US11259773B2
A method and system for ultrasonic fluid spectral Doppler imaging are disclosed. The system comprises: a transmission circuit for transmitting an ultrasonic beam to a detection object; a receiving circuit and a beam synthesis module for receiving an echo of the ultrasonic beam and obtaining an ultrasonic echo signal; an image processing module for obtaining an ultrasonic fluid flow state image of a region of interest in the detection object according to the ultrasonic echo signal, identifying a sampling position in the region of interest, respectively obtaining a Doppler spectrogram corresponding to each sampling position according to the ultrasonic echo signal, and generating position displaying marks for characterizing the sampling positions; and a display for displaying the position displaying marks in the ultrasonic fluid flow state image, and displaying the obtained Doppler spectrogram. The system may simultaneously display spectra of multiple locations on a same time axis.
US11259771B2
A computer-implemented method for determining a target position of an X-ray device encompasses acquiring image data describing an anatomical structure of a patient, for example, by means of a 3D scan, and registering the image data relative to a coordinate system of the patient, for example by means of a navigation system. Furthermore, a trajectory of an implant positioned within the anatomical structure relative to the patient coordinate system is acquired. A target position of an X-ray device for acquiring an X-ray image of at least part of the implant is determined based on the registered image and the acquired trajectory of the implant.
US11259762B2
A system and method relating to a radiation based imaging are provided. The system may include a radiation source, a detector and a first grid. The detector may include a plurality of detector cells. The first grid may be located between the radiation source and the detector cells and the first grid may include a plurality of radiation transmitting sections. At least one of the plurality of detector cells may include an active area which may be configured to receive radiation from the radiation source that passes through at least one of the plurality of radiation transmitting sections of the first grid. The active area may be adjustable by adjusting the first grid. The radiation source, the first grid and the detectors cells may be operatively coupled for detecting an object. The method may include adjusting the first grid to adjust the active area of the detector.
US11259760B2
A method of providing imaging of a patient supported by a patient support platform arranged to be rotated about a first patient rotation axis by a patient rotation angle, the method constituted of: rotating an imager about an imager rotation axis by the patient rotation angle; translating the imager along a first imager translation axis; and translating the imager along a second imager translation axis different than the first imager translation axis, wherein responsive to the translation of the imager along the first imager translation axis and along the second imager translation axis, the imager is translated along an imaging axis defined by the patient support platform such that the imager is arranged to image the patient supported by the patient support platform.
US11259759B2
An x-ray breast imaging system comprising a compression paddle in which the compression paddle comprises a front wall and a bottom wall. The front wall is configured to be adjacent and face a chest wall of a patient during imaging and the bottom wall configured to be adjacent a length of a top of a compressed breast. The bottom wall extends away from the patient's chest wall, wherein the bottom wall comprises a first portion and a second portion such that the second portion is between the front wall and the first portion. The first portion is generally non-coplanar to the second portion, wherein the compression paddle is movable along a craniocaudal axis. The x-ray breast imaging system also comprises a non-rigid jacket releasably secured to the compression paddle, the non-rigid jacket positioned between the compression paddle and the patient.
US11259758B2
Embodiments disclosed herein provide methods, systems, and computer readable storage media for facilitating enhanced communication with an application service provider based on medical telemetry collected by a user device. In a particular embodiment, a method provides collecting medical telemetry of a user of the user communication device and processing the medical telemetry to identify abnormalities therein. Upon identifying at least one abnormality in the medical telemetry, the method provides determining whether the at least one abnormality indicates that the user is experiencing a health issue. After determining that the at least one abnormality indicates that the user is experiencing the health issue, the method provides transferring a health notification indicating the health issue to the application service provider.
US11259752B2
A method for adapting a medical system to an object movement during medical examination of the object and a medical system configured for carrying out the method. The medical system has a device for detecting and quantifying a motion of the object before or during an acquisition of diagnostic data. The system for detecting and quantifying a motion of the object is able to directly identify and qualify the occurrence of object motion and to automatically suggest an adaptation of the diagnostic data acquisition strategy/technique as a function of the object motion.
US11259750B2
A guidewire system includes an elongated wire configured for insertion into a luminal space, such as the vasculature, of a body. The wire is conductive and configured to conduct electrical signals. One or more sensors are coupled to a distal section of the wire and configured to send and receive the electrical signals via the wire. The wire through which the one or more sensors are coupled is the only wire through which the one or more sensors send and receive the electrical signals.
US11259726B2
Disclosed are analyte monitoring systems and methods for calibrating an analyte sensor using one or more reference measurements. These systems and methods may include using a conversion function and first sensor data to calculate a first sensor analyte level, weighting a first reference analyte measurement (RM1) and one or more previous reference analyte measurements according to a weighted average cost function, updating the conversion function using the weighted RM1 and the one or more weighted previous reference analyte measurements as calibration points, and using the updated conversion function and second sensor data to calculate a second sensor analyte level. In some aspects, the systems and methods may include updating one or more of lag parameters used to calculate the sensor analyte levels.
US11259719B2
A vital sign information recording system includes a data collector configured to collect behavior-associated information of a subject and vital sign information of the subject, and a display configured to display a presumed behavior of the subject and the vital sign information of the subject. At least one of the data collector and the display has a controller configured to determine the presumed behavior of the subject based on the behavior-associated information, and to display the presumed behavior of the subject and the vital sign information of the subject in a mutually associated manner on the display.
US11259717B2
A fluid dynamic valve passively allows fluid flow out of a moving stream in one flow direction and not in the reverse. This allows the collection of fluid from a single direction of an AC fluid flow. The siphoned portion of the flow has a flow rate proportional to the mainstream flow. This device can collect exhaled breath or selective entrenchment during inhale. In one orientation, it can meter aerosolized particles into an inhale breath stream for pulmonary delivery, without complicated breath timing or drug loss due to drug adsorption to the back of the throat. Alternatively, a user can breathe through the device and a proportional amount, relative to the volumetric flow rate, of each exhale can flow into an auxiliary chamber for analysis. In addition, the device has a low respiratory burden and is comfortable to use.
US11259715B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatuses, devices and systems for measuring vital signs in human and animals by interrogating electromagnetic signals reflected from tissues in a human or animal subject. Probes may transmit radio frequency electromagnetic waves into a living body and generate signals responsively to the waves that are scattered from within the body. Such embodiments may be suitable for wearable devices as well as for use by medical practitioners.
US11259708B2
The present invention is for a method and system for pain classification and monitoring optionally in a subject that is an awake, semi-awake or sedated.
US11259704B2
A photoacoustic flow cytometry (PAFC) device for the in vivo detection of cells circulating in blood or lymphatic vessels is described. Ultrasound transducers attached to the skin of an organism detect the photoacoustic ultrasound waves emitted by target objects in response to their illumination by at least one pulse of laser energy delivered using at least one wavelength. The wavelengths of the laser light pulse may be varied to optimize the absorption of the laser energy by the target object. Target objects detected by the device may be unlabelled biological cells or cell products, contrast agents, or biological cells labeled with one or more contrast agents.
US11259697B2
A Progressive Lens Simulator comprises an Eye Tracker, for tracking an eye axis direction to determine a gaze distance, an Off-Axis Progressive Lens Simulator, for generating an Off-Axis progressive lens simulation; and an Axial Power-Distance Simulator, for simulating a progressive lens power in the eye axis direction. The Progressive Lens Simulator can alternatively include an Integrated Progressive Lens Simulator, for creating a Comprehensive Progressive Lens Simulation. The Progressive Lens Simulator can be Head-mounted. A Guided Lens Design Exploration System for the Progressive Lens Simulator can include a Progressive Lens Simulator, a Feedback-Control Interface, and a Progressive Lens Design processor, to generate a modified progressive lens simulation for the patient after a guided modification of the progressive lens design. A Deep Learning Method for an Artificial Intelligence Engine can be used for a Progressive Lens Design Processor Embodiments include a multi-station system of Progressive Lens Simulators and a Central Supervision Station.
US11259681B2
A dishwasher and method utilize an imaging system to perform various diagnostic operations within the dishwasher, including one or more of level sensing, filter cleaning, wash tub rinse down, foam detection, imaging system cleaning, and remote viewing. A controller may clean a filter by controllably-redirecting a controllably-movable sprayer to spray fluid onto the filter.
US11259677B2
A cleaner includes a cleaner body, a power supply including a first battery and a second battery that are accommodated in the cleaner body, and a power supply circuit configured to operate in a charge mode for receiving power from the outside to recharge the first and second batteries or in a discharge mode for supplying the power recharged in the first and second batteries to a load, a charging terminal connected to an external charging stand and configured to supply direct current (DC) power to the first and second batteries in the charge mode, and a controller configured to control an operation of the power supply in the discharge mode and the charge mode.
US11259670B2
A wearable dispensing device includes a pouch made of a flexible material and having opposed first and second walls defining an interior configured for containing a fluid therein, the pouch further including an outlet port in fluid communication with the interior. A support has a first portion attached to the pouch and a second portion contiguous with the first portion, with the second portion being configured for attachment of the pouch to an outer surface of a human wearer. A dispensing tube has a first end in fluid communication with the outlet port and a second end configured for fluid dispensing. A kit for assembling the wearable dispensing device and a method of operating the wearable dispensing device are also disclosed.
US11259668B2
A coffee cooking stand according to the present invention basically includes a stand having at least one stand base, at least one stand column and at least one stand upper wall, and at least one basket placed on the stand upper wall or on the stand base.
US11259654B1
An article support apparatus to support a plurality of different articles in a non-engageable manner, the apparatus includes a beam having a first and second end portions, plus primary and secondary margins, also first and second sides, the beam further including an open straight slot disposed partially into the beam, the beam also has a “J” hook slot oppositely disposed partially into the beam. Further included in the article support apparatus is a support frame affixed to both the beam first and second end portions, wherein the support frame suspends the beam in a horizontal manner to facilitate operationally the open straight slot holding an article with a flange ended straight cylinder resting in the open straight slot without the need for removing the flange ends and the “J” hook slot holding an article with a continuous loop section without the need of opening the article continuous loop section.
US11259651B2
The present application provides an armrest rotating mechanism suitable for being installed on an armrest tube and a frame. The armrest tube is rotatably connected to the frame. The armrest rotating mechanism includes an engagement device and an operation device. The engagement device is disposed between the armrest tube and the frame. Via the engagement device, the armrest tube can be positioned relative to the frame. The operation device is disposed on the armrest tube and connected with the engagement device. When the operation device is rotated, the engagement device is driven by the rotated operation device so as to disengage the armrest tube from the frame. Therefore, the armrest tube is adjustable relative to the frame and has a simple structure and utility convenience.
US11259649B2
A foldable backrest returning mechanism including a backrest plate and an elastic returning device is disclosed. The backrest plate has a foldable portion. The foldable portion divides the backrest plate at least into a first plate and a second plate. The first plate and the second plate are foldable relative to the foldable portion. The elastic returning device is assembled between the first plate and the second plate, the elastic returning device provides an elastic force to drive the first plate and the second plate to approach each other relative to the foldable portion for making front surfaces of the first plate and the second plate have a returning tendency to approach toward each other. Accordingly, the present invention can prevent arching of the backrest plate at the foldable portion. Furthermore, the present invention provides an infant carrier.
US11259647B2
Mattresses and improved fabric covers for providing mattresses that have smooth surfaces. Additionally, methods for manufacturing non-quilted mattress covers and for manufacturing mattresses employing non-quilted mattress covers. The systems and methods described herein include mattress panels that can be manufactured separate from the inner core construction, and laid over the inner core to be fastened in place as a sleeping surface for the mattress. Optionally, these mattress panels can include a layer of fire retardant material, that may be added as a layer of material or that may be incorporated into one or more of the layers, such as a filler layer, in the mattress panel.
US11259646B2
A multi-functional enclosed sleep environment for providing an improved sleep experience. A sleep enclosure assembly may be configured to partially or fully enclose a user's sleep area or bed. The sleep enclosure assembly may be stored within a housing located proximate to a user's bed or sleep area, and may be fully or partially deployable such that the user's bed or sleep area is fully enclosed within a canopy of the sleep enclosure assembly. The sleep enclosure assembly may include one or more environmental control modules designed to control or regulate one or more aspects of the sleep area according to a user's preferences, including the sound, light, temperature, air quality, ventilation, and/or humidity of the sleeping environment. The sleep enclosure assembly may further be controlled by software running on a computing device allowing a user to customize one or more aspects of the sleep environment.
US11259644B2
A mattress assembly includes a chassis having top and bottom walls and first and second sidewalls that each extend from the top wall to the bottom wall. Inner surfaces of the walls and the sidewalls define an interior cavity. The top and bottom walls each include a first section that is connected to the first sidewall and a second section that is connected to the second sidewall such that the first sections are pivotable relative to the first sidewall and the second sections are pivotable relative to the second sidewall. The first section of the top wall is pivotable relative to the second section of the top wall and the first section of the bottom wall is pivotable relative to the second section of the bottom wall. A spring assembly is configured to be positioned within the interior cavity.
US11259638B2
A chair with a footrest mechanism includes two upright rods, a seat cushion arranged between the two upright rods, and a footrest mechanism. A hanging part is arranged on each of both sides of the seat cushion, and both ends of the hanging part are fixedly connected to the seat cushion. The middle part of the hanging part is fixed to the upper end of the upright rod. The footrest mechanism includes a footrest part, a connecting rod and a pull belt. A first end portion of the connecting rod is fixedly connected to the footrest part, and a second end portion of the connecting rod is fixedly connected to the seat cushion. A first end portion of the pull belt is fixedly connected to the footrest part, and a second end portion of the pull belt is connected to the hanging part.
US11259637B2
A seating arrangement includes a base, a back arrangement and a seat arrangement each supported by the base, the back arrangement movable between an upright position and reclined position, the seat arrangement including a stop member, a shell supported on the base and forming at least a portion of the seat arrangement, the shell including a first portion and second portion movable relative to the first portion, the shell configured such that a downward force exerted on the first portion by a seated user forces the back arrangement from the reclined position toward the upright position, and a tilt limiter coupled to the base and configured to engage the stop member at both the upright position and the reclined position.
US11259633B2
A drawer glide mechanism can include a first elongate guide member, a second elongate glide member, a ball bearing component, and a v-notch socket. The first elongate guide member includes a distal end that is configured to fit within an opening in the v-notch socket. The drawer glide mechanism can further include one or more floating members and fixed members.
US11259629B1
The vehicle trunk table is a folding table. The vehicle trunk table is formed with a form factor such that the will fit flush within the footprint of a trunk floor. The vehicle trunk table forms a raised supporting surface that covers the trunk floor. The vehicle trunk table is customized for an individual make and model of a vehicle. The vehicle trunk table can be extended to form a table. The vehicle trunk table includes a first leaf, a second leaf, a first support, a second support, and a hinge. The hinge attaches the first leaf and the second leaf. The first leaf and the second leaf from a flush horizontal surface that forms the superior surface of the vehicle trunk table. The first support and the second support raise the first leaf and the second leaf above the supporting surface.
US11259628B1
The vacuum duster attachment is a suction-based cleaning device. The vacuum duster attachment is a rotating device. The vacuum duster attachment forms a brush. The vacuum duster attachment simultaneously: a) dislodges particles from a surface; and, b) vacuums the dislodged particles into a dirt chamber for storage. The vacuum duster attachment comprises a vacuum structure, a brush structure, and a vacuum circuit. The brush structure attaches to the vacuum structure. The vacuum circuit installs in the vacuum structure. The vacuum circuit is a control circuit that controls the operation of the vacuum duster attachment.
US11259626B2
This invention relates to a device (1) for performing personal care operations on a subject. The device (1) comprises a handheld base body (3), a driving unit (400) to receive and drive an interchangeable treatment head (2) to perform the personal care operation, a sensor (7) for measuring the amount of current drawn from a motor arrangement (5, 6) while the driving unit (400) is being operated. The device (1) further comprises a control unit (8) operably connected to the sensor (7) and the driving unit (400) and configured to control the driving unit (400). The control unit (8) is configured to identify the individual treatment head (2) fitted on the driving unit (400) by comparing the measured motor current at the predefined measuring time (t1) with at least one predefined current threshold (C).
US11259623B2
A head for an oral care implement has an outer rim and an inner portion. The head comprises at least one tuft of filaments of a first type and at least one tuft of filaments of a second type. The at least one tuft of the first type is arranged at the inner portion of the head and comprises a plurality of filaments, each filament having a longitudinal axis and a substantially circular cross-sectional area extending in a plane substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The at least one tuft of the second type is arranged at the outer rim of the head and comprises a plurality of filaments, each filament having a longitudinal axis and a substantially cross-shaped cross-sectional area extending in a plane substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the cross-shaped cross-sectional area having four projections and four channels, the projections and channels being arranged in an alternating manner. The at least one tuft of filaments of the second type has a packing factor within a range from about 40% to about 55%.
US11259620B2
The present invention generally relates to wearable jewelry and storage devices. Specifically, this invention relates to wearable jewelry having the ability to store materials, including cosmetic makeup materials lotions and perfumes.
US11259619B2
A cosmetic container is manufactured as a pouch type to accommodate a small amount of liquid cosmetics. The pouch-type liquid color makeup container facilitates confirmation of whether the container is initially opened and exhibition and selling of the container in a vending machine and the like while enabling cosmetic materials to be conveniently carried and used indoors/outdoors through the attachment/detachment of a cap and the entrance/exit of cosmetic tools. A cap attachment/detachment and cosmetic tool entrance/exit and rail movement guide are provided in a discharge member of a pouch manufactured so as to receive and portably carry a small amount of liquid cosmetics, such as lip gloss, mascara, and eyeliner; enabling detailed application by being stably held, thereby enabling various demands of young people sensitive to color to be satisfied.
US11259615B2
The present disclosure provides a hair dryer including: a housing, having an air duct, an air inlet and an air outlet both communicated with the air duct; a fixing sleeve, arranged in the air duct of the housing, an inner wall surface of the fixing sleeve being provided with an elastic contact layer; and a fan, embedded in the fixing sleeve and abutted against the elastic contact layer. The present disclosure aims to reduce the fan vibration during the operation of the hair dryer, so as to reduce the noise generated by the hair dryer, thereby mitigating the impact of the noise on users.
US11259611B2
A carrying device with a built-in security system including a security unit 10 having components housed in an integral unit, where the components include a camera 1 with a light sensor 2; with a shatter proof clear cover 3 over the camera lens 16; a speed sensor 4; a distance sensor 9; a GPS tracker 8; a transponder 7 for sending and accepting digital data; a microcontroller 15, and a rechargeable power supply 5 in electrical communication with the microcontroller 15, the camera 1, the speed sensor 4, the distance sensor 9, the GPS tracker 8 and the transponder 7; to monitor the location and contents of the carrying device and to provide real time feedback to the user.
US11259603B2
A cord and webbing fastener is provided. The fastener includes a body, an elongated, oval-shaped passageway extending there through from lateral sides thereof and between a mid-bar and a bottom bar, and a jawed passageway extending there through from lateral sides thereof and between the mid-bar and the first jaw and the second jaw. The fastener is used assembled with cord and webbing to adjustably secure a hammock or other load to a support or anchor point.
US11259602B1
An article retention apparatus adapted to retain an article in a loop, the article retention apparatus includes a surrounding sidewall having a first end portion and an opposing second end portion, also an aperture disposed therethrough the surrounding sidewall. Also included is a chain having a proximal end portion and an opposing distal end portion, wherein the chain is partially disposed therethrough the aperture, the chain is positioned such that the chain proximal end portion disposed within a surrounding sidewall interior and the chain distal end portion is adjacent to a surrounding sidewall outer surface and an ornamental element affixed to the chain distal end portion. Further included is a friction head affixed to the chain proximal end portion, the friction head projects into the surrounding sidewall interior and retains the chain within the aperture and compresses the article that is threaded therethrough the interior of the surrounding sidewall.
US11259597B2
A shoe sole (100) comprising a bottom surface, the bottom surface having a front array (110) of ground engaging formations having a first height or depth, and a rear array (120) of ground engaging formations having a second height or depth, the rear array of ground engaging formations generally located at a heel portion of the sole, wherein the first height or depth is greater than the second height or depth.
US11259592B2
A shoe includes a first plate and a second plate that are located in a portion of the shoe between an upper and an outsole of the shoe, and a nest formed as a bag filled with one or more gasses located between the first plate and the second plate. The shoe may further include one or more springs located in cavities in the gas filled nest for biasing the first plate and the second plate apart from each other. Pods may be located within the openings in the center of the springs, and the pods may be filled with one or more gasses. The pods may protrude from a bottom or a top surface of the nest. Spring sandwiches including one or more springs positioned between plates may be constructed and placed in various portions of a shoe. The shoe may also include piping with lights.
US11259591B2
A shoe sole (1) comprising an outsole (3), an insole (2) and a midsole (5) which extends between the insole (2) and the outsole (3), the midsole (5) being composed of a plurality of bars (6) which are substantially transversal and are aligned substantially longitudinally over the length of the sole, the insole (2) and the bars are composed of an elastomeric material.
US11259589B2
An adjustable three dimensional mannequin head is provided for fitting a variety of head gear including but not limited to wigs, hats, caps, helmets and similar items. The adjustable mannequin head consist of a plurality of parts that move in a synchronized manner to expand and contract the size of the adjustable mannequin head to allow fitting to size; wigs, hats, and similar items. The mannequin head consist of four quadrants that make up the crown of the head. These four quadrants are mechanically adjusted by a single screw, which when turned will either expand or contract the adjustable mannequin head based on the direction the screw is turned. The adjustable mannequin head provides matching and fitting head gear to individual heads.
US11259577B2
A brace for a part of a body includes a first conductive fiber associated with a first polarity, and a second conductive fiber associated with a second polarity different from the first polarity. The second fiber is woven together with the first fiber and insulated from the first fiber. The brace also includes a selectively electrically activated cross-linking agent between the first and second fibers. The agent is constructed to cross-link in a first active mode when the first and second fibers are electrified and is constructed to not cross-link in a second inactive mode when the first and second fibers are not electrified. The brace surrounds a body part, such as a knee or neck. The agent can include an ER fluid and/or EAP. A brace system includes a selectively electrically activated brace for the part of the body.
US11259566B1
A fluid-based electronic cigarette system, including a first electronic cigarette that including at least a first housing with a first interfacing surface. In addition, the first electronic cigarette includes a first reservoir and a first mouthpiece. Also, the system includes a second electronic cigarette, which contains at least a second housing. The second housing has a second interfacing surface, a second reservoir, and a second mouthpiece. In addition, an assembled configuration is formed when the first interfacing surface removably connects to the second interfacing surface. In the assembled configuration, a unitary mouthpiece formed by the first mouthpiece and the second mouthpiece.
US11259565B2
The embodiments disclose a method including creating a dual product vaporizer for use in vaping two different types of products at the same time, atomizing the two different types of products using two heaters for allowance of different burn temperatures for each of the two different types of products, wherein the two heaters are configured to operate at two different temperatures, wherein the two heaters are configured to operate at the same temperature, wherein the dual product vaporizer is configured to operate with only one product cartridge inserted, using at least one rechargeable battery to power the two heaters and an LED light battery indicator, and using two individual draw holes for drawing atomized product vapors from two individual product cartridges at the same time.
US11259560B2
An orbital plant material feed assembly includes a drum structure and hopper assembly. An external surface of the drum structure has a curved shape and includes a peripheral groove. A width of the peripheral groove varies along the external surface of the drum structure. The hopper assembly may define a compression space between the drum structure and a portion of the hopper assembly that covers a portion of the peripheral groove.
US11259550B2
The present disclosure provides a method for preparing a fermented soybean paste and a fermented soybean paste prepared thereby, the method comprising: a mixing step for mixing a Traditional Korean fermented soybean paste and a modified Korean fermented soybean paste to prepare a mixed fermented soybean paste; a first aging step for primarily aging the mixed fermented soybean paste at room temperature; and a second aging step for secondarily aging mixed fermented soybean paste, which has gone through the primary aging at low temperature. According to the method for preparing a fermented soybean paste and a fermented soybean paste prepared thereby, of the present disclosure, a distinctive deep and pleasant flavor of the Traditional Korean fermented soybean paste due to the combinative fermentation is maintained by mixing the traditional Korean fermented soybean paste and the modified Korean fermented soybean paste, and the protein degradation rate is increased using the high protease activity of the modified fermented soybean paste, thereby shortening the aging time and increasing the savory taste. In addition, according to the method for preparing a fermented soybean paste of the present disclosure, the mixed fermented soybean paste having gone through primary aging is secondarily aged at a low temperature, thereby preventing browning during the process, so that a fermented soybean paste with high preference can be produced, and the preparation time is relatively short while a pleasant flavor of the Traditional Korean fermented soybean paste is maintained, so that a fermented soybean paste with excellent quality can be mass-produced.
US11259548B2
Methods of feeding ruminants involve positioning the feed blocks in a pasture accessible to the ruminants. The feed block may have a total fat content of about 7 wt % to 33 wt % and an intake modifier to control intake of the feed blocks. High fat pellets having a high total fat content provide at least a portion of the fat in the high fat feed blocks. The methods control a rate of ingestion of high fat feed blocks by ruminants while not negatively affecting performance, and in some instances, ingestion of the blocks results in improved performance.
US11259547B2
The present invention concerns a composition containing medium-chain fatty acids or salts or mono-, di-, triglycerides, esters or amide derivatives of medium-chain fatty acids. In a further aspect, the present invention concerns also a feed, supplemented with the composition, and a method for feeding animals, in particular calves, cattle and dairy cattle.
US11259536B2
Processing of milk raw material produces a dairy salt. Preliminary treatment of the milk raw is carried out, with pasteurization and its concentration by nanofiltration through a filter with a pore size of 0.001-0.01 μm, subsequent filtration of the obtained nanofiltration permeate through a membrane module with a pore size of 0.0001-0.001 μm of a reverse osmosis unit, electrodialysis of the obtained RO retentate, concentration of the concentrate or its concentration and drying. The dairy salts may be manufactured and used to salt food products, beverages, granulated cottage cheese, potato chips, crackers, and dips. A masking fraction with organic acid, amino acid, fatty acid, and sugar portions successfully hides the off-notes otherwise associated with potassium compositions. Food products salted with any of the dairy salts described herein achieve reduced sodium content without compromising flavor.
US11259526B2
The present disclosure provides novel fungal strains capable of solubilizing phosphate, as well as compositions and methods of using those strains to increase the amount/concentration of soluble phosphate in a medium that comprises insoluble phosphate.
US11259517B2
Pest-management apparatuses (e.g., stations), such as, for example, that can configured to permit a rodent to enter and retrieve a bait and/or become trapped (e.g., adhesive or a snap-trap).
US11259515B2
A computing system includes image receiving logic configured to receive image data indicative of an image of a field, ground identification logic configured to identify a first image portion of the image representing ground in the field, image segmentation logic configured to identify a remaining image portion that omits the first image portion from the image, and crop classification logic configured to apply a crop classifier to the remaining image portion and identify a second image portion of the image that represents locations of crop plants in the field. The computing system also includes weed identification logic configured to identify locations of weed plants in the field based on the identification of the first and second image portions and control signal generation logic configured to generate a machine control signal based on the identified locations of the weed plants.
US11259511B2
A branch fishing rod assembly for creating a fishing rod out of a branch or stick includes a reel holder apparatus, a reel, and a plurality of eyelet apparatuses. The reel holder apparatus comprises a holder body and a pair of holder clamps coupled to the holder body to secure the holder body to a branch or a stick. The reel is selectively engageable within a reel opening of the holder body. The plurality of eyelet apparatuses each comprises an eyelet clamp to selectively engage the branch or the stick. An attachment arm is coupled to the eyelet clamp strap and an eyelet is coupled to the attachment arm. The reel is configured to secure a fishing line and the plurality of eyelet apparatuses is configured to receive the fishing line through each eyelet.
US11259503B1
An apparatus for dispensing feed to chickens includes a container defining an interior volume configured to hold said feed, baffles connected to said container and projecting into said interior volume, and feeder holes located through said container. The baffles are configured to direct said feed toward said feeder holes.
US11259499B2
The present invention provides improved systems and methods for flushing out animal footbaths at remote locations which do not have a reliable or high pressure water supply. Embodiments of the flushing systems of the present invention preferably include at least one fluid pressurizing pump and one or more large fluid storage tanks which receive water from a source and place it under pressure for use in the system. Embodiments of the flushing systems of the present invention are capable of automatically: taking in water from a low pressure water source; pumping the water into one or more storage tanks to place it under pressure; preventing backflow of the pressurized water; storing the pressurized water until one or more footbaths requires flushing; performing a flushing operation by opening a master valve or a series of valves in parallel; controlling whether the pressurized water remains untreated by flowing through a flush tube or becomes treated with one or more cleaning or disinfecting compounds by flowing through a mixing pipe in communication with one or more chemical tanks, the pressurized water flowing into and flushing out the one or more fouled footbaths; filling the footbaths with fresh disinfecting solution; refilling and re-pressurizing the one or more storage tanks for the next flushing operation; and blowing out any remaining moisture from the system of pipes to reduce bacterial growth and prevent pipe-bursting in freezing weather.
US11259491B2
A soybean cultivar designated 80540918 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 80540918, to the plants of soybean cultivar 80540918, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 80540918, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 80540918. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 80540918. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 80540918, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 80540918 with another soybean cultivar.
US11259479B2
An inbred corn line, designated MDS3501, is disclosed. The disclosure relates to the seeds of inbred corn line MDS3501, to the plants of inbred corn line MDS3501 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the inbred line MDS3501 with itself or with another corn line. The disclosure further relates to methods for producing other inbred corn lines derived from the inbred MDS3501.
US11259475B2
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PHVN18 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PHVN18, cells from soybean variety 5PHVN18, plants of soybean 5PHVN18, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PHVN18. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PHVN18 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PHVN18, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PHVN18, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PHVN18. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PHVN18 are further provided.
US11259474B2
The invention provides seed and plants of tomato hybrid SVTM1082 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid SVTM1082 and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US11259459B2
An agricultural product delivery applicator for delivering particulate product to a field. The applicator includes a supply compartment to hold the product and a pneumatic conveying system. The system includes an airflow source to provide an airflow, and a delivery line operably connected to the airflow source and to the supply compartment. The delivery line includes a supply line and a plurality of distribution lines. The system further includes a distributor coupling the supply line with the plurality of distribution lines, a motor disposed on the distribution lines side of the distributor, a shaft assembly rotatable by the motor, and a bearing supporting the shaft assembly on the supply line side of the distributor. The applicator further includes a metering system operably connected between the supply compartment and the pneumatic conveying system. The metering system meters product with the airflow to result in a mixed flow of airflow and product.
US11259458B2
An automatic picking and launching seedling device for a transplanting machine is provided, as well as methods of using the same. The device includes a seedling picking mechanism, seedling guiding devices, a box shifting mechanism and seedling separating mechanisms. The seedling picking mechanism is mounted on the box shifting mechanism, the two sets of seedling separating mechanisms are symmetrically arranged on both sides of the box shifting mechanism, and the seedling guiding device is arranged on the top of the seedling separating mechanism. The box shifting mechanism transports the disc to the seedling picking point, and the seedling picking mechanism moves the picking seedling claws to the seedling picking point to take the seedlings and moves to the seedling launching point to launch the seedlings.
US11266050B2
A component mounting device includes a head unit including a mounting head configured to mount a component on a substrate, a component feeder configured to feed the component to the mounting head, and an imager provided on the head unit and configured to be able to image a component feeding location of the component feeder from a plurality of directions. The component mounting device further includes a controller configured to acquire a horizontal position and a vertical height position of the component at the component feeding location based on images of the component feeding location captured from the plurality of directions by the imager.
US11266039B2
A liquid immersion tank includes a housing configured to house a heat generator, a gutter provided over the housing, and configured to form a flow path through which a coolant flows, a flow rate adjuster provided at an outflow port through which the coolant flows out from the flow path, and configured to adjust an outflow amount of the coolant, a slope provided over the housing, and configured to include a down-flow surface through which the coolant branched from the flow path flows down toward the housing, the coolant flowing through the flow rate adjuster, and a tank configured to accommodate the housing.
