US11319046B2
A heavy-lift UAV frame includes a central frame portion having a symmetrical shape and forming a pocket area for receiving an avionics package. Top and bottom plates are secured to the central frame portion and include four corner members that extend diagonally outward therefrom. A plurality of boom hinges are interposed between each of the corner members and an elongated boom arm. Each of the boom hinges pivot the boom arms between an extended position for flight and a retracted position for storage and transport. Each boom arm and hinge combination includes a complementary dimension to one side of the central frame portion to position a boom arm parallel thereto when in the retracted position.
US11319034B1
A personal watercraft includes: a watercraft body including a hull and a deck covering an upper portion of the hull; a light emitter supported by the watercraft body; and a protection cover covering the light emitter and permeable to light emitted by the light emitter, wherein the watercraft body includes a flow-regulating structure, and the flow-regulating structure includes: a fluid inlet through which an external fluid enters the watercraft body; and an upper flow-regulating wall and a lower flow-regulating wall that are opposed to each other in an up-down direction, the upper and lower flow-regulating walls being located between the fluid inlet and the protection cover to regulate flow of the fluid entering the watercraft body through the fluid inlet and moving toward the protection cover.
US11319033B2
A system (1) for transfer of a fluid product comprising a transfer pipe for the fluid product having several sections, called first pipe (2), and having an end provided with a coupling system (5) configured for the connection of the first pipe (2) to a target duct, and further comprising a support structure (4) for the first pipe (2), comprising an inner branch (41) which is mounted on a base (42) and an outer branch (43). The first transfer pipe (2) comprises a flexible section of pipe (21) having a proximal end (210) suspended from the support structure (4) and a rigid section of pipe (22) connected to a distal end (211) of the flexible section of pipe (21) and provided at its free end with the coupling system (5), the transfer system comprising suspension means configured for rigidly suspending, at the location of a first end thereof, the rigid section of pipe (22) from the outer branch (43) via articulation means permitting rotation around a vertical axis and at least one horizontal axis.
US11319025B2
A marine vessel hull, and marine vessels comprising at least one such hull, comprising a non-entrapment hull having at least one partial-beam, longitudinally vented transverse step, each partial-beam, longitudinally vented transverse step comprising a transverse step with port and starboard portions that do not continuously extend from port chine to starboard chine. In one embodiment, the port and starboard portions extend inwardly to an intersection with at least one longitudinal step but do not fully extend from starboard to port across the full beam of the vessel. In another, the port and starboard portions extend between longitudinal steps across the centerline but not to the starboard and port chines.
US11319024B2
A snowmobile includes a chassis, at least one ski, and a skid frame that includes one or more slide rails extending longitudinally, rear idler wheels, upper idler wheels, and a rear suspension. The rear suspension may further include a flexible, composite member, a rear shock connected between the one or more slide rails and the upper cross member, a rear shock link, a rear cross member connected between the one or more slide rails and a lower shock pivot member pivotally connected to the rear cross member. The rear shock is connected to a rear portion of the lower shock pivot member and the rear shock link is connected via a spherical pivot joint to a forward end of the lower shock pivot member. The flexible, composite member is coupled at a first end to the one or more slide rails and at a second end to the chassis.
US11319009B2
A method of assembling a vehicle driveline component that includes: positioning a rotary component and first race member on a fixture such that the first race member is concentric with a first race of the component; offsetting the first race member along the rotational axis relative to the first race; providing an annular bearing arrangement having balls and spacers; positioning the arrangement such that the centers of the balls are along a loading cylinder disposed concentrically about the rotational axis; moving the arrangement so the balls seat in the first race and the centers are distributed along an installation circle that is: a) larger in diameter than the loading cylinder if the first race is an outer race of a bearing assembly; or b) smaller in diameter than the loading cylinder if the first race is an inner race of a bearing assembly. A related tooling system is also provided.
US11319004B2
The invention relates to a tracked vehicle (V1, V2) comprising a vehicle body (20; 120), at least one track assembly (10) and a suspension device (S). Said track assembly (10) is arranged to be supported by said vehicle body (20; 120) by means of said suspension device (S). Said track assembly comprises a track support beam (12) for supporting a plurality of road wheels (16), an endless track (14) being disposed around said road wheels. Said suspension device (S) comprises a leaf spring arrangement (30; 130, 142, 144) having portions transversally arranged relative to the longitudinal extension of the vehicle. Said leaf spring arrangement comprises L-shaped leaf spring members (30; 130), each leaf spring member (30; 130) having a first portion (32; 132) attached to said vehicle body (20; 120), a second portion (34; 134) attached to said track support beam (12) and a transition portion (36; 136) there between, so that compressive and tensile stresses are located to said transition portion (36; 136) for generating a compressive action in said transition portion.
US11318999B2
A body side panel includes a metal panel and plastics that are integrally-molded on the metal panel to reinforce the metal panel. The plastics include a plastic layer formed on a surface of the metal panel and ribs raised from the plastic layer. The ribs have plural straight ribs formed radially from an end edge portion of the metal panel on its outer circumferential side along the surface thereof, and a joint rib jointing the plural straight ribs so as to intersect therewith.
US11318995B2
A vehicle platform with a variety of impact safety features including front and rear impact features as well as side impact features designed to protect the passenger compartment as well as the battery compartment and vehicle chassis components. Some features may include crumple zone components, deflectors and modular energy absorption units.
US11318994B2
Motor vehicle having an electric hybrid drive or electric drive and a crash energy-absorption device
A motor vehicle having a crash energy-absorption device includes a body, an electric hybrid drive or electric drive with an electrical machine and a vehicle battery, and an axle support. A support of the axle support is provided between the body-in-white of the motor vehicle and the axle support and/or a crash cross-beam for the axle support is provided.
US11318989B2
A steering mechanism for simulating a haptic feedback steering sensation includes a steering shaft connected to a steering wheel. An angle measuring device is arranged on the steering shaft and measures a rotation angle that is prevailing at the steering wheel the steering mechanism further includes an electric motor arranged in a coaxial manner with respect to the steering shaft. The electric motor is configured to apply a torque to the steering shaft. The direction of rotation of the torque applied by the electric motor is usually oriented in the opposite direction to the direction of rotation of the rotation angle that is prevailing at the steering wheel. Furthermore, the magnitude of the torque is dependent upon the value of the rotation angle and upon the vehicle model that is used as a basis. The electric motor is connected to the steering shaft via a torsionally elastic coupling.
US11318988B2
An autonomous steering control unit for a hydraulic steering control system has a pilot selector valve, primary and secondary electro-hydraulic (EH) steering valves, and an output selector valve. In a primary autonomous steering mode, the primary EH steering valve operates to output pilot fluid from the pilot selector valve through the output selector valve to the steering control system to control steering of a work machine while the pilot selector valve and the output selector valve isolate the secondary EH steering valve from the steering control system. In a secondary autonomous steering mode, the secondary EH steering valve operates to output pilot fluid through the output selector valve to the steering control system while the primary EH steering valve is isolated from the steering control system. In alternative embodiments, a load sense selector valve alternately connects an dynamic load sense line to the operative steering valve.
US11318984B2
Provided are an electronic device and method for assisting driving of a vehicle, the electronic device including a sensor configured to sense a rotation direction of a steering wheel of the vehicle, a processor configured to monitor rotation direction switching events of the steering wheel, obtain a rotation direction switching pattern about a number of rotation direction switching events of the steering wheel per unit time, and determine whether to provide an alert to a driver of the vehicle, based on the obtained rotation direction switching pattern, and an outputter configured to output the alert to the driver, based on the determination.
US11318978B2
A wheel locking axle assembly is provided to secure a wheel to a hub of a child conveyance device. An embodiment of the wheel locking assembly includes a hub including a retention feature and a wheel assembly. The wheel assembly includes a wheel, a sleeve coupled to the wheel, a spindle that is slidable within a channel of the sleeve, and at least one detent captured by the sleeve and the spindle. The spindle can be moved between a first longitudinal position with respect to the sleeve in which a portion of each detent extends radially outwardly through a respective through-hole in the sleeve to lockingly engage the retention feature of the hub and a second longitudinal position with respect to the sleeve in which each detent does not extend radially outwardly through the through-hole and disengages the retention feature of the hub.
US11318976B2
A cart storage system for storing a movable cart includes a storage plate inclined with respect to a floor in a first direction crossing a moving direction of a cart, a stopper along a back side of the storage plate in the moving direction, and a first holding plate extending along the moving direction, configured to stop movement of the cart in the lateral direction, and disposed a first predetermined distance away from a lateral side of the storage plate.
US11318975B2
A non-contact power supply unit includes connectable units. Each of the connectable units includes a cart wheel guide, a non-contact power supply device configured to perform wireless power charging of a cart, a first connector, and a second connector. The first connector is connectable to the second connector of another connectable unit and the second connector is connectable to the first connector of another connectable unit. The cart wheel guides of the connectable units are aligned with each other when connected.
US11318962B2
A method for providing operating mode transition for a vehicle includes receiving an input indicating a request to transition from a first operating mode of the vehicle to a second operating mode of the vehicle and determining a first planned trajectory corresponding to the first operating mode. The method also includes determining a second planned trajectory corresponding to the second operating mode. The method also includes determining a first road wheel actuator angle corresponding to the first planned trajectory and determining a second road wheel actuator angle corresponding to the second planned trajectory. The method also includes determining a difference between a current handwheel actuator angle and a handwheel actuator angle corresponding to the second road wheel actuator angle and, in response to a determination that the difference is less than a threshold, transitioning from the first operating mode to the second operating mode over a determined period.
US11318961B2
The present disclosure relates to a robot provided in a vehicle capable of performing a function related to the vehicle. The robot includes a body, a head positioned above the body, an actuator configured to apply an external force to allow the head to move relative to the body, a camera disposed on the head to capture an image, a communication unit configured to perform communications with one or more devices provided in the vehicle, and a processor configured to control the actuator so that the camera is directed toward an inside or outside of the vehicle based on information received via the communication unit.
US11318954B2
A movable carrier auxiliary system includes an environment detecting device, a state detecting device, and a control device. The environment detecting device includes at least one image capturing module and an operation module. The image capturing module captures an environment image in a traveling direction of the movable carrier. The operation module detects whether there is at least one of a target carrier and a lane marking in the environment image captured in the traveling direction for generating a detection signal. The state detecting device detects a moving state of the movable carrier and generating a state signal. The control device continuously receives the detection signal and the state signal, and controls the movable carrier to follow the target carrier or the lane marking according to the detection signal and the state signal upon receiving the detection signal that there is the target carrier or the lane marking in the environment image.
US11318951B2
A monitoring system and method determine a consumption metric representative of one or more of an amount of fuel consumed or an amount of energy consumed by a vehicle during travel over a route. The consumption metric is independent of one or more of vehicle load or elevation change over the route. The system and method optionally can determine a route condition metric representative of a condition of a route traveled upon by a vehicle. The route condition metric is based on a comparison between an actual grade of the route at one or more locations along the route and an estimated grade of the route at the one or more locations.
US11318948B2
Driver condition estimating device, driver condition estimating method and computer program therefor
A driver condition estimating device includes circuitry configured to measure movement of the head of a driver output from a driver camera that photographs the driver and detect a sign of abnormality of the driver from the movement of the head. The circuitry determines existence of the sign of abnormality of the driver by calculating a periodic feature amount from time series data showing movement of the head of the driver, calculating coherence between the movement of the head of the driver and lateral acceleration acting on the head of the driver, calculating time series variation patterns from the obtained periodic feature amount and the obtained coherence, and comparing the obtained time series variation patterns with a predetermined threshold.
US11318947B2
Techniques are described for estimating surface friction coefficients using lateral force excitations of one or more rear wheels of a rear wheel steering vehicle. In one example, a computing system is configured to cause excitation of a rear wheel using a lateral force that causes the rear wheel to initiate turning. The computing system may determine one or more slip angles that result from the excitation and determine a relationship between the lateral force and the slip angles. From the lateral force and slip angle relationship, the computing system may estimate the friction coefficient of a surface and may cause maneuvering of the rear wheel steering vehicle, or of another networked vehicle, to be based at least in part on the friction coefficient estimated for a particular driving surface.
US11318940B2
A method for determining a dynamic vehicle distance between a following vehicle and a preceding vehicle of a platoon, wherein a V2V signal is configured to be transmitted in a wireless manner between the following vehicle and the preceding vehicle, includes determining a current maximum following vehicle deceleration of the following vehicle, determining a current transmission time for transmitting information from the preceding vehicle to the following vehicle, determining a current maximum preceding vehicle deceleration of the preceding vehicle, and determining the dynamic vehicle distance comprising a transmission distance and a braking distance difference. The transmission distance indicates a distance traveled by the following vehicle between the preceding vehicle initiating an emergency braking procedure and the following vehicle initiating an emergency braking procedure. The transmission distance is dependent upon the current transmission time.
US11318938B2
Provided are a speed planning method and apparatus for self-driving, a device and a medium, relating to artificial intelligence technologies such as self-driving and deep learning. The solution includes acquiring the current state of a vehicle and interpolating actions based on the current state and a predetermined state table to obtain the target action of the current state. The current state includes at least the remaining running distance and the current speed. The state table is determined based on a reinforcement learning method and includes multiple states and an action performed in each state. The action performed in each state includes at least acceleration.
US11318937B2
A driver assistance system (DAS) configured to determine a lane provided with a radar reflector includes a radar configured to emit radio wave in front of the vehicle and obtain radar data by receiving reflected wave reflected from an object in front of the vehicle; a controller configured to determine whether the object is the radar reflector based on the magnitude of energy of the reflected wave included in the obtained radar data, and to determine a line connecting the determined radar reflector as a lane. It is an object of the present invention to provide a driver assistance system and a driver assistance method capable of obtaining lane information based on a radar track.
US11318934B2
A vehicle control device includes an oncoming vehicle detection sensor and a controller that automatically applies brakes to avoid a collision with the oncoming vehicle, under a condition that the own vehicle is at least partially in an opposite lane or a planned path of the own vehicle is at least partially in the opposite lane. The controller sets a virtual area that moves with the oncoming vehicle and that extends in an advancing direction of the oncoming vehicle, and automatically brakes to avoid to avoid a collision. In response to the sensor detecting first and second oncoming vehicles, the controller sets first and second virtual areas, and automatically brakes the own vehicle to prevent coming into contact with the first virtual area and the second virtual area once the own vehicle traverses the opposite lane.
US11318932B2
A vehicle driving controller, a system including the same, and a method thereof are provided. The vehicle driving controller includes a processor configured to apply a different warning level depending on at least one of a driving situation or a user state during autonomous driving and to provide a notification of a control authority transition demand to a user and a storage configured to store information associated with the driving situation and the user state and information associated with the different warning level.
US11318927B2
A control device for a hybrid vehicle includes a driving control part configured to acquire for each driving road section from a server a value of the output parameter linked with a vehicle speed of the same extent as the scheduled vehicle speed when driving over a driving road section on a scheduled driving route to calculate for each driving road section the scheduled vehicle demanded output when driving over the driving road section or acquire from the server the scheduled vehicle demanded output for each driving road section calculated based on the value of the output parameter for each driving road section at the server to heat the catalyst device before using the output of the internal combustion engine as part of the drive power when there is the driving road section where the scheduled vehicle demanded output becomes the engine start output or more.
US11318921B2
A piston pump unit for a hydraulic vehicle power braking system including an electric motor, a planetary gear set, a worm gear, and a piston displaceable in a cylinder. As ventilation of an annular gap between the cylinder and the piston and a back side of the piston, the invention provides a radial hole and grooves in the cylinder.
US11318918B2
A Wheeled Cart which can be connected to the car's own wheel, allowing, upon removal of the car wheel, the positioning of the Wheeled Cart with the same screws or the same nuts. The device adapts to different configurations of the wheel and fastens taking into account the layout or configuration of the holes, as well as the diameter of the wheel to be replaced. The device enables movement of the car when the latter cannot do so with its wheels.
US11318913B2
The invention is based on a wiper blade adapter device with an adapter basic body (10) which is provided to be fixedly connected to a wiper blade component (12), and with an adapter unit (14) which is provided for releasable coupling to a wiper arm adapter (16), and wherein the adapter unit (14) is provided to be connected to the adapter basic body (10) via a latching connection. It is proposed that the adapter unit (14) comprises at least one latching means (18) for latching to the adapter basic body (10), said latching means being provided to be at least partially deflected in the direction of a longitudinal centre plane (22) of the adapter unit (14) during assembly with the adapter basic body (10).
US11318906B2
A closed or sealed airbag system is described in which a semi-rigid, resilient force distribution plate is positioned proximate a pair of relatively flat inflatable airbags. Once inflated, the airbags retain the gas/fluid provided thereto, while the plate serves to redistribute a point of impact on the system across the entirety of the air bags so as to significantly reduce impact forces that otherwise would have been sustained by the object/person causing the initial point of impact. The airbags and plate are specifically engineered with features to distribute and dissipate force across their entire surface area, resulting in distributed deceleration of point load forces. Additional airbags and plates can be incorporated, including outer most plates on the outer facings of the system.
US11318905B2
A side airbag apparatus includes: an airbag cushion having a rear end configured to be secured to a side surface of a seat and a front end configured to move forwards while the airbag cushion is deployed forwards when gas is injected into the airbag cushion; at least one support tether having a first side coupled to a side surface of the seat to be rotatable about a rotating shaft extending in a direction parallel to a side of the seat, and extending in a longitudinal direction; and at least one outer tether having a first end coupled to a second side of the support tether, and a second end extending in the longitudinal direction and coupled to the front end of the airbag cushion.
US11318893B2
A display control system includes a mobile terminal device and an in-vehicle device. The mobile terminal device is configured to display an agent image by executing an agent program. The in-vehicle device is configured to display an agent image by executing an agent program. The in-vehicle device includes a detection unit and a display control unit. The detection unit is configured to detect the mobile terminal device as a result of receiving identification information from the mobile terminal device. The display control unit is configured to, when the mobile terminal device has been detected by the detection unit, cause the in-vehicle device to display the agent image. The mobile terminal device is configured to, when the display control unit causes the in-vehicle device to display the agent image, prohibit display of the agent image on the mobile terminal device.
US11318869B2
An air distribution system that includes a plenum, which has a bottom wall, a peripheral wall connected to the bottom wall and extending around a periphery of the plenum to define one or more open spaces in the plenum, and one or more connection recesses in the bottom wall adapted to connect to a blower. A top surface of the peripheral wall is configured to contact a bottom surface of a cushion of a vehicle seat to enclose the one or more open spaces.
US11318853B2
The invention relates to an arrangement for connecting a charging plug to a charging interface of a vehicle, with a moving apparatus with a plurality of controllable movement axes; a tool which can be positioned by means of the moving apparatus relative to the vehicle and is configured to hold the charging plug, the tool having a centering device for centering the charging plug within the tool and a controllable tool movement axis for moving the charging plug independently of the movement axes of the moving apparatus; wherein the tool with the charging plug centered therein can be positioned in a predetermined relative position with regard to the charging interface by means of the moving apparatus and the charging plug can subsequently be connected with the charging interface by using the tool movement axis.
US11318850B2
Example electric vehicle charging systems and methods are described. In one implementation, an electric vehicle charging system includes multiple solar cells and a power manager coupled to the multiple solar cells. The power manager receives power signals from each of the solar cells and generates an output signal based on at least a portion of the received power signals. The output signal has an associated voltage and/or current that is within an acceptable operating range for charging an electric vehicle.
US11318848B2
A power supply system includes a first drive motor, a second drive motor, a first power line to which a first inverter and a first battery are connected, a second power line to which a second inverter and a second battery are connected, a voltage converter that converts a voltage between the first power line and the second power line, and an ECU that operates the first and second inverters and the voltage converter and controls charging and discharging of the first and second batteries. In a case where total required power is larger than first outputtable power of the first battery, the ECU discharges a shortage of power from the second battery to the second power line, wherein the shortage of power is obtained by excluding an amount that is output by the first battery from the total required power.
US11318844B2
An on-board charging device includes an AC connector, an AC to DC converter and a detection circuit. The AC connector is configured to be connected to an electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE), so that a protective earth terminal of EVSE is electrically connected to a protective earth terminal of the on-board charging device. The AC to DC converter is electrically connected to the AC connector, and the AC to DC converter is configured to convert an AC voltage provided by the EVSE into a DC voltage. The AC to DC converter has a reference ground terminal. The detection circuit outputs a detection voltage based on the voltage difference between the protective earth terminal of the on-board charging device and the reference ground terminal of the AC to DC converter. The detection voltage reflects whether the protective earth terminal of the EVSE is abnormal or not.
US11318838B2
An accelerator device having an organ structure includes: a pad configured to be pressed by a driver; a case configured to be attached to a vehicle body; an inside movable mechanism housed in the case; and an arm that passes through an opening formed in an outer wall of the case and connects the pad to the inside movable mechanism. The arm has a rectangle shape in a cross section. An entire circumference of the opening is surrounded by a protrusion protruding toward the pad. The protrusion includes an upper surface, and the upper surface has an inclination portion that slopes down rightward or leftward, when viewed from the pad.
US11318835B2
A drive train for a vehicle includes a drive shaft, a transmission, a differential, and a wheel drive shaft. An axle drive gear wheel of the differential and a gear wheel of the transmission, which mesh with one another are at least partially in the oil sump in a splashing fashion. An end plate has a bearing retainer for receiving a bearing. The efficiency of the drive train is increased and splashing losses are avoided by the end plate, which has a flange-like circumferential region extending radially in the direction of the oil sump. At least one of the end plate or the circumferential region is or are formed to divide the oil sump into a first and a second oil sump region.
US11318834B2
A vehicle driving apparatus including: a rotating electrical machine that acts as a source of driving force for a first wheel and a second wheel; a speed reduction device that reduces a speed of rotation of the rotating electrical machine; a differential gear device that distributes, to the first wheel and the second wheel, the driving force transmitted from the rotating electrical machine via the speed reduction device; a case that houses the rotating electrical machine, the speed reduction device, and the differential gear device; and an oil circulator.
US11318833B2
It is provided an adjustment mechanism, comprising a closure flap for at least partially closing a closure opening on a vehicle, via which, when the closure flap is opened, a connection element for connecting a line and/or a port for topping up a liquid, in particular a fuel, is accessible, a drive for adjusting the closure flap by external force in response to an operator control event, and an electronic control unit which is coupled to the drive and by means of which the drive is activated to open the closure flap in response to an operator control event which is detected in a contactless manner, and, on the other hand, is automatically stopped or reversed in so far as, when the closure flap closes, a possible obstacle is detected in a contactless manner in the adjustment path of the closure flap by means of an anti-pinch mechanism.
US11318830B2
A utility vehicle includes: a vehicle body frame including a cabin frame portion; a loading bed tiltable between a normal position and a dumping position; and an intake unit including an intake port. The intake unit is disposed above a rear wheel and extends over a height range overlapping a height range over which the loading bed in the normal position extends, and a location of the intake unit in a vehicle width direction substantially coincides with a location of a side wall portion of the loading bed in the vehicle width direction. The intake unit is located rearward of the cabin frame portion and exposed to the outside in the vehicle width direction. The intake unit is fixed to the vehicle body frame at a distance from a trajectory along which the loading bed is tilted.
US11318818B2
A window regulator for a motor vehicle door assembly including features for providing defrosting capabilities for movable glass of the door. A door wire harness is routed inside a door inner cavity. A defroster wire harness is provided having a first end connected to the door wire harness at a bracket on a window regulator guide rail. The opposite end of the defroster wire harness is affixed to a second bracket at a window regulator window carrier. Electrical defroster element wires are connected to the defroster wire harness at the second connector. The defroster wire harness is configured to undergo a bending motion in a manner to reduce fatigue and interference with internal components of the vehicle door. Other applications include providing electrical power to electronic or electrical elements carried by a vehicle movable window panel in addition to defroster functions.
US11318816B2
A heat pump system for a vehicle may adjust a temperature of a battery module by use of one chiller that performs heat exchange between a refrigerant and a coolant, and improve heating efficiency by use of waste heat generated from an electrical component and the battery module, in increasing the flow rate of the refrigerant by operating the gas injection unit in the heating mode or the heating/dehumidification mode of the vehicle, thereby reducing power consumption of a compressor and maximizing heating performance.
US11318815B2
A roof structure for an agricultural vehicle includes an upper roof assembly, a lower roof assembly, and an air-conditioning chamber formed in the lower roof assembly. The upper roof assembly is connectable to the lower roof assembly to surround the air-conditioning chamber. An inlet chamber and an outlet chamber for air-conditioned air are provided such that the inlet chamber and the outlet chamber between the lower roof assembly and the upper roof assembly include chambers separated from each other. The structure also includes a circulation opening for supplying recirculated air arranged at the inlet chamber and an air-guiding element arranged in the inlet chamber, at the circulation opening, and at the air-conditioning chamber. A region is sealed in relation to an external environment.
US11318808B2
A blower unit for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioner system (HVAC) of a vehicle. The blower unit includes an inside/outside air switching box. A switching door disposed in the inside/outside air switching box that is configured to selectively open and close an inside air introduction port and an outside air introduction port of the inside/outside air switching box. A fan is also located inside the inside/outside air switching box and blows air introduced into the inside/outside air switching box from the inside air introduction port and the outside air introduction port into the passenger compartment. A first plurality of ribs is provided on an inner surface of the switching door with a first perforated panel coupled to each of the first plurality of ribs. The first plurality of ribs and the first perforated panel reduce noise generated during an inside air introduction mode.
US11318804B2
It is an object of the present invention to suitably estimate a state of a vehicle. A vehicle state estimation section (1200) includes: a main computation section (1210) configured to carry out linear computation with respect to a state amount related to a state of a vehicle; and a tire model computation section (1240) configured to carry out nonlinear computation with direct or indirect reference to at least part of a result of the linear computation carried out by the main computation section (1210).
US11318796B2
A pneumatic vehicle tire, in particular a commercial vehicle tire, having a tread with transverse grooves (3, 3′), which are continuous over the tread width and which, at least in sections, are formed to the profile depth and are the main grooves of the tread. Circumferential grooves (4) that run adjacent to one another in pairs and parallel to one another, at an angle (α) with respect to the circumferential direction of 10° to 30° and have a smaller depth than the profile depth divide the tread, with two sections (4a) in each case between three transverse grooves (3, 3′) following one another in the circumferential direction, into profile blocks (1, 2), wherein pairs of circumferential grooves following one another in the circumferential direction are offset with respect to one another in the axial direction, such that the circumferential grooves (4) of the pairs of circumferential grooves begin and end at substantially the same axial positions, wherein each circumferential groove (4) reaches, with a section (4b) running beyond a transverse groove (3), into a middle profile block (2) present between the circumferential grooves (4), and wherein each circumferential groove (4) is formed shallower in at least one section (4a, 4b) than in its other sections or its other section.
US11318794B2
A pneumatic tire in which a plurality of sipes 20 are formed in land sections of a tread and at least one of end parts in an extending direction of each sipe 20 is an end part 21 in the land section that is blocked in the land section, in which holes 22 separated from the sipes 20 are formed on line segments L connecting the end parts 21 in the land section of adjacent two sipes 20 to each other, and the hole 22 has a circular shape or an elliptical shape in plan view, a diameter of which becomes smaller as coming toward a deeper position.
US11318793B2
A pneumatic tire has a tread reinforcing layer comprising a net structure formed from a tape of rubber coated reinforcing cord(s). The net structure comprises first oblique segments and second oblique segments of the tape which intersect with each other, forming interspaces therebetween. The first oblique segment has a first axial outer part in which the angle of the tape with respect to the tire circumferential direction decreases toward one end in the tire axial direction of the net structure. The second oblique segment has a second axial outer part in which the angle of the tape with respect to the tire circumferential direction decreases toward the above-said one end of the net structure. The first axial outside part is connected to the second axial outside part directly or through a circumferential segment of the tape.
US11318791B2
A wheel assembly includes a mounting plate for attachment to a rotatable axle, a plurality of elongate friction members for engaging a tire assembly, a plurality of first angular flanges extending radially outward and circumferentially in a first direction from the mounting plate, and a plurality of second angular flanges extending radially outward and circumferentially in a second direction, opposite the first direction, from the mounting plate. Each elongate friction member is disposed axially between one of the first angular flanges and one of the second angular flanges.
US11318783B2
A sealing device for a wheel hub unit configured to form a static seal to protect the wheel hub unit from environmental contaminants. The sealing device including a metal shield that is coupled to a collar of the wheel hub unit, and has an end wall, a cylindrical lateral wall integral with, and orthogonal to, the end wall. The lateral wall has twice the thickness of the end wall in order to impart stiffness to the metal shield, and a stop edge integral with the cylindrical lateral wall on the opposite side to the end wall, for bearing axially against the collar; a sealing gasket formed by a silicone-based sealing compound being provided to allow the formation of a bead against a cylindrical lateral wall in an assembly configuration of the sealing device.
US11318772B2
An apparatus includes a jet that applies a liquid binder to an application surface and a particle applicator. The particle applicator includes a particle reservoir with at least one movable surface, an electrically controlled actuator that causes vibrations of the movable surface, and a dispersal port though which particles can exit the particle reservoir. A controller is coupled to cause the vibrations via the actuator. The vibrations result in movement of the particles through the dispersal port towards the liquid binder on the application surface.
US11318759B2
Some examples include a print system including a memory to store instructions and print data of a print job, a processor to execute the instructions in the memory to reference print data of a print job, transform the print data into a plurality of print regions of a medium representation, each of the plurality of print regions including a print density, determine the quantity of print regions having a print density exceeding a predetermined threshold, and apply a modifier to the quantity of print regions having a print density exceeding the predetermined threshold to generate a score. The print system includes a print engine to move the medium along the print path to deposit a print substance onto a medium and apply drying to the medium and a controller to control a drying of the medium along the print path of the print engine in response to the score.
US11318757B2
A thread printing system includes a source spool containing thread. The system also includes various print heads, each of which is fluidly connected to an ink tank. The print heads are positioned to direct and apply ink to a segment of the thread as the thread travels along a transport path along from the source spool. The system also includes a fuser having one or more print rollers that are connected to a heating element. The fuser receives the dyed thread and fuses the ink to the thread. The system may include a controller that is configured to apply ink of different colors to different segments of the thread.
US11318750B2
In one example, a fluid property sensor includes an electrical circuit assembly (ECA), an elongated circuit (EC), and an external interface. The EC is attached to the ECA and includes multiple point sensors distributed along a length of the EC. The external interface is electrically coupled to a proximal end of the EC. The EC and the external interface are packaged together with an encasement on both sides of the ECA to form the fluid property sensor.
US11318745B2
A liquid discharging apparatus includes: liquid discharging modules which are arranged in a first direction along a predetermined plane; and a wiring member commonly joined to the liquid discharging modules. The wiring member includes: first parts joined to the liquid discharging modules, respectively, in a state that the first parts are arranged side by side in the first direction along the predetermined plane; second parts; and a sixth part. The second parts include: third parts extending from the first parts, respectively, in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and along the predetermined plane, fourth parts extending in a third direction away from the predetermined plane, and fifth parts connected to the third parts and the fourth parts, respectively. Width in the first direction of each of the second parts is smaller than width in the first direction of the sixth part.
