manner by a, preferably annular, flanged rim. The connection device has a break-off piece, which is firmly connected to the cap body and covers an outer face of the sealing element in the outward direction. The break-off piece is integral with the cap body, is connected to the cap body by a predetermined breaking point where the break-off piece can be detached from the cap body. The sealing element outer face is substantially flat and is accessible for wiping to provide a sealing cap having a sealing element arranged that can be simply and reliably disinfected.
US11034490B2
A child-resistant packaging is provided for storing and securing pharmaceuticals, drugs, nutraceutical products, medications, cannabis products and other hazardous materials which are vulnerable to access by the children. The packaging comprises a container, a cap and a depressor to lock the cap with the container or unlock the cap from the container. The container comprises a fixed circumferential ring along an elongated hollow neck having relief cut-outs and hinges to provide depression for a plurality of container lugs. The cap comprises an elongated hollow neck having a plurality of cap lugs towards its open end. The depressor is forced the container lugs inwards in the body of the container and the cap lugs are locked with the container lugs.
US11034481B2
The object of the invention is a product package and a method for producing the product package. The product package comprises a recess (1a) for the product to be packed, the recess being provided with a base and with walls in connection with the base, in which case the frame part (2) of the recess (1a) has been formed by means of folds from recyclable fiber material and the aforementioned recess (1a) is lined on the inside with a separate inner lining (3), which is removable from the aforementioned frame part. The top edges of the side walls and end walls of the frame part and also the top edges of the corner parts (10) form the top edge of the recess, which top edge is arranged to function as a fastening surface for the inner lining (3), which inner lining (3) is adapted to comprise an edge section (4) extending over the top edge (5a) of the recess (1a).
US11034478B1
A double-walled container includes a top opening, and a bottom opening, opposite the top opening. A removable top cap engages with threads at the top opening and a removable bottom cap engages with threads at the bottom opening. The double-walled container includes an outer wall and an inner wall. A channel formed on and encircling the outer wall includes a vacuum port through which air between the outer and inner walls is drawn out to form an insulating space between the inner and outer walls. A band is positioned within the channel to cover the vacuum port.
US11034471B1
A film-wrapping apparatus for the automatic film-wrapping of articles is provided that includes a conveying device for conveying an article through a film-wrapping channel of the film-wrapping apparatus. The film-wrapping apparatus has a film-supply device arranged above the film-wrapping channel. The film-wrapping apparatus also includes at least two movably arranged grippers and a sealing device. The at least two grippers are predefinably movably arranged between a supply position and a sealing position. The grippers, in the supply position, grip two opposite corners of the film material supplied by the film-supply device and pull the film material from the supply position into the sealing position and hold the material. In the sealing position, the grippers are arranged in a sealing plane and substantially level with an upper side of the conveying device. The sealing device seals the two side edges of the article that are arranged in the sealing plane.
US11034463B2
An auxiliary power unit (APU) control system for an aircraft is disclosed and includes an APU, an air inlet having an effective area, an air inlet door moveable to vary the effective area of the air inlet, an actuator configured to move the air inlet door into a set position, one or more processors, and a memory coupled to the one or more processors. The memory stores data comprising a database and program code that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the APU control system to receive one or more ambient signals indicative of an air density value. The system also determines the effective area of the air inlet based on the air density value. The system is further caused to instruct the actuator to move the air inlet door into the set position.
US11034462B2
System for detecting the tip of the pole of the flying boom of a tanker and of the mouth of the receptacle of the receiver for semi-automatic or automatic contact for in-flight refueling with a boom, which ensures to provide the control system of the tanker's boom with robust, reliable and simultaneous information in real time with regards to the end of its pole and of the mouth of the receiver's receptacle, at all times. To this end, the system comprises: 1) light emitters mounted on the tip of its pole, 2) light emitters mounted on the contour of the receptacle of the receiving aircraft, 3) a processing subsystem and 4) two 3D cameras, a TOF camera, synchronised with a light emitter and an additional camera together with a structured light emitter generated with a DOE-type lens.
US11034456B2
Fuselage and aircraft including an air distribution multifunctional substructure and assembly method
An aircraft fuselage including a fuselage skin, cross-members supporting a floor of the aircraft, wherein the fuselage includes a multifunctional substructure fixed to at least one of the cross-members in a lowered part of the cross-member. The multifunctional substructure comprises: at least one duct of an air distribution system having a substantially rectangular section at the location of the at least one cross-member and having lateral walls of the duct that are substantially vertical; a seat fixing track or a stiffener fixed on a first lateral wall of the duct of the multifunctional substructure, and; a seat fixing track or a stiffener fixed on a second lateral wall, opposite the first lateral wall, of the duct of the multifunctional substructure.
US11034455B2
A rail system for fixing fittings in a cabin of a vehicle includes a first elongate rail body with a fixing side for fixing to a vehicle structure, an opposite support side with a support surface for receiving fittings, and a rail cross-section extending between the fixing side and the support side, and several fixing inserts which can be fixed along the support surface. The rail cross-section has two mutually opposing legs which are spaced apart from each other and run perpendicularly to the support surface, and the fixing inserts are configured so as not to protrude beyond the support surface.
US11034450B2
A control method includes obtaining a flight parameter of an aircraft during flight, where the flight parameter is configured to control an operation component carried by the aircraft and includes at least one of a flight time parameter or a flight distance parameter; and controlling the operation component to operate in response to at least one of the flight time parameter satisfying a time requirement included in a control condition or the flight distance parameter satisfying a distance requirement included in the control condition.
US11034445B2
Systems for wing structure and attachment to frame for Unmanned Autonomous Vehicle (UAV) are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a UAV includes an H-frame having a wing spar secured to two or more boom carriers. The wing spar includes two or more mounting locations, where each of the two or more mounting locations of the wing spar secures a horizontal propulsion unit. The boom carriers include a plurality of mounting locations, each of the plurality of mounting locations of the boom carriers securing a vertical propulsion unit. The UAV also includes a pre-formed wing shell attached to the H-frame.
US11034444B2
A flight management system that manages flight conditions of a plurality of flying objects and that causes the flying objects to work together in a coordinated manner to accomplish a purpose. The flight management system includes a flight management apparatus that receives instruction information, that registers a job, and that based on the job, gives a motion instruction to one or more flying objects. The flight management system includes also a job generator that generates a job, and a motion instructor that gives a motion instruction to the flying object. The job generator includes a search system that retrieves a work-performing flying object, a route setter that derives a flight route for the work-performing flying object, a time calculator that calculates a work time, and a registering system that registers a generated job.
US11034443B2
An aircraft for vertical take-off and landing includes an aircraft frame having an open frame portion, at least one vertical thruster, a pod, separable from the aircraft and including a cabin to contain at least one of cargo and passengers, where the pod, when mounted to the aircraft, defines at least a portion of the aircraft frame, and a mounting system including at least one attachment member configured to attach the pod to the open frame portion. Such aircraft is capable of flight with and without the pod.
US11034436B2
An aircraft defines a longitudinal direction, a vertical direction, and a transverse direction. The aircraft includes a fuselage; and a wing extending from the fuselage generally along the transverse direction and defining an outer end along the transverse direction. The wing includes a wing tip assembly at the outer end of the wing, the wing tip assembly defining an axis substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction of the aircraft and a circumferential direction extending about the axis, the wing tip assembly including at least three stationary guide vanes spaced along the circumferential direction from one another.
US11034431B2
Provided is a method for forming a co-cured composite article. The method includes: providing a bag carrier; providing a vacuum bag, wherein the vacuum bag at least partially surrounds the bag carrier; providing an outer skin, wherein the outer skin at least partially surrounds the vacuum bag; forming a space between the bag carrier and the outer skin; and providing a filler between the outer skin and the bag carrier.
US11034425B2
A ship includes an out-drive unit that exerts a propulsion force on a ship hull by power from an engine; a detection device for detecting a current position, a bow direction, and a moving speed of the ship hull; a brake pedal that limits a moving speed of the ship hull; a brake sensor that detects a foot-pushing amount on the brake pedal; and a ship steering control device connected to the out-drive unit, the detection means, and the brake sensor. The ship steering control device acquires an operating status of the out-drive unit and detection results obtained by the detection device and the brake sensor, and controls the out-drive unit based on the detection results. The ship steering control device changes the output of the out-drive unit in accordance with a foot-pushing amount on the brake pedal.
US11034423B2
Disclosed is a pedal drive system for use with a watercraft that facilitates propelling of the watercraft. The pedal drive system of the present invention is placed through an opening in the bottom of the watercraft and affixed to the body of the watercraft. The propeller is then attached to a drive shaft. The user provides mechanical input (e.g., rotational force) by rotating pedals of a pedal arrangement of the pedal drive system. The rotational force is transferred from the drive assembly through the gears to the drive shafts that rotates the propeller, thus driving the watercraft forward as well as backward.
US11034419B2
An airbag compartment enclosure assembly is disclosed, including a compartment containing an uninflated airbag and a closure device fixed proximate an opening of the compartment. The closure device has an open position allowing expansion of the airbag through the opening and a closed position retaining the uninflated airbag. The closure device includes a first flap extending from a first edge of the opening and a second flap extending from a second, opposing edge of the opening. The first and second flaps are folded over one another in the closed position.
US11034416B2
A catamaran oil production apparatus is disclosed for producing oil in a marine environment. The apparatus includes first and second vessels that are spaced apart during use. A first frame spans between the vessels. A second frame spans between the vessels. The frames are spaced apart and connected to the vessels in a configuration that spaces the vessels apart. The first frame connects to the first vessel with a universal joint and to the second vessel with a hinged connection. The second frame connects to the second vessel with a universal joint and to the first vessel with a hinged or pinned connection. At least one of the frames supports an oil production platform. One or more risers or riser pipes extends from the seabed (e.g., at a wellhead) to the production platform (or platforms). In one embodiment, the production apparatus includes crew quarters.
US11034415B2
A permeable floating concrete vessel for creating floating aquatic habitats is disclosed. The vessel includes an interior space to hold growth material and a plant. The vessels includes one or more channels so a root of the plant can extend through the channel and into a body of water in which the vessel is secured. The vessel is made from a buoyant material, such as water-permeable concrete material. In an exemplary embodiment the water-permeable concrete material includes a mixture of cement, glass microspheres, expanded glass aggregate, and microfibers. Two or more vessels may be connected together via a connecting member to form an array of the vessels.
US11034412B2
The invention relates to a multi-sprocket arrangement for installation on a rear-wheel hub and for engagement with a bicycle chain. The multi-sprocket arrangement includes at least ten adjacent sprockets with different numbers of teeth. In each case of the at least ten adjacent sprockets two adjacent sprockets of the sprockets are arranged with a defined spacing to one another. The defined spacing corresponds either to a smallest spacing or to a larger spacing.
US11034407B2
A variable stem for a human-powered vehicle basically includes a head tube mount, a handlebar mount, a stem body, a positioning structure and a controller. The stem body couples the handlebar mount to the head tube mount. The stem body is configured to be moved between a first position and a second position. The handlebar mount is disposed at a different location with respect to the head tube mount with the stem body in the first position as compared to the stem body being in the second position. The positioning structure is configured to selectively position the stem body between a first position and a second position. The controller is configured to control the positioning structure while the human-powered vehicle is in a driving state.
US11034405B2
An ABS disposition structure of a saddle riding vehicle includes a head pipe, a main frame, a pair of left and right center frames extending downward from a rear section of the main frame and having a pivot section by which a front end portion of a swing arm is pivotably supported, a cushion disposed at a center in a vehicle width direction, and an ABS modulator configured to perform ABS control, wherein, when seen in a side view, a central axis of the cushion is disposed to be offset from a center frame in a forward and rearward direction, and the ABS modulator is disposed between the cushion and the center frame in a vehicle width direction.
US11034402B2
A wearable control unit for controlling a piece of equipment of a bicycle has a power source and a sensor powered by the power source. The sensor detects targets that are physically distinct and separate from the control unit and not electrically connected to the control unit by a wire. The control unit generates and emits an electrical command in response to a change of state of the sensor brought about by entry of the target into the sensor's detection range, and/or in response to the target exiting from the detection range of the sensor.
US11034399B2
The present invention relates to a suspension arrangement for a tracked vehicle. The suspension arrangement includes a road wheel arm having a wheel axle portion for supporting a wheel of the vehicle and a pivot axle portion. The road wheel arm is pivotably journalled at the pivot axle portion to a housing that is fixable to the vehicle body. A torsion bar is connected to the pivot axle portion and a torsion tube is arranged to be connected to the vehicle body, with the torsion bar running through the torsion tube and arranged to be connected to the torsion tube. The modulus of elasticity of the torsion tube material is lower than the modulus of elasticity of the torsion bar material such that the maximum suspension travel is increased.
US11034394B2
The invention relates to a system for a land vehicle (100), in particular for a truck or a truck trailer. The system is attached to the lower surface of the vehicle so as to lie opposite the roadway surface at the rear portion of the truck and comprises at least one part which is inclined in the longitudinal direction and extends rearwards in a tapering manner towards the rear part of the vehicle (100). At least one element (2, 12, 22) is arranged between the roadway surface and the inclined wall (3) substantially at the end of the inclined wall (3) after the last axle of the vehicle, wherein the horizontal axis of the at least one element (2, 12, 22) has substantially the same inclination as the inclined wall (3).
US11034392B2
Disclosed is a vehicle rack comprising a bed mount configured to be mounted on a vehicle bed, the bed mount comprising: a mounting plate including a first portion adjacent to an inner wall of the vehicle bed, a second portion adjacent to an outer wall of the vehicle bed, and a third portion connecting the first and second portions, at least two mounting shaft sleeves attached to the second portion of the mounting plate, and a receptacle configured to be detachably connected to the bed mount, the receptacle comprising: at least two mounting shafts, each configured to be inserted into a corresponding one of the at least two mounting shaft sleeves, a plurality of pairs of through holes in the mounting shafts, and at least one stop pin configured to be positioned within at least one pair of the plurality of pairs of through holes.
US11034383B2
A vehicle includes a first steered axle and a second steered axle behind the first steered axle. The second steered axle is steerable independently from the first steered axle. The vehicle includes wheels on the second steered axle. An electric steering motor is connected to the at least one of the wheels.
US11034379B2
A steering column apparatus configured for vehicles may include a housing assembly, and a support assembly configured to be coupled to one side of the housing assembly to serve to absorb a tilt and an impact.
US11034366B2
A device of a roller assembly or a trolley for a cable transportation system, the device comprising: a frame having two facing walls, which are provided with two respective first holes having a first axis in common; a pin that engages the first holes; a body mounted rotatably about the pin between the two facing walls of the frame, the body having a hole, which has a second axis and enables the passage of the pin; and an auxiliary constraining device that is selectively releasable configured to keep the axes of the first holes of the frame and of the hole of the body coincident even in the absence of the pin.
US11034365B2
A modular platform system includes a setback platform system for a shared track rail system on a ground level. The shared track rail system is usable by a commuter, regional and intercity rail vehicle and a freight vehicle. The setback platform includes a first path at a first height with respect to the ground level. The setback platform also includes a shuttle platform. The shuttle platform is at a second height in a first position different from the first height. The shuttle platform is configured to be moved from the first position to a second position different from the first position. A front edge of the shuttle platform is farther away from a centerline of the shared track rail system if the shuttle platform is in the first portion than if the shuttle platform is in the second position.
US11034361B2
A method includes: determining, by a computer device, conditions along a predefined driving route of a vehicle; determining, by the computer device and based on the conditions, risk factors of segments of the driving route; determining, by the computer device, an optimal one of the segments for switching the vehicle from autonomous driving mode to manual driving mode; and outputting, by the computer device, data defining the determined optimal one of the segments.
US11034354B2
A start control device is a start control device that controls start of a vehicle including a clutch that is engaged by the hydraulic pressure supplied from a hydraulic pressure supply source and a start device that starts a vehicle driving source, and includes: a hydraulic pressure control unit that controls so that the hydraulic pressure supply source supplies the hydraulic pressure to the clutch if a start condition for the vehicle is satisfied; and a start device control unit that controls the start device so that the rotation speed of the vehicle driving source reaches the predetermined rotation speed after the clutch is engaged.
US11034347B2
A collision avoidance support device comprises target detection unit, target type determination unit, relative position determination unit, target track prediction unit, and vehicle track prediction unit, obstacle determination unit. The vehicle track prediction unit is configured to enlarge said width of a vehicle predicted track compared with a case where an enlargement condition is not satisfied when the enlargement condition is satisfied. The enlargement condition is satisfied when the relative position determination unit detects that a target determined to be a pedestrian by the target type determination unit is positioned on a travel lane at least once.
US11034341B2
An electronically controllable pneumatic brake system for a vehicle includes wheel brakes for braking wheels of the vehicle, wherein axle modulators specify a service brake braking pressure to the wheel brakes in dependence upon a service brake control pressure. The brake system further includes a foot brake valve configured to pneumatically specify the service brake control pressure to the axle modulators, wherein the service brake control pressure can be generated by the foot brake valve in dependence upon a mechanical imposition or in dependence upon an electropneumatic imposition. The brake system additionally includes a bypass valve arrangement configured to specify a foot brake input pressure to the foot brake valve, the foot brake input pressure being used as an electropneumatic imposition.
US11034339B2
A method for operating a brake system for a motor vehicle, wherein the brake system has a braking pressure source and at least one wheel brake which can be pressurized with a braking pressure which is provided by means of the braking pressure source and acting on a brake piston. For performing a diagnosis of the brake system, the wheel brake is pressurized with a braking pressure which corresponds to a diagnosis braking pressure and which applies a certain force on the brake piston, and a counterforce directed oppositely to said force is applied to the brake piston.
US11034336B2
Systems, apparatus, and methods to remove vehicle sensor debris are disclosed. A disclosed cleaning assembly for a vehicle includes a track coupled to the vehicle. The cleaning assembly also includes an arm adjustably coupled to the track and having a nozzle positioned on the arm. The arm is moveable, via the track, near an exterior surface of the vehicle that is associated with a vehicle sensor. The cleaning assembly also includes a first motor operatively coupled to the arm configured to move the arm along the track relative to debris positioned on the exterior surface. The cleaning assembly also includes a pump fluidly coupled to the nozzle configured to expel the fluid from the nozzle to remove the debris.
US11034332B2
A heater for vehicular sensors is configured to pass sensing energy and thereby permit placement of the heater directly over the sensing area in the path of the sensed energy. In this way, direct heating of the sensing area is provided minimizing the energy necessary to prevent icing and improving deicing speed.
US11034329B2
A wheel fastener alarm is provided with a fastener body, a cap covering the fastener body, a sensor array disposed within the fastener body, and a cover disposed over an opening in the fastener body and a hole in the cap.
US11034321B2
An elongate airbag module (10) of a vehicle occupant restraint system includes a folded airbag (12) which is received in an envelope (14), wherein the envelope (14) includes a weakened zone through which the airbag (12) can deploy out of the envelope (14) upon activation of the airbag module (10), and wherein the envelope (14) comprises at least one elongate flexible fixing tab (16) having at least one opening (24b) by means of which the airbag module (10) can be fastened to a vehicle via a fastening clip (18) which in portions extends through the opening (24b). Portions of the fastening clip (18) are wrapped in the fixing tab (16).
US11034316B2
A bumper assembly for a vehicle, the bumper assembly including: a side rail; a bumper beam assembly coupled to the side rail; and a crush can assembly adapted to couple the bumper beam assembly to the side rail, the crush can assembly including: a box structure including a front portion and a rear portion, wherein the rear portion of the box structure is adapted to be coupled to the side rail; and a mounting bracket coupled to the front portion of the box structure, wherein the mounting bracket is adapted to be coupled to the bumper beam assembly. The mounting bracket includes a planar structure that is coupled to the front portion of the box structure and one or more bracket members that protrude substantially perpendicularly from the planar structure, wherein each of the one or more bracket members is adapted to be coupled to the bumper beam assembly.
US11034312B2
A vehicle registration mounting assembly and method includes a vehicle having a bumper with an outer surface. A panel has a front side, a back side and a perimeter edge and the panel is elongated from a first side edge to a second side edge. The panel is comprised of a plastic material, which is flexible to conform to contours of the outer surface of the bumper. An adhesive is positioned on the back side of the panel. The adhesive adheres the back side of the panel to the outer surface of the bumper. A plurality of identification indicia is positioned within a laminate formed by bonding of layers of the panel to identify an owner of the vehicle.
US11034311B2
A bracket assembly comprises a body that includes a base that has a first end and a second end. The bracket assembly further includes a receiving member that is coupled to the first end of the base, and an engagement portion that is defined by the second end of the base. A support is operably coupled to the engagement portion between a raised position and a lowered position, and includes a retention tab that is proximate to the engagement portion.
US11034309B2
A mount for an electronic device includes a ferromagnetic element securable to the electronic device, and a mount body including a face plate and at least one leg, the magnet secured in the face plate, and the at least one leg movable from a stored position to a support position. The stored position is flush with the face plate, and the support position is normal to the face plate. The magnet and ferromagnetic element combine with the leg in it support position to allow reliable mounting of heavy and/or oversized electronic devices.
US11034306B2
A half-movable console for a vehicle is provided. The half-movable console includes a base console fixedly mounted to a floor panel, a moving console coupled to a top of the base console such that the moving console is slidable in forward and rearward directions, and a protector disposed at a front side of the moving console while being mounted to the base console such that the protector is movable in the forward and rearward directions while being adjustable in tilting angle. In accordance with this configuration, the half-movable console is usable for various purposes within a limited passenger compartment in the vehicle.
US11034305B2
An image processing device includes: an obtainer which obtains, from an imaging device provided in a vehicle so as to be oriented to capture an image of an area behind the vehicle, an image captured by the imaging device; a position detector which detects a face position of a driver; and an image processor which performs image processing to clip, according to the face position detected by the position detector, an image having a range corresponding to the face position, out of a combined image including the image, and superimpose a position image indicating a position in the vehicle, on the image at a position corresponding to the face position, and outputs an image resulting from the image processing.
US11034303B2
An interior rearview mirror system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly and a self-contained battery powered module releasably disposable at the mirror head of the mirror assembly. The self-contained battery powered module includes a toll transponder that communicates with an automated toll system. The mirror head has a receiving portion for receiving the self-contained battery powered module thereat. The receiving portion includes an opening established through a wall of the mirror casing. The self-contained battery powered module may be releasably retained at least partially in the receiving portion via a push-to-release mechanism. The self-contained battery powered module may be removable from the receiving portion via pushing at the self-contained battery powered module to release the self-contained battery powered module from the push-to-release mechanism.
US11034302B2
An electronic mirror system includes, a camera which can be attached to a side of an automobile and which is able to image a moving image diagonally behind the automobile; and a monitor apparatus which can be attached in the passenger compartment of the automobile and which can display the moving image imaged by the camera. The monitor apparatus includes a movable portion which can move the display which displays the moving image with relation to a wall to where the monitor apparatus is attached in the passenger compartment.
US11034293B2
A system and a method automatically generate warnings intended for users of a road on board an automobile. The system includes sensors, an on-board programmable electronic device, and at least one audible or visual warning device. The programmable electronic device includes at least one processor configured to detect traffic elements, and a module for analyzing traffic elements, such that each detected traffic element is associated with a predetermined category and an associated confidence level is calculated. A module determines an at-risk situation from among a number of predetermined risk situations. At least one of the traffic elements is associated with at least one user of the road outside said vehicle. A command module warns the user of the road of the detected risk.
US11034288B2
An illumination and image acquisition unit for movable mounting on a vehicle body includes a movable section having an image acquisition section with at least one camera, a lighting member having at least one light source and an end section, the at least one light source being a component of a side boundary light, an ambient lighting, a signal or warning light, a flasher, a camper light, a laser display, a logo lamp, a floor light, or a projector. A motor vehicle includes such a lighting and imaging unit.
US11034278B2
A method of manufacturing a cylindrical cargo container includes: providing a plurality of rigid panels together formable into a cylindrical shell; forming a first semi-cylindrical shell from a first set of the panels; forming a second semi-cylindrical shell from a second set of the panels; forming the cylindrical shell from the first semi-cylindrical shell and the second semi-cylindrical shell; forming a collar conformably encircling the cylindrical shell; constricting the collar to compress joints formed at abutting edges of pairs of adjacent panels; rolling the cylindrical shell and collar to bring respective joints of pairs of panels to a lower position, and welding an inside seam of the joint when at the lower position; removing the collar from the cylindrical shell; and rolling the cylindrical shell to bring respective joints of pairs of panels to an upper position, and welding an outside of the joint when at the upper position.
US11034275B1
A system for a stowable vehicle ramp including a vehicle assembly, a ramp assembly and a control assembly is disclosed. The ramp assembly includes a ramp that is automatically or manually extended out, and either stowed under or inlayed in the bed of a vehicle of the vehicle assembly such as a truck or pickup truck. It is possible to retrofit the ramp onto existing vehicles such as pickups or trucks. The stowable ramp aids in providing easy loading access to the bed of the vehicle for smaller vehicles needing transportation.
US11034265B2
A hinge mechanism having first and second hinge flanges, a control device controlling the relative rotation of the first and second hinge flanges, a closure ring integrally secured to the second hinge flange and retaining the first flange against the second flange, and an external frame integrally secured to the second flange. The second hinge flange is integrally secured to both the external frame and the retaining ring by the same weld.
US11034263B2
A rail system for a vehicle includes a floor rail integratable into or onto the floor, first elongate movement rail elements, second elongate movement rail elements, holding devices to hold the movement rail elements on the floor rail, and gliders supportable on the movement rail elements in a gliding manner. The movement rail elements have a rail profile cross-section perpendicular to their main extension axis; the cross-section has an undercut that faces laterally outwards. The movement rail elements each have two opposed end faces, which can be brought into contact with end faces of other movement rail elements, such that at least one continuous movement rail with a constant rail profile cross-section is created. The gliders include a recess corresponding to the rail profile cross-section for gliding support.
US11034262B2
A seat cushion extension device is provided which can slide a seat cushion via a single spring, and has high assembly efficiency and a low weight due to a simple structure. The seat cushion extension device includes: a base having first and second rack gears provided to face each other; a cushion part provided on an upper portion of the base to move forward/backward; a locking gear part combined with a shaft extending from the cushion part to the base and having a first gear provided to be engaged with the first and second rack gears; and a manipulation part combined with the cushion part to move forward/backward between the cushion part and the first gear, and having a protruding part provided on a lower surface thereof.
US11034246B2
A wireless communication method for wireless power transfer (WPT) to an electric vehicle (EV) may include: transmitting, by a wireless charging control apparatus equipped in the EV, a probe request frame to a charging station, the probe request frame including identification information of an access point (AP) pre-stored in the wireless charging control apparatus; receiving, at the wireless charging control apparatus, a probe response frame from the charging station corresponding to the identification information; performing, by the wireless charging control apparatus, authentication for wireless connection initialization by transmitting first authentication information to the charging station; and after the authentication for the wireless connection initialization is completed, performing, by the wireless charging control apparatus, user authentication for WPT using second authentication information pre-stored in the wireless charging control apparatus.
US11034245B1
A power generation system includes an aircraft that includes a propulsor and a platform attached to a structure and configured to support the aircraft. The propulsor is configured to generate electrical power via a wind rotating the propulsor while the aircraft is supported by the platform. A method for using a propulsor of an aircraft to generate electrical power includes positioning the aircraft such that the aircraft is supported by a structure and generating the electrical power via a wind rotating the propulsor while the aircraft is supported by the structure.
US11034244B2
A system and method for assisting the start of an electrically powered vehicle comprising processing circuitry configured to: a) receive a sensory signal indicative of a sequence of voltage measurements during an initial ramp state, b) compare the sequence of voltage measurements with a previously established plurality of voltage patterns, c) select a voltage pattern whose voltage values are closest to the voltage values of the sequence of voltage measurements received from the sensor, d) establish the insulation resistance value of the battery from selected voltage pattern, and e) enable electrically energizing a load indicative of vehicle start if the insulation resistance value obtained exceeds a predetermined insulation resistance threshold value that ensures the insulation of the battery.
US11034237B2
A torque transmission apparatus having a shift collar and a drive component. The shift collar may have a collar gear that may have a collar tooth that may have a concave collar tooth side surface that may be centered about a transverse collar tooth plane. The drive component may have a tooth that may have a convex lateral side surface centered about a transverse tooth plane. The concave collar tooth side surface may cooperate with the convex lateral side surface to align the transverse collar tooth plane with the transverse tooth plane.
US11034225B2
In a vehicle door seal structure in which an outer side weather strip whose tip end portion extends upward from a molding side base end portion toward a door window glass is formed integrally with a molding portion provided on a vehicle outer side of a belt line portion, at least an outer side weather strip positioned at the uppermost portion is configured such that a first hollow portion is formed from the base end portion to the tip end portion and a second hollow portion is formed below the first hollow portion at the base end portion.
US11034221B2
A retractable aerodynamic panel for an automotive truck cargo bed comprises a first support rail adapted to be mounted onto a top edge of a first side wall of an automotive truck bed and a second support rail adapted to be mounted onto a top edge of a second side wall of an automotive truck cargo bed, a panel adapted to be mounted onto a tailgate of the automotive truck cargo bed, the panel adapted to extend between a retracted position, wherein the automotive truck cargo bed is substantially open, and a deployed position, wherein the panel extends outward from the tailgate across a portion of the automotive truck cargo bed between the top edges of the first and second side walls, the panel supported between side walls within the support rails, and an actuator adapted to selectively extend the panel between the retracted and deployed positions.
US11034218B1
My bus enhances the viewing experience of passengers by providing a panoramic front window to enable a passenger to see into a cab section of the bus and through the panoramic front window. The panoramic front window has a predetermined configuration that minimizes drag.
US11034199B2
A trailer frame includes a drawbar and a coupler connected to the drawbar through a pair of flexible and resilient connections operably disposed between the drawbar and the coupler and configured to absorb shock and vibration imparted to the drawbar and the coupler while the trailer is towed.