US11266035B1
Extendable lever arms can be used to facilitate insertion and removal of a sled into and out of a chassis. Each extendable lever can include a rotatable body, a primary arm, and a secondary arm. The rotatable body can be rotatably coupled to the housing of the sled, and can optionally include latching elements to secure the sled within the chassis, as well as optional removal features to facilitate disengaging the sled from the chassis. The secondary arm can be coupled to the primary arm to move between a retracted position and an extended position. When in the retracted position, the secondary arm can be positioned adjacent to the primary arm to avoid blocking access to ports of the sled. When in the extended position, however, the secondary arm can be positioned to provide a longer lever arm to facilitate insertion and removal of the sled.
US11266032B2
An outer case includes an upper case, a lower case, and a plurality of guiding structures. The lower case includes a bottom wall defining a plurality of through holes. The guiding structures are arranged on the bottom wall. Each of the guiding structures includes a first guiding plate and a second guiding plate, the first guiding plate includes a first connecting part and a first blocking part connected with the first connecting part, the second guiding plate includes a second connecting part and a second blocking part connected with the second connecting part, the first connecting part and the second connecting part face each other. The first blocking part is suspended on the bottom wall through the first connecting part, the second blocking part is suspended on the bottom wall through the second connecting part, the first blocking part and the second blocking part are staggered.
US11266028B2
A vertical column assembly including an intermediate distribution frame enclosure with an internal structure. The vertical column assembly also includes side panels, door assemblies, and a top cover assembly. The internal structure is hidden by the side panels, the door assemblies, and the top cover assembly. The vertical column assembly encases the network equipment installed within the internal structure.
US11266027B2
A single-layer circuit board, multi-layer circuit board, and manufacturing methods therefor. The method for manufacturing the single-layer circuit board comprises the following steps: drilling a hole on a substrate, the hole comprising a blind hole and/or a through hole; on a surface of the substrate, forming a photoresist layer having a circuit negative image; forming a conductive seed layer on the surface of the substrate and a hole wall of the hole; removing the photoresist layer, and forming a circuit pattern on the surface of the substrate, wherein forming a conductive seed layer comprises implanting a conductive material below the surface of the substrate and below the hole wall of the hole via ion implantation, and forming an ion implantation layer as at least part of the conductive seed layer.
US11266025B2
Provided are an electronic component manufacturing method by which even a platable layer made of a difficult-to-plate material can be easily plated with good adhesion without using a special chemical solution or a photolithography technique, and an electronic component which has a peel strength of 0.1 N/mm or greater as measured by a copper foil peel test. A picosecond laser beam having a pulse duration on the order of a picosecond or a femtosecond laser beam having a pulse duration on the order of a femtosecond is emitted at a surface of a platable layer (2) in order to roughen the surface, a wiring pattern is formed using a mask (13), and a plated part (12) is formed on the surface of the wiring pattern.
US11266023B2
Electrolytic Etching/Deposition System. A system for continuous circuit fabrication comprising means for storing and dispensing the substrate, means for laminating the substrate, means for printing the substrate, means for optical inspection of the substrate, means for photolithography of the substrate, means for drying the substrate, means for developing the substrate, means for washing the substrate and means for electroplating the substrate.
US11266021B2
The present application provides a flexible display panel including a flexible substrate and a flexible circuit board electrically connected to the flexible substrate. Pins on the flexible substrate and the flexible circuit board are disposed to be inclined at a certain angle. When pitches of the pins on the flexible circuit board are changed due to expansion and contraction of the flexible circuit board itself, an accurate alignment of the pins on the flexible substrate and the flexible circuit board can be realized by adjusting the position of the flexible circuit board relative to the flexible substrate before connecting the flexible circuit board to the flexible substrate, thereby ensuring the quality of the flexible display panel and improving product yield of the display panel.
US11266020B1
Circuit assemblies can be electrically interconnected by providing a circuit assembly having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a perimeter edge connecting the top and bottom surfaces, the perimeter edge being formed of insulative material and having a plurality of conductive features embedded in and exposed on the surface of the edge. The conductive features are arranged in contact sets, and each contact set is separated from adjacent contact sets by a portion of the perimeter edge that is free of conductive features. Each contact set includes conductive features that together form a distributed electrical connection to a single node. The insulative material is selectively removed to form recesses adjacent the conductive features exposing additional surface contact areas along lateral portions of the conductive features in the recesses.
US11266007B2
A network device having improved thermal cooling is provided. The network device comprising a first printed circuit board (PCB) having a plurality of common connectors and one or more second PCBs, each second PCB coupled to the first PCB by a respective common connector of the plurality of common connectors. Each second PCB may include a set of ports, each port in the set of ports coupled to the respective common connector via the second PCB. The one or more second PCBs may be arranged vertically parallel on a front side of the first PCB such that each second PCB forms a 90 degree angle with the first PCB to allow air to flow in spaces defined between vertically adjacent second PCBs.
US11266006B2
Embodiments of the disclosed system and method provide for generating a multiple-energy X-ray pulse. A beam of electrons is generated with an electron gun and modulated prior to injection into an accelerating structure to achieve at least a first and second specified beam current amplitude over the course of respective beam current temporal profiles. A radio frequency field is applied to the accelerating structure with a specified RF field amplitude and a specified RF temporal profile. The first and second specified beam current amplitudes are injected serially, each after a specified delay, in such a manner as to achieve at least two distinct energies of electrons accelerated within the accelerating structure during a course of a single RF-pulse. The beam of electrons is accelerated by the radio frequency field within the accelerating structure to produce accelerated electrons which impinge upon a target for generating Bremsstrahlung X-rays.
US11265999B2
A communication network for networking lighting systems of home and office technology involves an application on a mobile terminal that can control lighting systems in the surroundings of the mobile terminal. The lighting systems in the interior of a vehicle are also networked and the lighting systems are controlled depending on the lighting settings of a screen of the mobile terminal.
US11265996B2
The present disclosure provides a solid state lighting fixture that can be used in outdoor and indoor recessed lighting applications. The solid state lighting fixture has a recessed housing configured to be installed in a recess, and a solid state light assembly capable of being secured to the housing outside the recess. The solid state light assembly is at least partially made of a heat dissipating material capable transferring heat generated by the solid state light assembly to ambient air.
US11265988B2
Circuitry 31 for a solid-state lighting arrangement 20 designed for as a replacement for a gas discharge lamp used in a lighting fixture having a ballast. The circuitry 31 unsafe flow of current through the solid-state lighting arrangement 20, under non-operational conditions and during installation of the lighting arrangement, so as to provide compatibility with safety standards for use with discharge lamps.
US11265975B2
The present disclosure relates to an induction heating device and a method for controlling the same. In accordance with the present disclosure, first, inductive sensing is periodically performed to detect a specific object with inductive heating property. Next, current sensing of the specific object having the inductive heating property is performed to again check whether the specific object has the inductive heating property. Thus, when the user simply places the loaded object on the device, the device may allow the user to quickly and intuitively confirm whether the corresponding loaded object has the inductive heating property.
US11265969B2
A management device including an acquirer configured to acquire response information indicating whether a call-destination terminal has accepted participation in group communication, and terminal operation information indicating whether the call-destination terminal is in a state capable of receiving the group communication, a processor configured to create communication result information including participation information on the call-destination terminal whether to participate in the group communication, and a transmitter configured to transmit the communication result information, wherein, in a case of non-participation where the call-destination terminal has not participated in the group communication, the processor is configured to create the participation information that makes it possible to identify at least two factors of the non-participation.
US11265964B2
Some of the present implementations provide a method for PDCP PDU duplication for a UE. The method receives, from a base station, through RRC signaling, a PDCP duplication entity and several RLC entities, an RLC entity being a primary path, and one or more of the RLC entities as active RLC entities for transmitting duplicated PDCP PDUs. The method generates one or more duplicated PDCP PDUs when a PDCP duplication function activation indicator is received, transmits the generated one or more duplicated PDCP PDUs to the one or more active RLC entities, and receives a MAC CE comprising a plurality of fields for switching at least one of the one or more active RLC entities, excluding the RLC entity that is the primary path, to an inactive RLC entity.
US11265960B2
A method in a network node (115) comprises obtaining (704) a length of a paging transmission window (PTW) (515) within a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle of a first type (505) configured in a first cell, and obtaining (708) at least one of a number of DRX cycles of a second type (525) remaining within the PTW with respect to a reference time in the first cell and an amount of time remaining within the PTW starting from the reference time. The method comprises determining (712) whether a paging message can be transmitted in the first cell based on the obtained at least one of the number of DRX cycles of the second type remaining within the PTW with respect to the reference time in the first cell and the amount of time remaining within the PTW starting from the reference time.
US11265959B2
The method for indicating protocol data unit session status includes that: a terminal device indicates activation and/or deactivation of a protocol data unit session based on configuration signaling sent by a network device. A terminal device and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are also provided.
US11265957B2
A Central Unit (CU) receives Fifth Generation Core (5GC) N2 signaling and generates Fifth Generation New Radio (5GNR) RRC signaling. The CU receives 5GC N1 signaling. The CU converts a first portion of the 5GNR RRC signaling into LTE RRC signaling and converts a first portion of the 5GC N1 signaling into LTE Non-Access Signaling (NAS). The CU transfers LTE Physical Layer High (PHY-H) signaling to an LTE Physical Layer Low (PHY-L) in an LTE Distributed Unit (DU). The CU transfers 5GNR PHY-H signaling to an 5GNR PHY-L in a 5GNR DU. The LTE DU receives the LTE PHY-H signaling and transfers the LTE RRC signaling and the LTE NAS signaling to LTE User Equipment (UE). The 5GNR DU receives the 5GNR PHY-H signaling and transfers the second portion of the 5GNR RRC signaling and the second portion of the 5GC N1 signaling to a 5GNR UE.
US11265946B2
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 system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The embodiments of the present invention provide methods and devices for network access. The method includes receiving a first request message forwarded by a distributed unit in a base station and indication information of the distributed unit with respect to the first request message, the first request message requesting to connect a user equipment to a network; determining a processing to be performed on the first request message based on the indication Information; and transmitting an indication of the determined processing to the distributed unit.
US11265939B2
The present disclosure includes devices, systems, and methods for communicating with unmanned aerial vehicles. In one embodiment, the present disclosure includes a server including a communication interface, a memory, and an electronic processor communicatively connected to the memory. The electronic processor is configured to communicate with one or more unmanned aerial vehicles via the communication interface and a satellite network, communicate with the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles via the communication interface and a terrestrial network, and communicate with the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles via the communication interface and a combination of the satellite network and the terrestrial network.
US11265911B2
A method which allows an evolved node B (eNB) to perform multi-subframe scheduling in enhanced license assisted access (eLAA) is provided. The eNB determining the subframes in a maximum channel occupancy time (MCOT) within which uplink transmission is performed. The eNB schedules resources for uplink transmission by user equipments (UEs) within the determined subframes. The UEs receive index values associated with a first subframe and a last subframe, in the determined subframes from the eNB. The first subframe and last subframe may be within a single, or multiple MCOTs. The UEs perform uplink transmission between the first subframe and the last subframe. The method allows forming a group with the plurality of UEs. A group identity, broadcast by the eNB, is received by the UEs. The method allows scheduling beams for performing uplink transmission by the UEs in 5th generation (5G) systems and scheduling multiple UEs while accounting spectral emissions.
US11265901B2
Systems, methods and instrumentalities may be provided for handling a user plane in a wireless communication system. The wireless communication system may be characterized by a flexible air interface. One aspect of the flexible air interface is that transmissions by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) in the system may have different quality of service (QoS) requirements, such as different latency requirements. The WTRU may adjust its behaviors based on the QoS requirements, e.g., by utilizing preconfigured resources, resource requests, self-scheduling, and/or the like, such that the transmissions may be performed in accordance with their respective QoS requirements.
US11265896B2
A user equipment in a wireless communication system may operate in different states, e.g. an idle state, an active/connected state, or an inactive state. Depending upon the state the UE is in, the UE may or may not have its uplink transmission synchronized with the uplink transmissions of other UEs. Mechanisms are disclosed for the UE to send a grant-free uplink transmission, even when the UE does not have its uplink transmission synchronized with the uplink transmissions from other UEs.
US11265884B2
Mapping information of a bearer or quality of service can be communicated from a Wireless Local Area Network Termination (WT) to the enhanced Node B (eNB), which then uses radio resource control (RRC) signaling to communicate the mapping to the user equipment (UE). For example, three options can be used to communicate mapping information: (1) Operations and Management (OAM), (2) Semi-static Xw-AP signaling (e.g., WT Configuration Update or Xw Setup procedures) or (3) Dynamic Xw-AP procedures (e.g., WT Addition Request procedure). In some embodiments, the mapping can be signaled by (1) bearer to wireless local area networks (WLAN) access category (AC) mapping or (2) long term evolution (LTE) quality of service class identifier (QCI) to WLAN AC mapping.
US11265879B2
A method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for wireless communications for receiving, by a network entity from a user equipment (UE), a component carrier/bandwidth portion (CC/BWP) grouping capability message that indicates a capability of the UE to support CC/BWP group-based signaling; transmitting, by the network entity to the UE, a CC/BWP grouping indication that identifies at least one CC/BWP group based on the CC/BWP grouping capability message; transmitting, by the network entity to the UE, a CC/BWP configuration message that includes CC/BWP group configuration information that identifies a CC/BWP group configuration for the at least one CC/BWP group; communicating, by the network entity with the UE, on at least one CC/BWP of the at least one CC/BWP group based on one or more communication parameters configured according to the CC/BWP group configuration.
US11265876B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may use an increased transmit power for one or more instances of an autonomous uplink transmission. For example, a UE may be configured with a repetition window including multiple transmission time intervals (TTIs) and may identify a subset of TTIs within the window that may be unavailable for autonomous uplink transmissions. The UE may adjust transmit power or transmit a scheduling request based on the presence of unavailable TTIs. In some examples, the UE may increase the transmit power by an amount that is based on a number of unavailable TTIs, or a fixed amount, or a combination thereof. In some examples, a UE with limited transmit power (e.g., under a maximum transmit power) may dynamically transmit a report to a base station that includes a request to modify a communications scheme used by the UE.
US11265873B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide several long training sequences that are in a wireless local area network and that comply with 802.11 ax.
US11265868B2
A method includes: communicating, by a base station, first UE specific information of UE with the UE in a UE source operating bandwidth resource; and sending, by the base station, information about a UE target operating bandwidth resource of the UE to the UE in a UE calibration bandwidth resource of the UE, where the UE target operating bandwidth resource is used by the base station to communicate second UE specific information of the UE with the UE, and the UE source operating bandwidth resource is not completely the same as the UE calibration bandwidth resource.
US11265863B2
Radio communication systems, devices and methods for enabling variable subband configuration of one or more search spaces. In a first time interval, a UE attempts to decode one or more control channels on downlink or sidelink resources of a first sub band configuration. In a second time interval, the UE attempts to decode one or more control channels on downlink or sidelink resources of a second sub band configuration. The first subband configuration spans a first frequency range and the second subband configuration spans a second frequency range different from the first frequency range.
US11265853B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods, apparatuses, storage media, and systems for determining that a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource and a second PUCCH resource at least partially overlap, where the first PUCCH resource has a payload of a first size carrying a first uplink control information (UCI) in a first format, and the second PUCCH resource has a payload of a second size carrying a second UCI in a second format. Furthermore, the first UCI and the second UCI are multiplexed to form a combined payload to be carried by the first PUCCH resource in the first format or by the second PUCCH resource in the second format. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US11265847B2
The application relates to a method for transmitting and receiving, by a station, signals in a wireless LAN system and, more specifically, to a method for, when a station in a wireless LAN system is assigned one or more channels which do not include a primary channel on the system, setting and updating a network allocation vector (NAV) value applied to the one or more allocated channels, a method for transmitting and receiving signals on the basis of the same, and an apparatus therefor.
US11265845B2
A method to improve paging process by including additional backup paging opportunities in new radio unlicensed (NR-U) systems is proposed. To cope with the downlink transmission impairments arising from possible listen-before-talk (LBT) failures, NR-U user equipment (UE) can listen the additional paging opportunities (POs) to get the paging message. In an efficient mechanism, additional backup paging opportunities are configured while minimizing the UE's power consumption. The invention also reduces UE's power consumption by configuring short and micro sleep cycles between successive backup paging opportunities. In addition, to avoid continuous listening to the backup paging opportunities, paging monitoring can be suspended for a UE if the LBT is successful and the paging is not intended for the UE.
US11265844B2
The present disclosure provides a paging method and apparatus, pertaining to the technical field of communications. The method includes: acquiring first paging indication information and at least one piece of second paging indication information based on current paging details of each User Equipment (UE) and a UE identifier of the each UE, a bit of the first paging indication information being configured to indicate whether a paged UE is present in a UE group, and a bit of the second paging indication information being configured to indicate whether a UE in a UE group is paged; broadcasting the first paging indication information on a first paging time-domain resource, the first paging time-domain resource being a time-domain resource for an information synchronization; and broadcasting the at least one piece of second paging indication information on a second paging time-domain resource. According to the present disclosure, occupation of transmission resources is reduced by broadcasting paging indication information.
US11265840B2
Methods, systems, and devices related to data transmission and management for positioning User Equipment (UE) in a network are described. In one representative aspect, a method for wireless communication includes receiving, at a wireless communication node, a first paging message from a network node, wherein the first paging message includes information that facilitate positioning a mobile device in a wireless network. The method also includes transmitting, from the wireless communication node, a second paging message to the mobile device, wherein the second paging message includes the information that facilitate positioning the mobile device in the first paging message.
US11265839B2
Embodiments are presented herein of apparatuses, systems, and methods for a user equipment device (UE) and/or cellular network to avoid invalidation of a subscriber identity module (SIM). A UE may initiate a connection with the network. The network may reject the connection attempt. The UE may selectively determine whether to invalidate the SIM, network, or both. The UE may consider various factors such as details of the connection rejection message, identity of the network, its relationship to the network (e.g., whether the network is a preferred network, etc.), a number of connection rejections received, time remaining on one or more timers, availability of other networks, etc.
US11265837B2
User equipment performs autonomous time adjustment that includes selecting a Timing Error Limit (i.e. Te_NR) and Maximum Autonomous Time Adjustment Step (i.e. Tq_NR) based on bandwidth (BW) and subcarrier spacing (SCS). In one embodiment, given a certain downlink BW, if the SCS=x(kHz) and the Te_NR of this SCS is N, then the Te_NR of SCS=x/2(kHz) is 2*N. Given a certain downlink BW, if the SCS=x(kHz) and the Te_NR of this SCS is N, then the Te_NR of SCS=2*x(kHz) is N/2. For example, given BW=10 MHz, if the Te_NR of SCS=30kHz is n*Ts_NR (TS_NR is the basic timing unit for NR system), then the Te_NR of SCS=60 kHz is N/2*Ts_NR, and the Te_NR of SCS=15 kHz is 2*N*Ts_NR.
US11265836B2
A method for bidirectional data transmission, preferably in narrowband systems, between a base station and a terminal device includes providing the terminal device and the base station with frequency reference units and transmitting data between the base station and the terminal device over different frequencies. A basic transmit frequency is defined for transmitting data from terminal device to base station, the terminal device defines a terminal device transmit frequency on the terminal device side for transmitting data from terminal device to base station, a frequency offset Δfoffset exists between the basic transmit frequency and the terminal device transmit frequency, the terminal device opens a receive window for data from the base station, and the frequency offset Δfoffset is taken into account for opening the window. Base station determines the terminal device transmit frequency and base station transmits data to terminal device based on the determined terminal device transmit frequency.
US11265830B2
Disclosed are a communication technique for merging, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to an intelligent service (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail, security and safety-related services, and the like) on the basis of a 5G communication technology and an IoT-related technology. Provided are a terminal operation method in a wireless communication system and a device for performing the same, the method according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: monitoring a synchronization signal transmitted by a base station, on the basis of a synchronization resource section; receiving the synchronization signal on the basis of the synchronization signal monitoring; and accessing the base station on the basis of the synchronization acquired from the synchronization signal, wherein the synchronization resource section of the synchronization signal transmission cycle comprises a plurality of synchronization signal transmission time points.
US11265815B2
Method and apparatus are provided for power saving by detecting empty symbols. In accordance with some implementation, a UE may determine that a data channel is not allocated to it by determining that there is no beam directed to it and there was no prior resource allocation to it. The UE upon such determination may enter sleep mode until the start of the next scheduling unit. This may result in reduction in power consumption compared to entering sleep mode after demodulating and decoding the control channel.
US11265813B2
A wireless device (14) is configured for use in a wireless communication network (10). The wireless device (14) is configured to transmit, to a network node in the wireless communication network (10), signaling (20) indicating a minimum period (20B) that the wireless device (14) requires between the end of a wake-up signal (18) and the start of a paging occasion (28) in order for the wireless device (14) to be able to receive a paging message in that paging occasion (28). The wireless device (14) may also be configured to receive, from a radio network node (12), signaling (34) indicating a maximum period that the radio network node (12) supports between the end of a wake-up signal (18) and the start of a paging occasion (28).
US11265812B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe devices, methods, computer-readable media and systems configurations for managing state transitions of communication circuitries in wireless networks. Embodiments manage radio resource control (RRC) state transitions and/or discontinuous reception (DRX) state transitions. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US11265810B2
There is provided provision of timing information of a first timing information source using timing information of a second timing information source to a wireless device. A network node determines that second timing information from the second timing information source is available and that timing information from the first timing information source is derivable from the second timing information. The network node instructs the wireless device to use the second timing information as a source for deriving first timing information of the first timing information source.
US11265808B2
Disclosed herein is a method and a function entity for selecting a core network slice (NS), for serving a wireless communication device (WCD) 530 in a core network 500 comprising at least one a Management Function (MF) entity 530 serving the WCD 530 and at least one Repository Function (RF) entity (NRF1, NRF2) serving a plurality of core NSs (NSI #1, NSI #2) each comprising a plurality of Network Function (NF) entities the method being performed by a Slice Selection Function (SSF) entity 510 operative in the core network 500, the method comprising: obtaining 612, 616 NSI running status information indicating NSI miming status for each NS to be monitored; receiving 622 a NSI selection request comprising NSI selection information indicating at least one of NS (NSI #1, NSI #2) for serving the WCD and selecting 624, based on the NSI selection information and the NSI running status information, a selected NS (NSI #2) for serving the WCD.
US11265807B2
The present disclosure discloses a method for network sharing on a terminal including a plurality of WI-FI modules. The method includes: obtaining, after a WI-FI module connects to a network, network connection information of the WI-FI module connected to the network; and sending the network connection information to a to-connect WI-FI module of the terminal, to enable the to-connect WI-FI module to connect to the network according to the network connection information. An apparatus for network sharing, air conditioner and storage medium are also disclosed.
US11265806B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for determining a discovery announcement pool. One method (600) includes receiving (602) multiple discovery announcement pools. The multiple discovery announcement pools include different discovery signal transmission bandwidths, different numbers of transmission subframes, or a combination thereof. The method (600) includes determining (604) a first discovery announcement pool of the multiple discovery announcement pools. The method (600) includes transmitting (606) a discovery announcement signal using the first discovery announcement pool.
US11265804B2
In one implementation, a NAS layer (202) of a radio terminal (1) obtains, from an AS layer (208) of the radio terminal (1), either or both of: information regarding one or more access barring categories (401) broadcasted by a serving network (2); and the number of the one or more access barring categories. If barring information corresponding to a first access barring category (404) to which an application that triggers a session establishment (403) belongs is not broadcasted by an eNB (2), the NAS layer (202) replaces the first access barring category (404) with a particular access barring category among the one or more access barring categories (401) broadcasted by the serving network (202).
US11265794B2
A method includes identifying, within a message, first data comprising a priority section and second data comprising a non-priority section. A priority message is generated that includes the first data. The priority message is transmitted using a priority radio access technology (RAT). A non-priority message is generated that includes the second data. The non-priority message is transmitted using a non-priority RAT.
US11265788B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a wireless transceiver and a processor. The apparatus transmits a data packet via a primary cell and a non-primary cell, the primary cell and the non-primary cell, wherein the data packet is sent via the primary cell and the non-primary cell over an enhanced uplink (EU) channel. On a condition that the transmitted data packet is not successfully decoded by the primary cell and also not successfully decoded by the non-primary cell, the apparatus receives a negative acknowledgement (NACK) signal from the primary cell and not receiving the NACK signal from the non-primary cell and retransmits the data packet in response to receiving the NACK signal from the primary cell even though the NACK signal was not received from the non-primary cell.
US11265785B2
A method for identifying a user device includes: receiving uplink messages sent at least twice by the same user device; on the basis of the uplink messages sent at least twice, determining remote radio unit (RRU) positional information of each RRU that receives an uplink message; judging whether a proportion of a number of different pieces of the RRU positional information among at least two pieces of the RRU positional information to a total number of the at least two pieces of the RRU positional information reaches a preset proportion threshold; when the ratio does not reach the preset ratio threshold, determining that the user device is a common user device; and when the ratio reaches the preset ratio threshold, determining that the user device is a fast-moving user device.
US11265783B2
Disclosed are a handover processing method, a network device, a terminal device, and a computer storage medium. The method comprises: when a first network device located in a first system network or a first core network is connected to a terminal device, the first network device establishes a candidate connection between the terminal device and a target system network or a target core network, wherein the candidate connection is used for handover to the target system network or the target core network when the terminal device meets a preset condition.
US11265782B2
A method for base station handover includes: receiving a Handover Request message sent by a mobility management entity (MME), to which a destination base station is connected, via an S1 interface, wherein the Handover Request message carries indication information for establishing a data radio bearer (DRB) of a UAV; sending a Handover Request Acknowledge message to the MME via the S1 interface, so that the MME sends a Handover Command message to a source base station of the UAV; establishing a signaling radio bearer (SRB) for the UAV after receiving a random-access request sent by the UAV; and establishing the DRB for the UAV based on the indication information.
US11265781B2
A user communications device having active and idle states operates in a cellular communications network in which user communications devices communicate via network communications devices of cells of the network. History data identifying the cells in which the user communications device has been present whilst in the idle state is maintained. This history data is used by the user communications device or by a network communications device to enable adjustment of cell selection/reselection parameters for the user communications device in the active state.
US11265775B2
It is provided a method, comprising supervising if a request to provide user plane connectivity for a user equipment via a second connection through a second anchor entity is received and if the user plane connectivity for the user equipment is provided via a first connection through a first anchor entity, wherein the first anchor entity and the second anchor entity are differently identified; creating the second connection if the request is received; inhibiting transmitting of user plane data on the second connection from creating the second connection until a predefined event happens if the user plane connectivity for the user equipment is provided via the first connection.
US11265773B2
This disclosure relates to performing cell re-selection while in an inactive state in a cellular communication system. A wireless device may establish a radio resource control connection with a cellular base station. The wireless device may receive an indication to enter a radio resource control inactive state. The wireless device may perform cell re-selection while in the radio resource control inactive state. Cells that are in the current radio access network notification area of the wireless device may be prioritized over cells that are not in the current radio access network notification area of the wireless device when performing cell re-selection while in the radio resource control inactive state.
US11265769B2
The present disclosure relates to handover methods. In one example method, a first network node determines that a terminal device needs handover. The handover is from a second network node to a third network node. The first network node sends a user equipment context setup request message to the third network node. The user equipment context setup request message is used to instruct the third network node to establish a radio link for the terminal device. The first network node sends a handover command to the terminal device. The handover command is used to instruct the terminal device to perform the handover.
US11265767B2
A method of handling multi-access (MA) Protocol data unit (PDU) session under inter-system change is proposed. An MA PDU session uses one 3GPP access network or one non-3GPP access network at a time, or simultaneously one 3GPP access network and one non-3GPP access network. The UE and network can support Access Traffic Steering Switching and Splitting (ATSSS) functionalities to distribute traffic over 3GPP access and non-3GPP access for the established MA PDU session. Upon intersystem change from 5GS to EPS over the 3GPP access, the 3GPP part of an MA PDU session is transferred to a PDN connection, and the non-3GPP part of the MA PDU session is released. The QoS flows of the MA PDU session over both 3GPP access type and non-3GPP access type are transferred to the EPS bearer contexts of the corresponding PDN connection.
US11265756B2
Various communication systems may benefit from differentiated quality of service management. For example, specific applications run on a user equipment in a 5G radio access network may benefit from the flexible differentiated quality of service management. A method includes determining a service flow setup, and mapping traffic through the service flow by a common convergence sublayer entity to at least one radio convergence sublayer entity. The method also includes controlling the traffic through the service flow.
US11265754B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A transmitting device may identify a first channel group comprising a first radio bearer and a second channel group comprising a set of second radio bearers. In some examples, the first channel group further comprising a one-to-one mapping between the first radio bearer and a first channel of a backhaul network and the second channel group comprising a many-to-one mapping between the set of second radio bearers and a second channel of the backhaul network. The transmitting device may transmit a first packet on the first channel of the first channel group of the backhaul network, the first packet comprising a mapping indicator set to a first value and a first identifier associated with the first channel of the first channel group.
US11265751B1
When a user equipment device (UE) has dual connectivity including a first air-interface connection extending from a first access node to the UE and a second air-interface connection extending from a second access node to the UE, and where an inter-access-node interface extends between the first access node and the second access node, a method includes (i) detecting that a flow of downlink data over the inter-access-node interface from the first access node to the second access node, for transmission of the downlink data over the second air-interface connection to the UE, is threshold high and (ii) based at least on the detecting, increasing downlink bandwidth of the second air-interface connection. Increasing the downlink bandwidth of the second air-interface connection could involve, for instance, replacing a carrier of the connection with another carrier that has a wider downlink frequency bandwidth, among other possibilities.
US11265749B2
A device, a method, and a computer readable storage medium in a wireless communication system are disclosed. The device comprises a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to: generate measurement and reporting configuration information on the basis of at least height information of a user equipment; and notify the user equipment of the measurement and reporting configuration information so that the user equipment performs measuring and reporting on the basis of the measurement and reporting configuration information. According to at least one aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, by means of configuring measurement and reporting configuration information specifically relating to an unmanned aerial vehicle, and particularly by means of reasonably configuring each parameter value therein on the basis of at least height information, the accuracy of a switching operation, for example, is improved.
US11265747B2
Method, performed by a second network node (112), for handling a second configuration for second measurements to be performed by a wireless device (130). The second network node (112) determines (503) whether to configure the wireless device (130) with the second configuration. The second configuration is to configure the wireless device (130) with second measurement gaps to perform second measurements on a first or a second carrier. The determining (503) is based on at least one of: i) a first status of the first carrier, and ii) whether or not the wireless device (130) is configured with a first configuration by a first network node (111). The first configuration is to configure the wireless device (130) with first measurement gaps to perform first measurements on the first carrier. The second network node (112) also initiates (504) providing a first indication based on a first result of the determination.
US11265744B2
Disclosed are techniques for determining a line-of-sight (LOS) path between a transmitter and a wireless device in a wireless communications network. In an aspect, a wireless device receives, from the transmitter, a first reference signal transmitted on a first antenna port and a second reference signal transmitted on a second antenna port, the first reference signal having a first polarization and the second reference signal having a second polarization with known difference (e.g., perpendicular) to the first polarization, compares multi-path channels estimated from reception of the first reference signal and the second reference signal to multi-path channels expected from the first reference signal and the second reference signal when transmitted along the LOS path between the transmitter and the wireless device, and determines which path (if any) of the multi-path channels corresponds to the LOS path between the transmitter and the wireless device.
US11265740B2
In a system formed of user devices, a home access point routing device connected to an Internet Service Provider, performance issues such as contention and interference on the home network can be determined. The home access point is arranged to monitor IP Flow information for data sessions between user devices and remote servers over a wireless or powerline Ethernet home network and performance issues are determined by the home access point or by a management server.
US11265737B2
There is provided mechanisms for shaping cells in a wireless communications network. A method is performed by a network node. The method comprises obtaining spatial channel characteristics of a set of currently and/or previously served terminal devices in the wireless communications network, wherein the spatial channel characteristics are indicative of a current collective first network performance metric value for the set of currently and/or previously served terminal devices. The method comprises identifying, using the spatial channel characteristics, those terminal devices of the set of currently and/or previously served terminal devices that have an individual second network performance metric value below a threshold value by comparing the individual second network performance metric value for each of the currently and/or previously served terminal devices to the threshold value. The method comprises determining beam forming parameters for shaping the cells based on the identified terminal devices, wherein the cells are shaped to increase an individual first network performance metric value for the identified terminal devices, wherein the beam forming parameters give rise to a modified set of terminal devices being served in wireless communications network, and wherein spatial channel characteristics of the modified set of terminal devices are indicative of a new collective first network performance metric value for the modified set of terminal devices. The method comprises providing a notification of the determined beam forming parameters to a radio access network node only when the new collective first network performance metric value is not worse than the current collective first network performance metric value.