US11318742B2
According to one or more embodiments, a liquid discharge head comprises a substrate, a nozzle plate, and a damper member. The substrate comprises a plurality of pressure chambers. The nozzle plate is provided on a first surface of the substrate and comprises a plurality of nozzles, each of the plurality of nozzles aligned with a corresponding one of the plurality of pressure chambers. The damper member is provided on a second surface of the substrate and comprises a pressure wave absorbing material.
US11318741B2
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a head, a sensor, a motor, and control circuitry. The head is configured to discharge liquid in a plurality of times of scanning. The sensor is configured to measure a density of a region formed with the liquid discharged in first scanning among the plurality of times of scanning. The motor is configured to move a measurement position at which the sensor performs measurement. The control circuitry is configured to control discharge of the head in second scanning performed after the first scanning among the plurality of times of scanning, based on the measurement position and the density measured at the measurement position.
US11318738B2
An inkjet printing system with a droplet measurement apparatus is described herein. The droplet measurement apparatus has a light source with a collimating optical system, an imaging device disposed along an optical path of the collimating optical system, and a droplet illumination zone in the optical path of the collimating optical system, the droplet illumination zone having a varying droplet illumination location, wherein the light source, the imaging device, or both are adjustable to place a focal plane of the imaging device at the droplet illumination location. The droplet measurement apparatus is structured to accommodate at least a portion of a dispenser of the printing system within the droplet illumination zone.
US11318736B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a differential signal output circuit that outputs a pair of differential signals based on an original control signal, a pair of first signal wirings that are electrically coupled to the differential signal output circuit and propagate the differential signals, a first receiving circuit that is electrically coupled to the first signal wirings, a second receiving circuit that is electrically coupled to the first signal wirings, and an ejector that includes a drive element and that ejects a liquid from a nozzle by driving the drive element, in which the first receiving circuit outputs a control signal for controlling driving of the drive element based on the differential signals, power consumption of the first receiving circuit is larger than power consumption of the second receiving circuit, and the first receiving circuit and the second receiving circuit are electrically coupled by a second signal wiring.
US11318728B1
This disclosure relates a screen protector applicator that comprises a tray and two guide insert pins. The tray comprises a frame with an accommodating groove for accommodating a device, the frame includes two oppositely arranged long sides and two oppositely arranged short sides, surrounding the accommodating groove. Each guide insert pin comprises a connecting plate and a guide protrusion, wherein the connecting plate is slidably connected to the frame, the guide protrusion comprises a first protrusion, the first protrusion is fixedly connected to the connecting plate, the first protrusion is provided with a first inclined surface, the first inclined surface faces away from the accommodating groove, and the first inclined surface is inclined in a downward direction. With the above arrangement, two ends of a screen protector each can be gradually flatly attached to the device by pulling away the two guide insert pins.
US11318726B2
A building panel with a surface layer including a wood veneer, a wood fibre based core and a sub-layer between the surface layer and the core. The sub-layer includes wood fibres and a binder. The surface layer has surface portions including material from the sub-layer. The surface portions including material from the sub-layer extend into the wood veneer.
US11318718B2
The present invention aims to provide an interlayer film for a laminated glass having recesses in the shape of engraved lines on both surfaces to exhibit excellent deaeration properties in production of a laminated glass and suppressing formation of a moire pattern when unwound from a rolled body thereof. The present invention also aims to provide a laminated glass including the interlayer film for a laminated glass, a method for producing an embossing roll suitably used for production of the interlayer film for a laminated glass, and a method for producing the interlayer film for a laminated glass. The present invention relates to an interlayer film for a laminated glass, having a large number of recesses on both surfaces, the recesses each having a groove shape with a continuous bottom and being regularly adjacent and parallel to each other, the interlayer film having a glossiness on a surface with the large number of recesses measured in conformity with JIS Z 8741-1997 of higher than 3% or a haze value measured in conformity with JIS K 7105-1981 of 87% or lower.
US11318717B2
A method of field shaping a laminated glass structure is provided. The method includes providing the laminated glass structure comprising a flexible glass sheet having a thickness of no greater than about 0.3 mm laminated to a non-glass substrate by an adhesive material. The laminated glass structure is field cut using a handheld power tool thereby forming a shaped laminated glass structure. An edge strength of a cut edge of the shaped laminated glass structure at least about 20 MPa.
US11318714B2
Light-permeable multilayer composite film made of plastic as the surface coating of an article, wherein the composite film comprises at least one outer, at least partially light-permeable top layer optionally provided with a lacquer and at least one further layer arranged on the back of the top layer, wherein arranged on the back side of the top layer is an optical layer, preferably an optical layer made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) which has light-transmitting, light-refracting and light-reflecting properties or a combination thereof, wherein the transmission, refraction and reflection properties are such that illumination of the optical layer, in particular back side illumination of the optical layer, results in preferably uniform light transmission through the top layer.
US11318708B2
A panel and a method of making a panel are provided. The panel comprises a cured polymeric foam layer that is formed by application of a foam composition to an edge surface of the panel and then shaped and cured. The panel comprises man-made vitreous fibre or wood wool cement.
US11318707B2
An exterior structural trim part for a vehicle, comprising at least an area comprising at least 3 layers superposed and laminated together to form a structural unit whereby the two outer layers are compressed and consolidated fibrous layers and with an inner layer situated in-between the two fibrous outer layers being an impervious polyester foam layer.
US11318704B2
A vehicle interior material that is manufactured at by bonding a base member and a surface member with each other without using an adhesive agent or an adhesive film, that is light in weight and that has adhesive strength and abrasion resistance. The base member includes a natural fiber or a glass fiber and a first thermoplastic resin fiber and has a density of 0.2 to 0.7 g/cm3 The surface member includes a second thermoplastic resin fiber and a low melting point resin fiber and that has a weight per unit area of 50 to 500 g/m2. The surface member is laid on a surface of the base member. An entangled layer where the second thermoplastic resin fiber enters texture of the base member to be entangled with the first thermoplastic resin fiber is provided at an interface between the base member and the surface member.
US11318697B2
The present invention relates to a servo hydraulic press for sheet metal forming. The press comprises a hydraulic cylinder, at least two servo motors and at least two pumps for supplying pressurized fluid to the hydraulic cylinder, where each servo motor drives at least one pump. The servo motors are operable at variable speed, and the first servo motor and first pump are operable in an opposite direction to the second servo motor and the second pump. With this arrangement, the servo hydraulic press may be operated at low speed without causing damage to the pumps or motors.
US11318696B2
A portable press configured to selectably apply either compression or expansion forces to objects or workpieces, thereby permitting multiple functions such as pressing, bending, fixturing, spreading, lifting, and position holding assistance in fabrication applications to the objects or workpieces.
US11318694B2
During manufacturing of a tire component that includes a process of adhering a sheet-like rubber member 8b that is held by a supply section 30 to a drum 22, positions of ends 7d1, 7d2 n a width direction of the sheet-like rubber member 8b are detected by using sensors 52, 54 provided between the supply section 30 and the drum 22, and the supply section 30 is moved in a width direction X of the sheet-like rubber member 8b in accordance with the detected positions, so as to adhere the sheet-like rubber member 8b to a specified position on the drum 22.
US11318691B2
A mold includes: a first molding surface configured to form a lens surface of a scanning lens being elongated in a main-scanning direction; and a first coolant passage, which is disposed within the mold and through which a coolant to control the temperature of the first molding surface flows, wherein the first coolant passage includes: a first passage portion corresponding to a first lens portion which is a portion protruding most in an optical axis direction in the lens surface; and a second passage portion corresponding to a second lens portion which is a portion retreated most in the optical axis direction in the lens surface, and the second passage portion is located to be closer to the second lens portion than a virtual plane, which passes through the first passage portion and is orthogonal to the optical axis direction.
US11318689B2
A ply transporting and compacting apparatus comprises a rigid frame, a top-layer sheet of flexible rubber material fastened to the frame, and a bottom-layer sheet of perforated flexible rubber material having openings. The apparatus also comprises a middle-layer sheet of flow media material disposed in a first plenum area that is defined between the top and bottom layer sheets. The apparatus further comprises a moving device coupled to the frame and arranged to lower the frame and sheets onto a composite ply at a trimming location to pick up the composite ply with a suction force when a vacuum is drawn in the first plenum area to create the suction force through the openings of the bottom-layer sheet.
US11318688B2
A method for joining at least two joining partners includes performing a plurality of ultrasonic joining operations in direct succession, wherein performing an individual ultrasonic joining operation includes, with a second joining tool, applying pressure to a second joining partner arranged adjacent to a first joining partner, thereby pressing the second joining partner against the first joining partner, and, with the second joining tool, applying high-frequency ultrasonic vibrations to the joining partners. The method further includes, during at least one intermediate time interval between two directly successive ultrasonic joining operations, at least one of actively cooling and heating the second joining tool.
US11318678B2
Certain examples described herein relate to preparing a base of build material for additive manufacturing. The base is formed from layers of build material that do not form part of an object undergoing additive manufacture. The base is heated by the application of energy, for example using a radiation source. A thermal profile of the base is measured after heating and is used to determine a pattern of application of at least one printing agent to the base. The pattern of application is used to deposit the at least one printing agent upon the base, wherein the presence of the printing agent affects the heating of the base. In this way the pattern of application of printing agent may be used to effect a thermal homogeneity of the base.
US11318677B2
In some examples, with respect to feature protection for three-dimensional printing, a three-dimensional model of a three-dimensional object to be printed may be ascertained. A determination may be made as to whether a configuration of a three-dimensional model feature of the three-dimensional model matches a removable feature configuration from a set of removable feature configurations. Based on a determination that the configuration of the three-dimensional model feature of the three-dimensional model matches the removable feature configuration from the set of removable feature configurations, the three-dimensional model feature may be removed from the three-dimensional model to generate a modified three-dimensional model.
US11318674B2
A system for additively manufacturing an object comprises a fiber supply that dispenses elongate fibers, a resin supply that applies a resin to the elongate fibers to create a feedstock line with the resin in a first non-rigid uncured state, a rigidizing mechanism that transforms the resin from the first non-rigid uncured state to a rigid uncured state, a delivery guide that deposits the feedstock line along a print path, a feed mechanism that feeds the feedstock line through the delivery guide, a de-rigidizing mechanism that transforms the resin from the rigid uncured state to a second non-rigid uncured state, and a curing mechanism that transforms the resin from the second non-rigid uncured state to an at least partially cured state.
US11318668B2
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for 3D printing using a photopolymer. An aspect of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for 3D printing using a photopolymer, which can shorten time taken in forming a sculpture body. To this end, the method of 3D printing using a photopolymer, which forms a sculpture body using a liquid photopolymer resin filled in a resin tank having a transparent bottom plate, wherein the sculpture body is stacked to form layers on a bed, comprises lifting up the bed with respect to the bottom plate of the resin tank within an at least partial thickness range of a unit shaping layer and forming the at least partial thickness range of the unit shaping layer during a layer image light for the unit shaping layer is being emitted.
US11318664B2
The adhering device of the present application includes a chamber; a carrying platform having a groove formed thereon; a pressing block assembly for supporting the flexible display panel, and fitting the flexible display panel toward the curved cover plate at a preset rising speed; a clamp assembly for holding the flexible display panel, and when the flexible display panel is adhered to the curved cover plate at a preset ascending speed, the clamp assembly starts to rotate until the flexible display panel and the curved cover plate completely adhere together with the display panel separation.
US11318663B2
A stamp for micro-transfer printing includes a support having a support stiffness and a support coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE). A pedestal layer is formed on the support, the pedestal layer having a pedestal layer stiffness that is less than the support stiffness and a pedestal layer coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) that is different from the support coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE). A stamp layer is formed on the pedestal layer, the stamp layer having a body and one or more protrusions extending from the body in a direction away from the pedestal layer. The stamp layer has a stamp layer stiffness that is less than the support stiffness and a stamp layer coefficient of thermal expansion that is different from the support coefficient of thermal expansion.
US11318661B2
A filament winding device includes: a helical winder which winds a fiber bundle around a liner; a bobbin supporting shaft which rotatably supports a bobbin for providing the fiber bundle to the helical winder and a bobbin different from the bobbin in a state in which winding-initiation ends of the fiber bundle wound around the bobbin and winding-termination ends of the fiber bundle wound around the bobbin connect to each other; and a fiber bundle storage unit. The fiber bundle storage unit has a stopper which can switch the fiber bundle storage unit between a storage state in which the fiber bundle is stored in the fiber bundle storage unit and a storage-released state in which the fiber bundle has been released from storage in the fiber bundle storage unit and the fiber bundle is supplied from the fiber bundle storage unit to the helical winding unit.
US11318658B2
A method of manufacturing a wearable article may include providing a modular mold assembly that defines a mold cavity. The modular mold assembly may include a base and a first removable mold tool that interfits with the base. The base may have a mold surface partially defining the mold cavity and the first removable mold tool may have a mold surface disposed at and further defining the mold cavity of the modular mold assembly. A topography of the mold surface of the first removable mold tool may be nonuniform and different than a topography of the mold surface of the base. The method may include disposing polymeric material at the mold cavity, and then thermoforming a bladder in the mold cavity from the polymeric material. The bladder may have an outer surface with a nonuniform topography imparted by the topography of the mold surface of the first removable mold tool.
US11318651B2
To provide a heated cylinder for resin melting in a molding machine which realizes high material supply/transport performance, cost reduction, and more favorable maintenance performance, while making the plan view/plan sectional view shape of a resin charging port into a circular shape. The resin charging port of the heated cylinder is formed to include: an upper charging path section formed in a circular shape in a plan sectional view; a lower charging path section which is formed in a square shape or oblong hole shape in a plan sectional view; and an intermediate charging path section which smoothly links an inner surface of the upper charging path section and an inner surface of the lower charging path section.
US11318650B2
A retaining unit includes: a movable ejector pin; a ring-shaped member used in a fixed state; and a ball plunger directly attached to the ejector pin or fixed to a fixing member attached to the ejector pin. The ball plunger is configured to press the ring-shaped member and engage the ejector pin with the ring-shaped member. When a force at a predetermined level or higher is applied to the ejector pin in a movement direction of the ejector pin, the engagement with the ring-shaped member is released so that the ejector pin is allowed to move. The ball plunger is incorporated into the ejector pin or the fixing member so as to be unitized together.
US11318637B2
A method for patterning layers of 2D material by inducing self-assembly on a support substrate, the method comprising the steps of depositing a layer of 2D material on the support substrate; applying a force at a region consisting of a point, a line, or an a real region of the 2D material such that the 2D material forms a folded, self-contacting structure at that region.
US11318629B2
Embodiments of present disclosure relates to a shaving assembly and a hair cutting appliance comprising the shaving assembly. The shaving assembly comprises: a supporting arm extending in a first direction; a cutting element comprising at least one moving tooth arranged along the first direction; a guard foil extending in the first direction and surrounding the cutting element, the guard foil comprising: a contact surface and a bent part, wherein an angle between the contact surface and the supporting arm is an acute angle, and at least one guard tooth slot is formed across the contact surface and the supporting arm, wherein the shaving assembly further comprises: a blocking member extending between the moving tooth and the supporting arm in a second direction that is substantially perpendicular to the contact surface, wherein the blocking member is adapted to facilitate hair being released from the guard tooth slot when the guard tooth slot is moved against the hair.
US11318625B2
A ring frame holding mechanism holds under suction a lower surface of a ring frame when the ring frame is set at a target position, by using a positioning unit. In positioning the ring frame, air is discharged through a suction cup in a table to thereby form an air layer between the upper surface of the table and the lower surface of the ring frame. This air layer brings the ring frame and the suction cup into a noncontact state and also depresses the suction cup downward so that the upper end of the suction cup becomes flush with the table. Accordingly, the ring frame can be floated over the suction cup, so that the ring frame can be easily moved horizontally. That is, the ring frame can be easily set to the target position and the occurrence of improper positioning can be suppressed.
US11318622B2
Embodiments relate to a wearable robot hand device removable from a hand structure, including: at least one of first and second exglove modules as one or more exglove modules attached to the hand structure, the first exglove module being attached to a surface of the hand structure and the second exglove module being attached onto a exglove of the first exglove module.
US11318618B2
A robotic surgical system and method are disclosed for handling real-time and non-real-time traffic. In one embodiment, a surgical robotic system is provided comprising at least one robotic arm coupled to an operating table; and a control computer comprising a processor and a hardware interface, wherein the processor is configured to: receive a notification about real-time data from the operating table at the hardware interface; process the real-time data immediately upon receiving the notification; and poll the hardware interface for non-real time data from the operating table only when not processing the real-time data. Other embodiments are provided.
US11318617B2
Provided is a manipulator including: a link; a joint unit configured to rotate the link; and a distance sensor configured to detect an obstacle entering in a monitoring space that is determined so as to include at least a rotating direction side of the link, the distance sensor being installed so that a sensing direction faces a direction parallel to a surface of the link. Further, provided is a moving robot including the aforementioned manipulator.
US11318614B2
A robot cleaner to avoid a stuck situation through artificial intelligence (AI) may acquire a surrounding map, based on the sensing information, determine escape path factors based on the surrounding map by using the compensation model, if the stuck situation of the robot cleaner is detected, and control the driving motor such that the robot cleaner travels, based on the determined escape path factors.
US11318613B2
Disclosed is a method and system for determining a motion path of a mechanical arm in which, after a kinematics model of a mechanical arm is established, multiple objective optimization functions are constructed according to the model, theoretical coordinates of a tail end of the arm, and an arm length. If a number of individuals in an evolutionary population, that makes both lateral and longitudinal error optimization functions in an optimization function monotonically increase or decrease, reaches the threshold, an optimal solution is determined using a single-objective evolutionary algorithm; otherwise, a multi-objective evolutionary algorithm is used. The multi- or single-objective evolutionary algorithms can be adaptively selected according to the number of individuals in the population that makes the lateral and longitudinal error optimization functions change. Therefore, short time consumption of single-objective and high accuracy of multi-objective are combined to quickly and accurately plan a motion path of the mechanical arm.
US11318609B2
A control device includes a control unit which executes a control force to a movable unit according to an output of a force detection unit. The control unit executes a stop control of the movable unit when a predetermined stop condition is satisfied. The stop control includes a second control which continues the force control to control the movable unit when the stop condition is satisfied during the execution of a first control including a force control.
US11318605B2
A joint bearing for a robot 1 which comprises a shaft 21 and at least one link element 24, 35, 36, 37, 38, 59, 60 mounted to be rotatable on shaft 21 between two axial bearings 22, 23, 43, 44, 45, 46, 54, 55, 63, 64, 69, where a resiliently compressible preloading element 33, 49, 52, 53, 56, 57, 65, 66 is provided which applies an axial preloading force to the axial bearings. A robot with at least one such joint bearing as well as a method for assembling a joint bearing for a robot are disclosed herein.
US11318601B2
When the push handle is manipulated, the manipulation lever is pulled by the wire so that the tong portions are parted. When manipulation of the push handle is released, the tong portions are pressed against each other so that the item may be easily fixed between the tong portions. When the manipulation of the push handle is released, the tong portions are rotated and automatically clamp the item located therebetween so that it is unnecessary to continuously manipulate the push handle to fix the item between the tong portions and it is possible to reduce an amount of grip used as well as reducing a manipulation time of the push handle and to prevent fatigability accumulating in hands or damage to hands due to the reduction in manipulation time of the push handle.
US11318599B2
An example storage chest is provided. The example storage chest may include a box portion and a lid. The box portion may include a front wall, a rear wall, and a floor attached to the front and rear walls to form a primary compartment for storage of items. The lid may include a front panel, a rear panel, and a top panel attached to the front a rear panels. The rear panel may be pivotably coupled to the rear wall of the box portion. The front panel, the rear panel, and the top panel may define a secondary compartment within the lid for storage of items. The secondary compartment may include a lid storage compartment comprising a hingedly affixed door.
US11318592B2
A hydraulic torque wrench is disclosed and includes a nut engaging portion with ratchet teeth on an external surface thereof. There is also a support member which can rotate relative to whilst retaining the nut engaging portion. A ratchet mechanism cooperates with the ratchet teeth to apply a rotational force to the nut engaging portion as a result of the pushing force from a hydraulic ram. Side plate cover a junction between the nut engaging portion and the support member with the side plates having a noncircular aperture through which a nut and bolt can extend when the wrench is in use.
US11318589B2
An impact tool includes a housing, an electric motor supported in the housing, and a drive assembly for converting a continuous torque input from the motor to consecutive rotational impacts upon a workpiece capable of developing at least 1,700 ft-lbs of fastening torque. The drive assembly includes an anvil rotatable about an axis and having a head adjacent a distal end of the anvil. The head has a minimum cross-sectional width of at least 1 inch in a plane oriented transverse to the axis. The drive assembly also includes a hammer that is both rotationally and axially movable relative to the anvil for imparting the consecutive rotational impacts upon the anvil, and a spring for biasing the hammer in an axial direction toward the anvil.
US11318585B2
An insertion system includes an insertion device including a body defining a longitudinal axis, the body including a wall having an outer surface and an inner surface defining a cylindrical opening through the body, the body having a first body portion and a second body portion formed by separating the body along the longitudinal axis, an effector configured to interface with the insertion device, the effector having an effector body, a first mechanism coupled to the effector body and coupled to the first body portion of the insertion device, and a second mechanism coupled to the effector body and coupled to the second body portion of the insertion device, and an insertion mechanism coupled with the effector body. The insertion mechanism enables a force application at a position offset from the insertion device.
US11318583B1
A rail support system includes a clamp side having a channel with a first side and a second side, the first side and second side to engage around a post; an extension extending away from the second side; a plate engaged with the extension; a tightening screw engaged with the plate and further engaged with the first side; tightening the tightening screw pulls the first side and the second side together; a cradle side having an arm attached to the channel and extending away therefrom; and a cradle support attached to and extending away from the arm; the cradle support is to receive a rail; the clamp side is to secure to post while the cradle side is configured to engage with the rail such that the post and the rail are held in position for welding together.
US11318582B2
A positioning guide device for positioning a blank in a forming die. The positioning guide device includes a positioning guide having a sloped positioning face designed to allow a peripheral edge of the blank to be positioned in a transverse direction by contact with the positioning face. The positioning guide device further comprises a housing module, the positioning guide being mounted in the housing module so as to be linearly displaceable in the transverse direction. The housing module having a spring system for preloading the positioning guide in the transverse direction.
US11318573B2
A transfer jig for use in transferring a new cutting blade as a replacement component to the processing unit, in a cutting apparatus including a chuck table holding a workpiece, a processing unit having a spindle and a cutting blade detachably mounted on the spindle, a cutting blade changing unit changing the cutting blade, and a transfer mechanism supplying the workpiece to the processing unit. The transfer jig has a plurality of receiving portions each adapted to receive the new cutting blade and the cutting blade changed by the cutting blade changing unit. The transfer jig is adapted to be transferred by the transfer mechanism transferring the workpiece.
US11318566B2
A multi-material component joined by a high entropy alloy is provided, as well as methods of making a multi-material component by joining materials with high entropy alloys to reduce or eliminate liquid metal embrittlement (LME) cracks.
US11318548B2
A method of resistance spot brazing a workpiece stack-up that includes a first thin-gauge steel workpiece and a second thin-gauge steel workpiece. The method includes several steps. A first step involves applying a filler material to a surface of the first thin-gauge steel workpiece. A second step involves bringing a surface of the second thin-gauge steel workpiece to adjoin the filler material. A third step involves clamping a first welding electrode and a second welding electrode on the first and second thin-gauge steel workpieces and over the filler material. A fourth step involves passing electrical current between the first and second welding electrodes and hence through the filler material. And a fifth step involves terminating passage of the electrical current in order to establish a brazed joint between the first and second thin-gauge steel workpieces.
US11318541B2
A tool holder includes a coolant cavity opening out to a cavity inlet and outlet openings. The coolant cavity includes a cavity upper surface which extends along a cavity central axis. The cavity upper surface includes a cavity widening surface firstly which decreases in distance from the holder peripheral surface and secondly along which the cavity cross-sectional area increases, both with increasing distance from the cavity inlet opening. The cavity upper surface also includes a cavity narrowing surface, located further from the cavity inlet opening than the cavity widening surface, firstly which increases in distance from the holder peripheral surface and secondly along which the cavity cross-sectional area decreases, with increasing distance from the cavity inlet opening. A cutting tool is provided having a cutting insert releasably attached to the tool holder.
US11318534B2
To provide a method for efficiently producing metal microparticles having a particle diameter of 1 μm to 10 μm, and a device for producing the same. A metal microparticle production method is used, which includes a particle generating step of generating primary particles by irradiating a metal lump in a solvent in a first tank with an ultrasonic wave, and a particle splitting step of irradiating the primary particles with an ultrasonic wave in a solvent in a second tank and splitting the primary particles to produce secondary particles. Further, a metal microparticle production device is used, which includes: a first tank that has a solvent and a metal lump; a first heating unit that heats the solvent in the first tank; a first ultrasonic vibrator that is disposed in the first tank and irradiates the metal lump with an ultrasonic wave to generate primary particles; a second tank that has the solvent and the primary particles; and a second ultrasonic vibrator that irradiates the primary particles with an ultrasonic wave to split the primary particles.
US11318528B2
Method and installation for making sand cores. The method includes a generating step which is implemented in a first station of the installation, in which the cores are generated with the desired shape in an inner space demarcated by a job box by means of 3D manufacturing, in which layers of a granular material and of an additive that solidifies the granular material are applied in an alternating manner on a platform of the job box. The method also includes a subsequent hardening step which is implemented in a second station of the installation, in which the cores generated in the generating step are hardened. In the hardening step, in order to harden the previously generated cores microwaves and a drying stream are applied in the inner space of the job box.
US11318524B2
A method for producing a container having an upper part, a lower part and a receiving element such as an electronics module includes the following steps: the lower part is created from a first starting material in a first processing region of a processing device; the upper part is created from a second starting material in a second processing region of the processing device; the receiving element is fed into the first processing region of the processing device; the lower part receives the receiving element in the first processing region of the processing device; the upper part is fed from the second processing region into the first processing region of the processing device; and there the upper part and the lower part are joined together to form the container.
US11318521B2
A gas-charging and flanging machine (10) includes a sealed chamber (13a). The gas-charging and flanging machine is used for carrying out, inside the sealed chamber, charging of a gas into a workpiece (20) and flanging of the workpiece (20) by spinning and pressing. The gas-charging and flanging machine charges a gas into a workpiece and flanges the workpiece on the same machine such that production efficiency can be improved.
US11318512B2
The invention relates to a thermal insulation device (1) for thermal insulation of a metal product in a rolling mill, comprising a support element (2), on which a number of thermal insulation elements (3) is arranged. To extend the service life of such a device, the invention makes provision that at least one thermal insulation device (3) is formed by multiple side parts (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9), which enclose within them an accommodating space for a thermal insulation material, wherein at least two of the side parts (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) are connected with each other at their adjoining side areas by a hinge-like connection (10).
US11318503B2
A cleaning method of sufficiently cleaning a workpiece is provided. The cleaning method, including: rotating or swinging a workpiece having a first cleaning surface about a table rotation axis; ejecting cleaning fluid from a nozzle along an ejection axis; and swinging the nozzle about a nozzle rotation axis parallel to the table rotation axis to keep a constant impact angle formed between the ejection axis and the first cleaning surface for cleaning the workpiece.
US11318501B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for mesh flaps for container capacity detection in sortation systems. In one embodiment, an example system for use with an item sortation machine may include a rotatable flap comprising a mesh grid coupled to a frame, where the rotatable flap is disposed adjacent to a container of items in the item sortation machine, and a sensor disposed adjacent to the rotatable flap, where the sensor is configured to sense an item protruding out of the container. The mesh grid may have a set of metallic wires that intersect to form the mesh grid, where the set of metallic wires form a geometric pattern.
US11318500B2
The composition of articles can be identified using luminescent codes printed or coated onto the articles (or labels on the articles) by means of an ink which contains long persistence luminescent materials. Radiation is used to excite the luminescent materials and this is then extinguished before the article passes beneath a spectrometer. An infrared beam then strikes the article in order to stimulate emission from the long persistence luminescent materials, via a detrapping mechanism, and the spectrometer detects the emission in order to identify the article.
US11318499B2
A robotic system includes a robot having a picking arm to grasp an inventory item and a shuttle. The shuttle includes a platform adapted to receive the inventory item from the picking arm of the robot. The platform is moveable between a pick-up location located substantially adjacent to the robot and an end location spaced a distance apart from the pick-up location. The system improves efficiency as transportation of the item from the pick-up location to the end location is divided between the robot and the shuttle.
US11318497B2
An ultrasonic inspection device according to an embodiment includes: an ultrasonic transducer which includes at least one oscillator group having a plurality of oscillators in a plurality of regions, each region disposing at least one oscillator; a selector which selects at least one region having one or more of the oscillators to be driven from among the plurality of regions; and a driver which individually drives one or more of the oscillators of the at least one region being selected.
US11318494B2
A dispenser assembly includes a rod, a plunger and a stopper. The rod has a plunger receiving end with a clip receiving recess. The plunger has a rod receiving structure with a rod engaging clip biased to fit to the clip receiving recess of the rod for movement therewith. The stopper has a plunger receiving space that defines an aperture extending through the plunger receiving space with the rod extending through the aperture. The plunger receiving space is dimensioned such that with the rod receiving structure of the plunger located within the plunger receiving space, movement of the rod engaging clip is restricted by contact with surfaces of the plunger receiving space preventing release of the rod from the plunger.
US11318483B2
An air treatment apparatus has a momentum separator positioned in an air flow path. The momentum separator has an upper wall, a lower wall, a sidewall extending between the upper and lower walls and a momentum separator air inlet. A momentum separator air inlet is provided in an inlet portion of the sidewall. The momentum separator air inlet faces an opposed portion of the sidewall that is opposed to the inlet portion of the sidewall and the inlet portion of the sidewall comprises a side screen.
US11318479B2
Capturing specific nucleic acid materials from individual biological cells in a micro-fluidic device
Individual biological cells can be selected in a micro-fluidic device and moved into isolation pens in the device. The cells can then be lysed in the pens, releasing nucleic acid material, which can be captured by one or more capture objects in the pens. The capture objects with the captured nucleic acid material can then be removed from the pens. The capture objects can include unique identifiers, allowing each capture object to be correlated to the individual cell from which the nucleic acid material captured by the object originated.
US11318477B2
A magnetic separator for the dry separation of material particles having different magnetic susceptibilities includes a rotatable cylinder that has a stationary magnetic device arranged therein, and extending essentially across its length. A sorting chamber is furthermore provided for which extends along at least a portion of the outer surface of the cylinder in the circumferential direction of the cylinder and parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cylinder. The magnetic separator includes means for the dispersed output of material particles into the sorting chamber, as well as means for generating a stream of conveying air in the sorting chamber. A motor for rotating the cylinder around its longitudinal axis is included, wherein, during operation, the outer surface of the cylinder is moved by the rotation of the cylinder in a direction essentially perpendicular to the direction of the stream of conveying air.
US11318471B2
A method for stretching a plurality of sample isolates, including: trapping the plurality of sample isolates away from a wall of at least one microfluidic channel of a microfluidic flow system; generating a microfluidic flow to stretch the plurality of trapped sample isolates; determining deformation characteristics of the plurality of stretched samples isolates based on one or more frames from an image processing system; and outputting information corresponding to the deformation characteristics.