US11034196B2
A method of locating a wheel-mounted electronic device, such as a tire pressure monitoring device. A wireless signal is transmitted from an interrogation device from each of a plurality of interrogation locations. The signals are received by the wheel-mounted device and received signal strength is measured for each interrogation location. The wheel-mounted device then transmits, in respect of each interrogation location, a wireless signal indicating the measured signal strength. These signals are received by the interrogation device which determines from them a location of the wheel-mounted device with respect to a wheel.
US11034192B2
A tire is disclosed, including a plurality of blocks, each has an outer surface bulging outward and two lateral walls. An extension line is defined on the surface of each flat segment of each block. Each extension line has a first point on the flat segment. A first horizontal reference line is defined by connecting two first points. A second horizontal reference line is defined on the outer surface with two ends thereof contacting the outer surface. The second horizontal reference line is 0.85 times as long as the first horizontal reference line. A vertical distance between the outer surface and the second horizontal reference line is 0.2-0.8 mm. Whereby, the tire could provide good drainage performance and adequate grip.
US11034191B2
A tire tread including a tread surface adapted to come into contact with a road surface has at least one main groove that, when new, opens onto the tread surface of the tread, this main groove having a maximum depth. The main groove includes a plurality of first groove portions and a plurality of second groove portions, the first and second groove portions being arranged alternately such that a first portion is followed by a second portion. Each first groove portion has a width that decreases with wear, and each second groove portion has a width that increases with wear.
US11034186B1
A pumpkin display system including a plurality of legs, a central hub and a pumpkin. The central hub has a plurality of apertures formed therein. Each of the apertures is adapted to receive an end of one of the legs to form a pumpkin display. The pumpkin is placed onto and is supported by the pumpkin display to form the pumpkin display system.
US11034184B2
A 3D pen capable of feeding out drawing materials of different colors simultaneously, and a nozzle thereof having a heater tip, a first installation seat and a second installation seat; the heater tip and the first installation seat are fixedly connected with each other; the first installation seat and the second installation seat are fixedly connected with each other; an outer wall of the heater tip has a recessed portion provided with a winding portion for installation of a heating device; a right end of the heater tip is provided with a third insertion portion; the third insertion portion is connected with the first installation seat; at least three feeding channels independent of one another are provided inside the heater tip; two ends of each of the feeding channels extend to a left end surface and a right end surface of the heater tip respectively.
US11034179B2
The present invention relates to [1] a process for producing a printed material, including step 1 of subjecting an image-bearing surface of a printed recording medium 1′ on which characters or images are formed by analog printing to discharge treatment under specific conditions to obtain a printed recording medium 1, and step 2 of further forming characters or images on the image-bearing surface of the printed recording medium 1 by ink-jet printing using a water-based ink to obtain the printed material, [2] an ink-jet printing method including the step of ejecting a water-based ink onto a printed recording medium 1 by an ink-jetting method to form characters or images thereon, in which the printed recording medium 1 has an image-bearing surface on which characters or images are formed by analog printing, and the image-bearing surface is subjected to discharge treatment under the specific conditions, [3] a recording medium for ink-jet printing, including an image-bearing surface on which characters or images are formed by analog printing and which is subjected to discharge treatment, in which a surface free energy of the image-bearing surface after being subjected to the discharge treatment is not less than 30 mN/m, and [4] a printed material including an image-bearing surface on which characters or images are formed by analog printing and then on at least a part of which characters or images are further formed by ink-jet printing using a water-based ink, in which the image-bearing surface after forming the characters or images thereon by the analog printing is subjected to discharge treatment, and a surface free energy of the image-bearing surface after being subjected to the discharge treatment is not less than 30 mN/m.
US11034177B2
The present invention relates to an ink-jet printing method that is capable of obtaining good printed characters or images which are free of thermal deformation of a low-liquid absorbing printing medium as well as occurrence of mottling or color bleeding. The present invention provides an ink-jet printing method including the step of printing characters or images on a low-liquid absorbing printing medium using an ink-jet printing apparatus equipped with an ink-jet print head that is capable of ejecting water-based inks onto the low-liquid absorbing printing medium, in which the water-based inks each contain a colorant (A), an organic solvent (C) and water; the ink-jet printing apparatus is loaded with the two or more kinds of water-based inks which are different in static surface tension from each other; the printing medium is heated to a temperature of from 30 to 75° C.; and the water-based inks are ejected in the sequential order from the water-based ink having a higher static surface tension.
US11034172B2
A method of feeding a print medium comprises receiving a print medium by a media advance system; transporting the print medium by the media advance system to a print zone wherein the transporting comprises applying a first normal force when the print medium is at a first position of the media advance system and applying a second normal force when the print medium is at a second position of the media advance system, wherein the second normal force is different from the first normal force.
US11034170B2
In an example of recording medium identification method, a digital image of a line or a dot printed on a recording medium with a printer is captured by an image sensor. From the digital image, a microprocessor (operatively connected to the image sensor), digitally measures a width of the line, a diameter of the dot, an area of the dot, or a perimeter of the dot. The microprocessor identifies a type of the recording medium based on the width, the diameter, the area, or the perimeter. In response to the identification of the type of the recording medium, a print setting for the type of the recording medium is selected.
US11034160B2
A method for printing on the surface of an object uses a print head generating ink drops to print at least a first swath and subsequently a second swath of ink onto the surface in such a way that the swaths are mutually adjacent and overlap in a strip. The first and second swaths are printed as solid areas and the swaths are XY stitched in the strip. In the strip, at least one of the two swaths is additionally stitched by using a function of an ink amount profile in a Y direction. High-quality or even highest-quality printed products can therefore be produced, in particular avoiding defects that are visible to the human eye in a region of overlap or a strip between swaths that are printed next to one another.
US11034159B2
An inkjet recording apparatus that the throughput until a start of a recording operation in the structure in which an ink is circulated between a recording head and an ink tank includes the recording head which discharges the ink to perform a recording operation, the ink tank which stores the ink, and a buffer chamber having a volume which is changed according to a pressure. When the inkjet recording apparatus is changed from a circulation state in which a supply pump and a collection pump are driven to circulate the ink between the recording head and the ink tank to a pause state in which the driving of the supply pump and the collection pump is stopped to stop the circulation of the ink, a negative pressure due to a change in the volume of the buffer chamber is maintained.
US11034156B2
In an inkjet recording apparatus, ink reserved in a reserve portion flows into a valve chamber through an inflow port. A first outflow port and a second outflow port are capable of flowing the ink from the valve chamber. The first valve element is preliminarily located at an opening position separated from the first outflow port in an inward direction directed from the first outflow port toward inside of the valve chamber. The first valve element is displaced from the opening position to the first outflow port and closes the first outflow port when the valve chamber is filled with the ink. The second valve element is preliminarily located at a closing position closing the second outflow port, and opens the second outflow port when the valve chamber is filled with the ink. Subsequently, a recording head becomes ready to record an image on a recording object with the ink.
US11034153B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a fixation member that can be located at a fixation position where a liquid supply coupling portion is coupled to a liquid ejecting head mounted on a carriage and is fixed to the carriage and at a release position where the fixation is released, and a carriage cover provided to the carriage such that the carriage cover is located at a closed position and covers an upper part of the carriage when the liquid ejecting head ejects the liquid. The carriage cover includes a contact portion that comes into contact with the fixation member when the carriage cover is located at a position different from the closed position in a case in which the fixation member is located at the release position.
US11034150B2
An ink jet head includes a nozzle plate base including a plurality of nozzles. A liquid repellent film is formed on a surface of the nozzle plate base. The liquid repellent film comprises a polymeric compound formed of repeating units with a cyclic structure. A portion of the repeating units with the cyclic structure are ring-opened.
US11034147B2
A fluidic die may include a substrate supporting a fluid actuator address line and first and second groups of fluid actuators connected to the fluid actuator address line. The first group of fluid actuators may include first and second types of fluid actuators having different operating characteristics. The second group of fluid actuators may include the first and the second types of fluid actuators. The fluid actuators of the first and second groups have addresses such that a fluid actuator of the first type in the first group and a fluid actuator of the second type in the second group are both enabled in response to a single enabling event on the fluid actuator address line.
US11034146B2
A liquid discharge head control circuit includes a first wiring for propagating a first reference voltage signal to be supplied to a driving signal selection circuit, a second wiring for propagating a second reference voltage signal to be supplied to a restoration circuit, a third wiring for propagating the second reference voltage signal to be supplied to the restoration circuit, a fourth wiring for propagating one signal of a pair of first differential signals, and a fifth wiring for propagating the other signal of a pair of first differential signals. The fourth wiring and the fifth wiring are arranged side by side. The fourth wiring and the second wiring are located to be adjacent to each other, the fifth wiring and the third wiring are located to be adjacent to each other, and the fourth wiring and the fifth wiring are located between the second wiring and the third wiring.
US11034136B2
Improved automotive security has led to an increase in carjacking and smash and grab crimes. Tempered glass offers little resistant to attacks. Laminated glass improves penetration resistance but only by several seconds. By including a stiff frame in the laminate and a plastic interior 5 layer, the present invention significantly increases the amount of time that an occupant has to react and possibly escape an attack by driving off or for the attack to be detected. In the event of an accident, the invention also provides improved occupant retention, especially for movable glass that is not bonded to the vehicle.
US11034134B2
A laminated glass article includes a glass core layer having a core modulus Ecore and a glass cladding layer adjacent to the core layer and having a cladding modulus Eclad. Eclad can be at least 5 GPa less than Ecore. A modulus ratio Ecore/Eclad can be at least 1.08. The cladding layer can have a compressive stress resulting from a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) contrast between the core layer and the cladding layer and/or subjecting the laminated glass article to an ion exchange treatment to form an ion exchanged region at an outer surface of the cladding layer.
US11034125B2
A method and system for extruding multiple laminated flow streams using microlayer extrusion, and in particular to creating and forming products with electrical properties that are formed from layers and particles with dimensions in the micro to nanometer range.
US11034123B2
A lower cost, light weight, hermetic system and method for storage of dry commodities outdoors for up to 1000 tonnes of commodity includes a multilayer joined material with a thickness of 0.2-0.3 mm, a weight of approximately 200 g/m2, a permeability to oxygen of less than 3 cc/m2/day and a permeability to water of less than 4 g/m2/day, a tensile strength of approximately 38 MPa, and insect penetration-resistance of approximately 1200 g/m2 (Dart test value).
US11034121B2
Disclosed is a dunnage apparatus, including a converting station and a deflector. The converting station converts a line of high-density supply material into low-density dunnage and ejects the dunnage at an exit in an exit trajectory along a path. The deflector is repositionable with respect to the exit between a first position, in which the deflector is interposed in the path to deflect the path of the dunnage from the exit trajectory to a first deflected trajectory, and a second position. The deflector is retained in each position during the ejection of the dunnage.
US11034117B2
A rotary tablet press has a rotating mold table and top and bottom punches, which can move reciprocally in punch guides, coaxially with the molds. The reciprocating motion of at least the bottom punches is cam-controlled and these punches are acted upon by a releasable punch dampener to prevent an overshoot of their movement and to ensure an action which is as free from wear. It is as maintenance-free as possible whilst maintaining constant damping of the bottom punches. The releasable punch dampener releases with one motion and has a linear release shaft with a release surface and a dampening surface.
US11034110B2
Provided is a conveyor belt that has sufficient stretchability and elasticity, and sufficient strength, and is capable of reliably conveying an object to be conveyed even in inclined conveyance. The conveyor belt includes: a stretchable knitted fabric 15; an elastic layer 14 that is provided on an upper surface of the knitted fabric 15 and is made of a first thermoplastic material; and a surface resin layer 20 that is provided on an upper surface of the elastic layer 14, is made of a second thermoplastic material having hardness lower than hardness of the first thermoplastic material, and the surface resin layer 20 includes a conveying surface 21 having unevenness. Tensile strength of the conveyor belt is 3.5 to 35 MPa, and a coefficient of static friction of the conveying surface 21 is 0.5 to 1.0.
US11034109B2
An extensible corrugated hose comprises a first bearing layer (1) in a elastically extensible first polymeric material, a reinforcement (2) wound on said first layer (1), a stabilizing second layer (3) in an elastically extensible second polymeric material covering the reinforcement (2) for defining a corrugated single tubular body (4) with the first layer (1), a coating third layer (5) placed on the second layer (3) for covering the corrugated single tubular body (4).
US11034107B2
A surface-modified contact lens, having a surface contact angle hysteresis of less than 15°, includes a lens body and a first surface modification layer disposed on a surface of the lens body. The first surface modification layer comprises a first reactive hydrophilic polymer. The surface of the lens body has a first functional group or a second functional group, and the first reactive hydrophilic polymer has a third functional group or a fourth functional group. A first covalent cross-link bond is formed between the surface of the lens body and the first surface modification layer. The first covalent cross-link bond is formed by reacting the first functional group or the second functional group of the surface of the lens body with the third functional group or the fourth functional group of the first reactive hydrophilic polymer.
US11034104B2
An apparatus for repairing and/or inflating a damaged and/or deflated inflatable article, such as a punctured and/or flat tire, includes a container for receiving and retaining for dispensing, a sealant composition and a compressor assembly which is releasably connectable to the container. The container has associated therewith a valve assembly which allows for controlled dispensing of the sealant composition from the container to the damaged and/or deflated inflatable article. The container is progressively and selectively movable between respective first and second positions/configurations. In the first position/configuration, the container is disposed substantially parallel to the compressor assembly and in the second position/configuration the container is disposed at substantially right angles to the compressor assembly. The first and second positions/configurations correspond to storage and dispensing positions respectively for the sealant composition from the container.
US11034097B1
A method for minimizing the time to form a polyethylene pipe e joint comprises the steps of performing a butt-fusion process until the beginning of the full cooling cycle; holding an interfacial pressure through a minimum cool time calculated using a formula based on the wall thickness of the pipe e, the initial bulk temperature of the pipe e, and a heat soak time; and releasing the interfacial pressure from the fused pipe e joint at the end of the calculated minimum cool time.
US11034095B2
A waveguide segment with two sub-segments including a first sub-segment with a first wall and a second wall, each having an inner face by which laser light can be reflected. The inner faces are opposite to each other and a depth of the sub-segment is defined by a distance between the first and the second inner face. Further, each wall has an exit side, and an opposite entry side, a height defined by the distance between the exit and the entry side and a width. At least part of the entry side of each wall extends in an angle to the height, for which applies: 0°<α<90°. The second sub-segment may be formed complementary and the second sub-segment has a portion at the exit side of each wall. Laser light passing through the second sub-segment enters the first sub-segment between the first and the second portion.
US11034091B2
Apparatus (1) for additively manufacturing three-dimensional objects (2) by means of successive layerwise selective irradiation and consolidation of layers of a build material (3) which can be consolidated by means of an energy source (4).
US11034081B2
A method of fabricating a cross-layer pattern in a layered object is disclosed. The method is executed by an additive manufacturing system and comprises: dispensing a patterning material onto a receiving medium to form a first pattern element; dispensing a first layer of modeling material onto the first pattern element while forming a first open cavity exposing at least a portion of the first pattern element beneath the first layer; and dispensing patterning material onto the exposed portion of the first pattern element and the first layer to form a second pattern element contacting the first pattern element.
US11034074B2
A controller operates a first actuator to produce relative movement between a multi-nozzle extrusion printhead and a support member along a predetermined path for one layer of a three-dimensional printed object. The multi-nozzle extrusion printhead includes a housing with a chamber, a valve assembly having a plurality of passageways, and a planar member having a plurality of nozzles. The passageways of the valve assembly and the nozzles of the planar member are connected to one another in a one-to-one correspondence and valve members of the valve assembly are operated to open and close melted extruded material flow to the nozzles selectively and independently.
US11034059B2
A mixing device includes a first feed opening for a first liquid—preferably gas-laden—plastics component, a second feed opening for a second liquid plastics component, and a discharge opening for discharging a mixture of the first and the second liquid plastics component. The mixing device has a rotating agitator for mixing the first and second liquid plastics components, and a gap remains between the agitator and the discharge opening. An adjustment device is provided which either varies the gap by a relative movement between the discharge opening and the agitator, or varies the size of the discharge opening. A regulating device is connected in signal-transmitting fashion to a sensor for determining a pressure prevailing in the mixing device. The regulating device sets the gap, or the size of the discharge opening, by the adjustment device such that the pressure prevailing in the mixing device has a predetermined value.
US11034055B2
Systems and methods of thermoforming stone slabs are provided, such as by heating a stone slab while forming it to a mold. Curved stone slabs may be produced having low radii of curvature.
US11034054B2
A prefabricated stair modular assembly mold comprises a base, a step standard module, an upside module of a lower platform, an underside rotating module of a lower platform, an upside module of an upper platform, an underside rotating module of an upper platform, an underside common module, and an underside adjustment modules. Prefabricated stair molds of different dimensions are formed by means of locating holes provided in the assembling modules, and are then fixed by means of sliding holes at two ends. Further disclosed is a mounting method for said assembly mold. Said assembly mold has high positioning accuracy, and small accumulated error, improving the mounting efficiency of the prefabricated staircase mold.
US11034035B2
A utility knife is provided, including: a first housing, a second housing, a blade carrier and a locking mechanism. The first housing includes a shaft disposed thereon and having an axis. The second housing is rotatably mounted to the shaft and includes a first engaging portion. The blade carrier is movably received between the first housing and the second housing, and is operable to move. The locking mechanism is disposed through the second housing and non-rotatable relative to the shaft. The locking mechanism is axially slidable between a locking position and a releasing position along the shaft and rotatable about the axis. When the locking mechanism is in the locking position, the second housing is non-rotatable relative to the first housing; when the locking mechanism is in the releasing position, the second housing is rotatable about the locking mechanism and rotatable relative to the first housing.
US11034027B2
Systems and methods for robot assisted personnel routing including a plurality of autonomous robots operating within a navigational space, each robot including a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the autonomous robot to detect completion of a task operation by a human operator, receive status information corresponding to at least one other robot, the status information including at least one of a location or a wait time associated with the other robot, determine, from the status information, at least one next task recommendation for directing the human operator to a next robot for a next task operation, and render, on a display of the robot, the at least one next task recommendation for viewing by the human operator, the next task recommendation including a location of the next robot corresponding to the next task.
US11034022B2
A robot teaching system includes a hand guide unit including a stick for use in a teaching operation of a robot, and a wireless communication unit configured to communicate by radio with a teach pendant; a relative position setting unit configured to set relative position information between the hand guide unit and the robot; and a coordinate calculation unit configured to calculate, based on the relative position information, coordinates having as an origin a flange surface of the robot or a distal end point of a tool attached to the robot, in such a manner as to correspond to an operation direction of the stick.
US11034021B1
Methods, systems, and devices for managing robot resources are described. A robot receives from an application a request to reserve a particular set of physical resources of the robot. The robot then determines that each of the physical resources in the set are available to the application and, based on the determination, allocates exclusive use of the particular set of resources to the application by (i) generating a token corresponding to the set of resources, (ii) providing the token to the application, and (iii) updating token data that associates the token with the set of resources. The robot then controls access to the particular set of resources such that, while token data indicates that the token is valid, commands from applications that involve the set of resources are only executed when provided with the token corresponding to the allocation of access to the particular set of resources.
US11034018B2
An estimation device includes a memory and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to acquire information regarding a target object. The at least one processor is configured to estimate information regarding a location and a posture of a gripper relating to where the gripper is able to grasp the target object. The estimation is based on an output of a neural model having as an input the information regarding the target object. The estimated information regarding the posture includes information capable of expressing a rotation angle around a plurality of axes.
US11034013B2
An only open end wrench attachment device incorporates a pommel to prevent slippage of the user's hands, a griping section with a plurality of grooves, a cylindrical length hilt section between the gripping area and the attachment apex to provide various lengths and an attachment apex that provides both parallel and angle attachment for an open end wrench, thereby providing a tool which is solid with no moving parts and is designed to be easily scaled from 9 inches long to 6 feet in length to accommodate wrenches both metric and standard from ¼ inch to 5 inch.
US11033997B1
A method for correcting non-rigid thin-walled tubular elements having geometric deficiencies, wherein, following correction, the tubular elements may perform over a wide range of pressure and temperatures, for example as a rocket motor beaker, from about −70 C to about 1000 C. Correction is required to remove asperities, maximize cylindricity, squaring a forward end wall and a rearward end wall, so that the forward end wall of the tube product may be fitted, bonded and sealed to a circular planar element using a labyrinth-joint closure. The method provides uniformity so that both the tubular elements and the circular planar elements are interchangeably uniform in size, shape and performance, and may be readily assembled into non-rigid thin-walled tube products.
US11033981B2
The disclosure describes various aspects of acousto-optic modulator (AOM) configurations for quantum processing. A method is described including generating, by a first AOM from a laser beam, first and second diffracted laser beams at different angles based on first and second radio frequency (RF) tones. An optical component focuses the diffracted laser beams onto a second AOM, which generates third and fourth diffracted laser beams based on the first RF tone and a third RF tone and the second RF tone and a fourth RF tone respectively, wherein the third and fourth diffracted laser beams are substantially parallel when incident on a respective ion in a chain of ions in a trap. Quantum information in the ion is controlled to perform quantum processing based on the third and fourth diffracted laser beams. Another method is described including generating, by an AOM, a small polarization rotation of an undiffracted laser beam.
US11033976B1
A soldering fixture for coupling surface-mount leads of an edge connector to corresponding pads on a PCB includes a base for positioning over the edge connector. A threaded mounting shaft is connected to the base and rotatable relative thereto. An alignment shaft is threadably engaged with the threaded mounting shaft and connected to the base such that rotation of the threaded mounting shaft causes longitudinal movement of the alignment shaft relative to the threaded mounting shaft and the base. An adjustment device is connected to the threaded mounting shaft for rotating the threaded mounting shaft to move threads on the alignment shaft into engagement with the leads to move the leads into alignment with the pads.
US11033971B2
A clamping device includes a first clamping segment which has a first mounting flange and a tubular member extending axially away therefrom. A first bore extends through the first mounting flange and the tubular member. The first mounting flange is configured for attachment to a rotatable spindle of a machine tool. The clamping device includes a draw bar assembly which has an axially extending elongate shaft. The elongate shaft extends through the first bore of the first clamping segment. A biasing unit is mounted on or in the tubular member. A locking member is removably secured to the elongate shaft such that the biasing unit is compressed between the locking member and a portion of the first clamping segment. The biasing member remains compressed when the first clamping segment is separated from the spindle of the machine tool.
US11033969B2
A cutting tool includes a substrate and a coating that coats a surface of the substrate, the coating including a multilayer structure layer composed of at least one layer A and at least one layer B alternately deposited from a side closer to the substrate toward a side closer to a surface, the layer A having an average composition of AlxCr(1-x)N, the layer B being composed of AlyTi(1-y)N, the layer A being composed of a domain region and a matrix region, the domain region having a composition ratio of Cr larger than that of Cr of the matrix region, wherein x has a range of 0.5≤x≤0.8 and y has a range of 0.5≤y≤0.7.
US11033964B2
A method of providing an abrasive structure for additive manufacturing includes determining of a design of a portion of a powdery base material and selectively solidifying the portion in a bed of the base material according to the determined design such that an abrasive structure is generated, wherein the abrasive structure is still movable in the bed of the base material. Further, an additively manufactured component has an internal surface with a surface roughness of less than 100 μm, preferably less than 60 μm.
US11033959B2
A method for manufacturing a machine component made of metal-based material is described. The method comprises the steps of: providing a powder blend comprising at least one metal-containing powder material and at least one strengthening dispersor in powder form, wherein the strengthening dispersor in powder form has an average grain size less than an average grain size of the metal-containing powder material; and forming the machine component by an additive manufacturing process using the powder blend.
US11033956B2
A casting device having a casting mold and a core for producing a helical casting is described. The may have an expendable core that can be dissolved after the casting process. Advantageous effects of the device and process can be achieved by virtue of the fact that the female mold for accommodating the helical casting during the casting process is formed completely within the outer contour of the core, the female mold being delimited by the core and, at the peripheral boundary surfaces of the female mold, by the casting mold.
US11033954B2
Plants for regenerating foundry sand are provided having a combustion chamber, which has at least one inlet for introducing sand to be regenerated into the combustion chamber, nozzles for feeding combustible gas into the combustion chamber, nozzles for injecting air so as to maintain a heated fluidized bed of sand in the combustion chamber, a cooling chamber for cooling sand coming from the combustion chamber, the cooling chamber having nozzles for blowing air in order to maintain a fluidized bed of sand in the cooling chamber, refrigerating pipes arranged above the air nozzles, a communicating duct which connects the combustion chamber with the cooling chamber, the communicating duct including a vertical or inclined lower end portion which is at least partially surrounded by or adjacent to a plurality of the refrigerating pipes in the cooling chamber, and wherein the lower end portion has a bottom outlet arranged at a lower level with respect to at least one of the refrigerating pipes.
US11033948B2
A punch and die set and selection apparatus adapted for sheet material forming, to work cooperatively with an automated punch press to select one of a set of punches and dies to operate within said apparatus to be engaged with the punch-press load-applying ram and tool holders, and to compel or allow the non-selected dies to be moved away from the sheet material so as not to impinge on or damage the sheet material being formed.
US11033938B2
A method and to a cleaning device for cleaning tubes of tube bundles, wherein at least one rotating cleaning lance is used. During the insertion of the cleaning lance, the insertion depth E of the cleaning lance is measured and is stored and documented in a storage and documentation device. The cleaning device has an XY displacement device, on which a support rail is arranged, which supports a cleaning apparatus.
US11033935B2
A sorting facility (1) for sorting parcels (2), has a sorting conveyor (3), sorting outlets (4) distributed along said conveyor, and a monitoring and control unit (7) for controlling the conveyor so as to sort the parcels into the outlets as a function of their destination addresses. Each outlet is arranged to store a plurality of receptacles (6), each of which is associated with a parcel destination address in a memory of the unit. At each outlet, the facility has a swap-over device (8) for swapping the receptacles over. The unit controls the swap-over device so that a receptacle for which the destination address associated with it in the memory of the monitoring and control unit corresponds to the destination address of a current parcel to be sorted is held stationary in a filling position in which the receptacle is positioned under the sorting outlet so as to receive a parcel.
US11033931B2
An abrasion resistant coating is disclosed. The coating includes diamond particles and may be used in one or more coating layers of a coating stack for a wood substrate. Wood substrates include hardwood and engineered hardwood flooring.
US11033929B2
For a substrate having a diameter of 300 millimeters and a main surface on which a lot of pattern elements standing upright are formed, a processing using a processing liquid is performed on the main surface. After the processing using the processing liquid, a filler solution is applied onto the main surface. In the application process of the filler solution, pure water is supplied onto the main surface which faces upward while the substrate is in a horizontal state, and a liquid film of the pure water which covers the main surface and has a thickness not larger than 5 micrometers is formed by rotating the substrate. Then, the filler solution containing a water-soluble filler is supplied onto a center portion of the main surface while the substrate is rotated at the number of rotation not smaller than 300 times and not larger than 500 times per minute.
US11033928B2
A caulking finger includes a handle and a finger portion. The finger portion may be shaped according to a human finger and is elastic. The various curvatures, shapes, and pliable nature of the finger portion allows the caulking finger to press caulk into a seam or joint to a desired finish.
US11033920B2
A system for dispensing a personal care fluid, such as a hand soap or the like. The system includes a dispenser and a refill cartridge. The dispenser includes a dispenser body having a refill cavity and a dispenser lid configured to be coupled to the dispenser body. There may be a pump sub-system mounted to the dispenser lid, or alternatively the personal care fluid may be dispensed by squeezing the dispenser and refill cartridge. The refill cartridge is configured for slidable insertion into and removal from the refill cavity of the dispenser body. The personal care fluid system is designed so that a user can readily and easily change out/replace the refill cartridge for use with a common dispenser, dispenser lid, and pump sub-system.
US11033916B2
Powder-dispensing device and powder-coating installation for spraying articles with a powder coating
A powder-dispensing device in the form of a dense-phase powder pump or of a powder injector is provided to deliver coating powder from a powder reservoir to a powder-spraying device. To make the spray coating operation easier for the customer and to be able to make it more cost-effective, without having to compromise on good coating quality and good coating efficiency, a control device is integrated in the powder-dispensing device or is connected, in particular directly, to the powder-dispensing device and is designed to establish at least one parameter that is characteristic of a spray coating procedure carried out with the powder-coating device.
US11033914B2
A fluidized bed spray drying system for drying liquid into powder including an elongated drying chamber, a spray nozzle assembly at an upper end of the drying chamber and a powder collection chamber at a lower end of the drying chamber. A drying gas inlet is provided in the powder collection chamber and a drying gas outlet is provided at an upper end of the drying chamber. A plurality of cylindrical filter elements at the upper end of the drying chamber are in communication with the exhaust gas outlet for filtering drying gas borne powder from drying gas exiting the drying chamber.
US11033899B2
This invention provides devices, systems, and methods for performing point-of-care, analysis, including multiplexed analysis, of a biological fluid analyte, such as blood. The invention includes a cartridge for collecting the biological fluid analyte. The cartridge is configured to be inserted into an assay reader, in which one or more assay reactions may be performed. The assay reader is designed to read and report the results of the one or more assay reactions.
US11033893B2
A continuous resin regeneration system includes a process by which resin in need of being recharged is continuously recharged and cleaned with a plurality of two-set filtration columns so that resin regeneration and the flow of influent is continuous and interrupted. Downstream filtration columns also undergo this cycling but at slower and related rates as the first column with the dirtiest water will naturally degrade resin faster than the downstream columns. Contaminated influent is cleaned by the continuously recharged resin in multiple column sets. The degree of cleaning of earlier filtration columns affects the resin flow rate of later filtration columns.
US11033854B2
Provided are apparatus and systems for performing a swing adsorption process. This swing adsorption process may involve performing a startup mode process prior to beginning a normal operation mode process to remove contaminants from a gaseous feed stream. The startup mode process may be utilized for swing adsorption processes, such as TSA and/or PSA, which are utilized to remove one or more contaminants from a gaseous feed stream.
US11033850B2
Disclosed is a vacuum drying and solvent recovery device, including a vacuum drying system for drying an ink jet printing (IJP) ink by volatilizing a solvent in the IJP ink and a solvent recovery system for recovering the solvent volatilized from the IJP ink. By integrating the solvent recovery system outside the vacuum drying system and providing a plurality of solvent recovery chambers in the solvent recovery system to condense and recover solvents for various systems, the recycling of the solvents in the IJP inks and the reduction of production costs can be achieved.