US11265736B2
Provided are a method for configuring an ANR, a terminal device, a base station, and a core network device. The method includes: receiving measurement configuration information sent from a base station; measuring one or more attributes of a neighboring cell and a Cell Global Identifier (CGI) of the neighboring cell, according to the measurement configuration information; and sending a measurement report to the base station, wherein the measurement report is used for indicating the one or more attributes of the neighboring cell and the CGI.
US11265733B1
A central cloud server includes a primary storage that stores a connectivity enhanced database that specifies a plurality of time-of-day specific uplink and downlink beam alignment-wireless connectivity relationships for a surrounding area of each of a plurality of edge devices. The central cloud server obtains sensing information from the plurality of edge devices in real time or near real time. The central cloud server determines, based on position information of a first edge device of the plurality of edge devices, that a handover is required for the first edge device. Based on such determination, the central cloud server communicates wireless connectivity enhanced information including a specific initial access information from the connectivity enhanced database to the first edge device to bypass an initial access-search on the first edge device.
US11265720B2
A connection establishing system and method for a mesh network is provided, the mesh network includes a first transceiver and a second transceiver, the method includes performing a secure connection procedure including: transmitting, by the second transceiver, a secure connection request signal including a identifier to the first transceiver. The first transceiver encrypts the authentication message by using a public key corresponding to the identifier to generate a secure connection response signal and transmit the same to the second transceiver, the second transceiver decrypts the secure connection response signal by a private key to generate a decryption message and transmits an association request signal including the decryption message to the first transceiver. The first transceiver receives the association request signal, and determines whether the decryption message matches with the authentication message; if so, the first transceiver is allowed to establish a secure connection with the second transceiver.
US11265719B2
A method of detecting an unauthorised communication from a network node in a telecommunication network is disclosed, and a network node implementing the method. Network messages are received in the telecommunication network, and statistical patterns inherent to a sequence of received network messages are generated from a plurality of identifier values associated with a legitimate network node, wherein each identifier value has been encoded by the legitimate network node in a respective network message. An identifier value encoded in a subsequently-received network message of a signalling network node is then compared with one or more of the statistical patterns and one or more unsuccessful comparisons cause the signalling network node to be detected as an unauthorised network node.
US11265714B2
A system for provisioning a device is provided. The system includes a computer device. The computer device is programmed to receive, from a user equipment, a connection request via a layer two connection. The computer device is also programmed to accept the connection request. The computer device is further programmed to receive, from the user equipment, a certificate request via the layer two connection. Additionally, the computer device is programmed to determine a destination for the certificate request, and to route the certificate request to the destination.
US11265713B2
A system comprises a computer including a processor and a memory. The memory storing instructions executable by the processor to transmit an authentication request to a vehicle computer, receive, from the vehicle computer, a response including data proving that the vehicle computer includes confidential information, wherein the data does not convey the confidential information, determine whether the response is valid based on the authentication request, and transmit a warning to the vehicle computer when the response is not valid.
US11265710B2
This document discloses a solution for enabling biometric authentication of a station. According to an aspect, the solution comprises transmitting, from the station, a trigger to include biometric data of a user of the station in authentication; a logic at a network node to handle the trigger and cause execution of an authentication procedure that employs the biometric data when performing said authentication procedure in a wireless access network; and indicating a result of the authentication to the station.
US11265707B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that improve privacy in wireless communications, such as communications by a user equipment (UE), which may in some cases be a vehicle UE. For example, various vehicle-to-everything (V2X) transmissions may be unencrypted, and a vehicle may be expected to periodically change one or more identifiers it uses for various communication services. Privacy may be enhanced, for example, via encryption key roll-over, as well as roll-over of one or more other identifiers associated with a UE that may potentially be used by an observer to track the UE. The UE may transmit a message that includes an updated lower layer identifier (e.g., a layer-2 (L2) identifier) to another UE in a V2X unicast communications link, which may trigger a change in identifiers of a set of identifiers and an updated security context. All or a portion of the message may be encrypted.
US11265699B2
A network terminal, e.g., LTE or 5G, can connect to a home network via a serving network. The terminal can have a terminal identifier (TID), such as an IMEI or other PEI, and a network subscriber can have a subscriber identifier (SID), such as an IMSI or other SUPI. In some nonlimiting examples, a network node can determine that a SID and a TID are authorized for joint use and, in response, transmit authorization information. In some nonlimiting examples, a network node can receive an attach request having verification data and encrypted identification data. The network node can receive decrypted identity data and determine that the identity data corresponds with the verification data. In some nonlimiting examples, the terminal can send an attach request comprising encrypted SID and TID data, and a cryptographic hash, to a network node.
US11265698B2
A system and method may improve latency for user equipment (UE) registration in cellular networks. UE registration may retrieve the UE's configuration and subscription data locally rather than from a network or cloud-based unified data management (UDM) entity that manages a unified data repository (UDR). For example, the UE may send a unique identification (e.g., a UE ID) for the UE to a registering entity of a cellular network system. The UE ID may then be used to identify a UE Group Identification for the UE at the UDM. The UE Group Identification may be a pointer to the locally-stored configuration and subscription data for the UE. The entity requesting registration may then use the pointer to retrieve the configuration and subscription data locally rather than a remote entity such as the UDM.
US11265687B2
A system and method for displaying portions of a social network. The method can include: receiving, from a client device, a first transmission including a first selection of a first channel including at least a portion of a map, where the first transmission includes a first identification of a selecting user account of the social network, and where the first channel is configured to access a first layer, and where the first layer includes a first set of social media posts; receiving, from the client device, a second transmission including a second selection of a second channel including at least a portion of a map, where the second transmission includes a second identification of the selecting user account of the social network, and where the second channel is configured to access a second layer, and where the second layer includes a second set of social media posts; applying, by a computer processor, a linking operation to link the first channel and the second channel to generate an aggregated channel configured to access the first layer and the second layer; receiving, from the client device, a request for the aggregated channel; and providing, in response to the request, the aggregated channel for display by the client device.
US11265683B2
Described is a location interaction tracking system. The system includes a server storing user information including location information and a plurality of user computing devices coupled to the server. The server may be programmed to receive and store location information from a first user computing device of the plurality of user computing devices and aggregate and anonymize the location information as historical paths of travel, wherein the plurality of user computing devices is programmed to send location information at predetermined intervals. A user may use a user computing device to mark himself as a confirmed case for an infectious agent. The system may then label the aggregated, anonymized location information of the user computing device as confirmed and determine what other user computing devices have crossed within a predetermined distance of the confirmed user during a predetermined past time period and notify the users crossing paths with the confirmed user.
US11265675B2
A system, method and storage medium for providing an emergency vehicle (EV) alert includes a server receiving a first location of the EV, the server determining a first geofence based on the first location of the EV, the server transmitting the first geofence to a second device, the second device receiving the first geofence, the second device performing at least one alert action in response to determining that the another vehicle is located within the first geofence, the server receiving a second location of the EV at a second time, the server determining a geofence release zone based on the second location of the EV, the server transmitting the geofence release zone to the second device, the second device receiving the geofence release zone, and the second device stopping performing the at least one alert action in response to determining that the another vehicle is within the geofence release zone.
US11265656B2
A hearing assistance system and method are described herein. The system includes a first ear-worn device, a second ear-worn device, and a case. The system is configured to detect a vibration sequence at an IMU and decide whether to pair wireless communication devices of the first and second ear-worn devices based on the vibration sequence detected at the IMU.
US11265655B2
Disclosed is a display device that includes a display panel, sound generating actuators including a first sound generating actuator in a first area of the display panel and a second sound generating actuator in a second area of the display panel, the first and second sound generating actuators configured to vibrate the display panel to generate sound, and a partition between the first sound generating actuator and the second sound generating actuator.
US11265652B2
The present application discloses playback devices and networks, software for operating playback devices and playback device networks, and methods of operating playback devices and networks, where an individual network device is configured to switch between operating various operating modes comprising a non-paired mode and a paired mode, where the playback device is configured to output various channels of audio content within various audio frequency ranges while operating in the various operating modes.
US11265647B2
A sound processing device is provided with a correction unit that corrects a sound pickup signal. The sound pickup signal is obtained by picking up a sound with a microphone array. The correction unit corrects the sound pickup signal based on directional information that indicates a direction of the microphone array in spherical coordinates, during the picking up of the sound.
US11265644B2
A noise sensor is disposed adjacent a speaker within an ear cup of a hearing protection device. The speaker is disposed within a speaker housing and the noise sensor is disposed within a sensor housing, the sensor housing coupled to the speaker housing such that the noise sensor and speaker remain adjacent one another. The noise sensor includes at least a microphone operably coupled to a printed circuit board. The sensor housing defines an axial bore such that the noise sensor can receive acoustic signals via the axial bore. The sensor housing can be coupled to the speaker housing such that the noise sensor is sealed therebetween and receives acoustic signals via a distal end of the axial bore opposite the speaker. A calibration tool can be disposed to the axial bore via the distal end for airtight calibration of the noise sensor.
US11265637B2
A bone conduction microphone includes a housing having an opening, a microphone pad, an element support member, a piezoelectric element, and a drive plate. The microphone pad is formed in a bottomed tubular shape having a bottom portion disposed outward and a tubular portion with an outer circumference fixed to an inner circumference of the opening. The element support member has an outer circumference fixed to an inner circumference of the tubular portion, and a support portion projecting toward the bottom portion. The piezoelectric element is in a plate shape with a peripheral edge of one surface fixed to the support portion and picks up vibration. The drive plate has a diaphragm part fixed to an inward surface of the bottom portion, and the diaphragm part is provided at a center with a protrusion fixed to an element central portion on another surface of the piezoelectric element.
US11265635B2
Disclosed is a ring shaped wearable communication device (ring) for a user's finger. The ring includes: a sound sensor that detects ambient sound levels; a speaker that produces sound in human audible frequency range per at least one signal received, wherein intensity of the sound produced is based on the ambient sound level; an out port; and a hollow channel with an increasing cross-section that wraps around the finger, wherein: smaller cross-section end of the hollow channel is connected to the speaker and the other end of the hollow channel is connected to the out port to provide a horn-like structure; the out port and the hollow channel are configured to reduce the mismatch between the acoustic impedance of air immediately outside the out port and the acoustic impedance as seen by the speaker just outside the speaker; and the out port emits sound received from the speaker as directional sound in close vicinity of the user's hand.
US11265621B2
The present application discloses a video push method, comprising: obtaining keyword information, and filtrating electronic program information according to the keyword information to obtain a first push information; filtrating network video information according to the keyword information to obtain a second push Information; generating a push list according to the first push information and the second push information, and pushing videos according to the push list. The application also discloses a video push device and a computer-readable storage medium. The present application completes the effective filtration of video data from two different sources being of television and network, and further completes the intelligent push of the video data, and can provide users with rich and high quality video resources firstly according to the retrieved keyword information.
US11265617B2
Methods and systems to insert advertisements and/or other supplemental or replacement content into a stream of video content are described. In some example embodiments, the methods and systems receive a request to replace a portion of video content currently playing at a client device with supplemental video content, such as an advertisement. In response to the request, the methods and systems determine one or more fingerprints of the video content plating at the client device, identify one or more frames of the video content at which to insert the supplemental video content based on the one or more fingerprints, and insert the supplemental video content at the identified one or more frames of the video content.
US11265613B2
Improved technical functionality is provided to dynamically select and seamlessly play advertisements immediately before playing of a recorded program upon selection of the recorded program for playing, or upon other detected events and conditions associated with the set-top-box (STB) or user. In some embodiments, this is performed by using metadata which may be delivered to and stored on a digital video recorder (DVR) prior to recording the program, providing a technical solution to enable opportunities for additional advertisement impressions. Playing of the advertisement may also or instead occur upon the recorded program finishing playing. Thus, the technical solution provides the additional opportunity for the content creator and/or the satellite television or cable service provider to sell advertising spots in addition to those already sold for breaks within the recorded program.
US11265611B2
One embodiment herein includes a Content On Demand (COD) asset insertion system that is operable to process a plurality of asset campaigns from a plurality of asset managers, to process information from a remote COD content distributor about COD content selections by a plurality of Customer Premises Equipment (CPEs), to identify and qualify assets of the asset campaigns for insertion in the COD content selections, and to direct the remote COD content distributor to insert the qualified assets into the COD content selections. The embodiment also includes an analytics processor that is operable to collect information about the assets inserted in the COD content selections, to modify the asset campaigns based on the collected information, and to present the modified asset campaigns to the COD asset insertion decision system. The COD asset insertion decision system is further operable to re-qualify the assets based on the modified asset campaigns.
US11265602B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for evaluating promotional campaigns. The system estimates a target conversion rate for an advertising campaign for a media asset and determines an actual conversion rate for the advertising campaign. The system, in response to determining that the target conversion rate and the actual conversion rate are similar, determines a target demographic audience for the target conversion rate. The system determines a primary demographic audience for the actual conversion rate and compares a first characteristic of the target demographic audience and a second characteristic of the primary demographic audience. Responsive to the determination that the target demographic audience and the primary demographic audience are different, the system generates for display a notification indicating that the target demographic audience and the primary demographic audience are different.
US11265601B2
A video quality assessment method includes obtaining a video quality assessment parameter of a to-be-assessed video, where the video quality assessment parameter of the to-be-assessed video includes an average packet loss gap of the to-be-assessed video, determining packet loss dispersion of the to-be-assessed video based on the video quality assessment parameter of the to-be-assessed video, and determining quality of the to-be-assessed video based on a packet loss rate of the to-be-assessed video, an average consecutive packet loss length of the to-be-assessed video, the packet loss dispersion of the to-be-assessed video, and attribute information of the to-be-assessed video.
US11265600B2
There is provided a reception apparatus including receiver circuitry and processing circuitry. The receiver circuitry is configured to receive a first stream that includes a first broadcast service, time information, and channel information. The first broadcast service provides a first program that is a simulcast of a second program provided by a second broadcast service. Further, the second broadcast service is included in a second stream. The processing circuitry is configured to decode for display one of the first broadcast service provided by the first stream or a second broadcast service provided by the second stream according to a time indicated by the time information included in the first stream.
US11265596B2
Methods, systems, and computer readable media described herein can be operable to facilitate different reporting treatment for certain join requests received during a fast channel change. A gateway device may automatically detect the FCC (Fast Channel Change) via a configured interval. The gateway device may be configured such that if a subsequent IGMP (Internet group management protocol) join request was received within the configured interval since a previous join request, the previous join request may be ignored. According to the configuration of the gateway device, in a FCC, only the first channel and the last channel are reported, and the middle channel changes may be ignored.
US11265591B2
Systems, methods, and software described herein manage the storage of video data in multiple storage locations. In one example, a system obtains video data from a video source and stores the video data in a first format in a first storage location. Additionally, the system stores the video data in a second format in a second storage location, wherein the second format comprises one or more lesser video quality characteristics than the first format. The system further identifies metadata associated with the video data and stores the metadata in the second storage location.
US11265586B2
In a streaming media method, a set of one or more server devices can provide media playlists that skip media segments. For example, a client device can receive a full media playlist from a server device, and the full media playlist can indicate that the server device supports providing updated playlists that are condensed by skipping media segments. The client device can then request an updated playlist that skips media segments and use that updated playlist to request and receive steaming content.
US11265582B2
The disclosure relates to an in-loop filter apparatus for video coding, which is configured for processing a reconstructed frame corresponding to a current frame for generation of a filtered reconstructed frame, wherein the reconstructed frame comprises a plurality of pixels, each pixel being associated with a pixel value. The in-loop filter apparatus comprises a processing unit configured to: partition the reconstructed frame into a plurality of overlapping and/or non-overlapping 2D pixel blocks; generate for each 2D pixel block a 2D spectrum by applying a 2D transform to the 2D pixel block, wherein the 2D spectrum comprises a plurality of spectral components; generate for each 2D pixel block a filtered 2D spectrum by multiplying each spectral component with a respective gain coefficient, wherein the respective gain coefficient depends on the respective spectral component and/or one or more neighboring spectral components of the respective spectral component and one or more filtering parameters; generate for each 2D pixel block a filtered 2D pixel block by applying an inverse 2D transform to the filtered 2D spectrum; and generate the filtered reconstructed frame on the basis of the plurality of filtered 2D pixel blocks.
US11265575B2
The invention relates to an image processing apparatus for compressing or decompressing a segment of an image. The segment includes a plurality of pixels, each pixel includes a pixel value and a pixel position defined by a first coordinate system. The pixel values of the plurality of pixels form a pixel value vector. The apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to compress and/or decompress the segment. Compressing the segment includes computing a plurality of expansion coefficients by expanding the pixel value vector into a plurality of basis vectors that are discrete approximations of solutions of a boundary value problem of the Helmholtz equation on the segment of the image in a second coordinate system rotated relative to the first coordinate system. Decompressing the segment includes computing the pixel value vector by forming a linear combination of the basis vectors using the plurality of expansion coefficients.
US11265570B2
A method of video processing is provided to include: maintaining a set of tables, wherein each table includes motion candidates and each motion candidate is associated with corresponding motion information; updating a motion candidate list based on motion candidates in one or more tables using a pruning operation on the motion candidates; and performing a conversion between a first video block and a bitstream representation of a video including the first video block using the constructed motion candidate list.
US11265562B2
A transmitting method for transmitting encoded data obtained by hierarchically encoding a video image includes: generating an encoded stream that includes time information and the encoded data, the time information indicating a time at which decoding or displaying processing of the encoded data is performed, and transmitting the generated encoded stream, wherein the encoded data includes a plurality of sets each including a plurality of access units and the time information includes first time information which indicates a time at which the processing performed on a first access unit of the first set is performed and which is based on a reference clock, and second time information used to specify a time at which the processing performed on a second access unit of the second set is performed and which is based on the reference clock.
US11265560B2
The present invention discloses a video decoding method performed by a video decoding device. The video decoding method according to an embodiment may include the steps of: obtaining NAL unit type information indicating a type of a current network abstraction layer (NAL) unit from a bitstream; and decoding, when the NAL unit type information indicates that the NAL unit type of the current NAL unit is an encoded data for an slice, the slice based on whether a mixed NAL unit type is applied to a current picture.
US11265552B1
Block-based, low latency rate control for an encoding system in which a wavelet transform decomposes pixel blocks into subbands stored as subbands in wavelet blocks (WBs) for encoding. Quantization parameters (QPs) for the subbands in each WB are estimated using a method that minimizes wavelet-inverse distortion given a rate bound. For each subband, a rate curve is generated based on an unquantized DCT histogram and bit count statistics for the subband, and a distortion curve is generated based on the unquantized DCT histogram and a distortion estimate for the subband that is estimated using a masked estimator. Once the rate-distortion curves for the subbands are generated, a bisection search may be used to find a point on each curve where the slope is the same for all the curves. The QPs associated with those equally sloped points are the global minimizing QPs for the wavelet block.
US11265551B2
Improved systems and methods related to decoder-side motion vector derivation (DMVD), for example, in applying one or more constraints to motion information, such as a MV derived by DMVD, and/or a MV difference between an initial MV and an MV derived by DMVD. These techniques may be applied to any of the existing video codecs, such as HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding), and/or may be an efficient coding tool in any future video coding standards. In one example, the block size used for DMVD can be restricted. In another example, FRUC bilateral matching can be simplified by not searching outside reference blocks indicated by the original motion vector.
US11265544B2
An image-processing apparatus to compress digital image data, includes a memory that stores a digital image in a first storage space. The image-processing apparatus further includes one or more image-processing circuits that selects a block from a plurality of blocks of the digital image. A plurality of encoded blocks is generated by application of a plurality of sequential encoding schemes on the selected block. One encoded block is detected from the generated plurality of encoded blocks that has a maximum bit-coverage value. A sequential encoding scheme is selected from the plurality of sequential encoding schemes as an optimal sequential encoding scheme. The selected sequential encoding scheme is associated with the detected encoded block with the maximum bit-coverage value. The selected block of the digital image is converted to a compressed bit stream storable in a reduced second storage space in the memory, by use of the sequential encoding scheme.
US11265542B2
Method for decoding a picture, comprising: decoding information that the picture is partitioned into more than one segment based on one or more syntax elements in a bitstream; decoding information that the spatial segmentation is uniform based on the one or more syntax elements; determining a segment unit size based on the one or more syntax elements or based on a predefined segment unit size; decoding a first value indicating a segment width from one or more code words in the bitstream; decoding a second value indicating a segment height from the one or more code words; deriving segment column widths based on a picture width in number of segment units and the first value; deriving segment row heights based on a picture height in number of segment units and the second value; deriving a spatial location for a current block based on the derived segment column widths and the derived segment heights; and decoding the current block based on the derived spatial location.
US11265538B2
An apparatus and a method for filtering reconstructed images, in particular, video images, with adaptive multiplicative filters. The efficiency of the filtering operation is increased by restricting the allowable values of the filter coefficients to those that have only a limited number of “ones” in the binary representation.
US11265536B2
A method, computer program, and computer system is provided for video coding. Video data comprising a reference frame and residual blocks is received. Transform coefficients associated with the residual blocks are identified. The video data corresponding to the one or more residual blocks is encoded based on an extended dynamic range associated with the transform coefficients.
US11265532B2
A depth camera assembly (DCA) for depth sensing of a local area. The DCA includes a transmitter, a receiver, and a controller. The transmitter illuminates a local area with outgoing light in accordance with emission instructions. The transmitter includes a fine steering element and a coarse steering element. The fine steering element deflects one or more optical beams at a first deflection angle to generate one or more first order deflected scanning beams. The coarse steering element deflects the one or more first order deflected scanning beams at a second deflection angle to generate the outgoing light projected into the local area. The receiver captures one or more images of the local area including portions of the outgoing light reflected from the local area. The controller determines depth information for one or more objects in the local area based in part on the captured one or more images.
US11265531B2
Aspects are generally directed toward creating a three-dimensional virtual model by a user identifying a three-dimensional object. Next, the system captures a plurality of two-dimensional images of the object in succession, the plurality of images being captured from different orientations, and recording the plurality of images on a storage medium. Then the system determines the relative change in position of the plurality of images by comparing two subsequent images, wherein the relative change is determined by a difference in color intensity values between the pixels of one image and another image, generates a plurality of arrays from the difference determined and generates a computer image from the plurality of arrays, wherein the computer image represents the three-dimensional object.
US11265530B2
Stereoscopic cameras include two wide-angle lenses, such as panoramic lenses, stacked one above the other to create 3D images and maps with very wide fields of view of the environment. The cameras may include panoramic annual lenses (PALs) that take a 360 degree view of the environment. Image processing is used, on a frame-by-frame basis, to map the apparent distance to all features within the scene. The camera may be operated to produce a video or map output in which each pixel has not only red (R), green (G), and blue (B) values, but also has depth (D) value.
US11265527B2
Apparatus and methods for providing a frame packing arrangement for the encoding/decoding of, for example, panoramic content. In one embodiment, an encoder apparatus is disclosed. In a variant, the encoder apparatus is configured to encode Segmented Sphere Projections (SSP) imaging data and/or Rotated Sphere Projections (RSP) imaging data into an extant imaging format. In another variant, a decoder apparatus is disclosed. In one embodiment, the decoder apparatus is configured to decode SSP imaging data and/or RSP imaging data from an extant imaging format. Computing devices, computer-readable storage apparatus, integrated circuits and methods for using the aforementioned encoder and decoder are also disclosed.
US11265522B2
The autofocus control system of a projector includes a projector and an imaging unit. The projector includes a lens actuator that drives a projection lens, and a first controller that projects a first or a second pattern image selected, the second pattern image being mesh-shaped more coarsely than the first pattern image. The imaging unit includes an imaging part that images the first or second pattern image selected to generate imaged data, a user interface part that acquires a zoom magnification, and a second controller that transmits a focus control command to the first controller based on the imaged data. The second controller transmits to the first controller, an instruction signal for selectively projecting the first pattern image when the zoom magnification is smaller than a given magnification, and an instruction signal for selectively projecting the second pattern image when the zoom magnification is the given magnification or larger.
US11265513B2
An industrial visualization system generates and delivers virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) presentations of industrial facilities to wearable appliances to facilitate remote or enhanced interaction with automation systems within the facility. VR presentations can comprise three-dimensional (3D) holographic views of a plant facility or a location within a plant facility. The system can selectively render a scaled down view that renders the facility as a 3D scale model, or as a first-person view that renders the facility as a full-scale rendition that simulates the user's presence on the plant floor. Camera icons rendered in the VR presentation can be selected to switch to a live video stream generated by 360-degree cameras within the plant. The system can also render workflow presentations that guide users through the process of correcting detected maintenance issues.
US11265512B2
A method for teleconferencing between a monitoring device and a user device includes establishing an audio channel connection between the user device and the monitoring device of a remote user; displaying an entry code on a display of the monitoring device; obtaining from a user of the monitoring device a verbal confirmation of the entry code; and, in response to receiving the entry code from the remote user, enabling a camera of the monitoring device. In response to the verbal confirmation, the entry code is sent to the remote user. Enabling the camera of the monitoring device establishes an audio-visual connection between the user device and the monitoring device.
US11265506B1
An image sensor apparatus includes a pixel array having pixel units each including an image sensor cell and a processing circuit. The processing circuit includes a bias transistor, second floating diffusion node, first switch unit, signal transfer capacitor, reset transfer capacitor, second switch unit, and third switch unit. Bias transistor is coupled between first and second floating diffusion nodes and has control terminal coupled to bias voltage. First switch unit is coupled between first and second floating diffusion nodes. Second switch unit is coupled between second floating diffusion node and signal transfer capacitor. Third switch unit is coupled between second floating diffusion node and reset transfer capacitor. Signal transfer capacitor is selectively coupled to second floating diffusion node. Reset transfer capacitor is selectively coupled to second floating diffusion node.
US11265503B2
A differential amplifier circuit amplifies a difference between an input analog signal and a ramp signal which changes over time and outputs a difference signal. An amplifying element amplifies the difference signal and outputs the same as an amplified signal. A time measuring unit measures a length of a conversion period until a level of the analog signal substantially coincides with a level of the ramp signal on the basis of a level of the amplified signal and outputs the same as a digital signal obtained by converting the analog signal. One end of a capacitor is connected to one of an input terminal and a predetermined connection terminal of the amplifying element. A switch connects the other end of the capacitor to the other of the input terminal or the predetermined connection terminal in the conversion period, and disconnects the other end outside the conversion period.
US11265497B2
The present disclosure relates to a signal processing apparatus and method, an imaging element, and an electronic apparatus capable of suppressing deterioration of subjective image quality. Driving of a shift register controlling transfer of pixel data of digital data obtained by A/D conversion is stopped in a part or the entirety of a period in which the A/D conversion is performed on a pixel output of an analog signal. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a signal processing apparatus, an imaging element, an imaging device, an image processing apparatus, an electronic apparatus, a signal processing method, a program, or the like.
US11265490B2
Devices, methods, and non-transitory program storage devices for spatiotemporal image noise reduction are disclosed, comprising: maintaining an accumulated image in memory; and obtaining a first plurality of multispectral images (e.g., RGB-IR images). For each image in the first plurality of multispectral images, the method may: calculate a multispectral guide image for the current image; calculate blending weights for the current image; apply the calculated blending weights to each channel of the current image to generate a denoised current image; and update the accumulated image based on pixel differences between the denoised current image and the accumulated image. In some embodiments, additional images (e.g., the accumulated image and/or other images captured prior to or after a given current image) may also be included in the denoising operations for a given current image. Finally, the method may generate a denoised output image for each input image, based on the updated accumulated image.
US11265488B2
An image sensor includes an active pixel array, at least one dummy reset array, a dummy read array, and an image processor. The image processor sequentially resets respective rows of pixels included in the at least one dummy reset array in a period in which pixels of the active pixel array do not perform a reset operation, and sequentially reads respective rows of pixels included in the dummy read array in a period in which the pixels of the active pixel array do not perform a read operation.
US11265486B2
The present disclosure relates to a focus tracking system and method. The system comprises: a primary camera comprising a first focus adjustable lens and a first focus adjusting servo motor driving the first focus adjustable lens to perform focus adjusting; a secondary camera comprising a second focus adjustable lens and a second focus adjusting servo motor driving the second focus adjustable lens to perform focus adjusting, coded aperture is installed inside the second focus adjustable lens, the secondary and primary camera have equivalent optical parameters; a synchronization system performing frame level synchronization between images of the primary and secondary camera to obtain frame-level synchronized primary and secondary camera images; a focus control system calculating out-of-focus offset utilizing coded patterns of the coded aperture and out-of-focus images in the frame-level synchronized secondary camera images, sending focus adjusting signals to the first and second focus adjusting servo motor based on the out-of-focus offset.
US11265482B2
A position detecting device for detecting a position of a magnet configured to move over a first target point and a second target point in steps includes a first hall device configured to generate a first hall voltage, a second hall device configured to generate a second hall voltage, a subtractor configured to generate a subtraction voltage based on a difference between the first hall voltage and the second hall voltage, an adder configured to generate an addition voltage based on a combination of the first hall voltage and the second hall voltage, a divider configured to calculate a ratio of the subtraction voltage to the addition voltage, and a subtraction voltage changing unit configured to maintain the subtraction voltage at the first target point and the second target point and in a transition section between the first target point and the second target point to be constant.
US11265480B2
Systems and methods for processing one or more images include determining one or more current exposure settings for a current image of a current scene at a current time. One or more motion characteristics associated with an image sensor are determined. Based on the one or more motion characteristics, a location of a portion of the current image to use for determining one or more future exposure settings for the image sensor are determined, the one or more future exposure settings for capturing a future image of a future scene at a future time, the future time being subsequent to the current time. The one or more future exposure settings are determined based on the predicted portion of the current image.
US11265477B2
An image capturing apparatus including an image capturing unit capable of moving its imaging direction and a sound input unit including a plurality of microphones, a sound source direction detecting unit which detects a sound source direction based on sound data from the sound input unit, a control unit which performs processing related to image capturing, and, a vibration detecting unit which detects a vibration due to a contact on a housing of the image capturing apparatus, wherein, in a case where a vibration due to a contact is detected, the sound source direction detecting unit detects a direction of sound due to the contact, the control unit estimates a position of the contact on the housing, and the control unit sets the imaging direction of the image capturing unit to a direction based on the estimated position.
US11265476B2
Preferable optical performance is ensured to improve image quality. The present technology includes: a housing having a mount part to which at least a first accessory and a second accessory are selectively attached; and an imaging element that photoelectrically converts captured light into an electrical signal, in which the mount part is formed with a first mount surface to which the first accessory is attached, and a second mount surface to which the second accessory is attached, and the first mount surface and the second mount surface are located on the same plane. Therefore, since the first accessory and the second accessory are selectively attached to the first mount surface and the second mount surface, which are located on the same plane, it is possible to ensure preferable optical performance and improve image quality.
US11265475B2
An image capturing apparatus comprising an image capturing unit, a communication unit and a control unit that controls communication by the communication unit, wherein the control unit determines whether a predetermined setting has been made on the image capturing apparatus, upon receiving, from the client apparatus via the local network, a connection request for connecting the image capturing apparatus and the cloud server via an Internet, wherein the predetermined setting includes at least one of: a setting of a mask function for masking at least a part of an image captured by the image capturing unit; and a setting of a limiting function for limiting a driving range of a driving unit that can drive the image capturing unit in a pan direction or a tilt direction.
US11265460B2
The present invention, in an aspect thereof, enables a human imaging subject to simultaneously and easily recognize his/her face and a line-of-sight guidance image on a display device. In an electronic device, an image capturing device is disposed in a peripheral region of a display screen of a display device. A control device performs a display process of displaying a line-of-sight guidance image on the display screen around an arrangement position of the image capturing device.
US11265455B1
A method and apparatus for differentiating focus drift of an imaging system from position changes of an object of interest. The method includes obtaining an image of an object of interest and identifying a region of interest in the image, wherein the region of interest contains an indicia indicative of the object of interest. The processor determines an image quality of the image and analyzes the indicia and determines a pixel measurement of the indicia. The processor then compares the pixel measurement of the indicia to a reference pixel measurement. Based on the comparison, the processor determines that the image quality of the image results either from a difference in a distance of the object from the imaging system or from focusing drift of the imaging system.
