US11540861B2
Apparatus for puncturing a fossa ovalis includes a catheter, which has a distal portion that is shaped so as to define a catheter distal end opening at a distal end of the catheter, and first and second lateral openings. The catheter is shaped so as to define a central catheter lumen open through the catheter distal end opening. A flexible longitudinal member passes from a proximal portion of the catheter to the distal portion of the catheter, out of the first lateral opening, and into the second lateral opening, so as to form a loop outside the catheter. A puncturing element is slidably disposed within the central catheter lumen, and is configured to puncture a hole through the fossa ovalis by being advanced out of the catheter distal end opening and through the fossa ovalis. Other embodiments are also described.
US11540857B2
Devices, systems and methods for treating diseases and disorders effecting the cardiovascular system of the human body are disclosed. An exemplary device in accordance with this disclosure comprises a shaft, tip member fixed to the shaft, and a probe extending beyond a distal surface of the tip member. In some useful embodiments, the tip member is relatively atraumatic and the probe is shaped so as to be more likely to produce trauma than the tip member.
US11540856B2
A method includes providing electrical energy to a transducer for sealing a vessel, where a frequency of the electrical energy is in an ultrasound range, controlling the electrical energy to achieve a predetermined velocity of an end effector coupled to the transducer, when the end effector is grasping the vessel, sensing parameters of the electrical energy when the end effector achieves the predetermined velocity, calculating power of the electrical energy based on the sensed parameters and estimating a size range of the vessel based on the power, and controlling the electrical energy to achieve a target velocity, which is determined based on the estimated size range of the vessel, to seal the vessel.
US11540854B2
The disclosed technology is directed to an ultrasonic probe comprises a probe main portion configured to transmit ultrasonic vibration generated by an ultrasonic transducer. A treatment portion is configured on a distal side of the probe main portion along a longitudinal axis thereof. The treatment portion includes first direction surfaces disposed in a first direction intersecting the longitudinal axis and second direction surfaces that are adjacent to the first direction surfaces and are disposed in a second direction different from the first direction surfaces. The first direction surfaces further includes a plurality of surfaces formed into a staircase shape when being viewed from the treatment portion and one or more surfaces formed into a staircase shape when being viewed from a side opposed to the distal side of the treatment portion. The second direction surfaces further includes a plurality of surfaces formed into a staircase shape toward the distal side.
US11540850B1
The present invention relates to a disposable tongue scraper which has a strong and simple structure, a durable and efficient operation, comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, and a novel combination and arrangement of parts comprising a scraper body that forms a curved shape after bending at an acute angle at a bending point for scraping operation, a pair of handle casings attached with the scraper body, and a storage tissue net attached to the bottom of the scraper body to store the scraped oral wastes and to absorb the oral fluid. The present invention aims to provide the tongue scraper not only utilized for scraping the coating from the tongue, but also for storing the scraped oral wastes and saliva wastes from the mouth to maintain hygiene.
US11540848B2
An ultrasonic thrombus removing system includes a front sheath tube (1) and a rear sheath tube (5) that are independent and that are inserted into a blood vessel (2); a rear end outer portion of the front sheath tube (1) is mounted with a front blocking balloon (105), and a front end outer portion of the rear sheath tube (5) is mounted with a rear blocking balloon (504); a breaking cavity (4) being formed between the two blocking balloons; the front blocking balloon (105) and the rear blocking balloon (504) expand or contract in the blood vessel (2) by means of the squeezing or loosening of an external force so as to block or open front and rear sides of the thrombus (3); an inner portion of the rear sheath tube (5) is provided with a core tube (502) that co-axially penetrates therethrough, a front end of the core tube (502).
US11540843B2
Methods of harvesting cancellous bone and bone marrow include extracting loosened cancellous bone and bone marrow—including a liquid component thereof—to a collection container that has a first cup and a suction port to which a suction source is connected. After extraction, the suction source is disconnected and a lid of the collection container is removed and replaced with a lid having a plunger with a press head that is configured to filter the extracted liquid by depressing the plunger toward a bottom of the first cup. The filtered liquid is poured through a suction port into a second cup while depressing the plunger, thereby separating the liquid from a semi-solid mass of cancellous bone that remains. The bone is extracted through a cortical opening in the femur, tibia, or calcaneus, or from an intermedullary canal that is preferably formed by reaming of the tibia using an orthopedic reamer.
US11540838B2
An implant for occluding a left atrial appendage may include an expandable framework including a body portion and a disk portion, wherein the expandable framework is configured to shift between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration, and an occlusive disk element disposed within the disk portion. The disk portion may include a first disk portion integrally formed with the body portion, and a second disk portion movably attached to the first disk portion by at least one hinge member.