US11033842B2
An exchangeable filter insert that separates an unfiltered side and a filtered side of a filter, the filter having a filter housing, an inlet for liquid to be filtered and an outlet for filtered liquid. A filter bypass valve has a valve seat and a valve body guided so as to be movable relative to the valve seat and preloaded in the closing direction. The valve seat is fixed to the filter. The valve body is guided in the filter so as to be fixed to the filter. A spring that preloads the valve body in the closing direction is guided in the filter so as to be fixed to the filter. The filter insert has a spring prestresser support that, in the state in which the insert is placed into the filter housing, supports and pre-stresses the spring at its end facing away from the valve body.
US11033841B1
A water filtering pitcher with a pitcher with a top, a base and an inner wall surface extending between the top and the base to define an internal volume. A filter adapter is positioned within the internal volume of the pitcher, configured to couple to a water filter, and movable between a first position closer to the base and a second position closer to the top. At least one bias member configured to bias the filter upward is positioned between the filter adapter and the pitcher base. When a water filter is received through the top of the pitcher to the filter adapter and water is filtered from above the filter adapter through the water filter and into the base of the pitcher, the at least one bias member biases the filter adapter and water filter from the first position toward the second position.
US11033840B2
Embodiments herein relate to part separation and cleaning devices. In an embodiment, a part separation and cleaning apparatus is included having a liquid holding tub defining an interior volume. The liquid holding tub can include a bottom pan defining a center aperture and an outer perimeter, a perimeter wall attached to the bottom pan adjacent to the outer perimeter thereof and a center sleeve attached to the bottom pan over the central aperture and extending upward away from the bottom pan. The apparatus can further include a motor and a drive shaft. An indexing plate within the liquid holding tub can be connected to the drive shaft. The indexing plate can rotate and can include a plurality of discrete compartments. A control circuit can be configured to cause the drive unit to initiate an indexing movement in response to a received signal. Other embodiments are also included herein.
US11033833B2
A feedstock processing system extracts a product from a solid using a CTSE system comprising a plurality of continuous stirred tank extraction stages arranged in fluid communication with each other in series such that effluent from one stage flows to a next stage in the series. One of the stages has an inlet to allow a measured amount of liquid solvent and the solid to be introduced to the continuous stirred tank extraction stage. The stage mixes the solid with the introduced solvent to form a homogeneous slurry to enable the product associated with the solid to be extracted with the solvent. A solid-liquid separator is arranged in fluid communication with the continuous stirred tank extraction stages, and receives an effluent from one of the stages and separates the liquid solvent containing the product from the solid to form a product-containing liquid and a product-depleted solid.
US11033831B2
A tray for a mass-transfer column permits contact between a liquid phase and a gas phase. The tray may comprise a tray feed via which the tray is charged with the liquid phase, a tray drain via which the liquid phase drains from the tray, and first guide means for guiding the liquid phase where the first guide means forms a first course path along which the liquid phase flows from the tray feed to the tray drain, enabling contact with the gas phase. A second guide means may form a second course path overlapping with the first course path, which leads from an inlet to an outlet. The first guide means may have at least two partial concentric paths. Temperature-control fluid may flow along the second course path in at least one of the at least two partial paths opposite the flow direction of the liquid phase.
US11033829B2
A resistance control system of an amusement attraction includes a support assembly having a base, a pivot joint, and a support beam extending between the base and the pivot joint. The resistance control system includes a spring plate coupled to the pivot joint of the support assembly, and includes at least one spring engaged with the spring plate. Additionally, the resistance control system includes an actuator plate positioned between the spring plate and the base of the support assembly, as well as at least one actuator coupled between the actuator plate and the base. The at least one actuator is configured to move and secure the actuator plate relative to the pivot joint to adjust a resistance to movement about the pivot joint.
US11033825B2
A user analysis method of assisting a current user within the videogame, includes: obtaining an indication that a hint is required for a scenario within the videogame; and if so, providing a hint to the current user relating to successful behaviour in the scenario; where providing a hint comprises: obtaining one or more indicators of behaviour for the scenario within the videogame, a difference detecting step comprising detecting a respective difference between the one or more obtained indicators of behaviour and corresponding data derived from a corpus of measured indicators of behaviour previously generated from a subset of other users detected to have a predetermined level of success in the scenario, and the providing step comprising providing a hint to the current user indicating a change in one or more behaviours that reduces a respective difference in the one or more measured indicators of behaviour between the current user and the subset of other users detected to have a predetermined level of success in the scenario.
US11033824B2
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for predictive preloading of game data are described. In some implementations, a method can include using a machine learning model of player cohort behavior to predict which games (or game-related data assets) to begin preloading prior to a user making a game selection. Once the user makes a selection, any preloading not related to the selection can be terminated. Thus, during the time period when the user is viewing available game selections, a given number of selections can begin to be preloaded based on predictions from the machine learning model. The preloading can help reduce latency from game selection by the user to game start time.
US11033818B2
A method for providing a close-range battle royale game in which a permitted number of players and a permitted area in a game map are determined dynamically is provided. The method includes steps of: a game server (a) (i) determining a permitted number of the players by using a first algorithm, and (ii) determining specific users as specific players by referring to a specific counted number of the specific users during waiting time; (b) (i) selecting a set of coordinates for a base point in a permitted area by using a second algorithm, (ii) determining a size by referring to the permitted number, and (iii) determining the permitted area by referring to the set of the coordinates and the size; and (c) at least one of allowing the specific players to view the permitted area and determining starting positions of the specific players by referring to the permitted area.
US11033813B2
The present concepts relate to erasing the delay effects caused by latency. A server may model an environment. The server may transmit a series of state information relating to the state of the environment to a client. The client may receive an input provided by a user. In response, the client may transmit the input along with the state information to the server, where the state information corresponds to the state of the environment from the user's perspective at the time the user provided the input. The server may process the input according to the state information received with the input rather than the state of the environment being modeled by the server at the time the input is received by the server. Accordingly, the user may experience that the server is responsive to her inputs as though there were no latency.
US11033812B2
An example input apparatus includes an elastic member, a base portion and a strain gauge. The elastic member includes a first end portion and a second end portion, and at least a part of the elastic member is elastically deformable. The base portion holds the opposite end portions of the elastic member so that a ring is formed by the base portion and the elastic member. The strain gauge is provided on the base portion and detects a strain generated on the base portion due to deformation of the elastic member in response to an input from the user. Note that instead of the configuration where a ring is formed by the base portion and the elastic member, the input apparatus may be configured so that two elastic members are held by the base portion.
US11033811B2
Provided is a technology of allowing operation of four push buttons of a controller including the four push buttons provided in place of a cross key pad as if operating the cross key pad. The controller includes a third push-button input module (142) being a cylindrical recess including four push buttons (142A to 142D) on a bottom surface of the third push-button input module (142). A recessed portion (142E) is formed in the bottom surface. Meanwhile, the controller includes a cover member (200) having a circular plate portion (211) including a cross-key-pad portion (212). A column portion having a circular column shape is provided on a back surface of the cover member (200). The cover member (200) is fixed to the third push-button input module (142) through insertion of the column portion into the recessed portion (142E). When a user presses the cross-key-pad portion (212), freely selected one of the four push buttons (142A to 142D) positioned below the circular plate portion (211) can be pressed.
US11033808B2
A shooting game control method, which is executed by a computer incorporated in a device including a display and a touch panel, includes accepting a touch operation on the touch panel; displaying a first frame indicative of a shooting effective range on the display in accordance with a position of the touch operation; accepting an instruction for an attack on an attack target in a state in which the first frame is displayed; determining whether the attack target in a game image displayed on the display is within the first frame or not, at a time point when the instruction for the attack has been accepted; and controlling the attack on the attack target in the game image in accordance with a result of the determining.
US11033803B2
A table game system is provided capable of identifying shuffled playing cards used at the time of the occurrence of a problem in a card shoe apparatus, thereby enabling an investigation of the cause thereof or the taking of countermeasures therefor. A card shoe apparatus of the table game system of the present invention includes a barcode reader that reads a barcode provided in a shuffled playing card set, thereby reading a shuffled card ID that uniquely identifies the shuffled playing card set. A sensor for detecting the opening/closing of the lid is provided under the lid to detect the opening/closing of the lid, thereby detecting replacement of the shuffled playing card set. A control unit further includes a function of storing security items in connection with a shuffled card ID.
US11033802B2
The present disclosure relates to a playing card, where a suit and a rank are printed on one surface of a card base sheet, a back pattern is printed on a back surface, an intermediate layer having a black layer or a color layer similar to black is provided on the card base sheet to make transmission of visible rays difficult, and ink containing no carbon is used for printing the suit and the rank. The intermediate layer is configured to prevent transmission of visible rays from the back surface. The suit and the rank printed with the ink containing no carbon are configured to transmit infrared rays. The intermediate layer and the suit and rank printed with the ink containing no carbon are configured such that it is difficult for both the visible rays and the infrared rays to distinguish the suit and the rank from the back surface.
US11033785B1
A golf club head with improved striking face performance is disclosed herein. More specifically, a golf club head includes a striking face with a thickened central region surrounded by transition region that reduces radially in thickness as it extends away from the central region is disclosed. The striking face geometry results in more uniform characteristic time measurements across a large percentage thereof.
US11033783B2
A golf club head includes a face, a crown, a sole, and defines a bore that is configured to receive and to selectively retain an elongate weight. The bore is aligned on a longitudinal axis that intersects the face. An elongate weight is insertable into the bore. The elongate weight is rotatable between a first angular position and a second angular position. The golf club head can further include a compliant stop positioned to contact a protrusion of the elongate weight, such that a torque threshold must be overcome to rotate the elongate weight.
US11033777B1
Stationary exercise machine. In one aspect of the disclosure, a stationary exercise machine may include one or more moveable members configured to be moved by a user, an actuator configured to selectively adjust the speed of, or the amount of resistance on, the one or more moveable members, and one or more processors. The one or more processors may be configured to receive a video workout program, execute the video workout program set to a first difficulty level, receive a second difficulty level, and execute the video workout program reset to the second difficulty level.
US11033772B2
A weighted wearable training apparatus has a weight shell with a front surface, a rear surface, a top, a bottom, a first side edge and a second side edge. The weight shell is adapted to cover at least a portion of a user's limb. A plurality of pockets are positioned on the rear surface of the weight shell. At least one removable weight sized to fit within one of the pockets. At least one attachment mechanism is provided for holding the weight shell to the user's limb.
US11033770B2
A sports specific and injury preventing exercise device for exercising a user. The sports specific and injury preventing exercise device includes a frame and a pair of handles on the frame. The pair of handles are parallel to one another, parallel to the trunk of a user, offset relative to the frame, and on opposite sides of the frame. The sports specific and injury preventing exercise device also includes a flat support area in the middle of the frame, where the flat support area is configured to support one or more weight plates. The sports specific and injury preventing exercise device further includes a sleeve attached to the flat support area and one or more assist handles, where the assist handles are configured to allow a spotter to support the weight of the frame.
US11033762B2
A method for monitoring breathing air of a person breathing via a face mask (8). In the method pressure of inhaled air and partial pressure of oxygen before oxygen enters in the face mask (8) are measured. A partial pressure of oxygen in lungs of the person is estimated on the basis of the measured pressure of inhaled air and the measured partial pressure of oxygen. Also at least one physical characteristics of lungs is taken into account. The estimated partial pressure of oxygen in lungs is compared with a threshold. An indication of impending hypoxia is provided to the person, if the comparison indicates that the estimated partial pressure of oxygen in lungs is at a level lower than the threshold. The present disclosure also relates to an apparatus (6) for implementing the method.
US11033760B2
A radiotherapy system and method for delivering radiotherapy are provided. In some aspects, the radiotherapy system includes beam director comprising a radiation source configured to generate radiation for irradiating a patient, the beam director having at least four degrees of freedom of movement. The radiotherapy system also includes a controller configured to operate the beam director to irradiate the patient in accordance with a radiation treatment plan, wherein the radiation treatment plan is generated based on a solution space determined by the at least four degrees of freedom of movement of the beam director.
US11033750B1
An intraoral device includes a mouthpiece for receiving a dentition of a user. The intraoral appliance further includes an oxygen sensor and an infrared radiation emitter. The oxygen sensor may include a photoplethysmography sensor. The intraoral device may further include a thermoelectric power source to supply power to the infrared radiation emitter and the photoplethysmography sensor.
US11033745B2
A pacemaker is configured to deliver pacing pulses that lead pacing pulses delivered by another medical device. The pacemaker may detect pacing pulses delivered by the other medical device by a pulse detector circuit of the pacemaker, produce a pulse detect signal in response to each one of the detected pacing pulses, determine a pulse detect interval between two pulse detect signals consecutively produced by the pulse detector circuit, set a pacing escape interval based on the pulse detect interval less a pre-interval, and deliver a pacing pulse upon expiration of the pacing escape interval.
US11033739B2
A training aid stimulator for providing fast perceptive feedback is disclosed. The training aid stimulator includes a first skin electrode and a second skin electrode both for making electrical contact to the body of a user, a charging module, a discharge module connected to one or more of the skin electrodes for a feedback discharging, and a processor for controlling the charging of a capacitor equivalent to a predetermined first voltage level, wherein the processor further being connected to the discharge module for controlling a feedback discharge of the capacitor equivalent. The stimulator comprises a voltage measurement module for measuring the level of charge of the capacitor equivalent, and the processor is configured for keeping the stimulator ready to discharge by repeatedly measuring the level of charge and by providing a maintenance charging when the voltage over said capacitance equivalent is at or below a predetermined second voltage level.
US11033738B2
A portable, battery powered apparatus (10) generates an electrical signal between electrodes (15a, 15b) to be applied to the skin of a patient for reduction or prevention of snoring or obstructive sleep apnoea. The signal comprises electrical stimulation at a frequency of 1-100 Hz and the signal comprises a stimulation free period of at least 0.5 seconds every 20 seconds, avoiding muscle fatigue when used for long periods, e.g. overnight.
US11033732B2
In some embodiments, a clinician programmer device for controlling a deep brain stimulation (DBS) system is adapted to assist a clinician to conduct an electrode screening review for the DBS system including screening of segmented electrodes. The clinician programmer stores software code for conducting a screening review in memory. The software code may comprise: code for providing one or more interface screens for guiding the user of the device through testing of electrode configurations of the implantable stimulation lead, wherein the code for providing applies at least one testing progression for guiding the user of the device through a defined testing order.
US11033727B2
Apparatus and methods are described including a blood pump (24) configured to be placed inside a blood vessel of a in subject, the blood pump including an impeller (28) configured to pump blood by rotating. A support cage (254) is shaped to define a narrow portion (256) that is configured to be disposed around the impeller, and to maintain a separation between a wall of the blood vessel and the impeller, and a radial extension (258) from the narrow portion of the support cage that extends radially outward with respect to the narrow portion of the support cage, the radial extension being configured to substantially maintain a longitudinal axis of the impeller in alignment with a local longitudinal axis of the blood vessel by contacting the wall of the blood vessel. Other applications are also described.
US11033717B2
A method and system of and for securing a lumen or catheter, after placement in a patient, to prevent unwanted removal or dislodgement of the lumen or catheter caused by patient movement and/or further medical interventions such as cardiopulmonary chest compressions, electrical defibrillation, surgical procedures, and the like. The method and system comprising simple and sterile materials that preclude the use of excessive suturing and ineffective ad-hoc methods with tape and gauze. The catheter is secured by a rubber on plastic frictional force and will resist external forces while preventing the tube structure from bending and subsequent occlusion. The device can be comfortably attached to the patient in all of the anatomical locations typically targeted for large catheter installment. The method of securement is rapid and requires only a single personnel to handle the device and the catheter tube simultaneously.
US11033715B2
A catheter having a catheter shaft that has a more uniform construction throughout a length of the catheter shaft and is able to provide more than one deflection curvature. The catheter shaft includes a flexible outer tubular member, and a less flexible inner tubular member extending through the outer tubular member in a proximal section of the catheter shaft, wherein the inner tubular member is afforded longitudinal movement relative to the outer tubular member. The catheter also includes at least one puller wire extending through the inner tubular member to deflect a distal deflection section of the catheter shaft, wherein the longitudinal movement of the inner tubular member relative to the outer tubular member enables an operator to select and set a deflection curvature of the distal deflection section.
US11033712B2
An apparatus and method for the treatment of intravascular medical conditions is provided. The device comprising a handle assembly, an expandable portion defined by a plurality of struts oriented along a longitudinal axis and a tip member affixed to a distal end of the struts. The struts are moveable between a collapsed and an expanded position. A catheter tube extends from the handle assembly to the expandable portion. An elongate member is disposed within the catheter tube and is in communication with the handle assembly and the tip member.
US11033700B2
Systems and methods for estimating a leak flow in a breathing assistance system including a ventilation device connected to a patient are provided. Data of a flow waveform indicating the flow of gas between the ventilation device and the patient is accessed. A specific portion of the flow waveform is identified, and a linear regression of the identified portion of the flow waveform is performed to determine an estimated leak flow in the breathing assistance system.
US11033699B2
A flow generator for delivering breathable gas to a patient includes a processor coupled with operation sensors and a user interface. The processor is programmed to generate at least one of time-based or event-based messages relating to at least one of flow generator operation, flow generator service, flow generator use, patient health, peripheral devices and services, patient treatment, and reminders. Time-based messages are generated at predetermined time intervals based on either time of use or elapsed time. The event-based messages are generated based on signals from the operation sensors. The user interface is configured to deliver the messages to at least one of a display, a flow generator service provider, the patient and a physician. By this system, operation of the flow generator is facilitated and enhanced.
US11033692B2
A device for adding a flavor and/or cough suppressant component to an inhaler is described. The device includes a housing having an interior chamber, wherein the housing includes at least one air inlet and at least one air outlet connected to the interior chamber, thereby forming an airflow pathway through the interior chamber, and at least one flavoring and/or cough suppressant component positioned within the interior chamber, wherein the housing is attachable to an exterior surface of an inhaler having at least one air inlet, such that the at least one air outlet of the device aligns with the at least one air inlet of the inhaler to form an airflow path through the device and into the inhaler.
US11033686B2
An administration mechanism for a medicament delivery device is disclosed having a linearly displaceable medicament delivery member cover, an actuator sleeve, an actuator, wherein the medicament delivery member cover is configured to axially displace the actuator sleeve from an initial position to a distally displaced position thereby displacing the actuator sleeve relative to the actuator, a rotator having a guide structure, a plunger holder, and a plunger rod that is proximally biased. The actuator can engage with the plunger holder in the initial position of the actuator sleeve to prevent the plunger holder from proximal displacement relative to the actuator. The actuator can be released from engagement with the plunger holder by displacement of the actuator sleeve towards the distally displaced position to enable proximal displacement of the plunger holder, the plunger rod and the rotator relative to the actuator. The actuator can rotate the rotator relative to the plunger holder, releasing the plunger rod from the plunger holder.
US11033679B2
A fluid pathway assembly includes a needle insertion mechanism, a fluid conduit, and a fluid pathway connection. The fluid pathway assembly may further include a drug container to hold a drug fluid prior to initiation of the injection. The assembly may include a carrier disposed along at least a portion of the fluid pathway assembly, and/or a drug container. The fill-finish cartridge functions to retain the components of the fluid pathway assembly in a sterile condition, while allowing for easy integration of the fluid pathway assembly and the drug container into a standard fill-finish process. Methods of constructing a cartridge, filling a drug container included in a cartridge, and incorporating the same into a drug delivery device are disclosed.
US11033659B2
Three dimensional nanofiber structures are provided and methods of production thereof.
US11033656B2
The present invention provides demineralized bone fibers exhibiting optimal handling properties (e.g., high moldability and low elastic modulus) and biological activities (e.g., osteoinductivity) as well as non-demineralized bone fibers useful for preparing the demineralized bone fibers. A well-controlled demineralization process for preparing the demineralized bone of fibers is also provided. Products comprising the demineralized bone fibers and uses thereof are further provided.
US11033650B2
A combustion device comprises a burner and a fragrance diffuser. The burner is provided with a top end having a combustion portion. The fragrance diffuser includes a support and a holder adapted to hold a fragrance substance. The support is disposed on the top end and has an inner wall and an outer wall. The inner wall is arranged around the combustion portion, and the outer wall is arranged around the inner wall. A holding space is formed between the inner wall and the outer wall. The holder is disposed in the holding space. Thus, the combustion device is not only for decorative purpose, but also able to emit fragrance. Further, the fragrance diffuser can function as a windshield of the burner.
US11033646B1
A UV shielding device including a sanitizing interface having a top surface arranged to support footwear positioned above the sanitizing interface. The sanitizing interface including a translucent material arranged to allow UV light to pass through. The UV shielding device including a sensor arranged to detect a presence of the footwear and a UV emitter arranged to emit the UV light toward the footwear and through the sanitizing interface. The device also including an adjustable UV shield positioned adjacent to the sanitizing interface and arranged to conform substantially to a shape of the footwear positioned above the sanitizing interface, where the UV shield includes a first perimeter positioned in close proximity laterally to a perimeter of a sole of the footwear.
US11033628B1
The present application provides methods of prevention and/or treatment of breast cancer in a subject by inhibiting expression of PAX2. In the cancer treatment methods disclosed, the method of inhibiting expression of PAX2 can be by administration of a nucleic acid encoding an siRNA for PAX2. A method of treating cancer in a subject by administering DEFB1 is also provided. Similarly, provided is a method of treating cancer in a subject by increasing expression of DEFB1 in the subject.
US11033625B2
Animal protein-free, solid-form Clostridial toxin pharmaceutical compositions comprising a Clostridial toxin active ingredient and at least two excipients.
US11033621B2
The present invention provides, inter alia, methods for treating or ameliorating the effects of a disease, such as cancer, in a subject. The methods include: administering to a subject in need thereof (a) a therapeutically effective amount of an agent selected from the group consisting of an anti-angiogenic agent, a vascular disrupting agent (VDA), and combinations thereof; and (b) a therapeutically effective amount of a monoclonal antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof, wherein the monoclonal antibody contains: (i) a heavy chain variable region (VH), which includes an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:5, and SEQ ID NO:7; and (ii) a light chain variable region (VL), which includes an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:6, and SEQ ID NO:8. Compositions, including pharmaceutical compositions, and kits for treating diseases, such as cancer, are also provided.
US11033620B2
The present invention provides, inter alia, methods for treating or ameliorating the effects of a disease, such as cancer, in a subject. The methods include: administering to a subject in need thereof (a) a therapeutically effective amount of a microtubule inhibitor; and (b) a therapeutically effective amount of a monoclonal antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof, wherein the monoclonal antibody contains: (i) a heavy chain variable region (VH), which includes an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:5, and SEQ ID NO:7; and (ii) a light chain variable region (VL), which includes an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:6, and SEQ ID NO:8. Compositions, including pharmaceutical compositions, and kits for treating diseases, such as cancer, are also provided herein.
US11033616B2
The present invention relates to exogenous feline paramyxovirus genes, which are expressed from recombinant viral vector systems.
US11033613B2
This invention provides methods of treating, reducing the incidence of, and inducing immune responses to a WT1-expressing cancer, by administering a combination of at least one WT1 peptide, or cytotoxic T cells (CTLs) against a WT1-expressing cancer, and at least one checkpoint inhibitor. The at least one WT1 peptide can be administered to the subject by administering one or more agents to the subject resulting in delivery of one or more WT1 peptides and induction of an immune response against the WT1-expressing cancer. Examples of these WT1 delivery agents include: (i) an isolated WT1 peptide, (ii) a nucleic acid encoding the at least one WT1 peptide, and (iii) an immune cell comprising or presenting the at least one WT1 peptide or nucleic acid encoding the at least one WT1 peptide.
US11033611B2
Methods and composition for delivery of enzymes to a subject's airway. In some aspects, nebulized composition of enzymes, such as plasminogen activators are provided. In further aspects perfluorocarbon compositions comprising enzymes, such as plasminogen activators are provided. Compositions may, in some aspects, be used for the treatment of lung infections or acute lung injury, such as inhalational smoke induced acute lung injury (ISALI).
US11033602B2
Disclosed herein is a pulmonary administration device, comprising a spray nozzle unit and a cartridge containing an aqueous solution comprising from 70 to 400 mg A/m L of a sulfomethylated polymyxin, and use of sulfomethylated polymyxin in a device for pulmonary administration in a patient in need thereof.
US11033599B2
The present disclosure provides a Pennisetum extract, process for manufacturing the same, and uses thereof for inhibiting differentiation and/or activation of osteoclast, and prevention and/or treatment of osteoporosis.
US11033592B2
There is provided the use of a functional thylakoid extract, particularly in admixture with a physiologically acceptable carrier, in pharmaceutical application, in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, and method for the treatment thereof. The cardiovascular diseases (CVD) may comprise several diseases associated with inflammation of the heart or arteries and include coronary artery diseases (CAD) such as angina and myocardial infarction (commonly known as a heart attack), atherosclerosis, stroke, hypertensive heart disease, rheumatic heart disease, cardiomyopathy, heart arrhythmia, congenital heart disease, valvular heart disease, carditis, aortic aneurysms, peripheral artery disease, and venous thrombosis.
US11033590B2
The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating joint disorders that are characterized by an inflammatory component. In some aspects, the compositions and methods are to prevent the progression of osteoarthritis and other arthritides and to treat osteoarthritis and other arthritides in a mammalian joint.
US11033589B2
The present invention is in the field of delivering an active substance to the oral cavity and relates to mucoadhesive active composition and corresponding mucoadhesive dosage form, which can deliver an active substance within the oral cavity, especially an orodispersible tablet for delivering probiotic substance. The present invention also relates to a method of producing the said composition and a method of processing the composition into a mucoadhesive dosage form, especially an orodispersible tablet. The present invention moreover relates to a system and a method for testing the mucoadhesion of a dosage form.
US11033586B2
The present invention provides a method of producing a cell sheet comprising a retinal pigment epithelial cell layer and a vascular forming cell layer composed of stem cells having vascular formation ability or blood vessel constituting cells, comprising a step of laminating the retinal pigment epithelial cell layer and the vascular forming cell layer, and a cell sheet obtained by said method. Furthermore, the present invention provides a cell sheet for transplantation, comprising a cell layer formed with retinal pigment epithelial cells obtained by inducing differentiation of stem cells or progenitor cells ex vivo, a basement membrane secreted from said cells, and a vascular forming cell layer composed of stem cells having vascular formation ability or blood vessel constituting cells.
US11033569B2
Disclosed are compounds and compositions for the activation or induction of expression of a pattern recognition receptor (e.g., STING, RIG-I, MDA5), and methods of use thereof.
US11033557B2
Provided are methods for treatment and prevention of ischemia-reperfusion injury and chronic intermittent hypoxia related injury through administering a neuroprotective compound. A subject benefiting from the method of the invention may be prescribed or undergoing anti-VEGF treatment, for example an IVAV treatment regimen, or may be diagnosed with a disorder such as sleep apnea.
US11033553B2
An energy-promoting composition includes a stimulant component such as caffeine, a vasodilator component, an energy source including an exogenous ketone body component, and optionally a nootropic component. The separate components beneficially and synergistically interact with one another enhances the overall energy-promoting effect of the composition more rapidly and to a greater degree than if one or more of the components are omitted. The energy-promoting composition is also formulated to minimize the crash effect common to stimulants such as energy drinks.
US11033552B2
The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions of DPP IV inhibitors with an amino group, their preparation and their use to treat diabetes mellitus.
US11033551B2
Methods for treating uterine fibroids, endometriosis, adenomyosis, or heavy menstrual bleeding in a subject, which include administering to the subject from 10 mg to 60 mg per day of N-(4-(1-(2,6-difluorobenzyl)-5-((dimethylamino)methyl)-3-(6-methoxy-3-pyridazinyl)-2,4-dioxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrothieno[2,3-d]pyrimidin-6-yl)phenyl)-N′-methoxyurea, and from 0.01 mg to 5 mg per day of a hormone replacement medicament. The present disclosure has methods for reducing menstrual bleeding in a subject, reducing bone mineral density loss in a subject caused by administering a GnRH antagonist to the subject, suppressing sex hormones in a subject, reducing vasomotor symptoms or hot flashes in a subject, and reducing symptoms of decreased libido in a subject having uterine fibroids, endometriosis, or adenomyosis. Further provided are methods of maintaining blood glucose profile, maintaining lipid profile, and/or maintaining bone mineral density in a pre-menopausal woman being treated for one or more conditions or symptoms of endometriosis, adenomyosis, uterine fibroids, or heavy menstrual bleeding; and methods of contraception and treating infertility.
US11033548B2
The present invention relates to compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and formulations comprising the compounds or a pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof that are useful in modulating lyn kinase activity. In particular, the compounds or a pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are useful for treating or preventing a disease or disorder including cardiovascular disease, dyslipidemia, dyslipoproteinemia, a disorder of glucose metabolism, metabolic syndrome (i.e., Syndrome X), a peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-associated disorder, septicemia, a thrombotic disorder, type II diabetes, obesity, pancreatitis, hypertension, renal disease, inflammation, or impotence.
US11033545B2
The present disclosure relates to the use of negative allosteric modulators (NAMs) of the metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) in the treatment of a mature brain damage, such as damage after stroke.
US11033532B2
The present invention relates to a use of benzimidazole derivative compounds for improvement and treatment of nocturnal acid breakthrough (NAB). The benzimidazole derivative compounds can more effectively prevent and treat gastric acid-related diseases by effectively improving and treating nocturnal nocturnal acid breakthrough symptoms.
US11033529B2
The present disclosure is directed, at least in part, to disease-modifying treatments for neurodegenerative disorders. In one embodiment, a method of delaying worsening of one or more symptoms and/or progression of a neurodegenerative disorder is provided. In one embodiment, a method of treating or ameliorating one or more symptoms of a neurodegenerative disorder is provided. In one embodiment, the methods of the present invention comprise administering to a subject in need thereof, a compound having the structure of Formula (1a); Formula (1a); and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. In one embodiment, the the compound of (1a) and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is administered in combination with one or more pharmacologically active agents.