US11265448B2
Provided are a camera system, a camera, a lens, an accessory, and an accessory detection method of a camera system capable of simply and quickly detect presence or absence of an attachment of the accessory and a type of the accessory. Data for accessory detection is transmitted from the lens to the camera. In a case where the accessory is attached between the lens and the camera, the accessory relays the data for accessory detection. At the time of relaying the data for accessory detection, the accessory adds own accessory information to update the data for accessory detection. The camera detects the presence or absence of the attachment of the accessory and the number of attachments of the accessory based on the received data for accessory detection. Further, in a case where the attachment is detected, the camera acquires information on the attached accessory.
US11265447B2
An image forming apparatus outputs a tone chart for calibration by a printer, reads the output tone chart by a scanner, determines whether data on a sheet is affected by a surface shape of the sheet based on the read tone chart, corrects data on a white area of the read chart based on a result of the determination, and executes calibration using the corrected data.
US11265445B1
Color conversion attempt to reproduce an input CMYK combination on a print media using an output CMYK combination. In a 2-step process, ICC profiles are used for the color conversion. In some instances, a 1-step process may be used that avoids the use of the ICC profiles and provides a faster processing time. A color progression checker determines whether the 1-step process may be used for color conversions based on standard deviations of the colorants along paths within a three-dimensional look-up table for a destination ICC profile. If a certain number of standard deviations exceed 20%, then the 1-step process for color conversion may not be effective.
US11265443B2
An image is rendered on a display having a limited number of primary colors by (104) combining input data representing the color of a pixel to be rendered with error data to form modified input data, determining in a color space the simplex (208—typically a tetrahedron) enclosing the modified input data and the primary colors associated with the simplex, converting (210) the modified image data to barycentric coordinates based upon the primary colors associated with the simplex and (212) setting output data to the primary having the largest barycentric coordinate. calculating (214) the difference between the modified input data and the output data for the pixel, thus generating error data, applying (106) this error data to at least one later-rendered pixel, and applying the output data to the display and thus rendering the image on the display. Apparatus and computer-storage media for carrying out this process are also provided.
US11265440B2
Even from a plurality of small documents, their front-side and back-side images to be formed on a recording paper sheet, with alignment and coincidence of the front-side and back-side images of each document between the front and back sides of the recording paper sheet. In an image forming apparatus, an image processing section detects a front-side image of an original document from a scan area read in a first scan by an image reading section, detects a back-side image of the original document from a scan area read in a second scan, and moves or rotates the front-side image and the back-side image of the original document in terms of a whole image of the scan area so that the front-side image and the back-side image of the original document are brought into alignment and coincidence between a front side and a back side of a recording paper sheet.
US11265439B2
An image forming apparatus is used in a post-payment system based on a customer's electronic money, and includes an image forming section, a communication section, and a controller. The image forming section performs a printing operation of forming an image on a sheet. The communication section performs communication so as to acquire settlement information including information that identifies the customer. The controller controls the image forming section and the communication section. As to the printing operation performed after acquisition of the settlement information, the controller settles a printing fee with a discount in a unit price per sheet in a situation where a printed sheet count is a predetermined number or more.
US11265437B2
A lens array unit includes a lens array including a plurality of lenses, a first side plate, and a second side plate, the first side plate and the second side plate being configured to hold the plurality of lenses therebetween, and a frame made of resin and including a first supporting portion and a second supporting portion, the first supporting portion being in contact with an outside surface of the first side plate, the second supporting portion being in contact with an outside surface of the second side plate, the first supporting portion and the second supporting portion being configured to hold the lens array therebetween and support the lens array. The outside surface of the first side plate includes a plurality of first concave portions spaced from each other in an array direction of the lenses and configured to fit with the first supporting portion.
US11265435B2
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to acquire, from a read image, a predetermined item, and a value corresponding to the item, the read image being obtained by reading a document and being subjected, prior to acquisition of the item and the value, to preprocessing and character recognition. Further, the processor is configured to, in response to not successfully acquiring at least one of the item and the value, change a setting on the preprocessing or a setting on the character recognition in accordance with the acquisition or non-acquisition state of the item and the value, and then perform the preprocessing or the character recognition.
US11265430B2
An information processing apparatus includes an acceptance unit that accepts an input of setting change information of the information processing apparatus, a setting change unit that changes a setting of the information processing apparatus by using the setting change information accepted by the acceptance unit, and a transmission unit that transmits the setting change information accepted by the acceptance unit to other apparatuses through BLE communication which is a communication method in which it is not necessary to specify a communication partner in advance.
US11265414B2
The present disclosure provides a method and device for waking up a voice recognition function in a mobile terminal. The method includes: receiving a trigger instruction of an input interface, and activating the input interface; acquiring a rotation angle of the mobile terminal in a first rotation direction with an x-axis as a rotation axis, in which the x-axis is a widthwise direction of a screen of the mobile terminal; and activating the voice recognition function when the rotation angle of the mobile terminal in the first rotation direction with the x-axis as the rotation axis is greater than or equal to a first trigger threshold.
US11265411B1
A protective cover (1) having a flexible body (3) wherein the body is constructed from a clear material capable of adhering to a surface of an electronic touchscreen device (2), such as a smart phone or tablet, to prevent the spread of germs and viruses while not interfering with functionality of the electronic touchscreen device.
US11265401B2
A system for handling 3 dimensional spatial information, the system including: a specialised application layer for the production of visual interactive applications associated with the 3 dimensional spatial information; a generic foundation client layer providing 3 dimensional spatial information interrogation routines, including a message passing interface; and a voxel server for interconnected to said generic foundation client via said message passing interface for the storage of 3 dimensional spatial information as a voxel data base.
US11265400B2
This invention discloses a multimode interconnection interface controller for a converged network, which comprises a SERDES element responsible for serial/parallel conversion, a LANE_TXCLK element responsible for generating a transmit clock, a SERDES initialization element responsible for link training and rate negotiation, and a PCS_EB coding element and an PCS_AF coding element responsible for physical layer coding of messages. The link training and rate negotiation are completed automatically via the shared SERDES initialization element. More universality and flexibility are provided for interconnection chip design by the PCS_EB coding element. The PCS_AF coding element is provided to reduce message penetration delay. The multimode interconnection interface controller is integrated in a single chip. Through flexible configuration, the single chip can meet transmission requirements of dedicated high speed networks and Ethernet networks. The multimode interconnection interface controller also supports interconnection of data center Ethernet and high performance computing high speed network.
US11265398B2
The present disclosure relates to techniques for managing client computing systems, such as a client distributed-computing system. In one embodiment, a desired state of the client distributed-computing system and a current state of the client distributed-computing system are received. Measurement data generated by a plurality of components of the client distributed-computing system is received. The measurement data is processed using one or more analytical or statistical techniques to generate distilled data. Based on one or more policies and the desired state, the distilled data and the current state are analyzed to determine one or more actions predicted to converge the current state of the client distributed-computing system towards the desired state. One or more control commands corresponding to the one or more actions are provided to the client distributed-computing system. The one or more control commands cause the client distributed-computing system to perform the one or more actions.
US11265395B2
Systems, methods, and software for operating a content delivery system to purge cached content are provided herein. In one example, purge messages are transferred for delivery to content delivery nodes (CDNs) in the content delivery system. The CDNs receive the messages, purge content associated with the messages, and compile purge summaries based on the messages. The CDNs further periodically transfer the purge summaries to one another to compare the messages received, and gather purge information for purge messages that may have been inadvertently missed by the CDNs.
US11265390B2
The present disclosure relates to methods, systems, and storage media for detecting events based on updates to node profiles from electronic activities. Exemplary implementations may access an electronic activity transmitted or received via an electronic account associated with a data source provider; generate a plurality of activity field-value pairs; maintain a plurality of node profiles; identify a first state of a first node profile of the plurality of node profiles; update the first node profile using the electronic activity; identify a second state of the first node profile subsequent to updating the first node profile using the electronic activity; detect a state change of the first node profile based on the first state and the second state; determine that the state change satisfies an event condition; and store an association between the first node profile and an event type corresponding to the event condition.
US11265380B1
A system of a machine includes a network of a plurality of nodes distributed throughout the machine, a controller, and a plurality of waveguides. Each of the nodes is operable to communicate through one or more radio frequencies, where the machine includes a cooler portion and a hotter portion. The controller is operable to communicate with the network of nodes using a higher frequency to communicate with one or more of the nodes in the cooler portion of the machine and a lower frequency to communicate with one or more of the nodes in the hotter portion of the machine. The waveguides are configured to guide transmission of the one or more radio frequencies between the controller and one or more of the nodes.
US11265375B2
A method of transmitting distributed data over a channel includes distributing data from a data source to N number of collaborating transmitter devices operable to synchronously transmit N number of contributing data signals based on the data to a receiver over a channel. Channel state information of the channel between each transmitter device and the receiver is obtained. A spatial spectral weight (SSW) filter for each transmitter device based on the obtained channel state information is determined. The SSW filter associated with each transmitter device is applied to each contributing data signal transmitted from the associated transmitter device. The N number of contributing data signals filtered by the SSW filters are transmitted through the channel to the receiver, such that the contributing data signals are received at the receiver synchronously and in substantial phase alignment such that the contributing data signals coherently combine to form a coherently combined data signal.
US11265373B2
An electronic device of a first user is configured to: connect with a second electronic device of a second user of the plurality of electronic devices over a first peer-to-peer wireless network link when the second electronic device is within a communicable range of the first electronic device; receive from the second electronic device, a second unique code generated by the second electronic device, the second unique code including a second unique identifier of the second electronic device; store on the first electronic device: the second unique identifier; information associated with the proximity of the second electronic device; and information associated with the time when the second electronic device is within the communicable range of the first electronic device; and display a notification on the first electronic device when the second unique identifier is downloaded from a web server to the first electronic device.
US11265370B1
A system includes a first data server storing a first data file for a user and a second data server storing a second data file for the user, wherein a pre-authorized secure connection can be established between the first data server and the second data server. The second data file receives a request for a first amount of data from the second data file and detects that the first amount of data is larger than a second amount of data in the second data file. The second user determines that the first data file at the first data server includes a third amount of data that equals or exceeds a difference between the first amount and the second amount, and receives a fourth amount of data that equals the difference from the first data server over the pre-authorized connection. In response, the second data server processes the request.
US11265369B2
An exemplary edge compute orchestration system that is communicatively coupled with a set of edge compute nodes in a communication network receives a task assignment request generated by a user equipment (“UE”) device coupled to the network. The request is associated with an edge compute task that is to be performed in furtherance of an application executing on the UE device. The system also accesses node characterization data for the set of nodes and manages a node selection policy configured to facilitate a balancing of node performance and node efficiency when assigning edge computing tasks to different nodes in the set. The system selects a node for performance of the edge compute task from the set of nodes in response to the request, based on the node characterization data, and in accordance with the selection policy. The system assigns the edge compute task to be performed by the selected node.
US11265367B2
An application platform system and method. A data synchronization instance manages a reference state object for a data synchronization system (DSS) account. A first local state object is stored at a first application system. The first application system receives update notifications provided by the DSS. A second local state object is stored at a second application system. The second application system receives update notifications provided by the DSS. An application instruction of the first application system is transformed into a state update, and the first local state object is modified to include the state update. The state update is provided to the DSS via a local update notification. The reference state object is modified to include the state update. The state update is provided to the second application system via a reference update notification. The second local state object is modified to include the state update.
US11265361B2
An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention comprises a communication circuit, at least one memory, and at least one processor, which is electrically connected to the communication circuit and the at least one memory, wherein the at least one memory, when executed, can store instructions allowing the at least one processor to: connect to a first external electronic device through the communication circuit; include a header based on a second protocol in first data generated in order to be transmitted to a second external electronic device by a first application using a first protocol; generate second data in which at least a part of the header based on the second protocol is changed; and transmit the second data to the first external device. Additional various embodiments are possible.
US11265359B2
A system and method are provided for managing a concurrent streaming of a first media stream (031) and a second media stream (032). The media streams (031, 032) represent different recordings of an event. The concurrent streaming of the media streams (031, 032) is enabled by a resource having a resource limitation (080). To address this resource limitation, when it is determined that the resource limitation is exceeded by the concurrent streaming of the first media stream (031) streaming to a first streaming client (041) and the second media stream (032) streaming to a second streaming client (042), the first media stream (031) is selected for substituting the second media stream (032) in the streaming to the second streaming client (042). As a result of the substitution, the first and the second streaming client (041, 042) stream the same media stream rather than different media streams. This may have as advantage that the allocation of the resource is reduced, since the streaming of a same media stream to different streaming clients (041, 042) typically represents a lower resource allocation than the streaming of different media streams to different streaming clients.
US11265343B2
A system and method for facilitating various forms of cyber training. In some embodiments, the system and method enable the creation and deployment of cyber ranges. Such a cyber range can simulate one or more network environment(s) of one or more real or hypothetical organizations for various network, software, and system/hardware components, as well as simulations of various network traffic.
US11265335B2
A method comprising: monitoring events collected from a plurality of network nodes; detecting a first suspicious event among the monitored events by a detection mechanism; monitoring the behaviour of the first suspicious event and any related events; in case the monitored first suspicious event and/or a related event is detected to perform an activity triggering an IOC (indicator of compromise, generating a new IOC; monitoring new events when the activity ends; comparing the behaviour of the new events with the behaviour of the generated IOC; in case a matching behaviour is found, merging the new event with the first suspicious event and/or related events related to the generated IOC; and generating a security related decision on the basis of the IOC.
US11265334B1
An Active Intelligence method and system are provided for detecting malicious servers using an automated machine-learning active intelligence manager. The Active Intelligence method and system automatically and covertly extract forensic data and intelligence related to a selected server in real time to determine whether the server is part of a cybercrime infrastructure. An automated machine-learning active intelligence manager is provided that collects or gathers one or more types of forensic intelligence related to the operation of the server under investigation. The active intelligence manager combines the collected one or more types of forensic intelligence, extracts features from the combined forensic intelligence, and classifies the server as malicious or benign based on the extracted features.
US11265331B2
A multifunction printer connects to a controlled device via a proximity network link. The multifunction printer is connected as a master of the controlled device. The multifunction printer connects with a mobile device via a Bluetooth link, such that the mobile device is connected as a master of the multifunction printer. The mobile device is authenticated to determine credentials and access permissions relative to the controlled device. The mobile device's access to the controlled device is controlled from the multifunction printer via the Bluetooth link based on the credentials and access permissions.
US11265326B2
Methods and systems for using block chain technology to verify transaction data are described herein. A computing platform may receive data about events related to transactions, personal or corporate information, supply chains, and other relevant information about a person or corporate entity. The event information may be received, aggregated, and processed to determine metadata about the person or corporate entity. The metadata may indicate, for example, a trustworthiness of the person or corporate entity for various purposes. Such event information and/or metadata may be stored as transactions in a block chain that may be accessible by counterparties to a potential transaction involving the person or corporate entity. The automated event processing computing platform may further use automated techniques to implement smart transactions between the person/entity and counterparty based on the trust metadata.
US11265315B2
An information processing terminal, including a speaker unit, for receiving and processing an input of voice information, performs control, in a case where it is determined that authentication is needed for execution of a service corresponding to an input of voice information, to perform biometric authentication using information extracted as biological information of a user corresponding to the input voice information, and notifies, in a case where the biometric authentication is successful, the user via the speaker unit of a message regarding the execution of the service as a response to the input of the voice information.
US11265311B1
A method of authenticating a user of a multifunction device to a server, the method comprising associating a user-supplied image with user login credentials, using a server; receiving, at the server, an image uploaded from the multifunction device; and comparing the uploaded image to the user-supplied image, using the server, and, only if the uploaded image is identical to the user-supplied image, allowing the user of the multifunction device to authenticate to the server by providing additional login credentials to the server using the multifunction device.
US11265304B2
Various embodiments concern mechanisms for facilitating communication between network-accessible platforms for developing, hosting, or running hybrid applications that utilize resources hosted across multiple platforms. Hybrid applications cause messages or “calls” to be passed between the platforms that must be authenticated. For example, when a call is placed by a Heroku platform to a Force.com platform, the call must be authenticated for security purposes. If Heroku has not already been authenticated when the call is submitted, an authentication process is invoked. An event listener can be used to register details regarding the initial callout task, and then register or “fire” an event when the authentication process is successfully completed. Registration of the initial callout task completely separates the authentication process from the resource being invoked. Requests can be completed without requiring further user input using at least some of the details registered by the event listener.
US11265302B2
A trusted server receives a request for an activation code, which includes an identifier associated with the trusted server and a one-time password, for a client device. The trusted server obtains the identifier from a public server, generates the one-time password, and combines the one-time password with the identifier to create the activation code. The trusted server provides the activation code to a provisioning client, which presents the activation code to the client device. The trusted server and client device secure a communication session using the one-time password as a shared secret. The trusted server downloads trusted cryptographic information to the client device over the secure communication session.
US11265300B1
Exemplary embodiments relate to techniques for anonymizing information in an end-to-end (E2E) encrypted environment; the information may include, for example, statistical data about unique page/message views, view counts, view time, what users selected on the message or page, etc. Exemplary embodiments may prevent an E2E system server from being able to identify which user is associated with which record. Various examples are described, including an embodiment in which an originating client generates the data, encrypts it, and sends it to a random contact. The contact decrypts the data, re-encyrpts it, and sends it to another random contact. The procedure continues for a set amount of time or for a set number of hops. Other embodiments relate to wrapping the data in various layers of encryption and sending the data to clients in a chain. The encrypted layers prevent clients along the chain from being able to view the anonymized data.
US11265296B1
A system and method are disclosed for making Virtual Private Network (VPN) connections in networks, which currently cannot have VPNs due to technical limitations and some practices by network operators. The system and method are a solution that may be independent of VPN protocols used for making secure connections. The system and method can be used in a public cloud on the internet or a in a private network. The system and method are capable of providing VPN connections “everywhere” and in all connection scenarios.
US11265295B2
A modified accessor function call is provided to the client device by a clientless VPN in conjunction with a browsing session performed by the client device via the clientless VPN. A native accessor function call is received at a client device. The modified accessor function call is executed at the client device, including by using the native accessor function call.
US11265293B2
An apparatus and method is disclosed for the secure access to field instruments. An interface device that includes a built-in firewall, is communicatively coupled between the device manager of an industrial automation process control system and a network of field instruments. The interface device includes at least one processor configured to execute instructions that provides a firewall for the one or more field instruments by blocking one or more user selected commands from being sent to the field instruments from the device manager.
US11265291B2
A method includes accessing, by a hypervisor executing by a processing device, a filtering queue that stores at least one packet determined to be malicious by a virtual machine, generating, by the hypervisor, a filtering rule in view of characteristics of the at least one packet determined to be malicious, and storing the filtering rule in a data store to apply to subsequent packets addressed to the virtual machine to determine whether any of the subsequent packets have similar characteristics with the at least one packet determined to be malicious.
US11265290B2
Techniques for transport layer signaling security with next generation firewall are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system/process/computer program product for transport layer signaling with next generation firewall includes monitoring transport layer signaling traffic on a service provider network at a security platform; and filtering the transport layer signaling traffic at the security platform based on a security policy.
US11265288B2
Various embodiments manage the migration of servers. In one embodiment, a set of server-level dependency information is obtained for servers to be migrated from a source computing environment to a target computing environment. A set of network configuration data is obtained for a plurality of network devices associated with the servers. The set of server-level dependency information is updated to include one or more additional dependencies of at least one of the servers based on the set of network configuration data. Updating the set of server-level dependency information generates an updated set of dependency information. The servers are assigned to multiple migration groups based on the updated set of dependency information. The migration groups optimize cross-group dependencies among the migration groups.
US11265268B1
The technology described in this document can be embodied in an integrated circuit device comprises a first data processing unit comprising one or more input ports for receiving incoming data, one or more inter-unit data links that couple the first data processing unit to one or more other data processing units, a first ingress management module connected to the one or more inter-unit data links, the first ingress management module configured to store the incoming data, and forward the stored data to the one or more inter-unit data links as multiple data packets, and a first ingress processing module. The integrated circuit device also comprises a second data processing unit comprising one or more output ports for transmitting outgoing data, and a second ingress management module connected to the one or more inter-unit data links.
US11265266B2
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium is provided in which a port switching program for causing a computer to execute a process including: transmitting, in response to a mirror switching instruction that specifies a migration source port and a migration destination port, a first mirror switching notification to a virtual switch that has the migration destination port to request a change of mirror setting in the migration destination port; canceling mirror setting for a transmission packet to the migration destination port in the migration source port; and canceling mirror setting for a received packet from the migration destination port in the migration source port in response to a second mirror switching notification from the virtual switch, the second mirror switching notification indicating the change of the mirror setting in the migration destination port is stored.
US11265262B1
An information processing system capable of controlling bursting more appropriately is provided. The information processing system includes: a credit management unit that manages a credit amount for controlling allocation of a resource amount of resources via the bursting with respect to each of a plurality of operation targets; and a bursting management unit that calculates the resource amount to be added via the bursting with respect to each of the plurality of operation targets according to the credit amount managed by the credit management unit and issues an instruction to a storage apparatus to allocate each calculated resource amount to each of the plurality of operation targets.
US11265258B2
This application describes a network device, a controller, a queue management method, and a traffic management chip. The method may be applied to a traffic management chip that uses an HQoS technology, and can include receiving a queue management instruction sent by a controller, where the queue management instruction includes an identifier of a first scheduler and an identifier of a first queue, and the first scheduler is one of multiple first-level schedulers. The method may also include controlling, according to the queue management instruction, scheduling of the first queue by the first scheduler, where a queue scheduled by the first scheduler belongs to a queue resource pool of the TM chip, and the queue resource pool includes at least one to-be-allocated queue. In this application, decoupling between queue allocation and the first-level schedulers is implemented, flexibility of queue allocation is improved, and utilization of queue resources is improved.
US11265256B2
The described technology is generally directed towards selecting, by user equipment, a selected maximum transmission unit (MTU) packet size for wireless data transfer based on radio signal conditions. In one aspect, reference signal received power (RSRP) and reference signal received quality (RSRQ) are used to select the MTU packet size, e.g., by using RSRP and RSRQ as indices to a lookup table of predetermined MTU packet sizes, such as previously determined by field testing. In general, smaller MTU packet sizes are used with poorer quality radio signal conditions. The selected MTU packet size may be increased or decreased based on actual performance data and/or based on changed radio signal conditions, such as for a subsequent data transfer session. The user equipment may comprise a Cat-M device that transfers data related to Machine-Type Communications (MTC)/Machine to Machine (M2M) communications.
US11265253B2
Disclosed are various examples for network management in hyper-converged infrastructures. In one example, tagged data is received by a switch. The tagged data includes a header that identifies that the tagged data is for replication. The switch generates replicated versions of the tagged data. The replicated versions of the tagged data can include modified header data. The replicated versions of the tagged data are transmitted to a plurality of hosts within the hyper-converged infrastructure.
US11265250B2
This disclosure involves applying rate limits to violating tenant computing devices causing resource consumption violations at system components identified via violation evaluation processes. A system identifies a resource consumption violation with respect to a computing system hosting an online service. The system retrieves log data identifying tenant systems that accessed the memory resource during a particular time period in which the resource consumption violation impacted performance of the online service. The system determines, from the log data, that a violator tenant system accessing the online service caused the resource consumption violation. The system enforces a rate limit against the violator tenant system rather than other tenant systems identified in the log data.
US11265246B2
In some embodiments, a method inserts, by a first computing device, a first value for a capability in a first message that is used in a process to automatically exchange capability values with a second computing device. The first value for the capability indicates the first computing device requires a default route to reach the second computing device as a next hop for sending a packet to a destination. The first computing device sends the first message to the second computing device; and receives a second value for the capability in a second message from the second computing device. The second value indicating the second computing device will send the default route to reach the second computing device. When the default route is received from the second computing device, the first computing device stores the default route from the second computing device in a route table.
US11265245B2
A label switching router for a switching network configured for source routing can be configured to modify one or more reported properties of a link associated with that router based on one or more link quality metrics. For example, a router can include a link with available bandwidth of 10 Gbps, a value that can be used by a headend when evaluating nodes of the network against a set of constraints required by a particular requested connection or tunnel. A link of that router may exhibit an increased bit error rate which can be used by the label switching router to artificially deflate available bandwidth, thereby reducing the number of label switching paths including the router are selected by the headend.
US11265243B2
Processes for managing computing processes within a plurality of data centers configured to provide a cloud computing environment are described. An exemplary process includes executing a process on a first host of a plurality of hosts. When the process is executing on the first host, a first network identifier associated with the plurality of hosts is not a network identifier of a pool of network identifiers associated with the cloud computing environment and first and second route tables respectively corresponding to first and second data centers of the plurality of data centers associate the first network identifier with the first host. The exemplary process further includes detecting an event associated with the process. In response to detecting the event associated with the process, the first and second route tables are respectively updated to associate the first network identifier with a second host of the plurality of hosts.
US11265238B2
Methods, systems and computer program products for load balancing using Mobile Internet Protocol (IP) Version 6 are provided. A request for a connection is received from a client at a routing stack. A Mobile IP Version 6 Binding Update message is transmitted from the routing stack to the client responsive to the received request. The Binding Update message identifies a selected target stack so as to allow the client to communicate directly with the target stack bypassing the routing stack.
US11265237B2
A method includes receiving summary messages summarizing respective aggregated traffic metadata packets output from the at least one traffic management device and an engine. Each summary message identifies an origination pair having a traffic management device and an aggregation engine and a sequence number. The method further includes tracking per subinterval of a series of sub-intervals, highest and lowest sequence numbers and a count of summary messages received for each unique origination pair from the beginning of the subinterval. The method further includes accumulating, per interval, accumulated highest and lowest sequence numbers and an accumulated count of summary messages for each unique origination pair from the beginning of the interval and for all previous subintervals for tracking dropped aggregated traffic metadata packets for the interval. The method further includes estimating a number of dropped aggregated traffic metadata packets for the interval based on the accumulated highest and lowest sequence numbers and the count of summary messages.
US11265209B2
A device management system that receives a first service request message for a remote device node, the request including an address identifier and a connection profile identifier. The system retrieves from a database protocol configuration information associated with the service request. The system connects to the remote device using the protocol configuration information and iterates through device packs and identifies a device type and support for in-band and out-of band application protocols for the remote device. The system retrieves and stores the retrieved device type and in-band and out-of band application protocols. The system further receives a second service request message that includes a device identifier of the remote device and iteratively connect to the remote device associated with the device identifier using each of the in-band and out-of band application protocols and retrieves an inventory of management operations associated with each application protocol.
US11265202B2
The current document is directed to an integrated cloud-management facility, or subsystem, that incorporates an automated-application-deployment-facility integrator that incorporates one or more automated-application-deployment facilities into the cloud-management facility. The automated-application-deployment-facility integrator allows users of the cloud-management facility to access one or more automated-application-deployment facilities within the context of the cloud-management facility. The automated-application-deployment-facility integrator provides to system managers and administrators, through the cloud-management facility, a wider range of functionalities and capabilities than is provided by a cloud-management facility that includes only a single automated-application-deployment facility, or subsystem.
US11265201B2
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for selectively compensating for a specific Intermodulation Distortion (IMO) product(s) of an arbitrary order in a transmitter system. In some embodiments, a method of compensating for one or more specific IMO products in a concurrent multi-band transmitter system comprises generating an IMO correction signal for a specific IMO product as a function of two or more frequency band input signals for two or more frequency bands of a concurrent multi-band signal, the IMO product being an arbitrary order IMD product. The method further comprises frequency translating the IMD correction signal to a desired frequency that corresponds to a Radio Frequency (RF) location of the specific IMO product and, after frequency translating the IMO correction signal to the desired frequency, utilizing the IMO correction signal to compensate for the specific IMO product.
US11265197B2
Methods, systems, and devices for synchronization signal block (SSB) design are described to enable a base station to configure and transmit an SSB with a peak to average power ratio (PAPR) below a threshold. A low-PAPR SSB configuration may include a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a physical broadcast channel (PBCH), and a secondary synchronization signal (SSS). A user equipment (UE) may use the low-PAPR SSB configuration to monitor for and decode the SSB and begin communications with the base station. A low-PAPR SSB configuration may indicate available PSS sequences and lengths. A low-PAPR SSB configuration may also indicate multiplexing and symbol arrangements for a PBCH, DMRS, and SSS, and low-PAPR communications methods. A configuration may further indicate reference signal configurations, information for different communication types, subcarrier spacing, a number of symbols of an SSB, or a number of available SSBs and associated groups.
US11265194B2
A method and a device in a User Equipment (UE) and a base station used for wireless communication systems that support broadcast signals. The UE receives a first radio signal on a first time-frequency resource. The first radio signal comprises a first RS sequence, RSs in the first RS sequence are mapped from lower frequency to higher frequency in frequency domain, the first time-frequency resource belongs to a first frequency domain resource. The first frequency domain resource comprises K frequency domain sub-resource(s). (A) Position(s) of the K frequency domain sub-resource(s) in the first frequency domain resource is(are) unfixed, RSs of the first RS sequence in a given frequency domain sub-resource are not related to a position of the given frequency domain sub-resource in the first frequency domain resource. Therefore, the UE is able to correctly receive RSs even without knowing the position of frequency domain resources in the system bandwidth.
US11265176B1
Systems and applications are described that use group signature technology to allow for anonymous and/or semi-anonymous feedback while allowing for the application of rules and parameters. The use of group signature technology may serve to potentially mitigate or prevent malicious identification of individuals or entities providing a communication such as feedback. Feedback may range from constructive feedback all the way to the ‘whistleblower’ variety. It may be desirable to identify the individuals as belonging to a particular group or having a particular status or position while maintaining the anonymity of the individuals within the particular group.
US11265174B2
A method for processing blockchain data is applied to a terminal device provided with a trusted execution environment and includes: acquiring, from a blockchain, data to be verified of a target service, the data to be verified including circulation data generated during execution of the target service and recorded in the blockchain; determining, based on the target service, a relevant third-party authority for verifying authenticity of the data to be verified, and acquiring benchmark circulation data generated during the execution of the target service and recorded in the third-party authority; transferring the data to be verified and the benchmark circulation data to the trusted execution environment through a first trusted application on the terminal device; and determining whether the data to be verified meets a verification rule, and outputting a verification result of the data to be verified.
US11265172B2
A system for supporting Enhanced Privacy Identification (EPID) is provided. The system may include a host processor operable to communicate with a remote requestor, where the host processor needs to perform signature revocation checking in accordance with EPID. To perform signature revocation checking, the host processor has to perform either a sign or verify operation. The host processor may offload the sign/verify operation onto one or more associated hardware acceleration coprocessors. A programmable coprocessor may be dynamically configured to perform the desired number of sign/verify functions in accordance with the requirements of the current workload.
US11265164B2
Exemplary systems and methods for the addition of a block to a permissioned blockchain using efficient consensus are disclosed. The methods and systems may include receiving transaction messages having transaction values from consensus nodes and generating a Merkle root for the transaction messages using transaction references and a proposed block header having the Merkle root and a hash of the header of the most recently added block in a blockchain. The proposed block header may be hashed and transmitted with a proposal message having a digital signature to auditing nodes. A response message accepting the digital signature may be received and an accept message may be transmitted to the auditing nodes and a confirmation message may be transmitted to the consensus-nodes. A new block may be written to the blockchain having the transaction values from the transaction messages and a header including the proposed block header and digital signature.
US11265152B2
Disclosed herein is a data storage device. A data port transmits data between a host computer system and the data storage device. A non-volatile storage medium stores encrypted user content data and a cryptography engine connected between the data port and the storage medium uses a cryptographic key to decrypt the encrypted user content data. The access controller receives from a manager device a public key. The public key is associated with a private key stored on a device to be authorized. The controller determines a user key that provides access to the cryptographic key; encrypts the user key based on the public key and such that the user key is decryptable based on the private key stored on the device to be authorized; and stores, on the data store, authorization data indicative of the encrypted user key.