US11318470B2
Microfluidic devices and nanobiosensors comprising a magnetic nanoparticle attached to a reporter molecule via a release unit for microfluidic-based detection of a target analyte in a biological sample. The nanobiosensors can be magnetically manipulated or guided through the microfluidics channels for incubation with the biological sample, concentration of the nanobiosensors, and detection of target analytes, without having to pump the entire initial sample through a microfluidic channel of the microfluidic device. The magnetic nanoparticles are separated from the reporter molecules before detection and can be re-used.
US11318458B2
A cassette may include a substrate and a die coupled to the substrate wherein the substrate is made of modified polyetherimide (PEI). A system for ejecting a fluid into an assay may include at least one dispense head, the at least one dispense head including a substrate and a die coupled to the substrate wherein the substrate is made of modified polyetherimide (PEI).
US11318439B2
Surface modification device forms a discharge area E1 between a discharge electrode 6 and a counter electrode 4, supplies substitution gas to the discharge area E1, and modifies the surface of the base material to be processed. The surface modification device comprises; a slit-shaped substitution gas passage; and cover members 7, 8 that form curtain passages 22, 23 in spaces facing the discharge electrode. While the substitution gas is being supplied to the discharge area E1, gas injected from the curtain passages 22, 23 prevent the inflow of an entrained flow a and the outflows b1, b2 of the substitution gas, thereby maintaining the concentration of substitution gas inside the discharge area E1.
US11318436B2
Provided is a hydrogen reformer using exhaust gas, comprising: a catalytic reaction unit which generates a reforming gas containing hydrogen when exhaust gas generated in an engine and fuel are supplied thereto; and a heat exchange chamber which is mounted on an outer surface of the catalytic reaction unit and exchanges heat between the exhaust gas and the catalytic reaction unit to supply heat that is required for an endothermic reaction of the catalytic reaction unit, wherein heat of the exhaust gas is used for the endothermic reaction of a catalyst, such that a separate heat source for the endothermic reaction is unnecessary.
US11318435B2
In an aspect, a method for making a metal-containing material comprises steps of: forming a metal-containing hydrogel from an aqueous precursor mixture using a photopolymerization; wherein the aqueous precursor mixture comprises water, one or more aqueous photosensitive binders, and one or more aqueous metal salts; and thermally treating the metal-containing hydrogel to form the metal-containing material; wherein the metal-containing hydrogel is exposed to a thermal-treatment atmosphere during the step of thermally treating; wherein a composition of the metal-containing material is at least partially determined by a composition of the thermal-treatment atmosphere during the thermally treating step.
US11318433B2
An atomization device 1 comprises a casing 2, a rotor 3 disposed rotatably with respect to the casing 2, and a stator 4 disposed on the same axis line with the rotor 3. The rotor 3 includes a first rotor cylinder portion 33 and a second rotor cylinder portion 34 which have a plurality of through-holes provided in peripheral walls thereof and which are disposed concentrically. The stator 4 includes a main-stator cylinder portion 42 and an inside sub-stator cylinder portion 43 which have a plurality of through-holes provided in peripheral walls thereof and which are disposed concentrically. The rotor 3 is fixedly positioned with respect to the casing 2. The stator 4 is movable by a lifting/lowering means 7 in the axial line L direction.
US11318432B2
Various implementations include an aeration device. The aeration device includes a venturi tube and an outlet tube. The venturi tube has an outlet port and an air intake port. The outlet tube has a first end coupled to the outlet port of the venturi tube, a second end opposite and spaced apart from the first end, and an intermediate portion disposed between the first and second ends of the outlet tube. The intermediate portion is helically shaped and extends around a helical axis of the intermediate portion. The intermediate portion extends at least one rotation about the helical axis.
US11318429B2
Provided are an enclosed stirrer using intermittent resonance and a method. The enclosed stirrer comprises: two pairs of parallel tension springs (1), a fixing bracket (2), an elastic cantilever beam (3), a cantilever beam pressure clamping device (6), an eccentric motor (4), an arc-shaped cushion block (5), and an enclosed container (8). The enclosed container (8) is mounted on the fixing bracket (2) by the tension spring (1). The elastic cantilever beam (3) is installed below the enclosed container (8) and is axially parallel to the enclosed container (8). One end of the elastic cantilever beam (3) is mounted on the fixing bracket (2) as a clamping end, the other end of the elastic cantilever beam (3) is connected to the eccentric motor (4) as a movable end. The arc-shaped cushion block (5) is connected above the eccentric motor (4). The arc-shaped cushion block (5) reciprocally strikes the bottom of the enclosed container (8) during operation of the eccentric motor (4).
US11318425B2
The apparatus includes: a producing unit that generates ultrafine bubbles in a liquid supplied from a liquid introducing unit to produce an ultrafine bubble-containing liquid containing the ultrafine bubbles, and delivers the ultrafine bubble-containing liquid; a liquid delivering unit that delivers the ultrafine bubble-containing liquid to an outside; a buffer tank that receives the liquid delivered from the producing unit and delivers the liquid to the liquid delivering unit; and a controller that controls the delivery of the ultrafine bubble-containing liquid from the buffer tank to the liquid delivering unit such that, if the producing unit stops operating, an ultrafine bubble-containing liquid accumulated in the buffer tank is delivered to the liquid delivering unit to enable the liquid delivering unit to deliver the ultrafine bubble-containing liquid to the outside.
US11318421B2
Composite membrane tubing includes a porous scaffold support combined with polyether block amide copolymer. The composite membrane tubing has overlapping “fusion areas” that are an artifact of the manufacturing process. The methods of manufacturing above-mentioned composite membrane tubing have also been addressed. The composite membrane tubing can be reinforced with a structural mesh to further provide rigidity and strength. Composite membrane tubing or generally extruded tubing can be integrated into a multi-tube module for various applications.
US11318419B2
The present invention discloses a pressure converter system for sustainably forcing saline water through a semi-permeable membrane, comprising a hydraulic oil pump, a hydraulic oil cylinder comprising pressurized oil generated from the hydraulic oil pump, a sustainable energy source for powering the hydraulic oil pump, a saline water cylinder containing saline water, wherein the hydraulic oil cylinder and the saline water cylinder are connected using a piston and an electrical circuit for determining a direction of movement of the piston. This system may be developed to a stand-alone desalination facility comprising a ducted windmill that can harvest energy from a wide range of wind speeds, especially very low wind speeds. Because of the above, the present invention successfully converts mechanical energy to high pressure that is required to produce fresh water from saline water.
US11318417B2
A device, system, and method for removing a component from a gas are disclosed. A bead consisting of a core and an outer layer is provided. The outer layer consists of a first impermeable material. The core consists of a second material. A carrier gas, containing a vapor, is passed across the bead, desublimating or desublimating and condensing a portion of the vapor onto the bead. In some embodiments, the beads are passed into the column at a first temperature and the carrier gas is passed across the beads. A portion of the vapor desublimates or desublimates and condenses onto the beads as a solid product, causing the beads to expand in volume as they are warmed to a second temperature. The beads with the solid product are passed out of the column.
US11318410B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus are provided for modulating fluid flow in a cyclical swing adsorption system that includes multiple adsorption bed vessels that are in fluid communication. When opening a valve to transition an adsorption bed vessel into a blowdown stage or a re-pressurization stage of a cyclical swing adsorption process, the valve is partially lifted from a closed position prior to being fully lifted. The valve includes a flow restriction aid positioned to restrict flow through the valve when the valve is in the partially lifted position.
US11318396B1
A system of water supply, desalination and mineral salt retrieval includes a solar concentrating tower, the tower includes a pressure vessel that includes a layer of woven or non-woven carbon-nanotubes defining a thermal interface and providing a super heated surface for spray application of seawater or brine.
US11318394B2
A suspension system for radio-controlled vehicles improves stability and traction. The suspension system includes a chassis, a motor pod plate, a shock absorption system, an upper pitch suspension link, a lower pitch suspension link, a left yaw suspension link, and a right yaw suspension link. The shock absorption system is used to reduce vibrations caused by impacts onto a radio-controlled vehicle. The upper pitch suspension link and the lower pitch suspension link allow the motor pod plate to pivot back and forth about a pitch axis of the chassis in order to increase stability and traction. The left yaw suspension link and the right yaw suspension link allow the motor pod plate to pivot back and forth about a yaw axis of the chassis in order to further increase stability and traction.
US11318388B2
Computer implemented systems and methods for cross-platform spoiler blocking are provided herein. An example method includes ascertaining by a data platform data potentially available to a user of a service having a media object; identifying by the data platform at least one object revealed by the media object, the at least one object being associated with an application; receiving by the data platform metadata associated with the at least one object, the metadata indicative of whether the at least one object should be hidden from the user; determining by the data platform, based on the metadata, the at least one object is a potential spoiler; and blocking by the data platform, the user from interacting with the media object through the service.
US11318375B1
A head mounted display (HMD) includes an electronic display configured to display a virtual scene to a user, an optics block, an eye tracking system, and a varifocal actuation that mechanically changes a distance between the optics block and the electronic display. The varifocal actuation block is configured to change a location of an image plane of the HMD and includes a motor, a power screw coupled to the actuating motor configured to turn responsive to actuation of the motor, and a nut sled on the power screw that is coupled to the electronic display. The nut sled is configured to move back and forth along a length of the power screw responsive to the power screw being turned by the motor that results in movement of the electronic display relative to the optics block.
US11318372B2
A game processing device includes a scene determination portion, a sound recognition portion, a conformity determination portion, and an action controller. The scene determination portion determines whether a scene is an input scene in which sound input information can be input. The sound recognition portion, at an input scene, recognizes sound that is input as the sound input information. The conformity determination portion determines a degree of conformity between (a) the sound input information that is recognized and (b) reference information. The action controller changes an action effect according to the degree of conformity.
US11318366B2
An apparatus for cleaning belts of a bowling pinsetter comprising at least one cleaning member for cleaning at least one belt of the bowling pinsetter and a frame for coupling the at least one cleaning member to the bowling pinsetter. The apparatus further comprises at least one positioning member comprising a mechanism for moving and guiding the at least one cleaning member between a cleaning position and a non-cleaning position, wherein the cleaning member is coupled with the bowling pinsetter in the cleaning position and in the non-cleaning position.
US11318365B2
The invention concerns a mat system comprising a plurality of individual mats, each with a top side, a bottom side, and at least one rectilinear side edge. The rectilinear side edges each have at least one undercut recess, corresponding to connecting means which enable, by engagement of each one of their halves in an undercut recess, a connecting of two mats along their rectilinear side edges. The individual mats and the connecting means each comprise at least one layer of foam material. In order to equal out even large tolerances in the orienting of the individual mats to each other, the connecting means each comprise two interconnected circular segment regions with a radius R, R′, wherein for the spacing A of the centre points of the circular segment regions the following relation applies: (I) 0.8*(R+R′)
US11318359B2
Embodiments of golf club heads comprising a head interior and a hosel structure, the head interior bounded by a head front portion, a head rear portion, a head heel portion, a head toe portion, a head top portion, and a head sole portion, the golf club heads further comprising various optimized characteristics, are presented herein. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.
US11318351B2
The invention relates to a method and a system for determining body's readiness to respond to physical exercise and for providing feedback to a user. In the method the user starts to perform an exercise, an earlier performance level is determined before starting a performance check having steps of: an instant performance level of the user is determined, the earlier performance level is compared to the instant performance level, a readiness index is determined according to the said comparison and optionally with background and/or training history of the user, a feedback is given according to the determined readiness index.
US11318347B2
An exercise apparatus for performing one or more exercises is described. The exercise includes at least one support structure, one or more elastic bands, and a back support member. The one or more elastic bands is coupled to the at least one support structure at one end of the one or more elastic bands. The back support member is arranged in an inclined position such that a first end of the back support member is detachably coupled to the at least one support structure and a second end of the back support member is supported at a surface positioned at a height lower than a height at which the first end is positioned. The one or more elastic bands are configured to assist a user during one or more exercises, where the back support member configured to support a body of the user.
US11318346B2
An exercise machine with multiple contact surfaces for providing secondary exercise support platforms positioned at various planes relative to the horizontal plane of the primary exercising platforms, the secondary platforms further serving as handles used during the performance of exercises. The exercise machine with multiple contact surfaces generally includes a frame, a carriage movably attached to the rail, and a first support structure and a second support structure attached to the frame near the first end. The support structures each include one or more platforms having an upper surface that is positioned above the base plane of the carriage.
US11318339B2
A diving board stand comprising a fulcrum base, a fulcrum roller configured to be supported over the fulcrum base and movable on the fulcrum base, a rear anchor for connecting the diving board stand to a rear end of a diving board, and an alignment beam for connecting the fulcrum base to the rear anchor.
US11318338B2
The present disclosure provides azeotrope or azeotrope-like compositions including trifluoroiodomethane (CF3I) and 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoropropane (HFC-236fa), and a method of forming an azeotrope or azeotrope-like composition comprising the step of combining 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoropropane (HFC-236fa) and trifluoroiodomethane (CF3I) to form an azeotrope or azeotrope-like comprising 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoropropane (HFC-236fa) and trifluoroiodomethane (CF3I) having a boiling point of about −22.70° C.±0.30° C. at a pressure of about 14.30 psia±0.30 psia.
US11318330B2
The subject matter of the present disclosure generally relates to techniques for following a treatment protocol having one or more treatment parameters to cause a targeted physiological outcome at a distal site, assessing an expression level of a gene in a region of interest after completing the treatment protocol, and modifying the one or more treatment parameters based on the expression level of the gene. The treatment protocol may include one or more ultrasound energy treatments to the region of interest.
US11318324B2
The present invention relates to a treatment apparatus and a control method for the treatment apparatus, and provides a treatment apparatus and a control method for the treatment apparatus, the treatment apparatus comprising: a treatment unit for transferring therapeutic energy at a preset period to a treatment position; a temperature measurement unit for measuring a temperature of the treatment position at a period different from the period at which the therapeutic energy is transferred; and a control unit for controlling an operation of the treatment unit on the basis of a result of measurement by the temperature measurement unit. The present invention enables a user to control a treatment content while accurately understanding the temperature of the treatment position, and thus can improve a treatment effect while preventing thermal damage to tissue.
US11318317B2
Techniques for facilitating telemetry between a medical device and an external device are provided. In one example, a medical device includes a classification component and a communication component. The classification component is configured to determine a classification for data generated by the medical device. The classification component is also configured to determine an urgency level for an advertising data packet based on the classification for the data. The communication component is also configured to broadcast the advertising data packet for the medical device at a defined beaconing rate based on the urgency level for the advertising data packet.
US11318315B2
A stimulation system for a patient is provided. The system comprises: at least one implantable device comprising at least one implantable antenna; and an external device comprising at least one external antenna, wherein the at least one external antenna transfers power to the at least one implantable antenna. The at least one implantable device delivers therapy to the patient. A patient attachment device or body covering positions the at least one external antenna relative to the patient.
US11318309B2
Disclosed herein are deep-brain stimulation (DBS) systems and methods for the treatment of Tourette Syndrome (TS). The DBS methods described herein comprise a stimulation paradigm that may help to reduce the frequency and/or severity of motor and vocal tics, as well as rapid and involuntary muscle motions that are characteristic of TS. One variation of a method for the treatment of TS comprises adjusting electrical stimulation to a target brain region based on changes or variations in the neural activity signals in the target brain region. One example of a method described herein comprises monitoring the power values (e.g., spectral power values) of one or more frequency bands of the acquired neural activity signals and adjusting electrical stimulation parameters based on at least one variation or change of the monitored power values.
US11318307B2
A device for delivery of TENS current or electrostimulation has a first skin contact electrode mounted on a first non-conductive fingertip base and having at least one contact area for current-bearing contact with skin and a connection to a TENS current source and has a second skin contact electrode, mounted on a non-conductive fingertip base that is the same as the first non-conductive fingertip base or is a second non-conductive fingertip base and having at least one contact area for current-bearing contact with skin and a connection to TENS current source. A control and power unit that supplies TENS current to flow through skin contacting and positioned between the first and second electrodes, and enables selecting the level of the current or energy supplied.
US11318304B2
The present invention provides a system and a method for measuring an impedance of one or more target cells before and after an electroporation protocol has been applied to the one or more target cells. A result of the impedance measurement provides a feedback control that can be implemented during and/or after the electroporation protocol to customize an electrical treatment for a particular target cell or cellular tissue.
US11318301B2
An implantable cuff electrode and/or optrode (40) adapted to encircle a substantially cylindrical tissue (70), is provided that includes a support sheet (43) rolled about a longitudinal axis, forming a cuff of inner diameter, Dc, and extending over a length, L a central portion, extending over a length, lc, of at least 50% of the length, L, and having a mean central thickness, tc, and wherein the central portion is flanked on either side by, a first edge portion (43e) of mean edge thickness, te1, and a second edge portion (43e) of mean edge thickness, te2, at least a first electrode contact or a first optrode exposed at an inner surface of the cuff, and remote from an outer surface forming the exterior of the cuff, Characterized in that, the mean edge thicknesses, te1, te2, of the first and second edge portions are each lower than tc.
US11318296B2
Techniques are disclosed to automate determination of therapy parameter values for adaptive deep brain stimulation (aDBS). A medical device may determine differences in power values between a present and a previous power value. Based on the difference being greater than or equal to a threshold value, the medical device may iteratively adjust a present therapy parameter value until the difference in the power values between a present and a previous power value is less than the threshold value.
US11318287B2
Needle assemblies and related methods are disclosed. The needle assemblies can include a catheter hub and a catheter tube and wherein the catheter hub has a low profile to facilitate attaching the catheter hub to the skins of a patient.
US11318281B2
A catheter for an extracorporeal blood circulator disperses a flow of blood flowing out from a blood feeding hole to reduce the impact of blood collision on a living organ. The catheter 60 includes a blood feeding lumen 61 extending in an axial direction and a blood feeding hole 63 communicating with a distal end of the blood feeding lumen, and a side portion 63a of the blood feeding hole on the proximal side facing the blood feeding lumen is cut out to a bottom portion 63b of the blood feeding hole.
US11318278B2
A neuromodulator may output stimuli that causes a user to fall asleep faster than the user would in the absence of the stimuli. Alternatively, the stimuli may modify a sleep state or behavior associated with a sleep state, or may cause or hinder a transition from a waking state to a sleep state or from a sleep state to another sleep state. The neuromodulator may take electroencephalography measurements. Based on these measurements, the neuromodulator may detect, in real time, instantaneous amplitude and instantaneous phase of an endogenous brain signal. The neuromodulator may output stimulation that is, or that causes sensations which are, phase-locked with the endogenous brain signal. In the course of calculating instantaneous phase and amplitude, the neuromodulator may perform an endpoint-corrected Hilbert transform. The stimuli may comprise auditory, visual, electrical, magnetic, vibrotactile or haptic stimuli.
US11318276B2
A fluid delivery system provides fluid, such as supplement oxygen, to a patient in response to inhalation. The fluid delivery system includes a valve assembly that is triggered by sensing onset of inspiration by measuring a change in temperature or fluid flow of air flow in a nasal or oral cannula, mask or helmet.
US11318270B2
The disclosure relates to medical tubes and methods of manufacturing medical tubes. The tube may be a composite structure made of two or more distinct components that are spirally wound to form an elongate tube. For example, one of the components may be a spirally wound elongate hollow body, and the other component may be an elongate structural component also spirally wound between turns of the spirally wound hollow body The tube need not be made from distinct components, however. For instance, an elongate hollow body formed (e.g., extruded) from a single material may be spirally wound to form an elongate tube. The elongate hollow body itself may in transverse cross-section have a thin wall portion and a relatively thicker or more rigid reinforcement portion. The tubes can be incorporated into a variety of medical circuits or may be employed for other medical uses.
US11318266B2
Apparatus and methods provide control for generation of a flow of air to a patient's airways for different respiratory therapies. The pressure and a flow rate may be simultaneously controlled so as to provide a pressure therapy and a flow therapy. The system may include one or more flow generators, in which the control of the pressure and flow rate may include altering the output of one or more of the flow generators and/or an optional adjustable vent. The pressure and flow rate may each be held at a constant. One or both of the pressure and flow rate may also vary in accordance with a desired therapy. The air may be provided via a patient interface that includes a vent to atmosphere, which may be the adjustable vent. The vent may be actuated by a controller to implement the simultaneous control of pressure and flow rate of the air.
US11318261B2
A safety pen needle includes: a main body, a cannula fixed to the main body and at least partially projecting out of the main body, a lock element placed inside the main body, a thrust element placed inside the main body, and a shield movable relative to the main body while remaining at least partially inserted within the main body. The pen needle is configured to move from a first configuration, in which the shield entirely covers an upper end of the cannula, to a second configuration, in which the upper end of the cannula is exposed, due to the action of external thrust. The pen needle is configured to move from the second configuration to an irreversible third configuration, in which the shield entirely covers the upper end of the cannula, due to the action of thrust exerted by the thrust element.
US11318259B2
A needle shield remover is presented having a generally tubular body with a longitudinal extension and a grip element composed of a braided sleeve arranged to the tubular body, where the braided sleeve has an opening of such a diameter that a needle shield may be introduced, where the diameter narrows such that a friction fit is created between the braided sleeve and the needle shield when said needle shield is pulled for removing the needle shield.
US11318251B2
A medication delivery device comprises an injection device having a reservoir comprising a medicament to be ejected, and a sensor arranged to detect an ejection of the medicament from the injection device, the sensor being arranged to output a signal comprising ejecting information, and a processor for collecting and storing the ejection information.
US11318243B2
In one example embodiment, a system for treating a tissue site is disclosed that may comprise a manifold including a non-porous film having a plurality of closed cells defined by a sealed region perforated with apertures extending through the sealed region, wherein the manifold is adapted to contact the tissue site. The system may further comprise a cover adapted to provide a fluid seal between a therapeutic environment including the manifold proximate one side of the cover and a local external environment on the other side of the cover. In one embodiment, the plurality of closed cells is adapted to form distal channels with the cover and the apertures are adapted to provide fluid communication between the distal channels and the tissue site. The system may further comprise a negative-pressure source fluidly coupled to the therapeutic environment and adapted to provide negative pressure through the distal channels and the apertures to the tissue site. In another example embodiment, a method for treating a tissue site is disclosed comprising positioning a manifold including a non-porous film having a plurality of closed cells defined by a sealed region perforated with apertures extending through the seals to contact the tissue site. The method may further comprise covering the manifold and the tissue site with a drape to provide a fluid seal between a therapeutic environment including the manifold proximate one side of the drape and a local external environment the other side of the drape. The method may further comprise providing negative pressure from a negative-pressure source coupled to the therapeutic environment wherein the negative pressure is applied through the distal channels and the apertures to the tissue site.
US11318236B2
In a method for manufacturing an oxygenator, an intermediate spacer is disposed between a cylindrical heat exchange unit configured by winding a first hollow fiber membrane and a cylindrical gas exchange unit configured by winding a second hollow fiber membrane so that a first gap is formed between one end portions of the heat exchange unit and the gas exchange unit, and a first partition section of a first cover member is inserted into the first gap. In such an oxygenator, a first end portion of the intermediate spacer is located at a part that does not overlap the first partition section in a radial direction in the heat exchange unit and the gas exchange unit. The intermediate spacer is formed by winding an intermediate hollow fiber membrane.
US11318234B2
Irrigation and/or aspiration devices and methods may be configured to aspirate and irrigate alone, sequentially, or concurrently. The devices and methods may provide a base with a removable head, and adapted for partial or complete separation of the irrigation and aspiration functions. The devices and methods can be configured to aspirate and/or irrigate the nasal and sinus cavities. The devices and methods may be manually and/or automatically controlled. The devices and methods may include removable, and/or replaceable, and/or refillable, and easily cleanable reservoirs for aspirant and irrigant. The device head and/or aspirant reservoir may comprise a diagnostic device, i.e., test device and/or container after use of the devices and methods.
US11318229B2
The invention relates to a method for producing an implant which contains a composite powder comprising microstructured particles, obtainable by a method in which large polymer particles are bonded to small spherical calcium carbonate particles. Said calcium carbonate particles can be obtained by a method with the following steps: a) providing a calcium hydroxide suspension, b) introducing carbon dioxide or a carbon dioxide-containing gas mixture into the suspension from step a), and c) separating the calcium carbonate particles formed, while adding 0.3 wt.-% to 0.7 wt.-% of at least one amino trialkylene phosphonic acid.
US11318225B2
Thin parylene C membranes having smooth front sides and ultrathin regions (e.g., 0.01 μm to 5 μm thick) interspersed with thicker regions are disclosed. The back sides of the membranes can be rough compared with the smooth front sides. The membranes can be used in vitro to grow monolayers of cells in a laboratory or in vivo as surgically implantable growth layers, such as to replace the Bruch's membrane in the eye. The thin regions of parylene are semipermeable to allow for proteins in serum to pass through, and the thick regions give mechanical support for handling by a surgeon. The smooth front side allows for monolayer cell growth, and the rough back side helps prevents cells from attaching there.
US11318224B2
Coated and expanded, nanofiber structures are provided and methods of use thereof.
US11318223B2
Adhesive compositions exhibiting antimicrobial properties, good stability, long shelf lives and enhanced release of antimicrobial agents are described. In certain versions, the compositions also exhibit relatively high fluid handling capacities. The adhesive compositions inhibit microbial growth by more than 2 log after 24 hours contact and particularly more than 3.5 log after 6 hours contact. Also described are various medical articles using such adhesives and related methods.
US11318220B1
A light fixture devised to provide illuminated sign panes for displaying information to nearby viewers, but including both white light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and UV-C LEDs. The white LEDs are arranged in the fixture so as to illuminate transparent/translucent panes upon which helpful information is displayed, when actuated. The UV-C LEDs also are arranged in the fixture so as to disinfect or sterilize the ambient air near the fixture. The illumination LEDs and the disinfection LEDs are independently switchable “on” and “off,” so that a user can controllably illuminate the informational panes, or disinfect the air, or both.
US11318219B1
A fluid diffuser system includes volcanic rock material positioned in a receptacle or within a gas-permeable filter. Airflow can be driven through the diffuser system, such as through the filter, to add droplets or vapors of fluids (e.g., aromatic fluids such as essential oils) to the airflow and then into the surrounding atmosphere of the system. The rock material can be highly porous to retain fluids in a natural, environmentally-friendly, and sustainable manner. Some systems are wearable and can use movement of the system to drive air past the rock material, and some systems can employ an air mover (e.g., fan) to drive airflow.
US11318216B2
Provided is a method for producing a radiohalogen-labeled compound, the method comprises: a step in which a radiohalogen-labeling precursor compound (S-L) having a leaving group (L) capable of being nucleophilically substituted by a radioactive halide ion (X−) is subjected to a radiohalogenation reaction to obtain a reaction mixture RM1 which contains the radiohalogen-labeling precursor compound (S-L) and a reaction product (S—X) resulting from the radiohalogenation reaction; a step in which the reaction mixture RM1 is mixed with a polyvalent acid or a salt thereof to obtain a reaction mixture RM2; and a step in which the reaction product (S—X) is purified from the reaction mixture RM2 by a solid phase extraction method.
US11318195B2
The present invention relates to compositions comprising polyplex formulations for delivery of RNA to a target organ or a target cell after parenteral administration, in particular after intramuscular administration. More precisely, the present invention relates to formulations for administration of RNA such as self-replicating RNA, in particular by intramuscular injection. In more detail, the formulations comprise polyplex particles from single stranded RNA and a polyalkyleneimine. The RNA may encode a protein of interest, such as a pharmaceutically active protein. Furthermore, the present invention relates to pharmaceutical products, comprising said RNA polyplex formulations for parenteral application to humans or to animals. The present invention relates as well to manufacturing of such pharmaceutical products, comprising, optionally, steps of sterile filtration, freezing and dehydration.
US11318186B2
The present invention relates to the treatment of secretory disorders, and provides novel methods of treatment of these disorders comprising the administration of fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) or derivatives thereof. The methods of the invention are useful in conditions including exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI), for example EPI resulting from cystic fibrosis, alcoholism, pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer, gallstones, celiac disease, high triglycerides, or lupus. The methods of the present invention find further utility in the treatment of salivary flow disorders, for example Sjorgen's syndrome, and the treatment of EPI or pancreatitis resulting from surgical procedures.
US11318177B2
The present invention is directed to a composition of Lactobacillus fermentum for use in the treatment of a fructose-related disease and a related method of treatment.
US11318172B2
Provided is use of a genetically engineered bacterium of attenuated Salmonella typhimurium for treating liver cancer. The bacterium is attenuated Salmonella typhimurium VNP20009 carrying a plasmid cloned with a methioninase gene. Also provided is a construction method of the bacterium.
US11318171B2
Methods and egg yolk powder containing compositions for improving skeletal muscle protein fractional synthetic rate (FSR) in mammals and inhibiting or reversing sarcopenia are provided.
US11318168B2
Disclosed are compositions comprising a non-homogenized chorionic matrix, a homogenized amniotic matrix and a homogenized UC (UC) matrix, wherein the non-homogenized chorionic matrix comprises viable cells. Disclosed are methods of making the compositions disclosed herein comprising preparing a non-homogenized chorionic matrix, preparing a homogenized amniotic matrix, preparing a homogenized UC matrix, and combining the non-homogenized chorionic matrix, the non-homogenized chorionic matrix, and the homogenized UC matrix. Disclosed are methods of treating a tissue injury or chronic pain comprising administering any of the disclosed compositions to an area of a subject comprising a tissue injury.
US11318158B2
A method is provided of decreasing or increasing the activity of a Pappalysin polypeptide by decreasing or increasing the level of interacting Pappalysin and stanniocalcin polypeptides. A method is also provided of preventing, treating or ameliorating a clinical condition in a mammalian subject, such as a human being, said method comprising administering to said mammalian subject, such as human being an effective amount of a stanniocalcin polypeptide. Moreover, a method is provided of preventing, treating or ameliorating a clinical condition in a mammalian subject, such as a human being, said method comprising administering to said mammalian subject, such as human being an effective amount of an agent capable of antagonizing interaction of a stanniocalcin polypeptide with a Pappalysin polypeptide.
US11318157B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to 6-6 bicyclic aromatic ring substituted nucleoside analogues, including, for example, the following compound: Embodiments of the present invention also relate to uses of the disclosed compounds for the inhibition of protein arginine methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5).
US11318152B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a novel pharmaceutical agent for improving autism spectrum disorder, a pharmaceutical agent for improving a mental disease, or a supplement exerting an effect of improving social behaviors or developing sociality or an anti-anxiety and anti-stress effect or a functional food exerting such an effect. The present invention also provides a pharmaceutical agent for promoting the secretion of oxytocin and/or vasopressin in the brain. The above objects are achieved by a pharmaceutical agent for improving autism spectrum disorder, a pharmaceutical agent for improving a mental disease, or a supplement exerting an effect of improving social behaviors or developing sociality or an anti-anxiety and anti-stress effect or a functional food exerting such an effect, or a pharmaceutical agent for promoting the secretion of oxytocin and/or vasopressin, which comprises D-allulose as an active ingredient.