US11033528B2
A method and composition for treating viral infections using a combination of naturally occurring compounds is provided. The method includes administering to a patient at risk of or diagnosed with a viral infection a composition including therapeutically effective amounts of a helicase ATPase inhibitor, a sialidase enzyme inhibitor, and ICAM-1 inhibitor which each also down regulate the immune response. The composition may further include a permeation enhancer.
US11033527B2
Methods of treating the genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM) and modulating expression of genes involved in the GSM in an individual include administering compound L759,633 or compound JWH-133, both selective ligands for the endocannabinoid receptor type 2 (CB2). These compounds and compositions containing these compounds can be used as a non-hormonal alternative to hormones such as estrogen and ospemiphene for the treatment of the GSM and in particular, vaginal atrophy (VVA).
US11033524B2
The present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions and methods for preventing, delaying onset of, or treating diseases or disorders associated with cortico-hippocampal hyperactivity such as epilepsy, using an active agent capable of reducing dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHODH) enzyme activity in the central nervous system, optionally together with a pyrimidine nucleobase or an intermediate in the de novo synthesis thereof.
US11033516B1
Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for increasing lifespan, for preventing or treating a disease including an aging-related disorder, for reducing a symptom of aging, and/or boosting an immune system in a mammal. Also disclosed herein are compositions and methods for improving effectiveness of a vaccine in a mammal. The compositions comprise, at least, a therapeutically effective amount of disulfiram and one or more additional ingredients.
US11033505B2
The present invention relates to an oral complex preparation comprising: a capsule containing a fat-soluble first drug; and a solid preparation containing a second drug, the solid preparation being embedded into the capsule and including an oil-proof material coating layer on the surface thereof The oral complex preparation of the present invention prepared by embedding the solid preparation including the oil-proof material coating layer on the surface thereof and containing the second drug into the capsule containing the fat-soluble first drug enables two types of drug ingredients to be simultaneously administered. At this time, the oral complex preparation of the present invention can independently transfer each of two types of the active ingredients to a desired region without loss of the active ingredients since the oral complex preparation by enabling the oil-proof material coating layer on the surface of the solid preparation to block elution of the active ingredients of the solid preparation by the fat-soluble first drug or occurrence of side effects with the fat-soluble first drug.
US11033501B2
A method for manufacturing a preparation which contains acetaminophen at a high content, in particular, a miniaturized tablet (conventional tablets, sustained-release tablets, etc.) which have excellent elution properties, preferable hardness and high drug content uniformity, and a premix drug substance of acetaminophen which has improved manufacturability. According to the method in which acetaminophen having a preset particle size is used for manufacturing a preparation, the flowability of acetaminophen can be improved so that secondary agglomeration can be suppressed and manufacturing efficiency can be elevated. Thus, this method is highly useful for manufacturing an acetaminophen preparation having improved administrability, for example, a reduced size.
US11033497B2
Methods of making and resultant acidulent/carbohydrate agglomerates. The acidulent may be citric acid having particle sizes ranging from about 1 micron to 20 microns agglomerated with a soluble carbohydrate co-agglomerate to formulate the various acidulent/carbohydrate agglomerates. In certain embodiments, the carbohydrate co-agglomerate may be maltodextrin to formulate citric acid/maltodextrin agglomerates. These citric acid/maltodextrin agglomerates are shelf stable when dry, have improved flowability, compressibility, mixability; dissolve easily and quickly in water; and provide an easy ready-to-use formulation that is suitable for use in compounding various food and pharmaceutical products.
US11033490B2
This disclosure features methods and compositions for treating diseases of the gastrointestinal tract with a JAK inhibitor.
US11033488B2
There is provided in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the invention, a device and a method for controlled extraction of at least one active substance from at least one type of plant matter by application of heat, the device comprising: a heating element adapted to apply heat to an area of the plant matter to extract the substance; and a mechanism adapted for moving the plant matter relative to the heating element. Optionally, the active substance is a restricted substance. There is also provided in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the invention, a method of monitoring and controlling inhalation of a restricted substance. There is provided in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the invention, a method of manufacturing a tape of plant matter comprising an active substance.
US11033485B1
A dental care system having from about 30 to 99 wt. % humectant; from about 1 to 50 wt. % water; from about 0.001 to 5.00 wt. % antiplaque and anti-tartar actives; from about 0 to 25 wt. % oil; from about 25 to 1 wt. % surfactant; and wherein the dental care system is hydrophobic and adheres to wet gums.
US11033480B2
A personal care composition for cosmetic treatment of skin that provides an improved moisturization signal to a user and exhibits good feel properties. The composition includes a dimethicone fluid or a blend of dimethicone fluids with a viscosity of greater than 1000 centistokes (cSt). The dimethicone fluid(s) are configured to provide the composition with a Time Weighted Force Area of between 5×104 and 12×104 and a Mean Break Time of between 0.30 and 0.75.
US11033479B2
The present invention provides an α-gel forming composition and an α-gel composition that uses an α-gel formation composition that is highly stable and that does not become colored or deposit crystals, etc. over time. An α-gel composition includes (A) 25-50 mass % of one or more higher aliphatic alcohol and/or higher fatty acid has 16 or more carbons, (B) 40-70 mass % of a specific polyoxyethylene sterol ether, and (C) 5-20 mass % of a specific polyoxyethylene dialkyl ester and/or ether. The α-gel composition is generated by adding water.
US11033469B2
A cosmetic product for hair dyeing or hair bleaching comprising a first agent containing an alkali agent and a second agent containing hydrogen peroxide, wherein viscosity of any one of the first agent and the second agent is 100 mPa·s or less, and viscosity of the other agent is 1000 mPa·s or more, the cosmetic product comprising components (A) to (D) in a mixture of the first agent and the second agent, wherein the mass ratio of [(B)+(C)]/(A) in the mixture is 2 or more and 11 or less: (A) a polymer containing a diallyl quaternary ammonium salt as a constitutional unit and having a charge density of 2.5 meq/g or more and 9 meq/g or less, (B) a compound represented by formula (3): R5—O—(CH2CH2O)n—[CH2CH(CH3)O]m—SO3M1 (3) wherein R5 represents a C8-25 hydrocarbon group, n represents an average addition molar number of 0 to 50, m represents an average addition molar number of 0 to 50, and M1 represents an alkali metal or NH4, (C) an anionic surfactant having carboxy group(s), and (D) a polyoxyethylene-based nonionic surfactant wherein the average addition molar number of the oxyethylene group is 90 or more and 250 or less.
US11033463B2
A system and method for fitting pacifiers and other implements to a particular child. One or more images of the child are used to determine anthropometric data that can be used to properly size a pacifier bulb and properly fit other implements.
US11033462B2
The invention relates to an infant feeding assembly comprising a feeding bottle and a sealed cup holding a single serve of infant formula to be mixed with water. The bottle comprises a cup holder, a teat, a mounting ring, a water fill opening and a closure device. The cup holder is adapted to hold the cup, in an opened condition. The teat has a dome shaped base and a spout. The mounting ring releasably mounts the teat onto the cup holder. According to the invention, the water fill opening, through which a mixing cavity of the feeding bottle can be filled with water while the opened cup is held by the cup holder and the teat is mounted on the cup holder, is provided in the cup holder and/or in the mounting ring and/or in the teat. The cup and the teat at least partially define the mixing cavity.
US11033453B1
A neurocognitive training system for improving visual motor responses is disclosed herein. The neurocognitive training system includes a user input device configured to output an input signal based upon an input response by the user; a visual display device having an output screen, the visual display device configured to display one or more visual objects on the output screen; and a data processing device, the data processing device operatively coupled to the user input device and the visual display device. The data processing device being programmed to generate and display one or more visual objects on the output screen; receive an input signal from the user input device based upon an input response by the user; and determine, based upon the input signal received from the user input device, whether the user performed a correct action with respect to the one or more visual objects displayed on the output screen.
US11033444B2
Wheelchair with two independent driving arms fixed to the frame by pivot bearings at a low position. The driving arms extend to a sufficient height for the user to hold their upper portions and to move them in forward-backward directions around the pivotal bearings. Ropes are connected to the lower sections of the driving arms. Two large wheels have wheel hubs equipped with freewheel, and each wheel hub have a rope drums attached with a spring bias, and a winding made of rope. Pulling a the rope in forward direction results in turning the wheel hub in forward direction, and when the rope drum (31, 31′) is turned in the other direction the freewheel releases the connection towards the large wheel. The wheel hub comprises a release mechanism that releases the freewheel when the large wheel is moved in backward direction and backward movement gets allowed.
US11033443B2
The present invention relates to an electric wheelchair having a voice recognition drive system comprising: a traveling apparatus main body unit which has a plurality of wheels in a lower end thereof; a seating unit which is installed in an upper end of the traveling apparatus main body unit so as to be able to be lifted; an auxiliary robot leg unit which is able to be inserted into and protrude from the traveling apparatus main body unit, and which includes multi-joint driven by an external force; and a voice recognition drive unit which extracts a preset command from an externally input voice, and which drives the plurality of wheels, lifts the seating unit, and drives the auxiliary robot leg unit.
US11033436B2
Trimmable conformable wound dressings, kits containing the same and methods of using the same. The wound dressings may protect a treatment site from microbial contamination or other disturbances while a wound heals or to enable the application and maintenance of vacuum over the treatment site. The wound dressings may include first and second sections of support layer material on opposite sides of one or more intermediate sections of support layer material. The first and second sections of support layer material meet the intermediate sections of support layer material along peel tab junctions that provide peel tabs.
US11033435B2
A multifunctional wound treatment dressing for administering different therapeutic treatments to an open, chronic wound of a human or animal body. The multifunctional wound treatment dressing includes an occlusive wrapping adapted for placing over a wound. The multifunctional wound treatment dressing further includes at least two of the group of electrical, optical or mechanical stimulation means adapted for transmitting electrical, optical or mechanical energy towards the wound to stimulate healing of the wound and/or means for applying a negative (i.e. sub-atmospheric) pressure to the wound. Thus, a variety of different healing stimulation treatments may be performed together or in sequence by wearing the same occlusive wrapping without the need of changing/removing temporarily the wrapping for each change of treatment method.
US11033431B2
Embodiments of this invention generally relate to ophthalmic laser procedures and, more particularly, to systems and methods for creating synchronized three-dimensional laser incisions. In an embodiment, an ophthalmic surgical laser system comprises a laser delivery system for delivering a pulsed laser beam to a target in a subject's eye, an XY-scan device to deflect the pulsed laser beam, a Z-scan device to modify a depth of a focus of the pulsed laser beam, and a controller configured to synchronize an oscillation of the XY-scan device and an oscillation of the Z-device to form an angled three-dimensional laser tissue dissection.
US11033428B2
A phacoemulsification tip, including an aspiration tube presenting a cutting tip at a distal end. The aspiration tube has a tube wall presenting an internal face and an external face. The internal face supports at least one internally extending internal ridge. The at least one internal ridge presents an internal distal face, an internal proximal face and an internal apex. The internal distal face meets the internal face at an acute angle measured internally. The at least one internal ridge is structured to engage lens fragments separated from a crystalline lens to enhance proximal movement of the lens fragments and to inhibit distal movement of the lens fragments through the aspiration tube.
US11033426B2
A thermal control unit for controlling a patient's temperature includes a fluid outlet for delivering temperature-controlled fluid to a patient, a pump, first and second cooling units, and a controller that selectively enables and disables at least one of the cooling units based on one more factors, such as the temperature of the fluid. Alternatively or additionally, a variable speed fan is included in one or both of the cooling units that blows air over the condenser and the controller selectively controls the fan speed based on factors such as the temperature of the circulating fluid. The thermal control unit may be modified to accept a cartridge having its own cooling unit. When so modified, the controller communicates with a controller inside of the cartridge and coordinates control of the cartridge cooling unit and the cooling unit inside the thermal control unit that is external to the cartridge.
US11033417B2
The prosthesis for enterostomy patients comprises: a tubular element of elongated shape and insertable substantially to size inside of a stoma made on the abdominal wall of a patient; a first obstruction means to obstruct at least one area of the stoma, associated with a first end of the tubular element and movable between a restricted configuration and an enlarged configuration to allow the insertion/extraction into/from the stoma respectively, and to prevent leakage of feces from the stoma itself; a first through duct made on the tubular element, communicating with the first obstruction balloon and having valve connectable to a forced introduction/extraction disposable syringe for conduction of a fluid into/from the first obstruction balloon; a second through duct made on the tubular element, communicating with the inside of the stoma and having an active carbon filter for the outflow of gases from the stoma itself; and an external retaining element associated with a second end of the tubular element opposite to the first end and able to cooperate with at least one portion of the abdominal wall and having at least two through holes arranged at the first duct and the second duct; in which at least one of the tubular element and the retaining element is made at least partially of a flexible material.
US11033416B1
A back support device includes a plurality of durable and semi-rigid layers. One of the layers is capable of conforming to the contours of a body part of user. At least one clip enables the device to be supported on a lower garment worn by the user. The back support device more specifically includes a first layer, a second layer, a third layer, an insert disposed between the second layer and the third layer, a pair of slits disposed on the first layer, on the second layer, and on the third layer, and a pair of clips respectively inserted through each the pair of slits.
US11033413B2
A system for internal iliac preservation includes a catheter having a distal catheter portion and a proximal catheter portion; a first guidewire having a proximal portion extending from the proximal catheter portion, a distal portion and a medial portion disposed between the proximal portion and the distal portion; a first outer sheath slidably disposed over distal catheter portion; and an integrated second delivery system disposed within the outer sheath at the distal catheter portion. The integrated second delivery system includes a second guidewire; an expandable stent-graft disposed over a lumen of the second guidewire, and a slidable connector slidably disposed over the medial portion of the first guidewire, where the second guidewire is slidably engaged with the slidable connection to permit movement of the integrated second delivery system along the first guidewire when the first outer sheath is retracted from distal catheter portion.
US11033405B2
A device for a cup to be received in the cotyl of a hip. The device includes an insert, a gripping means for gripping the insert, a rod for imparting shock, and an impaction head having a surface in contact with a portion of the insert. The rod for imparting shock is designed to be held by a surgeon and is used for the application of an impaction shock to the insert when held by the gripping means opposite the cup to be introduced into the cotyl of a hip. The impaction head having a surface in contact with a portion of said insert and the rod are connected to one another so as form a head and rod assembly joined in rotation. The head and rod assembly is mounted pivotably at a pivot point in relation to the gripping means.
US11033404B2
A spacer for separating bones of a joint, the spacer includes a first endplate configured to engage a first bone of the joint, and comprising a ramped surface; a tissue engaging subassembly disposed in a compartment of the first endplate; a second endplate configured to engage a second bone of the joint; and a frame subassembly that extends between the first endplate and the second endplate. The frame subassembly comprises a drive nut, a drive shaft coupled to the drive nut, a ramped carriage coupled to the drive shaft, wherein the ramped carriage comprises a ramped surface operable to engage the ramped surface of the first endplate, and an actuation bar coupled to the drive nut comprising a plate operable to engage the tissue engaging subassembly.
US11033397B2
An artificial knee joint includes a tibial component implanted into the proximal end of a tibia, and a bearing component coupled to the tibial component, in which the tibial component includes an interference prevention portion capable of preventing interference with the bearing component when the bearing component is inserted diagonally and the bearing component includes a protrusion coupled to the interference prevention portion.
US11033386B2
A system for repairing a native heart valve can comprise a first fastener, a second faster, a first leaflet brace, and a second leaflet brace. The first leaflet brace can be configured to extend partially around a first native leaflet. The second leaflet brace can be configured to extend partially around a second native leaflet. The first fastener can be configured to be deployed on respective first end portions of the first and second braces so as to connect the first end portions to each other. The second fastener can be configured to be deployed on respective second end portions of the first and second braces so as to connect the second end portions to each other. When the first end portions are connected to each other and the second end portions are connected to each other, the first and second leaflet braces encircle the first and second native leaflets.
US11033382B2
There is provided an intraocular lens injector including: a hollow body composed of an injector main body 5 having a lens installing portion on which an intraocular lens is installed, and an injection tube 7 attached to a tip part of the injector body 5; a rotary member 8 having a first threaded portion formed thereon and attached to a rear end part of the injector body 5 that constitutes the hollow body, rotatably around an axis of the hollow body; a plunger 9 having a second threaded portion 9c formed thereon, and configured to move through the hollow body in an axial direction of the hollow body; a rod 10 configured to push out the intraocular lens from the lens installing portion by moving through the hollow body in the axial direction of the hollow body together with the plunger 9, wherein a tip side of the plunger 9 is injected into the hollow body in a state in which the first threaded portion and the second threaded portion 9c are meshed with each other, and a rear end side of the plunger 9 is disposed in a state of protruding backward of the rotary member 8.
US11033380B2
Embodiments of this invention generally relate to systems and methods for optical treatment and more particularly to non-invasive refractive treatment method based on sub wavelength particle implantation. In an embodiment, a method for optical treatment identifies an optical aberration of an eye, determines a dopant delivery device configuration in response to the optical aberration of the eye, wherein the determined dopant delivery device is configured to impose a desired correction to the eye to mitigate the identified optical aberration of the eye by applying a doping pattern to the eye so as to locally change a refractive index of the eye.
US11033378B2
A method for treating an aneurysm can include inserting a medical device partially in a first artery and partially in a third artery. The device can be expanded radially outwardly from a first, position to a second position to engage an inner surface of the first artery and an inner surface of the third artery, so as to maintain a fluid pathway through said arteries. Further, the device can be positioned such that, when the device is in the second position, a porous membrane of the device is located at a neck of the aneurysm.
US11033363B2
An orthodontic appliance that by ensuring proper occlusal position of teeth in an oral cavity enables teeth straightening to thereby achieve precise correction ensuring proper occlusion and enables performance of teeth straightening by residing in the oral cavity for a certain time period such as during sleep. A configuration includes an orthodontic unit to be removably fitted in the oral cavity and molar caps erected near the orthodontic device. The orthodontic unit includes a pair of U-shaped devices formed of a maxillary orthodontic unit and a mandibular orthodontic unit united by wires. Teeth are straightened while adjusting positions of upper and lower jaws. The molar caps include large covering lids for anchoring that are slightly higher than surrounding teeth. The orthodontic unit is mounted on outer peripheries of the molar caps by locking to the molar caps through grooves provided in the maxillary orthodontic unit of the orthodontic unit.
US11033357B1
Methods for atraumatic tooth extraction are provided. The methods include inserting an instrument into a pulp canal of a tooth, wherein the instrument comprises a body electrically connected to a heat providing source; and a tip arranged at one end of the body configured for insertion into a pulp canal; heating the tip to provide a temperature sufficient to degenerate periodontal ligament; withdrawing the instrument from the pulp canal; and extracting the tooth.
US11033350B2
A multi-layer pre-drape apparatus is applied to a patient before the patient is moved into the operating room. The multi-layer pre-drape apparatus includes a lower layer with a center aperture and an upper layer that covers the aperture. The multi-layer pre-drape apparatus can be placed on a sterilized area of the patient to maintain the cleanliness of the incision area. Alternatively, the multi-layer pre-drape apparatus can be placed on the patient and sterilization fluid can be applied to the skin of the patient through the aperture. The patient can then be moved into the operating room and the upper layer of the multi-layer pre-drape can be removed to expose the sterilized area of the patient in the aperture. Additional drapes can be added to the pre-drape apparatus.
US11033348B2
A robotic surgical instrument comprises an articulation at its shaft's distal end and an instrument interface at its proximal end. The articulation is driveable by pairs of driving elements to articulate an end effector. The instrument interface comprises instrument interface elements configured to drive the driving elements. The instrument interface elements engage drive assembly interface elements of a drive assembly interface of a surgical robot arm when the robotic surgical instrument engages the surgical robot arm. A guide bar is located at an external face of the instrument interface, which, on engaging the instrument interface with the drive assembly interface, is received in the drive assembly interface prior to the instrument interface elements. Once received in the drive assembly interface, the guide bar constrains a relative orientation at which the instrument interface and the drive assembly interface are permitted to engage so as to align their longitudinal attitudes.
US11033339B2
A system and apparatus is disclosed to automatically determine the identification and selected information relating to instruments. The identification information may be read or determined by various reader systems and then transferred for various purposes. The identification information may be stored on the instrument with a storage system or printing and/or recalled from a memory once the identification is made.
US11033338B2
[Problem] A surgical apparatus of the related art controls only the cropping position of a captured image, and thus only executes a limited range of image control in laparoscopic surgery. [Solution] A medical information processing apparatus including: an image control section that controls processing of a captured image from a camera; and an arm control section that controls a motion of an arm that supports the camera. One of the image control section and the arm control section executes control on a basis of control information from another control section.
US11033335B2
The present invention relates to orthopaedic implants and has particular relevance to determining the placement of fixation apparatus or devices, such as screws, which are used to fix implants to the bone or bones with which the implants are to be connected. More particularly, the invention relates to a method for determining placement of a fixation apparatus for fixing an orthopaedic implant to bone, and the method comprising: selecting a plurality of fixation locations; using a bone density model to determine bone density associated with each location; and selecting a combination or permutation of the fixation locations dependent on the determined bone density.
US11033325B2
An end effector of an electrosurgical device may include one or more electrodes and a movable electrode scraper having a plurality of features in mechanical communication with a surface of the one or more electrodes and configured to move across the surface of the electrodes thereby removing biological debris adhering to the surface of the electrodes. The electrosurgical device may include a diverter in mechanical communication with the one or more electrodes. The scraper may also be configured to move across the surface of the diverter. The scraper may be operated by the action of an extendable mechanism in mechanical communication with a shaft of the electrosurgical device. An end effector of an electrosurgical device may include one or more electrodes and a movable electrode sleeve configured to movably cover the one or more electrodes.
US11033315B2
An electrically driven orthopedic impactor may include an adapter for interfacing between the adapter and a surgical implement. The adapter may have a first surface that transmits a forward impact energy and a second surface that transmits a reverse impact energy. The adapter can connect to the surgical implement and to the orthopedic impactor without the use of external tools. The adapter may connect to the impactor via a pushing motion and may disconnect from the impactor via a reciprocal sleeve. A sensor can communicate a spatial orientation of the adapter with respect to at least one reference point that is not located on the adapter or the impactor. A communication device may transmit frequency information or impact energy information to the impactor based on a type of surgical implement attached to the adapter.
US11033309B2
The invention discloses a modular surgical bone screw assembly having a threaded base portion and a screw head adapted to attach a variety of structures to bone. The features of the screw include a modular design for the assembly that separates the function of anchorage to the recipient bone to one of the modules of the device (threaded portion) from the other function of attaching another element (such as bone block, membrane, orthodontic wires, elastics etc) to a second module (the screw head). The design also allows the head to be exchanged after the implant has been placed.
US11033308B2
Components and associated methods of manufacture or assembly and/or use for bone and joint stabilization devices or systems are described. The components include features for device introduction, attaching a distal anchoring foot or threaded screw to an elongate spring-type member, anchoring head features for stabilizing position of the elongate member when engaged within the head and/or digital or electronic methods for tensioning the subject devices.
US11033307B2
A cervical spine plate attachment system includes a cervical spine plate that has a first surface configured to rest upon a first vertebra and a second vertebra, a second surface opposite the first surface and facing away from the first vertebra and the second vertebra, and a plurality of holes configured to receive fasteners to secure the cervical spine plate to the first vertebra and the second vertebra. The system also includes an alignment guide that detachably mounts to the cervical spine plate. The alignment guide comprises a pair of bars that rest upon the second surface of the cervical spine plate when the alignment guide is mounted to the cervical spine plate. The system also includes a fastener configured to secure the alignment guide to the cervical spine plate.
US11033299B2
A system is disclosed for delivering insufflation gas to a body cavity of a patient during an endoscopic surgical procedure, which includes an insufflation conduit for delivering a continuous flow of insufflation gas to the body cavity at a flow rate through a flow path that communicates with a pneumatically sealed trocar which prevents over-pressurization of the body cavity, and an insufflator for driving gas flow through the insufflation conduit at a driving pressure, wherein the system can be configured so that either the gas flow rate through the insufflation conduit or the driving pressure required to maintain the specified flow rate can vary depending upon body cavity pressure.
US11033296B2
A biopsy system includes a biopsy tool and a control system in communication with the biopsy tool. The control system is configured to receive a command to perform a biopsy, retrieve a predefined dynamic trajectory for performing the biopsy from a memory device, and control the biopsy tool to move according to the predefined dynamic trajectory to perform the biopsy. The predefined dynamic trajectory includes a plurality of dynamic control modes. Each of the plurality of dynamic control modes has a different displacement profile. At least one different displacement profile comprises a cyclic displacement profile.
US11033286B2
A catheter for recanalizing a blood vessel having an occlusion therein via a subintimal pathway. The catheter includes a catheter shaft having an inflatable balloon mounted to the distal end portion of the catheter shaft. A flexible tubular member extends from the catheter shaft and along an exterior of the inflatable balloon. Inflation of the inflatable balloon deflects the flexible tubular member into a deflected configuration away from a longitudinal axis of the catheter shaft to effect re-entry into the true lumen distal of the occlusion.
US11033272B2
Devices and methods are used to modify a metabolic pathway of a digestive system by creating a pathway within the intestinal tract through an anastomosis between a proximal location within the intestinal tract and a distal location within the intestinal tract. In some examples, the small intestine has a first initial length and the created pathway defines a second length of the intestinal tract that is approximately ten to seventy percent of the first initial length of the small intestine.
US11033261B2
Generally, a suturing system including apparatus and methods for reinforcing a substrate through which a thread passes. Specifically, embodiments of a thread carrier which passes through a substrate reinforcement element adjoining a substrate to reinforce the substrate at a first location and at a second location through which the thread passes.
US11033255B2
An improved flexible endoscopic instrument to precisely and efficiently obtains samples of flat polyps and multiple polyps from a patient by debriding one or more polyps and retrieving the debrided polyps without having to alternate between using a separate cutting tool and a separate sample retrieving tool and may be used with an endoscope. In one aspect, the cutting tool is coupled to a flexible torque coil or torque rope that is configured to transfer rotational energy from a powered actuator through the length of the endoscope onto the cutting tool.
US11033246B2
A radiographic imaging apparatus for capturing a radiographic image by emitting radiation onto an object to be imaged comprises: a storage device for storing therein imaging conditions for a radiographic image; a control device for controlling several sections in the radiographic imaging apparatus to perform preparation for the image capture based on the imaging conditions loaded from the storage device; and an input device for accepting an input by an operator, wherein the input device is configured to accept an input of a result of a decision by the operator as to whether or not to modify the imaging conditions loaded from the storage device, and the control device controls several sections in the radiographic imaging apparatus to start the preparation for the image capture before the input device accepts the input of the result of the decision.
US11033242B2
A breast support platform for an x-ray imaging system includes a housing having a compression plate and a front wall, and a heating system disposed at least partially within the housing. The heating system is configured to heat at least a portion of the compression plate, at least a portion of the front wall, or at least a portion of the compression plate and the front wall. In an example, the heating system includes a transparent conducting film coupled to an inner surface of the housing. In another example, the heating system includes a blower disposed at least partially within the housing, and the blower is configured to channel hot air across an inner surface of the housing.
US11033240B2
Methods and apparatuses (10) for detecting body-related temperature changes are provided. The method comprises measuring a skin-surface temperature at a first temperature sensor element (12) at a measuring rate (S21) and measuring an ambient temperature at a second temperature sensor element (13) at the measuring rate (S22). The method also comprises calculating a plurality of first change rates for the skin-surface temperature and a plurality of second change rates for the ambient temperature over a time interval (S23). The method further comprises determining, based on the plurality of first change rates and the plurality of second change rates, whether an ambient temperature change rate is faster than a skin-surface temperature change rate by a threshold (S24). The method additionally comprises selecting whether or not to trigger an alarm based on a result of the determining (S25). With the methods and apparatuses (10), the number of false alarms may be significantly reduced.
US11033239B2
Systems and methods for generating alerts based on potential health conflicts are described. The described systems and methods may provide for identifying unstructured text from a physical environment, performing natural language processing on the unstructured text to produce annotated text, comparing the annotated text to patient medical information to find a potential conflict, and generating an alert based on the potential conflict.
US11033228B2
A wearable fatigue alert device includes a housing that is secured to a wristband. The device includes one or more sensors that are located on the wristband. When the device is worn over a wrist, the one or more sensors are configured to obtain biofeedback data from a wearer for determining the fatigue status of the wearer. The device includes a circuit board having a microprocessor that is in communication with the one or more sensors. The one or more sensors collect and communicate the biofeedback data of the wearer to the microprocessor, which generates an alert signal (e.g., vibration, sound, light) that notifies the wearer that they are becoming fatigued. The microprocessor uses Electrodermal Activity (EDA) technology for evaluating the fatigue status of the wearer.
US11033218B2
A system and methods for performing neurophysiologic assessments during surgery, such as assessing the health of the spinal cord via at least one of MEP and SSEP monitoring and assessing bone integrity, nerve proximity, neuromuscular pathway, and nerve pathology during spine surgery.
US11033214B1
There is provided a method and wearable eye-tracking device for determining a fatigue level of a user, the method comprising the steps of acquiring two channels of an observed EEG (electro-encephalogram) signal using a plurality of silver chloride (AgCl) electrodes positioned in contact with and around the user's ear, obtaining user's inputs for a plurality of psychological questions and calculating an evaluation metric, decomposing the observed EEG signal using filter and blind signal separation techniques into a plurality of features, classifying and converting the plurality of features in combination with the calculated evaluation metric to a fatigue level using a classification algorithm and fuzzy logic and outputting the obtained fatigue level along with customized prompts to the user through visual and audio signals for preventing an accident.
US11033206B2
A method is provided which includes providing a sensor operable to measure movement over time on a user. The sensor includes an alert unit. The sensor is configured with a threshold to activate the alert unit when the measured movement over time is below the threshold. The measurements of movement over time are obtained, and it is determined whether the measured movement over time is below the threshold. When the measured movement is below the threshold, the alert unit at the sensor is activated to alert the user.