US11265148B1
Various arrangements relate to a method performed by a processor of a computing system. An example method includes hashing a first salted value to generate a first hashed salted value. The first salted value includes a first salt value and a value. A first tuple is generated. The first tuple includes the first hashed salted value and a first token. The first token is associated with the value. A first BAT message is generated. The first BAT message includes the first salt value. The first BAT message is associated with the first tuple. A second salted value is hashed to generate a second hashed salted value. The second salted value includes a second salt value and a value. A second tuple is generated. The second tuple includes the second hashed salted value and a second token. The second token is associated with the value. A second BAT message is generated.
US11265147B2
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising at least one processing core, at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the at least one processing core, cause the apparatus at least to obtain a document, segmented into a first number of segments (510), obtain the first number of outputs of a cryptographic operation, such that for each output, a random value and a document segment are employed to generate an input to the cryptographic operation (520), build a Merkle tree based on the outputs of the cryptographic operation (530), and store a top hash of the Merkle tree in a block chain (540).
US11265145B2
The disclosure concerns implementing, by a cryptographic circuit, a set of substitution operations of a cryptographic process involving a plurality of substitution tables. For each set of substitution operations of the cryptographic process, a series of sets of substitution operations are performed. One set of the series is a real set of substitution operations corresponding to the set of substitution operations of the cryptographic process. One or more other sets are dummy sets of substitution operations, each dummy set being based on a different permutation of said substitution tables.
US11265142B2
The disclosure concerns a method of protecting a calculation on a first number and a second number, including the steps of: generating a third number including at least the bits of the second number, the number of bits of the third number being an integer multiple of a fourth number; dividing the third number into blocks each having the size of the fourth number; successively, for each block of the third number: performing a first operation with a first operator on the contents of a first register and of a second register, and then on the obtained intermediate result and the first number, and placing the result in a third register; and for each bit of the current block, performing a second operation by submitting the content of the third register to a second operator with a function of the rank of the current bit of the third number, and then to the first operator with the content of the first or of the second register according to state “0” or “1” of said bit, and placing the result in the first or second register.
US11265133B2
Provided is a terminal apparatus capable of efficiently performing uplink and/or downlink communication. A coding unit (1071) configured to divide a transport block into multiple CBs and code each of the multiple CBs, a transmitter (107) configured to transmit the transport block by using a PUSCH, and a receiver (105) configured to receive a first HARQ-ACK are included, wherein each of the multiple CBs is included in any one of multiple CBGs, the first HARQ-ACK includes a second HARQ-ACK for each of the multiple CBGs or a third HARQ-ACK for the transport block, in a case that a signal waveform applied to the PUSCH is OFDM, whether the first HARQ-ACK includes the second HARQ-ACK or the third HARQ-ACK is given based on higher layer signaling, and in a case that a signal waveform applied to the PUSCH is DFT-s-OFDM, the first HARQ-ACK includes the third HARQ-ACK.
US11265132B2
A radio terminal receives multicast data belonging to an MBMS service from a base station. The radio terminal includes a receiver configured to receive configuration information indicating one or more common resource pools shared by a plurality of radio terminals to transmit feedback information corresponding to the multicast data to the base station, the configuration information including information indicating a correspondence relationship between an attribute of the feedback information and a common resource pool and/or a signal sequence; a controller configured to select a specific common resource pool used for transmission of the feedback information and/or a specific signal sequence used for transmission of the feedback information, based on the attribute of the feedback information to be transmitted to the base station and the correspondence relationship; and a transmitter configured to transmit the feedback information to the base station using the specific common resource pool and/or the specific signal sequence.
US11265127B2
Embodiments of this application disclose a method and an apparatus for transmitting a DMRS, and relate to the field of communications technologies. The method and the apparatus are applicable to an NR system. The method for transmitting a DMRS may include: determining a time-frequency resource used to carry a DMRS; and then sending the DMRS by using the time-frequency resource.
US11265124B2
A method, wireless device (100) and network node (200) for performing sounding reference signal, SRS, transmission According to one aspect a method includes receiving a definition of one or more SRS resource sets to be configured, comprising at least one SRS transmission setting. The method further includes receiving an indication of a selected SRS resource set to use for a SRS transmission, from the one or more configured SRS resource sets and determining a precoding configuration for the SRS transmission based on the selected SRS resource set and the at least one SRS transmission setting. The method also includes transmitting a SRS according to the determined precoding configuration.
US11265121B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method in a base station for coordinating resources in a wireless communications system with carrier aggregation in which a first group of terminal devices is served by a primary cell and one or more secondary cells under control of the base station. The method comprises obtaining information indicating arrival of a second group of terminal devices at coverage of the base station. A speed of any terminal device of the second group is higher than a speed of any terminal device of the first group. The method also comprises releasing resources on at least one secondary cell of the one or more secondary cells and allocating the released resources to the second group of terminal devices.
US11265120B2
The invention provides a base station that does not cause the number of blind decodings to be increased and further can prevent the flexibility of resource allocation from degrading. A search space setting unit sets search spaces each of which is constituted by one or more control channel elements (CCEs) and each of which is to be decoded in the terminals and each of which is defined by a plurality of to-be-decoded candidates. An allocating unit places, in one of the plurality of to-be-decoded candidates included in the search space, a control channel. The number of connections of CCEs constituting the to-be-decoded candidate is associated with the number of to-be-decoded candidates. The search space setting unit causes, in accordance with the control channel to be transmitted, the association of the number of connections of CCEs constituting the to-be-decoded candidate with the number of to-be-decoded candidates to differ.
US11265115B2
A user equipment is configured with at least two collections of uplink resources to be used for transmitting control information to a communication network. The UE receives an assignment of radio resources to be used for receiving a downlink transmission from a base station of the communication network. The UE receives an acknowledgement resource indication, ARI, indicating one of the configured collections of uplink resources to be used for transmitting control information associated with the DL transmission. Further, the UE transmits the control information to the base station on at least a subset of the indicated collection of UL resources. In example embodiments, the indicated collection of uplink resources comprises a plurality of selectable uplink resource sets. The control information is transmitted on one of the uplink resource sets which corresponds to an operational state of the communication network.
US11265110B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for adaptive hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) communication for changing a reference signal (RS) configuration between one or more re-transmissions. In some embodiments, the method includes detecting a failure to decode a first communication from a network entity. The method may also include determining one or more communication metrics associated with the first communication. The method may also include selecting a physical parameter configured to identify the one or more communication metrics associated with the first communication, and transmitting a second communication in accordance with the selected physical parameter to the network entity in response to detecting the failure to decode the first communication.
US11265108B2
The present disclosure provides an encoding method and apparatus, and relates to the field of communications technologies, to reduce an encoding latency and complexity, and the amount of computation of real-time construction. The encoding method includes: obtaining information bits; determining a puncturing pattern, where the puncturing pattern includes an element in a puncturing set and an element in a shortening set, and the puncturing set and the shortening set have no intersection set; and performing, by using the determined puncturing pattern, rate matching on data obtained after the information bits are encoded.
US11265107B2
Channel encoding is provided that includes applying turbo coding with a coding rate of 1/5 to an input bit sequence, applying a subblock interleaver to each of first to fifth code bit sequences to which the turbo coding is applied, applying bit collection to the first to fifth code bit sequences output from the subblock interleaver, the bit collection outputting the first code bit sequence in order, outputting the second code bit sequence and the fourth code bit sequence alternately on a bit-by-bit basis after the first code bit sequence, and outputting the second code bit sequence and the fifth code bit sequence alternately on a bit-by-bit basis.
US11265106B1
A method by a network device for detecting data in a data stream. The method includes receiving the data stream, where the data stream includes a sequence of original characters, generating a sequence of type-mapped characters corresponding to the sequence of original characters, converging each of two or more consecutive occurrences of a first character in the sequence of type-mapped characters into a single occurrence of the first character, inserting beginning/ending of segment indicators in the sequence of type-mapped characters, searching for occurrences of one or more predefined sequences of characters in the sequence of type-mapped characters, and responsive to finding an occurrence of any of the one or more predefined sequences of characters, extracting a sequence of characters in the sequence of original characters corresponding to the predefined sequence of characters found in the sequence of type-mapped characters.
US11265102B2
The present disclosure provides a downlink control channel detection method, a downlink control channel transmission method, a network side device and a User Equipment (UE). The downlink control channel detection method includes: determining a detection mode for a downlink control channel; and detecting the downlink control channel in accordance with the determined detection mode for the downlink control channel. The detection mode for the downlink control channel includes a one-stage detection mode in which control information for the detection of a data channel is acquired through a single downlink control channel detection operation and a multiple-stage detection mode in which the control information for the detection of the data channel is acquired through at least two downlink control channel detection operations.
US11265101B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a rate matching method and an apparatus. The method includes performing, by a sending apparatus, encoding using a polar code to obtain a first encoded sequence whose length is N. A sequence number of a polarization channel may range from 0 to N−1. The method includes determining, by the sending apparatus, P1 to-be-punctured bit positions. The method includes performing puncturing at the P1 bit positions in the first encoded sequence to obtain rate-matched encoded bits. The P1 to-be-punctured bit positions are bit positions corresponding to polarization channels 0 to PT1−1, PT1 to 3N/8−1, and/or N/2 to 5N/8−1, PT1 is a threshold of a quantity of to-be-punctured bit positions, and PT1≤N/4. The method includes sending the rate-matched encoded bits.
US11265081B2
A method and an apparatus for predicting a fault of an optical circuit includes determining a classification threshold of an operating parameter based on a classification sample set corresponding to the operating parameter of optical circuit and predicting, based on comparison results between the classification threshold and a plurality of measured values in a sequence, whether a fault occurs in the future on the optical circuit corresponding to the sequence.
US11265075B2
Radio frequency signal boosters serving as outdoor cellular infrastructure are provided. In certain embodiments, a signal booster system for a high frequency cellular network includes a parabolic base station antenna configured to receive a downlink signal of a frequency band higher than 20 gigahertz and to transmit an amplified uplink signal of the frequency band, booster circuitry configured to amplify an uplink signal to generate the amplified uplink signal and to amplify the downlink signal to generate an amplified downlink signal, and a mobile station antenna configured to receive the uplink signal and to transmit the amplified downlink signal.
US11265070B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may perform a digital simulation to determine a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) associated with a digital reception beam. A base station may send, to the UE, a reference signal. The UE may perform a coarse beam search on the reference signal using non-oversampled digital reception beams. The UE may measure the signal strength of the reference signal for each of the non-oversampled digital reception beams and select the non-oversampled digital reception beam with the strongest signal. The UE may perform a refined beam search procedure on the selected beam by using a set of oversampled digital reception beams which correspond to the selected non-oversampled digital reception beam. The UE may determine the PMI associated with the strongest oversampled digital reception beam and send the PMI in a report to the base station.
US11265066B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications provide for identification of multiple antenna panels at a user equipment (UE), and determination of panel-specific capabilities for the multiple antenna panels. A UE may determine whether simultaneous communications using two or more antenna panels is supported. The UE may determine that simultaneous communications using two or more antenna panels is supported based on a predetermined rule that indicates such simultaneous communications are supported or unsupported. Whether simultaneous communications on multiple panels is supported may be dependent upon a capability of the UE. The UE may transmit panel-specific capabilities to the base station, that may be used by the base station for subsequent communications between the UE and the base station.
US11265055B2
An apparatus is disclosed for flexible beamforming using frequency-division multiplexing. In an example aspect, an apparatus includes an antenna array and a wireless transceiver with two or more dedicated receive paths respectively coupled to two or more antenna elements of the antenna array, two or more mixers, a first combiner, a second combiner, and a switching circuit. The first combiner has a first input coupled to a first dedicated receive path and an output coupled to an input of a first mixer. The second combiner has a first input coupled to an output of the first mixer and a second input coupled to an output of a second mixer. The switching circuit is configured to selectively connect a second dedicated receive path to a second input of the first combiner or connect the second dedicated receive path to an input of the second mixer.
US11265054B2
The present disclosure relates to beamforming methods and devices. In one example method, an access network device calculates an uplink channel frequency response, calculates a model parameter in a channel frequency response mathematical model based on the uplink channel frequency response and each uplink subcarrier frequency, where the model parameter has reciprocity on uplink and downlink subcarrier frequencies, constructs a downlink channel frequency response based on the model parameter, the channel frequency response mathematical model, and each downlink subcarrier frequency, calculates a beamforming weight for each downlink subcarrier frequency based on the downlink channel frequency response, and performs downlink beamforming on an antenna array based on the beamforming weight for each downlink subcarrier frequency, where the antenna array is a dual-polarized antenna array or a single-polarized antenna array.
US11265042B2
A method of communicating between a first electronic communication device of a plurality of electronic communication devices and a wireless communication initiating device for reading the first electronic communication device. The method comprises receiving, at the first electronic communication device, a communication signal from the wireless communication initiating device and determining a first characteristic value relating to the communication signal. The method further comprises receiving at least a second characteristic value relating to a communication signal received by at least a second electronic communication device that is connected to the first electronic communication device and initiating communication with a reading device based on the first and second value.
US11265040B2
A method and system for providing a cooperative spectrum sharing model that jointly optimizes primary user equipment parameters for improved frequency agility and performance while mitigating mutual interference between the primary user equipment and secondary user equipment. Spectrum sensing is implemented to form a power spectral estimate of the electromagnetic environment (EME) and apply multi-objective optimization to adjust the operational parameters of the primary user equipment to mitigate interference.
US11265035B1
A mobile device holder includes an attachment assembly and a support assembly. The attachment assembly includes a magnet enclosed in a shell. When brought into proximity to a magnetic part of a mobile device, the magnet causes the mobile device holder to be attached to the mobile device by magnetic attraction. The magnet has a ring shape. Toward the center of the ring-shaped magnet, the attachment assembly has an accommodating recess. The support assembly includes a handle that is movable on a hinge in and out of the accommodating recess. The joint permits the handle to rotate about a first axis and a second axis not parallel to the first axis.
US11265027B1
Bias arrangements for amplifiers are disclosed. An example arrangement includes a bias circuit, configured to produce a bias signal for the amplifier, and a linearization circuit, configured to improve linearity of the amplifier by modifying the bias signal based on an RF signal indicative of an RF input signal to be amplified by the amplifier. The linearization circuit includes a bias signal input for receiving the bias signal, an RF signal input for receiving the RF signal, and an output for providing a modified bias signal. The linearization circuit further includes at least a first linearization transistor, having a first terminal, a second terminal, and a third terminal, where each of the bias signal input and the RF signal input of the linearization circuit is coupled to the first terminal of the first linearization transistor, and the output of the linearization circuit is coupled to the third terminal of the first linearization transistor.
US11265008B2
Circuitry and techniques are described herein for performing accurate and low power conversion of an analog value into a digital value. According to some aspects, this disclosure describes a successive approximation register (SAR) analog to digital converter (ADC). According to some aspects the SAR ADC comprises an active integrator between a sample and hold stage and a comparator stage. The active integrator operates differently dependent on whether the SAR ADC is operated in a sample phase or a conversion phase. According to other aspects, the SAR ADC utilizes a ring oscillator-based comparator to compare a sampled analog input value to a plurality of reference values to determine a digital value representing the analog value.
US11264997B2
Systems, methods, and circuitries are provided to generate a radio frequency (RF) signal having a desired radio frequency fRF. In one example a frequency synthesizer system includes a clock, an opportunistic phase locked loop (PLL), and an RF PLL. The clock circuitry is configured to generate a clock signal having a frequency fXTL. The opportunistic phase locked loop (PLL) is configured to generate a reference signal having a reference frequency fREF that is close to a free-running frequency of an oscillator in the opportunistic PLL. The opportunistic PLL is configured to synchronize the reference signal to the clock signal. The RF PLL is configured to generate the RF signal having the desired radio frequency and to synchronize the RF signal with the reference signal.
US11264996B1
A digital PLL circuitry, according to the present embodiment, includes: a phase difference arithmetic circuitry configured to arithmetically operate and output a phase difference between an input clock signal and an output clock signal; a first control code generation circuitry configured to generate a first control code for controlling an oscillation frequency based on the phase difference and a frequency control input being a control target frequency relating to the output clock signal, and output the first control code; a second control code generation circuitry configured to generate and output a second control code for controlling the oscillation frequency according to a sequence; a selection circuitry configured to select and output one of the first control code and the second control code as a selection control code; and a digitally controlled oscillator configured to output the output clock signal of the oscillation frequency according to the selection control code.
US11264972B2
In described examples, a pulse width modulation (PWM) system includes an initiator and a receiver. The initiator includes an initiator counter and an initiator PWM signal generator. The initiator counter advances an initiator count in response to an initiator clock signal. The initiator PWM signal generator generates an initiator PWM signal in response to the initiator count. The receiver includes a receiver counter, a receiver PWM signal generator, and circuitry configured to reset the receiver count. The receiver counter advances a receiver count in response to a receiver clock signal. The receiver PWM signal generator generates a receiver PWM signal in response to the receiver count. The circuitry resets the receiver count in response to a synchronization signal and based on an offset.
US11264971B2
A multiplexer includes a filter (10) arranged between a common terminal and an input/output terminal (110) and configured to pass a radio frequency signal in a first frequency band, and a filter (20) arranged between the common terminal and an input/output terminal (120) and configured to pass a radio frequency signal in a second frequency band. The filter includes series arm circuits (31 and 32) connected in series, a series arm circuit (33) connected in parallel to the series arm circuit (32), and a parallel arm circuit. The series arm circuit (32) includes a series arm resonator that is an acoustic wave resonator. The series arm circuit (33) includes a switch arranged on a second path connecting nodes. In a CA mode, the switch is OFF. In a non-CA mode, the switch is ON.
US11264965B2
Provided is a noise filter that can enhance noise removal performance with a simple configuration. A noise filter (10) includes a connector (20) that houses a terminal fitting (22) connected to an input/output wire (WH) in a state in which the input/output wire (WH) is lead out from the connector (20). The noise filter (10) includes a coil (40) that is connected to the input/output wire (WH), a capacitor (30) that is electrically connected to the coil (40), and a magnetic member (50). The noise filter (10) includes a case (60) that houses the capacitor (30), the coil (40), and the magnetic member (50), and a holding member (70) that holds the magnetic member (50) in a state in which the magnetic member (50) is positioned with respect to the coil (40).
US11264963B1
An input buffer circuit includes an input differential amplifier unit, a differential amplifier stage, and a buffer. The input differential amplifier unit has input terminals and at least one output terminal, wherein at least two of the input terminals of the input differential amplifier unit are configured to be capacitively coupled respectively so as to provide at least one pair of signal paths for a first input signal and a second input signal of a differential input signal. The differential amplifier stage, coupled to the input differential amplifier unit, has first and second differential input terminals, and a corresponding output terminal, wherein the first and second differential input terminals are capable of being coupled to the first input signal and the second input signal respectively. The buffer, coupled to the output terminal of the differential amplifier stage, is used for outputting an output single-ended signal.
US11264956B2
A DC offset cancellation circuit and a DC offset cancellation method are disclosed. The DC offset cancellation circuit comprises a high-speed amplifier, a voltage comparator, a microprocessor, and a digital-to-analog converter. The high-speed amplifier comprises an input stage with a DC offset cancellation function, an amplification stage, and an output buffer stage. The voltage comparator is connected to the output buffer stage. The microprocessor is connected to the voltage comparator. The digital-to-analog converter is connected to the microprocessor. The digital-to-analog converter is connected to the input stage.
US11264949B2
Apparatus and methods for rotary traveling wave oscillators (RTWOs) are disclosed. In certain embodiments, an RTWO system include an RTWO ring that carries a traveling wave, a plurality of selectable capacitors distributed around the RTWO ring and each operable in a selected state and an unselected state, and a decoder system that controls selection of the plurality of selectable capacitors based on a frequency tuning code. The frequency tuning code includes a fine tuning code and a coarse tuning code, and the decoder system is operable to maintain a constant number of capacitors that toggle state for each value of the fine tuning code.
US11264939B2
A siding material for a building configured to hold one or more solar panels is disclosed including a siding shell including a first section and/or a second section, wherein each first and/or second section includes an essentially flat face disposed at an angle ranging from about 30 degrees to about 90 degrees relative to the ground or a perpendicular plane extending from a side of the building. In addition, one or more surfaces of the first section and/or the second section are perforated, and the first section and/or the second section each include a channel configured to hold an electrical cable.
US11264936B2
A method, system, and apparatus for controlling and regulating operation of a permanent magnet rotary electric machine including a stator and a rotor includes determining a first reactive power term associated with the electric machine based upon voltage, and determining a second reactive power term associated with the electric machine based upon flux. A first motor temperature associated with the electric machine is determined based upon the first and second reactive power terms, and power output from the permanent magnet electric machine is controlled based upon the first motor temperature.
US11264935B2
A variable speed drive comprises an output for delivering a drive voltage to an electric motor, power inverter, a drive controller, and a current sensor. The drive controller includes a PWM generator, a control law module, and a state variable estimator for estimating a state variable of the electric motor. The module computes a target voltage signal based on state variable estimates provided by the estimator and outputs the target voltage signal to the PWM generator. The generator approximates the target voltage signal with a PWM control signal, controls the inverter using the control signal, computes, based on the deviation between the control signal and the target voltage signal, an estimation support signal, and outputs the estimation support signal to the estimator. The estimator estimates a state variable of the motor based on the estimation support signal and the drive current, and outputs the estimate to the module.
US11264933B2
A sensorless control method and an apparatus for a three-phase switched reluctance motor. The sensorless control method obtains line inductances of three phases according to real-time phase inductances of the three-phase switched reluctance motor and then determines feature points of the line inductances of the three phases. A position angle of the rotor at any time in the next corresponding region is calculated according to an average rotation speed of the rotor in the region corresponding to two adjacent feature points. A control signal is output to realize a precise sensorless control for the three-phase switched reluctance motor. The control apparatus includes a microcontroller, a power conversion circuit, a drive module for the power conversion circuit, a current detection module, a voltage detection module, an input and output module and a direct current regulated power supply.
US11264932B2
A method and apparatus for quasi-sensorless adaptive control of a high rotor pole switched-reluctance motor (HRSRM). The method comprises the steps of: applying a voltage pulse to an inactive phase winding and measuring current response in each inactive winding. Motor index pulses are used for speed calculation and to establish a time base. Slope of the current is continuously monitored which allows the shaft speed to be updated multiple times and to track any change in speed and fix the dwell angle based on the shaft speed. The apparatus for quasi-sensorless control of a high rotor pole switched-reluctance motor (HRSRM) comprises a switched-reluctance motor having a stator and a rotor, a three-phase inverter controlled by a processor connected to the switched-reluctance motor, a load and a converter.
US11264931B2
The invention provides a vibration controlling method which amplifies a steady state voltage and generates a first voltage signal for controlling the vibrator to accelerate vibration to a target vibration amplitude lower than the steady state vibration amplitude, and then attenuates the startup voltage to the steady state voltage to generate a second voltage signal for controlling the vibrator to vibrate from the target vibration amplitude to the steady state vibration amplitude. Through the implementation of the invention, the steady state voltage is amplified and used as an excitation voltage of the acceleration section of vibrator vibration, and then it steadily decreases to the steady state voltage, which effectively shortens the acceleration time for the early stage of the vibrator vibration response and reduces the hysteresis of the vibrator vibration fed back to the user.
US11264925B2
An electric motor controller system for modulating requested motor torque via oscillating the instantaneous torque, including a bi-stable torque controller; a proportional-integral (PI) velocity controller a proportional-integral-differential (PID) position controller; and sinusoidal zero-velocity table mapping.
US11264924B2
In a motor driving apparatus including an inverter connectable to n motors (n being an integer not less than 2) each including a rotor having a permanent magnet, braking operation is performed on i (i being an integer from 1 to n−1) of the n motors, and then braking operation is performed on j (j being an integer from 1 to n−i) of the n motors other than the i motors. It is possible to reduce the risks of failure of the inverter and demagnetization of the motors due to overcurrent by reducing current flowing through the inverter and the motors when the braking operation is performed.
US11264921B2
Servomotor (1) comprising: —a base body (10), —an actuator body (20) which is arranged on the base body (10)—a drive arrangement (40) which is coupled to a drive section of the actuator body (20) and, when the drive arrangement (40) is activated, brings about a movement of the drive section of the actuator body (20) in one of two opposing circumferential directions on the basis of this coupling, —a rotational guide (50) with which the actuator body (20) is rotatably guided on the base body (10) and by which the movement of the drive section of the actuator body (20) is converted into a rotational movement of the actuator body (20), —a resetting arrangement (80) which couples the actuator body (20) and the base body (10) to one another and applies a resetting force between them, which resetting force opposes the actuating movement of the actuator body (20), —a magnet-compensation device (90) which reduces or cancels out the resetting force applied by the resetting device (80).
US11264920B2
The invention provides an energy generation system comprising a generator having charged mutually rotating plate elements, and comprising an integrated drive mechanism for precisely controlling a separation distance between the plates. The drive mechanism provides a separation which varies as a function of the speed of rotation, hence assimilating separation control within the natural operation of the device. Embodiments provide plates comprising self-generating bearings, both hydrodynamic gas and fluid bearings and centrifugal regulator solid bearings, the bearings providing a supporting force between the plates of a magnitude which increases as the rotational speed of the plates increases. Methods of energy generation are also provided.
US11264892B2
A power-supply apparatus includes a power-supply circuit to which an input voltage and an input current are input, to include a switching element to be controlled by a control signal so as to generate an output voltage and an output current, a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and the processor to calculate a first duty ratio of the control signal so that the output voltage approaches a target voltage, calculate a second duty ratio of the control signal for the switching element, based on the input voltage, the input current, the output voltage, and the output current, detect deterioration of the power-supply circuit, based on the first duty ratio and the second duty ratio, generate the control signal of the first duty ratio when the power-supply circuit has not deteriorated, and generate the control signal for stopping the power-supply circuit when the power-supply circuit has deteriorated.
US11264881B2
In a magnetic drive circuit of an actuator, a first yoke and a second yoke are disposed on both sides in a first direction across a coil, and a first magnet and a second magnet are fixed to the first yoke and the second yoke. The first yoke includes a first connecting plate part and a second connecting plate part that extend toward the second yoke. Thus, welding of the first connecting plate part and the second yoke and the second connecting plate part and the second yoke can be efficiently performed on a different side in the first direction (a side where the second yoke is located).
US11264880B2
A permanent magnet motor includes a rotor having a field pole of a rotor core, wherein the field pole has a radius smaller than an arc centered on a shaft of the rotor, a multiple of slits are formed in the field pole, the multiple of slits are disposed so that an interval between a first central line positioned between a multiple of the slits and a second central line positioned between a neighboring multiple of the slits increases as the first central line and the second central line head toward an outer peripheral side of the rotor core, and of the multiple of slits of the field pole, a first slit disposed in a central position of the field pole, and a second slit and a third slit disposed on either side of the first slit, are disposed within 20% of a circumferential direction width of the permanent magnet.
US11264879B2
An in-wheel motor, comprising: a rotor (14) of a surface permanent magnet type, wherein a plurality of permanent magnets (15) are fixed along an inner circumferential surface of the rotor; wedge-shaped protrusions (42) for fixing the permanent magnets (15) on the rotor (14); and a stator (30) disposed inside the rotor (14), wherein teeth (35) and slots (36) are alternately formed on an outer circumferential portion of the stator; wherein the number of the permanent magnets (15) is 32, and the number of the slots 36 is 24; wherein each of the permanent magnets (15) has chamfers (43) on each of the ends so that a magnetic flux cannot concentrate, and is convex toward the stator (30), in a cross-section perpendicular to a rotary axis of the rotor (14).
US11264874B2
The disclosure relates to the technical field of motor driven, and in particular to a current-controlled motor. The motor includes a rotator assembly, a stator assembly, external connectors and bearings, wherein the stator assembly is in driven connection with the rotator. And the rotator assembly is connected with the bearings which connected with the external connector. Two capacitance structures are formed by the outer surfaces of the two ends of the rotator assembly and the inner surface of the relative position of the external connector with air gap between them.
US11264871B2
An inverter drive assembly includes a first array of inverters, a second array of inverters spaced from the first array of inverters and defining a plenum therebetween, and a crossover bus bar spanning the plenum and electrically connecting the first array of inverters to the second array of inverters. The crossover bus bar includes a first laminated bus section electrically connected to the first array of inverters, a second laminated bus section electrically connected to the second array of inverters, and a solid bus connection interconnecting the first laminated bus section with the second laminated bus section.
US11264869B2
A motor includes a shaft presenting a shaft lead end, a switch assembly including a switch arm shiftable between a first position and a second position, and shield structure. The shaft lead end and the switch assembly are disposed axially outward of an endhsield. The shield structure is disposed axially outward of the switch arm to at least substantially restrict direct tool access to the switch arm from an axially outward position relative to the switch arm. The shield structure at least in part defines first and second tool access channels each extending radially inwardly to the shaft lead end, such that the shield structure enables direct tool access to the shaft lead end via the tool access channels but prevents or at least substantially restricts direct tool access to the switch arm via the tool access channels.
US11264864B2
An electronic device includes a signal trigger circuit, a flat-motor drive circuit, and a flat motor. The signal trigger circuit sends a starting instruction to the flat-motor drive circuit for instructing to start the flat motor. A processor of the flat-motor drive circuit sends a first triggering instruction to a voltage processing circuit of the flat-motor drive circuit after receiving the starting instruction. The voltage processing circuit provides a first working voltage V1 to the flat motor after receiving the first triggering instruction, and provides a second working voltage V0 to the flat motor after a first time period. V0
US11264859B2
A rotary electric machine includes: a housing; a stator that is disposed in the housing; a rotating shaft that is rotatably disposed in the housing; a rotor that is disposed on the rotating shaft; and a rotational angle detecting apparatus that generates a signal that corresponds to a rotational angle of the rotating shaft. The rotational angle detecting apparatus includes: a magnetism generating body that is disposed on an axial end surface of the rotating shaft; and a magnetic sensor that faces the magnetism generating body. A recess portion is disposed on the end surface. The magnetism generating body is disposed in the recess portion.
US11264852B2
A cooling structure is provided that cools a rotor in a motor. The motor includes a shaft that is rotatably supported on a case and a rotor having a rotor core to which a plurality of magnets are provided on an outer periphery of the shaft and which is disposed to face a stator. Flow passages are formed on the shaft and the rotor and cooling oil passes through a core flow passage inside the rotor core from an introduction flow passage on a first side in an axial direction of the shaft and flows to the introduction flow passage on a second side in the axial direction of the shaft. An inlet communicating with the introduction flow passage and an outlet communicating with the introduction flow passage are formed in the case.
US11264851B2
A motor includes a stator and a rotor. The rotor includes: a plurality of rotor core segments arranged along a circumferential direction of the rotor on the inner side or the outer side of the stator and spaced apart from one another to define a plurality of permanent magnet arrangement slots between the plurality of rotor core segments; a plurality of permanent magnets inserted into the plurality of permanent magnet arrangement slots, respectively; a first frame that couples the plurality of rotor core segments to the plurality of permanent magnets, the first frame being made of a first material; and a second frame that surrounds the plurality of rotor core segments, the plurality of permanent magnets, and the first frame and that couples the plurality of rotor core segments, the plurality of permanent magnets, and the first frame to one another. The second frame is made of a second material different from the first material.
US11264845B2
A rotary electrical machine includes a switch for supplying power to a field winding and a controller. A ratio of an on-time to a switching cycle of the switch, i.e., a duty ratio which is larger than the duty ratio corresponding to the field current that gives the maximum reduction amount of the inductance of the field winding with respect to an increasing amount of the field current in a range that the field current can take and which has a predetermined value less than 100%. The controller calculates the duty ratio on the condition that an upper limit of the duty ratio is set as the predetermined value and turns on/off the switch based on the calculated duty ratio, and sets the predetermined value to be larger as a rotation speed of a rotor is higher, or as a d-axis current flowing through an armature winding is larger.
US11264840B2
A wireless power transmission device radiating electromagnetic waves is disclosed. The wireless power transmission device can comprise: a first circuit board; a first conductive member mounted on a first surface of the first circuit board; a first ground member mounted on a second surface facing opposite from the first surface; and an electrical circuit disposed on a position, on the second surface of the first circuit board, which does not overlap the first ground member and for controlling the radiation of electromagnetic waves from the first circuit board.
US11264834B2
A coil apparatus includes a base having a front surface and a rear surface, a magnetic portion provided on a side of the front surface of the base, and a coil portion which is provided on an opposite side from the base with respect to the magnetic portion and includes a conductive wire. The magnetic portion includes a first passing region, the base includes a second passing region, and the conductive wire is drawn out from the rear surface of the base through the first passing region and the second passing region.