US11540837B2
Devices, methods and systems are provided for occluding an opening within the tissue of a body, such as a left atrial appendage. In one embodiment, a medical device coupled to a delivery catheter includes a fluid flow path that facilitates contrast fluid to pass through the delivery catheter and the medical device to a distal side thereof to provide imaging information as to the position of the medical device positioned in the opening, such as the left atrial appendage. In another embodiment, a medical device is coupled to a delivery catheter, the medical device including flaps adjacent a hub of the medical device that close-off a bore of the hub upon the catheter being detached from the medical device.
US11540832B2
Stapling assemblies for use with a surgical stapler are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, the stapling assembly includes a cartridge having a plurality of staples disposed therein and a non-fibrous adjunct formed of at least one fused bioabsorbable polymer and configured to be releasably retained on the cartridge. Adjunct systems for use with a surgical stapler are also provided. Surgical end effectors using the stapling assemblies are also provided. Methods for manufacturing stapling assemblies and using the same are also provided.
US11540830B2
A surgical fastener applier including a housing containing a compartment, an elongated member extending distally from the housing, first and second jaws and a firing mechanism positioned within the housing. The firing mechanism is movable between a first position and a second position to effect firing of fasteners into the tissue clamped between the first and second jaws. A cover on the housing is openable to access the compartment. A power pack is removably loadable into the compartment, the power pack having a motor and an engagement member removably engageable with the firing mechanism within the compartment when the power pack is loaded into the compartment to effect movement of the firing mechanism from the first position to the second firing position.
US11540829B2
A surgical instrument system that includes a housing and a rotatable drive shaft, a motor operably coupled to the drive shaft, and a plurality of replaceable end effectors that can be connected to the housing. Each replaceable end effector includes a drive screw that is turned a fixed number of revolutions by the motor-driven rotatable drive shaft when the end effector is connected to the housing. Each end effector further comprises a firing member operably coupled with the drive screw of the end effector. The drive screw is configured to displace the firing member over a firing length as a result of the fixed number of revolutions. In certain embodiments, each replaceable end effector can include a drive screw with a thread pitch set to the firing length divided by the fixed number of revolutions.
US11540824B2
In various embodiments, a tissue thickness compensator can comprise one or more capsules and/or pockets comprising at least one medicament therein. In at least one embodiment, staples can be fired through the tissue thickness compensator to rupture the capsules. In certain embodiments, a firing member, or knife, can be advanced through the tissue thickness compensator to rupture the capsules.
US11540822B2
A heart tissue gripping device may include a body portion, an elongate shaft, and a tissue gripping member that is attached to the distal end of the elongate shaft. The tissue gripping member being may be positioned adjacent a heart surface by insertion through an incision in the body. The tissue gripping member may releasably attach to tissue of the heart surface to facilitate a surgical instrument in performing one or more procedures. A coupling of the tissue gripping member may releasably attach the surgical device to the tissue gripping member to allow the device to access the tissue of the heart surface.
US11540806B2
This device (2) for generating ultrasonic waves in a target region of a soft solid, includes at least two ultrasound sources (32), light sources (40) distributed around a central axis (X2) of the device (2), for enlightening a zone of the soft solid via subsurface scattering, and a video camera (50), for capturing images of the zone enlightened by the lighting means. The ultrasound source (32), the light sources (40) and the video camera (50) are mounted on a body of the device (20) and oriented toward a common target zone which includes a focal point of the ultrasound sources (32). A boresight of the video camera is aligned on the central axis (X2).
US11540799B2
To provide a technique with which dose indices can be managed for body parts in a range to be imaged on a body part-by-body part basis, an X-ray CT apparatus comprises: image producing unit (51) for producing a scout image (10) of a patient; defining unit (52) for defining a range (11) to be imaged in the scout image (10); segmenting unit (53) for segmenting the range (11) to be imaged into two body parts; identifying unit (54) for identifying which one of body parts (12) included in a human body each of the two body parts corresponds to; and calculating unit (55) for calculating a dose index for each of the two body parts.
US11540795B2
An X-ray diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a table including a tabletop on which a patient is placed; an imaging unit including an X-ray tube to radiate X-rays onto the patient and an X-ray detector to detect X-rays; a maneuvering unit including a handle unit that is provided with contact sensors to detect contact made by an operator and is gripped by the operator and being configured to receive a maneuver to bring into operation the imaging unit and/or the table according to an operation of the handle unit; and a processing circuitry that judges whether the imaging unit and/or the table is to be brought into operation on the basis of detection results obtained by the contact sensors and that brings the imaging unit and/or the table into operation in accordance with a result of the judgment and the maneuver performed on the maneuvering unit.
US11540792B2
A hybrid imaging system is disclosed including an arcuate arm defining a first and a second end the arcuate arm including a first detector assembly for 2D x-ray imaging of a patient and a second detector assembly for CT imaging of the patient, wherein the imaging system includes an internal drive mechanism for rotating the arcuate arm (e.g. translating the arcuate arm along an arcuate path) around the patient.