US11033205B2
A method and system is provided for finding and analyzing gait parameters and postural balance of a person using a Kinect system. The system is easy to use and can be installed at home as well as in clinic. The system includes a Kinect sensor, a software development kit (SDK) and a processor. The temporal skeleton information obtained from the Kinect sensor to evaluate gait parameters includes stride length, stride time, stance time and swing time. Eigenvector based curvature detection is used to analyze the gait pattern with different speeds. In another embodiment, Eigenvector based curvature detection is employed to detect static single limb stance (SLS) duration along with gait variables for evaluating body balance.
US11033201B2
A method uses multiple patches fixed to a surface of a body, the patches including respective electrodes in contact with the surface, and at least one of the patches configured to output a signal in response to a magnetic field applied to the body. Initially, the signal is processed to compute first magnetic and first electrical locations of the at least one of the patches. Subsequently, the signal is processed to compute second magnetic and second electrical locations of the at least one of the patches. A first relation is computed between the first magnetic and electrical locations, and a second relation is computed between the second magnetic and electrical locations. When there is a difference between the first and the second relations, a magnetic location correction is computed responsively to the difference, and the correction is applied in tracking a position of a magnetic tracking sensor inside the body.
US11033200B2
A patient table adapted for use in association with an MR scanner for neonatal infants is provided. The patient table has an extendable patient bed attached to and extendable from the patient table. The patient bed may be at least partially inserted into an MR scanner without requiring the patient table to enter the MR scanner. A transport mechanism is on the underside of the patient table so that it may be readily moved over the floor on which it rests. The patient table includes a latching mechanism that may operate to releasably attach the patient table to a patient table docking assembly. The docking assembly is operative to selectively move the patient table towards, into and away from the MR scanner.
US11033199B2
Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) is an imaging technique for estimating the stiffness of tissues non-invasively. Shear waves are generated via external mechanical actuation and the tissue imaged with a specially designed MR pulse sequence. The resulting images are used to calculate the underlying properties. The application provides methods for acquiring MRE data using a single shot, echo planar imaging readout. The purpose of the developed sequence is to acquire MRE data using a single-shot, echo-planar imaging readout, avoiding to need for off-line image processing.
US11033182B2
The invention relates to a correlated set for minimal invasive surgery comprising a surgical instrument and a pattern generating member, a surgical system, a training kit, a method of training and a meth of performing a minimal invasive surgery. The surgical instrument comprises a handle portion, a surgical tool and a body portion connecting the handle portion to the surgical tool. The pattern generating member comprises a pattern light source and a projector for projecting a light pattern. The projector is adapted for being at least temporarily fixed to the body portion of the surgical instrument such that a movement of said surgical tool results in a correlated movement of said projector.
US11033174B2
A medical image processing device includes a motion amount calculating unit configured to compare a first image obtained by capturing a subject image taken by an endoscope with a second image obtained by capturing the subject image at a chronologically different timing from the first image and calculate a motion amount for the second image every two or more areas in the first image; and an area specifying unit configured to specify a mask area other than the subject image included in the first image from an inside of a mask candidate area in which the motion amount is equal to or less than a specific first threshold value in the first image.
US11033163B2
A motor module includes a motor, a fan, and a casing accommodating the motor and the fan therein. The casing includes a tubular main body portion, an intake port, an exhaust port, a motor disposing unit, a flow passage, and a partition unit. The flow passage includes a fan accommodating unit. The partition unit includes a first central partition unit that partitions the fan accommodating unit and the motor disposing unit. The first central partition unit includes a cutout portion provided at at least a portion of the first central partition unit. The motor disposing unit communicates with the fan accommodating unit via the cutout portion. A flow passage sectional area of the motor disposing unit is greater than a flow passage sectional area of the first central partition unit.
US11033157B2
A sheet material dispenser comprising an operation trigger and a rotatable drum for frictionally engaging sheet material to be dispensed, in which said operation trigger is manually movable in a first direction from a stand-by position to a depressed position, in which said dispenser comprises a return spring which drives said operation trigger in a second direction from said depressed position to said stand-by position, and in which said operation trigger comprises a releasable engagement mechanism which engages said drum and rotates it only when said operation trigger is moved in said second direction.
US11033152B2
A set includes a plurality of coffee grinders, each coffee grinder including: a body, a grinding unit, actuation means to activate the grinding unit, a load cell to weigh a filter holder, and booking means to book the activation of the coffee grinder; the set has a central control unit to receive a booking signal from the booking means of each coffee grinder and create an ordered list with an activation sequence of the coffee grinders; the central control unit is connected to the load cell of all coffee grinders to send an activation command of the load cell to a coffee grinder at a time according to the sequence indicated by the ordered list.
US11033146B2
A cooking system includes a housing having a hollow interior and food is receivable within said hollow interior. A heating element is associated with the housing and a support body supports food within the hollow interior. The support body includes a body having a plurality of diffuser ribs. A plurality of channels is formed between the plurality of diffuser rib and at least one of the plurality of diffuser ribs and the plurality of channels is operable to deflect a relatively downward flowing fluid relatively horizontally across said support body.
US11033139B2
Disclosed are systems, devices and methods for providing a beverage brewing and analyte tracking portable platform. In some embodiments of the disclosed portable beverage brewing and analyte tracking technology, an intelligent beverage management system includes a portable brewing device in communication with a user's mobile device (e.g., smartphone, smartwatch, etc.) for monitoring and controlling consumption and metabolism of caffeine and other compounds from beverages consumed using the portable brewing device and/or other beverages logged by the user. The intelligent beverage management system includes a cloud-based data processing system in communication with the mobile device and/or portable brewing device to receive, process and/or store data associated with brewing of the beverage and data associated with the monitoring of consumption of the beverage and/or certain beverage constituents.
US11033131B2
Glassware such as wine glasses and pint glasses can include a support element configured to support a bottle such as a miniature liquor bottle or a beer bottle in an upside-down or inverted configuration, such that a mouth of the bottle is within the glassware. The support element can be integrally formed with the rest of the glassware. The glassware can be filled with a first beverage and the bottle can be filled with a second beverage and supported on the support element such that the second beverage automatically mixes with the first beverage as the first beverage is consumed.
US11033122B1
Buffet serving apparatus including box-like structure having slots. The box-like structure receives a container holding a food product. The buffet serving apparatus includes a serving unit having an axle. The axle presents a food holder. The slots receive the axle. The axle moves/slides along the slots. The axle rotates in one direction to pick up food product from the container using the food holder and rotates in opposite direction to dispense the food product from the food holder. The serving unit includes a wheel/handle that connects to the axle. The wheel/handle helps move and rotate the axle to pick up and dispense the food product. The serving unit includes a motor configured to move and rotate the axle to pick up and dispense the food product. The buffet serving apparatus provides required hygiene and prevents contamination of food products and/or food holder, as may occur with the COVID-19 virus.
US11033121B1
An improved container system is capable of automatically aligning or orienting each container to face in a particular orientation. This allows the container to automatically face forward when it is stored, thus having, for example, the label face forward. Then a user will be more quickly able to find a particular container holding the contents the user is looking for. In a specific implementation, the container system is a spice rack.
US11033120B2
A container includes a plurality of panels connected together at fold lines configured for extending at least partially around an interior space. The panels include a front panel, a first side panel, a back panel and a second side panel. The back panel includes a first back portion and a second back portion. At least one of the first back portion or the second back portion is free from openings. A shelf panel is foldably connected to the front panel. The first back portion is adhered to the shelf panel.
US11033119B1
The holiday candy tree is a decorative item. The holiday candy tree is a figurine. The holiday candy tree forms an image that presents an indicia representing the sentiment of a Christmas tree. The holiday candy tree is formed with a plurality of pans in which a foodstuff is distributed. This disclosure assumes that the foodstuff is candy. The holiday candy tree comprises a plurality of plates, a plurality of spacers, a pedestal, and a stanchion. The stanchion interconnects the plurality of plates, the plurality of spacers, and the pedestal. The plurality of spacers separate the plurality of plates such that the plurality of plates from an image that presents an indicia representing the sentiment of the limbs of the Christmas tree. The plurality of pans are formed in the plurality of plates.
US11033111B2
A convertible seat including: a support frame; and a user support having a support surface on one side defining a rounded periphery, the user support being movable from a first configuration supported by the support frame with the rounded periphery presented upwardly, to a second configuration supported by the support frame such that a seat or seat base is presented upwardly, the seat or seat base being substantially flat or at least less rounded than the rounded periphery, with the support surface being stowed substantially below the seat or seat base in the second configuration. The seat allows the attainment in a single unit both the healthy balance/core-strengthening of a fitness chair and a conventional chair.
US11033110B2
A chair caddie, comprises a central hub and four arms. Each of the four arms is coupled to and extends outwardly from the central hub and is adapted to support a chair leg. Each arm is supported by a surface-engaging roller. The surface-engaging rollers cooperate to elevate the arms and the central hub above a planar surface engaged by the surface-engaging rollers. Each arm carries a chair foot receptacle adapted to receive and support a chair foot, and each roller is positioned inboard of the chair foot receptacle on its respective arm. The chair foot receptacles define a notional chair footprint circumscribing the chair foot receptacles, and the surface-engaging rollers have centers of rotation that are inside the chair footprint.
US11033106B2
An example apparatus includes a bracket having a rack attachment member and a guard attachment member, and upper and lower engagement tabs that are coupled to the rack attachment member and have a stem portion and a head portion. The rack attachment member has a lock pin hole above the lower rack engagement tab. The lock pin hole is sized and positioned to provide sufficient cross-sectional area within a rack engagement distance to allow passage of a bracket lock pin therethrough within the rack engagement distance. The apparatus further includes a bracket lock pin having a stabilizing leg coupled to a lock pin head, where the stabilizing leg fits through the lock pin hole and the lock pin head does not. The stabilizing leg urges the lock pin head toward the lock pin hole when the stabilizing leg is passed through the lock pin hole.
US11033100B1
A versatile cleaning device including a top cleaning assembly that includes a top cleaning means and a mount; a first shaft constructed to be fixedly or removably coupled to the top cleaning assembly; a side cleaning assembly that includes a side cleaning means, a body, and a first shaft receiving hole; and a second shaft constructed to be fixedly or removably coupled to the side cleaning assembly. The second shaft is constructed to be attached to the handle for electrically rotating the versatile cleaning device.
US11033090B2
An apparatus for heating depilatory wax includes a reservoir and a collar, the reservoir formed of a resilient, heat resistant material. The reservoir is dimensioned to be received by a heating chamber of a wax warmer. The collar has a lip sized to extend outwardly from a top opening of the reservoir, to catch wax which may otherwise drip between the reservoir and warmer. The reservoir may be flattened for shipment or storage, and may be trimmed to accommodate many sizes of wax warmers. In embodiments, the reservoir and collar are nonstick and may be readily cleaned and reused. In embodiments, the reservoir and collar are formed of silicone. A method of distributing a hair removal kit includes packaging soft wax in bags, flattening and packaging reservoirs and collars, and shipping the kit to a user in an environmentally friendly and cost efficient manner.
US11033080B2
The utilization of heat in the manufacturing of footwear may be accomplished through microwave energy. The microwave energy is conveyed to the footwear components through a microwave transparent window of a tool. The microwave transparent tool window forms as least a portion of a part-contacting surface of the tool. Another surface of the tool is formed from a microwave reflecting material, such as aluminum. The footwear component(s) are exposed to microwave energy while within the tool such that the microwave energy passes through the tool window to cause a dielectric heating of one or more materials within a tool cavity of the tool.
US11033079B2
A lacing system for an article of footwear includes a sole structure, an upper attached to the sole structure, the upper comprising a lateral side, a medial side, and a tongue, and a housing disposed adjacent the tongue. A plurality of lateral eyelets are disposed along the lateral side of the upper and a plurality of medial eyelets are disposed along the medial side of the upper. A first lace extends from the housing through the plurality of lateral eyelets, and a second lace extends from the housing through the plurality of medial eyelets.
US11033075B2
A foot engagement device includes a generally U-shaped portion having an inner edge, an outer wall, and a tapered upper surface extending from the inner edge to the outer wall. The upper surface tapers between 1 degree and 45 degrees from the inner edge to the outer wall.
US11033066B2
An orthotic insole comprising top, middle, and bottom layers. The top layer is in contact with a wearer's foot or a wrap of material, the bottom layer is adjacent to an outsole of the shoe, and the middle layer is positioned therebetween. The top layer has substantially the same width and length of the entire insole. The middle layer is a generally j-shaped strip which provides a rearfoot posting within the insole and a cupping effect to a wearer's heel. The middle layer may have a similar overall width as the top layer but may include a shorter length than the top layer such that the middle layer only extends from the heel to approximately the joint of the fifth metatarsal bone. The bottom layer may be more rigid than the other two layers, and may further include a rigid plate. The insole may further include an arch support integrally formed within one or more of the layers or a cushioning layer with one or more cushioning segments on top of the top layer.
US11033063B2
A reversible headwear (100), such as a beanie, includes a reversible headwear body (110) and a pom-pom (150) connected thereto. The reversible headwear body (110) is adjustable between a first configuration and a second configuration. The headwear body (110) has a first surface (112) and an opposite second surface (114). The first and second surfaces (112, 114) correspond to outer and inner surfaces respectively in the first configuration of the headwear body (110), and to the inner and outer surfaces respectively in the second configuration of the headwear body (110). The headwear body (110) has a through-hole (130) extending from the first surface (112) to the second surface (114). The pom-pom (150) is configured to be connected to the headwear body (110) to allow movement of the connected pom-pom (150) through the through-hole (130) for positioning the connected pom-pom (150) over the opening on or over the outer surface when the headwear body (110) is in the first configuration or the second configuration.
US11033051B2
A tip device for an electronic vaping device may include a first conduit structure and a second conduit structure. The first conduit structure may be configured to direct a generated vapor through a first conduit. The second conduit structure may be configured to direct an air flow from an ambient environment through a second conduit. The second conduit structure may include an additive material on a surface of the second conduit structure, the additive material including an additive, the additive material configured to release the additive into the air flow directed through the second conduit. An interposing structure of the first conduit structure and the second conduit structure may physically isolate the additive material from the first conduit, such that the additive material is configured to release the additive into the air flow directed through the second conduit independently of the generated vapor directed through the first conduit.
US11033049B2
An apparatus and method for recovering tobacco material from tobacco rod sections is provided, each tobacco rod section including a wrapping paper wrapped about the tobacco material. The apparatus includes a centrifugal object-orienting device including a disc disposed at an incline within a cylindrical container, the cylindrical container and the disc being rotatable about a rotation axis such that the rotating cylindrical container and disc impart centrifugal force to the tobacco rod sections, the tobacco rod sections being responsive to the centrifugal force to orient lengthwise. A first conveyor device is configured to receive and convey in a conveyor direction the tobacco rod sections, with the tobacco rod sections being oriented lengthwise relative to the conveyor direction. A slitting device is operably engaged with the first conveyor device and configured to lengthwise slit the wrapping paper wrapped about the tobacco material of each of the tobacco rod sections.
US11033038B2
Atmospheric control valve device, part of an atmospheric control system built into a refrigerated container, whose installation requires minimal intervention and is self-sufficient, compact and reusable due to its long, cylindrical body that includes a battery compartment. The body also has a compartment for the electrical, electronic and sensor elements; a handling compartment for the elements that handle the device; a cover area to cover the container after removing the device; and a gas exchange compartment for two-way gas exchanges, controlled by a solenoid valve and by the differences in pressure that occur naturally within the refrigerated container.
US11033034B2
The present invention concerns an apparatus and method utilizing a crimping roller which itself comprises a plurality of radially extending separating blades, with each blade comprising a central triangular cutting edge and two sealing portions extending from opposing sides of the base of the triangular cutting edge.
US11033033B2
A chamber drum for a dough kneading device comprises a hollow drum body, a plurality of radially penetrating breakthroughs in the outer peripheral wall thereof to form a chamber for in each case one dough piece to be treated, and a surface structuring of the side walls of the breakthroughs.
US11033032B2
The present invention relates to the microbiological field, and particularly relates to a Leclercia adcarboxglata biocontrol strain efficiently inhibiting production of aflatoxins by Aspergillus flavus. The Leclercia adcarboxglata biocontrol strain Wt16 was deposited at China Center for Type Culture Collection (CCTCC) on Jun. 13, 2017, and the accession number of the strain is CCTCC No. M2017331. The Leclercia adcarboxglata strain Wt16 is isolated from peanut pods for the first time which can significantly inhibit aflatoxins production by Aspergillus flavus, and also has an extremely good effect on inhibiting aflatoxins production by Aspergillus flavus for peanuts from different sources.
US11033027B2
A copolymer comprising trans-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene units and vinylidene fluoride units, and methods of making the same. A method of preventing biofouling on an article of manufacture, comprising applying such copolymer to the article of manufacture. A process of preparing a surface having a surface energy of between about 20 and about 30 mJ/m2, comprising applying such a copolymer to a support. A method of preventing accumulation of ice on an article of manufacture, comprising applying such a copolymer to an article of manufacture. A method of preparing a polymer, comprising a step of adding trans-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene/vinylidene fluoride copolymer as a polymer processing additive/aid to said polymer.
US11033022B2
An apparatus for micromanipulation of biological material, includes a vessel (1) having a reservoir (2) wherein the vessel has a channel (3) formed in a portion of the reservoir, the channel including an intermediate restriction (4) dimensioned to resist passage of the biological material but allow passage of liquid treatment solutions.
US11033019B2
A game call configured to emulate a sound of a predetermined species of animal, the call comprising a mouthpiece section, with a digitally reproduced image displayed thereon, in a manner such that the digitally reproduced image specifically relates to said predetermined species. A method of using a vacuum chamber, an internal fixture and a plurality of ventilated molds, which utilizes commercial off-the-shelf PVC piping components, for making molded image wrapped rods.
US11033013B2
A dual-bearing reel includes a reel body, a spool shaft, a pinion gear, a collar member, a bearing, and a sealing member. The reel body includes a bearing housing. The pinion gear is rotatable about the spool shaft. The collar member is mounted on an outer peripheral surface of the pinion gear. The collar member has a large-diameter portion disposed adjacent to a tooth portion of the pinion gear in a shaft direction, and a small-diameter portion having a diameter smaller than the outer diameter of the large-diameter portion. The bearing is housed in the bearing housing and rotatably supports the pinion gear using the collar member. The sealing member is an annular member disposed in contact with the inner peripheral surface of the bearing housing and the outer peripheral surface of the large-diameter portion of the collar member.
US11033009B2
This disclosure provides, among other things, a transgenic animal and a method of using the same to make antibodies that have a common light chain. In certain embodiments, the transgenic animal may comprising a genome comprising a common light chain transgene, wherein the common light chain transgene comprises a non-immunoglobulin light-chain promoter and a common light-chain coding sequence. In certain embodiments, the common light chain is constitutively expressed.
US11033006B2
An annular fluid-filled sample chamber is used to provide observation of unbounded motion of objects in the fluid. Rotation of the sample chamber is under automatic control to compensate for azimuthal motion of the object, thereby keeping the object in a fixed field of view of an optical observation system. Further motion control can be provided in the radial and focus directions, which can be used to provide full 3D tracking of objects as they move in the fluid. An important application of this work is to observation and tracking of objects that move up or down in the fluid with respect to gravity.
US11033002B1
System and method for selecting and executing training protocols for autonomously training an animal
One variation of a method for autonomously training an animal includes: loading an autonomous training protocol for the animal onto a training apparatus configured to dispense units of a primary reinforcer responsive to behaviors performed by the animal; during an autonomous training session for the animal, accessing a video feed of a working field near the training apparatus, detecting the animal in the video feed, and executing the first autonomous training protocol; calculating a training score for the autonomous training session based on behaviors performed by the animal during the autonomous training session; selecting a manual training protocol, from a set of manual training protocols, based on the training score; generating a prompt to execute the first manual training protocol with the animal during a first manual training session; and transmitting the prompt to a user associated with the animal.
US11032999B2
A cage has a front, a rear, a first side, a second side, a top, and a bottom panel and at least one door formed through and operatively coupled to one of the panels. The cage further has an integrated handle and lock mechanism coupled to the at least one door. The lock has one or more catches that engage one of a plurality of horizontal bars or a plurality of vertical bars that form the panel containing the door. The integrated handle and the lock is rotatable between (1) a first locked position where the handle is parallel to the door and the catches engage with one of the horizontal or vertical bars that form the panel coupled to the door, and (2) second open position where the handle is no longer parallel to the surface and catches disengage from the horizontal or vertical bar.
US11032990B2
The disclosure provides a new and distinct hybrid melon variety NUN 76207 MEM as well as seeds and plants and fruits thereof. NUN 76207 MEM is a Cantaloupe non-sutured melon variety of the Harper subtype with long shelf-life, oval shape, moderate yellow green rind color and dark orange flesh comprising resistance to Podosphaera xanthii Race 1, Race 2, Race 5, Fusarium oxysporum melonis Race 1, Muskmelon Necrotic Spot Virus (MNSV), and Aphis gossypii.
US11032988B2
Provided is a canola variety designated 16SS1117I and seed, plants and plant parts thereof produced from a cross of inbred varieties. Methods for producing a canola variety comprise crossing canola variety 16SS1117I with another canola plant. Methods for producing a canola plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 16SS1117I through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the canola seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Canola variety 16SS1117I, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, plant parts and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of canola variety 16SS1117I are disclosed.
US11032977B2
A method for pumping seeds to an assembly line grow pods includes releasing seeds to a pipe in fluid communication with a pump, moving water from a water source to the pipe in fluid communication with the pump, combining the seeds released from the tank with the water from the water source in the pipe, and pumping the combination of the seeds released from the tank and the water from the water source to a grow pod line in fluid communication with the pump, and moving the seeds from the grow pod line to one or more carts of an assembly line grow pod.
US11032974B2
A round baler is provided. The baler includes a bale forming chamber having a belt to form a bale of crop material. The baler also includes a wrap feed system. The baler includes a belt guide coupled to the baler so as to be external to the bale forming chamber. The belt guide includes an inwardly facing surface substantially parallel to the belt. The belt guide includes a protrusion extending inwardly towards the bale forming chamber. The protrusion is positioned adjacent a side of the belt. The belt guide is configured to sandwich wrap material between the belt and the belt guide.
US11032971B2
A stalk roll for a corn harvester has a first portion including a first material having a first material density, and a second portion including a second material having a second material density. The first density is at least fifty percent greater than the second density, or the first tensile strength is at least fifty percent greater than the second tensile strength. The first portion includes a support portion that engages a drive shaft, a first radial portion extending radially outward from the support portion, a first blade connected to the first radial portion, a second radial portion extending radially outward from the support portion opposite the first radial portion, and a second blade connected to the second radial portion. The first and second blade portions engage a corn stalk. The second portion is positioned between the first radial portion and the second radial portion.
US11039560B2
A working machine causes a working mechanism to install, on a workpiece, a storing-target body stored in a tape. The working machine includes: a storing-target-body supply device that supplies the storing-target body stored in the tape to the working mechanism; and a drive device that gives a drive force to the storing-target-body supply device. The storing-target-body supply device includes a supply-reel storage that stores a supply reel around which the tape storing the storing-target body is wound, a tape feed mechanism that unwinds the tape from the supply reel so as to feed the storing-target body to a predetermined supply position, and a drive transmitting mechanism that transmits, to the tape feed mechanism, the drive force given from the drive device.
US11039559B2
A control device is configured as an information processing apparatus which is used for a mounting apparatus for mounting a component on a board. The control device acquires an image, including at least a reference portion in a state where a component is gripped by a component gripper having a positioning grip portion that grips the component in a positioned state, and having the reference portion that represents a reference position serving as a predetermined relative position to the position of the component gripped by the positioning grip portion, acquires a position of the reference portion based on the acquired image, and acquires a position of the component based on the relative position to the acquired position of the reference portion.
US11039558B2
An optimization processing computer, before production starts, sends a production job on which optimization processing was performed but is incomplete to each component mounter, causes an automatic exchanging device to operate so as to change the feeder arrangement of each component mounter to a feeder arrangement specified in the production job, then causes each component mounter to operate so as to start production. After production is started, optimization processing on the production job is continued by the optimization processing computer, and during production, an updated production job for which optimization has progressed is acquired from the optimization processing computer so as to update the production job being executed by each component mounter, then the automatic exchanging device is operated so as to change the feeder arrangement of each component mounter to a feeder arrangement specified in the production job, then production continues.
US11039557B2
Mounting apparatus executes a first mode of, at least when tray member is first moved to a collection position, capturing an image of fiducial marks and obtaining a correction value by which the collection position of component P is corrected based on the positions of fiducial marks in the captured image. Further, mounting apparatus executes a second mode of, when tray member is moved to the collection position, capturing an image of fiducial marks and obtaining a correction value by which the collection position of component P is corrected based on the positions of fiducial marks in the captured image, the correction value being obtained more frequently than in the first mode.
US11039556B2
Approaches presented herein enable cooling a data center with a cooling system having a relatively high coolant temperature. This cooling system is controlled by a building management system and includes piping through which coolant flows, an air cooling unit in thermal contact with the coolant, and a chiller to cool the coolant to a temperature between 18 and 22 degrees Celsius as instructed by the building management system. The building management system uses a chiller controller to vary the chilling of coolant within a range of 18-22 degrees Celsius, thereby controlling the air temperature within the data center to within a required temperature range. Because the building management system maintains the coolant temperature to 18-22 degrees Celsius, the cooling system can be simplified by excluding typical cooling system components such as variable flow control valves and their controllers. This simplification decreases the need for maintenance and reduces operating cost.
US11039553B1
A cold air outlet assembly can include one or more cold air outlets arranged to channel cold air to a contained cold region or cold aisle, and one or more bypass ducts arranged to fluidly connect a hot external environment with the cold region adjacent the cold air outlets. The bypass ducts include backdraft dampers arranged to allow flow of hot air from the hot environment to the cold region and restrict flow of cold air from the cold region to the hot environment so that, in operation, limited mixing of hot air and cold air within the cold region occurs under low pressure conditions in the cold region. The temperature of the mixed hot and cold air can be sensed and used for controlling airflow to the cold region.
US11039552B2
A cooling system is provided which includes, for instance, a coolant supply manifold, a multifunction coolant manifold structure, and multiple cooling structures. The multifunction coolant manifold structure includes a coolant-commoning manifold and an auxiliary coolant reservoir above and in fluid communication with the coolant-commoning manifold. The multiple cooling structures are coupled in parallel fluid communication between the coolant supply and coolant-commoning manifolds to receive coolant from the supply, and exhaust coolant to the coolant-commoning manifold. The coolant-commoning manifold is sized to slow therein a flow rate of coolant exhausting from the multiple cooling structures to allow gas within the exhausting coolant to escape the coolant within the coolant-commoning manifold. The escaping gas rises to the auxiliary coolant reservoir and is replaced within the coolant-commoning manifold by coolant from the auxiliary coolant reservoir.
US11039542B2
A display device including a main body and a support assembly is provided. The main body includes a first body and a second body that are pivotally connected to each other. A first display surface is located on the first body, and a second display surface is located on the second body. The first body and the second body are adapted to relatively pivot, so that an edge of the first body and an edge of the second body substantially jointly constitute a bending segment. The support assembly is movably connected to the main body. When the support assembly is unfolded from the main body, one end of the bending segment and the support assembly are adapted to jointly support the main body on a surface.
US11039536B2
A printed circuit board according to an embodiment comprises: a first insulation layer; a plurality of first cavities formed in the central region of the first insulation layer; a plurality of second cavities formed in the outer region of the first insulation layer, excluding the central region; real dies respectively disposed in the plurality of first cavities; dummy dies respectively disposed in the plurality of second cavities; a second insulation layer formed on the first insulation layer and filling the first cavities and the second cavities; and a third insulation layer disposed beneath the first insulation layer, wherein the real dies comprise substantial driving elements and the dummy dies do not comprise the driving elements.
US11039532B2
Provided is a printed circuit board using thermally and electrically conductive layer, and a manufacturing method thereof. The manufacturing method for mounting a plurality of elements includes forming an electrode layer on a substrate of a PCB, forming a photo solder resist (PSR) layer in a patterned manner on a first area of the electrode layer; forming a conductive layer on the PSR layer in the patterned manner, the conductive layer being configured to conduct heat and static electricity; and mounting a plurality of elements on a second area of the side of the PCB, the second area being different from the first area.
US11039525B2
Disclosed are a cartridge-type X-ray source apparatus and an X-ray emission apparatus using the same. The X-ray source includes: a cathode electrode provided with an electron emission source by using a nanostructure; an anode electrode having a target emitting X-rays by electron collision; and a housing forming an external appearance, and exposing a cathode electrode terminal connected to the cathode electrode and an anode electrode terminal connected to the anode electrode to an outside thereof, wherein the cathode electrode terminal and the anode electrode terminal differ from each other in at least one of exposure direction, height, size, and shape.
US11039521B1
A proximity sensor with a sliced integration time sensing mechanism and a sensing method thereof are provided. A light transmitter emits a sensing light toward a detected object during a first phase time. A light receiver receives a first light signal formed by the sensing light reflected by the detected object and an ambient light during the first phase time, and receives a second light signal of the ambient light during a second phase time. A first brightness of the first light signal is integrated over the first phase time to form a first integrated brightness value. A second brightness of the second light signal is integrated over the second phase time to form a second integrated brightness value. The light receiver subtracts the second integrated brightness value from the first integrated brightness value to obtain a first integrated brightness correction value by phase cancellation.
US11039520B1
The present disclosure describes an electronic device that is capable of coordinating the control of various types of lights. For example, the electronic device may receive data indicating conditions for activating the light emitters. The electronic device may then obtain sensor data generated by various sensors, such as motion sensors, light sensors, or a timer. Using the sensor data, the electronic device may determine that the conditions are satisfied and, in response, cause the light emitters to activate. To activate a first type of light emitters, the electronic device may cause power to be provided to the first type of emitters via connectors. Additionally, to activate additional types of light emitters, the electronic device may transmit signals to the additional types of light emitters that include commands to activate. The additional types of light emitters may be powered by the electronic device or external power sources.
US11039514B2
An interactive lighting system includes a group of one or more portable lamps designed to respond to user's spatial manipulation of a lamp to control the system. The lamps can be wirelessly linked to operate in unison, and each lamp could also include an ambient light sensor, which helps the system to optimize illumination characteristics and profile.