US11318142B2
The present invention is aimed at a novel composition for use as a medicament; it is also aimed at said composition for use in the treatment of depressive and anxiety syndromes. In particular, said composition is for use in the treatment of: major depression, generalized anxiety disorder, social phobia, panic disorder, mixed depression and anxiety disorder, somatoform disorder, treatment-resistant depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of said pharmaceutical composition.
US11318141B2
Disclosed are methods and compositions related to STK1 inhibitors, such as Inh2-B1 (methyl 5-oxo-3-(phenyl carbamoyl)-1-thioxo-4,5dihydro[1,3]thiazolo[3,4-a]quinazoline-8-carboxylate). The STK1 inhibitors can act as an antibiotic resistance breakers against multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
US11318135B2
The present application relates to a Favipiravir compound represented by Formula I, a geometric isomer, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a solvate and/or a hydrate thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound for treating a coronavirus infection.
US11318120B2
Compounds of formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, or hydrates thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula I, and methods of making and using the compounds, salts, solvates, or hydrates and the compositions in the treatment of various disorders associated with CRM1 activity.
US11318119B2
The present disclosure provides compounds, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as described herein, useful for treating the proliferation of the HIV virus, treating AIDS or delaying the onset of AIDS symptoms in a subject. The disclosure also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, processes for preparing them, therapeutic methods for treating the proliferation of the HIV virus, treating AIDS or delaying the onset of AIDS symptoms in a subject using these compounds. The present disclosure also provides compounds, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as described herein, useful for treating the proliferation of a coronavirus, treating coronavirus symptoms or delaying the onset of coronavirus symptoms in a subject. The disclosure also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, processes for preparing them, therapeutic methods for treating the proliferation of a coronavirus, treating coronavirus symptoms or delaying the onset of coronavirus symptoms in a subject using these compounds.
US11318113B2
The present invention relates to the use of compounds for the prevention and treatment of diseases whose initiation and/or evolution relates to the production and effects of reactive oxygen species (ROS) of mitochondrial origin.
US11318101B2
An object of the present invention is to improve the hardness of the capsule film of a hard capsule. The present invention improves the hardness of the capsule film of a hard capsule by adding a starch decomposition product, and/or at least one clay mineral selected from the group consisting of talc, bentonite, and kaolin, to a hard capsule film.
US11318100B2
Disclosed herein are solid compositions that comprise sincalide and are storage stable and which lack a buffer, and optionally, also lack a surfactant/solubilizer, wherein such compositions are storage stable. Also disclosed herein are liquid compositions that comprise sincalide, wherein such compositions are storage stable, and may lack buffer and/or surfactant/solubilizer. Also provided are methods of making and administering the solid or liquid storage stable compositions to a patient in need of, e.g., for the treatment, prevention, and/or diagnosis of gall bladder- and/or pancreatic disorders; or other diagnostic imaging.
US11318086B2
Compositions, methods, and kits for cleansing, moisturizing, soothing, cooling, such as those, for example, that may be used to cleanse, moisturize, soothe, and cool the body or portions thereof.
US11318083B2
Compositions and methods for reshaping keratin-rich substrates while forming adherent flexible films contain emulsified or soluble mixtures of silanols and hemiaminals or the reaction products of silanols and hemiaminals including silylated hemiaminals. A method for treating split-ends in hair is also described.
US11318071B2
The invention provides a plaster for use in securing a tube to a patient. The plaster comprises a top layer having an upper surface, a lower surface, and a pull tab. The plaster also comprises a base layer having an upper surface, and a lower surface. At least a portion of the lower surface of the top layer or the upper surface of the base layer is provided with an adhesive for adhering the plaster to the tube. The lower surface of the base layer is provided with an adhesive for adhering the plaster to the patient. The top layer includes a hinge about which the pull tab can be oriented away from the skin of the patient.
US11318050B2
A software application and system may be configured to enable a smartphone or other device to be used by a visually impaired person to receive voice navigation guidance during a directed exploration of an area. Directed exploration uses combinations of location data, directional data, and orientation data from the configured device to determine a direction that user wishes to explore, and only providing narrated results for streets, businesses, and other points of interest in that direction. The system may also utilize sets of wireless indicators positioned within indoor areas to provide accurate positioning to particular locations and floors within buildings.
US11318049B2
A goggle includes a goggle frame, a lens assembly including a lens mounted on the goggle frame, two reels rotatably mounted on the goggle frame on opposing left and right ends of the lens and a soft sheet mounted between the two reels and abutting the outer surface of the lens, and a control assembly that can be set on one of the two reels according to the dominant hand of the wearer. With this, once the soft sheet is dirty, the wearer operates the control assembly with his dominant hand, so that the control assembly drives the reel set to rotate. At this time, the driven reel will further drive the soft sheet to move laterally relative to the lens, and then roll up the dirty part, so that the soft sheet can always be kept clean in the part corresponding to the lens.
US11318044B2
The invention relates to an aqueous viscoelastic solution comprising: at least one polymer selected from among hyaluronic acid and the salts thereof, and cellulosic derivatives and the salts thereof, in particular hydroxypropyl methylcellulose and the salts thereof; and at least one water-soluble polymer of the polyether-polyurethane or polyether-polyester-urethane type, and to the use thereof in a device intended for the injection of an intraocular implant.
US11318042B2
The present disclosure is for a therapeutic thermal pack configured to conform to three dimensional surfaces. The therapeutic thermal pack comprises first and second plastic sheets bound together forming a sack. The sack further comprises a plurality of joint lines forming open or closed cells within the boundary of the sack. The open and closed cells are configured to enhance the flexibility of the sack. The sack contains a flowable thermal material within the open or closed cells.
US11318041B2
An everting balloon system is disclosed that can be used for the placement of an IUD within the uterine cavity of a female patient. The everting balloon system with IUD can be used to access a uterine cavity at specific locations in the fundus. A one-handed IUD delivery system for placement with an everting catheter is disclosed. An IUD loading system for placement within an everting catheter is disclosed. The everting catheter with an IUD can simplify the process of IUD placement within the uterine cavity.
US11318039B2
Apparatuses and methods for snore disrupting and prevention are disclosed. One apparatus includes: an inflatable bladder assembly configured to inflate and deflate to move a head of a user; a conduit connected to the bladder assembly and configured to extend at a distance from the bladder assembly; an air inflator connected to the conduit for inflating the bladder assembly through the conduit, the air inflator being at the distance from the bladder assembly when in use to minimize noise, radiation or discomfort for the user a controller in communication with the air inflator to actuate the air inflator to inflate the bladder assembly; and an audio processor in communication with the controller, the audio processor being configured to detect sound waves and transmit control commands to the controller to trigger cyclical actuation of the air inflator upon a trigger event.
US11318038B2
An arm support system incorporates a harness with a support plate engaged to the harness. The support plate has an engagement element. A wrist strap has a mating engagement element and the wrist strap is adapted to be engaged to a wrist of an injured arm. Engagement of the mating engagement element onto the engagement element supports the injured arm.
US11318029B2
Devices and methods for treating heart disease by increasing the pulmonary vascular compliance and thereby decreasing the right ventricular afterload are disclosed. Devices may include a means for reducing the cross-sectional area of the pulmonary artery during diastole and allowing the cross-sectional area to increase during systole.
US11318028B2
Systems and methods for a running controller for a lower limb device including at least a powered knee joint are provided. The method includes collecting real-time sensor information for the lower limb device and configuring the lower limb device to a first state in a finite state model for an activity mode including the running mode. The method further includes, based on the sensor information, transitioning the lower limb device from a current state to a subsequent state in the finite state model for the detected mode when a pre-defined criteria for transitioning to the subsequent state is met, and repeating the transitioning until the activity mode changes. In the system and method, the finite state model includes at least one stance state and at least one swing state, where the at least one stance state includes at least one absorption state and at least one propulsion state.
US11318023B2
An ankle prosthesis comprising a tibial implant, a talar implant and an insert to articulate the implants. The top face of the tibial implant having an anchoring fin, and the bottom face is articulated with the top surface of the insert. The bottom face of the talar implant includes an anchor to the talar bone, and the top face is articulated with the bottom surface of the insert. The articulation surface being saddle-shaped and including a longitudinal central groove allowing the insert to move longitudinally and rotate transversely. The top face of the tibial implant includes, on its anterior edge, a shield covering the bottom anterior portion of the tibia, and the tibial face is inclined and forms an angle with the horizontal of between 15° and 45°. Passages are provided in the shield for bone screws passing through in an ascending manner and open on the inclined tibial face.
US11318015B2
A prosthetic valve for implantation within a native mitral valve may be provided. The prosthetic valve may include an annular valve body, a plurality of atrial anchoring arms configured to extend radially outward from the annular valve body, and a plurality of ventricular anchoring legs configured to extend radially outward from the annular valve body. The arms may be configured to engage an atrial portion of the native mitral valve and the ventricular anchoring legs may be configured to engage a ventricular portion of the native mitral valve. The atrial anchoring arms and the ventricular anchoring legs may be positioned relative to each other such that when the atrial anchoring arms and ventricular anchoring legs engage the native mitral valve, a volume between the atrial anchoring arms and ventricular anchoring legs is configured to be substantially filled with tissue.
US11318006B2
An injection apparatus for injecting a medicament into a patient, the injection apparatus has a stationary head and a movable head that is movable with respect to the stationary head. A needle is attached to a needle holder that is held by the movable head and by the stationary head. When the movable head is urged rearwardly, a front edge of the needle moves forwardly with respect to a front face of the movable head.
US11318002B2
Medical or dental cleaning and/or care device for cleaning and/or care of at least one instrument, comprising: a housing, a plurality of chambers, each of the plurality of chambers configured to accommodate at least one instrument, wherein each chamber has at least one dispensing element for dispensing at least one cleaning agent and/or care agent into the respective chamber and/or to the instrument accommodated in the respective chamber, an opening in the housing, through which the plurality of chambers can be loaded with instruments, and a cover for closing the opening and the plurality of chambers, wherein only a part of the opening can be closed by the cover so that when at least one of the plurality of chambers is completely closed, at least another one of the plurality of chambers is not completely closed.
US11317995B2
Systems and methods of repositioning teeth, using one or more appliances for installing on a patient's teeth are described. The appliance includes an arch shaped member; a plurality of spring members coupled to or provided on the arch shaped member; and a plurality of securing members for securing to a corresponding plurality of the patient's teeth on a one-to-one basis, the securing members being supported by the arch shaped member. The arch shaped member and the plurality of springs, together, comprise a two dimensional structure having a length dimension and a width dimension with varying widths along the length dimension, that is bent into a three dimensional structure.
US11317994B2
Systems and methods of repositioning teeth, using one or more appliances for installing on a patient's teeth are described. The appliance includes an arch shaped member; a plurality of spring members coupled to or provided on the arch shaped member; and a plurality of securing members for securing to a corresponding plurality of the patient's teeth on a one-to-one basis, the securing members being supported by the arch shaped member. The arch shaped member and the plurality of springs, together, comprise a two dimensional structure having a length dimension and a width dimension with varying widths along the length dimension, that is bent into a three dimensional structure.
US11317986B1
An apparatus includes a splash shield incorporating a clear viewing area, a vacuum manifold, the vacuum manifold adapted to releasably engage the splash shield, a light assembly removeably linked to a lower surface of the vacuum manifold, and a port emanating from the vacuum manifold, the port configured to attach to a vacuum system wherein application of a vacuum creates a laminar flow to draw vapor away from the splash shield.
US11317982B2
Circuits and computer program products onboard and/or adapted to communicate with an scanner that electronically recognize predefined physical characteristics of the at least one tool to automatically segment image data provided by the scanner whereby the at least one tool constitutes a point of interface with the system. The circuits and computer program products are configured to provide a User Interface that defines workflow progression for an image guided surgical procedure and allows a user to select steps in the workflow, and generate multi-dimensional visualizations using the predefined data of the at least one tool and data from images of the patient in substantially real time during the surgical procedure.
US11317975B2
A system includes a treatment device configured to be manipulated by a user while the user performs a treatment plan and a patient interface associated with the treatment device. The system also includes a computing device configured to: receive treatment data pertaining to the user who uses the treatment device to perform the treatment plan; write to an associated memory, for access at a computing device of a healthcare provider, treatment information; communicate with an interface, at the computing device of the healthcare provider; and modify at least one of the at least one aspect and any other aspect of the treatment plan in response to receiving treatment plan input including at least one modification to the at least one of the at least one aspect and any other aspect of the treatment plan.
US11317967B2
Magnetic guided ablation catheters and methods of manufacture are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, a catheter includes a unitary flexible tubing having a proximal end and a distal end. A plurality of magnets are positioned along an axis of the unitary flexible tubing, the plurality of magnets provided within the unitary flexible tubing. During operation, the plurality of magnets are responsive to an external magnetic field to selectively position and guide the catheter within a body of a patient.
US11317964B2
A fluid supply instrument for a treatment instrument that is mounted on a grasping section of the treatment instrument capable of grasping a living tissue includes a port configured to receive a fluid, and a cover continuous to the port and configured to be covering a back surface on an opposite side of a grasping surface of the grasping section that is capable of grasping a living tissue. The cover forms a fluid channel continuous from the port in cooperation with the grasping section, and allows the fluid received from the port to flow out from between a cover edge adjacent to the grasping surface and an edge portion of the grasping surface.
US11317954B2
A system includes a first spacer sized and configured to be received within a resected bone space of a first bone and a second spacer sized and configured to be coupled to a second bone. The first spacer and the second spacer each include a body extending between a bone contacting surface and a coupling surface. At least one shim is positioned between the first and second spacers. The shim includes a body extending between a first coupling surface and a second coupling surface. The first spacer, the second spacer, and the at least one shim position the first and second bones in a predetermined alignment. An adjustable guide including a guide adapter and a guide body is configured to couple to the first spacer and is adjustable on a first axis.
US11317952B2
An orthopedic plate has a first end including a locking screw hole that receives a locking screw and spaced from that hole is a closed compression housing that extends from the bone-facing side of the plate and which receives a compression screw that forms an angle of from about 10° to about 70° with a longitudinal axis of the plate. The compression housing is not located on the medial line of the plate, but is peripheral to the medial line, either in the longitudinal or the medial direction of the plate.
US11317950B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for maintaining spacing between a superior spinous process and a superior lamina, and an inferior spinous process and an inferior lamina of adjacent vertebrae of a spine. A system may include an implant having a proximal superior surface with a superior concavity shaped to receive the superior spinous process, a proximal inferior surface with an inferior concavity shaped to receive the inferior spinous process, a distal superior surface, distal to the proximal superior surface, that faces the superior lamina, and a distal inferior surface, distal to the proximal inferior surface, that faces the inferior lamina. The implant may further have a threaded member extending along a proximal-distal direction, that rotates to urge the implant to move from a retracted configuration to a deployed configuration by urging the distal superior surface and the distal inferior surface to move apart.
US11317947B2
An end effector assembly of a tissue-resecting device includes an outer shaft, a drive wire, the distal cutting tip, a hub housing, and a driver. The outer shaft includes a distal end portion defining a window therethrough. The drive wire extends through the outer shaft. The distal cutting tip is disposed within the outer shaft and engaged with the distal end portion of the drive wire. The distal cutting tip at least partially overlaps the window. The hub housing is engaged with the proximal end portion of the outer shaft. The driver is disposed within the hub housing and engaged with the proximal end portion of the drive wire to driver rotation of the drive wire and distal cutting tip within and relative to the outer shaft. The driver defines an internal lumen and at least one lateral opening disposed in communication with the internal lumen. An outflow path is defined from the window through the outer shaft and about the drive wire, into an interior of the hub housing, through the at least one lateral opening, and through the internal lumen.
US11317945B2
A trocar assembly for releasable engagement with an adapter assembly of a surgical stapling instrument includes a trocar mechanism that includes a trocar member that is at least one of rotatable or articulable relative to a housing of the trocar assembly.
US11317941B2
Rotational atherectomy devices and systems can remove or reduce stenotic lesions in blood vessels by rotating one or more abrasive elements within the vessel. The abrasive elements can be attached to a distal portion of an elongate flexible drive shaft that extends from a handle assembly that includes a driver for rotating the drive shaft. In particular implementations, individual abrasive elements are attached to the drive shaft at differing radial angles in comparison to each other (e.g., configured in a helical array). The centers of mass of the abrasive elements can define a path that fully or partially spirals around the drive shaft. In some embodiments, a distal stability element with a center of mass aligned with the longitudinal axis is fixedly mounted to the drive shaft.
US11317940B2
The invention generally relates to intraluminal procedures, and, more particularly, to a contra-rotating cutting assembly for use with an atherectomy device to remove occlusive material from an occluded lumen, such as a blood vessel or other body lumen. The contra-rotating cutting assembly includes a rotatable housing having a distal end, an opposing proximal end and a lumen extending between the distal and proximal ends. The housing is configured to rotate about a longitudinal axis in a first direction. The cutting assembly further includes a rotatable cutter head positioned within at least a portion of the lumen of the housing and in coaxial alignment with the housing. The cutter head is configured to rotate about the longitudinal axis in a second direction opposite the first direction.
US11317939B2
A thrombectomy device includes a handle at a proximal end portion of the device, a first arm connected to the handle, and a second arm extending to a distal end portion of the device. The device may also include a cage at the distal end portion of the device, the cage being adjustable between a contracted orientation and an expanded orientation, the cage including a cutting element disposed between a proximal end portion of the cage and a distal end of the cage, the cutting element including one or more of a round wire, a flat wire, or a blade configured to remove matter from a body lumen when the cage is in the expanded orientation, and a macerator extending within the first arm and the second arm, the macerator including a helical element.
US11317936B2
The present disclosure relates to an ultrasonic surgical handpiece assembly comprising a surgical handpiece for use with an irrigation sleeve and ultrasonic tip. The surgical handpiece may comprise a piezoelectric transducer disposed within a housing and configured to manipulate the ultrasonic tip. One or more lumens and/or a flex circuit including an antenna may be disposed within the surgical handpiece housing. The lumen(s) may be configured to provide irrigation and/or aspiration to the irrigation sleeve and/or ultrasonic tip. The irrigation sleeve may comprise a second antenna configured to communicate with the ultrasonic handpiece antenna. The irrigation sleeve may further comprise and an alignment and/or coupling feature configured to removably secure the irrigation sleeve to the housing and orient the second antenna relative to the ultrasonic handpiece antenna. The irrigation sleeve may further comprise a lumen for supplying irrigation and/or aspiration to the ultrasonic tip.
US11317935B2
There is described a device for connecting a first mechanical waveguide and a second mechanical waveguide, including a first body for receiving the first waveguide, and a second body for receiving the second waveguide. The second body includes a tubular member having a first thread extending on an internal surface thereof, a first tubular screw having a second thread on an external surface corresponding to the first thread, and a third thread extending on an internal surface, with a pitch of the second thread being greater than a pitch of the third thread. The second body also includes a second tubular screw having a fourth thread extending on an external surface corresponding to the third thread with the second tubular screw being threadingly and frictionally engaged with the first tubular screw, a triggering member for rotating the first tubular screw, and an indexer for limiting a rotation of the second tubular screw to at least an initial angular position.
US11317926B2
Disclosed is a Rongeur for surgical use. The disclosed Rongeur has a push button actuator which, upon activation, allows the long parts of the Rongeur to be easily separated for thorough cleaning and sterilization for reuse.
US11317924B2
A bariatric clamp may include substrate members overmolded in polymer forming first and second elongated portions, a bight portion having a flexible hinge, a fastener portion, and an engagement portion for retaining the clamp in a closed position to partition the stomach. A method for installing may include creating an opening in a patient's abdominal cavity to access the stomach, removing tissue connected to the stomach adjacent areas the clamp is to be positioned, positioning the clamp in an open position wherein first ends of the first and second elongated portions are open relative to one another, inserting the clamp into the abdominal cavity in the open position and the first and second elongated portions of the clamp separately pass through the opening in the abdominal cavity, positioning the first and second elongated portions adjacent first and second sides of the stomach, and closing the clamp to partition the stomach.
US11317919B2
A surgical device for clipping tissue is disclosed. The surgical device comprises a housing comprising an electric motor, a shaft defining a central shaft axis, a clip magazine, and a clip crimping system. The clip magazine comprises a plurality of clips removably stored therein. The clip crimping system comprises a first jaw, a second jaw, and a distal portion comprising a clip receiving chamber defined between said first jaw and said second jaw. The distal portion is offset from said central shaft axis. The clip crimping system further comprises a proximal connection portion connecting said first jaw and said second jaw. The proximal connection portion is positioned along said central shaft axis. The clip crimping system further comprises a clamp operably coupled with said electric motor. The clamp is movable distally by said electric motor to perform a crimping stroke and engage said first jaw and said second jaw.
US11317913B2
Surgical end effectors are disclosed. The surgical end effectors can include a first jaw, a second jaw rotatably coupled to the first jaw, and a lockout arrangement configured to prevent rotational movement of the second jaw toward the first jaw unless an unfired staple cartridge is positioned in the first jaw. The lockout arrangement can comprise a pivotable lock configured to pivot between a locked orientation and an unlocked orientation, a shiftable lock bar, and/or a spring-loaded lockout lever.
US11317909B2
A surgical device is provided, the surgical device including a first driver for performing a first movement function; a second driver for performing a second movement function; a first rotatable drive shaft configured, upon actuation, to cause selective engagement of one of the first and second drivers with a second rotatable drive shaft, wherein the second rotatable drive shaft is configured to drive the selectively engaged one of the first and second drivers. Third and fourth drivers may also be included. The drivers may function to rotate a shaft portion of the surgical device relative to, and about the longitudinal axis of, a handle; move a jaw portion relative to the shaft portion; move a first jaw relative to a second jaw; and/or move a surgical member within the second jaw.
US11317907B2
An apparatus can include a first flexible member having first and second ends and a first body extending therebetween that defines a first passage portion. A second flexible member can include first and second ends and a second body extending therebetween that defines a second passage portion. The first end of the first flexible member can pass into and through the second passage portion in a first direction such that the first end extends outside of the second passage portion. The first end of the second flexible member can pass into and through the first passage portion in a second direction such that the first end of the second flexible member extends outside of the first passage portion to form a self-locking adjustable flexible member construct. Applying tension to the first ends can draw the passage portions and corresponding second ends toward each other.
US11317903B2
An implant system for providing stabilized fixation of tissue includes a button having a slot, a band threaded through the slot, and a lock including a member having a slot for receiving an end of the band and a movable member for clamping the band in place. The movable member is movable between an open position and a locking position. The lock is a plug assembly which includes a flange. The slot is disposed in the flange. The movable member may be a cap which is movable between clamping and non-clamping orientations relative to the flange, or it may be a screw wherein a portion of the screw performs the clamping function. The flange is a portion of a plug, which plug further includes a boss extending from one side of the flange.
US11317900B2
The present disclosure provides a device and methods for acquiring tissue within a lumen or for closure of bodily openings.
US11317899B2
A mounting adapter has a proximal end for interfacing with a surgical stabilizer arm and a distal end for interfacing with a tissue manipulator tool. The adapter includes a receiver body defining a bore having an opening at the distal end for receiving the shaft of a manipulator tool. The receiver body has a detent projecting radially into the bore. A ball stem projects at the proximal end and is configured for insertion into a collet of the stabilizer arm. The detent is radially displaceable between 1) a radially outward position when the adapter is in an unlocked state in which the shaft of the manipulator tool is slidable into or out of the bore and 2) a radially inward position when the adapter is in a locked state in which the detent captures the shaft of the manipulator tool.
US11317893B2
An ultrasound probe has a two dimensional matrix array transducer and a digital microbeamformer. The microbeamformer comprises a plurality of transmitters and amplifiers coupled to elements of the array transducer, a plurality of low power analog to digital converters and digital beamforming circuitry coupled to the amplifiers, a microbeamformer controller, a power supply and a USB controller which cumulatively consume three watts or less.
US11317890B2
A catheter is disclosed with a priming hole for exhaust at a distal portion of the catheter, the priming hole being used when filling with a priming solution is performed, and movably and rotatably accommodates an imaging core. The catheter includes a first connector that is provided at a rear end portion of the catheter and is supported by a fixed connector portion of a motor drive unit included in an imaging apparatus for diagnosis and a second connector that is supported by a movable connector portion of the motor drive unit. The catheter includes a reservoir, which is provided in the first connector and has a volume which decreases depending on a pull-out length of the second connector from the first connector, and a supply route, through which a priming solution injected from a priming injection port is supplied to the reservoir.
US11317880B2
Disclosed is a computer-implemented medical data processing method for determining an orientation of an electrode, the electrode being configured for electrically stimulating an anatomical structure of a patient and comprising a rotational orientation marker, the method comprising executing, on at least one processor of at least one computer, steps of: a) acquiring (S1.1), at the at least one processor, rotational image data describing two-dimensional medical images of the anatomical structure and the electrode, the two-dimensional medical images having been taken with a two-dimensional medical imaging apparatus during rotation of the medical imaging apparatus relative to the anatomical structure, the rotational image data further describing, for each of the two-dimensional medical images, an imaging perspective relative to the anatomical structure associated with the respective two-dimensional medical image; b) determining (S1.2), by the at least one processor and based on the rotational image data, rotational orientation data describing the rotational orientation of the electrode in the reference system of the two-dimensional medical images; c) acquiring (S1.3), at the at least one processor, tomographic image data describing a set of tomographic medical images of the anatomical structure; d) determining (S1.4), by the at least one processor and based on the rotational image data and the tomographic image data and the rotational orientation data, electrode orientation data describing a rotational orientation of the electrode in a reference system of the tomographic medical image data.
US11317877B2
An N-M tomography system comprising: a carrier for the subject of an examination procedure; a plurality of detector heads; a carrier for the detector heads; and a detector positioning arrangement operable to position the detector heads during performance of a scan without interference or collision between adjacent detector heads to establish a variable bore size and configuration for the examination. Additionally, collimated detectors providing variable spatial resolution for SPECT imaging and which can also be used for PET imaging, whereby one set of detectors can be selectably used for either modality, or for both simultaneously.
US11317862B2
A method and system for determining training status of a user from exercises using a device with a heart rate sensor, a processor, memory, an output device and software. The training status is selected from a fixed group of alternatives. Each exercise is monitored using the heart rate sensor. Chosen exercise characteristics of each executed exercise are determined using obtained heart rate data and the determined characteristics of each executed exercise are stored in a memory. The chosen exercise characteristics include values of at least following variables: a date of the exercise, a value depicting physical readiness level for exercise during the exercise, a value depicting a training load of the exercise. When the exercises have been executed, values of selection variables are calculated using the stored exercise characteristics in the memory.
US11317850B2
An implantable medical device includes a detecting unit, a control unit and a communication unit. The control unit uses a seizure prediction algorithm to predict epilepsy seizure events in real time based on physiological information detected by the detecting unit, and stores internal data which comprise the detected physiological information and prediction information about the prediction result. The control unit is configured to, in a first communication mode, control its memory unit and communication unit to transmit the internal data to the external monitoring device, and in a second communication mode, control the communication unit to receive an updated seizure prediction algorithm from the external monitoring device and stores the algorithm in the memory unit for predicting seizure events.
US11317842B2
An exemplary system includes an electro-acoustic stimulation (“EAS”) sound processor, a cochlear implant communicatively coupled to the EAS sound processor, an electrode array communicatively coupled to the cochlear implant, and a receiver communicatively coupled to the EAS sound processor and configured to be in communication with an ear of a patient. The EAS sound processor 1) directs, while in a self-fitting mode, the receiver to apply acoustic stimulation to the patient, 2) records, using at least one electrode included in the electrode array, an evoked response that occurs in response to the acoustic stimulation, 3) compares the evoked response to a baseline evoked response recorded by the EAS sound processor prior to recording the evoked response, and 4) performs a predetermined action based on the comparison between the evoked response and the baseline evoked response. Corresponding systems and methods are also disclosed.
US11317836B2
The present invention relates to non-invasive blood glucose measuring apparatus and method. More specifically, the apparatus is inserted into a blood vessel of a human body, and at a point of time when a measurement is desired, wirelessly transmits power so as to be operated, wherein a dipole antenna-form sensor measures a change in a specific parameter depending on a blood glucose level. The apparatus measures the blood glucose in a non-invasive manner, wherein a display unit that is present outside the human body receives the parameter value through wireless communication and displays a corresponding blood glucose level.
US11317829B2
A system for capturing a plantar image is provided, which is based on a depth sensor or 3D image capturing device connected to a portable structure having: first legs; a first frame that holds a glass pane; and an elastic membrane on which a patient places his or her foot, making contact with the glass pane positioned there below, in the manner of a floor, to capture the plantar image by means of the depth sensor disposed beneath the glass pane. Respective platforms provided with a pair of second legs can be joined to the first frame. A system is provided that includes a transparent floor in a portable structure that allows the assembly to be transported so as to be able to capture the patient's plantar image in any desired place.
US11317828B2
The present invention relates to the field of medical monitoring, and in particular non-contact, video-based monitoring of pulse rate, respiration rate, motion, and oxygen saturation. Systems and methods are described for capturing images of a patient, producing intensity signals from the images, filtering those signals to focus on a physiologic component, and measuring a vital sign from the filtered signals.
US11317824B1
A wearable device and system has been developed to help users learn the practices of diaphragmatic breathing and breathing patterns to improve running and walking performance. The wearable has a breathing sensor (breathe in-breathe out) and a movement sensor used to identify foot strikes. A processor computes the number of foot strikes occurring while inhaling and the number of foot strikes occurring while exhaling to report breathing patterns as a function of time. The algorithms may be modified to teach breathing patterns to athletes in other sports and deep breathing for numerous movement and minimal movement applications.
US11317817B2
The invention provides a system and method for measuring vital signs (e.g. SYS, DIA, SpO2, heart rate, and respiratory rate) and motion (e.g. activity level, posture, degree of motion, and arm height) from a patient. The system features: first and second sensors configured to independently generate time-dependent waveforms indicative of one or more contractile properties of the patient's heart; and a cuff-based oscillometric module. A processing component, typically worn on the patient's body and featuring a microprocessor, receives the time-dependent waveforms generated by the different sensors and processes them to determine patient-specific calibration values for use in a continuous blood pressure measurement based on pulse wave velocity (PWV).
US11317814B2
Described herein are systems and methods for collecting physiological information from a user and determining information including, but not limited to, a user's heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen levels (SvO2), hydration, respiration rate, and heart rate variability. Physiological information is collected from one or more modules, each comprising a sensor array. The sensor array(s) can comprise, among other things, light sources, photo detectors, ECG electrodes/sensors, bio impedance sensors, galvanic skin response sensors, tonometry/contact sensors, accelerometers, pressure sensors, acoustic sensors, and electromagnetic sensors. The information collected from a user can be used to cross-reference a database comprising similar information for a number of subjects as well as verified measurements for each subject including, but not limited to, blood pressure, oxygen levels (SvO2), hydration, respiration rate, and heart rate variability. As such, a user's blood pressure, oxygen levels, hydration, respiration rate, and heart rate variability can be accurately estimated without direct measurement.
US11317813B2
An observation unit (OU) and auxiliary observation unit (AOU) sensor are calibrated in relation to an ambient environment. The OU sensor and the AOU sensor are calibrated in relation to an observational subject. Monitoring parameters are established for the calibrated sensors using a receiving unit (RU). Monitoring types are activated using the RU. Data is gathered from the OU sensor and the AOU sensor. A determination is made that the gathered data exceeds the established monitoring parameters. One or more alerts are generated based on the determination.