US11264828B2
Provided are a vehicle-mounted power source control apparatus, a vehicle-mounted power source apparatus, and a vehicle control method that are highly versatile. A power source control apparatus sets a setting value corresponding to a combination of loads to be connected to multiple output ports based on information determining a candidate value for a setting value for each combination of the loads. Also, control relating to backup is performed based on the set setting value. By doing so, it is possible to perform control relating to backup in a mode corresponding to the combination of the loads.
US11264827B2
A charging power system with low standby power consumption includes a system control unit and a plurality of charging modules. The charging modules are electrically connected in parallel and receive an input power source. Each charging module includes an auxiliary power supply unit, a power conversion unit, and a charging module control unit. When the charging modules enter standby conditions, the system control unit produces auxiliary control signals and the charging module control units produce main control signals to correspondingly control the auxiliary power supply units to stop outputting auxiliary power. Accordingly, it is to reduce standby power consumption and increase overall efficiency of the charging power system.
US11264824B2
A method, an electronic device and a storage medium are provided for improving a wireless charging efficiency. The method includes: a current capacitance value of a resonant capacitor in a receiver of the electronic device is adjusted to a target capacitance value, where a wireless charging efficiency corresponding to the target capacitance value is superior to a wireless charging efficiency corresponding to the current capacitance value.
US11264819B1
A vehicle interior panel includes a decorative layer having a decorative side, a sensor, a wireless charger, and a light source. The sensor is configured to detect a mobile device situated on the decorative side of the decorative layer, and the wireless charger is configured to create a wireless charging area on the decorative side of the decorative panel. The light source is configured to display a trace sequence that is located between the mobile device and the wireless charging area to help a user locate the wireless charging area.
US11264817B2
A handy terminal has a housing, a secondary battery embedded in the housing, and a terminal portion including a charging terminal for charging the secondary battery, and is used by gripping the housing with one hand, wherein: the housing is provided with a grip assumed region extending, within a predetermined range, upward from the lower end of the front surface, the back surface, the left-side surface, and the right-side surface in a vertical direction and capable of being touched by one gripping hand of an operator during operation; and the terminal is provided outside the grip assumed region in the right-side surface.
US11264807B2
A customer's solar array is connected to a utility-owned battery and inverter system. The battery and inverter system may convert DC power from the solar array or a battery bank to provide AC power to the grid. The inverter system may also convert AC power from the grid to DC power to charge the battery bank, or the battery bank may be charged by DC power from the solar array. The utility's inverter system is connected to the customer's premise on the utility's side of the meter. A transfer switch provides either grid power to the premise or AC power from the inverter via the battery bank. A solar production meter on the utility side measures power flowing from the solar array to the grid, as well as power flowing between the battery bank and the grid.
US11264789B2
An over-current protection device includes first and second electrodes and a positive temperature coefficient (PTC) multilayered structure disposed between the first and second electrodes. The PTC multilayered structure includes a first polymer layer that is bonded to the first electrode, an intermediate layered unit that is bonded to said first polymer layer and that includes a second polymer layer, a third polymer layer that is bonded to and disposed between the intermediate layered unit and the second electrode. The first, second and third polymer layers respectively have first, second and third volume resistances, the second volume resistance being higher than the first and third volume resistances.
US11264784B2
Conductor identification may be provided. A first sleeve may be placed around a first conductor and a second sleeve around a second conductor. Next, a first tag may be placed on the first conductor and a second tag on the second conductor. Then, the first conductor and the second conductor may be pulled together through a conduit. The first conductor may slideably move through the first sleeve and the second conductor may slideably move through the second sleeve as the first conductor and the second conductor are pulled together through the conduit.
US11264781B2
A manufacturing method for an optical semiconductor device includes: forming a first semiconductor layer; forming a first mask pattern on the first semiconductor layer in a first area where an electro absorption type modulator is formed; forming an unevenness along the first direction on the first semiconductor layer; forming a second semiconductor layer on the unevenness; and forming an optical waveguide layer on the second semiconductor layer. The first mask pattern includes a first pattern in the first area and a second pattern in a second area where a DFB laser is formed, the first pattern including a first opening pattern and a first cover pattern, and the second pattern including a second opening pattern and a second cover pattern, and a ratio of the first opening pattern to the first cover pattern is different from that of the second opening pattern to the second cover pattern.
US11264779B2
The optical module includes: a housing having first and second end walls and a pair of side walls; a semiconductor laser element; a first TEC; a wavelength locker unit including an optical splitting component and an etalon filter; and a second TEC. The second end wall is provided with a feedthrough. The pair of side walls is not provided with an external connection terminal. The second TEC is disposed between the first TEC and the second end wall and has: a first substrate thermally coupled to a bottom surface of the housing; a second substrate thermally coupled to the etalon filter; and a heat transfer part that transfers heat. The optical module further includes a wiring pattern that is arranged side by side with the heat transfer part and that supplies electric power to the first TEC from the feedthrough.
US11264777B2
A semiconductor laser tuned with an acousto-optic modulator. The acousto-optic modulator may generate standing waves or traveling waves. When traveling waves are used, a second acousto-optic modulator may be used in a reverse orientation to cancel out a chirp created in the first acousto-optic modulator. The acousto-optic modulator may be used with standing-wave laser resonators or ring lasers.
US11264768B1
The outdoor utility stake is an electric distribution device that is for outdoor use. The outdoor utility stake anchors into the ground. The outdoor utility stake draws electric energy from a national electric grid. The outdoor utility stake distributes electric energy for use by one or more electrically powered devices. The outdoor utility stake forms a protected space that encloses the electric connection between the national electric grid and the outdoor utility stake. The outdoor utility stake comprises a distribution structure and a transfer circuit. The distribution structure contains the transfer circuit. The distribution structure forms the protected space used to form the protected space that encloses the electric connection between the national electric grid and the outdoor utility stake.
US11264767B2
A power pedestal is described. The power pedestal includes a plurality of receptacles that are configured to connect to external devices. The plurality of receptacles includes a first receptacle and a second receptacle of the plurality of receptacles. The first receptacle and the second receptacle are electrically interlocked with one another. The power pedestal includes a first circuit breaker connected to the first receptacle and a second circuit breaker connected to the second receptacle, and a shunt trip circuit that is configured to trip the first circuit breaker to disable power to the first receptacle of the power pedestal, responsive to the second circuit breaker associated with the second receptacle of the power pedestal being in an active state. Related devices and methods are also described.
US11264765B2
An electrical connector includes two adjacent terminal groups in a front-rear direction, including a front terminal group and a rear terminal group. Each terminal group includes a ground terminal and a signal terminal. The ground terminal has a first base portion and a first elastic arm. The first elastic arm includes two extending arms and a through slot formed therebetween. The signal terminal has a second base portion and a second elastic arm. The first elastic arm and the second elastic arm are used to be electrically connected to a mating member. In a same terminal group, the signal terminal is located in front of the first base portion, and the second elastic arm runs through the through slot. The mating member presses on the first elastic arm. The first elastic arm of the ground terminal of the rear terminal group abuts the ground terminal of the front terminal group.
US11264757B2
Control box, in particular for adjustable items of furniture, such as vertically adjustable tables for example, comprising: a control box housing and a mains plug in a wall of the control box housing, wherein the control box housing has a strain relief device for a mains cable with a main cable socket for connection to the mains plug, characterized in that the strain relief device has an, in particular channel-like, mains cable clamping guide which is arranged upstream of the mains plug in the insertion direction of the mains cable socket and so as to run transversely to the insertion direction in the control box housing and therefore below the mains plug such that the mains cable socket, when it is inserted into the mains plug, at least partially closes the mains cable clamping guide on the top side in such a way that the associated mains cable does not move out of the mains cable clamping guide.
US11264756B2
A connector mounting rack configured to assemble a plurality of connectors includes a panel, a frame and one or more first partitions. The panel has a plurality of openings formed in an array, each adjacent two of the openings separated by a portion of the panel. The frame is arranged at a back side of the panel. The frame has one or more first walls arranged corresponding to the portion of the panel between the openings along a first direction to define a slot between each adjacent two of the first walls. The slot communicates with the opening. Each of the one or more first walls has an assembling part. Each of the one or more first partitions has a first engaging part and removably connected to one of the one or more first walls by engaging the first engaging part with the assembling part.
US11264749B2
A circuit board for use in a modular electrical connector. The circuit board has a first surface and an oppositely facing second surface. Signal pathways are provided on the first surface. The signal pathways have signal pathway ends abutting a mounting end of the circuit board. First ground pathways are provided on the first surface. The first ground pathways are positioned adjacent at least one of the signal pathways. The first ground pathways have first ground pathway ends abutting the mounting end of the circuit board. One or more second ground pathways are provided on the second surface. The one or more second ground pathways have second ground pathway ends abutting the mounting end of the circuit board. The positioning of the signal pathway ends, the first ground pathway ends and the second ground pathway ends abutting the mounting end reduces crosstalk between signal pairs.
US11264746B2
An electrical connector includes an insulative rectangular housing with a planar base defining opposite upper surface and lower surface thereon. Four restriction parts are formed at four corners of the base to cooperate with the base for commonly forming a receiving cavity to receive the electronic package therein. A plurality of first contacts are disposed in the base with corresponding contacting sections upwardly extending into the receiving cavity to upwardly abut against the corresponding pads on the undersurface of the electronic package. A plurality of second contacts are disposed in the base with corresponding contacting sections sidewardly extending into the receiving cavity to sidewardly abut against the corresponding pads on the side faces of the electronic package.
US11264727B2
A lensed base station antenna includes a first array that includes a plurality of first radiating elements that are configured to transmit respective sub-components of a first RF signal, a second array that includes a plurality of second radiating elements that are configured to transmit respective sub-components of a second RF signal and an RF lens structure positioned to receive electromagnetic radiation from a first of the first radiating elements and from a first of the second radiating elements. A first subset of the first radiating elements are aligned along a first vertical axis and a second subset of the first radiating elements are aligned along a second vertical axis that is spaced apart from the first vertical axis. The first and second arrays each include a single radiating element per horizontal row.
US11264724B2
An antenna includes a feed element, a ground element, and a slot therebetween. The feed element includes a feed end wall and first and second feed side walls extending from the feed end wall at first and second corners. The ground element includes a ground end wall and first and second ground side walls at first and second corners. The slot includes a first slot portion between the first feed and ground side walls, a second slot portion between the second feed and ground side walls, and a third slot portion between the feed and ground end walls. The third slot portion is continuous between the first slot portion and the second slot portion.
US11264718B2
An eight-frequency band antenna includes a carrier, a high-frequency segment, a low-frequency segment, a printed circuit board (PCB) and an inductor. The high-frequency segment is arranged on left side of the carrier and the low-frequency segment is arranged on right side of the carrier. The radiator on the bottom face of the carrier electrically connects with the micro strip of the PCB and the ground line of the ground metal when the carrier is fixed to the PCB. Moreover, the low-frequency segment is corresponding to a metal face with smaller area such that the low-frequency segment is at a free space to enhance the frequency response of the low-frequency segment and the bandwidth of the high-frequency segment. The area and the volume of blind hole on the carrier can adjust the effective dielectric constant to adjust the resonant frequency and bandwidth of the antenna.
US11264716B2
An actuator gearbox includes a drive shaft including a plurality of gear linkages that are spaced apart along the drive shaft, and a plurality of output shafts adjacent respective ones of the plurality of gear linkages. Each of the gear linkages includes a fixed gear coupled to one of the plurality of output shafts and a moving gear that is slideably coupled to the drive shaft. A bias spring is coupled to the moving gear to urge the moving gear out of engagement with the fixed gear. The mechanical switch moves the moving gear into engagement with the fixed gear on the output shaft adjacent the linkage to thereby cause the output shaft to rotate in response to rotation of the drive shaft.
US11264707B2
Antenna apparatus and related communication systems for use with vehicle lamps are disclosed. A disclosed communication system for a vehicle and a trailer includes a lamp positioned on the vehicle and a conductive structure coupled to a stylized component of the lamp. The communication system also includes a primary antenna at least partially formed by the conductive structure and electrically coupled to a vehicle electronic device. The communication system also includes a secondary antenna positioned on the trailer and electrically coupled to a trailer electronic device. The primary and secondary antennas, together, are configured to interact with each other to provide wireless communication between the vehicle and trailer electronic devices.
US11264705B2
The antenna apparatus has a base station installed in a first space partitioned by a wall, a radio terminal provided in a second space, and a repeater including passive antennas and installed on the wall. The repeater is constituted of a first antenna that transmits and receives signals to and from a base station, a plurality of second antennas that transmit and receive the signals to and from the radio terminal, and a transmission line that connects the first antenna with the second antenna. Further, the plurality of second antennas are installed such that planes of polarization of the second antennas are different from each other to improve transmission with the radio terminal.
US11264696B2
A multi-antenna mounting device includes: a mounting member to which two or more antennas are fixable; and a tilt angle adjusting mechanism including an upper adjusting component and a lower adjusting component spaced apart along a length direction of the mounting member. The upper adjusting component includes a plurality of tilt angle adjusting holes arranged in a row, one end of the upper adjusting component is connectable to the mounting member, and the other end is connectable to a user's support pole with a fastening element extending through one of the tilt angle adjusting holes. When the fastening element extends through different tilt angle adjusting holes, the multi-antenna assembly has different mechanical tilt angles relative to the support pole. The lower adjusting component includes a first section and a second section. The second section has a predetermined length and the first section is pivotable relative to the second section.
US11264694B2
A satellite signal acquiring apparatus includes antenna, azimuth motor, elevation motor, main body, inclination sensor and processor. Antenna receives radio wave from a communication satellite. Azimuth motor rotates the antenna in azimuth angle direction. Elevation motor changes elevation angle of the antenna. Main body is equipped with the antenna, the azimuth motor, and the elevation motor. Inclination sensor obtains inclination information of the main body. Processor corrects the elevation angle based on inclination information to hold the elevation angle of the antenna in an earth coordinate system constant regardless of an azimuth angle of the antenna. Processor acquires the communication satellite signal based on reception intensity of the radio wave.
US11264688B2
An interposer (16) and a substrate (10) incorporating the interposer (16) are provided. The interposer (16) includes one or more layers (18) and a cavity (20) defined in the one or more layers (18), the cavity (20) being configured as a waveguide for propagation of electromagnetic waves.
US11264663B2
A battery cover assembly includes a cover plate, an electrode inner terminal and an electrode outer terminal. The electrode inner terminal is electrically connected to the electrode outer terminal through a current interrupt structure disposed on the cover plate. The current interrupt structure includes a sealed chamber configured to fill a gas-producing medium therein. The sealed chamber is configured to make the gas-producing medium to be electrically connected to positive electrodes and negative electrodes of a battery. When a voltage difference between the positive electrodes and negative electrodes of the battery exceeds a rated value, the gas-producing medium is capable of producing gas, to disrupt the electrical connection between the electrode inner terminal and the electrode outer terminal under the action of the pressure of the gas.
US11264661B2
Disclosed is a battery cell, which includes: an electrode assembly; an electrode lead connected to the electrode assembly; a pouch case surrounding the electrode assembly and sealed in a state in which the electrode lead extends through the pouch case and is exposed at an outside surface of the pouch case; and a fire extinguishing unit disposed in the pouch case and configured to eject a fire extinguishing powder when a temperature of the first extinguishing unit is equal to or greater than a predetermined limit temperature.
US11264659B2
An electrochemical device includes an air cathode; a lithium-containing anode metal; a porous separator; and a non-aqueous electrolyte comprising a lithium salt, a sodium salt, and a solvent; wherein the electrochemical device is a lithium-air battery. A total concentration of the lithium salt and the sodium salt in the non-aqueous electrolyte may be from about 0.001 M to about 7 M.
US11264649B2
A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a wound electrode assembly (14) formed by spirally winding, via a separator (13), a positive electrode (11) and a negative electrode (12) in which a negative electrode mixture layer is formed on a negative electrode core, where: the negative electrode (12) includes a non-opposing portion (12a) that is wound 1.25 turns or more from an inner edge in a winding direction of the wound electrode assembly (14) without facing the positive electrode via the separator (13); the non-opposing portion (12a) includes a negative electrode mixture layer-formed portion (12c) in which the negative electrode mixture layer is formed on at least either side continuously in an inward winding direction from an outer edge in the winding direction; and the negative electrode mixture layer-formed portion (12c) is wound 0.75 turns or more.
US11264648B2
To provide a power storage device whose charge and discharge characteristics are unlikely to be degraded by heat treatment. To provide a power storage device that is highly safe against heat treatment. The power storage device includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, an electrolytic solution, and an exterior body. The separator is located between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The separator contains polyphenylene sulfide or solvent-spun regenerated cellulosic fiber. The electrolytic solution contains a solute and two or more kinds of solvents. The solute contains LiBETA. One of the solvents is propylene carbonate.
US11264646B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of energy storage materials, and particularly, to an electrolyte and an electrochemical device. The electrolyte includes an additive A and an additive B, the additive A is selected from a group consisting of multi-cyano six-membered N-heterocyclic compounds represented by Formula I-1, Formula I-2 and Formula I-3, and combinations thereof, and the additive B is at least one halogenated cyclic carbonate compound. The electrochemical device includes the above electrolyte. The electrolyte of the present disclosure can effectively passivate surface activity of the positive electrode material, inhibit oxidation of the electrolyte, and effectively reduce gas production of the battery, while an anode SEI film can be formed to avoid a contact between the anode and the electrode and thus to effectively reduce side reactions.
US11264644B2
A lithium battery includes a cathode including a cathode active material, an anode including an anode active material, and an organic electrolytic solution between the cathode and the anode. The organic electrolytic solution includes a first lithium salt, a second lithium salt different from the first lithium salt, an organic solvent, and a bicyclic sulfate-based compound represented by Formula 1 below: wherein, in Formula 1, each of A1, A2, A3, and A4 is independently a covalent bond, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C5 alkylene group, a carbonyl group, or a sulfinyl group, wherein both A1 and A2 are not a covalent bond and both A3 and A4 are not a covalent bond.
US11264634B2
A battery is provided. The battery includes an electrode group including a positive electrode and a negative electrode, and an electrolyte including an electrolytic solution. The electrode group includes an insulating layer having an insulating material, and the electrolytic solution includes a nonaqueous solvent containing propylene carbonate in an amount of 5% by mass or more and an additive including one or more predetermined compounds.
US11264632B2
The flow battery according to the present disclosure comprises an anode and a cathode. The cathode comprises a first electrode, a first liquid, a first active material, and a first circulation mechanism. The first liquid is in contact with the first active material and the first electrode. The first circulation mechanism is configured to circulate the first liquid between the first electrode and the first active material. The first liquid includes perylene or the derivative thereof.
US11264626B2
Disclosed herein is an integrated multiple heat exchange device and a fuel cell system using the same. The integrated multiple heat exchange device includes a plurality of heat exchangers for consecutively collecting heat contained in a plurality of gases that are present in the fuel cell system and that have different temperatures, wherein the plurality of heat exchangers are separated from each other, a porous separator is placed between the plurality of heat exchangers such that condensate is collected at a lowermost heat exchanger, and a coolant line penetrates a separator to pass through all the plurality of heat exchangers.
US11264623B2
Compositions comprised of a tin film, coated by a shell of less than 50 nm thick made of palladium and tin in a molar ratio ranging from 1:4 to 3:1, respectively, are disclosed. Uses of the compositions as an electro-catalyst e.g., in a fuel cell, and particularly for the oxidation of various materials are also disclosed.
US11264620B2
A PEM fuel or electrolysis cell with an extended lifetime, improved performance and uniform and stable operation is disclosed wherein a membrane electrode assembly is provided with a gradient of one or more properties in combination with a modification of one or more control parameters of the cell during its operation.
US11264618B2
A lithium metal electrode includes a current collector having a surface irregularity structure, a lithium metal layer disposed outside of the surface irregularity structure except the uppermost surface of the surface irregularity structure in the current collector, an electron-insulating protective layer disposed outside of the lithium metal layer, and a lithium ion-isolating layer disposed (1) on the uppermost surface of the surface irregularity structure of the current collector, or (2) on the uppermost surface of the surface irregularity structure of the current collector, on the uppermost surface of the lithium metal layer, and on the uppermost surface of the electron-insulating protective layer, wherein the electron-insulating protective layer includes a non-porous layer transporting lithium ions and having no pores, and a polymer porous layer disposed outside thereof. A lithium secondary battery and flexible secondary battery including the lithium metal electrode are also provided.
US11264613B2
The present application provides a lithium-ion battery and an apparatus. The lithium-ion battery includes an electrode assembly and an electrolytic solution. The electrode assembly includes a positive electrode sheet, a negative electrode sheet, and a separation film. A positive active material in the positive electrode sheet includes Lix1Coy1M1-y1O2-z1Qz1. A negative active material in the negative electrode sheet includes one or more of Si, SiOx2, a Si/C composite material, and a Si alloy. The electrolytic solution contains an additive A and an addictive B, the additive A is a polynitrile six-membered nitrogen-heterocyclic compound with a relatively low oxidation potential, and the additive B is a halogen-substituted cyclic carbonate compound. The lithium-ion battery has superb cycle performance and storage performance, especially under high-temperature and high-voltage conditions.
US11264608B2
A positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery is provided. The positive electrode active material includes a layer-structured, nickel-containing lithium transition metal complex oxide. The lithium transition metal complex oxide contains titanium and niobium in a chemical composition thereof, and has a ratio of a total number of moles of titanium and niobium relative to a total number of moles of metals excluding lithium in the chemical composition of 0.04 or less.
US11264593B2
A flexible display device and a method for manufacturing the flexible display device are provided by embodiments of the present application, which solve problems that a module of a flexible active-matrix organic light emitting diode has a poor moisture and oxygen blocking effect on a side, and an edge is prone to fracture or be peeled off when bent. A flexible display device provided by an embodiment of the application includes a display substrate, and an encapsulating film layer disposed on a surface of the display substrate. An edge of the encapsulating film layer includes a concave-convex sawtooth structure.
US11264587B2
A display apparatus includes a substrate having a first region and a second region surrounding the first region. An insulating part is disposed above the substrate, covering the first region and the second region, and comprising a first opening portion in the second region. A dam part is disposed above the insulating pan in the second region and surrounds a periphery of the first opening portion. A first organic insulating layer is disposed above the insulating part and covers an inner surface of the first opening portion. An organic light-emitting device is disposed above the insulating part in the first region and comprises a pixel electrode. An encapsulation layer is disposed above the insulating part in both the first region and the second region. The encapsulation layer covers the organic light-emitting device.
US11264576B2
Specifically substituted ladder type compounds of formula (I) wherein A is formula (II) a material for an organic electroluminescence device comprising at least one compound of formula (I), and an organic electroluminescence device which comprises one or more organic thin film layers including an emitting layer between a cathode and an anode, wherein at least one layer of the organic thin film layers comprises at least one compound of formula (I).
US11264573B2
An organic electroluminescence device includes an amine compound represented by Formula 1 below in at least one organic layer among a plurality of organic layers, and an amine compound represented by Formula 1: where R1 to R3, Ar1, Ar2, n, m, L and X are as defined in the specification.
US11264569B2
A phase change material memory device is provided. The phase change material memory device includes one or more electrical contacts in a substrate, and a dielectric cover layer on the electrical contacts and substrate. The phase change material memory device further includes a lower conductive shell in a trench above one of the one or more electrical contacts, and an upper conductive shell on the lower conductive shell in the trench. The phase change material memory device further includes a conductive plug filling the upper conductive shell. The phase change material memory device further includes a liner layer on the dielectric cover layer and conductive plug, and a phase change material block on the liner layer on the dielectric cover layer and in the trench.
US11264566B2
A perpendicular magnetic tunnel junction is disclosed wherein a metal insertion (MIS) layer is formed within a free layer (FL), a partially oxidized Hk enhancing layer is on the FL, and a nitride capping layer having a buffer layer/nitride layer (NL) is on the Hk enhancing layer to provide an improved coercivity (Hc)/switching current (Jc) ratio for spintronic applications. Magnetoresistive ratio is maintained above 100%, resistance×area (RA) product is below 5 ohm/μm2, and thermal stability to 400° C. is realized. The FL comprises two or more sub-layers, and the MIS layer may be formed within at least one sub-layer or between sub-layers. The buffer layer is used to prevent oxygen diffusion to the NL, and nitrogen diffusion from the NL to the FL. FL thickness is from 11 Angstroms to 25 Angstroms while MIS layer thickness is preferably from 0.5 Angstroms to 4 Angstroms.
US11264561B2
A method of forming a magnetic random access memory (MRAM) device includes forming a bottom electrode layer over a substrate including an inter-metal dielectric (IMD) layer having a metal line therein; forming a barrier layer over the bottom electrode layer; forming a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) layer stack over the bottom electrode layer; forming a dielectric layer over the MTJ layer stack; forming an opening in the dielectric layer to expose the barrier layer; filling the opening in the dielectric layer with a top electrode; after filling the opening in the dielectric layer with the top electrode, etching the dielectric layer to expose the barrier layer; and patterning the MTJ layer stack to form an MTJ stack that exposes the bottom electrode layer.
US11264557B2
A method for manufacturing a magnetic random access memory element having increased retention and low resistance area product (RA). A MgO layer is deposited to contact a magnetic free layer of the memory element. The MgO layer is deposited in a sputter deposition chamber using a DC power and a Mg target to deposit Mg. The deposition of Mg is periodically stopped and oxygen introduced into the deposition chamber. This process is repeated a desired number of times, resulting in a multi-layer structure. The resulting MgO layer provides excellent interfacial perpendicular magnetic anisotropy to the magnetic free layer while also having a low RA.
US11264552B2
The light emitting device includes: a light emitting element, a covering member, a pair of electrode layers, and a pair of electrode terminals. The light emitting element has an electrode-formed surface on which a pair of electrode posts are formed. The covering member covers an electrode-formed surface of the light emitting element while forming an exposed portion of each of the pair of electrode posts which is exposed from the covering member. The pair of electrode layers are provided on a surface of the covering member and electrically connected to the exposed portions of the pair of electrode posts. The pair of electrode terminals are electrically connected to the pair of electrode layers, and provided on the surface of the covering member. The pair of electrode terminals are thicker than the pair of electrode layers, and are disposed at an interval larger than an interval between the pair of electrode posts.
US11264547B2
A light-emitting device includes a substrate, a first light-emitting chip, a first wavelength conversion member, and a barrier member. The first light-emitting chip is mounted on the substrate. The first wavelength conversion member covers the upper surface of the first light-emitting chip. A first reflective member covers the side surface of the first wavelength conversion member. Further, the barrier member includes an outer wall surrounding the side surfaces of the first light-emitting chip and the first reflective member.
US11264544B2
A wavelength conversion part includes: a wavelength conversion member formed primarily of a ceramic material, wherein the wavelength conversion member has a lower face and one or more lateral faces; an enclosing member formed primarily of a ceramic material, wherein the enclosing member has a lower face, and wherein the enclosing member surrounds the one or more lateral faces of the wavelength conversion member; and a heat dissipating member having a upper face, wherein the heat dissipating member is fixed to the wavelength conversion member, and wherein the upper face of the heat dissipating member opposes the lower face of the wavelength conversion member and the lower face of the enclosing member. The lower face of the wavelength conversion member projects towards the heat dissipating member beyond the lower face of the enclosing member.
US11264542B2
A light-emitting device includes a substrate comprising a base member, a first wiring, a second wiring, and a via hole; at least one light-emitting element electrically connected to and disposed on the first wiring; and a covering member having light reflectivity and covering a lateral surface of the light-emitting element and a front surface of the substrate. The base member defines a plurality of depressed portions separated from the via hole in a front view and opening on a back surface and a bottom surface of the base member. The substrate includes a third wiring covering at least one of inner walls of the plurality of depressed portions and electrically connected to the second wiring. A depth of each of the plurality of depressed portions defined from the back surface toward the front surface is larger on a bottom surface side than on an upper surface side of the base member.
US11264530B2
Described are light emitting diode (LED) devices having patterned substrates and methods for effectively growing epitaxial III-nitride layers on them. A nucleation layer, comprising a III-nitride material, is grown on a substrate before any patterning takes place. The nucleation layer results in growth of smooth coalesced III-nitride layers over the patterns.
US11264526B1
A phototransistor includes an emitter, a collector, and a base between the emitter and the collector. The base has a thickness greater than 500 nanometers and the base absorbs photons passing through the collector to the base.
US11264522B2
A space-grade solar array includes relatively small cells with integrated wiring embedded into or incorporated directly onto a printed circuit board. The integrated wiring provides an interface for solar cells having back side electrical contacts. The single side contacts enable the use of pick and place (PnP) technology in manufacturing the space-grade solar array. The solar cell is easily and efficiently packaged and electrically interconnected with other solar cells on a solar panel such as by using PnP process. The back side contacts are matched from a size and positioning standpoint to corresponding contacts on the printed circuit board.
US11264521B2
A photosensitive field-effect transistor which can be configured to provide an electrical response when illuminated by electromagnetic radiation incident on the transistor. The field-effect transistor has a channel (13) made from a two-dimensional material and comprises a photoactive layer (22) which can be configured to donate charge carriers to the transistor channel (13) when electromagnetic radiation is absorbed in the photoactive layer (22). The photosensitive field-effect transistor comprises a top electrode (21) which is in contact with the photoactive layer on one or more contact areas which together form a contact pattern. With a suitably patterned top electrode (21), a voltage applied to the electrode can function as an electrical shutter which can switch the photosensitive field-effect transistor between a light-sensitive state and a light-immune state.
US11264517B2
A varactor is described that may be constructed in CMOS and has a high tuning range. In some embodiments, the varactor includes a well, a plurality of gates formed over the well and having a capacitive connection to the well, the gates comprising a first subset of the gates that are adjacent and consecutive and coupled to a positive pole of an excitation oscillation signal, and a second subset of the gates that are adjacent and consecutive and coupled to a negative pole of the excitation oscillation signal, and a plurality of source/drain terminals formed over the well and having an ohmic connection to the well, each coupled to a respective gate to receive a control voltage to control the capacitance of the varactor.
US11264513B2
The present disclosure is directed to methods for the fabrication of gate-all-around (GAA) field effect transistors (FETs) with low power consumption. The method includes depositing a first and a second epitaxial layer on a substrate and etching trench openings in the first and second epitaxial layers and the substrate. The method further includes removing, through the trench openings, portions of the first epitaxial layer to form a gap between the second epitaxial layer and the substrate and depositing, through the trench openings, a first dielectric to fill the gap and form an isolation structure. In addition, the method includes depositing a second dielectric in the trench openings to form trench isolation structures and forming a transistor structure on the second epitaxial layer.
US11264512B2
Thin film transistors having U-shaped features are described. In an example, integrated circuit structure including a gate electrode above a substrate, the gate electrode having a trench therein. A channel material layer is over the gate electrode and in the trench, the channel material layer conformal with the trench. A first source or drain contact is coupled to the channel material layer at a first end of the channel material layer outside of the trench. A second source or drain contact is coupled to the channel material layer at a second end of the channel material layer outside of the trench.
US11264511B2
A semiconductor device with high on-state current is provided. The semiconductor device includes a transistor. The transistor includes a first insulator; a first oxide over the first insulator; a second oxide over the first oxide; a third oxide; a first conductor and a second conductor over the second oxide; a second insulator; a third conductor; a fourth insulator over the first conductor and the second conductor; and a third insulator over the fourth insulator. An opening reaching the second oxide is provided in the third insulator and the fourth insulator. The third oxide is positioned to cover an inner wall of the opening. The second insulator is positioned to cover the inner wall of the opening with the third oxide therebetween. The third conductor is positioned to fill the opening with the third oxide and the second insulator therebetween. In the channel length direction of the transistor, an angle formed by a bottom surface of the first insulator and a side surface of the first conductor facing the second conductor is smaller than 90°.
US11264510B2
The present disclosure provides a thin film transistor and a manufacturing method thereof. The thin film transistor includes a substrate, a light shielding layer, an intermediate buffer layer, and a buffer layer, wherein the light shielding layer is formed on the substrate, the buffer layer is located above the substrate and the light shielding layer, the intermediate buffer layer is formed between the buffer layer and the light shielding layer, and the intermediate buffer layer is made of ceramic material.