US11039512B2
A defrosting system includes an RF signal source, an electrode proximate to a cavity within which a load to be defrosted is positioned, a transmission path between the RF signal source and the electrode, and an impedance matching network electrically coupled along the transmission path between the output of the RF signal source and the electrode. The system also includes power detection circuitry coupled to the transmission path and configured to detect reflected signal power along the transmission path. A system controller is configured to modify, based on the reflected signal power, an inductance value of the impedance matching network to reduce a ratio of the reflected signal power to the forward signal power. The impedance matching network includes a plurality of fixed-value, lumped inductors positioned within a fixed inductor area.
US11039509B2
An oven door for a microwave oven or a cooking oven with microwave heating functions includes at least one door cover (12) and at least one glass panel (14). The door cover (12) and the inner glass panel (14) form an inner part of the oven door. The door cover (12) and the glass panel (14) are connected by a welded joint (16). Said welded joint (16) is formed in an overlap of the door cover (12) and the glass panel (14). The welded joint (16) forms an elongated path.
US11039505B1
A method, equation, system, and device for electrically heating Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) and other transparent conductive materials having a uniform sheet resistivity for defogging and de-icing in a cold environment. The use of nonparallel busbars for connecting the conductive materials reduces excessive and dangerous hot zones. The mathematical analysis and equations provide a means of precisely providing an intermittent electrical connection so that the Watt density and heating is uniform, allowing much higher temperature for de-icing and defogging and more efficient use of energy. This same concept can be used for three dimensional formed heaters to compensate for non uniform sheet resistivity. Also shown are a means of improved busbar designs and an equation and a means of altering sheet resistivity to produce electric heaters with non parallel busbars of various shapes for uniform heating and Watt density.
US11039503B2
A broadband access system, comprising a broadband access hub device (hub device) and broadband access premise devices (premise devices) wirelessly coupled the hub device to provide broadband services to multiple user equipment (UEs), is described. The hub device may access broadband services on a fiber optic broadband network and wirelessly provide access to the broadband services to the premise devices. The premise device may wirelessly communicate with the hub device and communicate with user equipment (UEs) for providing access to the broadband services through the hub device. The premise device may be attached to an electric utility meter, and a power interface module of the premise device may supply electrical power to the premise device from the electric utility meter. Additionally, the first communication module of the premise device may be external to the premise device and be mounted remotely from the premise device.
US11039502B1
Systems described herein provide techniques for establishing and modifying user plane communications sessions between Long-Term Evolution (“LTE”) User Equipment (“UE”) devices, connected to LTE base stations, and a Fifth Generation (“5G”) core network. An LTE-5G Interworking function (“LTE-5G IWF”) may logically generate a virtual 5G UE and/or 5G base station, map a LTE UE to the virtual 5G UE, and cause the establishment of a Protocol Data Unit (“PDU”) Session, at the 5G core network, with the virtual 5G UE. The LTE-5G IWF may provide PDU Session information to the LTE UE and base station to facilitate the establishment of user plane communications (e.g., via a tunnel) between the LTE UE and the 5G core network. The LTE-5G IWF may also receive modification parameters, such as Quality of Service (“QoS”) parameters, and provide instructions to the 5G core and/or to the LTE UE to handle traffic according to such parameters.
US11039499B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described for discontinuous reception (DRX) wake up procedures over millimeter wave (mmW) frequency resources. A base station may use multiple antenna ports to transmit one or more beamformed downlink transmissions to a user equipment (UE). The downlink transmissions may include beam-swept reference signals, and the UE may initiate a wake up procedure prior to a configured DRX-On cycle to receive the reference signals. Based on the reception of the reference signals, the UE may train a set of receive beams and determine a preferred downlink transmit beam. The base station may subsequently transmit at least a portion of a cell radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI) in a beam-swept manner, and the UE may evaluate the C-RNTI transmission on the preferred transmit beam. The UE may also transmit an uplink response indicating the preferred transmit beam to receive downlink data.
US11039494B2
The disclosed technology provides a system and method for detecting and recovering from sleeping cell failures in radio cells of wireless wide area communication network by periodically communication with a remote server/host using the radio access network of a radio cell to be monitored for sleeping cell problems, and autonomously or manually resetting or rebooting the radio cell upon determining that failure to reach the remote server/host is a result of the radio cell going into a sleeping cell state.
US11039473B2
Provided is a wireless communication terminal. The wireless communication terminal includes a transceiver and a processor. The processer performs a contention procedure based on a back-off counter, in each of a plurality of channel and accesses, by using the transceiver, at least one of the plurality of channels based on the contention procedure.
US11039470B2
The message decoding method in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure includes: receiving, by a receiving end device, a second message associated with a first message from a transmitting end device; determining, by the receiving end device, a target receiver parameter for decoding the first message in accordance with the second message; and decoding, by the receiving end device, the first message from the transmitting end device in accordance with the target receiver parameter.
US11039467B2
There is provided mechanisms for granting resources to a wireless device. A method is performed by a network node. The method comprises obtaining an indication for granting the resources to the wireless device. The method comprises transmitting, to the wireless device, a grant for the resources in a transmission time interval (sTTI) frequency band. The grant comprises an index, and the index identifies a position of the resources within the sTTI frequency band.
US11039460B2
The present invention discloses a method for transmitting/receiving data in a wireless communication system supporting NB-IoT and a device for the method. More specifically, the method comprises monitoring a first search space configured for a first NPDCCH, wherein the first NPDCCH includes first control information for scheduling a first NPDSCH carrying an SC-MCCH; receiving the first NPDSCH based on the first control information; monitoring a second search space configured for a second NPDCCH by using a group identifier acquired through the SC-MCCH, wherein the second NPDCCH includes second control information for scheduling a second NPDSCH carrying an SC-MTCH; and receiving the second NPDSCH based on the second control information, wherein the second NPDCCH and the second NPDSCH are transmitted on one carrier, and carrier configuration information representing the one carrier is carried through the SC-MCCH.
US11039454B2
The present invention is designed to configure RRM measurement properly. A user terminal according to one aspect of the present invention has a receiving section that receives information about a parameter that is common among a plurality of resources for a reference signal, and a control section that controls, based on information about the parameter, reporting of results of measurement using the reference signal in part of the plurality of resources, and information about measured resources.
US11039449B2
A method to mitigate interference in a wireless system is provided. The method includes processing a set of radio network identifiers and limiting a number of hypotheses associated with the radio network identifiers in order to mitigate interference in a wireless network. In another aspect, the method includes processing a set of hypotheses and limiting the set of hypotheses by limiting a number of downlink grants to a common space, limiting the number of downlink grants to a number of instances, or limiting the number of grants to a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) type. In yet another aspect, the method includes processing a downlink set and generating a target termination level for the downlink data set, the termination level associated with a Hybrid automatic repeat-request.
US11039444B2
Methods and devices for application aware scheduling in a wireless communication network include a Radio Resource Control, RRC, Connection Reconfiguration message that includes an announcement message indicating a Network Type and Software Version Number, N-TSVN, for an extended protocol. The RRC Connection Reconfiguration message is transmitted from the network node to a user equipment, UE. The UE may then determine that a UE Software Version Number, UE-SVN, is compatible with the N-TSVN received in the announcement message. The UE may then transmit, and the network may receive, an initial message including the UE-SVN.
US11039443B2
A transmission device that generates control information including 3-bit information and transmits a physical downlink shared channel, a reference signal for demodulation of the physical downlink shared channel, and the control information, wherein, in a case that all codewords which are mapped to the physical downlink shared channel are enabled, among a first value to an eighth value indicated by the 3-bit information, the third value to the eighth value indicate that the number of layers is from 3 to 8 respectively, and the first value and the second value indicate that the number of layers is equal to 2, and the first value indicates that the scrambling identity for the reference signal is equal to 0 and the second value indicates that the scrambling identity is equal to 1.
US11039440B1
An access point (AP) device assigns respective blocks of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) tones to a plurality of client stations for an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) data unit. The AP device receives respective independent data for the plurality of client stations, and generates a preamble of the OFDMA data unit to include: respective legacy preamble portions in respective sub-channels. Each legacy preamble portion includes a legacy signal field that indicates a duration of the OFDMA data unit, and a non-legacy preamble portion. The AP device also generates a data portion of the OFDMA data unit to include respective independent data for respective client stations. The respective independent data are included within the respective blocks of OFDM tones.
US11039438B2
Provided are a method and device for configuring a slot formation indication (SFI) in a wireless communication system, particularly in new radio (NR) access technology. A user equipment (UE) receives, from a network, a first SFI for an unpaired carrier, configures a first slot in the unpaired carrier on the basis of the first SFI, receives, from the network, a second SFI for a supplemental uplink (SUL) carrier, and configures a second slot in the SUL carrier on the basis of the second SFI. The first SFI and the second SFI are separate pieces of information.
US11039433B2
Aspects herein describe determining a channel format for transmitting uplink communications in a slot, wherein the channel format is selected from multiple channel formats based at least in part on a payload size of the uplink communications, determining a starting symbol and an ending symbol of an uplink channel duration of the slot for transmitting the uplink communications, determining, based at least in part on the starting symbol and the ending symbol, a portion of the channel format to utilize in transmitting the uplink communications in the slot, and transmitting the uplink communications in the slot, wherein transmitting the uplink communications is based on the portion of the channel format.
US11039429B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for wireless communication in which a downlink control information (DCI) is transmitted in a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in a first bandwidth part (BWP). A UE is responsible for determining a starting resource block (RB) for a data transmission allocated by the DCI based on a value of a frequency domain resource allocation field in the DCI, a reference RB, and a reference size of a second BWP. The data transmission can then be transmitted, in the case of, for example, PUSCH, by a UE or received, in the case of, for example, PDSCH.
US11039428B2
A method for operating an adapting device includes selecting a first access mode out of a plurality of access modes for a first transmission between a first communications device and a second communications device, wherein the selection of the first access mode is made in accordance with an access mode criterion, and at least one of communications system information, and user equipment information, and determining sparse code multiple access (SCMA) parameters from the first access mode in accordance with a SCMA parameter mapping rule. The method also includes providing information about the first access mode to at least one of the first communications device and the second communications device.
US11039426B2
Using a modulation and coding scheme for a control channel that is more conservative than needed to fulfill the control function may waste resources. To address this issue, a variable size control channel is provided. An apparatus in such a system may be configured to determine an aggregation level of a plurality of aggregation levels associated with a control channel. Each aggregation level of the plurality of aggregation levels is associated with a number of time-frequency resources dedicated for the control channel and a particular modulation and coding scheme used for modulating and coding control information in the control channel. The apparatus is configured to receive control information in the time-frequency resources associated with the aggregation level and decode the control information received in the time-frequency resources associated with the determined aggregation level. The decoding is based on the particular modulation and coding scheme associated with the determined aggregation level.
US11039422B2
To increase network efficiency, a user equipment (UE) can be appointed as a local manager to coordinate the allocation of resources used by other UEs. For example, the network can promote the UE as a local manager and assign the local manager a resource pool. The local manager can then broadcast synchronization signals to let the other UEs associate themselves with the local manager. After the other UEs are synced with the local manager, the local manager can allocate resources to the other UEs. Based on report data regarding the local managers management procedures, the network can maintain the UE as the local manager or demote the UE from local manager status.
US11039419B2
A method is described, comprising: creating, at a coordinating server, a user page cache table, the user page cache table associates a user equipment (UE) identifier with a last known location of the UE and a virtual base station instance; creating, at the coordinating server, a neighbor relation table, the neighbor relation table associates each cell to neighbor cells; receiving, at the coordinating server from a core network, a paging message for a user equipment (UE), the paging message comprises a tracking area identity (TAI), the UE identifier, and the virtual base station instance; querying, at the coordinating server, in the user page cache table based on the UE identifier received in the paging message to identify the virtual base station instance and the last known location; forwarding, from the coordinating server to the last known location of the UE, the paging message based on the queried last known location.
US11039414B2
Provided is a computer-implemented method including acquiring a first pieces of observation data that include a position of a mobile object and a received signal strength of a wireless signal observed by the mobile object; and correcting each position of the mobile object included in each piece of observation data of the first pieces of observation data using one position of the mobile object at a time before the received signal strength included in the piece of observation data is observed.
US11039406B2
There is provided a terminal apparatus configured to communicate with a base station apparatus. The terminal apparatus is configured to: receive information indicating a subframe of a first subframe set and a subframe of a second subframe set by using a higher layer signaling. The terminal apparatus is configured to, in a case that a power headroom for a predetermined subframe for a predetermined serving cell is calculated: calculate the power headroom based on a reference format by using a first set of parameters in a case that transmission in a physical uplink shared channel is not performed in the predetermined subframe for the predetermined serving cell, and the predetermined subframe belongs to the first subframe set; and calculate the power headroom based on the reference format by using a second set of parameters in a case that the transmission in the physical uplink shared channel is not performed in the predetermined subframe for the predetermined serving cell, and the predetermined subframe belongs to the second subframe set.
US11039403B2
In an example, an electronic device includes a first antenna and a second antenna. The electronic device may further include a power modulator to determine a simultaneous operation of the first antenna and the second antenna. The power modulator may monitor a first signal parameter of the first antenna and a second signal parameter of the second antenna. Upon monitoring signal parameters of respective antenna, the power modulator may dynamically regulate a first transmission power of the first antenna and a second transmission power of the second antenna based on the first signal parameter, the second signal parameter, and a threshold transmission value.
US11039393B1
Systems, methods, and devices suspend and establish wireless communications connections. Methods include determining at least a first wireless communications device should be transitioned to a low power mode, and transitioning, using second logic, first logic of the first wireless communications device to the low power mode. The first logic implements a host stack of a wireless communications protocol, the second logic implements a controller stack of the wireless communications protocol, and the transitioning to the low power mode includes suspending a communications connection between the first wireless communications device and a second wireless communications device. Methods also include transitioning the first logic of the first wireless communications device to an active mode. The transitioning to the active mode reestablishes the communications connection between the first wireless communications device and a second wireless communications device.
US11039392B2
The present description relates to a frequency-based wake-up device and a sensor communication device using such the same. The present invention comprises: a RF signal to voltage converter for receiving a wireless signal including a first signal and a second signal and converting the frequency of the preamble to voltage to generate a driving voltage and provide the same; a decoder activated by the driving voltage and extracts ID information of the sensor communication device by decoding the second signal; and a signal processor that is activated by the driving voltage and compares the extracted ID information of the sensor communication device by the decoder with pre-stored ID information of a pre-determined sensor communication device and notifies of reception of a wake-up signal when the extracted ID information and the pre-stored ID information are the same.
US11039384B2
A wireless communication system according to one mode of the present invention includes: an information providing terminal being a communication terminal belonging to a first node below, the information providing terminal configured to transmit, to another station, first provision information that includes source data usable for driving support control; a base station belonging to a second node below and configured to transmit, to another station, second provision information based on the source data; a server belonging to a third node below and configured to transmit, to another station, third provision information based on the source data; an information acquiring terminal being a communication terminal belonging to the first node below, the information acquiring terminal being mounted to a target vehicle to which the first to third provision information is to be provided; and a determination unit configured to determine whether or not adoption of the first to third provision information is allowed, on the basis of a position of the target vehicle and a position associated with the source data. First node: a communication node configured to perform terminal-to-terminal communication in a first network slice. Second node: a communication node configured to communicate with the first node in a second network slice. Third node: a communication node configured to communicate with the first node via the second node in a third network slice.
US11039383B2
A broker network may be configured to serve as an intermediary between one or more radio providers and one or more mobile service providers for reservation of remote radio units (RRUs) for use in a virtualized radio access network (vRAN) environment. The broker network may receive, from a mobile network, a message indicating a request for identification of RRUs of at least one radio provider. The broker network may send, to the mobile network, one or more messages including a plurality of identifiers which identify a plurality of RRUs, and a geographic location and capabilities associated with each RRU. After receiving a selection of an RRU, the broker network may send to the RRU a message which triggers communication with a virtualized Distributed Unit (vDU) for a remote configuration of parameters in the selected RRU, so that it may be used to facilitate communication with UEs in the mobile network.
US11039382B2
Systems and methods of measuring reference signals in a multefire scenario are described. A UE receives control information anchor channel dependent on whether the UE is in an adaptive frequency hopping system (FHS) and whether the FHS is a LBT FHS. The reference signals are received on an unlicensed band via the anchor and/or a non-anchor channel and measured for RRM and/or in-sync or out-of-sync measurements. RRM measurements are transmitted to the eNB for mobility management and otherwise the validity of an in- or out-of-sync indication is determined and a counter started when valid. The control information has a subframe configuration and resource allocation, which is used for SRS transmission on the non-anchor channel. Uplink scheduling information is received on the anchor channel for data transmission on the non-anchor channel based on the SRS.
US11039379B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a radio access method, apparatus and system, and a computer storage medium. The method may include: receiving indication signaling transmitted by a base station, determining a transmission mode of an access signal according to the indication signaling and transmitting the access signal in the transmission mode.
US11039378B2
An information processing method according to an embodiment of the present technology which is executed by a computer includes detecting, on a basis of a beacon signal transmitted from a first apparatus, the first apparatus, and communicably connecting the detected first apparatus and the computer. A distance from the computer to the first apparatus is calculated on a basis of an intensity of a signal received from the first apparatus communicably connected. In a case where the calculated distance is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value, setting information for communicably connecting the first apparatus and a second apparatus is transmitted to the first apparatus.
US11039377B2
Provided are a method for a terminal to receive system information in a wireless communication system and a device supporting the method. The method may comprise: a step of entering a first radio resource control (RRC) state; a step of transmitting, to a base station, an RRC state transition request message requesting a state transition of a terminal from the first RRC state to a second RRC state, the RRC state transition request message including a cause value indicating a request for system information; and a step of receiving, in response to the RRC state transition request message, a rejection message including the requested system information from the base station with respect to the first RRC state.
US11039371B2
A system and method for providing wireless network communications between a plurality of remote devices and a site controller are provided. Each network and the site controller communicates using a communications protocol adapted to allow remote devices and the site controller to independently control the communication path for transmissions sent by each device. In some embodiments, remote devices can collect and store information about other remote devices and available communication paths for optimum data transmission. Also, in some embodiments, remote devices can quickly join a preexisting network by communicating with a site controller and/or other remote devices. Other embodiments are also claimed and described.
US11039367B1
Measurement procedures are provided for a communication device. For instance, a system that comprises determining a probability value, wherein the probability value indicates a likelihood of a communication device, connected to a first network node device, connecting to a second network node device with attempts below a first threshold. The system can also comprise determining a scanning period interval value based on the probability value, used by the communication device, to adjust a scanning procedure usable for establishment of a connection with the second network node device, and requesting the communication device to utilize the scanning period interval value during the establishment of the connection with the second network node device.
US11039359B1
A wireless network control system facilitates a handover of User Equipment (UE) from a source network slice to a target network slice. The source slice delivers an internet-access service to the UE using a Quality-of-Service level and access restrictions. The UE detects a handover trigger and exchanges handover signaling with the source network slice. A hardware-trust controller verifies a hardware identification code embedded in the UE responsive to the handover signaling. A distributed ledger generates a slice template to implement the QoS and access restrictions for the UE in the target network slice in response to the handover signaling and the hardware-trust verification. The signaling circuitry transfers the slice template to the target slice. The target slice delivers internet-access service to the UE using the QoS and the restrictions in response to the slice template.
US11039357B2
An operation method of a terminal, for a handover in a mobile communication system, may comprise performing measurement on beams of a target base station, and transmitting a measurement result of at least one beam of the target base station to a source base station; receiving, from the source base station, a handover command message including information on at least one RACH resource for the at least one beam; transmitting a handover indication message including information on at least one random access target beam having an order of channel conditions determined based on a latest measurement to the source base station and to the target base station through the source base station; and determining an optimal beam among the at least one random access target beam, and transmitting a RACH to the target base station through a RACH resource allocated to the optimal beam.
US11039355B2
In a wireless communication system, a user equipment (UE) may reselect a sidelink resource to be used for vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication. The reselection of sidelink resource may be triggered by various conditions. In particular, the reselection of the sidelink resources may be triggered when a value of sidelink resource reselection counter is zero. More specifically, the UE determines that data for the V2X communication is available in a sidelink traffic channel (STCH), determines that a value of the sidelink resource reselection counter is zero, and reselects the sidelink resources.
US11039351B2
A wireless network may provide system information by either a fixed periodic broadcast or broad-beam transmission or in response to a request by a user equipment (UE). The wireless network may broadcast (or broad-beam transmit) a signal that indicates to the UEs within a cell or zone coverage area that system information is to be transmitted on a fixed periodic schedule or in response to a request sent by one or more UEs.
US11039343B2
A method for supporting indication of a failure event to a source access system is provided. The method includes notifying, by the source access system, information of a source cell to a target access system, routing, by the target access system, a message to the base station or the base station controller of the source access through a core network by use of the information of the source cell received from the source access system when the target access system needs to transmit a message to the source access system. By use of the method provided by the present disclosure, a problem of mobility robustness optimization (MRO) among different radio access technology (RAT) may be notified to the source access system, so as to avoid impact for a terminal, reduce operator configuration.
US11039337B2
[Object] To set a minimum unit of a transmission time in communication via wireless communication in a further preferred form in accordance with conditions. [Solution] An apparatus including: a communication unit that performs wireless communication; and a control unit that decides a minimum unit of a transmission time in communication via the wireless communication on a basis of a first processing time that is decided in accordance with a terminal apparatus and a second processing time that is decided in accordance with a communication environment.
US11039329B2
Embodiments contemplate methods and systems for determining and communicating channel state information (CSI) for one or more transmission points (or CSI reference signal resources). Embodiments further contemplate determining transmission states may include applying at least one CSI process for channel state information (CSI) reporting. Embodiments also contemplate aperiodic and/or periodic reporting of one or more report types (e.g., rank indicator (RI)) of CSI, perhaps based on one or more reporting modes that may be configured for each of the one or more CSI process.
US11039326B2
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication systems such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for operating an access point (AP) in a cluster of a plurality of APs in a wireless communication system comprises determining a state of the cluster, determining a flow path based on the state of the cluster, and controlling to route data through the flow path from a core network (CN) to a terminal.
US11039304B2
A method performed by a mobile device for selectively allowing radio-frequency (RF) resource sharing between a plurality of subscriptions associated with a plurality of subscriber identity modules (SIMs) in the mobile device, the method includes transferring access to an RF resource from a first subscription among the plurality of subscriptions to a second subscription among the plurality of subscriptions during an ongoing service through the first subscription based on occurrence of a condition, evaluating one or more network parameters pertaining to communication through the first subscription, and causing the first subscription and the second subscription to share access to the RF resource for a first defined time period based on the evaluating such that message communication through the second subscription is enabled without disconnecting the first subscription from the ongoing service.
US11039303B2
A wireless communication device (100) provides a first indication to the wireless communication network. The first indication indicates a set of at least two capabilities of the wireless communication device (100). Further, the wireless communication device (100) determines whether the wireless communication device (100) supports a combination of two or more of the capabilities and provides a second indication to the wireless communication network. The second indication indicates whether the combination of capabilities is supported by the wireless communication device (100).
US11039295B2
The present invention relates to a method for saving on managed resources and a device therefor. A communication method of a terminal, according to one embodiment of the present invention, may comprise the steps of: determining whether a terminal and an MME are both capable of attaching without creating a PDN connection; in case the terminal and the MME are both capable of attaching without creating a PDN connection, determining whether a condition for not creating a PDN connection is satisfied; and in case the condition for not creating a PDN connection is satisfied, transmitting, to the MME, an attach request message including information associated with a request for not creating a PDN connection.
US11039294B2
A core network for a cellular system may maintain a dataset of one or more cell sites as being in an emergency zone. The dataset may be populated by local network operators in or near the emergency zone. The core network may consult the dataset prior to enforcing contractual terms for data rate throttling or re-prioritization to determine if the subscriber is in a designated emergency zone. If so, the core network may suspend the enforcement of data throttling or lowering priority so that subscribers in the emergency zone receive full access to the communication network. The dataset may include an expiration time or be on a timer so that the local network operators may be required to re-enroll the one or more cell sites as being in an emergency zone.
US11039286B2
Disclosed is a method by which a first terminal supports vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication through a first data transmission, comprising the steps of: determining a wireless resource for a second data transmission of a second terminal; transmitting, to the second terminal, first data including information of the wireless resource; and receiving, by using the wireless resource, second data transmitted from the second terminal.
US11039282B2
A system and method for selecting alternate global positioning system coordinates is provided. The system generally comprises a geolocation device, processor operably connected to the geolocation device, and non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon. The instructions instruct the system to select alternate GPS coordinates based off geospatial data received by the processor as well as parameters of the system that may limit the alternate GPS coordinates in which the system may select. The parameters may be selected within a user interface of the system.
US11039265B1
Various implementations include approaches for controlling a wearable audio device. In some cases, a method includes: adjusting a primary audio output at the wearable audio device from a first audio location to a second, distinct audio location in response to detecting an ambient acoustic signal or an additional audio input signal unrelated to the primary audio output, where the first audio location includes a stereo audio output from a plurality of audio locations or spatialized audio output from a first spatially rendered audio location, and where the second audio location comprises spatialized audio output from a second, distinct spatially rendered audio location.
US11039260B2
The present invention is a communication system for use in debates, for example, in Congress, Parliament, Presidential elections, online meetings, webinars, etc. The system includes multiple single-channel, time-controlled microphones, each having a STOP button. The STOP button activates the next speaker's microphone and timer while turning off the timer and microphone of the current speaker. The microphones can only be activated by the host or by the STOP button of another microphone. This prevents speakers from interrupting one another. If the time limit is reached, STOP button-activated-control is relinquished to the next speaker and his/her timer and microphone is activated. The remaining and/or elapsed time of each speaker may be displayed on computer screens of each participant, on a display for the audience and/or on lighted digital displays and/or dials. Time limits and the sequence of speeches may be altered by the host.
US11039253B2
An image recognition-based electric speaker includes a U-shaped iron for increasing magnetic field and improving anti-magnetism, a magnet installed on the U-shaped iron for generating magnetic field, a washer installed on the magnet for increasing the magnetic field and magnetic permeability, a voice coil installed on the washer for electrically conducting power, a voice coil paper tube installed on the voice coil, a damper installed around the voice coil for maintaining the magnetic gap and improving the capability of withstanding power, a box holder mounted around the low-frequency suspension edge, a gasket installed at the lower edge of the box holder for sealing the box holder airtightly, a low-frequency suspension edge disposed around the mid-frequency vibrating plate, a high-frequency anti-dust cap installed on the voice coil paper tube, and a mid-frequency vibrating plate disposed around the anti-dust cap. This invention has the effect of reducing criminal activities.
US11039249B2
A user-programmable, head-supportable listening device with built-in WiFi media player is configured to provide user custom application programmability with higher fidelity sound provided by resident audio electronics and conduction speakers, in stereo and HD audio surround sound, the listening device having a user programmable electronics system assembly providing the ability to scan, detect, select and play audio and video from wired and wireless sources of audio and video signals, and from both residential media sources and online streaming music services, an audio media storage device to provide storage of user-selected media for accessing from the listening device or by an external wired and wireless device, which provides the user with control of speakers, wireless interfaces, automatic scanning capability and playing of audio-video media.
US11039236B2
The accuracy of ear authentication is ensured over a range from an audible range to a non-audible range. An earphone includes a sound emitting unit, a sound collecting unit, a housing containing the sound emitting unit and the sound collecting unit, a sound hole formed inside the housing, the sound hole being configured to propagate an emitted sound to a predetermined direction and propagate a sound coming from the predetermined direction to the sound collecting unit, and an ear pad covering at least a part of the sound hole, in which an ear-pad side end face is configured so as not to project beyond a sound-hole side end face at least in the predetermined direction, the ear-pad side end face being an end face of the ear pad, the sound-hole side end face being an end face of the sound hole in the predetermined direction.
US11039235B2
A display device includes: a display panel including a first substrate and a light emitting element layer disposed on the first substrate; and a sound generator disposed on one surface of the first substrate, where the sound generator vibrates the display panel to output a sound. The sound generator includes: a first vibration generator which vibrates the display panel by generating a magnetic force using a first voice coil therein; and a second vibration generator including a vibration layer which contracts or expands based on a voltage applied thereto to vibrate the display panel, where the first vibration generator and the second vibration generator overlap each other in a thickness direction of the display panel.
US11039228B2
Data center interconnections, which encompass WSCs as well as traditional data centers, have become both a bottleneck and a cost/power issue for cloud computing providers, cloud service providers and the users of the cloud generally. Fiber optic technologies already play critical roles in data center operations and will increasingly in the future. The goal is to move data as fast as possible with the lowest latency with the lowest cost and the smallest space consumption on the server blade and throughout the network. Accordingly, it would be beneficial for new fiber optic interconnection architectures to address the traditional hierarchal time-division multiplexed (TDM) routing and interconnection and provide reduced latency, increased flexibility, lower cost, lower power consumption, and provide interconnections exploiting scalable optical modular optically switched interconnection network as well as temporospatial switching fabrics allowing switching speeds below the slowest switching element within the switching fabric.
US11039226B2
A method for monitoring water quality in a water supply network, the method including: providing a plurality of sensor units at predefined locations along the water supply network; monitoring water in the water supply network with the sensor units to receive detected sensor values; communicating the detected sensor values from the plurality of sensor units to a computer server in real-time; analyzing the sensor values at the computer server in order to detect changes in quality of water moving between the sensor units; and outputting real-time data from the computer server to a geographic information system (GIS) user interface or a Graphic User Interface (GUI).
US11039218B1
Instructions are transmitted to a client device that includes a display. The instructions cause the display to render a video relating to a sporting event and also render online gaming information relating to the sporting event. In one example, the instructions cause the first client device to: receive, on a first communication channel, first digital content corresponding to the video relating to the first sporting event; render, on the display of the client device, the video relating to the sporting event based on the first digital content received on the first communication channel; receive, on a second communication channel different from the first communication channel, second digital content corresponding to the online gaming information; and render, on the display of the client device, the online gaming information based on the second digital content received on the second communication channel.