US11317806B2
A wireless sensor device capable of constant operation without replacement of batteries. The wireless sensor device is equipped with a rechargeable battery and the battery is recharged wirelessly. Radio waves received at an antenna circuit are converted into electrical energy and stored in the battery. A sensor circuit operates with the electrical energy stored in the battery, and acquires information. Then, a signal containing the information acquired is converted into radio waves at the antenna circuit, whereby the information can be read out wirelessly.
US11317802B2
Systems, devices and methods are provided for the integration of an analyte data reader and a medication delivery device. The integrated device can include a medication delivery portion, wireless communications circuitry configured to receive data indicative of an analyte level, and electronics. The integrated device can also include one or more near-field communication (NFC) antennas. Example embodiments of adverse condition protection features of the integrated device are also provided.
US11317801B2
A wide range within a subject eye is observed while a burden on a subject of whom the subject eye is part is moderated. In an optical system that deals with light reflected from the fundus of the subject eye, a first optical system that pertains to a field of view of a fundus central portion centered on an optical axis is used as a standard optical system. The optical system can be switched by a replacement mechanism from the first optical system to a second optical system that pertains to a field of view of a fundus surroundings portion surrounding the fundus central portion.
US11317793B2
A method is provided for reprocessing an internal channel of a medical device with a reprocessing system having a valve, a fluid line fluidly coupled with the valve, and at least one sensor coupled with the fluid line. The method includes performing an actuation of the valve to direct liquid through the fluid line and into the internal channel, and detecting with the at least one sensor a predetermined condition within the fluid line while the liquid is being directed into the internal channel. In response to detecting the predetermined condition, a time duration measured from the actuation of the valve is recorded. The method further includes purging the liquid from the internal channel, and directing liquid through the fluid line and into the internal channel for the time duration.
US11317791B2
The present invention discloses a system for wireless capsule endoscope with adaptive frame rate, comprising: a recorder data processor to filter the first posture information of a capsule endoscope and the second posture information of a portable recorder to obtain a quaternion p0 of the first posture information and a quaternion p1 of the second posture information, and to calculate an interpolated median s0 between p0 and p1 at time t0, and an interpolated median s1 between p′0 and p′1 at time t1; the recorder data processor also calculates a difference diff0 between the interpolated median s0 and s1, and works out the dot product of the difference diff0 and unit quaternion [1, 0, 0, 0].
US11317789B2
A control for an endoscope includes a housing defining an interior volume. A lever external to the housing extends through the housing into the interior volume. A gear system positioned in the interior volume is operatively coupled to the lever. The gear system includes a first quadrant and a second quadrant each configured to pivot about a corresponding axis to deflect a flexible distal tip portion of the endoscope in a corresponding direction.
US11317771B2
A decontamination apparatus for a viewing window includes a cylinder and a rotating module disposed at one end of the cylinder. The rotating module is connected with a viewing window. The rotating module can be driven to rotate, which further drives the viewing window to rotate for removing dirt attached to the viewing window. Besides, a decontamination apparatus for a viewing window includes a cylinder connected with a viewing window and a rotating module disposed at one end of the cylinder. The rotating module is connected with a wiper in contact with the viewing window. The rotating module can be driven to rotate, which further drives the wiper to turn for removing dirt attached to the viewing window.
US11317769B1
A toilet seat assembly includes a cover that is formed into a closed loop thereby facilitating the cover to be positioned on a rim of a toilet bowl. The cover has an outer diameter is greater than an outer diameter of the toilet bowl such that the cover extends outwardly beyond an outer edge of the rim. A first ring is hingedly coupled to the cover for having a user sit thereon. The first ring has an outside diameter equivalent to the outside diameter of the cover to accommodate an obese user. A second ring is hingedly coupled to the first ring for having the user sit thereon. A lid is hingedly coupled to the cover and the lid is positionable in a lowered position when the second ring is in the lowered position.
US11317762B2
A multi-bank cooking system includes multiple discrete cooking systems sharing common plumbing and integrated safety features. The multi-bank cooking system may include two or more rack-fryer systems, each with discrete frypots, operating mechanisms and cooking controllers. Each of the discrete cooking systems, may share a common plumbing system with integrated valves and controls receiving coordinated safety signals to facilitate safe and efficient operation of the system.
US11317758B2
A coffee machine (100), particularly suitable to be used in catering establishments or the like, is described, comprising a machine body (10) provided with a delivering assembly (30) for delivering coffee, at least one boiler (20) designed to heat the water up to the working temperature and means (25) for drawing water from the boiler (20) and supplying the same to the delivering assembly (30). The boiler (20) is arranged outside of the machine body (10) and remotely therefrom such that the overall dimensions on the working surface are considerably reduced and a simple replacement or interchangeability of the various components is allowed.
US11317746B2
Chopstick buddies illustrated by various embodiments of the present disclosure are attachments to a chopstick. Chopstick buddies allow a human hand to avoid the awkward thumb pose required by the standard chopstick grip, while still being able to hold both chopsticks firmly as extensions of fingers. Chopstick buddies accomplish this without interfering with finger movements of the standard grip. As a result, users continue to enjoy benefits of the standard grip, despite not complying with the required and awkward thumb pose. These benefits include: the ability to extend tips of the chopsticks wide apart to embrace a food item, to manipulate chopsticks with dexterity, and to generate enough compression force to hold food items firmly between tips, with ease.
US11317745B2
A securable plate for infants having a sidewall projecting a length of a perimeter edge engages removably with a support surface using a suction cup. An opening in the sidewall provides a passage to lift the edge of the suction cup to disengage the suctioned engagement of the suction cup by lifting the edge of the suction cup or a release flap extending from it.
US11317741B2
An accommodation device for accommodating storage containers of pre-assorted goods, including at least one holding frame and a plurality of storage containers for accommodating pre-assorted goods. The holding frame includes a plurality of spaced-apart holders, and each storage device includes a suspension device made to fit one of the holders. Each suspension device is adapted to be attached to one of the holders for suspendingly arranging the respective storage device at the holding frame. At least some of the holders respectively include a safety device which cooperates with the suspension device when the suspension device is attached to a holder and, in a locking position, prevents the suspension device from detaching itself from the respective holder.
US11317735B1
The disclosure discloses an anti-misoperation combined dining chair for children. The dining chair comprises a seat and a tabletop which are arranged in sequence on a supporting component. The support component comprises four No. 1 supporting tubes and No. 2 supporting tubes. One end of each of the four No. 1 supporting tubes is respectively inserted into one of four corners of the seat, and the other end of each of the four No. 1 supporting tubes is internally provided with a corresponding No. 2 supporting tube in an inserting manner respectively. The tabletop is arranged at peripheries of the No. 2 supporting tubes in a sleeved manner and is connected with the No. 1 supporting tubes and the No. 2 supporting tubes through locking mechanisms respectively.
US11317733B2
Mattresses including an elastomeric cushioning element and a pocketed coil layer and related methods
A mattress assembly includes a base layer, a coil layer disposed over the base layer, an upper layer disposed over the coil layer, and an elastomeric cushioning element disposed over the upper layer. The coil layer may include a plurality of pocketed coils. Furthermore, the elastomeric cushioning element may have a thickness within a range of about 2.0 inches to about 4.5 inches. Furthermore, the elastomeric cushioning element may form between about 15.0% and about 32.0% of an overall thickness of the mattress assembly. A method of forming a mattress assembly includes disposing a coil layer over a base layer, disposing an upper layer over the coil layer, disposing an elastomeric cushioning element over the upper layer, and disposing an outer covering over at least the upper layer.
US11317731B2
A pump assembly is provided for use with an inflatable product. The inflatable product has a chamber having an air inlet/outlet port. The pump assembly has a pump unit that is positioned inside the chamber for inflating and deflating the chamber, the pump unit having at least one motor that is operatively coupled to a blower, with the blower fluidly coupled to an opening of the pump housing. The chamber is inflated by intake of air through the inlet/outlet port to the blower and then into the chamber, and the chamber is deflated by drawing aft from the chamber to the blower and then out of the chamber through the inlet/outlet port.
US11317729B2
An adjustable bed includes: a head frame and a foot frame; a head lifting assembly including a head lifting bracket pivotally connected to the head frame, and a head lifting actuator pivotally connected between the head lifting bracket and the head frame for operably driving the head lifting bracket to pivotally move in an upward rotating direction or a downward rotating direction; a foot lifting assembly including a foot lifting bracket pivotally connected to the foot frame, and a foot lifting actuator pivotally connected between the foot lifting bracket and the foot frame for operably driving the foot lifting bracket to pivotally move in an upward rotating direction or a downward rotating direction; and a folding mechanism connecting the head frame and the foot frame such that the head frame and the foot frame are pivotably foldable to one another at the folding mechanism.
US11317725B2
An outdoor sleeping mat and a sleeping mat set includes a sleeping mat main body, a plurality of transverse supporting belts and a plurality of vertical supporting belts. The sleeping mat main body has a cavity, and the transverse supporting belts and the vertical supporting belts are disposed in the cavity and connected to the sleeping mat main body. The plurality of vertical supporting belts are distributed at two sides of the sleeping mat main body in a width direction, and the plurality of transverse supporting belts are arranged side by side in a length direction of the sleeping mat main body. The outdoor sleeping mat enhances the structural reliability of the sleeping mat main body through the plurality of transverse supporting belts and the plurality of vertical supporting belts, so that the whole outdoor sleeping mat has better supporting performance.
US11317720B2
The present invention is an adjustable lounge garden swing having a fixed support structure and a seat support pivotally suspended from the support structure on a single pivot axis to provide a pendular movement when in motion. At least one lounge seat is pivotally coupled to the support structure where the lounge seat has a seating portion and a backrest portion that are fixed relative to one another but adjustable relative to the seat support to adjust the reclination angle of lounge seat. In particular, an embodiment of the present invention provides a lounge seat for a garden swing that has an adjustable reclination angle relative to the seat support and is positionable at a selected reclination angle through a reclination adjustor.
US11317719B2
A base configured to attach to a floor to support the chair system. A rigid trunk member is configured to vertically stabilize by the base, the trunk member adjustable up and down to change a height of the customer chair. The customer chair rotatably connects to and supported by the trunk member. A rigid branch member is configured to rotatably connect to the trunk member for support. The stylist chair is rotatably connected to and supported by the branch member providing a circular range of motion for the stylist chair around and independent of the customer chair. A foot control connects directly or indirectly to the rigid trunk member and positions the customer chair relative to the stylist chair.
US11317716B2
A furniture assembly comprising a first frame structure having front and rear portions and including at least a first leg member and a substantially horizontal first rail member supported by the at least a first leg member where the first rail member has a first length dimension, a substantially horizontal second rail member supported by the at least a second leg member spaced apart from the first rail member wherein an assembly space includes the space between the first and second rail members, a front portion of the assembly space adjacent the front portion of the first frame structure and a rear portion of the assembly space adjacent the rear portion of the first frame structure, a first furniture sub-assembly having first and second ends, having a first depth dimension and supported within the assembly space by the first and second rail members and a second furniture sub-assembly having first and second ends, a second depth dimension and supported within the assembly space by the first rail member and a rail member of another frame structure, wherein the combined first and second depth dimensions are less than the first length dimension.
US11317705B2
The double action cleaning tool of the present invention includes a dynamic double action dual brush head and a handle. The dynamic double action dual brush head includes two brush heads rotatably attached to a brush head base, allowing the brush heads to independently rotate about the axis in which it is rotatably attached to the brush head base. A mechanical device capable of storing and releasing energy is connected between the two brush heads, which is rigidly attached to the brush head base. The double action cleaning tool stores energy in the form of potential energy in the mechanical energy storage device of the dynamic double action dual brush head during the sweeping stroke of the double action push broom. At the end of the sweeping stroke, the stored potential energy is converted into kinetic energy and rotates the dual brush, thereby providing an additional sweeping motion.
US11317704B2
The present invention discloses an integrally-formed flexible rubber applicator stick, and relates to the technical field of applicator sticks. The integrally-formed flexible rubber applicator stick includes a stick body that is connected to a soft connection region at one end thereof and connected to a handle at the other end thereof; a bristle head is mounted at an end of the soft connection region, and has multiple soft rubber bristles distributed thereon; an annular discarding groove is set up between the handle and the stick body; and an anti-slip thread is set up on the end of the stick body that is adjacent to the soft connection region. The integrally-formed flexible applicator stick provided by the present invention makes the production process simple and is not prone to losing bristles during use.
US11317698B1
A roll-on dispenser includes a housing having a base, an open top end, and an interior volume. The interior volume of the housing has a rising device coupled to the base of the housing. The rising device is in turn coupled to a cartridge riser plate. The opened top end of the housing has a top section which can be removably secured. The top section also houses a roller ball therein.
US11317696B2
Provided is a pump for discharging cosmetics to the outside while simultaneously opening the outer vessel lid and pushing the discharge plate, which is formed of a smaller number of parts, and thus it is possible to reduce the manufacturing cost.
US11317695B2
Disclosed is a cosmetic dropper which includes a container main body having a container body in which a cosmetic liquid is stored and a cap part detachably coupled to the container body; a pipette coupling part coupled to the cap part; a pipette part having a pipette member coupled to the pipette coupling part, a piston coupling bar provided to elevate inside the pipette member, and a piston part coupled to an end of the piston coupling part to elevate together with the piston coupling bar and allows the cosmetic liquid to be suctioned into the pipette member or discharged to the outside reversely; and a separation prevention part coupled to the piston coupling bar so as to cover an outer wall of the piston coupling bar to prevent the end of the piston coupling bar from being separated to the outside of the pipette member.
US11317691B2
Containers are described herein for the transportation and distribution of replaceable consumer products, e.g. interchangeable shaving assemblies. The containers described herein include a mechanism to securely hold the container in predetermined open and closed positions. The interior of the container may provided features which serve to hold and protect the shaving assemblies when not in use, e.g., during transport or storage.
US11317689B2
An outdoor umbrella includes an umbrella post, an umbrella cover assembly and a folding-unfolding device. The umbrella cover assembly includes an umbrella rib assembly and an umbrella fabric covering the umbrella rib assembly. The folding-unfolding device includes a slide sleeve, a folding-unfolding handle assembly and a pull rod. A first oblique rod and a second oblique rod hinged and matched with each other are disposed on the umbrella rib assembly. One end of the first oblique rod is hinged to the slide sleeve. One end of the second oblique rod is hinged and matched with the umbrella post. A middle portion of the folding-unfolding handle assembly is hinged and matched with the umbrella post, and the folding-unfolding handle assembly is able to vertically stretch the pull rod in cooperation with a lever and drives the slide sleeve to slide vertically to fold or unfold the umbrella cover assembly.
US11317688B2
A straight-pole sun umbrella hand-cranking device comprises a standing pole and a shell fixed on the standing pole, wherein the shell comprises a first outer shell and a second outer shell. The shell is fixed on one side of the standing pole, and a rope winding wheel is mounted within the first and the second outer shells. The rope winding wheel is connected to a cranking shaft, and the cranking shaft is propelled to rotate through a cranking handle connected with the cranking shaft. An anti-slip mechanism is arranged on the cranking shaft. The anti-slip mechanism comprises a torsion spring, the torsion spring is sleeved on the cranking shaft. The rope winding wheel achieves easy winding or unwinding of the ropes, and the anti-slip performance is improved by the elastic force of the spring. As the aforesaid structure is protected against abrasion, its functional life is significantly prolonged.
US11317686B2
A construct (10) is provided having an aesthetic form adapted to please a wearer and to be worn by the wearer. The construct provides a structure on which functional elements are integrated. The functional elements include several elements. A first element is a fluid reservoir. A second element is at least two fluids (12, 14) disposed in the fluid reservoir. A third element is a motion generator (22) having a state in equilibrium with respect to an attraction force and a further attraction or repulsion force when the construct is at rest, the motion generator causing an animation effect when the construct is moved relative to an attraction or repulsion force.
US11317681B2
Manufacturing of a shoe or a portion of a shoe is enhanced by automated placement of shoe parts. For example, a part-recognition system analyzes an image of a shoe part to identify the part and determine a location of the part. Once the part is identified and located, the part can be manipulated in an automated manner.
US11317675B2
An article of footwear includes an upper, a midsole attached to the upper, and an outsole. The midsole has a footbed and a bottom surface disposed on an opposite side of the midsole than the footbed. The outsole has a ground-engaging surface, an inner surface disposed on an opposite side of the outsole than the ground-engaging surface, and a wall extending from the ground-engaging surface and surrounding the outsole. The article of footwear also includes a casing containing particulate matter and having a length that is greater than a length of the outsole. The casing includes a first fold at a predetermined location along its length. The casing is received within a cavity bounded by the wall of the outsole and between the bottom surface and the inner surface.
US11317673B2
An attachment for a helmet includes an external portion, an internal portion distal from the external portion, and a shaft extending between the external portion and the internal portion. The external portion contains an object to be attached to the helmet. An attachment system including a helmet is also described.
US11317669B1
A hat shaping device is configured to be installed on headwear (e.g., on a band of a peaked cap) to urge the headwear into an oblong and/or oval shape. The device includes a pair of hooks connected together in a manner that allows the device to be transitioned between a deployed configuration, in which the device is configured for installation on the headwear, and a stowed configuration, in which the device is configured for easy storage and/or transport. In some examples, the device is collapsed when in the stowed configuration (e.g., with respective legs of the pair of hooks nested together one on top of the other.)
US11317665B1
An extension strap for a bra includes a base element, a first clasp element, a second clasp element and a fasten element group. The base element includes a first portion, a second portion and a third portion. The first portion includes a first accommodating space and a first opening. The first clasp element includes a first clasp and a first connection portion, the first connection portion is located in the first accommodating space, and the first clasp protruding from the first opening. The fasten element group includes at least two fasten elements disposed on the second portion, each fasten element includes a ring portion and a base portion connected between the ring portion and the second portion. The first clasp is configured to move along the first opening so as to change a distance between the first clasp element and the second clasp element.
US11317655B2
A user interface, such as a visual user interface, is configured to display a static or motion image around an aerosol-generating device (10). The aerosol-generating device includes a housing having a curved outer surface surrounding a longitudinal axis and a flexible display (20) having a curved viewing surface at least partially surrounding the longitudinal axis disposed adjacent to the curved outer surface. A control circuit (54) is operatively coupled to the flexible display and includes a memory to store a motion image (30). The control circuit is configured to display the motion image on the curved viewing surface in response to activation of the aerosolizer, which may be executed according to a method, which may be stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium. A remote user device may be used with the aerosol-generating device.
US11317651B2
The cartridge includes a housing and a reservoir configured to contain a pre-vapor formulation. A first tube extends longitudinally within the housing, the first tube at least partially defining an air passage. A vapor generator is in communication with a first portion of the air passage, where the vapor generator is configured to communicate the pre-vapor formulation from the reservoir to the first portion and at least partially vaporize the pre-vapor formulation. A first air inlet is defined by the cartridge, where the first air inlet is in communication with a second portion of the air passage, the second portion being upstream of the vapor generator. A dilution air passage is defined by the cartridge, where a discharge end of the dilution air passage intersect a third portion of the air passage that is downstream of the vapor generator. The method makes the cartridge. The e-vaping device includes the cartridge.
US11317649B2
A smokeable material for inclusion in a smoking article, comprising tobacco coated with acacia gum, wherein the amount of acacia gum is at least 10% by weight of the tobacco.
US11317648B2
There is described an aerosol-forming substrate for use in combination with an inductive heating device. The aerosol-forming substrate comprises a solid material which is capable of releasing volatile compounds that can form an aerosol upon heating of the aerosol-forming substrate and at least a first susceptor material for heating the aerosol-forming substrate. The at least first susceptor material is arranged in thermal proximity of the solid material. The aerosol-forming substrate further comprises at least a second susceptor material which has a second Curie-temperature which is lower than a first Curie-temperature of the first susceptor material. The second Curie-temperature of the second susceptor material corresponds to a predefined maximum heating temperature of the first susceptor material. There is also described an aerosol-delivery system.
US11317644B2
A liquid seasoning includes a seasoning liquid and ingredients, wherein the seasoning liquid and the ingredients are prepared by subjecting a raw material including at least an onion ingredient and an organic acid to a heat treatment, wherein an amount of cycloalliin in the liquid seasoning with respect to an amount of the onion ingredient swollen in the seasoning liquid is 0.30% by mass or more, and wherein pH of the seasoning liquid is 2.5 to 4.5.
US11317642B2
In order to manufacture a food product which, with further preparation, can be given a form in which it is ready for immediate consumption, a consumable, at least sushi-like product roll is prepared. The product roll comprises a core with a filling which is enveloped by a casing of a high-carbohydrate composition followed by a barrier layer which covers the casing. The barrier layer is covered with a batter layer and the batter layer is covered with a crumb layer. The thus obtained body is subjected to a freezing step for complete freezing thereof. By way of preparation the frozen product roll, after optionally being defrosted, is heated by being baked or deep-fried until the core is at least no more than just defrosted, while the batter layer with the crumb layer has formed into a crispy outer layer. The product is thus given a directly consumable form.
US11317637B2
A system capable of a germicidal treatment of highly opaque liquids, featuring a filter, which prevents wavelengths above the UV-C spectrum reaching the liquid being treated, one or more spiral-shaped tubes extending from an inlet end to an outlet end creating a fluidic pathway, and one or more light sources illuminating the one or more spiral-shaped tubes, wherein the one or more light sources emit light in a wavelength range between 180-300 nm.
US11317632B2
The invention provides buffers stable to oxidants, including chlorine and hypochlorous acid, which are usable in the pH range 3-7. The invention also provides stable, buffered solutions comprising hypochlorous acid, having a pH between 3 and 7, and disposable wiping articles impregnated with these solutions.
US11317631B2
Provided is a particular form of natamycin that shows improved properties as a fungicide for use in agricultural applications. A preferred natamycin composition comprises a structuring agent and a surfactant. Said natamycin composition further comprises cellular matter from a natamycin-producing organism. The natamycin in a natamycin composition preferably has a surface area of less than 6 m2/g, and an average particle size of less than 6 micrometer. The invention further relates to methods, comprising contacting a plant or part thereof, a fungus, a fruit, a crop, a seed, and/or a soil with a natamycin composition of the invention.
US11317614B2
A line guide mechanism for a spinning reel includes a bail support member movably connected to one of the pair of rotor arms, a fixed shaft fixed to the bail support member, a line roller rotatably supported by the fixed shaft to guide the fishing line to the spool, a bail having an end supported by the bail support member via the fixed shaft to guide the fishing line to the line roller, a cover member on the end of the bail to cover a part of the line roller, and a projection member on the bail support member and having a line slack prevention portion including a first part extending in an axial direction of the fixed shaft and facing the line roller in a radial direction of the fixed shaft closer to an axis of the fixed shaft than an outer peripheral surface of the cover member.
US11317608B2
A collar with an ultra-wideband radar is described. A housing contains sensor electronics and the transmit and receive antennas are located separate from the housing around the circumference of the collar. A first example of the collar includes a first transmit antenna and a first receive antenna. A second example of the collar adds a second transmit antenna and a second receive antenna.
US11317606B2
A roping simulator (sometimes referred to as a roping or practice dummy or sled) is designed to mimic the natural movements and anatomy of roping cattle. Embodiments of the instant disclosure mimic the anatomy and movement of a roping cattle when the animal “washes out,” meaning that its back end slips and pivots during a turn. In various embodiments, the disclosed roping simulator also includes a feature whereby the head portion of the dummy rotates and pivots downward when a force is applied by a rope, simulating head movement of a live animal. In one embodiment, a sled assembly and a body assembly are connected to one another to form the roping simulator. The sled assembly is the component that makes contact with the ground. The body assembly is the component that provides roping targets, and that simulates the movement of live cattle.
US11317605B2
The present disclosure relates to a pet dry room and a tray used therefor, the pet dry room including: a body having an accommodation space for accommodating a pet therein; a door connected to a front surface of the body and configured to seal or open the accommodation space; and an air circulation module including a motor, a fan, a flow path, a nozzle, and a heater so as to spray and circulate air into the accommodation space, wherein air sprayed from a plurality of spray holes of a combined defecation plate and air spray tray installed on a bottom surface of the accommodation space and nozzles formed on a side surface and a rear surface of the accommodation space is suctioned into a first inlet port positioned on a front side of a ceiling surface of the accommodation space.
US11317600B2
A pen for an animal, such as a dog, includes a plurality of walls and a frame. The plurality of walls can extend substantially vertically. The walls can include one or more wall panels. The wall panels can be transparent or highly translucent. The panels can be held in place at least in part by the frame, which can include a plurality of frame members and a plurality of connectors. The pen can include a door. A top frame member at the door can be movable to allow a person to freely enter and exit the space enclosed by the pen. The pen can provide confinement for an animal in a safe and aesthetically-pleasing manner. The pen can maximize an owner's ability to see his or her pet. The pen can provide the animal with clear visibility of its surroundings or owner, creating a lower stress environment for the pet.
US11317597B2
A livestock force tub features a perimeter structure delimiting an interior space of said livestock tub, including a main peripheral wall spanning circumferentially around a central upright axis, an exit situated at or proximate a terminal end of the main peripheral wall and a supplemental wall section at an area adjacent the exit on a side thereof opposite the terminal end of the main peripheral wall. The supplemental wall section increases an angular span of the tub around the central axis to create an auxiliary space beyond the exit. This auxiliary space accommodates a possible uncooperative animal during unloading of the force tub while allowing others to still reach the exit. The supplemental wall section and a terminal section of the main peripheral wall have a lesser opacity than more significantly cladded areas of the main peripheral wall, whereby increased light admission and environmental visibility attract livestock toward the exit.
US11317595B2
This disclosure generally relates milking systems and, in particular, automatic milking systems. The disclosure presents methods, apparatuses and computer program for providing a reference value to be used for controlling a calibration of at least one milk meter in a milking system. In accordance with one embodiment, a method may comprise obtaining (510) milk flow data for a plurality of milking animals to determine a milk flow profile for each milking animal of the plurality of milking animals; comparing (520) the determined milk flow profiles to establish a subset of milk flow profiles that meets a pre-defined selection criteria; determining (530) said reference value based on the established subset of milk flow profiles; and providing (540) the determined reference value for controlling a subsequent calibration of at least one milk meter in a milking system.
US11317594B2
The invention provides seeds and plants of tomato line PSQ-9Z15-3854V. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato line PSQ-9Z15-3854V and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a tomato plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato line PSQ-9Z15-3854V comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.
US11317588B2
A soybean cultivar designated 97080600 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 97080600, to the plants of soybean cultivar 97080600, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 97080600, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 97080600. 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 97080600. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 97080600, 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 97080600 with another soybean cultivar.
US11317578B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011062. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011062, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011062 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH011062.
US11317560B2
A trimmer line for use with a trimmer head of a rotary trimmer is provided, wherein the trimmer line comprises two substantially equal lengths of line connected to each other by one of their ends to form the trimmer line, the two substantially equal lengths of line being of different colors to indicate the middle of the trimmer line. Such a trimmer line allows to easier, or more at least more accurate, spooling of the trimmer line on a trimmer head.
US11324145B2
An environmental control system for a telecom shelter integrates with a native HVAC system for exchanging interior air in a conditioned space in a machine room, telecom enclosure, or other closed machine environment by forcing or directing cooler outside air to replace interior air without active refrigeration by the native HVAC system. Primary cooling and heating of the conditioned space in the enclosure is performed by an exchange system and control logic that identifies, based on sensory input, when outside air exchange is more efficient than native AC (Air Conditioner) operation. The native AC system is suppressed or inhibited, and primary environmental control performed by fan driven exchange of outside air with air in the enclosure. Sensors and timers identify appropriate periods to defer control to the native AC system for cooling demand in excess of outside air exchange capability, and also identify ongoing suppression, or “takeback” of cooling control from the native system when erroneous, erratic or mistaken operation results in excessive or insufficient cooling, resulting from such factors as equipment failure, operator error, and environmental/disaster occurrences.
US11324142B2
The invention specifies an arrangement having at least one electrical module (2) which is arranged on a heat sink (3). The arrangement has: —first deflection elements (4) which are formed in or on the electrical module (2), —second deflection elements (5) which are formed in or on the heat sink (3), and—at least one flexible, cable- or strip-like tensioning element (1), —which is arranged between the first and second deflection elements (4, 5) under tension (F) in such a way that the electrical module (2) is pressed onto the heat sink (3). A converter and an aircraft having an arrangement of this kind and also a method for producing an arrangement of this kind are likewise specified.
US11324140B2
A thin-profile composite heat dissipating structure for a heat-generating electronic device includes a heat sink and a heat pipe, the heat sink includes a first housing, a first heat dissipation liquid, and a gas. The first housing is sealed to form a first cavity, the first heat dissipation liquid and the gas are received in the first cavity. The heat pipe is connected to the first housing and a wick structure to allow the return of the condensed heat dissipation liquid by capillary action is disposed elsewhere. An electronic device using the structure is also provided.
US11324139B2
An example apparatus is disclosed that includes a base and a wickless capillary driven constrained vapor bubble heat pipe carried by the base. The wickless capillary driven constrained vapor bubble heat pipe includes a capillary, and the capillary has a longitudinal axis and a cross-sectional shape orthogonal to the longitudinal axis. The cross-sectional shape includes a first curved wall, a second curved wall, a first corner between a first straight wall and a second straight wall, and a second corner between a third straight wall and a fourth straight wall.
US11324137B2
An air mover assembly may be configured such that during insertion of the assembly into an air mover gantry, one or more spring features integral to the gantry apply a first spring force opposite to a direction of insertion of the assembly relative to the gantry in order to maintain the assembly in an unseated position until the first spring force is overcome by an opposite force to fully seat assembly into the gantry and when the assembly is fully seated within the gantry, the one or more spring features integral to the gantry apply a second spring force to the assembly in a direction of air flow through an air mover of the assembly that biases an exhaust portion of the air mover toward a face of the gantry opposite of the one or more spring features.
US11324127B2
An electronic device includes a casing and an electrical component. The casing includes a first casing body, a second casing body and a fastener. The second casing body is located on the first casing body, and the fastener detachably clamps a side of the first casing body and the second casing body. The electrical component is located between the first casing body and the second casing body.
US11324125B2
A diversified assembly printed circuit board includes a first printed circuit board provided with a multiple first conductive metals protruding from a surface of the first printed circuit board, and a multiple second printed circuit boards each provided with a multiple second conductive metals protruding from a surface of the each of the second printed circuit boards. At a connection position, solidified conductive metal paste is arranged between each of the first conductive metals and a corresponding second conductive metal to electrically connect each of the first conductive metals and the corresponding second conductive metal. A laminated adhesive sheet is arranged between each of the second printed circuit boards and the first printed circuit board to physically connect the second printed circuit boards and the first printed circuit board.
US11324124B2
A lead component mounting method includes: a component insertion process in which two lead wires are inserted into two corresponding through-holes which are formed in a circuit board from one side of the circuit board in a state in which at least a pair of pawl portions pinches and holds each of the two lead wires which are included in a lead component; and a clinching process in which protruding portions, which are portions protruding from another side of the circuit board, of the two lead wires which are inserted into the two corresponding through-holes, are bent in a state in which the two lead wires are held by at least the pair of pawl portions.