US11264492B2
A method for fabricating high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) includes the steps of: forming a buffer layer on a substrate; forming a barrier layer on the buffer layer; forming a hard mask on the barrier layer; performing an implantation process through the hard mask to form a doped region in the barrier layer and the buffer layer; removing the hard mask and the barrier layer to form a first trench; forming a gate dielectric layer on the hard mask and into the first trench; forming a gate electrode on the gate dielectric layer; and forming a source electrode and a drain electrode adjacent to two sides of the gate electrode.
US11264488B2
Provided is a manufacturing method of s semiconductor structure. The method includes: providing a substrate, wherein the substrate has a plurality of fin portions and at least one recessed portion, the at least one recessed portion is located between two adjacent fin portions of the plurality of fin portions and a bottom surface of the at least one recessed portion is lower than a surface of the substrate between the two of the plurality of fin portions; forming a doping layer on a sidewall of the plurality of fin portions, the surface of the substrate, and a sidewall and a bottom portion of the at least one recessed portion; and forming a dielectric layer on the doping layer. A top surface of the doping layer and a top surface of the dielectric layer are lower than a top surface of each of the plurality of fin portions.
US11264486B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device, including a substrate, a fin over the substrate, wherein the fin extends along a primary direction, a gate over the fin, the gate extends along the secondary direction orthogonal to the primary direction, a first conductive contact over the gate, and a conductive routing layer over the first conductive contact, wherein at least a portion of the fin is free from the coverage of a vertical projection of the conductive routing layer.
US11264482B2
A semiconductor device may include: a dummy gate structure including a first gate pattern in which dummy gate lines extending in one direction are connected to each other on a substrate, and a second gate pattern in which dummy gate lines extending in the one direction are connected to each other on the same line with the first gate pattern; and a third gate pattern extending in parallel with the dummy gate structure on one side of the dummy gate structure.
US11264481B2
Self-aligned semiconductor FET device source and drain contacts and techniques for formation thereof are provided. In one aspect, a semiconductor FET device includes: at least one gate disposed on a substrate; source and drains on opposite sides of the at least one gate; gate spacers offsetting the at least one gate from the source and drains; lower source and drain contacts disposed on the source and drains; upper source and drain contacts disposed on the lower source and drain contacts; and a silicide present between the lower source and drain contacts and the upper source and drain contacts.
US11264473B2
A method of manufacturing a split-gate type nonvolatile memory improving reliability and manufacturing yield. In a method of manufacturing a split-gate type nonvolatile memory in which a memory gate electrode is formed prior to a control gate electrode, a protective film is formed to cover the gate insulating film exposed between control gate electrodes before unnecessary control gate electrodes are removed.
US11264470B2
One illustrative device disclosed herein includes a semiconductor substrate and a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) device that comprises a collector region, a base region and an emitter region. In this example, the device also includes a field effect transistor and at least one base conductive contact structure that conductively and physically contacts the base region.
US11264467B2
A semiconductor device includes a metal layer, an insulating layer disposed above the metal layer, and a multi-layer diffusion barrier disposed on the metal layer between the metal layer and the insulating layer. The multi-layer diffusion barrier includes a first material layer including a metallic nitride and a second material layer including a metallic oxide.
US11264463B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a multiple fin field effect transistor (finFET) with low-resistance gate structure. A metallization line is formed in parallel with the gate, and multiple contacts are formed over the fins which connect the metallization line to the gate. The metallization line provides reduced gate resistance, which allows fewer transistors to be used for providing In-Out (IO) functionality, thereby providing space savings that enable an increase in circuit density.
US11264461B2
Disclosed is a graphene electrochemical transfer method assisted by multiple supporting films, comprising: (1) growing graphene on a substrate, and then spin-coating a thin layer of photoresist on a surface of the graphene as a first film; (2) spin-coating n layers of thick, tough, and selectively dissolvable polymer films on the surface of the first film as an top film; (3) dissociating the multi-layer composite film and the graphene from the surface of the substrate by an electrochemical process, and dissolving the thick polymer films which is the top film with a first solvent; (4) after cleaning, transferring the thin first film and the graphene to a target substrate, and finally dissolving the thin first film away with a second solvent to complete the transfer process. This transfer process is fast, stable, and capable of transferring a large-size graphene, which may promote the large-scale application of graphene.
US11264458B2
The independent claims of this patent signify a concise description of embodiments. Disclosed is technology, roughly described, in which a semiconductor structure includes a substrate supporting a column of at least one (and preferably more than one) horizontally-oriented nanosheet transistor, each having a respective channel segment of semiconductor crystalline nanosheet material (preferably silicon or a silicon alloy) sheathed by gate stack material, wherein the channel segments have a diamond cubic crystal structure and are oriented such that the {111} planes are horizontal. Also disclosed is a method for fabricating such a structure, and a corrugated substrate that may be formed as an intermediate product. This Abstract is not intended to limit the scope of the claims.
US11264457B1
Semiconductor structures with electrical isolation and methods of forming a semiconductor structure with electrical isolation. A shallow trench isolation region, which contains a dielectric material, is positioned in a semiconductor substrate. A trench extendes through the shallow trench isolation region and to a trench bottom in the semiconductor substrate beneath the shallow trench isolation region. A dielectric layer at least partially fills the trench. A polycrystalline region, which is arranged in the semiconductor substrate, includes a portion that is positioned beneath the trench bottom.
US11264453B2
Methods and structures formed thereby are described relating to the doping non-planar fin structures. An embodiment of a structure includes a substrate, wherein the substrate comprises silicon, a fin on the substrate comprising a first portion and a second portion; and a dopant species, wherein the first portion comprises a first dopant species concentration, and the second portion comprises a second dopant species concentration, wherein the first dopant species concentration is substantially less than the second dopant species concentration.
US11264447B2
A touch display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate has a signal wire and a display unit which are electrically connected to each other. The second substrate has a conductive circuit and a touch unit which are disposed on one side of the second substrate facing the first substrate. The second substrate includes a touch area and a bending area, the touch unit is disposed in the touch area, and the touch area is stacked on the display unit, and the conductive circuit is disposed in the bending area and is electrically connected to the signal wire. The bending area extends from an edge of the first substrate and is bent to one side of the first substrate facing away from the second substrate.
US11264433B2
A display device includes: a substrate including an opening and a display area surrounding the opening; a plurality of display elements in the display area and including a first display element and a second display element spaced apart from each other about the opening; an input sensing layer on the plurality of display elements and including two first sensing electrodes spaced apart from each other around the opening and two second sensing electrodes spaced apart from each other around the opening; and a plurality of segments between the opening and the display area, wherein the plurality of segments comprise: a first segment electrically connected to one of the two first sensing electrodes through a first line; and a second segment electrically connected to the first segment through a second line.
US11264432B2
A display device includes a scan line extending in a first direction, a data line and a driving voltage line extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, a switching thin film transistor (“TFT”) connected to the scan line and the data line, a driving TFT connected to the switching TFT and including a driving semiconductor layer and a driving gate electrode, a storage capacitor connected to the driving TFT and including first and second storage capacitor plates, a node connection line between the data line and the driving voltage line and connected to the driving gate electrode, and a shielding portion between the data line and the node connection line.
US11264430B2
A pixel arrangement structure are provided, which includes a plurality of repeating units. Each of the plurality of repeating units includes two first sub-pixels, one second sub-pixel, and one third sub-pixel. Each of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel includes a pixel defining layer, the pixel defining layer includes a pixel defining layer opening to define an effective light emitting region of each sub-pixel; a plurality of first sub-pixels are arranged along the second direction to form a plurality of first sub-pixel groups, orthographic projections of pixel defining layer openings of the first sub-pixels in adjacent ones of the plurality of first sub-pixel groups on a straight line parallel to the second direction do not overlap each other.
US11264423B2
A solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel region in which a plurality of pixels composed of a photoelectric conversion section and a pixel transistor is arranged; an on-chip color filter; an on-chip microlens; and a multilayer interconnection layer in which a plurality of layers of interconnections is formed through an interlayer insulating film. The solid-state imaging device further includes a light-shielding film formed through an insulating layer in a pixel boundary of a light receiving surface in which the photoelectric conversion section is arranged.
US11264420B2
The present technology relates to a light detecting element and a method of manufacturing the same that make it possible to reduce pixel size. The light detecting element includes a plurality of pixels arranged in the form of a matrix. Each of the pixels includes a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type formed in an outer peripheral portion in the vicinity of a pixel boundary, and a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type opposite from the first conductivity type formed on the inside of the first semiconductor layer as viewed in plan. A high field region formed by the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer when a reverse bias voltage is applied is configured to be formed in a depth direction of a substrate. The present technology is, for example, applicable to a photon counter or the like.
US11264410B2
The present disclosure relates to a display panel that includes: a separation layer disposed on a surface of a planarization layer facing away from a substrate in a transition area, and surrounds at least a part of an opening area of the substrate in a circumferential direction of the opening area, and a sidewall of the separation layer gradually is shrunk toward the substrate in a direction perpendicular to the substrate; and a barrier layer located in the transition area and at least covers a surface of the barrier layer facing away from the substrate. The barrier layer includes a material for blocking moisture and oxygen. The display layer covers the planarization layer and the barrier layer. The display layer includes a light-emitting layer, and the light-emitting layer is discontinuous at a sidewall position of the separation layer.
US11264409B2
There is provided an array base plate, including: a substrate; a first patterned part disposed on the substrate and adjacent to an encapsulation region of the substrate; a second patterned part disposed on the substrate, in a same layer as the first patterned part and adjacent to the first patterned part; wherein the first patterned part includes a through part on its side close to the second patterned part. There is also provided a manufacturing method for manufacturing the array base plate, and a display panel including the array base plate.
US11264407B2
An array substrate including a substrate, a plurality of fan-out traces and a plurality of bonding terminals. The substrate includes a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area. The fan-out traces and the bonding terminals are disposed in the non-display area. The bonding terminals are spaced apart from each other. First ends of the fan-out traces are respectively electrically connected to the bonding terminals. Second ends of the fan-out traces are electrically connected to the display area. The fan-out traces include a plurality of first fan-out traces and a plurality of second fan-out traces. The first fan-out traces are formed by a first metal layer. The second fan-out traces are formed by a second metal layer. An insulating layer is provided between the first metal layer and the second metal layer. The first fan-out traces and the second fan-out traces are partially overlapped.
US11264406B2
A thin-film transistor array including an insulating substrate, a gate insulating film sandwiched between a first structure and a second structure, the first structure including a gate electrode, a gate wire connected to the gate electrode, a capacitor electrode, and a capacitor wire connected to the capacitor electrode, and the second structure including a source electrode, a source wire connected to the source electrode, a drain electrode, and a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode, a resistor inserted between parts of the capacitor wire, and a semiconductor layer formed between the source electrode and the drain electrode. The pixel electrode is positioned over the capacitor electrode with the gate insulating film positioned therebetween and has a storage capacitance, and the source electrode and the drain electrode are positioned over the gate electrode with the gate insulating film positioned therebetween.
US11264404B2
A microelectronic device comprises a first set of tiers, each tier of the first set of tiers comprising alternating levels of a conductive material and an insulative material and having a first tier pitch, a second set of tiers adjacent to the first set of tiers, each tier of the second set of tiers comprising alternating levels of the conductive material and the insulative material and having a second tier pitch less than the first tier pitch, a third set of tiers adjacent to the second set of tiers, each tier of the third set of tiers comprising alternating levels of the conductive material and the insulative material and having a third tier pitch less than the second tier pitch, and a string of memory cells extending through the first set of tiers, the second set of tiers, and the third set of tiers. Related microelectronic devices, electronic systems, and methods are also described.
US11264400B2
In some embodiments, a semiconductor substrate includes first and second source/drain regions which are separated from one another by a channel region. The channel region includes a first portion adjacent to the first source/drain region and a second portion adjacent the second source/drain region. A select gate is spaced over the first portion of the channel region and is separated from the first portion of the channel region by a select gate dielectric. A memory gate is spaced over the second portion of the channel region and is separated from the second portion of the channel region by a charge-trapping dielectric structure. The charge-trapping dielectric structure extends upwardly alongside the memory gate to separate neighboring sidewalls of the select gate and memory gate from one another. An oxide spacer or nitride-free spacer is arranged in a sidewall recess of the charge-trapping dielectric structure nearest the second source/drain region.
US11264399B2
A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device may be provided. The semiconductor device may include first and second vertical conductive patterns isolated from each other by a first slit. The semiconductor device may include at least one first half conductive pattern extending toward a first region disposed at one side of the first slit from the first vertical conductive pattern. The semiconductor device may include at least one second half conductive pattern extending toward a second region disposed at the other side of the first slit from the second vertical conductive pattern.
US11264390B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor memory device with air gaps between conductive features for reducing capacitive coupling and a method for preparing the semiconductor memory device. The semiconductor memory device includes an isolation layer defining a first active region in a substrate; a first doped region positioned in the first active region; a first word line buried in a first trench adjacent to the first doped region; a high-level bit line contact positioned on the first doped region; a first air gap surrounding the high-level bit line contact; wherein the first word line comprises a lower electrode structure and an upper electrode structure on the lower electrode structure; wherein the upper electrode structure comprises: a source layer substantially covering a sidewall of the first trench; a conductive layer on the source layer; and a work-function adjustment layer disposed between the source layer and the conductive layer.
US11264384B2
The disclosure relates to a CMOS structure and a manufacturing method thereof. The CMOS structure includes a substrate and an N-type TFT and a P-type TFT on the substrate. The N-type TFT includes a first gate electrode, a first active layer, and a first gate dielectric layer therebetween. The first active layer includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer of the N-type, and a third semiconductor layer of the N-type which are located at opposite ends of the first semiconductor layer and sequentially stacked in a direction away from the first gate dielectric layer. An N-type doping concentration of the second semiconductor layer is smaller than that of the third semiconductor layer. The P-type TFT includes a fifth semiconductor layer and a sixth semiconductor layer. A P-type doping concentration of the fifth semiconductor layer is smaller than that of the sixth semiconductor layer.
US11264380B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first active fin, a second active fin, a dummy fin and a first gate structure. The first and the second active fin are on the substrate and extend along a first direction. The dummy fin is disposed between the first active fin and the second active fin, and extends in the first direction. The dummy fin includes a plurality of layers, and each of the layers includes a material different from another layer. The first gate structure crosses over the dummy fin, the first and the second active fins.
US11264378B2
A device includes a dielectric layer, an interlayer metal pad in the dielectric layer, a first capacitor over the interlayer metal pad, and a second capacitor over the dielectric layer. The first capacitor includes a first bottom capacitor electrode over and in contact with the interlayer metal pad, a first top capacitor electrode, and a first inter-electrode dielectric layer between the first bottom capacitor electrode and the first top capacitor electrode. The second capacitor includes a second bottom capacitor electrode over and in contact with the dielectric layer, a second top capacitor electrode, and a second inter-electrode dielectric layer between the second bottom capacitor electrode and the second top capacitor electrode.
US11264373B2
Embodiments may relate to a die with a front-end and a backend. The front-end may include a transistor. The backend may include a signal line, a conductive line, and a diode that is communicatively coupled with the signal line and the conductive line. Other embodiments may be described or claimed.
US11264372B2
A display according to various embodiments may include: a first face oriented in a first direction; a second face oriented in a second direction opposite the first direction; a plurality of pixels disposed in a space between the first face and the second face; and a plurality of pins disposed on the second face and configured to electrically connect the plurality of pixels to an external device. Each of the plurality of pixels may include a plurality of LEDs and a driving circuit. A conductive pattern configured to electrically connect the plurality of LEDs to the driving circuit may be located in the space and a wiring line configured to electrically connect the driving circuit to the plurality of pins may be located in the space.
US11264369B2
In described examples, an integrated circuit includes a leadframe structure, which includes electrical conductors. A first coil structure is electrically connected to a first pair of the electrical conductors of the leadframe structure. The first coil structure is partially formed on a semiconductor die structure. A second coil structure is electrically connected to a second pair of the electrical conductors of the leadframe structure. The second coil structure is partially formed on the semiconductor die structure. A molded package structure encloses portions of the leadframe structure. The molded package structure exposes portions of the first and second pairs of the electrical conductors to allow external connection to the first and second coil structures. The molded package structure includes a cavity to magnetically couple portions of the first and second coil structures.
US11264366B2
Provided is a module which has a package-on-package structure including a redistribution layer and can be easily reduced in height. A module includes an upper module including a substrate, a first component, and a sealing resin layer, and a lower module including an intermediate layer and a redistribution layer. The first component is connected to the redistribution layer with a columnar conductor interposed therebetween and provided in the intermediate layer, and both the first component and a second component are rewired by the redistribution layer. By fixing a resin block containing the second component to a lower surface of the substrate by a fixing conductor, positional deviation of the second component can be prevented. Further, by polishing an upper surface of the resin block, it is possible to improve the flatness.
US11264360B2
Some embodiments include apparatus, systems, and methods having a base, a first die, a second arranged in a stacked with the first die and the base, and a structure located in the stack and outside at least one of the first and second dice and configured to transfer signals between the base and at least one of the first and second dice.
US11264358B2
The technology relates to an integrated circuit (IC) package. The IC package may include a substrate. An IC die may be mounted to the substrate. One or more photonic modules may be attached to the substrate and one or more serializer/deserializer (SerDes) interfaces may connect the IC die to the one or more photonic modules. The IC die may be an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) die and the one or more photonic modules may include a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) and fiber array. The one or more photonic modules may be mounted to one or more additional substrates which may be attached to the substrate via one or more sockets.
US11264356B2
A method of manufacturing packages is disclosed. In one example, the method comprises providing an electrically conductive sheet being continuous at least in a mounting region, mounting first main surfaces of a plurality of electronic components on the continuous mounting region of the sheet and forming interconnect structures for electrically coupling second main surfaces of the electronic components with the sheet. The second main surfaces oppose the first main surfaces. After the forming, structuring the sheet.
US11264350B2
A semiconductor device includes an interconnect structure disposed over a first semiconductor die. The first semiconductor die includes a semiconductor substrate and a first conductive pad disposed over the semiconductor substrate, and the first conductive pad is covered by the interconnect structure. The semiconductor device also includes dielectric spacers surrounding the interconnect structure. An interface between the dielectric spacers and the interconnect structure is curved. The semiconductor device further includes a dielectric layer surrounding the dielectric spacers, and a second semiconductor die bonded to the dielectric layer and the interconnect structure. The second semiconductor die includes a second conductive pad, and the interconnect structure is covered by the second conductive pad.
US11264348B2
A semiconductor device of embodiments includes a substrate; a semiconductor chip provided above the substrate; a first ultrasonic bonding portion provided between the substrate and the semiconductor chip; a first terminal plate electrically connected to the semiconductor chip via the first ultrasonic bonding portion, the first ultrasonic bonding portion being provided on the substrate, and the first terminal plate having a first surface facing the semiconductor chip; and a first adhesive layer provided on the first surface, and the first adhesive layer containing a first adhesive.
US11264336B2
In a described example, an apparatus includes a packaged device carrier having a board side surface and an opposing surface, the packaged device carrier having conductive leads having a first thickness spaced from one another; the conductive leads having a head portion attached to a dielectric portion, a middle portion extending from the head portion and extending away from the board side surface of the packaged device carrier at an angle to the opposing surface, and each lead having an end extending from the middle portion with a foot portion configured for mounting to a substrate.
US11264327B2
Nanostructure field-effect transistors (nano-FETs) including isolation layers formed between epitaxial source/drain regions and semiconductor substrates and methods of forming the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a power rail, a dielectric layer over the power rail, a first channel region over the dielectric layer, a second channel region over the first channel region, a gate stack over the first channel region and the second channel region, where the gate stack is further disposed between the first channel region and the second channel region and a first source/drain region adjacent the gate stack and electrically connected to the power rail.
US11264320B1
Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having a set of true digit-lines and a set of complementary digit-lines. Each of the complementary digit-lines is comparatively coupled with an associated one of the true digit-lines. A semiconductor substrate is under the true digit-lines. The semiconductor substrate includes semiconductor features which project upwardly from a semiconductor base and which extend along a first direction. Each of the semiconductor features has opposing sidewalls. First source/drain regions are within the semiconductor features and second source/drain regions are within the semiconductor base. The true digit-lines are coupled with the first source/drain regions. Wordlines are along the opposing sidewalls and include gating regions which gatedly couple the first source/drain regions with the second source/drain regions. Storage-elements are coupled with the second source/drain regions. In some embodiments, memory may utilize a 4F2 layout.
US11264315B2
An electronic package with passive components located between a first substrate and a second substrate. The electronic package can include a first substrate including a device interface for communication with an electronic device. An interposer can be electrically coupled to the first substrate. A second substrate can be offset from the first substrate at a distance. The second substrate can be electrically coupled to the first substrate through the interposer. A passive component can be attached to one of the first substrate or the second substrate. The passive component can be located between the first substrate and the second substrate. A height of the passive component can be is less than the distance between the first substrate and the second substrate. The second substrate can include a die interface configured for communication with a die. The die interface can be communicatively coupled to the passive component.
US11264313B2
A semiconductor device includes a molded body and an interconnection layer. The molded body includes a semiconductor chip, at least one terminal body disposed around the semiconductor chip and a resin member provided between the semiconductor chip and the terminal body. The molded body has a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface and a side surface connected to the first and second surfaces. The interconnection layer is provided on the first surface of the molded body. The interconnection layer includes an interconnect electrically connecting the semiconductor chip and the terminal body. The terminal body has first and second contact surfaces. The first contact surface is exposed at the first or second surface of the molded body. The second contact surface is connected to the first contact surface and exposed at the side surface of the molded body.
US11264312B2
An object of the present invention is to achieve both securing an insulation distance and securing a chip mounting area in a non-insulated power module. A non-insulated power module includes a plurality of die pads, a plurality of semiconductor chips mounted on upper surfaces of the plurality of die pads, and a package sealing the semiconductor chips, in which lower surfaces of the plurality of die pads are exposed from a lower surface of the package, on the lower surface of the package, first grooves are formed in areas between the plurality of die pads, and the plurality of die pads have a trapezoidal cross-sectional shape in the thickness direction, in which an area of an upper surface is larger than an area of the lower surface.
US11264311B2
Implementations of a clip may include a first copper layer directly bonded to a first side of a ceramic layer, a second copper layer directly bonded to a second side of the ceramic layer, the second side of the ceramic layer opposite the first side of the ceramic layer, and a plurality of channels partially etched into a thickness of the second copper layer.
US11264307B2
Techniques that can assist with fabricating a package layer that includes a plurality of dual-damascene zero-misalignment-vias (dual-damascene ZMVs) and a trace between the dual-damascene ZMVs are described. The disclosed techniques allow for the dual-damascene ZMVs and their corresponding trace to be plated simultaneously in a single step or operation. As such, there is little or no misalignment between the dual-damascene ZMVs, the trace, and the metal pads connected to the ZMVs. In this way, one or more of the embodiments described herein can assist with reducing manufacturing costs, reducing development time of fabricating a package layer, and with increasing the I/O density in a semiconductor package.
US11264292B2
Various embodiments of the present application are directed to an integrated circuit (IC) comprising a floating gate test device with a cell-like top layout, as well as a method for forming the IC. In some embodiments, the IC comprises a semiconductor substrate and the floating gate test device. The floating gate test device is on the semiconductor substrate, and comprises a floating gate electrode and a control gate electrode overlying the floating gate electrode. The floating gate electrode and the control gate electrode partially define an array of islands, and further partially define a plurality of bridges interconnecting the islands. The islands and the bridges define the cell-like top layout and may, for example, prevent process-induced damage to the floating gate test device.
US11264289B2
A method for microfabrication of a three dimensional transistor stack having gate-all-around field-effect transistor devices. The channels hang between source/drain regions. Each channel is selectively deposited with layers of materials designed for adjusting the threshold voltage of the channel. The layers may be oxides, high-k materials, work function materials and metallization. The three dimensional transistor stack forms an array of high threshold voltage devices and low threshold voltage devices in a single package.
US11264288B2
A method of integrated circuit (IC) fabrication includes exposing a plurality of channel regions including a p-type channel region and an n-type channel region; forming a gate dielectric layer over the exposed channel regions; and forming a work function metal (WFM) structure over the gate dielectric layer. The WFM structure includes a p-type WFM portion formed over the p-type channel region and an n-type WFM portion formed over the n-type channel region, and the p-type WFM portion is thinner than the n-type WFM portion. The method further includes forming a fill metal layer over the WFM structure such that the fill metal layer is in direct contact with both the p-type and n-type WFM portions.
US11264284B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a gate stack, an air spacer, a first spacer, a second spacer, a sacrificial layer, and a contact plug. The gate stack is on the semiconductor substrate. The air spacer is around the gate stack. The first spacer is around the air spacer. The second spacer is on the air spacer and the first spacer. The sacrificial layer is on the gate stack, and an etching selectivity between the second spacer and the sacrificial layer is in a range from about 10 to about 30. The contact plug lands on the second spacer and the gate stack.
US11264279B2
Systems and methods for manufacturing flexible electronics are described herein. Methods in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can include disposing electrical features, such as thin film circuits, on a first side of a glass substrate, applying a first protective material over the electronic features, and exposing a second side of the glass substrate to a chemical etching tank to thin the glass substrate to a predetermined thickness. The thinning process can remove cracks and other defects from the second side of the glass substrate and enhance the flexibility of the electronic assembly. A second protective material can be disposed on the second side of the thinned glass substrate to maintain the enhanced backside surface of the glass substrate. In some embodiments, the method also includes singulating the plurality of electronic features into individual electronic components by submerging the electronic assembly into a chemical etching tank.
US11264278B1
The present application discloses a semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes two gate structures, a first conductor, a barrier, a second conductor and a plurality of air gaps. The two gate structures are located on a surface of a semiconductor material substrate. The first conductor is disposed between the two gates structures. The barrier is disposed between the first conductor and the gate structure. The second conductor is disposed on the first conductor. The air gaps are disposed at two sides of the second conductor. A width of the second conductor is greater than a width of the first conductor.
US11264277B2
A semiconductor device includes a first conductive structure. The semiconductor device includes a first dielectric structure. The semiconductor device includes a second conductive structure. The first dielectric structure is positioned between a first surface of the first conductive structure and a surface of the second conductive structure. The semiconductor device includes an etch stop layer overlaying the first conductive structure. The semiconductor device includes a first spacer structure overlaying the first dielectric structure. The semiconductor device includes a second dielectric structure overlaying the first spacer structure and the etch stop layer.
US11264242B2
A method and an apparatus for determining expansion compensation in a photoetching process, and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device are provided. A relative vector misalignment value of a first wafer and a second wafer after being bonded is obtained based on a relative position relationship between a first alignment pattern of the first wafer and a second alignment pattern of the second wafer in a boding structure. A relative expansion value of the first wafer and the second wafer is obtained based on the relative vector misalignment value. A developing expansion compensation value in the photoetching process is obtained. The expansion compensation value is used to the photoetching process of a first conductor layer including the first alignment pattern of the first wafer and/or a second conductor layer including the second alignment pattern of the second wafer.
US11264239B2
Techniques that can assist with fabricating a semiconductor package that includes a zero misalignment-via (ZMV) and/or a trace formed using a polarization process are described. The disclosed techniques can result in creation of ZMVs and/or traces between the ZMVs using a process comprising application of polarized light to one or more resist layers (e.g., a photoresist layer, etc.). One embodiment of a technique includes modulating an intensity of light applied to one or more resist layers by interaction of a light source with a photomask and at least one polarizer such that one or more patterns are created on the one or more resist layers. One embodiment of another technique includes creating patterns on one or more resist layers with different types of polarized light formed from a photomask and at least one polarizer. The disclosed techniques can assist with reducing manufacturing costs, reducing development time, and increasing I/O density.
US11264237B2
A transistor is provided including a source-drain region, the source-drain region including a first layer wherein a first average silicon content is between about 80% and 100%, a second layer wherein a second average silicon content is between zero and about 90%, the second average silicon content being smaller than the first average silicon content by at least 7%, and the second layer disposed on and adjacent the first layer, a third layer wherein a third average silicon content is between about 80% and 100%, and a fourth layer wherein a fourth average silicon content is between zero and about 90%, the fourth average silicon content being smaller than the third average silicon content by at least 7%, and the fourth layer disposed on and adjacent the third layer.
US11264235B2
Provided are an active matrix substrate having a reduced driving voltage and excellent adhesion between a dielectric layer and a water-repellent layer and a microfluidic device including the substrate. The active matrix substrate includes an array electrode, a dielectric layer covering the array electrode, and a first water-repellent layer in this order on a first substrate. The dielectric layer includes a silicon nitride film located on the side in contact with the first water-repellent layer, and the silicon nitride film has a surface layer region containing oxygen in the surface on the side in contact with the first water-repellent layer.
US11264214B2
A low-cost, durable silicon carbide member for a plasma processing apparatus. The silicon carbide member for a plasma processing apparatus can be obtained by processing a sintered body which is produced with a method in which metal impurity is reduced to more than 20 ppm and 70 ppm or less, and an α-structure silicon carbide power having an average particle diameter of 0.3 to 3 μm and including 50 ppm or less of an Al impurity is mixed with 0.5 to 5 weight parts of a B4C sintering aid, or with a sintering aid comprising Al2O3 and Y2O3 with total amount of 3 to 15 weight parts, and then a mixture of the α-structure silicon carbide power with the sintering aid is sintered in an argon atmosphere furnace or a high-frequency induction heating furnace.
US11264208B2
A plasma processing apparatus includes a chamber, a substrate support, a radio-frequency power supply, and a controller. The substrate support includes a lower electrode and is disposed in the chamber to mount a focus ring to surround a disposed substrate on the substrate support. The radio-frequency power supply supplies a bias radio-frequency power to the lower electrode. The controller causes specifying a power level of the bias radio-frequency power corresponding to a specified value of the DC potential of the focus ring by using a table or a function that defines a relationship between the power level of the bias radio-frequency power and the DC potential of the focus ring generated by supplying the bias radio-frequency power to the lower electrode, and controlling the radio-frequency power supply to supply the bias radio-frequency power having the specified power level to the lower electrode during a plasma generation in the chamber.
US11264206B2
Methods for fracturing or mask data preparation are disclosed in which a set of single-beam charged particle beam shots is input; a calculated image is calculated using a neural network, from the set of single-beam charged particle beam shots; and a set of multi-beam shots is generated based on the calculated image, to convert the set of single-beam charged particle beam shots to the set of multi-beam shots which will produce a surface image on the surface. Methods for training a neural network include inputting a set of single-beam charged particle beam shots; calculating a set of calculated images using the set of single-beam charged particle beam shots; and training the neural network with the set of calculated images.
US11264193B2
Two wire pressure indicating switch with all electronic architecture with millivolt operating supply
Systems, devices, and methods for a two wire detection circuit powered system comprising: an electronic switch circuit configured to sense a pressure level above or below a predetermined value and indicate an open or closed switch condition, wherein the electronic switch circuit provides a contact resistance voltage of about 20 mV in the closed switch condition; and an energy harvester configured to convert 20 mV when the electronic switch circuit is in the closed switch condition to an operating voltage between 3.6 Volts and 5 Volts for the electronic switch circuit to operate without an additional power source.
US11264186B2
A keyswitch structure includes a keycap, a base, and two supports pivotally connected to each other relative to a rotation axis and connected to and between the keycap and the base. One of the supports includes a first shaft recess, a first shaft portion, and a division slot formed therebetween; the other support includes a second shaft recess, a second shaft portion, and a division wall therebetween. The two supports are pivotally connected relative to the rotation axis by the first shaft portion and the second shaft portion rotatably disposed in the first shaft recess and the second shaft recess respectively. Therein, the division wall is inserted into the division slot. The keycap can move up and down relative to the base through the two supports.
US11264184B2
A remote control device is provided that is configured for use in a load control system that includes one or more electrical loads. The remote control device includes a mounting structure and a control unit, and the control unit is configured to be attached to the mounting structure in a plurality of different orientations. The control unit includes a user interface, an orientation sensing circuit, and a communication circuit. The control unit is configured to determine an orientation of the control unit via the orientation sensing circuit. The control unit is also configured to translate a user input from the user interface into control data to control an electrical load of the load control system based on the orientation of the control unit and/or provide a visual indication of an amount of power delivered to the electrical load based on the orientation of the control unit.