US11039213B2
Provided are a system and method for media content rights negotiation based on defined protocol for management of media content rights using distributed media rights transaction ledger. An initiating node determines acquisition requirement and/or receive request on behalf of other participant for media content rights of requested media content and traverses associated instance of distributed media rights transaction ledger to identify receiving entity node that has media content rights available for negotiation. Accordingly, initial media content rights negotiation transaction is issued, which includes offer for corresponding media content rights. The receiving entity node verifies an identity and signature of initiating entity from initial media content rights negotiation transaction, issues new media content rights negotiation transaction based on verification, evaluation, and/or acceptance of offer. Each instance of distributed media rights transaction ledger includes at least initial media content rights negotiation transaction and new media content rights negotiation transaction.
US11039208B2
Methods, apparatus, and machine-readable storage media to monitor media presentations are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes a locator to compare a location of a mobile device with a set of reference locations at which audio monitoring is to be performed. The disclosed example apparatus further includes an audio receiver to enable a microphone of the mobile device to collect audio for media monitoring when (1) the location of the mobile device corresponds to a first one of the reference locations and (2) a media presentation monitor at the first one of the reference locations indicates a likelihood of media being presented at the first location satisfies a threshold. In some disclosed examples, the audio receiver of the example apparatus is to disable the microphone from collecting audio for media monitoring when the location of the mobile device does not correspond to any of the reference locations.
US11039207B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for a window-metric rule for return path data (RPD). In some examples, a media monitor includes a count calculator to determine a first count of a number of devices in a first household that reported RPD for a first day. The example media monitor also includes an RPD selector to compare the first count to a current window-metric, the current window-metric associated with a window of time for the first household, the window of time associated with a content provider and having N number of days. The example RPD selector the RPD from the first household for the first day when the first count does not satisfy the current window-metric. The example media monitor also includes a report generator to generate a media exposure report using the RPD from the first household for the first day when the first count satisfies the current window-metric, independent of if the first household has heartbeat data available.
US11039206B2
In some embodiments, a method sends a first instance of a media presentation description to a client for a first set of segments of a media presentation. The first instance of the media presentation description includes status information based on the first set of segments in the media presentation. A request is received for an update to the media presentation description where the request includes the status information. The method uses the status information to identify a latest segment that the client has already received in the media presentation. Then, the method sends a second instance of the media presentation description for a second set of segments that occur after the latest segment in the media presentation as an update to the first instance of the media presentation description. The second instance of the media presentation description excludes at least a portion of information for first set of segments.
US11039199B2
A set-top box and a method of operating the same are provided. The set-top box, for example, may include, but is not limited to, a communication system configured to receive media content from a broadcast content source and communicate with a personal electronic device, and a media continuity system configured to receive, from the communication system, an indication that a user is watching media content through an over the top source on the personal electronic device, buffer the media content from the broadcast content source in a memory, determine, when the set-top box receives a request to play the media content, a difference between a timestamp associated with the media content as broadcast by the over the top source and the media content as broadcast by the broadcast content source, and output the media content using the buffer based upon the difference in the timestamp when the user returns home.
US11039192B2
Provided is a system and method for publishing a disparate live media output stream that complies with distribution format regulations. One or more processors in the system generate a preview based on a low-latency protocol for a plurality of live input streams, and generate an updated schedule based on one or more events identified in the preview in real-time. The updated schedule includes one or more transitions between the plurality of live input streams and pre-encoded media assets. A disparate live media output stream manifest is generated based on manipulation of manifests of the plurality of live input streams and pre-encoded media assets in accordance with the updated schedule. The generated disparate live media output stream manifest is delayed to allow decisions based on the preview, and includes programming content and non-programming content available to the one or more processors for immediate consumption, and complies with distribution format regulations.
US11039188B2
Provided is a content distribution system in which content is distributed from a content distribution apparatus to a plurality of display apparatuses, in which the content distribution apparatus stores the content, acquires information on a connection request source, as connection information on the display apparatus, when a connection request from each of the plurality of display apparatuses is present, groups display apparatuses to which the same content is to be distributed, into one group, among the plurality of display apparatuses, manages one display apparatus, which belongs to the group, as a master display apparatus, and the other display apparatuses as slave display apparatuses, and transmits the content and connection information on the slave display apparatus that belongs to the group, to the master display apparatus. The master display apparatus distributes the content to the slave display apparatus based on the connection information.
US11039187B2
The present application relates to a self-adaptive software background update method and device. The method includes: monitoring a TCP download request in a system, after the system starts up; filtering a download request of a network video and a download request of a system update software from the TCP download request, when the download request of the network video and the download request of the system update software exist simultaneously in the TCP download request; downloading and playing the network video under a TCP link according to the download request of the network video, and obtaining a data cache amount of the network video; starting up downloading the system update software according to the download request of the system update software; controlling a download rate of system update.
US11039182B2
When predetermined information divided into a predetermined number of audio frames is transmitted, the receiving end is enabled to readily and appropriately obtain the predetermined information. An encoding process is performed on audio data, and a compressed audio data stream formed with successive audio frames including compressed audio data is generated. Predetermined information is inserted into the compressed audio data stream, and is then transmitted. The predetermined information is divided and inserted into a predetermined number of audio frames of the compressed audio data stream, and the first information indicating whether the current piece is the first piece of the divided information and the second information as a count number indicating the dividing position in descending order are added to each piece of the divided information.
US11039178B2
A real-time content identification and tracking system enabling monitoring of television programming consumption specific to an individual television or other viewing device. Metrics collected may include data regarding viewing of specific broadcast media, commercial messages, interactive on-screen information or other programming, as well as locally cached, time-shifted programming. Information about media consumption by such specific television sets or other viewing means may be returned to a commercial client of the system through a trusted third-party intermediary service and, in certain embodiments, encoded tokens may be used to manage the display of certain events as well as to enable robust auditing of each involved party's contractual performance.
US11039175B2
A video coding device may be configured to perform video coding according to one or more of the techniques described herein.
US11039164B2
An encoder includes circuitry and memory connected to the circuitry. In operation, the circuitry: corrects a base motion vector using a correction value for correcting the base motion vector in a predetermined direction; and encodes a current partition to be encoded in an image of a video, using the base motion vector corrected. The correction value is specified by a first parameter and a second parameter, the first parameter indicating a table to be selected from among a plurality of tables each including values, the second parameter indicating one of the values included in the table to be selected indicated by the first parameter. In each of the plurality of tables, a smaller value among the values is assigned a smaller index. Each of the plurality of tables includes a different minimum value among the values.
US11039163B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide a method for video coding in merge mode or skip mode. The method can include receiving a prediction block (PB) of a picture, determining number and positions of merge candidates of the PB according to a size and/or a shape of the PB, and constructing a candidate list including motion data of a subset of the merge candidate positions.
US11039162B2
Disclosed is a video signal processing method comprising the steps of: acquiring a merge index which indicates a candidate for prediction of a current block among a plurality of candidates for the prediction of the current block, which are included in a merge candidate list; acquiring motion information of the current block on the basis of motion information corresponding to the candidate indicated by the merge index; when the motion information of the current block includes a plurality of motion vectors corresponding to a list of different reference pictures, comparing picture order count (POC) differences between each of the reference pictures corresponding to the plurality of motion vectors and the current picture including the current block; correcting the plurality of motion vectors on the basis of a result of the comparison; and reconstructing the current block on the basis of the plurality of corrected motion vectors.
US11039151B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for a mobile device to decode video based on available power and/or energy. For example, the mobile device may receive a media description file (MDF) from for a video stream from a video server. The MDF may include complexity information associated with a plurality of video segments. The complexity information may be related to the amount of processing power to be utilized for decoding the segment at the mobile device. The mobile device may determine at least one power metric for the mobile device. The mobile device may determine a first complexity level to be requested for a first video segment based on the complexity information from the MDF and the power metric. The mobile device may dynamically alter the decoding process to save energy based on the detected power/energy level.
US11039145B2
An image prediction method and a related product, where the image prediction method includes performing intra-frame prediction on a current block using a reference block to obtain an initial predicted pixel value of a pixel in the current block, and performing weighted filtering on the initial predicted pixel value of the pixel in the current block to obtain a predicted pixel value of the pixel in the current block. Weighting coefficients used for the weighted filtering include a horizontal weighting coefficient and a vertical weighting coefficient, and a first attenuation rate factor acting on the horizontal weighting coefficient is different from a second attenuation rate factor acting on the vertical weighting coefficient.
US11039144B2
A decoding method includes determining prediction motion information of a first decoding block, performing bidirectional prediction on the first decoding block based on the prediction motion information to obtain a first decoding prediction block, performing motion search of first precision on a prediction reference image block to obtain at least one second decoding prediction block, where a search location of the motion search is determined using a motion vector predictor and the first precision, calculating a difference between the first decoding prediction block and each second decoding prediction block to obtain a target motion vector predictor of the first decoding block, and updating the target motion vector predictor through motion search.
US11039143B2
A method of decoding video data includes determining, by a video decoder implemented in processing circuitry, a context initialization using a plurality of quantization parameters for a portion of a picture of video data decoded using temporal prediction. The method includes storing, by the video decoder, the context initialization with a single probability state for the plurality of quantization parameters. The method includes entropy decoding, by the video decoder, a set of syntax elements in a bitstream using the single probability state.
US11039141B2
A video coding device is able to select, from among a plurality of color spaces, a color space of a prediction error signal in coded block units, and includes: an adaptive chroma quantization offset derivation unit for deriving a quantization offset for each color space; and an inverse quantization unit for inverse-quantizing a quantization coefficient image by using the chroma quantization offset for each color space.
US11039140B2
An image decoding method performed by means of a decoding device according to the present disclosure comprises the steps of: deriving transform coefficients of a target block from a bitstream; deriving a non-separable secondary transform (NSST) index with respect to the target block; performing inverse transform with respect to the transform coefficients of the target block on the basis of the NSST index and thus deriving residual samples of the target block; and generating a reconstructed picture on the basis of the residual samples.
US11039136B2
A macro block size determining unit 1 determines the size of each macro block on a frame-by-frame basis. A macro block dividing unit 2 divides an inputted image into macro blocks each having the size determined by the macro block size determining unit 1. A macro block coding unit 3 determines a coding mode for each of the macro blocks divided by the macro block dividing unit 2, and codes pixel values in each of the macro blocks in the determined coding mode.
US11039135B2
Provided is a video decoding method including obtaining split information indicating whether a current block is to be split; and when the split information indicates that the current block is to be split, splitting the current block into at least two lower blocks, obtaining encoding order information indicating an encoding order of the at least two lower blocks of the current block from the bitstream, determining a decoding order of the at least two lower blocks based on the encoding order information, and decoding the at least two lower blocks according to the decoding order.
US11039131B2
An apparatus for coding a block of a frame using intra-prediction includes a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to obtain an intra-prediction mode for coding the block of the frame; select a transform type for coding a transform block of a residual block, which results from predicting the block using the intra-prediction mode; and code the transform block using the transform type. To select the transform type includes to, in a case where the intra-prediction mode is a SMOOTH_PRED, select a ADST_ADST transform type; in a case where the intra-prediction mode is a SMOOTH_H_PRED, select a DCT_ADST transform type; and in a case where the intra-prediction mode is a SMOOTH_V_PRED, select a ADST_DCT transform type.
US11039128B2
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for encoding/decoding an image to enhance inter prediction. According to the present invention, the method includes: determining a first reference picture and a second reference picture of a current block; determining both a first reference block in the first reference picture and a second reference block in the second reference picture; partitioning the current block into a plurality of sub blocks; and obtaining a prediction block of each of the sub blocks on the basis of reference candidate block index information of each of the sub blocks.
US11039125B2
The present disclosure discloses a test method and system for a wearable device, and belongs to the field of electronic technology application. The method includes: controlling a wearable device displaying a test image to enter a test process, wherein the test process is a process of changing from a stationary state to a motion state and then to a stationary state along a specified direction; acquiring two images displayed by the wearable device in the test process; and determining display errors of the wearable device according to a difference in specified parameters of the two images.
US11039113B2
A photo filter (e.g., multi-dimensional) light field effect system includes an eyewear device having a frame, a temple connected to a lateral side of the frame, and a depth-capturing camera. Execution of programming by a processor configures the system to create an image in each of a least two dimensions and create a multi-dimensional light field effect image with an appearance of a spatial rotation or movement and transitional change, by blending together a left photo filter image and a right photo filter image in each dimension and blending the blended images from all dimensions.
US11039112B2
Poor visibility due to abnormal display caused by occurrence of failure of HUD is reduced using AR-HUD which includes a vehicle information acquiring unit, a controller, and a video display apparatus. The vehicle information acquiring unit acquires various types of vehicle information that can be detected by a vehicle. The controller controls display of a video in a display region visually recognized through a windshield from a driver's seat of a vehicle based on vehicle information acquired by the vehicle information acquiring unit. The video display apparatus generates video based on an instruction from the controller. The controller acquires apparatus information which is used when determining apparatus fault, determines whether the apparatus fault is present or not based on the acquired apparatus information, and performs a display content changing process to change content of the video projected onto the windshield when determined that the apparatus fault is present.
US11039111B2
Controlling a mirror in a MEMS based projector. A method includes iteratively performing various acts. The method includes inputting a time domain target wave array, with target elements, to a system for a MEMS coupled to the mirror of the projector. The time domain target wave array includes a set of n target elements. The method further includes driving the driver to move the mirror using elements in a drive array comprising a set of drive elements. The method further includes sampling a time domain output wave for the movement of the mirror to construct an output wave array with output elements corresponding to the target elements. The method further includes identifying errors between the target elements and the output elements. The method further includes modifying the drive elements in the drive array to attempt to minimize the errors when driving the MEMS on subsequent drive cycles.
US11039105B2
A conferencing device includes a power supply, a processor, a video out module, and a USB hub in communication with the processor and drawing power from the power supply. The conferencing device is configured to provide power from the power supply to an external host device in communication with the USB hub, receive control signals and video data from the external host device, and place video data from the external host device at a video out port of the conferencing device. Embodiments herein discuss the switching between and/or simultaneous presentation of video data for placement at the video out port as between two or more external host devices connected to the conferencing device based on the control signals sent from the external host devices. The conferencing device may be connected to another conferencing device to create a single logical conferencing device that can handle an expanded number of external host devices.
US11039104B2
One aspect of the present disclosure provides a device for extracting and transmitting data from a shop floor image, the device comprising: an encoder configured for receiving, from a facility operating system, streaming video data of a display screen of a monitor of the facility operating system on a shop floor, and for encoding the streaming video data in real time; a video data analyzer configured for receiving the real-time encoded streaming video data and for extracting data by figuring out and tagging a data presentation location in the real-time encoded streaming video data using a video data analysis algorithm; and a communication unit configured for transmitting to a data engine the real-time encoded streaming video data, and the data extracted by the video data analyzer.
US11039102B1
Various techniques for providing video feed redundancy are described herein. Instructions may be provided for switching input to an output video feed between two or more redundant input video feeds. In some examples, the redundant input video feeds may not be duplicates, may not be frame synchronized, may not be transmitted from the same location, may not be transmitted using the same network types or transmission protocols, and/or may not be initiated at the same time. In some examples, the instructions for video feed redundancy may be associated with respective authorization keys for the redundant input video feeds.
US11039098B2
Provided is an image sensor including: a pixel section configured to include a plurality of pixels arranged therein; and an AD conversion unit configured to perform analog-to-digital (AD) conversion on a pixel signal on the basis of a result of comparison between a first voltage of a signal, which is obtained by adding, via capacitances, the pixel signal of the pixel and a reference signal that linearly changes in a direction opposite to the pixel signal, with a second voltage serving as a reference.
US11039089B2
The present subject matter proposes a novel pulse compression favourable non-periodic thermal wave imaging that enhance the energy concentration capabilities and defect detection sensitivity and resolution in comparison with presently used pulse compression favourable thermal wave imaging approaches. This is due to most of the supplied energy is concentrated in the main lobe and very less energy will be redistributed to side lobes by the proposed Complimentary Golay coded excited thermal wave imaging.
US11039079B1
Video stream data is received. The video stream data comprises a plurality of arriving frames. An indication that the stream data should be processed into a long exposure image is received. In response to receipt of a frame arrival, a current frame is aligned with a registration image. The aligned frame is blended with a buffer. The buffer is used to provide the long exposure image as output.
US11039069B2
A wide-angle image processing apparatus and method includes receiving in a first client terminal having a display an original image captured by a wide-angle camera; receiving in the first client terminal a user input for selecting a first view mode for the display; requesting metadata corresponding to the first view mode from a shared memory accessible to the first client terminal and the wide-angle camera; receiving the metadata corresponding to the first view mode from the shared memory; and setting at least one region of interest in the original image based on the metadata corresponding to the first view mode.
US11039061B2
Systems and methods of maintaining a focal point of a camera in a 3D environment of a 2D graphical user interface of an authoring application includes displaying a surface upon which one or more content items can be placed and a camera centrally positioned relative to the surface. Further, responsive to an indication to add a content, determining a first elevation of the camera, determining an angle of view of the camera at the first elevation and elevating the camera to a second elevation that is greater than the first elevation of the camera while maintaining a perceived angle of view of the camera. Systems and methods for translating a 3D object include preventing translation of the 3D object in one of three dimensions of the three-dimensional environment while enabling simultaneous translation of the 3D object in the two remaining dimensions of the three dimensions of the 3D environment.
US11039055B2
A camera system and method capture image data with a camera, a data storage device electrically connected to the camera and configured to store the video data and/or a communication device electrically connected to the camera and configured to communicate the image data to a system receiver located remote from the camera. The system receiver may be located onboard a vehicle such that an operator can carry the camera off board the vehicle and communicate the image data back to the vehicle, when performing, for example, work on the vehicle or inspecting the vehicle or the environs of the vehicle.
US11039054B2
An image capturing system includes a first camera having a first lens, a second camera having a second lens, a third camera having a third lens, a fourth camera having a fourth lens, a fifth camera having a fifth lens, a sixth camera having a sixth lens, and a processor coupled to the six cameras. The processor generates an optimized image according to images captured by at least two of the six cameras. The first lens, the second lens, the third lens and the fourth lens are disposed adjacently. The first lens, the third lens, the fifth lens, and the sixth lens are disposed along a straight line. Fields of view of the first lens, the second lens, the third lens, and the fourth lens are the same.
US11039050B2
A monitoring camera apparatus includes a main circuit board, a sensing circuit board, an adjusting mechanism and a spiral flexible board. The main circuit board includes an image processor. The sensing circuit board includes an image sensor. The adjusting mechanism is connected to the sensing circuit board for adjusting position of the sensing circuit board and/or a lens of the monitoring camera apparatus, so as to vary a rotary angle and an inclined angle of the sensing circuit board relative to the main circuit board. The spiral flexible board has a first end and a second end opposite to each other. The first end and the second end are respectively connected to the main circuit board and the sensing circuit board, so that image information acquired by the image sensor can be transmitted to the image processor via the spiral flexible board.
US11039045B2
A video display system includes: a tone mapping processor that performs a tone mapping process of converting a luminance of a video by using conversion characteristics according to a maximum luminance of the video; and a display that displays the video that has undergone the tone mapping process. The tone mapping processor switches between a first tone mapping process of dynamically changing the conversion characteristics according to a time-depend change in the maximum luminance of the video and a second tone mapping process that is performed using constant conversion characteristics irrespective of the time-depend change in the maximum luminance of the video. When the tone mapping process used is switched from the second tone mapping process to the first tone mapping process, the conversion characteristics used is changed gradually or stepwise from the constant conversion characteristics to dynamically changing conversion characteristics over a plurality of frames.
US11039037B2
Provided is an image processing apparatus for improving efficiency of a clipping process. The image processing unit is an image processing apparatus for a raster image processor (RIP) mounted in an image forming apparatus. An order acquiring unit acquires instructions for image processing. A determination unit, in a case where clipping is set according to the instructions acquired by the order acquiring unit, determines whether that clipping is to be in an inclusive mode or an exclusive mode, and in a case of the exclusive mode, calculates pixels that are to be protected in a frame for which image processing is to be performed, and sets a number of pixels necessary for a clipping process. A clip processing unit, in the inclusive mode, in a case where a shape unit for which clipping is to be performed is a rectangle, performs clipping by evaluating a clipping area that includes the shape unit and a frame for which image processing is to be performed, and setting a different frame; and in a case where the shape unit is a trapezoid or a scan line, performs clipping by evaluating a positional relationship between the frame and a line being processed, and setting a different line; and in the exclusive mode, performs clipping by setting a number of pixels calculated by the determination unit without setting a different line, and performing evaluation of the clipping area and each line.
US11039022B2
A device and algorithm for allowing a customer to choose a photo book cover template that is compatible with a photo having faces. The photo is compared with a set of templates arranged in a first order to determine how compatible the photo is to each of the templates, and a score indicative of compatibility is assigned. A re-sorted set of compatible templates combined with the photo is presented to the customer for consideration.
US11039019B1
A first network device may receive a protocol data unit (PDU) session establishment or modification request, and may perform one or more actions based on the PDU session establishment or modification request. The first network device may receive, based on performing the one or more actions, a first message indicating that the PDU session is authenticated and authorized, and may select a second network device associated with establishing or modifying a management policy for the PDU session. The first network device may receive, from the second network device, a second message indicating whether to wait for receipt of a charging data response, to a charging data request, before interacting with a third network device, and may provide the charging data request to a fourth network device while interacting with the third network device when the second message indicates not to wait for receipt of the charging data response.
US11039017B2
A computer implemented method is disclosed. The computer implemented method comprises providing a guaranteed price plan to a customer for a predetermined time period and learning about network element usage over the predetermined time period to provide a learned price plan. The computer implemented method also comprises determining a new price plan based on the learned price plan. Finally, the computer implemented method comprises utilizing the new price plan with customer's network elements.
US11039004B1
A processor-based personal electronic device (such as a smartphone) is programmed to automatically respond to data sent by various sensors from which the user's activity may be inferred. One or more alarms on the device may be temporarily disabled when sensor data indicates that the user is asleep. One or more of the sensors may be worn by the user and remote from the device. A wireless communication link may be used by the device to obtain remote sensor data. Data from on-board sensors in the device—such as motion sensors, location sensors, ambient light sensors, and the like—may also be used to deduce the user's current activity. User data (such as calendar entries) may also be used to determine likely user activity and set alarms accordingly. Biometric data from a second, nearby person may also be used to automatically select certain alarm modes on a first person's device.
US11039002B2
Context sensitive communication augmentation is disclosed. A user equipment (UE) can receive a trigger related to determining a context of a UE. The trigger can be manual, automatic, or remote. In response to receiving the trigger, the context of the UE can be determined based on sensor data. The sensor data can be received from a sensor of the UE or another sensor. Based on the context of the UE, a metric related to a communication modality of the UE can be determined. The metric can be communicated to another device. Information related to the context of the UE, including location information, can be communicated to the other device. A communication modality can be selected based on the metric relate to the UE and communication modalities of the other device. The metric can be updated based on changes in the context of the UE, allowing for updating the communication modality.
US11039001B2
Disclosed in various examples is a method for supporting voice calls linked with message provision in a communication terminal. To this end, additional information is transmitted to a counterpart communication terminal by a voice call request to the counterpart communication terminal, and after the additional information is transmitted, the counterpart communication terminal is called in response to the transmitted additional information. The additional information includes information on at least one message selected from among messages transmitted to the counterpart communication terminal or being received from the counterpart communication terminal and stored.
US11038999B2
The present invention relates to the control and operation of wireless communication devices and systems compatible with cellular telephones and other devices, and particularly to improvements in the functionality of those devices for use in conjunction with a variety of sports and recreational activities.
US11038998B2
A vehicle communication system facilitates hands-free interaction with a mobile device in a vehicle or elsewhere. Users interact with the system by speaking to it. The system processes text and processes commands. The system supports Bluetooth wireless technology for hands-free use. The system handles telephone calls, email, and SMS text messages. The user can customize the device via a user profile stored on an Internet web server.
US11038994B2
A technique for Transport Protocol, TP, selection and setup of a connection between a client and a server is disclosed. An exemplary method aspect (in the client), comprises the steps of preparing a session setup message comprising: i) setup information for at least one candidate TP, and ii) a preference order for setup of the at least one TP; transmitting the prepared session setup message towards the server; and receiving, in response to the transmitted session setup message, a setup response message comprising setup information pertaining exclusively to one TP selected for the connection. A further method aspect (in the server) comprises the steps of receiving the session setup message; selecting, depending on availability of the candidate TPs, the most preferred TP on the basis of the preference order; and transmitting, in response to the received session setup message, the setup response message.
US11038991B2
An abnormality detection device includes: a receiver, a reception predictor, frame information storage, and an abnormality determiner. The receiver receives a communication frame via a communication network. The frame information storage stores information regarding the communication frame. The reception predictor calculates and sets a predicted time range including a scheduled reception time of the communication frame of a target frame type from among a plurality of frame types received by the receiver by referencing the frame information storage and the reception time of the communication frame when the communication frame is received. The abnormality determiner determines the target communication frame is an abnormal frame when the target communication frame is received at a time outside the predicted reception range.
US11038987B2
A method of automatically activating a configuration of a communication terminal, which is customised according to a current user of the terminal. The method implements the following: identifying, at a current time, the current user in possession of the terminal; retrieving parameterization information of the terminal which has been predefined by the identified current user; retrieving usage data of at least one communication terminal having been used by the current user prior to the current time, according to the retrieved parameterization information of the terminal; and configuring the terminal that the current user has in possession, using the retrieved usage data.
US11038976B2
The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for determining send times for distributing digital content to client devices utilizing a recommendation system approach. For example, the disclosed systems can utilize a recommendation system model such as a matrix factorization model, a factorization machine model, and/or a neural network to implement collaborative filtering to generate predicted response rates for particular candidate send times. Based on the predicted response rates indicating likelihoods of receiving responses for particular send times, the disclosed system can generate a distribution schedule to provide electronic communications at one or more of the send times.
US11038974B1
In one embodiment, a method includes, by one or more computing devices, receiving, from a client system associated with a first user of an online social network, an indication of a trigger action by the first user, wherein the trigger action is associated with a user activity, determining a first user context based on the trigger action, accessing one or more recommended content objects associated with the first user context, calculating a recommendation score for each recommended content object, generating one or more content suggestions comprising one of the one or more recommended content objects, respectively, each content suggestion corresponding to a recommended content object having a recommendation score above a threshold recommendation score, and sending, to the client system in response to the trigger action, instructions for presenting one or more of the content suggestions to the first user.
US11038964B2
A system for smart device networking includes an endpoint that enables communication with a connected device, a bridge that communicates with the endpoint over a PAN and relays PAN communications to a WAN, and a router that connects to the bridge through the WAN and routes communication to and from the endpoint.
US11038959B2
A first compute server of a distributed cloud computing network receives a request from a first client device for an object to be handled by an object worker that includes a single instantiation of a piece of code that solely controls reading and writing access to the first object. A determination is made that the object worker is instantiated for the object and is currently running in the first compute server, and the piece of code processes the first request. The first compute server receives a message to be processed by the first object worker from a second compute server. The message includes a second request for the object from a second client device connected to the second compute server. The piece of code processes the message and transmits a reply to the second compute server.
US11038951B1
Method of dynamically assigning storage locations starts with the processor updating first user's home location data. Processor selects communication session between first user and second user and determines second user's home location data. Processor determines a session location data that indicates current storage location that stores data of communication session received from first and second client devices. Processor identifies available data storage locations based on first user and second user's home location data and determines whether to update the session location data based on an average of a distance over network fiber using the first user and second user's home locations, current storage location, and available storage locations. In response to determining to update the session location data, processor updates session location data to indicate one of the available storage locations, and causes transfer of data of communication session to one of the available storage locations. Other embodiments are described.
US11038947B2
Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided that enable the automated deployment of microservices to a network-accessible server set. The automated deployment may be based on constraint(s) that are specified by a declarative deployment model that is associated with the microservice to be deployed. For example, a centralized deployment orchestrator may receive microservice(s) and their associated declarative deployment model(s). The deployment orchestrator analyzes the declarative deployment model(s) and determines which microservice(s) are to be deployed based on the constraint(s) specified by the declarative deployment model(s). The foregoing techniques advantageously determine when to deploy microservice(s), while also minimizing human intervention typically required to deploy microservice(s). Moreover, by controlling when certain microservice(s) are deployed and/or which microservice(s) are deployed, deployed microservice(s) that function incorrectly and/or cause at least a portion of the network-accessible computing environment to malfunction can be easily identified.
US11038938B2
Methods and apparatus that facilitate providing alternative content to customer devices in systems supporting DASH streaming are described. Various features relate to dynamically modifying and providing media presentation description (MPD) information to customer devices. MPD information is used by customer devices to obtain media content, e.g., program content and/or alternative content. The client device, e.g., a IP content playback device, switches between a mode used during playing of program segments in which an in-band EMSG is used to trigger a request for an MPD update and a mode of operation used during the playing of additional or alternative content segments during which the client device will periodically request MPD information. By limiting requests for MPD information during normal program segments to requests triggered by an EMSG the number of update requests can be minimized or reduced as compared to other approaches where requests for updated MPD information are made periodically.
US11038922B2
A client application establishes a connection between the client application and an origin server over one or more networks. The application generates a request to establish a secure session with the origin server over the connection. The request includes information, in a header of the request, that flags traffic sent during the secure session to a network of the one or more networks as subject to one or more optimizations performed by the network. Subsequent to establishing the secure session, the application encrypts the traffic in accordance with the secure session and sends the traffic to the origin server over the connection, subject to the one or more optimizations. The infrastructure service applies the one or more optimizations to the traffic as it passes through the edge network to the origin server.
US11038915B1
Described herein are systems and methods for enhancing an interface for an information technology (IT) environment. In one implementation, an incident service causes display of a first version of a course of action and obtains input indicative of a request for a new action in the course of action. The incident service further determines suggested actions based at least one the input and causes display of the suggested actions. Once displayed, the incident service obtains input indicative of a selection of at least one action from the suggested actions, and causes display input indicative of a selection of at least one action from the suggested actions.