US11324122B2
A component carrier includes a stack having at least one electrically insulating layer structure and/or at least one electrically conductive layer structure; a heat removing and electrically conductive base structure; a component which is connected to the base structure so as to at least partially protrude from the base structure and so as to be laterally at least partially covered by an electrically insulating material of the stack; and an electrically conductive top structure on or above a top main surface of the component. A method of manufacturing such a component carrier is disclosed.
US11324121B2
The method includes the steps of preparing at least three conductive elongated boards 711 made of an electrically conductive material and a resistive member 702 made of a resistive material, arranging the at least three conductive elongated boards 711 apart from each other along a width direction crossing a longitudinal direction in which one of the at least three conductive elongated boards 711 is elongated, forming a resistor aggregate 703 by bonding the resistive member 702 to the at least three conductive elongated boards 711, and collectively dividing the resistor aggregate 703 into a plurality of chip resistors by punching so that each of the chip resistors includes two electrodes and a resistor portion bonded to the two electrodes.
US11324120B2
A flexible printed circuit board includes: an electrically insulating substrate layer; an electrically conductive pattern stacked on at least one surface of the substrate layer; and a cover layer that is disposed on a stack including the substrate layer and the electrically conductive pattern and covers a surface of the stack, which surface is on the side on which the electrically conductive pattern is present. The electrically conductive pattern has a coil region including a coil. In the substrate layer or the cover layer, a high-magnetic permeability member is present in at least a region that overlaps the coil region in plan view.
US11324114B2
To provide a cylindrical printed board in which a processing shape is maintained, and a printed-board-integrated molded article in which the cylindrical printed board is integrated with an inner wall of a hole portion in a molded article. A cylindrical printed board 1 according to the present invention is a printed board 4 including an insulator substrate 2 and a conductor pattern 3 formed on the insulator substrate 2, wherein the printed board 4 is rolled beyond one full circle to form a cylindrical shape. In addition, a printed-board-integrated molded article 40 includes a molded article 20 constituting a casing that has a cylindrical part, and the cylindrical printed board 4 that is integrated with an inner wall 21a of a hole portion 21 in the cylindrical part of the molded article 20.
US11324112B2
An antenna device comprises: a printed circuit board formed with both sides in a plate shape including a first surface and a second surface and including at least one conductive layer between the first surface and the second surface; an array of conductive plates formed parallel to the first surface on or in the printed circuit board; a wireless communication circuit electrically connected to the array of conductive plates, coupled to the first surface, and capable of transmitting or receiving frequencies between 3 GHz and 300 GHz; and a conductive shielding structure mounted on the first surface of the printed circuit board and electrically connected to the at least one conductive layer when covering the wireless communication circuit, wherein the conductive shielding structure may include: a third surface facing the first surface when seen from the top of the first surface; and an electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) structure formed on the third surface.
US11324110B2
A temperature-variable standoff includes a temperature-variable electrical element. The standoff also includes a support body that supports the temperature-variable electrical element and that is configured to support a circuit board separated at a distance from another component of an electronics assembly. The support body is configured to attach to the circuit board and to project away from the circuit board with a first end proximate the circuit board and a second end spaced away from the circuit board. The standoff further includes an electrical connector supported proximate the first end. The electrical connector is configured to electrically connect within an electrical circuit of the circuit board to provide the electrical input to the temperature-variable electrical element for selectively varying the temperature thereof.
US11324105B2
Systems, devices, and methods are provided that are useful in generating a fluid suspension of nanoplasmoid bubbles. Such systems utilize a nanobubble/nanoplasmoid generator in conjunction with mechanisms for applying energy to the fluid in the form of electrolytic events, pressure waves, electrical fields, and/or magnetic fields. The nanobubble/nanoplasmoid generator is of modular construction that is readily adaptable to a wide variety of applications. Various applications of nanoplasmoid bubble suspensions so produced are described.
US11324103B2
A modular laser-produced plasma X-ray system includes a liquid metal flow system enclosed within a low-pressure chamber, the flow system including a liquid metal, wherein in at least one location on the liquid metal forms a metal target directly illuminated by laser pulses, a circulation pump within the liquid metal flow system for circulating the liquid metal, a laser pulse emitter configured to transmit laser pulses into the chamber via a laser window, focusing optics, located between the emitter and the metal target, the focusing optics directing the laser pulses to strike the metal target at a target location to form X-ray pulses, and an X-ray window positioned within the chamber to enable the X-ray pulses to exit the chamber.
US11324091B2
A constant power backup power supply for LED lighting fixtures is disclosed. The power supply includes a storage battery that is charged while an AC power source is in an ON condition. When AC power transitions to an OFF condition, a capacitor bank charged by the battery supplies current to the primary side of a flyback converter operating in discontinuous conduction mode. The secondary side of the flyback converter supplies constant output power to the LED lighting fixture for an arbitrary output voltage within a predetermined range.
US11324088B2
A lighting system comprises one or more illuminants and a control device for adjusting light parameters of the illuminants during operation. The control device is arranged to adjust the light parameters time-dependently according to a predetermined course of the light parameters. The control device is further adapted to receive a one-dimensional user setting and to change the course of the light parameters according to the one-dimensional user setting.
US11324076B2
Embodiments include apparatuses, methods, and systems that may be used in a UE in a mobile communication network to communicate with a gNB. An apparatus may include a memory and processing circuitry coupled with the memory. The processing in circuitry may cause coarse time and frequency synchronization information, obtained from primary and secondary synchronization signals (PSS/SSS), to be stored in the memory. Based on the coarse time and frequency synchronization information, the processing circuitry may decode a physical broadcast channel to obtain a first system information, and may acquire a second system information based on the first system information. Based on the first and second system information, the processing circuitry may cause a transmission of a PRACH, to trigger a transmission of a TRS by the gNB. Other embodiments may also be described and claimed.
US11324074B2
A mesh network system comprising at least a first mesh network controlled by a first central controlling unit CU and at least a second mesh network controlled by a second central controlling unit CU is disclosed. The at least first central controlling unit and the at least second central controlling unit is configured to communicate via an external network. Respective central controlling units CU are configured to facilitate interoperations between devices located in different mesh networks.
US11324071B2
There is a concern that communication failure may occur in a case that the state of a serving cell is not properly managed during communication of SPS or GF. A mobile station apparatus of a communication system including at least a base station apparatus and a mobile station apparatus configured to perform communication by using carrier aggregation that simultaneously uses multiple serving cells configured by the base station apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention, wherein the mobile station apparatus restarts a deactivation timer of a serving cell of the multiple serving cells at a timing indicated by a configured uplink grant configured for the serving cell.
US11324067B2
A communication apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain information indicating an operation state of a user equipment, and a determining unit configured to determine, based on the operation state of the user equipment, a change time taken by a changing unit to change communication between the user equipment and a wireless base station to an idle state after a predetermined condition has been met.
US11324059B2
The present application provides a method executed by user equipment (UE), comprising: receiving radio resource control (RRC) signaling, the RRC signaling comprising configuration information used for configuring, for the UE, a data radio bearer (DRB) supporting packet duplication; establishing a corresponding DRB according to the configuration information; and calculating transmittable data of a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) entity for a logical channel corresponding to the established DRB. The present application also provides corresponding UE, a base station, and a corresponding method executed by a base station.
US11324057B2
A network device may receive a message from a device. The network device may process the message to determine identification information associated with the device. The network device may process the message to determine identification information associated with a packet data unit (PDU) session, of one or more PDU sessions, of the device. The network device may transmit based on the identification information associated with the device and the identification information associated with the PDU session of the device, the message to another network device.
US11324056B2
A method of establishing, by a communication management platform, a communication from a first communication device intended for a second communication device. When the platform sends a message to the first device that contains a call identifier dedicated to the communication to be established, the platform intercepts a call from the first device to the dedicated call identifier, then routes the call to the main call identifier of the second device, by using a secondary call identifier of the first device that the platform has previously assigned thereto. When the platform sends a message to the first device indicating the absence of a dedicated call identifier, the first device triggers a call to the main identifier of the second device, by using the main call identifier of the first device.
US11324051B2
A disclosure of the present specification provides a random access method for an unlicensed band. The method comprises the steps of: transmitting, by a user equipment (UE), a random access preamble in a first cell of the unlicensed band; and receiving, by the UE, a random access response in a second cell, wherein the second cell may be a first cell, a cell of the unlicensed band, included in a cell group to which the first cell belongs, or a cell of the unlicensed band, included in a timing advance group (TAG) within the cell group, to which the first cell belongs.
US11324047B2
New radio (NR) transmission opportunity (TxOP) structure having flexible starting points are disclosed for wireless communications. When a typical listen before talk (LBT) procedure is performed, the transmitting node will not know ahead of time when the LBT will pass and, thus, when data transmissions can start. NR systems may include a mini-slot design for accommodating transmission units smaller than a slot. Aspects of the present disclosure provide for flexibly increasing the number of potential starting transmission boundaries depending on when the LBT pass is detected. Alternative aspects of the present disclosure determine the potential starting transmission points using a mini-slot based design, a floating slot based design, or a punctured slot based design with a code block group (CBG) level retransmission mechanism.
US11324046B2
Proposed are a method and a device for transmitting data in a wireless LAN system. Specifically, a transmission device receives configuration information of a multi-band formed by aggregating first to third bands. The transmission device carries out channel sensing on the first to third bands. The transmission device transmits data to a receiving device on the basis of the result of the channel sensing. The first band comprises a first primary channel and a first secondary channel; the second band comprises a second primary channel and a second secondary channel; and the third band comprises a third primary channel and a third secondary channel.
US11324036B2
A method for being allocated a discovery resource by a user equipment (UE) in a communication system supporting a device to device (D2D) scheme is provided. The method includes determining whether a discovery resource request message may be transmitted to a network entity; transmitting the discovery resource request message to the network entity based on the determining result; and receiving a discovery resource response message as a response message to the discovery resource request message from the network entity.
US11324031B2
The present disclosure is to provide a method of configuring timing of uplink (UL) transmission, comprising, receiving, by a user equipment (UE), configuration information on carrier aggregation (CA) of at least one frequency division duplex (FDD) cell and at least one time division duplex (TDD) cell; and adjusting, by the UE, starting timing of a UL subframe in a cell participating in the CA.
US11324024B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatuses for uplink channel transmission for multiple transmit receive points (TRPs). In one aspect, a user equipment (UE) resolves overlapping physical uplink control channels (PUCCHs) in a slot or overlapping PUCCH(s) and PUSCH(s) that are mapped to a same TRP in a multi-TRP scenario and that are mapped to two or more different TRPs in the multi-TRP scenario. For example, in a multi-TRP scenario that includes two TRPs, the UE may eliminate overlap of these uplink channels for each of the two TRPs individually and may additionally eliminate overlap of these uplink channels between the two TRPs.
US11324019B2
A method of scheduling transmissions to client devices comprises receiving feedback (f1a-f3d) about a plurality of candidate downlink frequency resources (91-94) from a plurality of client devices and/or measuring channel qualities of a plurality of candidate uplink frequency resources (95-98) from receptions of transmissions, e.g. of the feedback, by the plurality of client devices. The method further comprises selecting a subset (92) of the plurality of candidate downlink frequency resources and/or a subset (96) of the plurality of the candidate uplink frequency resources based on the received feedback and/or the measured channel qualities. The method further comprises scheduling transmissions (dd1-3) to the client devices on the selected subset of candidate downlink frequency resources and/or transmissions (ud1-3) from the client devices on the selected subset of uplink frequency resources.
US11324018B2
This disclosure provides a terminal and a base station. The base station includes: a processing unit configured to determine scheduling information for a first terminal according to historical information of the first terminal; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the determined scheduling information to the first terminal.
US11324017B2
Method and apparatus for transmitting sidelink feedback information in wireless communication system
An operation method of a first terminal performing sidelink communication may comprise receiving a first sidelink signal from a second terminal; transmitting a second sidelink signal to a third terminal; comparing feedback priorities for the first sidelink signal and the second sidelink signal in a specific period; and based on a result of comparing the feedback priorities, transmitting or receiving one sidelink feedback signal among a sidelink feedback signal for the first sidelink signal and a sidelink feedback signal for the second sidelink signal in the specific period.
US11324008B2
Methods, systems and devices for providing transmission resources that achieve transmission diversity while reducing pilot signal overhead are described. An exemplary wireless communication method may be implemented in a wireless communication system in which transmission resources are allocated on a per physical resource block (PRB) basis, where a PRB corresponds to a two dimensional resource pattern comprising a first number of subcarriers along a frequency dimension and a second number time slots along a time dimension. The method includes logically dividing subcarriers in each PRB into an integer number of sub-groups of subcarriers, wherein the integer number is greater than one, allocating, to a transmission, transmission resources corresponding to one or more of the sub-groups of subcarriers, performing the transmission in the wireless communication system.
US11324000B2
A method for information transmission, a terminal device and a chip are provided. The method includes: a terminal device sends a first message to a network device, here, the first message includes a parameter for blind detection of a downlink control channel in a target resource region by the terminal device, and the parameter is configured to determine a maximum number of blind detections of the downlink control channel in the target resource region by the terminal device in a specified time.
US11323997B2
A user terminal includes a receiving section that performs monitoring of downlink control channel candidates in at least one of a plurality of cells having a plurality of numerologies, a transmitting section that transmits a parameter indicating a capability for the monitoring, and a control section that determines at least one number of a first maximum number of blind decodings of the downlink control channel candidates within a unit of time and a second maximum number of channel estimation control channel elements within the unit of time for each of the plurality of numerologies based on the parameter to control the monitoring, based on the number.
US11323984B2
A User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system using a Coordinated Multi-Point transmission/reception (CoMP) scheme receives Downlink Control Information (DCI) including CoMP control information, determines a starting position of a data channel on wireless resources, based on starting position information of a data channel included in the CoMP control information and used in each of a plurality of cells, and receives data from the plurality of cells starting from the determined starting position.
US11323981B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A base station may use quasi co-located antenna ports for transmission of synchronization signal(s)/reference signal(s) and paging signals. For example, the base station may use a first antenna port configuration for transmission of the synchronization/reference signal(s) and a second antenna port configuration for transmission of the paging signal (e.g., paging indicator, paging message, etc.). The base station may transmit an indication of the quasi co-located antenna ports. A user equipment (UE) may receive the synchronization signal and, based on the antenna ports being quasi co-located, receive the paging signal. In some examples, the UE may determine which receive beam to use to receive the paging signal based on the antenna ports being quasi co-located. In some aspects, the UE may use a reference signal transmitted on antenna ports that are quasi co-located with the paging signal antenna ports.
US11323957B2
Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of channel switching. For example, an apparatus may include logic and circuitry configured to cause a wireless communication station to transmit a power save mode indication to an Access Point (AP) over a first wireless communication channel; to wait over the first wireless communication channel for a waiting period subsequent to transmission of the power save mode indication; to switch to a second wireless communication channel after the waiting period; and to adjust a duration of the waiting period based on reception of one or more frames from the AP during the waiting period.
US11323943B2
A method of cell handover, a method for determining an uplink transmit power, and an apparatus are provided, to strengthen control of a network device over a terminal device. The cell handover method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, an early handover command sent by a network device, where the early handover command is used to instruct the terminal device to determine whether to perform a cell handover; measuring, by the terminal device, a downlink signal sent by the network device and/or a downlink signal sent by another network device, and determining, based on an obtained measurement report and a handover condition carried in the early handover command, whether to perform the cell handover; and executing, by the terminal device, a handover command to hand over from a current serving cell to a target cell if the terminal device receives the handover command sent by the network device.
US11323934B2
In some example embodiments, there may be provided a method that includes receiving, at a user equipment while being served by a first system and during protocol data unit session establishment or modification procedure, a message including an access point name aggregate maximum bit rate value; and when there is an inter-system change from the first system to the second system, setting, at the user equipment, the access point name aggregate maximum bit rate value of a session management context for the second system to the received access point name aggregate maximum bit rate value received while being served by the first system. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also described.
US11323933B2
This application discloses a network handover method and a network device. The method includes: receiving, by a first access network device, first session management information from a session management network element, where the first session management information is for requesting to set up a user plane tunnel for a voice service of a terminal device; and sending, by the first access network device, a handover request to a first mobility management network element based on the first session management information and a first condition, where the handover request is for handing over the terminal device from a first network to a second network, and the first condition includes that the voice service cannot be performed in the first network. This application is applicable to the field of communication technologies.
US11323931B2
This application discloses a method applied to a scenario in which a terminal device moves from a first AN node to a second AN node. The method includes: receiving identification information of a to-be-activated session from the terminal device via the second AN node; sending a context release command to the first AN node when a signaling connection of the terminal device exits between an AMF node and the first AN node; receiving a context release complete message carrying identification information of an active session of the terminal device from the first AN node; when the to-be-activated session and the active session have a same session, sending a first request message to request to deactivate the same session to an SMF node corresponding to the same session; and after the same session is deactivated, sending, to the SMF node, a second request message to request to activate the same session.
US11323927B2
A method for determining whether a target cell has experienced interference due to Passive Intermodulation (PIM) distinguished from other forms of interference at cellular network sites during a time window. In one aspect, the method includes defining a set of N time slices and obtaining a first performance metric for each of the N time slices. The method includes selecting a subset of the N time slices using a set of N first performance metrics where the subset of N time slices includes a first time slice. For the first time slice, at least a first data point is determined using a performance metric for the target cell that was collected during the first time slice. The method includes using the first data point and a supervised learning model to determine whether the target cell has experience PIM interference during the time window.
US11323925B2
A resource selection method, a device and a computer storage medium are provided. The method includes that: auxiliary information of first access resources is acquired, wherein the first access resources include at least one of dedicated access resources or common access resources, and the auxiliary information is configured to assist the terminal device to perform resource selection; a second access resource is determined from the first access resources according to the auxiliary information of the first access resources and resource evaluation information of the first access resources, wherein the second access resource is configure for performing handover.
US11323923B2
The present disclosure is a research which has been conducted with the support of the “Cross-Departmental Giga KOREA Project” of the government (the Ministry of Science and ICT) in 2017 (No. GK17N0100, Development for mmWave-based 5G mobile communication system). The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for convergence of a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate beyond a 4G system with an IoT technology, and a system therefor. The present disclosure may be applied to an intelligent service (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, security and safety-related service, etc.) on the basis of a 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. The present disclosure provides a system and a control method therefor, which can prevent, when a dual connectivity scheme is used, delay and data loss due to an operation of releasing and adding a secondary node cell or a process of resetting a user plane and updating a security key and a procedure of forwarding data between user planes through a common anchored user plane and changing (updating) a path between the user plane and a core.
US11323922B2
When a user equipment is roaming in a visited network, mid-call handover from VoWiFi to VoLTE is controlled by policies enforced in the user equipment and the home network. An inter-operator policy and a subscription policy are stored in the home network and a user equipment policy is stored in the user equipment. The roaming user equipment registers in a visited network. Later, when mid-call handover to VoLTE on the visited network is desired, and also permitted by its user equipment policy, the user equipment sends a request containing a call-specific identifier which the responsible network entity in the home network compares with the registered handover parameter having regard to the inter-operator and subscription policies. If compliance with the policies is found, then the mid-call handover is proceeded with.
US11323920B2
A handover method, including sending, by a source base station to a source core network device in a process of handing user equipment (UE) over from the source base station to a target base station, a handover required message. The message comprises identification information of a target core network device, and the identification information of the target core network device instructs the source core network device to perform a core network relocation process with the target core network device. The source base station is connected to the source core network device, and the target base station is connected to both the source core network device and the target core network device.
US11323907B2
Disclosed are techniques for addressing relation round trip time (RTT) positioning and timing advance (TA) command with user equipment (UE) receive-transmit (Rx-Tx) measurement reporting in wireless network such as in new radio (NR).
US11323905B2
A wireless device (400), a higher layer node (404) and methods therein, for handling measurement reporting in a wireless network as performed by the wireless device (400). The wireless device (400) detects (4:1) a coverage object being a cell or a beam not contained in a predefined first list of coverage objects for which the wireless device (400) is required to send measurement reports to a lower layer node (402) operable according to at least one of layer 1 and layer 2. The wireless device (400) then measures a radio signal of the coverage object where the measured radio signal fulfils a predefined event condition, and sends (4:2B) a measurement report of said measuring to a higher layer node (404) operable according to one or more layers above layer 1 and layer 2.
US11323900B2
A base station for performing radio environment monitoring (REM) is described. The base station includes a REM module. The REM module includes user equipment (UE) circuitry communicatively coupled to a baseband processor and a dedicated antenna. The REM module also includes the baseband processor. The baseband processor is configured to send at least one instruction to the mobile circuitry to determine a plurality of REM parameters for a frequency band (or channel, e.g., EARFCN). The mobile circuitry is configured to determine the plurality of REM parameters for the frequency band (or channel) in response to receiving the at least one instruction.
US11323886B2
An integrated decision making and communication system includes a memory to store a list of resources necessary to execute a mission; a transceiver to send and receive data between communicatively linked devices; and a processor to identify a set of available resources capable of executing the mission based on the data received from the devices; compare the list of resources necessary to execute the mission from the memory with the set of available resources; and identify a combination of the devices to execute the mission based on the comparison of the list of resources necessary to execute the mission and the set of available resources.
US11323885B1
Methods and systems are provided for controlling access to communications with a party using a decentralized identity. A device may receive biometric information of a user, and retrieve, using the biometric information of the user, a first communication address associated with the user. The device may transmit, via the first communication address, a request to communicate with the user; and may receive, from a second device associated with the user, an identification of a second communication address controlled by the user. The device may utilize the second communication address to transmit at least one item of information to the second device associated with the user.
US11323882B2
Methods and systems are described for generating and utilizing a pattern of association. The pattern of association can comprise information that indicates to which of a plurality of network devices one or more mobile devices are likely to connect. The pattern of association can comprise information that indicates an order of association. The pattern of association can be associated with one or more factors which can be any information that provides insight into the pattern of association. The pattern of association can be used to identify a next network device that a mobile device will transition to based on which network device the mobile device is currently connected to. Data, such as authentication information, can be pushed to the identified next network device to reduce network connectivity issues that may occur by transitioning between network devices.
US11323871B2
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). A method for operating a user equipment, UE (10) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, from a base station, BS (20), connection setup message requesting information on capabilities of the UE (10); transmitting, to the BS (20), the information on capabilities of the UE (10) is provided.
US11323865B2
A system is described for tracking vehicle position using a smart phone or similar device as an active transponder that communicates with roadside equipment. The system may uses existing RF transceivers on the smart-phone, such as Bluetooth® LE or WiFi to periodically transmit an identifying message. Road-based equipment detects and locates the smart phone. In a further aspect, the smart phone is alerted by roadside beacons and responds with identification information. Transaction processing may be performed either on the smart phone or by roadside or back office equipment. The system may be used for automated roadway tolling and monitoring and also for access control. A coded card may be scanned by the smart card to enter identification for access control.
US11323861B2
An in-vehicle communication system including independent communication hub devices each incorporating a function of relaying communication and a function of controlling a communication path among a plurality of communication connectors, in which each of the communication hub devices includes an internal power supply unit configured to generate, based on input power supply power supplied from a main power supply on a vehicle side, stabilized power supply power necessary for operation of an internal circuit, and a backup power supply output unit configured to supply the input power supply power or the stabilized power supply power generated by the internal power supply unit to the other communication hub device as backup power, in which a backup power supply line is provided which connects the backup power supply output units of the plurality of communication hub devices.
US11323842B2
A method for using location-based services for service management is discussed. The method includes receiving, at a server, a user request from a user device at a geographical location. The method includes accessing a store search to determine a store reference based on the user request and a user location corresponding to the geographical location, the store reference indicating tenant(s) accessible to the user via a user interface (UI) of the user device. The method includes accessing location data for the user device based on the store reference and a user account associated with the user, the location data indicating a service accessible via the UI and associated with a certain tenant. The method includes providing, to the user device and based on the location data, a user experience for accessing the service via the UI.
US11323841B2
Methods and apparatuses for exposure of presence reporting area (PRA) functionality are disclosed for a wireless communication system. According to an embodiment, a service capability exposure function (SCEF) entity receives, from a requesting server, a first request for initiating PRA functionality for at least one user equipment (UE). The PRA functionality is used to monitor whether the at least one UE is located in at least one area of interest. The SCEF entity obtains at least one monitored result for the at least one UE from a mobility management node via a home subscriber server (HSS) or via a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) entity. The SCEF entity sends the at least one monitored result to the requesting server.
US11323833B2
A hearing device includes an enclosure comprising a shell and a faceplate and is configured for at least partial insertion within an ear of a user. An antenna structure of the hearing device is oriented such that a direction of an electric field (E-field) of a propagating electromagnetic signal generated by the antenna structure is directed non-tangentially with respect to the user at the location of the user's ear. The antenna structure includes an antenna disposed in or on the faceplate and a ground plane at least partially supported by the faceplate. A battery and electronic circuitry are disposed within the shell. The electronic circuitry is powered by the battery and is electrically coupled to send and/or receive signals via the antenna structure.
US11323828B2
There is provided a hearing aid with a Receiver In The Ear speaker assembly comprising an connecting member with electric conductors connecting a connector at one end, and a receiver housing with a receiver at the opposite end. A microphone housing with a microphone is attached to the connecting member. Placed along the connecting member, the microphone housing with the microphone is separated by a distance from the receiver in the receiver housing, thus reducing acoustic or mechanical feedback problems. Especially, the microphone and connector may share one common housing.
US11323826B2
A hearing aid service system includes an Internet enabled personal communication device and one or more hearing aids provided with respective transceivers for establishing a wireless connection, whereby the personal communication device becomes a gateway for the hearing aids to a remote server. Each hearing aid includes a processor controlling the operation of the hearing aid, and a memory containing program code for at least one add-on program for the operation of the hearing aid. The server manages user accounts for a plurality of hearing aid users, including managing subscription status for the add-on program. The server creates a subscription status change event for the account upon change of the subscription status for the at least one add-on program and sends a status change instruction to the hearing aids for enabling or disabling one or more of the add-on programs by using the communication device as gateway.
US11323806B2
Apparatus configured to predict a diaphragm deflection signal, block-by-block, in overlapping time blocks based on the loudspeaker signal to obtain one diaphragm deflection signal block per time block. The apparatus is configured to determine a temporal position of a maximum deflection of a current diaphragm deflection signal block of a current time block within an overlap area with a subsequent time block and to calculate a level up to which the current diaphragm deflection signal block can be controlled without diaphragm over-deflection for the current time block by considering a comparison of the current diaphragm deflection signal block with a subsequent diaphragm deflection signal block or an estimation of the subsequent diaphragm deflection signal block from the current diaphragm deflection signal block at the temporal position. The apparatus is configured to attenuate the current diaphragm deflection signal block and to synthesize a modified loudspeaker signal.
US11323805B2
A microphone assembly includes a transducer element and a processing circuit. The processing circuit includes an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) configured to receive, sample and quantize a microphone signal generated by the transducer element to generate a corresponding digital microphone signal. The processing circuit includes a feedback path including a digital loop filter configured to receive and filter the digital microphone signal to provide a first digital feedback signal and a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) configured to convert the first digital feedback signal into a corresponding analog feedback signal. The processing circuit additionally includes a summing node at the transducer output configured to combine the microphone signal and the analog feedback signal.
US11323802B2
Included are a first obtainer which obtains a first signal output from a first microphone, a second obtainer which obtains a second signal output from a second microphone installed in a position different from a position where first microphone is installed, a delayer which delays the second signal, a mixed sounds estimator which estimates noises mixed in the first signal on the basis of the second signal delayed by the delayer, and an eraser which erases the noises from the first signal, the noises being estimated by the mixed sounds estimator.
US11323795B2
An in-ear earphone includes a face shell for mounting an earphone cable and a bottom shell provided with an ear cap, and the face shell and the bottom shell are detachably fixed to each other. A loudspeaker and an air valve are arranged at the bottom shell, and the bottom shell is further provided with a sound transmission channel. One end of the sound transmission channel is in communication with an inner ear canal located at a side where the ear cap is located, and another end of the sound transmission channel is connected to a sealing plug formed by the air valve and the loudspeaker. One end of the air valve is connected to the sound transmission channel, and another end of the air valve is connected to an outer ear canal, to control the communication between the sound transmission channel and the outer ear canal.
US11323785B1
The system a gas meter configured to determine a meter health factor based on a power management criteria, ageing criteria, wear out criteria, accuracy impacting criteria, and an alarm state. The gas meter can determine if the meter health factor indicates if functioning is intact, if functioning is intact or assistance and repair is needed immediately or at a future time interval based on the power management criteria, ageing criteria, wear out criteria, accuracy impacting criteria, and an alarm state. The gas meter informs a head end system that the assistance and repair is required. The head end system receives information that the assistance and repair is required, and obtains the required assistance and repair from one or more external sources.
US11323776B2
Media content recommendation systems and methods are operable to recommend one or more media content events to a user based on identified changes in the user's emotional state during a life event that is experienced by the user.
US11323772B2
Example methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to estimate population reach for different unions based on marginal ratings. An example apparatus includes a reach determiner to determine a population reach estimate of a union of time intervals for which media ratings data is available, the population reach estimate based on a pseudo universe estimate of a population audience corresponding to the union of the time intervals; a pseudo universe determiner to determine a pseudo universe estimate of a recorded audience corresponding to the union of the time intervals; determine the pseudo universe estimate of the population audience based on the pseudo universe estimate of the recorded audience; and iteratively update the pseudo universe estimate of the population audience to reduce an error; and a consistency checker to adjust the population reach estimate, the reach determiner to output the population reach estimate of the union.
US11323763B2
A display apparatus and a method of operating the same are provided. The display apparatus includes a display; a memory; and a processor configured to execute at least one instruction stored in the memory so as to: receive a channel control input; identify an image providing source of the display apparatus in response to recognizing the channel control input as a pre-designated input; generate a channel scroll user interface (UI) based on channel information corresponding to the image providing source of the display apparatus; and control the display to display the generated channel scroll UI. The channel scroll UI includes a plurality of channel items included in the channel information corresponding to the image providing source, and a current channel indicator indicating a current channel item from among the plurality of channel items, the current channel item corresponding to content currently displayed on the display apparatus.
US11323762B2
Systems and methods are operable to control presentation of an erotica-related media content event. An exemplary embodiment is a media device that receives information from a user sensor that is configured to sense a physical characteristic of a user viewing the erotica-related media content event, and automatically changes presentation of the erotica-related media content event based on the received information corresponding to the sensed physical characteristic of the viewing user.
US11323753B2
Systems and methods select and provide video snippets in a matrix interface. Example methods include obtaining a portion of a live video stream, assigning the portion to a class, determining that the portion is preview-eligible, and generating a snippet of the live video stream using the portion. Other example methods include determining, using a trained video classifier, a set of live broadcasts that have at least one portion that is classified as preview-eligible, calculating, for each of the live broadcasts in the set, an aggregate score for the live broadcast, selecting live broadcasts with highest aggregate scores, generating a snippet for each of the selected live broadcasts, and providing the snippets in a user interface. Methods may also include selecting portions of live video streams that are responsive to a user-provided parameter and generating a snippet for each live video stream that has a preview-eligible portion.