US11264182B2
An electrochemical device includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The positive electrode for the electrochemical device includes a positive current collector, and an active layer including a conductive polymer disposed on the positive current collector. The conductive polymer contains a polyaniline or a derivative of polyaniline. An infrared absorption spectrum of the active layer exhibits a first peak derived from a quaternized nitrogen atom of the polyaniline or the derivative of polyaniline, and a second peak derived from a benzenoid structure of the polyaniline or the derivative of polyaniline. And a ratio of an absorbance of the first peak to an absorbance of the second peak is more than or equal to 0.3.
US11264180B2
A dye-sensitized solar cell having a porous conductive powder layer, which layer is formed by deposition of a deposit comprising metal hydride particles onto a substrate; heating the deposit in a subsequent heating step in order to decompose the metal hydride particles to metal particles; and sinter said metal particles for forming a porous conductive powder layer.
US11264174B2
A multilayer ceramic capacitor that includes a ceramic body including a stack of a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of first and second internal electrodes; and first and second external electrodes provided at each of both end faces of the ceramic body. Each of the plurality of dielectric layers contain Ba, Ti, P and Si. The plurality of dielectric layers include an outer dielectric layer located on an outermost side in the stacking direction; an inner dielectric layer located between the first and second internal electrodes; and a side margin portion in a region where the first and second internal electrodes do not exist. In at least one of the outer dielectric layer, the inner dielectric layer and the side margin portion, the P and the Si segregate in at least one of grain-boundary triple points of three ceramic particles.
US11264172B2
An element body includes a principal surface arranged to constitute a mounting surface and a first side surface adjacent to the principal surface. An external electrode includes a first electrode portion disposed on the principal surface and a second electrode portion disposed on the first side surface. The first electrode portion includes a sintered metal layer, a conductive resin layer formed on the sintered metal layer, and a plating layer formed on the conductive resin layer. The second electrode portion includes a first region and a second region. The first region includes a sintered metal layer and a plating layer formed on the sintered metal layer. The second region includes a sintered metal layer, a conductive resin layer formed on the sintered metal layer, and a plating layer formed on the conductive resin layer. The second region is located closer to the principal surface than the first region.
US11264168B2
A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes: a multilayer chip having a parallelepiped shape in which each of a plurality of dielectric layers and each of a plurality of internal electrode layers are alternately stacked and each of the internal electrode layers is alternately exposed to two end faces of the multilayer chip, a main component of the plurality of dielectric layers being a ceramic; and a pair of external electrodes that are formed on the two end faces; wherein: the pair of external electrodes have a structure in which a plated layer is formed on a ground layer; a main component of the ground layer is a metal or an alloy including at least one of Ni and Cu; and at least a part of a surface of the ground layer on a side of the plated layer includes an interposing substance including Mo.
US11264159B2
A common mode choke coil includes a multilayer body obtained by stacking insulating layers, first and second coils inside the multilayer body, and first to fourth outer electrodes on outer surfaces of the multilayer body. The first and second outer electrodes are respectively connected to first and second ends of the first coil. The third and fourth outer electrodes are respectively connected to first and second ends of the second coil. The first coil includes first to third spiral conductors connected to one another through via conductors. The second coil includes fourth to sixth spiral conductors connected to one another through via conductors. The first spiral conductor is adjacent to the second and fourth spiral conductors. The fourth spiral conductor is adjacent to the first and fifth spiral conductors. The distance between the first and fourth spiral conductors is smaller than the distances between other spiral conductors.
US11264158B2
A ferromagnetic actuator is disposed between first and second semiconductor devices that include first and second inductors. Each inductor is disposed on top of a multilevel wiring structure. Current flows through the first inductor to generate a first magnetic field that attracts the ferromagnetic actuator towards the first inductor causing the ferromagnetic actuator to transition from a first state to a second state. In the second state, a portion of the ferromagnetic actuator is disposed closer to the first inductor than it is in the first state. Current flows through the second inductor to generate a second magnetic field that attracts the ferromagnetic actuator towards the second inductor causing the ferromagnetic actuator to transition from the first or second state to a third state. In the third state, a portion of the ferromagnetic actuator is disposed closer to the first inductor than it is in the first state.
US11264157B2
A magnetic force control device includes a first pole piece having an interaction surface, made of a ferromagnetic material, and configured to be in contact with an N pole of a permanent magnet, a second pole piece having an interaction surface, made of a ferromagnetic material, and configured to be in contact with an S pole of the permanent magnet or another permanent magnet different from the permanent magnet, rotary permanent magnet configured to be rotatable to define a first arrangement state in which an N pole thereof is magnetically connected to the second pole piece and an S pole thereof is magnetically connected to the first pole piece and a second arrangement state in which the N pole is magnetically connected to the first pole piece and the S pole is magnetically connected to the second pole piece.
US11264153B2
An electrical isolator comprising: a first fluid-carrying member and a second fluid-carrying member spaced apart from said first fluid-carrying member; wherein said first fluid-carrying member has a first toothed surface and said second fluid-carrying member has a second toothed surface; wherein the electrical isolator further comprises: a fibre-reinforced polymer tube that overlaps both the first fluid-carrying member and the second fluid-carrying member and which contacts the first toothed surface in a first interface region of the fibre-reinforced polymer tube and which contacts the second toothed surface in a second interface region of the fibre-reinforced polymer tube; and a compression fitting arranged to bias the first interface region and the first toothed surface together.
US11264142B2
A system and method for storing multiple canisters containing high level waste below grade that afford adequate ventilation of the spent fuel storage cavity. In one aspect, the invention is a ventilated system for storing high level waste emitting heat, the system comprising: an air-intake shell forming an air-intake cavity; a plurality of storage shells, each storage shell forming a storage cavity; a lid positioned atop each of the storage shells; an outlet vent forming a passageway between an ambient environment and a top portion of each of the storage cavities; and a network of pipes forming hermetically sealed passageways between a bottom portion of the air-intake cavity and at least two different openings at a bottom portion of each of the storage cavities such that blockage of a first one of the openings does not prohibit air from flowing from the air-intake cavity into the storage cavity via a second one of the openings.
US11264139B2
The present teaching relates to surgical procedure planning. In one example, at least one 3D object contained in a 3D volume is rendered on a display screen. The at least one 3D object includes a 3D object corresponding to an organ. First information related to a 3D pose of a surgical instrument positioned with respect to the at least one 3D object is received from a user. A 3D representation of the surgical instrument is rendered in the 3D volume based on the first information. Second information related to a setting of the surgical instrument is received from the user. A 3D treatment zone in the 3D volume with respect to the at least one 3D object is estimated based on the first and second information. The 3D treatment zone in the 3D volume is visualized on the display screen. Controls associated with the 3D representation of the surgical instrument and/or the 3D treatment zone are provided to facilitate the user to dynamically adjust the 3D treatment zone via the controls.
US11264132B2
A terminal device configured to be able to communicate with a measuring device for measuring biological information includes a first processing unit executing the processing of a first application and a second processing unit executing the processing of a second application. The first processing unit stores biological information acquired from the measuring device. The second processing unit determines whether the second application is able to use biological information, based on specifying information for specifying an application able to use biological information and the identification information of the second application. When the second application is able to use biological information, the second processing unit reads out biological information from the biological information storage unit and outputs the read biological information.
US11264128B2
Techniques are described optimizing operations of an integrated healthcare system in real-time using a machine learning framework. In one embodiment, a method comprises monitoring, by a system operatively coupled to a processor, activity of healthcare workers of a healthcare system over a defined timeframe in association with operation of the healthcare system, including monitoring performance of healthcare tasks scheduled for performance over the defined timeframe. The method further comprises determining, by the system based on the monitoring, a timeslot within the defined timeframe in which a healthcare worker of the healthcare workers is not performing, anticipated to perform, or scheduled to perform a healthcare task of the healthcare tasks, and determining, by the system, a supplemental healthcare task for performance by the healthcare worker during the timeslot.
US11264121B2
Direct measurement and simulation of real-time production rates of chemical products in complex chemical plants is complex. A predictive model developed based on machine learning algorithms using historical sensor data and production data provides accurate real-time prediction of production rates of chemical products in chemical plants. An optimization model based on machine learning algorithms using clustered historical sensor data and production data provides optimal values for controllable parameters for production maximization.
US11264118B2
Methods and systems for monitoring and determining antimicrobial resistance and antimicrobial treatment using genomic subtype information. Various embodiments utilize molecular epidemiology and next-generation sequencing technologies (NGS) to monitor multi-drug resistant pathogens and provide early insight into emergent microbial threats.
US11264107B2
The application relates to a data reading circuit of an embedded flash memory cell. The data reading circuit a switch circuit, a current clamp circuit, a current mirror circuit, a reference current source, a precharge circuit and a comparison circuit; the switch circuit includes a transmission gate, one end of the transmission gate is connected with a drain of the embedded flash memory cell, and the other end of the transmission gate is connected with a detection end of the current clamp circuit; a response end of the current clamp circuit is connected with a data node; the current mirror circuit is connected with the reference current source and the data node; an output end of the precharge circuit is connected with the data node; one input end of the comparison circuit is connected with the data node, and the other input end is connected with reference voltage.
US11264104B2
Apparatus, media, methods, and systems for data storage systems and methods for improved recovery after a write abort event are described. A data storage system may comprise a non-volatile memory device, having one or more wordlines configured to receive a read level voltage, and a controller. The controller is configured to detect whether a write abort event occurred for the data storage system. The controller is configured to determine a first voltage offset based on one or more of a wear-level indication of the non-volatile memory device, or one or more voltage parameters of the non-volatile memory device. The controller is configured to determine, based on the first voltage offset, an adjusted read level voltage. The controller is configured to apply the adjusted read level voltage to a wordline of the non-volatile memory device. The controller is configured to read data, based on the applied adjusted read level voltage, from the wordline of the non-volatile memory device.
US11264102B2
A semiconductor storage device includes a bit line driver, and a control circuit configured to be able to execute a writing sequence for repeating at least one loop including a program operation for writing data into at least one of the plurality of memory cells and a verify operation for verifying the data a plurality of times while increasing a program voltage by a step-up voltage. The bit line driver can obtain a number of memory cells into which writing is completed or a number of memory cells into which writing is insufficient for each of the at least two consecutive loops from a result of the verify operation, and the control circuit can determine the step-up voltage in the subsequent loop based on a result obtained by the bit line driver.
US11264089B1
A superconducting memory cell includes a magnetic Josephson junction (MJJ) with a ferromagnetic material, having at least two switchable states of magnetization. The binary state of the MJJ manifests itself as a pulse appearing, or not appearing, on the output. A superconducting memory includes an array of memory cells. Each memory cell includes a comparator with at least one MJJ. Selected X and Y-directional write lines in their combination are capable of switching the magnetization of the MJJ. A superconducting device includes a first and a second junction in a stacked configuration. The first junction has an insulating layer barrier, and the second junction has an insulating layer sandwiched in-between two ferromagnetic layers as barrier. An electrical signal inputted across the first junction is amplified across the second junction.
US11264074B2
Techniques, systems, and devices for time-resolved access of memory cells in a memory array are described herein. During a sense portion of a read operation, a selected memory cell may be charged to a predetermined voltage level. A logic state stored on the selected memory cell may be identified based on a duration between the beginning of the charging and when selected memory cell reaches the predetermined voltage level. In some examples, time-varying signals may be used to indicate the logic state based on the duration of the charging. In some examples, the duration of the charging may be based on a polarization state of the selected memory cell, a dielectric charge state of the selected state, or both a polarization state and a dielectric charge state of the selected memory cell.
US11264071B2
A magnetoresistance effect element where asymmetry of an inversion current due to a leakage magnetic field from a magnetization fixed layer is decreased. A magnetoresistance effect element includes a first ferromagnetic layer whose magnetization direction is variable, a second ferromagnetic layer whose magnetization direction is fixed, and a nonmagnetic layer sandwiched between the first ferromagnetic layer and the second ferromagnetic layer which are laminated in a first direction which is a lamination direction, where both the first ferromagnetic layer and the second ferromagnetic layer are curved so that central portions of the first and second ferromagnetic layers protrude with respect to outer circumferential portions in the first direction, and protruding directions of the central portions are opposite to each other so that a distance between the outer circumferential portions is larger than a distance between the central portions in the first direction.
US11264070B2
Systems and method are provided for a memory circuit. In embodiments, the circuit includes a plurality of memory cells corresponding to a word of data and a global write word line. A plurality of local write lines are connected to a subset of the plurality of memory cells of the word of data. Selection logic is configured to activate a particular subset of memory cells for writing via a particular local write line based on a signal on the global write line and a selection signal associated with the particular subset of memory cells.
US11264065B2
A data transceiver device and an operation method are provided. The data transceiver device receives input data and transmits output data. The data transceiver device includes a buffer circuit, a storage circuit, a timing circuit and a control circuit. The buffer circuit is configured to store input data. The storage circuit is configured to store the output data. The timing circuit is configured to generate a time-out signal according to the set time. The control circuit is configured to process the input data to generate the output data, to store the output data in the storage circuit, and to transmit the output data according to an output data threshold value and the time-out signal. The control circuit adjusts the set time and/or the output data threshold value based on an initial condition and the state of the buffer circuit.
US11264062B2
An electronic device includes an operation control circuit and an input data generation circuit. The operation control circuit generates a detection signal and an internal masking signal based on a masking signal and data during a write operation. The input data generation circuit converts input data based on the internal masking signal to generate converted data. In addition, the input data generation circuit selects and outputs either the converted data or drive data as the input data, which are input to a data storage circuit, based on the detection signal.
US11264059B2
An electrical feed-through, such as a PCB connector, involves at least one positioning protrusion protruding from a main body, and may further include multiple positioning protrusions protruding in respective directions from the main body. A data storage device employing such a feed-through includes an enclosure base with which the feed-through is coupled. The base includes an annular recessed surface surrounding an aperture that is encompassed by the feed-through and is at a first level, and at least one recessed positioning surface at a higher level than the first level, and extending in a direction away from the annular recessed surface. The positioning protrusion of the electrical feed-through contacts the recessed positioning surface of the base, such that the position of the feed-through is constrained by the recessed positioning surface.
US11264058B2
Coordinated audio and video filter pairs are applied to enhance artistic and emotional content of audiovisual performances. Such filter pairs, when applied in audio and video processing pipelines of an audiovisual application hosted on a portable computing device (such as a mobile phone or media player, a computing pad or tablet, a game controller or a personal digital assistant or book reader) can allow user selection of effects that enhance both audio and video coordinated therewith. Coordinated audio and video are captured, filtered and rendered at the portable computing device using camera and microphone interfaces, using digital signal processing software executable on a processor and using storage, speaker and display devices of, or interoperable with, the device. By providing audiovisual capture and personalization on an intimate handheld device, social interactions and postings of a type made popular by modern social networking platforms can now be extended to audiovisual content.
US11264056B1
The technology disclosed herein pertains to a system and method for managing write failures in a disc drive. Implementations disclosed herein provide a method including monitoring write fault events per sector for a storage device, in response to a write fault event, updating a write fault repeat count table, wherein the repeat count table tracks a number of write fault repeat counts per sector, comparing a write fault repeat count for a sector to a predetermined threshold write fault repeat count, and in response to determining that the write fault repeat count for a sector is above the predetermined threshold write fault repeat count, performing a write-reassign operation.
US11264048B1
A boundary of a highlight of audiovisual content depicting an event is identified. The audiovisual content may be a broadcast, such as a television broadcast of a sporting event. The highlight may be a segment of the audiovisual content deemed to be of particular interest. Audio data for the audiovisual content is stored, and the audio data is automatically analyzed to detect one or more audio events indicative of one or more occurrences to be included in the highlight. Each audio event may be a brief, high-energy audio burst such as the sound made by a tennis serve. A time index within the audiovisual content, before or after the audio event, may be designated as the boundary, which may be the beginning or end of the highlight.
US11264042B2
An apparatus for generating an enhanced signal from an input signal, wherein the enhanced signal has spectral values for an enhancement spectral region, the spectral values for the enhancement spectral regions not being contained in the input signal, includes a mapper for mapping a source spectral region of the input signal to a target region in the enhancement spectral region, the source spectral region including a noise-filling region; and a noise filler configured for generating first noise values for the noise-filling region in the source spectral region of the input signal and for generating second noise values for a noise region in the target region, wherein the second noise values are decorrelated from the first noise values or for generating second noise values for a noise region in the target region, wherein the second noise values are decorrelated from first noise values in the source region.
US11264040B2
A method for rendering an audio output based on an audio data stream including M audio signals, side information including a series of reconstruction instances of a reconstruction matrix C and first timing data, the side information allowing reconstruction of N audio objects from the M audio signals, and object metadata defining spatial relationships between the N audio objects. The method includes generating a synchronized rendering matrix based on the object metadata, the first timing data, and information relating to a current playback system configuration, the synchronized rendering matrix having a rendering instance for each reconstruction instance, multiplying each reconstruction instance with a corresponding rendering instance to form a corresponding instance of an integrated rendering matrix, and applying the integrated rendering matrix to the audio signals in order to render an audio output.
US11264022B2
There is provided an information processing apparatus, method, and program. The information processing apparatus includes: an information acquisition unit configured to acquire input information of a user that includes a time lag between an input start and end, in a mode in which a plurality of contents are consecutively provided via at least one non-content period; and an output control unit configured, in a case where the input information is acquired in a content period in which first content or second content to be provided at a time later than the first content is being provided, to cause an output unit to output first output information on the basis of the input information, and in a case where the input information is acquired in the non-content period, to cause the output unit to output second output information different from the first output information, on the basis of the input information.
US11264019B2
Methods, systems, and media for voice-based call operations are provided. In some embodiments, a method comprises: receiving, at a first user device, a communication; detecting a voice command, using the first user device, that includes a keyword; and in response to detecting the voice command, causing the communication to be transferred to a second user device that is associated with the keyword.
US11264012B2
Conversations between agents of a contact center and a customer are often transcribed so that text is maintained. However, text conversations consist only of text and omit significant portions of a conversation that are conveyed outside of the specific words spoken. By determining the emotion, tone, or other aspect in a conversation, which may contradict the text content, a data structure may be maintained such that the textual content is annotated with emotion or tonal information and/or utilized in a routing decision to cause a communication network to be altered, such as to include at least one additional node based upon a particular emotion or tone.
US11264011B2
The disclosed method may include (1) determining whether a next operation of a plurality of operations of an artificial neural network (ANN) is dependent upon a Boolean predication value based on a representative value for a weight or an input of a node of the ANN, (2) based on the next operation not being dependent on the Boolean predication value, allowing the next operation to update a state of the ANN, and (3) based on the next operation being dependent on the Boolean predication value, performing at least one of (a) allowing, based on the Boolean predication value being a first value, the next operation to update the state of the ANN, and (b) preventing, based on the Boolean predication value being a second value different from the first value, the next operation from updating the state of the ANN. Various other methods and systems are also disclosed.
US11264006B2
A voice synthesis method is provided. The method includes: determining a recommended sound model by performing a first matching operation on a user attribute and a sound model attribute of the sound model; determining a recommended content by performing a second matching operation on a sound model attribute of the recommended sound model and a content attribute of the content; and performing a voice synthesis on the recommended content by using the recommended sound model, to obtain a synthesized voice file.
US11264002B2
A method and system may provide for interactive song generation. In one aspect, a computer system may present options for selecting a background track. The computer system may generate suggested lyrics based on parameters entered by the user. User interface elements allow the computer system to receive input of lyrics. As the user inputs lyrics, the computer system may update its suggestions of lyrics based on the previously input lyrics. In addition, the computer system may generate proposed melodies to go with the lyrics and the background track. The user may select from among the melodies created for each portion of lyrics. The computer system may optionally generate a computer-synthesized vocal(s) or capture a vocal track of a human voice singing the song. The background track, lyrics, melodies, and vocals may be combined to produce a complete song without requiring musical training or experience by the user.
US11263996B2
A display device includes a display panel including a first display area having a first shape and a second display area having a second shape, and a first driving circuit which drives the display panel to display an image in at least one of the first display area and the second display area, where the first display area includes a first sub-area and a second sub-area, and the second sub-area includes a light emitting area and a transmitting area adjacent to the light emitting area and having a higher light transmittance than the light emitting area.
US11263994B2
Displays having calibrators are disclosed. An example display includes a sensor to measure a plurality of readings for color settings of a color pattern presented by the display. A processor is to calculate average values corresponding to respective ones of the plurality of readings for the color settings. A calibration manager is to generate calibrated measurement values based on the average values. The calibrated measurement values to enable determination of color space information for the display.
US11263990B2
The present disclosure discloses a method for adjusting a display panel, a device for adjusting a display panel, and a display device including the adjusting device. The method includes: detecting an image displayed by a display panel to determine whether the displayed image is a flickering image; inverting original polarities of data voltages inputted onto at least partial data lines of the display panel when it is detected that the displayed image is the flickering image; scanning an I2C interface, and determining whether a common voltage is written; and restoring the polarities of the data voltages on the at least partial data lines to the original polarities when it is determined that the common voltage is written via the I2C interface.
US11263987B2
The present disclosure describes methods of contrast enhancement and dual-cell display apparatus. The method includes receiving an RGB value of each second pixel of a displayed image, and determining a brightness value of each first pixel according to the RGB value of each second pixel. The method also includes determining a local brightness adjustment factor and a global brightness adjustment factor by performing statistics processing for local region brightness values and global image brightness values according to the brightness value of each first pixel; and calculating a brightness drive signal corresponding to the first pixel, according to the brightness value of each first pixel, the local brightness adjustment factor and the global brightness adjustment factor. The brightness drive signal adjusts a transmittance of a corresponding pixel of the first panel. The global brightness adjustment factor adjusts an output brightness value of a corresponding pixel of the first panel.
US11263980B2
A display apparatus including a display panel, a gate driver, a data driver, an emission driver, and a driving controller. The display panel includes a pixel including a switching element of a first type and a switching element of a second type. The driving controller determines a driving frequency of the switching element of the first type to be a first driving frequency and a driving frequency of the switching element of the second type to be a second driving frequency less than the first driving frequency in a low frequency driving mode. The driving controller determines the second driving frequency based on a difference of a luminance of a writing frame in which the data voltage is written in the pixel and a luminance of a holding frame in which the written data voltage in the pixel is maintained without writing the data voltage.
US11263978B2
A display device comprises a substrate, a data link line, a power link line, and a dummy pattern. The substrate includes a display area in which pixels are arranged and a non-display area outside the display area. The data link line is positioned in the non-display area to deliver a predetermined signal to the pixels. The power link line is spaced apart from the data link line at a predetermined distance in the non-display area and delivers a predetermined power to the pixels. The dummy pattern is positioned between the data link line and the power link line in the non-display area.
US11263973B2
A shift register unit, a grid drive circuit, a display device and a driving method are disclosed. The shift register unit includes a display sub-shift-register and a detection sub-shift-register. The display sub-shift-register includes a display output terminal, and the display sub-shift-register is configured to output a display output signal of the shift register unit from the display output terminal at a display stage; the detection sub-shift-register is connected to a display output terminal of the display sub-shift-register to receive a display output signal, and includes a first random pulse signal terminal to receive a first random pulse signal. The detection sub-shift-register is configured to output a detection output signal of the shift register unit when the display output signal is at a turn-on level and the first random pulse signal is at a turn-on level.
US11263971B2
An organic light emitting display device includes a display panel, a display panel driver, and a power supply. The display panel includes pixels. Each of the pixels includes an organic light emitting diode configured to emit light in an emission period based on a first power supply voltage and a second power supply voltage. The display panel driver is configured to apply a scan signal, an emission control signal, and a data signal to the pixels. The power supply is configured to: generate the first power supply voltage, the second power supply voltage, and a third power supply voltage applied to the pixels in a non-emission period; and adjust a voltage level of the second power supply voltage and a voltage level of the third power supply voltage based on an ambient temperature and a brightness of the display panel.
US11263968B2
A display substrate, a driving method thereof, and a display device. The display substrate includes: a first display sub-region including a plurality of first repeating regions each including a first pixel unit and a second pixel unit disposed adjacently, the first pixel unit including a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel, and the second pixel unit including a second sub-pixel and a third sub-pixel; and a second display sub-region including a plurality of second repeating regions each including a third pixel unit and a first transparent pixel, the third pixel unit including a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel and a third sub-pixel; the first transparent pixel is configured such that a pixel density of the second display sub-region is less than a pixel density of the first display sub-region, and a light transmittance of the second display sub-region is greater than a light transmittance of the first display sub-region.
US11263966B2
A display device including a display unit which has a plurality of pixels and a plurality of driving lines for driving the plurality of pixels; a driving circuit which drives the plurality of pixels through the plurality of driving lines; and a control unit which adjusts a driving capability of the driving circuit according to the number of simultaneous driving lines of the driving circuit.
US11263965B2
A pixel includes an organic light-emitting diode; a first transistor that receives a signal in response to a voltage applied to a first node and controls an amount of current flowing from a second node electrically connected to a power supply voltage line to the organic light-emitting diode; a fourth transistor electrically connected between the first node and a first initializing voltage line; and a bias capacitor electrically connected between the second node and a light-emission control line, the bias capacitor including a first capacitor electrode and a second capacitor electrode. The first capacitor electrode of the bias capacitor and a semiconductor layer of the first transistor are disposed on a same layer, and the second capacitor electrode of the bias capacitor and a second portion included in a gate electrode of the fourth transistor are disposed on a same layer.
US11263961B2
The present disclosure relates to a driver for a display device. A driver for a display device according to an embodiment is characterized in generating a voltage supplied as a bias voltage of a source buffer of a data driver in conjunction with a voltage supplied to a display panel. Therefore, the driver for the display device according to the present disclosure has an advantage that the headroom margin of the source buffer can be secured and power consumption of the driver is low at the same time, even when an image data pattern causing a variation in the voltage is input to the display device.
US11263945B2
This application discloses a driving method of a display panel, a driving circuit and a display device. The display panel includes a first gate driving circuit and a second gate driving circuit respectively controlling all gate lines in a scanning display area, and the driving method includes the following steps: when a first preset condition is met, controlling the first gate driving circuit to be in a dormant state, and meanwhile, controlling the second gate driving circuit to be in a working state; and when a second preset condition is met, controlling the second gate driving circuit to be in a dormant state, and meanwhile, controlling the first gate driving circuit to be in a working state.
US11263944B2
A circuit device includes a transfer gate and a control circuit. The transfer gate includes a P-type transistor and an N-type transistor. The control circuit sets, as a first value, a transistor size ratio that is a ratio of a size of the P-type transistor to a size of the N-type transistor when a voltage of an input signal to the transfer gate is in a first voltage range at a timing at which the transfer gate is turned off. The control circuit sets the transistor size ratio as a second value greater than the first value when a voltage of the input signal is in a second voltage range lower than that in the first voltage range at a timing at which the transfer gate is turned off.
US11263942B2
A shift register unit and a driving method thereof, a gate driving circuit, and a display device are provided. A shift register unit includes a blanking input circuit, a display input circuit, an output circuit; the blanking input circuit is configured to input a blanking control signal to a first node during a blanking period in response to a blanking input signal, the blanking input circuit includes a charging sub-circuit, the charging sub-circuit is configured to input the blanking control signal to a control node in response to a first compensation control signal and a second compensation control signal, the display input circuit is configured to input a display control signal to the first node during a display period in response to a display input signal; the output circuit is configured to output a composite output signal to an output end under control of a level of the first node.
US11263934B2
A display system comprises one or more display elements in the form of hollow geometrically shaped pillars that can be easily assembled, disassembled, and stored. Each display element is comprised of a plurality of side panels that are removably interconnected in an overlapping manner to themselves and a base. Each side panel has a dense arrangement of mounting apertures formed in at least a portion thereof configured to receive and provide support for mounting hardware to which signage and other elements can be connected. Multiple display elements can be ganged together by themselves or with removably shelving to allow for construction of a wide variety of presentation spaces and structures.
US11263931B2
The present disclosure provides a display substrate including: a first flexible substrate; a second flexible substrate; and a bonding layer between the first flexible substrate and the second flexible substrate and bonding the first and second flexible substrates to each other; wherein the second flexible substrate includes a plurality of first support parts and a second support part spacing the plurality of first support parts apart from each other; a side of each first support part distal to the first flexible substrate is provided thereon with a display unit; the second support part includes a first part and a second part other than the first part, and a signal line configured to connect display units is disposed on a side of the first part distal to the first flexible substrate; and a thickness of the second part is smaller than a thickness of the first support part.
US11263929B2
A flexible display apparatus includes at least two components that are stacked, and at least one optical adhesive layer. Each optical adhesive layer is disposed between two adjacent components of the at least two components, and includes at least two adhesive layers stacked in a stacking direction of the at least two components. The at least two adhesive layers include at least one first adhesive layer and at least one second adhesive layer. One of the at least one first adhesive layer is adhered to one of the two adjacent components, and a storage modulus of each second adhesive layer is less than a storage modulus of each first adhesive layer.
US11263925B1
A pilot and burner apparatus is provided for use in firefighting training. The apparatus includes a main fuel conduit and a main fuel valve. The apparatus includes a pilot tube and a pilot fuel conduit configured to deliver fuel from the main fuel conduit to the pilot tube. The apparatus includes main and pilot fuel valves to respectively control a flow of fuel in the main and pilot fuel conduits. In a pilot phase, the valves direct fuel to the pilot tube. An ignition component is configured to ignite fuel in the pilot tube to generate a pilot flame. In a burn phase, the pilot flame generates a controllable flame out of a main burner pipe by igniting fuel exiting the main fuel conduit. The controllable flame can be delivered to a training structure for training purposes.
US11263924B2
An artificial eye system comprising: a display unit for displaying an image of an eye thereon, the display unit comprising a light cell adapted to selectively emit light and detect light; and a controller for controlling the display unit, the controller for: operating the display unit to concurrently detect light through the light cell and display an actual image of the eye; determining a next mage of the eye to be displayed on the display unit as a function of the detected light; and operating the display unit to display the next image.
US11263921B2
An apparatus includes a simulated medicament delivery device and an electronic circuit system. The simulated medicament delivery device includes a housing, and is devoid of a medicament delivery mechanism that causes a medicament to be delivered. The electronic circuit system is coupled to the housing and includes an audible output device and a cover. The housing of the medicament delivery device and the cover of the electronic circuit system collectively define an acoustic enclosure. The audible output device is configured to be disposed within the acoustic enclosure.
US11263919B2
Aspects of this disclosure relate to improving an athlete's ability to synchronize the movement of their body in time. Certain embodiments provide a feedback system that allows an athlete (or another individual, such as a trainer) to comprehend and optimize the timing of one or more components or features of an athletic movement. Image data, such as video, of an athlete performing physical activity may be utilized (alone or in combination with non-image data) may be used to generate and emit real-time feedback signals to provide an indication of tempo to the athlete. Still further aspects relate to using image and/or other sensor data to detect improper timing and/or movements of an athlete, and in response generating real-time feedback signals.
US11263918B1
Audio bible players with a 6-digit numerical indexing system to the chapter level or a 9-digit numerical indexing system to the verse level are disclosed. Users can not only find a particular chapter or verse of the bible quickly, but also can switch to the same chapter or verse of a different translation easily for comparison study. They are easy and convenient to use, and are great tools for bible study, bible memorization, language study, and sharing bible with people in other languages, etc.
US11263914B2
Systems and methods of the present invention provide for generating a first, second, and third series of interface objects comprising a first and second sequence respectively, displayed on a graphical user interface (GUI). At least one visual indicator display object is also displayed that requires a switch between the first and second series of user interface objects. A user navigates through the first and second series of interface objects, including the visual indicator display object(s), and a score for the user is calculated according to a user input matching, or failing to match, a correct response associated with a task data defining a function skill demonstrating a cognitive ability of the user.
US11263907B2
The present invention discloses a system and method to reserve and park a vehicle in a parking lot via an application through a smartphone. The system comprises a parking meter installed at the parking lot to prevent unauthorized access of vehicle to the reserved parking lot. The parking meter could communicate to a server via a wireless communication for reserving a parking lot. The application could identify the user's location and allows the user to communicate or engage the parking meter at the parking lot via the navigation system. The parking meter comprises a housing, a camera, a chip reader, displays, a plurality of backlight panels, NFC, and ultrasonic sensor. The parking meter authorizes the vehicle's number and provides access to the parking lot. The user could pay for the usage of the parking lot via the application or the chip reader or NFC of the parking meter.