US11038914B1
Systems and methods are described for verifying whether simulated phishing communications are allowed to pass by a security system of an email system to email account of users. The delivery verification campaign may be configured to include the selection of the one or more types of simulated phishing communications from the plurality of types of simulated phishing communications. The selected one or more types of simulated phishing communications of the delivery verification campaign may be communicated to one or more email accounts. It is determined whether or not each of the one or more types of simulated phishing communications was allowed by the security system to be received unchanged at the one or more email accounts.
US11038908B2
The invention relates to digital cloud forensics. An embodiment of the present invention applies collection processes and tools to cloud infrastructure as a service to provide a more efficient and faithful representation of evidence. An embodiment of the present invention applies innovative concepts to retrospectively investigate ephemeral instances which may have long since terminated. This innovative process provides organizations a strategy to provide forensic investigations within either a public or private cloud environment.
US11038907B2
Malware detection techniques that detect malware by identifying the C&C communication between the malware and the remote host, and distinguish between communication transactions that carry C&C communication and transactions of innocent traffic. The system distinguishes between malware transactions and innocent transactions using malware identification models, which it adapts using machine learning algorithms. However, the number and variety of malicious transactions that can be obtained from the protected network are often too limited for effectively training the machine learning algorithms. Therefore, the system obtains additional malicious transactions from another computer network that is known to be relatively rich in malicious activity. The system is thus able to adapt the malware identification models based on a large number of positive examples—The malicious transactions obtained from both the protected network and the infected network. As a result, the malware identification models are adapted with high speed and accuracy.
US11038903B2
Various systems, mediums, and methods may involve a data engine with various components. For example, a system with the data engine may include a segmentation component, an asset preparation component, a clustering component, a variable generation component, and classification component. As such, the system may determine a number of assets associated with a number of activities of one or more accounts. Further, the system may determine various links associated with the number of assets. As such, the system may detect an attack and/or an attack trend associated with the one or more accounts based on the various links associated with the number assets. Further, the system may generate a notification that indicates the attack and/or the attack trend detected.
US11038901B2
A server is provided. The server includes a communication interface configured to communicate with an electronic apparatus connected to an Internet of things (IoT) device, a storage configured to store a scenario about an attack received by the IoT device from an external apparatus by stages and information relating to a malicious code corresponding to the scenario, and a processor configured to, based on the IoT device being attacked by the external apparatus over at least one step through the electronic apparatus, receive, from the electronic apparatus, an alert for an attack received by stages, and to identify information relating to a malicious code corresponding to at least one alert received from the electronic apparatus based on the pre-stored scenario.
US11038898B2
A Slow Protocol packet processing method includes receiving, by a network device, a first Slow Protocol packet, determining, based on port information of a port of the network device receiving the first Slow Protocol packet, that a negotiation process is already completed between the network device and the transmit end device, querying, based on device information of the transmit end device carried in the first Slow Protocol packet, whether a device information base stored by the network device in the negotiation process includes the device information of the transmit end device, and identifying the first Slow Protocol packet as a valid packet in response to a result that the device information base includes the device information of the transmit end device.
US11038887B2
A smart process control switch can implement a lockdown routine to lockdown its communication ports exclusively for use by devices having known physical addresses, enabling the smart process control switch to prevent new, potentially hostile, devices from communicating with other devices to which the smart process control switch is connected. Further, the smart process control switch can implement an address mapping routine to identify “known pairs” of physical and network addresses for each device communicating via a port of the smart process control switch. Thus, even if a new hostile device is able to spoof a known physical address in an attempt to bypass locked ports, the smart process control switch can detect the hostile device by checking the network address of the hostile device against the expected network address for the “known pair.”
US11038885B2
The present technology relates to an ID acquisition terminal apparatus and method, an information processing apparatus and method, and a program by which the convenience can be improved. A service A auxiliary system includes a communication unit that acquires a nonstandard ID different from a standard ID, which is used upon provision of a predetermined service, and authentication information, an authentication processing unit that performs an authentication process of the nonstandard ID with authentication information, and a table management unit that reads out the standard ID recorded in an associated relationship with the nonstandard ID. Upon utilization of a service in which an other-service IC card is used, the nonstandard ID and the authentication information read out from the other-service IC card are acquired by the communication unit of the service A auxiliary system, and an authentication process and reading out of the standard ID are performed. The present technology can be applied to a service provision system.
US11038878B2
A secure computer system architecture can be comprised of network-enabled end-user devices, services available to the end-user devices, and a biometric authentication gateway. Each service can be provided via one or more appropriately-configured servers meeting a predefined minimum level of computer and network security and/or a blockchain network. The biometric authentication gateway can control access to the services based upon validation of a user's biometric vector against a pre-established biometric vector. The architecture can utilize an improved public key infrastructure (PKI) approach that segments a private encryption key into three parts and distributes the three parts between the end-user device and the biometric authentication gateway. Two of the three parts can be encased within fuzzy vaults based upon the user's biometric vector. Retrieving the key parts from the fuzzy vaults cannot be performed without successful biometric authentication of the user, ensuring that only the user can execute the services.
US11038875B2
Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for data aggregation using a limited-use code. An apparatus includes a message module configured to intercept a message comprising a limited-use code. A message may be sent from a third-party server and intended for a user of a hardware device. A limited-use code may be used to verify an identity of a user for access to a third-party server. An apparatus includes a parse module configured to parse a message to determine a limited-use code. An apparatus includes a submission module configured to provide a limited-use code to a third-party server without user input.
US11038874B2
A method, an information handling system (IHS), and an authentication system for authenticating users of an IHS. The method includes receiving, from a client computer system, a request to access at least one authentication domain of the IHS. The method further includes transmitting a request for an authentication token to a baseboard management controller (BMC) and receiving the authentication token from the BMC. The method further includes generating, via a processor, an application session using the authentication token and the client credentials and transmitting the application session to the client computer system. The application session allows access by the client computer system to the authentication domain of the IHS.
US11038866B2
The disclosed system implements techniques to secure communications for injecting a workload (e.g., a container) into a virtual network hosted by a cloud-based platform. Based on a delegation instruction received from a tenant, a virtual network of the tenant can connect to and execute a workload via a virtual machine that is part of a virtual network that belongs to a resource provider. To secure calls and authorize access to the tenant's virtual network, authentication information provided in association with a call from the virtual network of the resource provider may need to match authorization information made available via a publication service of the cloud-based platform. Moreover, an identifier of a NIC used to make a call may need to correspond to a registered name of the resource provider for the call to be authorized. These checks provide increased security by preventing unauthorized calls from accessing the tenant's virtual network.
US11038865B2
A system for verifying a user identity. The system comprises one or more memory devices storing instructions and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions. The processors are configured to receive information associated with an account of a user. The processors are further configured to generate a first profile, where the first profile being related to the user. The processors also receives an indication that the account is accessed by an accessor through an accessor device; and receive, from the accessor device, identity data comprising a plurality of data subsets associated with the accessor. The processors are configured to store the data subsets in respective clusters. The processors are further configured generate cluster analyses by analyzing the data subsets in respective clusters; and output the cluster analyses to node instances that weighs the cluster analyses outputs. The processors also generate a second profile, the second profile related to the accessor and being based on the received identity data and weighted cluster analysis. And the processors are configured to determine a likelihood factor that the accessor is the user based on a comparison of the first profile and the second profile.
US11038863B2
Disclosed are some implementations of systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products for encrypting and securely storing session data during a browser session using a session-based cryptographic key. The session data may be decrypted during the browser session or other browser sessions using the session-based cryptographic key or other backwards compatible session-based cryptographic keys. In addition, session-based cryptographic keys may be shared among browser sessions to enable encrypted session data to be decrypted across page refreshes and browser tabs.
US11038862B1
A computing system includes a network circuit enabling the computing system to exchange information over a network, a customer database storing information pertaining to various user accounts pertaining to a plurality of users, and a risk assessment circuit. The risk assessment circuit is configured search at least one data source to identify a user attribute, determine that the user attribute bears a relationship to a first security credential that is either associated with or potentially associated with a user account, generate a security prompt responsive to the determination, and transmit the security prompt to a user computing device associated with the user.
US11038856B2
A network processor provides for in-line encryption and decryption of received and transmitted packets. For packet transmittal, a processor core generates packet data for encryption and forwards an encryption instruction to a cryptographic unit. The cryptographic unit generates an encrypted packet, and enqueues a send descriptor to a network interface controller, which, in turn, constructs and transmits an outgoing packet. For received encrypted packets, the network interface controller communicates with the cryptographic unit to decrypt the packet prior to enqueuing work to the processor core, thereby providing the processor core with a decrypted packet.
US11038853B2
A requestor and a responder may conduct secure communication by making API calls based on a secure multi-party protocol. The requestor may send a request data packet sent in a API request to the responder, where the request data packet can include at least a control block that is asymmetrically encrypted and a data block that is symmetrically encrypted. The responder may return a response data packet to the requestor, where the response data packet can include at least a control block and a data block that are both symmetrically encrypted. The requestor and the responder may derive the keys for decrypting the encrypted portions of the request and response data packets based on some information only known to the requestor and the responder. The secure multi-party protocol forgoes the need to store and manage keys in a hardware security module.
US11038849B1
A networked system has a plurality of nodes, each of which is configured for secure, encrypted communication of data over a general network. Protected devices communicate with the general network only via a respective associated one of the nodes and are network-addressable only via its associated node. Each node can automatically discover the presence of the other nodes, determine data communication routes to the other nodes, and establish point-to-point tunnels between themselves and selected ones of the other nodes, over which tunnels the protected devices may communicate with each other. The nodes and protected devices are thus organized as a mesh such that the protected devices are undetectable and unaddressable via the general network by entities external to the mesh.
US11038840B1
The technology disclosed relates to resolution of conflicts between a requested internet service, requested by an internet service requesting server, and a package internet services. The method disclosed includes sending a conflict check result message to an internet service requesting server, indicating a presence of a conflict between a requested internet service requested by the requesting server and a package of internet services. The method includes receiving from the internet service requesting server a response including a selection from (i) an alternate internet service in the package of internet services to substitute for the requested internet service; (ii) a request to replace an existing connection with a service in the package of internet services with the requested internet service; and (iii) a request to initiate a custom resolution application. The method then responsively performs a respective conflict resolution step.
US11038835B2
Systems and methods are described for managing DNS records. An intermediary device, such as a web portal or API, may be configured to communicate with a variety of domain name servers. The intermediary device may store authorization rules to verify commands from users to update records of the domain name servers. The authorization rules allow for users to have limited access to domain zones, domain records, domain servers, types of records, records associated with metadata, and other data. The domain name servers may store domain name records in a common data store allowing for extended searching and metadata tagging of data.
US11038826B2
A cloud based mobile internet protocol messaging spam defense. Short message service (SMS) messages are analyzed by a cloud based virtual machine to determine if should be considered potentially unwanted messages (e.g., spam). The cloud based virtual machine uses a user specific algorithm for determining if a message should be considered to be a potentially unwanted message. Messages that are determined to be potentially unwanted messages trigger a notification to be sent to a user device associated with the virtual machine. The notification requests confirmation from the user that the potentially unwanted message is an unwanted message. The user's response to a request for confirmation is then used to update an unwanted message database associated with the user and the user device.
US11038819B2
Technologies for distributing network packet workload are disclosed. A compute device may receive a network packet and determine network packet extrinsic entropy information that is based on information that is not part of the contents of the network packet, such as an arrival time of the network packet. The compute device may use the extrinsic entropy information to assign the network packet to one of several packet processing queues. Since the assignment of network packets to the packet processing queues depend at least in part on extrinsic entropy information, similar or even identical packets will not necessarily be assigned to the same packet processing queue.
US11038817B2
Systems and methods for network failover in digital substations are provided. One method includes receiving, by an intelligent electronic device (IED) from a process interface unit (PIU), in parallel a pre-configured data stream via a point-to point connection and one or more other data streams via an Ethernet network. The method further includes determining that at least one of the following failure conditions is satisfied: a frame in the pre-configured data stream is lost or delayed, quality of the data in the frame in the data stream is below a first threshold, period of the time associated with the data in the frame in the data stream is below a second threshold, or a health indicator associated with the PIU is below a third threshold. The method further allows identifying at least one redundant frame in the one or more other data streams. If the quality of data in redundant frame is satisfactory, the method proceeds to use the redundant frame for further processing.
US11038809B1
Disclosed are an apparatus and method of performing a data file migration to a cloud source. One example method of operation may include establishing via a transmitter an application programming interface (API) connection to an enterprise network, identifying via a processor one or more present allocation parameters being utilized by one or more virtual machines operating on the enterprise network. The method may also provide requesting via the transmitter a directory file structure and identifying via the processor at least one data file for data migration to a remote cloud storage server based on predetermined criteria.
US11038806B2
A method, in a first node, for handling one or more jobs, wherein said first node receives a job over an incoming link, which job comprises a job value, wherein said method comprises the steps of determining, by said first node, a deviation of a queuing delay of the first communication node from a target queuing delay value, and using, by said first node, said deviation as an error value to determine a dropping probability which is used to determine a threshold value, wherein said threshold value corresponds to or is associated with a congestion level of a queue of the job, comparing, by said first node, the job value with the threshold value and establishing that said job value is below said threshold value, dropping, by said first node, said job based on said comparison.
US11038803B2
Methods, systems, and devices supporting network and container level traffic analysis and correlation are described. An application server may receive network traffic data from a network-level data capture system and receive container-level application traffic data from a container-level data capture system. The application server may then hash the destination addresses, the time stamp information, and the data amount information from the network traffic data to create a first set of hash values and hash the destination addresses, the time stamp information, and the data amount information from the application traffic data to create a second set of hash values. The application server may then identify matching hash values from the first set of hash values and the second set of hash values and then merge into a data queue the corresponding network traffic with metadata associated with the corresponding application traffic data to create a merged data set.
US11038802B2
An in-vehicle apparatus includes a processor configured to obtain first transmission data with a first communication address as a destination and second transmission data with a second communication address as a destination from one or more applications, transmit the first transmission data to a relay unit at a first timing among a plurality of timings set at an interval of a predetermined cycle corresponding to a buffer size of the relay unit to which the in-vehicle apparatus is connected, and transmit the second transmission data to the relay unit at a second timing among the plurality of timings, the second timing being different from the first timing.
US11038793B2
Techniques are presented for evaluating Equal Cost Multi-Path (ECMP) performance in a network that includes a plurality of nodes. According to an example embodiment, a method is provided that includes obtaining information indicating equal cost multi-path (ECMP) paths in the network and a branch node in the network. For the branch node in the network, the method includes instantiating a virtual network function that simulates an ECMP hashing algorithm employed by the branch node to select one of multiple egress interface of the branch node; providing to the virtual network function for the branch node, a query containing entropy information as input to the ECMP hashing algorithm that returns interface selection results; and obtaining from the virtual network function a reply that includes the interface selection results. The method further includes evaluating ECMP performance in the network based on the interface selection results obtained for the branch node.
US11038790B2
In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a number of target network apparatuses within a network to which a first network apparatus belongs, generating a first message including a reply-required indication and encoded identities for the plurality of target network apparatuses, sending the first message through the network, where the network is configured to deliver a copy of the first message to each of the target network apparatuses using a point-to-multipoint packet-forwarding architecture, receiving one or more second messages from one or more of the target network apparatuses, respectively, where each of the one or more second messages is generated as a reply to the first message by one of the one or more target network apparatuses, and identifying which of the plurality of target network apparatuses failed to respond to the first message based on the received one or more second messages.
US11038787B2
In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, disclosed is a method and an apparatus thereof for selecting a packet loss concealment procedure for a lost audio frame of a received audio signal. A method for selecting a packet loss concealment procedure comprises detecting an audio type of a received audio frame and determining a packet loss concealment procedure based on the audio type. In the method, detecting an audio type comprises determining a stability of a spectral envelope of signals of received audio frames.
US11038785B2
Facilitating changes to online computing environment by assessing impacts of temporary interventions
In some embodiments, an intervention evaluation system estimates counterfactual metric for a focal online platform based on an assessment model built using performance data of the focal online platform and control online platforms. The intervention evaluation system accesses performance data of the focal online platform that has been subject to a temporary intervention and performance data of control online platforms that are not subject to the temporary intervention. The intervention evaluation system determines estimation weights for these control online platforms based on the performance data in a pre-intervention period. Based on the estimation weights, the intervention evaluation system computes a counterfactual metric indicating the performance of the focal online platform in a post-intervention period in the absence of the temporary intervention. The counterfactual metric is transmitted to the focal online platform, where the counterfactual metric is usable for modifying an interactive computing environment provided by the focal online platform.
US11038783B2
According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a method and an apparatus for managing a network connection, and a computer readable storage medium are provided. The method includes determining at least one network connection associated with a target device. The method further includes obtaining a connection state of the at least one network connection, the connection state indicating a data transmission frequency of the at least one network connection. The method further includes determining an operation for the at least one network connection based at least in part on the connection state.
US11038782B2
Some embodiments provide a method for detecting a failure of a layer 2 (L2) bump-in-the-wire service at a device. In some embodiments, the device sends heartbeat signals to a second device connected to L2 service nodes in order to detect failure of the L2 service (e.g., a failure of all the service nodes). In some embodiments, the heartbeat signals are unidirectional heartbeat signals (e.g., a unidirectional bidirectional-forwarding-detection (BFD) session) sent from each device to the other. The heartbeat signals, in some embodiments, use a broadcast MAC address in order to reach the current active L2 service node in the case of a failover (i.e., an active service node failing and a standby service node becoming the new active service node). The unidirectional heartbeat signals are also used, in some embodiments, to decrease the time between a failover and data messages being forwarded to the new active service node.
US11038774B2
A computer-implemented method includes training a cognitive engine to recognize a set of tags in customer data, where the set of tags are associated with one or more early-access programs of one or more products. A first set of customer data associated with a first instance of a first early-access program is submitted to the trained cognitive engine, where the first instance is associated with a customer and a first product. A plurality of data packets associated with the tags are received from the trained cognitive engine, responsive to the first set of customer data. The first instance of the first early-access program is reconciled based at least in part on the plurality of data packets.
US11038772B1
The present disclosure provides a method of managing a system and an apparatus therefor. The method of the present disclosure may include providing a menu management tool for managing a menu of a system, setting an item of the menu and an authority to access the item by receiving an input through the menu management tool, and providing, when a terminal having the authority accesses the system, information regarding the item to the terminal.
US11038770B2
A method for managing cloud deployment and maintenance of network tools includes providing a network tool user interface for displaying network tools available for deployment from different network tool providers and for receiving user selection of one or more of the network tools for deployment. A network tool provider interface allows network tool providers to submit network tools for availability via the network tool user interface. A user can select, via the network tool user interface, one or more of the network tools for cloud deployment and, a location for deploying the selected network tool. The method further includes interfacing with a service orchestration system of the location for deploying the selected network tool in the location. User interface elements are provided for monitoring performance of and maintaining deployed network tools.
US11038768B1
A method relates generally to comparison of a communications system modelled with a behavioral model and implemented with a circuit realization. In this method, operation of the communications system is simulated with the behavioral model on a computing device to obtain a first pulse response. The simulating includes first equalizing first data with a first equalizer of the behavioral model to obtain the first pulse response. The circuit realization is operated to obtain a second pulse response. The operating includes: second equalizing second data corresponding to the first data with a second equalizer of the circuit realization to obtain the second pulse response. The second pulse response from the circuit realization is loaded to memory of the computing device. The first pulse is loaded to the memory of the computing device. The first pulse response and the second pulse response are compared with one another by the computing device.
US11038766B2
Described herein are systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for generating a network topology for a network based on dependencies between network components. Transactions between network components may be monitored in accordance with at least some embodiments. Dependencies may be identified between network applications and/or network devices based on detected transactions detected between those network components. A network topology may then be generated for a network based on the identified dependencies. In some embodiments, the network topology may be used to determine an impact score for one or more network components within the network. An impact score may be used to make determinations with respect to the network.
US11038765B2
A method includes identifying a cloud and virtualization management system application programming interface (API), and identifying a software defined networking (SDN) API. The method further includes determining, by a processing device, one or more resources, relationships, or fields corresponding to the cloud and virtualization management system API and the SDN API. The method further includes generating, by the processing device, a skeleton model representing mappings between the one or more resources, relationships, or fields corresponding to the cloud and virtualization management system API and the SDN API. The method further includes and providing the skeleton model to a client device for display.
US11038759B2
A system, apparatus and method are provided for dynamically updating a configuration of a network device when relevant sources and destinations of network traffic are added, removed or migrated in a network. A configuration of a network device is associated with a set of network addresses representing a set of relevant sources and destinations of network traffic. The set is dynamic in that the membership of the set can change over time to include different network addresses as the set of relevant sources and destinations of network traffic changes over time. One or more data sources are monitored to obtain the network addresses for the set of relevant sources and destinations and to determine if the membership of the set has changed. When a change is detected, the configuration of the network device is updated on the network device to reflect the network addresses that are currently in the set.
US11038737B2
The embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method for uplink multiuser data transmission and a system for uplink multiuser multiple input multiple output. The method includes: sending, by an access point AP, indication information to at least two stations STAs, wherein the indication information is used for indicating that the at least two STAs perform an uplink multiuser data transmission; receiving, by the AP, uplink data sent by the at least two STAs through channels from the at least two STAs to the AP, respectively; and demodulating, by the AP, the uplink data sent by the at least two STAs using receiving beams corresponding to pre-estimated channels from the at least two STAs to the AP, respectively. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, the AP receives the uplink data from multiple STAs through different channels from the STAs to the AP respectively, and demodulates data using the receiving beams corresponding to the channels respectively, thereby realizing that the ap perform separation and demodulation of the uplink data sent by multiple STAs and realizing the uplink multiuser data transmission.
US11038733B2
Orthogonal Time Frequency Space (OTFS) is a novel modulation scheme with significant benefits for 5G systems. The fundamental theory behind OTFS is presented in this paper as well as its benefits. We start with a mathematical description of the doubly fading delay-Doppler channel and develop a modulation that is tailored to this channel. We model the time varying delay-Doppler channel in the time-frequency domain and derive a new domain (the OTFS domain) where we show that the channel is transformed to a time invariant one and all symbols see the same SNR. We explore aspects of the modulation like delay and Doppler resolution, and address design and implementation issues like multiplexing multiple users and evaluating complexity. Finally we present some performance results where we demonstrate the superiority of OTFS.
US11038726B2
Encoding PAM4 or PAM8 symbols to have a power spectral density (PSD) similar to the PSD of a standard 8b10b Non-Return-to-Zero stream. In one embodiment, a transmitter includes first and second 8b10b encoders that receive first and second streams split from an original byte stream. The first and second 8b10b encoders output first and second 8b10b streams, respectively. The first and second 8b10b streams are fed into a 2-bit combiner that performs a linear combination of the first and second 8b10b streams. And a 4-level Pulse Amplitude Modulation encoder (PAM4 encoder) converts the linear combination of each two bits, received from the combiner, into a PAM4 symbol. Wherein the resulting stream of PAM4 symbols has PSD similar to the PSD of the standard 8b10b non-return-to-zero stream.
US11038719B2
Channel estimation performance depends on the amount of averaging performed by a channel impulse response coherent filter. For half-duplex UEs, which use a single phase locked loop (PLL) for both downlink transmissions and uplink transmissions, averaging may not be performed across downlink subframes before and after uplink subframes if the PLL's phase changes and locks to a random initial value when switching transmission directions. Techniques disclosed herein facilitate estimating the PLL's random initial phase and enable correcting the phase of symbols accordingly. By correcting the phase of the symbols, it is possible to average across symbols before and after a frequency re-tune and/or a transmission direction switch based on the phase correction. This may serve to improve the accuracy of channel estimation. Further techniques disclosed herein may improve the accuracy of Doppler estimations by enabling the inclusion of symbols before and after a frequency re-tuning when performing the Doppler estimation.
US11038718B2
A method and apparatus for providing communications between dissimilar computing networks, such as distributed ledger networks. A ledger-agnostic overlay network and computing architecture spans a range of digital communication networks including transaction only DLT networks like Bitcoin's DLT, smart contract based DLT like Ethereum, and also traditional centralized systems. Implementations communicate transaction information across heterogeneous jurisdictional boundaries, payment networks, banking systems, public and private distributed ledgers, internal corporate accounting systems, and exchanges.
US11038714B2
A Controller Area Network, CAN, transceiver comprising a receiver arrangement for coupling to a CAN bus and configured to determine a differential signal from analog signalling received from the CAN bus; and a receive output for coupling to a CAN controller and wherein the receiver arrangement provides a digital output signal to the receive output based on the differential signal; wherein the receiver arrangement operates in at least a first mode in which it is configured to provide the digital output signal comprising logic 0 when the differential signal is greater than a first receiver threshold and provide the digital output signal comprising logic 1 when the differential signal is less than said first receiver threshold unless said differential signal satisfies a condition, whereupon the receiver arrangement is configured to provide the digital output signal comprising logic 0, wherein the condition comprises the differential signal being below an activity-voltage threshold.
US11038713B2
Embodiments of a device and method are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method of communications involves operating an Ethernet media access control (MAC) unit according to a rate specified in an IEEE 802.3 standard and adapting to transmit data to or from the Ethernet MAC unit at an effective data communications rate on a physical media, where the effective data communications rate is different from the rate specified by the IEEE 802.3 standard.
US11038712B2
Disclosed is a method for detecting an erroneous bus node address allocation in data bus systems with auto addressing using an addressing current, such as LIN data bus systems with auto addressing. The method comprises performing auto addressing of the n bus nodes, causing an addressing current to be supplied by a bus node, sensing the data bus current by the bus nodes and determining a bus node-specific bus current measurement value, deciding, whether an addressing current flows through the respective bus node, and determining a bus node-specific addressing current presence value, transmitting the bus node-specific bus current measurement value and/or the bus node-specific addressing current presence value from the bus node to the bus master, forming a supply bus node-specific result vector from the received bus node-specific addressing current presence values, and comparing the supply bus node-specific result vector and a supply bus node-specific expectation vector.
US11038709B2
A building system for operating a building and managing building information, the building system comprising one or more memory devices configured to store instructions thereon. The instructions causing one or more processors to receive building data from one or more building data sources and generate a space graph based on the building data, wherein the space graph is a graph data structure comprising nodes representing entities and edges between the entities representing relationships between the entities. The instructions cause the one or more processors to ingest data values of the building data into the space graph, the data values associated with the entities, and perform one or more operations with the space graph based on both the relationships of the entities and the ingested data values.
US11038701B2
The invention relates to a method of securing an integrated circuit during its fabrication on a wafer, said method including the following steps: delimitation of said wafer of the integrated circuit (1) into a first zone called a standard zone (5a) and a second zone called a security zone (5b), and creation of a random connection tracks network (7b) in said security zone (5b) configured to interconnect a set of conducting nodes (9b) thus forming a physical unclonable function modelled by random electrical continuity that can be queried through said set of conducting nodes using a challenge-response authentication protocol.
US11038698B2
A path is secured from one node to another node of the computing environment. The one node obtains a first encryption key and one or more first parameters for transmission of data, and a second encryption key and one or more second parameters for reception of data. A shared key is obtained by the one node from a key server, and the shared key is used to encrypt a message. The encrypted message includes the first encryption key, the one or more first parameters, the second encryption key and the one or more second parameters. The encrypted message and an identifier of the shared key is sent from the one node to the other node, and a response message is received by the one node. The response message at least provides an indication that the other node received the encrypted message and obtained the shared key.
US11038697B2
Apparatuses and methods for trusted module execution are proposed, which provide secure boot and trusted execution of system software by using the China commercial cryptography algorithms to establish the SRTM/DRTM. Conventionally, the Intel TXT which uses RSA or SHA-256 cryptography algorithms only authenticates the trusted modules. By contrast, the present application uses the China commercial cryptography algorithms and is able to authenticate the trusted modules and their digital certificates or certificate chains (which has a higher security level than just authenticating the digital certificates).
US11038694B1
Authentication and provenance of physical assets may be achieved by attaching a cryptographically strong RFID tag including a physically unclonable function and public-key cryptography logic which implements a digital signature algorithm. The cryptographically strong RFID tag directly participates in a novel implementation of blockchain technology, constructing an indelible and cryptographically provable record of authenticity and provenance with a new level of trustworthiness to protect physical assets.
US11038693B2
The invention relates to a method for validating message strings through a decentralized network. Said method also makes it possible to manage the validations of messages relating to a message chain in a unitary and asynchronous manner thus rendering the process unlimited in terms of performance. The method also allows enhanced security and confidentiality, in particular by integrating the number and geolocation constraints of message validations. The method thus makes it possible, through a decentralized network of trusted third parties with limited confidence, to restore real trust to the users.
US11038680B2
Embodiments of the invention provide an electronic system for generating secret information comprising a Physically Unclonable Function (PUF) circuit, the PUF circuit being configured to provide a difference between two values of a physical variable of the PUF in response to a challenge applied to the PUF circuit. The system is configured to apply a set of challenges during an enrolment phase, and measure the physical variable difference provided by the PUF in response to each challenge. The system comprises: a helper data generator (2) configured to generate a helper data comprising a set of bits, a bit of the helper data being generated in association with each applied challenge, the helper data generator being configured to generate each helper data bit from the physical variable difference provided by the PUF in response to the application of the associated challenge, a secret information generator (3) configured to generate a secret key comprising at least one bit during a usage phase, each bit of the key being generated by applying a challenge among the set of challenges, the secret information generator (3) being configured to determine each bit of the key from the helper data bit corresponding to the applied challenge, and from the physical variable difference provided by the PUF in response to the applied challenge.
US11038678B2
A root of trust is established between a cloud and an edge device that communicates with the cloud. The root of trust may be embodied as a secret device key securely stored by the edge device and the cloud. The edge device receives arbitrary cloud modules (workloads) that include guest/tenant code that may communicate with the cloud and possibly local/leaf devices connected to or included with the edge device. The edge device extends or diversifies the root of trust to the cloud modules based on the device key. New keys are derived from the device key. The new keys are used to sign credentials (e.g. tokens or certificates) for the respective cloud modules. This provides each cloud module with its own trusted unique cloud identity that can be verified by the cloud using the cloud's copy of the device key.