US11323750B2
A video system, a video processing method, a device and a computer readable medium are disclosed. The system includes: a front-end device and a cloud server; the front-end device is configured to collect video stream data, and set a video identifier and a service scenario identifier for the video stream data, upload the video identifier, the video stream data and the service scenario identifier to the cloud server; the cloud server is configured to generate a video file corresponding to the video identifier according to the service scenario identifier, the video identifier and the video stream data; and store the video file.
US11323743B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums for video encoding/decoding. In a method, prediction information of a current block of a coding unit tree in a coded bit stream is decoded. The prediction information indicates at least one allowed block partitioning structure for the current block. A sub-block transform (SBT) mode is determined for the current block based on the prediction information indicating that SBT is used for the current block. A partition of the current block based on the SBT mode is different from a partition of the current block based on the at least one allowed block partitioning structure. The current block is reconstructed based on the SBT mode.
US11323742B2
A video processing method includes performing or skipping following processing based on whether a size of a coding unit is not smaller or is smaller than 8×8. The processing includes dividing the coding unit into sub-blocks each having a fixed size of 8×8, scanning a left neighboring block and determining a reference motion vector of the coding unit, determining a related reference block of a sub-block in the co-located reference image according to the reference motion vector, determining a scaling factor of a motion vector of the related reference block, scaling the motion vector of the related reference block using the scaling factor, determining motion information of the sub-block according to the scaled motion vector, and performing prediction for the coding unit according to the motion information.
US11323741B2
A video processing method is provided to include determining, for a current video block of a video, a final prediction block for the current video block by refining one or more initial predictions for the current video block using an optical flow calculation based on a gradient of initial prediction samples according to a precision rule; and performing a conversion between the current video block and a coded representation using the final prediction block, wherein the optical flow calculation includes a prediction refinement with optical flow (PROF) procedure or a bi-directional optical flow (BDOF) procedure, wherein the precision rule specifies to use a same precision for representing the gradient for both the PROF procedure and the BDOF procedure.
US11323729B2
Methods and devices are described for a parallel multi-processor encoder system for encoding video data, wherein the video data comprises a sequence of frames, wherein each frame comprises a plurality of blocks of pixels in sequential rows. For each frame, the system may divide the plurality of blocks into a plurality of subsets of blocks, wherein each subset of blocks is allocated to a respective processor of the parallel multi-processor system. Each respective processor of the parallel multi-processor system may sequentially encode rows of the subset of blocks allocated to the respective processor and sequentially transmit each encoded row of blocks as a bit stream to a decoder on a channel. For each row, the respective encoded row of blocks may be transmitted to the decoder for each processor prior to transmission of the next sequential respective encoded row of blocks for any processor. Additionally, a similar parallel multi-processor decoder system is described.
US11323726B2
A computing device performs a method of decoding video data by reconstructing a luma block corresponding to a chroma block; searching a sub-group of a plurality of reconstructed neighboring luma samples in a predefined order to identify a maximum luma sample and a minimum luma sample; computing a down-sampled maximum luma sample corresponding to the maximum luma sample; computing a down-sampled minimum luma sample corresponding to the minimum luma sample; generating a linear model using the down-sampled maximum luma sample, the down-sampled minimum luma sample, the first reconstructed chroma sample, and the second reconstructed chroma sample; computing down-sampled luma samples from luma samples of the reconstructed luma block, wherein each down-sampled luma sample corresponds to a chroma sample of the chroma block; and predicting chroma samples of the chroma block by applying the liner model to the corresponding down-sampled luma samples.
US11323723B2
A method comprising obtaining a full-picture track or bitstream including a motion-constrained tile set; and constructing a full-picture-compliant tile set track or bitstream on the basis of the motion-constrained tile set or generating instructions to construct a full-picture-compliant tile set track or bitstream on the basis of the motion-constrained tile set.
US11323722B2
Expressions of artistic intent are identified (e.g. by signaling or content analysis) and expressed as a set of artistic intent positions P.sub.ART and artistic intent characteristics C.sub.ART, Artistic intent characteristics C.sub.ART may be signaled and used to identify artistic intent positions P.sub.ART. Artistic intent preservation coding and processing may be applied to sample positions P.sub.ART to preserve characteristics C.sub.ART. A coding user interface may permit a user to specify an artistic set (e.g. P.sub.ART and/or C.sub.ART) and to select and/or configure treatment of pixels and/or blocks associated with an artistic set, such as a fidelity enhancement, QP adjustment value and/or postprocessing. Content priority or importance levels may be impliedly and/or expressly indicated at fine (e.g. pixel, sample) and/or coarse (e.g. block) levels of content for varying (e.g. enhanced, reduced) levels of treatment in content coding, delivery, processing and/or error resilience/robustness.
US11323719B2
Devices, systems and methods for digital video coding, which includes matrix-based intra prediction methods for video coding, are described. In a representative aspect, a method for video processing includes performing a first determination that a luma video block of a video is coded using a matrix based intra prediction (MIP) mode in which a prediction block of the luma video block is determined by performing, on previously coded samples of the video, a boundary downsampling operation, followed by a matrix vector multiplication operation, and selectively followed by an upsampling operation, performing, based on the first determination, a second determination about a chroma intra mode to be used for a chroma video block associated with the luma video block, and performing, based on the second determination, a conversion between the chroma video block and a bitstream representation of the chroma video block.
US11323715B2
A method for decoding an encoded data stream representative of at least one image, which is divided into blocks. The decoding method includes, for a current block: evaluating a plurality of value hypotheses of at least one description element of the current block, by calculating a likelihood measurement per hypothesis; calculating a disparity in the likelihood measurements obtained; determining at least one parameter of a decoder based on the calculated disparity; decoding, using the determined decoder, complementary information for identifying at least one of the hypotheses; and identifying at least one of the hypotheses using the decoded complementary information and obtaining a value of the at least one description element for the current block, from the at least one identified hypothesis.
US11323714B2
The present principles relate to a method and device for context-adaptive binary arithmetic coding a sequence of binary symbols representing a syntax element related to video data or a syntax element relative to a video data. The method comprises, for each binary symbol of the sequence of binary symbols:—obtaining (100) a context value from a context model defined for the binary symbol, said context value comprising bits representing the probability, called a first probability p, for the binary symbol to be equal to a binary value;—determining (110) a second probability p′ by modifying said first probability p according to at least one previously coded binary symbol of the sequence of binary symbols;—arithmetic coding (120) the binary symbol based on said second probability p′; and—updating and storing (130) the first probability p of said context value
US11323705B2
There is provided an image encoding/decoding method and apparatus. The image encoding method of the present invention includes: determining whether or not to apply filtering to a filtering target sample; determining a filter type on the basis of the determination; and applying filtering to the filtering target sample by using the determined filter type.
US11323695B2
Devices and methods for video coding are described. One method comprises receiving a bitstream, wherein the bitstream comprises prediction related information, and wherein the prediction related information includes at least one of: numbers and positions of available primary reference samples, an intra prediction mode index, or a size of the current coding block; determining whether a bidirectional intra prediction (BIP) flag is signaled in the bitstream based on the prediction related information; and reconstructing the picture.
US11323688B2
An information processing apparatus is configured to perform at least based on a first parameter set according to an operation on a first operation unit, and also based on an operation on a second operation unit, changing at least either of a position and a direction of a virtual viewpoint corresponding to a virtual viewpoint image, receiving a switching input for switching a parameter set according to an operation on the first operation unit from the first parameter to a second parameter, and based on the second parameter set according to an operation on the first operation unit performed after the switching input is received, and also based on an operation on the second operation unit, changing at least either of the position and the direction of the virtual viewpoint.
US11323687B2
Structured light approaches utilize a laser to project features, which are then captured with a camera. By knowing the disparity between the laser emitter and the camera, the system can triangulate to find the range. Four, 185 degree field-of-view cameras provide overlapping views over nearly the whole unit sphere. The cameras are separated from each other to provide parallax. A near-infrared laser projection unit sends light out into the environment, which is reflected and viewed by the cameras. The laser projection system will create vertical lines, while the cameras will be displaced from each other horizontally. This relative shift of the lines, as viewed by different cameras, enables the lines to be triangulated in 3D space. At each point in time, a vertical stripe of the world will be triangulated. Over time, the laser line will be rotated over all yaw angles to provide full a 360 degree range.
US11323684B2
A relay apparatus for transferring image data transmitted from a transmission source to a transmission destination, including circuitry to: receive video image data from a first apparatus being the transmission source; determine whether a second apparatus being a transmission destination is capable of reproducing the video image data received from the first apparatus; based on a determination that the second apparatus is not capable of reproducing the video image data received from the first apparatus, apply image processing to the video image data to generate image data compatible with the second apparatus; and transfer the image data compatible with the second apparatus, to the second apparatus.
US11323679B2
A multi-camera system, including a first camera apparatus, a second camera apparatus, and an information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes a communication interface and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to receive a predetermined user input and in response to the predetermined user input, send, via the communication interface, a first control signal to the first camera apparatus that captures a first video, and send, via the communication interface, a second control signal to the second camera apparatus that captures a second video. The first control signal causes the first camera apparatus to assign first unique identifiers to frames of the first video captured by the first camera apparatus. The second control signal causes the second camera apparatus to assign second unique identifiers to frames of the second video captured by the second camera apparatus.
US11323673B2
A method for operating a control apparatus that controls a projector includes causing the projector to project a first image on a display surface, generating brightness information based on captured image data generated by causing an image sensor to capture an image of the first image on the display surface via a bandpass filter, and generating color correction data for correcting the colors of an image projected by the projector based on the brightness information. The bandpass filter includes a first bandpass filter that transmits the red light, a second bandpass filter that transmits the green light, and a third bandpass filter that transmits the blue light, and the wavelength region of the light that the first bandpass filter transmits, the wavelength region of the light that the second bandpass filter transmits, and the wavelength region of the light that the third bandpass filter transmits are separate from one another.
US11323670B2
A light emitting apparatus includes a first light source, a first angle converter, a second angle converter, and a diffuser that is provided on a light incident or exiting side of the first angle converter and diffuses the first light. The first angle converter includes a first light incident section on which the first light is incident, a first light exiting section via which the first light exits out of the first angle converter, and a first reflection section that reflects the first light incident via the first light incident section toward the first light exiting section. The second angle converter includes a second light incident section on which the first light having exited is incident, a second light exiting section via which the first light exits, and a second reflection section that reflects the first light incident via the second light incident section toward the second light exiting section. The area of the first light incident section is greater than the area of the first light exiting section, and the area of the second light incident section is smaller than the area of the second light exiting section.
US11323656B2
A device and system can physically position a camera lens between the eyes of the image of the person onscreen in a video conference. To position the lens, a mechanical device may position or move the camera lens. The mechanical device can include a movable armature that can move a small camera head (i.e., a lens with or without supporting electronics) from a first position of the computer monitor (e.g., the frame of the monitor) to a second position onscreen. The second position can place the lens near or over the image of the other party, for example, between the eyes of the onscreen image of the other party.
US11323655B2
A network interface device includes a passive path between an entry port and a first port. The network interface device also includes an active path between the entry port and a second port. The network interface device also includes a buffer in the active path configured to absorb, attenuate, terminate, or isolate radio-frequency (RF) signals. The network interface device also includes a switching element in the active path configured to cause the RF signals to bypass the buffer when the network interface is in a first state that exists during powered operation of the network interface device, and direct the RF signals to the buffer when the network interface device is in a second state that exists during non-powered operation or faulted operation of the network interface device.
US11323648B2
The present invention relates to a solid-state image sensor including a pixel array section including a plurality of unit pixels each having a photoelectric conversion unit, the plurality of unit pixels being arranged in a matrix, a sample-and-hold unit configured to sample and hold a pixel signal output from the unit pixel through a vertical signal line provided in association with column arrangement of the pixel array section, and an analog-to-digital conversion unit configured to convert a pixel signal output from the sample-and-hold unit into a digital signal. Then, the sample-and-hold unit has two sample-and-hold circuits in parallel for one vertical signal line, and at least one of the two sample-and-hold circuits has at least two sampling capacitors.
US11323635B2
An imaging device that reduces differences between a bird's eye image and an actually measured distance includes imaging cameras mounted on a ship to capture peripheral images of the ship and combines the peripheral images captured by the imaging cameras to create the bird's eye image as a composite image. The imaging device includes an auxiliary camera adjacent to at least one of the imaging cameras, and a distance calculator that calculates a distance in a lateral direction using the auxiliary camera and the at least one of the imaging cameras adjacent to the auxiliary camera.
US11323634B2
Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media to enhance an image on a mobile computing device. In some aspects, a user interface on the mobile computing device provides a plurality of image filters, each of the image filters associated with a different replacement sky type. Upon application of one of the plurality of image filters to an image, the mobile computing device is configured to identify a sky portion of the image, modify a color mapping of a non-sky portion of the image, and replace the sky portion of the image with replacement sky data corresponding to the applied image filter.
US11323632B2
An electronic device and a method of controlling the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a camera configured to generate a detection signal by photoelectrically converting incident light, and one or more processors configured to control operations of the camera and process the detection signal, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to generate a plurality of input images from the detection signal, determine a first parameter applied to the camera, based on brightness information of each of the plurality of input images, detect at least one feature from each of the plurality of input images, determine whether to update the first parameter, based on a result of detecting the at least one feature, and adjust the first parameter, based on a brightness of the at least one feature upon determining to update the first parameter.
US11323621B2
An image communication system includes a first communication terminal and a second communication terminal. The first communication terminal acquires an image captured by an image capturing device. The second communication terminal receives the image from the first communication terminal via a network, and displays the image on a screen of a display. The first communication terminal includes first circuitry that, in response to receipt of an operation of switching a view mode related to viewing of the image, transmits the image and first viewable area information to the second communication terminal. The first viewable area information is related to a viewable area of the image to be displayed on the screen. The second communication terminal includes second circuitry that receives the image and the first viewable area information and displays the viewable area of the image on the screen based on the first viewable area information.
US11323615B2
An image is captured using an image recorder. A set of contextual data associated with the image is also captured. The image is annotated with information describing the set of contextual data. A user is notified of the image and the set of contextual data, based on the annotated information that describes the set of contextual data.
US11323605B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, receiving location information associated with a mobile communication device, determining a first location of the mobile communication device based on the location information, selecting a first camera from a group of cameras based on the determined first location, receiving at least one first image from the selected first camera that captures at least a portion of the first location, performing image recognition on at least one second image to identify a user associated with the mobile communication device, selecting another camera from the group of cameras based on a determined position of the identified user, and receiving at least another image from the selected other camera. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11323580B2
An information processing apparatus includes a controller. The controller performs control such that, when a logged-in user is located within a first predetermined range from the apparatus, a second user approaching the apparatus is notified that the apparatus is in use.
US11323571B1
Systems and methods provide a resident of a controlled-environment facility with a visitation service that include messaging capabilities, where the message are managed on behalf of the resident based on the visitation sessions in which the resident participates. In one scenario, the resident issues an initial visitation request for a visitation session with a particular non-resident. In response to the non-resident not accepting this initial visitation request, the resident is allowed to record and store a message, such as a voice message or video message, for retrieval and playback by the non-resident. At a later time, the resident issues a second visitation request for a visitation session with the same non-resident. The non-resident accepts the second request and the requested visitation session between the non-resident and the resident is conducted. In response to the visitation session being conducted, the stored message may be marked for deletion.
US11323554B2
According to various embodiments of the present invention, an electronic device may comprise: a housing which comprises a first surface facing in a first direction, a second surface facing in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a side wall at least partially surrounding a space between the first surface and the second surface; at least one seating part formed to be partially surrounded by a part of the side wall inside the housing; a guide member disposed adjacent to a part of the side wall inside the housing and surrounding another part of the seating part; and at least one electronic component comprising a body part and a protrusion part formed on one surface of the body part, wherein the electronic component may be guided by the guide member to enter the seating part along a direction inclined with respect to the side wall or the first surface and then to be mounted in the seating part. The electronic device as described above may vary depending on embodiments.
US11323553B2
An electronic device includes a first device housing and a second device housing. A hinge couples the first device housing to the second device housing. The first device housing is pivotable about the hinge relative to the second device housing. The hinge separates a first chamber defined by the first device housing and a second chamber defined by the second device housing. A flexible substrate passes through the first chamber and the second chamber. The flexible substrate spans the hinge, either by passing through or around a hinge housing. The flexible substrate deforms to a curvilinear deformed state within one or both of the first chamber or the second chamber when the first device housing and the second device housing pivot about the hinge from a closed position to an axially displaced open position.
US11323551B2
The invention proposes a method of encoding data packet by encoding type information and size information of said data packet into the same field. The invention also proposes a method of processing data packets received. The data packet comprises a header part and a message part. The header part comprises at least one bit for indicating the type of said data packet, said method comprising a step 101 of obtaining the size information of said data packet based on said at least one bit.
US11323541B2
A data processing method includes determining whether or not it is possible to perform a new processing task within the new processing task's time limit if execution of one or more current processing tasks is continued based on the one or more current processing tasks' configurations. In case the new task's performing is determined not to be possible within the new task's time limit, resources are released from the current tasks so as to still enable performing the current tasks within their respective time limits.
US11323540B1
Media, methods, and systems are disclosed for mitigating network resource contention. Event scheduling details are received regarding one or more virtual events. In response to determining that an upcoming virtual event will begin within a predetermined time threshold, various steps are performed. First, a predicted number of event participants is determined. Next, database artifacts associated with the upcoming virtual event are prefetched. Then static event display resources are accessed prior to a start of the upcoming virtual event, and the database artifacts and the static event display resources are cached. A network protocol request to access network resources is received from a client device. The database artifacts and the static event display resources are pushed to a client-side cache associated with the client device, and a minimal network response is transmitted to the client device.
US11323539B2
Apparatus and methods for ensuring delivery of geographically relevant content to IP-enabled user devices associated with a content distribution network. In one embodiment, the network (or designated content source) determines a geographic context or location of the user device, and uses this information to manage the packaging and delivery of content thereto so as to obey blackout restrictions and/or provide content which is relevant to the geographic context/location. In one variant, the user device comprises a mobile device such as a tablet computer or smartphone, and the content is delivered thereto over either a managed or unmanaged network infrastructure.
US11323532B1
Methods, systems, and devices for data packaging at an application server are described. According to the techniques described herein, a device (e.g., an application server) may receive a link to a data stream package that defines metadata of a data source and an import schedule associated with importing streaming data from the data source to a data target associated with the application server. The device may install the data stream package based on the received link and import the streaming data from the data source according to the import schedule based on installing the data stream package. The device may then map, based on the metadata of the data source defined in the data stream package, a set of source data fields of the data source to a set of target data fields of the data target.
US11323531B2
A comprehensive approach to streaming backups for virtual machines (“VMs”) in a storage management system comprises improvements to the assignment of data agent proxies for VM secondary copy operations. New considerations in performing a VM streaming backup job include without limitation: determining and enforcing a system-wide per-proxy limit of concurrent data streams; generating an ordered priority list of the VMs to be backed up as a basis for choosing which proxies will back up the respective VM, though the illustrative system may not strictly adhere to the priority list based on further considerations; identifying a next available proxy based on data stream utilization at the proxy; and dynamically re-generating the priority list and re-evaluating considerations if some VMs become “stranded” due to a failure to be backed up. Secondary copy operations are distributed to proxies in ways that improve the chances of successfully completing VM streaming backups.
US11323510B2
A load-balancing cluster includes a switch having a plurality of ports; and a plurality of servers connected to at least some of the plurality of ports of the switch. Each server is addressable by the same virtual Internet Protocol (VIP) address. Each server in the cluster has a mechanism constructed and adapted to respond to connection requests at the VIP by selecting one of the plurality of servers to handle that connection, wherein the selecting is based, at least in part, on a given function of information used to request the connection; and a firewall mechanism constructed and adapted to accept all requests for the VIP address for a particular connection only on the server that has been selected to handle that particular connection. The selected server determines whether it is responsible for the request and may hand it off to another cluster member.
US11323508B2
A system for providing a web service on a network of addressable nodes, said web service comprising a plurality of discrete, individually-addressable microservices, said system comprising: (a) at least one load balancer configured for routing a request from a node for a microservice to one of a plurality of virtual addresses, each virtual address corresponding to a unique microservice, and (b) one or more physical nodes associated with each virtual address, each physical node comprising one or more microservices, each microservice comprising a microservice-specific module for executing a particular function, said microservice-specific module linked to an interface for communicating over said network, each microservice being one of a plurality of individually-addressable microservices constituting a web service.
US11323507B2
A server system including a first server to execute first role, other server to execute at other role, spare server and management layer server. The management layer server is configured to allocate first group of users to access first server and other group of users to access other server, receive status information sent by first server and status information sent by other server, analyse status information to determine an operational status of first server and operational status of other server, update role of spare server to first role when operational status of first server indicates failed state and reallocate first group of users to the spare server, and update a role of another spare server to the other role when the operational status of the other server indicates a failed state and reallocate the other group of users to the other spare server.
US11323505B2
The computer networks provided herein may facilitate the delivery of interactive data units to selective client nodes. A client node may be associated with, and/or be accessible by, a user. The interactive data units received at a client node may be activated by the user associated with the client node. In some instances, a computer network may facilitate delivery of an interactive data unit to a client node based on the user, and/or user information, associated with the client node.
US11323503B1
Various example implementations are directed to circuits, apparatuses, and methods for providing virtual computing services. One example involves a data storage device and a set of computing servers communicatively coupled to the data storage device. The set of computer servers provide a respective virtual data center for each of a plurality of accounts, and the respective virtual data center for each account provides virtual services specified in a respective settings file for the account stored in the data storage device. The virtual data center for at least one of the accounts includes a set of virtual desktops and a set virtual servers, including at least one Voice-over-IP (VoIP) server. The VOIP server provides VOIP service for a plurality of users of the account.
US11323502B2
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for transport method selection of asynchronous notifications. In some example embodiments, there may be provided a method that includes sending, by a client, a hypertext transfer protocol request for at least one asynchronous notification to be sent by a server to the client, the hypertext transfer protocol request including at least one proposed transport method for carrying the at least one asynchronous notification; determining, by the client, whether a first transport method selected by the server from the at least one proposed transport method is successfully established; and when the determination is that the first transport method is not established successfully, sending, by the client, another hypertext transfer protocol request to the server, the other hypertext transfer protocol request including at least one other proposed transport method. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also described.
US11323488B2
Systems and methods are disclosed herein that relate to secure monitoring or interception of traffic in a wireless communications system. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a network node comprises receiving a list of one or more obfuscated target identifiers from a monitoring node, where each obfuscated target identifier is a user identifier of a target user that is encrypted using a first encryption key that is unknown to the network node. The method further comprises receiving an encrypted packet from another network node and determining whether an encrypted user identifier of the encrypted packet matches one of the obfuscated target identifiers. The method further comprises, if the encrypted user identifier matches one of the obfuscated target identifiers, further encrypting the encrypted packet using a second encryption key negotiated between the network node and the monitoring node and transmitting the further encrypted packet to the monitoring node.
US11323482B2
Methods, systems, and media for protecting computer systems from user-created objects are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: detecting, at a second user device, that an object has been accessed on the second user device; determining whether an exception has occurred by scanning the object on the second user device; in response to determining that the exception has occurred, transmitting, from the second user device to a server, a request for a security policy to be applied by the second user device in connection with the object, wherein the request includes an identifier of the object; receiving, from the server, the security policy; determining, based on the security policy, that the object was created by a first user device associated with an organization the second user device is also associated with; determining whether to allow the object to be accessed by the second user device based on the security policy; and in response to determining that the object is allowed to be accessed, allowing the object to be accessed on the second user device.
US11323472B2
Systems, methods, and software described herein provide security actions based on related security threat communications. In one example, a method of operating an advisement system includes identifying a security threat within the computing environment, wherein the computing environment comprises a plurality of computing assets. The method further provides obtaining descriptor information for the security threat, and retrieving related communication interactions based on the descriptor information. The method also includes generating a response to the security threat based on the related communication interactions.
US11323458B1
One variation of a method for end-to-end encryption of electronic mail includes: receiving an email encrypted according to a first encryption protocol and designating a recipient within an external domain; verifying encryption protocol supported by the recipient's mail client; in response to a recipient exclusion database identifying the recipient, encrypting the email to a less-robust encryption protocol supported by the recipient mail client and transmitting the email to the recipient; in response to the recipient exclusion database excluding the recipient and the recipient mail client supporting the first encryption protocol, transmitting the email encrypted according to the first encryption protocol to the recipient; and, in response to the recipient exclusion database excluding the recipient and the recipient mail client not supporting the first encryption protocol, generating a notification email including a hyperlink to a secure webpage containing content of the email and transmitting the notification email to the recipient.
US11323453B2
Data processing methods, devices, access control systems, and storage media are provided in the present disclosure. In a data processing method, isolated sessions corresponding to a same source IP address in a preset time period are identified. When the number of isolated sessions meets a preset condition, the source IP address is determined to be a target IP. In implementations, based on activities of isolated sessions, a method of reverse identification of whether a source IP address of the isolated sessions is a target IP is not easily bypassed by the target IP, and is advantageous for accurately identifying the target IP that satisfies a condition.
US11323448B1
Techniques for managing redundant or overlapping access rules are provided. Access rules are determined for evaluation. Performance metrics for the access rules prior to implementation and post implementation are determined. Overlapping access rules are identified. Performance of the overlapping access rules are evaluated to determine actions to be applied to the overlapping access rules. Recommended actions and adjustments can be automatically provided by the system based on the performance analysis.
US11323446B2
Provided is an information processing device including a real name information acquisition unit that acquires real name information from a real name server that stores a user ID and personal information in association with the real name information. The information processing device further includes an anonymous information acquisition unit that acquires anonymous information from an anonymous server that stores an anonymous ID in association with the anonymous information. The information processing device further includes a screen generation unit that generates a display screen including the real name information and the anonymous information.
US11323438B2
Protocol-agnostic configuration of an identity claim policy that is to be implemented in one or more applications according to one of multiple identity authentication protocols and verification of the protocol-agnostic claims configuration. First, one or more protocol-agnostic identity claim policies are generated and applied to one or more applications. Each of the one or more applications implement one of the multiple identity authentication protocols. For each of the one or more applications, the implemented identity authentication policy is determined. Based on the determined identity authentication protocol, one or more identity claims of the corresponding application that corresponds to the at least one identity claim policy is then construed.
US11323437B1
A device may determine that a first link of the device is active. The device may determine whether a Media Access Control Security (MACsec) session is established on the first link. The device may selectively enable or disable a second link of the device based on determining whether the MACsec session is established on the first link.
US11323432B2
A system provides for automatically populating a sign-on page with sign-on credentials and automatically submitting the sign-on credentials without revealing at least one of the sign-on credentials to a user. The system includes an access management server which stores sign-on credentials for accessing the application. An application access tool, which is associated with a browser extension of a web browser executed on the user's device, provides a network address for a sign-on page of the application, and the system automatically redirects the user to this sign-on page. The system uses a source code database to identify object identifiers in html source code of the sign-on page that corresponds to form fields or other objects in the sign-on page for appropriately entering and submitting sign-on credentials in the sign-on page. The credentials are entered in an anonymized format that is not readable to the user.
US11323423B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method in which a processing system parses a network trace to collect packet information for an encrypted adaptive bite rate (ABR) video stream encoded into a plurality of tracks; detects request packets corresponding to a sequence of requests for video segments to be downloaded at a network client; and determines a traffic volume downloaded at the network client to obtain a sequence of traffic volumes. The processing system identifies, for each of the sequence of traffic volumes, a set of candidate segments each having a size meeting a size-matching criterion; selects a segment from the set of candidate segments to determine a segment sequence meeting an index-matching criterion; and infers characteristics of the sequence of traffic volumes based on the segment sequence. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11323421B2
A method of transmitting messages from a sender to a recipient over a wireless channel, the messages including a sequence counter and a frame counter. The method comprises establishing initial values of the sequence counter and the frame counter at the sender. Initial values of the frame counter and the sequence counter are provided to the recipient. The sender sends compressed messages including the value of the sequence counter and not the frame counter and monitors for an acknowledgement of receipt by the recipient. When no acknowledgment is received, the sender sends uncompressed messages until an acknowledgement of receipt is received from the recipient. The sequence counter is incremented and the next value of the frame counter is established as the integer next larger than previous value of the frame counter which is congruent to the sequence counter modulo 256.
US11323415B2
Various implementations described herein are directed to technologies for providing over the top streaming for one or more clients of a network. A network is formed among the network among customer premises equipment. The customer premises equipment may include at least a gateway and the one or more clients. A user selection for over the top (OTT) content is received. The OTT content is received and includes one or more cue points. The gateway is marked as a proxy server in response to receiving the one or more cue points. Proxy data is received from the gateway corresponding to the one or more cue points.
US11323414B2
A Domain Name System (DNS) resolver node receives a first DNS query from a first client device. The resolver node determines that it cannot answer the query using its local cache so it performs a recursive query to obtain the answer. The answer is sent to the first client and stored in its local cache. The resolver node further transmits the answer to multiple other resolver nodes that are part of the same cluster so they can update their respective local cache with the information. Upon receiving a message from another resolver node that includes a set of resource record(s) not in its local cache, the resolver node stores that set of resource record(s) in its local cache so that it can locally answer subsequent requests for those resource record(s) locally.
US11323412B2
A method of generating a routing table containing information as to the weighted distance between client's that use a resolver and each rack gateway, taking into account how traffic to each client can egress from the CDN AS. The routing table is generated from matrix multiplication of two matrices. One matrix contains information as to the proportion of each client's use of each resolver in a first autonomous system. The second matrix contains information as to the distance between each client and each rack, with respect to an egress gateway, in a second autonomous system. The resulting routing table is used to identify a gateway from which to serve content to a client.
US11323403B2
A method of determining locations for social media postings may include: retrieving, by communicating with at least one application programming interface (API) of a social media system over one or more first communication networks, at least one social media posting; determining at least one location mention in the at least one social media posting; determining at least one location based on the at least one location mention; determining a primary location from the at least one location; storing, in at least one database on a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, at least one set of geo-coordinates for the primary location in at least one posting object for the at least one social media posting; and outputting, by communicating with a user system over one or more second communication networks, the at least one social media posting with the stored at least one set of geo-coordinates for display on the user system.
US11323397B2
Systems and methods are provided that intercept access to mainframe computing systems' messaging systems. For example, a method may include using a replacement messaging interface adapter to intercept a messaging request being directed from a client program to a messaging interface module of a messaging subsystem that is identified by a messaging stub interface module that implements a documented messaging interface. The method may also include performing an auxiliary function on the messaging request. The method may additionally include transmitting the messaging request to the messaging interface module of the messaging subsystem. The method may further include receiving a response from the messaging subsystem. Additionally, the method may include providing the response to the client program.
US11323393B2
A system and method for improving network storage accessibility, the method including: sending at least a first request for a data block to be sent from a storage device to a client device over a network connection; determining if the network is congested; initiating a client-specific buffer when it is determined that the network is congested, wherein the requested data block is stored in the client-specific buffer; and sending at least a second request for the data block stored within the client-specific buffer to be sent to the client device.
US11323392B1
Techniques are described for managing a split-brain scenario in a multihomed environment by exchanging isolation information between a leaf device and two or more spine devices to which the leaf device is multihomed via a link aggregation group (LAG). The techniques include selecting one of the spine devices as a primary spine device and determining, based on the isolation information, whether the spine devices are isolated from each other. In the split-brain scenario in which all of the spine devices are isolated from each other, the primary spine device is configured to maintain the LAG with the leaf device while the other spine devices mark the LAG with the leaf device as down. In this way, in the split-brain scenario, the leaf device may continue to send traffic to other leaf devices in the leaf layer using the LAG to the primary spine device.
US11323385B2
A communication system includes a flow collector that collects traffic of an NW edge accommodating CPE, an NFVO that provides an instruction to add or remove a resource of a VNF, a resource management device that notifies the NFVO of an increased or decreased resource amount and an addition or removal instruction of the VNF based on an increase or decrease of the traffic of the NW edge collected by the flow collector, and that decides on the VNF which becomes a redirection destination of the traffic of the NW edge in response to execution of addition or removal of the VNF by the NFVO, a VIM that adds or removes the VNF in accordance with an instruction from the NFVO, and a flow controller that instructs the NW edge to set the VNF decided by the resource management device as the redirection destination of the traffic.
US11323384B2
A system comprising one or more network elements and configured to process at least first and second packet flows. The system comprises a first packet gate selectively switchable between an open state for packet transmission and a closed state and an associated first packet queue. The first packet gate and the first packet queue are configured to handle first packet flow packets. The system further comprises a second packet queue configured to handle second packet flow packets. Moreover, the system comprises at least one processor configured to control switching of the first packet gate between the open state and the closed state based on the occurrence of a first event associated with the second packet queue to trigger transmission of the first packet flow packets in a relative transmission order among the first packet flow packets and the second packet flow packets.
US11323379B2
An adaptive monitoring method, system, and computer program product including an intelligent monitoring system which obtains at least one preference from a user, where the at least one preference includes at least one maximum monitoring overhead.
US11323377B2
According to one configuration, a network environment includes multiple communication devices and a data flow manager (such as associated with a communication gateway). During operation, the data flow manager receives multiple data flows from the multiple communication devices, each of which conveys data associated with a respective communication device in a network environment. The data flow manager controls conveyance of the multiple data flows through the communication gateway. In response to detecting occurrence of an alarm event in the network environment, the data flow manager modifies an original priority of conveying the classified data flows through the communication gateway. The modified priority provides increased bandwidth accommodating conveyance of a corresponding data flow associated with the alarm event through the communication gateway.
US11323365B2
In one example aspect, a method is provided for tearing down a label switched path (LSP) through a communications network. The method comprises sending a first message towards an egress node of the LSP informing nodes of the LSP and the egress node of a tear down of the LSP, determining that one of the nodes of the LSP has not forwarded the first message along the LSP, and sending a second message to a controller of the communications network to cause the controller to communicate directly with one of the nodes to inform the one of the nodes of the tear down of the LSP.
US11323364B2
In some examples, a network device may determine whether a first egress network device is segment routing (SR) aware. Based on the first egress network device being SR aware, the network device may initiate establishment of an SR tunnel toward the first egress network device. The network device may forward multicast traffic on the SR tunnel. The network device may also determine whether a second egress network device is SR aware. Based on the second egress network device not being segment routing aware, the network device may initiate establishment of a non-SR tunnel toward the second egress network device. The network device may forward multicast traffic on the non-SR tunnel.
US11323356B2
Various systems and methods for using strict path forwarding. For example, one method involves receiving an advertisement at a node. The advertisement includes a segment identifier (SID). In response to receiving the advertisement, the node determines whether the SID is a strict SID or not. If the SID is a strict SID, the node generates information, such as forwarding information that indicates how to forward packets along a strict shortest path corresponding to the strict SID.
US11323349B2
Certain embodiments described herein relate to a method for performing dead peer detection (DPD) by a local gateway. The method includes periodically examining one or more array elements of a timestamp array. The method further includes, for each of the examined one or more array elements, determining whether a corresponding idle timeout threshold is met. The method further includes, upon determining that the corresponding idle timeout threshold is not met, refraining from causing a notification to be transmitted to a peer gateway. The method also includes, upon determining that the corresponding idle timeout threshold is met, causing a notification to be transmitted to the peer gateway to determine whether the peer gateway is responsive with respect to a tunnel associated with the examined array element.
US11323320B2
Techniques are disclosed for managing a network. In one example, a device configuration manager is configured to generate, in accordance with a device management protocol, a configuration change request representing a transaction having a first sub-transaction specifying a first configuration change for a network device of the network and a second sub-transaction specifying a second configuration change for the same network device. The device configuration manager is further configured to output the configuration change request to the network device and receive a reply message from the network device. The reply message includes a first response element specifying whether the first configuration change is successfully committed at the network device and a second response element specifying whether the second configuration change is successfully committed at the network device.
US11323318B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for enabling Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network slicing. In some embodiments a method performed by a wireless device relating to registering with an IMS network slice or initiating a session using an IMS network slice comprises sending a message to an IMS node via a radio access network, the message comprising an identifier of a desired IMS network slice. In this manner, IMS network slicing is enabled.
US11323317B1
A technology is described for managing network communication device software capabilities. An example method may include sending a connection request from a network communication device electronically to a service provider environment. Software capabilities for the network communication device may be verified from the service provider environment. A software capabilities modification instruction for the network communication device may be received from the service provider environment. The software capabilities of the network communication device may be modified based on the software capabilities modification instruction.
US11323313B2
A network device includes circuitry configured to: generate log information; acquire a status notification from a device that records the log information, the status notification being designated by the device; change a processing mode of the log information, based on the acquired status notification; and transmit, to the device, based on the changed processing mode, the generated log information.
US11323307B2
In one aspect, a computer-networking method useful for implementing dynamic high-availability (HA) mode based on current wide area network (WAN) connectivity, comprising the steps of: providing a first edge device of a local area network (LAN) with the WAN; providing a second edge device of the LAN with the WAN; and synchronizing a state of plurality of links with the WAN that are connected to the first edge device and the second edge device.
US11323299B2
A communication signal demodulation apparatus demodulates a communication signal to generate an output signal. The communication signal demodulation apparatus includes: plural sensor circuits which sense different electrical characteristics of one same communication signal and generate corresponding sensing modulation signals respectively; plural processing filters which filter the corresponding sensing modulation signals respectively and generate corresponding filtered modulation signals respectively; plural demodulators which demodulate the plural filtered modulation signals and generate corresponding demodulation signals respectively, wherein each of the filtered modulation signals corresponds to at least one of the demodulators; and a determination circuit which receive the plural demodulation signals, determine whether each unit signal of each of the demodulation signals is correct or not according to a determination mechanism, and combine one or more correct unit signals to generate the output signal.
US11323298B2
There is disclosed integrated circuitry having a bit receiving arrangement adapted for receiving, in parallel, a plurality of data bits, the bit receiving arrangement further being adapted for receiving a data bit inversion bit associated to the plurality of data bits, the data bit inversion bit being for indicating whether the bits of the plurality of data bits are inverted. The integrated circuitry also has a bit inversion arrangement adapted for inverting the bits of the plurality of data bits based on a comparison between the received data bit inversion bit and an inversion estimate bit, the inversion estimate bit being determined based on the plurality of data bits. The disclosure also pertains to related methods and devices.
US11323291B2
A server-facing port activation system includes a core network system, a server device, and a networking device that includes at least one uplink port coupled to the core network system, and a first downlink port coupled to the server device. The networking device begin initialization operations and, in response, identifies that the first downlink port is coupled to the server device and prevents the first downlink port from being made available. While preventing the first downlink port from being made available, the networking device configures the at least one uplink port coupled to the core network system with server device information associated with the server device. The networking device then determines that the at least one uplink port coupled to the core network system is available and, in response, causes the first downlink port that is coupled to the server device to be made available.
US11323287B2
Methods, systems and software products for configuring a virtual port for a physical server to support packets transfer between the physical server and other network nodes over a virtual network, comprising transmitting one or more configuration Protocol Data Units (PDU) of an extended Link Layer Data Protocol (LLDP) to a Network Interface Card (NIC) of a physical server connected to a network, the configuration PDU(s) comprising one or more extension Type Length Values (TLV) defining one or more virtual network settings for a virtual network port mapping the physical server in a virtual network. The NIC is configured to deploy the virtual network port to support exchange of packets between the physical server and one or more of a plurality of nodes of the virtual network by processing outgoing and incoming packets according to one or more virtual network virtualization protocols using one or more of the virtual network settings.
US11323285B1
An architecture for a multichannel geophysical data acquisition system is provided in the field of electrical resistivity tomography. Individual and autonomous node operating systems are provided. Separate communication channels for upstream and downstream data transfer, high voltage transfer and synchronization signals are provided. A novel use of high voltage isolation barriers is also provided. A direct memory access data transfer process is provided.
US11323279B1
An example network device includes memory configured to store packet data and processor circuitry coupled to the memory. The processing circuitry is configured to determine that a first host device has moved from a first access network of an Ethernet virtual private network (EVPN) associated with the first PE router to a second access network of the EVPN, wherein the first host device is interested in receiving traffic of a first multicast group. The processing circuitry is configured to determine whether any other host device on the first access network of the network device is interested in receiving traffic of the first multicast group. Based on no other host device on the first access network of the network device being interested in receiving multicast traffic of the first multicast group, the processing circuitry is configured to delete state associated with the first multicast group.
US11323271B2
Retrieving public data for blockchain networks using highly available trusted execution environments
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for enhancing blockchain network security. Implementations include receiving a request for data from the data source, transmitting the request to a relay system that is external to the blockchain network and that includes a multi-node cluster including a plurality of relay system nodes, receiving a result provided from a relay system node, the result being digitally signed using a private key of the relay system node, verifying that the relay system node is registered, verifying an integrity of the result based on a public key of the relay system node and a digital signature of the result in response to verifying that the relay system node is registered, and transmitting the result to a client in response to verifying the integrity of the result.
US11323270B2
The present disclosure relates to security risk warning system that a recipient may acknowledge and act accordingly. Security insights may be provided explicitly in a security insight panel that may clearly identify vulnerabilities specific to a particular authenticable communication. This may limit risk that a recipient would ignore or not understand the risk. Security insights may be provided for a combination of indicated source, recipients, and content, such as links, text, attachments, and images. Security insights may be provided on site, such as on or proximate to the reviewed portions of the authenticable communication.
US11323258B2
A method for providing interactive recording networks is disclosed. Multiple child networks can be established, each child network being coordinated by a respective coordinating entity. Each coordinating entity can also participate in a central parent network. A data package can be sent from one network to another. When a data package is sent to another network, additional data can be added to indicate that the data package is being escalated.
US11323256B2
A method, cryptographic device, and computer readable memory with instructions, for generating a cryptographic key from at least one prime number, by performing during runtime of the cryptographic device by obtaining from memory a challenge and at least one associated increment number, generating a seed by applying a Physically Unclonable function to said obtained challenge, generating at least one prime number from said generated seed by performing said cryptographic prime numbers generation algorithm and by performing therein as many incrementation steps as said obtained at least one increment number, and generating the cryptographic key from the generated prime number.
US11323247B2
A computer-implemented method, which comprises: receiving an input message comprising N-bit input segments, N being an integer greater than one; converting the N-bit input segments into corresponding N-bit output segments using a 2N-by-2N one-to-one mapping stored in a non-transitory storage medium; and generating an output message comprising the N-bit output segments. Also, a computer-implemented method for a recipient to validate a message received from a sender, the message including a first part and a second part. This method comprises receiving a token from a witnessing entity; obtaining a first data element by joint processing of the first part of the message and the token; obtaining a second data element by joint processing of the second part of the message using a key associated with the sender; and validating the message by comparing the first and second data elements.
US11323240B2
An interactive multi-party system for collaboratively performing homomorphic operations, such that no party has access to unencrypted data or an unencrypted operator. A first party device may add noise to encrypted data and an encrypted linear operator to generate noisy encrypted data and a noisy encrypted operator, and transmit the noisy encrypted data and operator to a second party device possessing a secret decryption key for the encryption. The second party device may decrypt the noisy encrypted data and noisy encrypted operator to generate unencrypted noisy data and an unencrypted noisy operator, solve the linear operation using the unencrypted noisy data and an unencrypted noisy operator to generate a noisy solution, encrypt the noisy solution to the linear operation, and transmit it to the first party device. The first party device may then cancel the noise of the encrypted noisy solution to generate the encrypted solution to the linear operation.
US11323236B2
Narrowband (NB) Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) demodulation reference signals (DMRS) bundling coverage enhancements are disclosed. In some aspects, NB PDCCH DMRS bundling resources and timing are allocated in a virtual domain by a transmitting device, such as a base station. In some aspects the allocated resources are control channel elements (CCEs); the CCEs are allocated according to a pattern in the virtual domain. The base station may transmit NB PDCCH transmissions and corresponding DMRS transmissions in physical domain resources that correspond to the virtual domain resources, the CCE allocation pattern. In some aspects, the NB PDCCH DMRS can be used with PDCCH repetitions. To illustrate, a base station may repeat a PDCCH transmission (e.g., payload data thereof) in multiple particular PDCCH candidates of a plurality of PDCCH candidates. The particular PDCCH candidates may be identified based on PDCCH candidate number or a reference slot or search space set occasion.
US11323234B2
Methods and apparatus for sounding reference signal (SRS) power control for a wireless transmitter/receiver unit (WTRU) are disclosed. These methods and apparatus include methods and apparatus for carrier-specific and carrier-common SRS power control in WTRUs that utilize carrier aggregation techniques. These methods and apparatus also include methods and apparatus for SRS power control in WTRUs utilizing both carrier aggregation and time division multiplexing (TDM) techniques. Additionally, these methods and apparatus include methods and apparatus for SRS power control for WTRUs utilizing multiple input multiple output MIMO operation. Methods and apparatus for SRS overhead reduction and power management in a WTRU are also disclosed.
US11323224B2
A method, network node and wireless device for receiving and/or mapping a physical downlink control channel, PDCCH, to resource elements of a time-frequency grid are provided in which the PDCCH is mapped to resource elements of the time-frequency grid by configuring resource element groups, REGs, each REG spanning one orthogonal frequency division multiplex, OFDM, symbol, and the PDCCH being at least two OFDM symbols. In accordance with one embodiment, the method includes receiving the PDCCH from the network node on one of a plurality of sets of physical resource blocks, PRBs.
US11323222B2
This application provides a communication method and an apparatus. The communication method includes: receiving, by user equipment, first indication information from a network device, where the first indication information indicates a first resource; determining, by the user equipment, a second resource, where the second resource and the first resource belong to a same resource set configured by the network device, and the first resource and the second resource are used to transmit a first downlink reference signal; and receiving, by the user equipment on a third resource, a second signal and/or channel transmitted by using a third antenna port, where the third antenna port has a quasi co-location QCL relationship with a second antenna port used when the first downlink reference signal is transmitted on the second resource.
US11323221B2
Various embodiments provide a method for receiving reference signal and a method for sending a reference signal. In those embodiments, a terminal device can determine a location of a resource element to which a reference signal is mapped. The terminal device can determine a reference signal sequence corresponding to the resource element. The index of each element in the reference signal sequence is determined based on a resource block index of a resource block corresponding to the resource element, a quantity of resource elements that carry the reference signal in the resource block, a resource block offset, or an inter-symbol offset. The terminal device can receive the reference signal by using the resource element, and performing channel estimation or channel sounding based on the received reference signal and the reference signal sequence. Therefore, the terminal device can complete channel estimation without learning of a system bandwidth.
US11323203B2
User equipments, radio network nodes, and related methods, are provided for enabling reporting of channel quality indicator values corresponding to a particular error rate level among a plurality of error rate levels and to a particular modulation and coding scheme among a plurality of modulation and coding schemes.
US11323200B2
The embodiments of the invention relate to a method of allocating a radio resource and a device utilizing the same. The method comprises: a transmitter determines, according to an identification (ID) of a receiver at a present state, and based on a redefined rule, a channel time-frequency location where a control channel associated with the present state of the receiver is; and the transmitter transmits, via the control channel at the channel time-frequency location, and to the receiver, data time-frequency location indication information, a size of time-frequency resource occupied by data, and a data modulation and coding scheme. In the method of allocating the radio resource and the device utilizing the same according to the embodiments of the invention, the transmitter determines, according to the ID of the receiver at the present state, the time-frequency location where the control channel associated with the present state of the receiver is, and indicates, via the control channel, and to the receiver, the time-frequency location for transmitting data, flexibly allocating control channels for use by a transmitter and receiver by actual requirements, increasing efficiency, performance, and adaptability of a wireless communication system.
US11323191B2
There is disclosed a method of operating a radio node in a wireless communication network. The method includes communicating using a selected signaling beam from a set of signaling beams, the selected signaling beam being selected based on a delay characteristic and a beam signaling characteristic of the signaling beams of the set of signaling beams. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
US11323187B2
A system for monitoring passive components of a passive distributed antenna system is disclosed. The system includes a bi-directional amplifier, a public safety monitor coupled to and in communication with the bi-directional amplifier, and at least one smart node coupled to and in communication with the public safety monitor. The at least one smart node is positioned within the passive distributed antenna system and includes a processor, connected to or coupled to a spectrum analysis module configured to monitor signal characteristic information of at least one radio frequency signal passing through the passive distributed antenna system. The processor is configured to transmit the signal characteristic information to the public safety monitor and the public safety monitor generates system performance information based on a signal at the bi-directional amplifier and the transmitted signal characteristic information.
US11323181B2
A bidirectional transceiver includes a transmitter and a receiver that respectively transmits a local signal to and receives remote signal from a common bidirectional communication channel, thus the bidirectional channel signal is the superimposition of the local and remote signals. The bidirectional transceiver also includes a transmit canceller that substantially removes the local transmitted signal from the superimposed signals on the bidirectional channel before the local receiver. The remote signal is transmitted by a remote transceiver over the bidirectional channel. A sampling phase is set, based on timing information in the received remote signal, and the received signal is sampled. Timing relation of transitions in the local transmit signal relative to the receiver sampling phase is set such that transmit signal cancellation is optimum at receiver sampling phase, by changing the delay applied to the local transmit signal. To keep the timing relation of the local transmit signal relative to the remote transceiver, a second delay is applied to the local transmit signal before transmission into the bidirectional channel that provides a delay substantially same as the first delay but opposite in direction.
US11323173B2
A system includes an antenna of a ground station. The antenna is configured to generate signal beams. The signal beams define a plurality of cells in the sky. The antenna is fixed in position relative to the ground and mechanically fixed to a particular orientation. The antenna is a phased array antenna. The system also includes a processor coupled to the antenna. The processor is configured to support concurrent communication sessions with a plurality of spacecraft via the signal beams. The plurality of spacecraft is located within the plurality of cells.
US11323170B2
The present invention relates to the technical field of wireless communications, and in particular, to a beam training method and device, for use in resolving the problems in the prior art of excessive time-consuming of a beam training process, large overhead of training signals, and relatively low efficiency. According to embodiments of the present invention, a transmit device sends beam training signals in two times. The first sending of a transmit beam training signal is for a receive device to select a transmit beam using a selected receive beam and report the transmit beam. The second sending is that the transmit device sends a receive beam training signal according to the transmit beam information report of the receive device, so as to train the received beam of the receive device. According to the embodiments of the present invention, an interactive beam training method is used to gradually search for the best transmit beam and receive beam, thereby avoiding completing beam training all at once, reducing beam training time and overhead, and improving efficiency.
US11323155B2
A near field communication (NFC) reader module is provided for mounting over a metal panel of a vehicle. A housing of the module is configured to mount adjacent the metal panel. The housing contains a planar array of non-magnetic RF filter elements in the housing proximate to the metal panel. The housing contains a planar antenna coil configured to couple with an external NFC device carried by a user, wherein the array of RF filter elements is disposed between the planar antenna coil and the metal panel to magnetically decouple the planar antenna coil from the metal panel. The housing further contains receiver circuitry configured to decode NFC signals from the external NFC device.
US11323151B2
A communication system includes one or more chargers and a server capable of communicating with the one or more chargers. The server obtains first information from a first vehicle via a first charger included in the one or more chargers, during charging of the first vehicle by the first charger, and supplies second information based on the first information to a second vehicle via a second charger included in the one or more chargers, during charging of the second vehicle by the second charger.
US11323147B1
A switch is provided for a communication device operating in the RF or microwave frequency range. The switch can include one or more PIN diodes and a biasing circuit that includes one or more inductors. When operating at RF and/or microwave frequencies, the switch can be configured as a low pass filter using the parasitic inductances and capacitances of the PIN diodes and inductors to minimize the insertion loss of the switch. The parasitic capacitances for the low pass filter can be provided by operating the inductors of the switch above their self-resonant frequency such that the inductors operate like capacitors. The parasitic inductances for the low pass filter can be provided by the PIN diodes.
US11323127B2
A digital-to-analog conversion circuit, a digital-to-analog conversion method, and a display device are provided. The digital-to-analog conversion circuit includes a first digital-to-analog conversion sub-circuit and a second digital-to-analog conversion sub-circuit. The second digital-to-analog conversion sub-circuit includes least-significant-bit voltage selection modules whose quantity is a, a weighed summation operational amplifier, switching control modules whose quantity is a and energy storage modules whose quantity is a. The weighted summation operational amplifier includes a reverse-phase input end, an operational amplification output end, and same-phase input ends whose quantity is a. The reverse-phase input end is connected to the operational amplification output end, and a is an integer greater than 1. The weighted summation operational amplifier is configured to perform weighted summation on voltages inputted by the a same-phase input ends at a digital-to-analog conversion stage to acquire an analog voltage, and output the analog voltage via the operational amplification output end.
US11323125B2
A transceiver circuit is configured to couple an oscillation crystal. The transceiver circuit includes a local oscillator, a filter circuit, a control circuit, and a radio frequency signal generator circuit. The local oscillator includes a capacitive element. The local oscillator generates a phase locked loop signal based on an oscillation frequency of the oscillation crystal and a capacitance value of the capacitive element. The filter circuit generates a filtered signal according to the phase locked loop signal. The control circuit adjusts the capacitance value to be an adjusted capacitance value according to the filtered signal and the phase locked loop signal. The local oscillator further generates a calibrated local oscillation signal according to the oscillation frequency and the adjusted capacitance value. The radio frequency signal generator circuit generates a radio frequency signal according to the calibrated local oscillation signal and a baseband signal.
US11323122B2
The present invention provides a fractional frequency divider, wherein the fractional frequency divider includes a plurality of registers, a control signal generator and a clock gating circuit. Regarding the plurality of registers, at least a portion of the registers are set to have values. The control signal generator is configured to generate a control signal based on an input clock signal and values in the at least a portion of the registers, wherein the control generator sequentially generates the control signal during each cycle of the input clock signal. The clock gating circuit is configured to refer to the control signal to mask or not mask the input clock signal to generate an output clock signal.
US11323121B2
A programmable device structure based on a mixed function storage unit includes a storage unit SRAM and a mixed function unit, wherein the storage unit comprises n register units and at least one selection control bit, wherein n=2{circumflex over ( )}x, and x is natural number; the register units are selected according to the selection control bit; and when the selection control bit selects the mixed function unit to serve as a lookup table, a logic function is achieved; or when the selection control bit selects the mixed function unit to serve as a multiplexer, a routing function is achieved. By multiplexing the register units, the programmable device structure achieves a routing function of a traditional FPGA and also provides a logic function, and the waste of resources is greatly reduced.
US11323118B1
A combinational logic circuit includes input circuitry to receive a first input signal that transitions between upper and lower voltages of a first voltage domain, and to generate, in response to the transitions of the first input signal, a first localized signal that transitions between upper and lower voltages of a second voltage domain. The combinational logic circuit additionally includes output circuitry to generate a first output signal that transitions between the upper and lower supply voltages of the first voltage domain based at least in part on the transitions of the first localized signal.
US11323117B1
Various embodiments provide for data sampling with loop-unrolled decision feedback equalization. In particular, some embodiments provide for an unrolled first-tap Decision Feedback Equalizer (DFE) loop that comprises parallel data samplers that each include a tri-state output.
US11323116B2
The disclosed multi-level driving data transmission circuit and operating method include: a first driving module including a first signal generating unit and a first three-state driver, and a second driving module, including a second three-state driver. The first input terminal of the second three-state driver is coupled to the output terminal of the first three-state driver. The first signal generating unit includes a first and second input terminals, and an output terminal. The output terminal of the first signal generating unit couples to the second input terminal of the first three-state driver. The first signal generating unit receives the first signal through its first input terminal and the first feedback signal of the first signal from the second driving module through its second input terminal. The resultant first control signal has an effective signal width wider than the first signal. The first control signal inputs to the first three-state driver.
US11323115B1
A high-speed multiplexor comprises a set of differential input pairs to receive and mix a set of differential input signals at a differential output node pair. The high-speed multiplexer further comprises an active inductive load pair driven by the input stage using the mixed set of differential input signals. Each active inductive load comprises a p-channel field effect transistor (pFET) device connected to one of the differential output node pairs and a resistor connected between a gate node and a drain node of the pFET device. The multiplexer further comprises a first cross-coupling capacitor connected between the gate node of a first inductive load and a second output node of the differential output node pair and a second cross-coupling capacitor connected between the gate node of a second inductive load and a first output node of the differential output node pair.
US11323102B2
A multiphase signal generator includes an input port. Furthermore, the multiphase signal generator includes a plurality of phase shifters. Each phase shifter of the plurality of phase shifters is configured to provide an identical phase shift Δφ. At least one phase shifter is connected to the input port. Furthermore, the multiphase signal generator includes a first phase interpolator and at least a second phase interpolator. Each phase interpolator has a respective output terminal. Each phase interpolator is configured to weight a phase of a signal at a respective first input terminal of the phase interpolator with a respective first weighting factor wi,1 and to weight a phase of another signal at a respective second input terminal of the phase interpolator with a respective second weighting factor wi,2 to generate an interpolated phase signal at the respective output terminal of the phase interpolator. A first subset of the plurality of phase shifters includes n>1 serially connected phase shifters. The first subset of phase shifters is coupled between the first input terminal and the second input terminal of the first phase interpolator. A different second subset of the plurality of phase shifters includes n serially connected phase shifters. The second subset of phase shifters is coupled between the first input terminal and the second input terminal of the second phase interpolator.
US11323099B2
Electronic circuits are disclosed. One electronic circuit includes: a transistor device having a load path and a drive input; a first drive circuit configured to receive a supply voltage and generate a drive signal for the transistor device based on the supply voltage; and a biasing circuit connected in parallel with the load path of the transistor device. The biasing circuit includes a bias voltage circuit configured to receive the supply voltage and generate a bias voltage higher than the supply voltage based on the supply voltage.
US11323093B2
A bulk-acoustic wave resonator includes: a resonator comprising a central portion in which a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode are sequentially stacked on a substrate, and an extension portion disposed along a periphery of the central portion; and an insertion layer disposed below the piezoelectric layer in the extension portion to raise the piezoelectric layer. The insertion layer may have a first inclined surface formed along a side surface facing the central portion, and the first electrode may have a second inclined surface extending from a lower end of the first inclined surface of the insertion layer.
US11323088B2
An acoustic wave resonator includes a resonating part disposed on and spaced apart from a substrate by a cavity, the resonating part including a membrane layer, a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode that are sequentially stacked. 0 Å≤ΔMg≤170 Å may be satisfied, ΔMg being a difference between a maximum thickness and a minimum thickness of the membrane layer disposed in the cavity.
US11323075B2
An envelope tracking (ET) amplifier apparatus is provided. The ET amplifier apparatus includes a distributed ET integrated circuit (DETIC) configured to generate a distributed ET voltage. The DETIC may be coupled to a higher-bandwidth (HB) amplifier circuit and a lower-bandwidth (LB) amplifier circuit configured to amplify an HB radio frequency (RF) signal and an LB RF signal, respectively. In examples discussed herein, the DETIC may be configured to selectively provide the ET voltage to one of the HB amplifier circuit and the LB amplifier circuit, depending on which of the HB amplifier circuit and the LB amplifier circuit is activated. By providing the DETIC in proximity to the HB amplifier circuit and the LB amplifier circuit, it may be possible to reduce potential distortion to the HB RF signal and the LB RF signal, without significantly increasing footprint of the ET amplifier apparatus.
US11323065B2
Accordingly the embodiments herein provide a method for fabricating a neuron oscillator (200a). The neuron oscillator (200a) includes a thermal insulating device connected with a resistor and a capacitor in series to produce self-sustained oscillations, where the resistor and the capacitor are arranged in parallel manner. The neuron oscillator (200a) eliminates a requirement of an additional compensation circuitry for a consistent performance over a time under heating issues. Additionally, an ON/OFF ratio of the neuron oscillator (200a) improves to a broader resistor range. Further, a presence of tunable synaptic memristor functionality of the neuron oscillator (200a) provides a reduced fabrication complexity to a large scale ONN. An input voltage required for the neuron oscillator (200a) is low (2-3 V) which makes it suitable to use with existing circuitries without using any additional converters. Additionally, an amplitude of the oscillations is a significant fraction of an applied bias which eliminates a need for an amplification.
US11323062B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for the localized capture, storage and specialized use of power generated from natural sources, such as solar power or hydropower. The apparatus can be used, for example, on a deck or a side of a marine vessel, or on a land-based structure, where there is a requirement for managed power generation and storage.
US11323054B2
A motor control device includes a driving circuit, a generator configured to generate a pulse-width modulation (PWM) signal, a resistor, an amplifier, a detector configured to detect a driving current flowing through a winding based on the signals output from the amplifier, a phase determiner configured to determine a rotational phase using the driving current detected by the detector and a control value set in advance, a controller configured to control the driving current based on a torque current component so that a deviation between the rotational phase and an instruction phase becomes small, and a setting unit configured to set the control value based on both a local maximum value and a local minimum value of the driving current flowing through the winding by a voltage applied to the winding based on the PWM signal of which a duty cycle is set to a predetermined value.
US11323052B2
Automated speed ramp control of stepper motor acceleration and deceleration using direct memory access (DMA) and core independent peripherals (CIPs) comprises a numerically controlled oscillator (NCO) controlled through direct memory access (DMA) transfers of prescale values used in combination with a clock oscillator to generate clock pulses that are a function of the clock oscillator frequency and the prescale values. This automates changing the frequency of the NCO, thereby controlling steeper motor speed, without requiring computer processing unit (CPU) overhead. The DMA module is enabled during a first number of clock pulses for step speed acceleration, disabled during a second number of clock pulses for normal operation at full step speed, and then re-enabled during a third number of clock pulses for step speed deceleration. A table in memory may store and provide a plurality of acceleration and deceleration prescale values for DMA transfers to the NCO.
US11323051B2
A fluid sprayer includes a housing, a pump, a nozzle, a high voltage direct current (HVDC) brushed electric motor that drives the pump, and a motor controller electrically connected to the motor. The motor controller drives the motor with a high speed pulse width modulated (PWM) drive signal that switches current through the motor on and off. The motor controller varies the PWM signal as a function of a spray setting input and sensed current through the motor.
US11323046B2
In a vibration unit, a piezoelectric element enters an internal space of a through hole; and thereby, a second case member can be arranged proximate to a first case member. Therefore, a thickness of the vibration unit can be reduced, namely, a height of the vibration unit can be reduced. As described above, since the thickness of the vibration unit is reduced, a size of the vibration unit can be reduced.