US11540791B2
A method is for generating an X-ray image dataset via an X-ray detector having a converter element and a multiplicity of pixel elements. In an embodiment, the method includes first counting of at least one quantity of count signals dependent upon the incident X-ray radiation in each pixel element of the multiplicity of pixel elements; second counting of at least one quantity of coincidence count signals in each pixel element of the subset of pixel elements with at least one further pixel element of the multiplicity of pixel elements; and generating an X-ray image dataset based upon the at least one quantity of count signals counted in each pixel element of the multiplicity of pixel elements and upon the at least one quantity of coincidence count signals counted in each pixel element of the subset of pixel elements.
US11540789B1
A system for breast computed tomography includes a table supporting a patient in a prone position with an opening positioned for a breast of the patient to extend downwards therethrough, a gantry assembly positioned beneath the table with a platform driven to rotate by a motor, an x-ray source assembly coupled to the platform to rotate therewith and positioned to irradiate with an x-ray beam at least a portion of the breast, and a detector assembly coupled to the platform to rotate therewith and positioned to receive the x-ray beam from the x-ray source assembly. The system includes a shielding enclosure rigidly mounted atop the platform to rotate therewith, enclosing during rotation of the platform the detector assembly, the breast, and the x-ray beam, and having walls composed of a material and a thickness to attenuate an x-ray beam of a predetermined energy and intensity by a predetermined amount.
US11540787B2
A medical imaging system for detecting ionizing radiation. The system includes one or more pixilated imagers positioned to acquire patient image data and one or more position sensors positioned to acquire patient position data. Once the patient image data and patient position data are acquired, one or more processors operably connected to each of the one or more pixilated imagers and one or more position sensors calculate a three-dimensional mass distribution based on patient image data and patient position data.
US11540784B2
A method, system, and/or apparatus for automatically monitoring for possible infection or other physical health concerns, such as from Covid-19. The method or implementing software application uses or relies upon location information available on the mobile device from any source, such as cell phone usage and/or other device applications. The method and system automatically uses and/or learns user location and activity patterns and determines and infection risk or illness-based deviation that can be communicated as a warning to community members.
US11540782B2
A method for measuring and analyzing blood pressure using PPG includes receiving, by a computer, a PPG signal from a finger of a subject, dividing, by the computer, a normalization pulse wave signal derived from the received PPG signal into one or more predetermined windows, extracting, by the computer, a maximum lower amplitude value from one of the respective divided windows, extracting, by the computer, a target feature pattern from the extracted maximum lower amplitude value, deriving, by the computer, a first target unique vector and a second target unique vector with respect to the target feature pattern, using a linear discriminant analysis (LDA) algorithm to display the first target unique vector and the second target unique vector of the target feature pattern on 2-dimensional (2D) graph, and providing, by the computer, a blood pressure state of the subject, using the 2D graph.
US11540777B2
Sensing systems, connectors, and methods include a housing, including a sensor and a locking mechanism, a junction, and a membrane. The junction includes a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, and a receiving mechanism. The receiving mechanism is removably attachable to the locking mechanism. The membrane is disposed within the junction, and is in fluid communication with the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet. The sensor senses a property of a fluid across the membrane when the locking mechanism is attached to the receiving mechanism.
US11540775B2
The embodiments include an apparatus used in combination with a computer for sensing biopotentials. The apparatus includes a catheter in which there is a plurality of sensing electrodes, a corresponding plurality of local amplifiers, each coupled to one of the plurality of sensing electrodes, a data, control and power circuit coupled to the plurality of local amplifiers, and a photonic device bidirectionally communicating an electrical signal with the data, control and power circuit. An optical fiber optically communicated with the photonic device. The photonic device bidirectionally communicates an optical signal with the optical fiber. An optical interface device provides optical power to the optical fiber and thence to the photonic device and receives optical signals through the optical fiber from the photonic device. The optical interface device bidirectionally communicates an electrical data, control and power signal to the computer.
US11540746B2
Orthopedic systems and methods are provided for use in preparing joints for implants. Specifically, hip preparation systems and methods are disclosed which can include a surgical orientation device. The hip preparation systems and methods can be used, for example, to orient the hip during the procedure, determine the orientation of an anatomical plane or planes, and orient a prosthetic component or components.
US11540739B2
A technique for determining skin sodium content using bioimpedance spectroscopy includes applying a current at a predetermined frequency to skin of a subject, measuring a voltage across the skin of the subject produced by the current, determining a resistance across the skin of the subject at the predetermined frequency using the measured voltage, and determining skin sodium content using the measured voltage.
US11540731B2
A medical treatment system for determining administration of medications to a patient is disclosed. The system uses a plurality of sensors to perform a first set of physiologic measurements in a right side of the heart and a second set of physiologic measurements in a left side of the heart. The system also includes a receiver configured to receive measurement data regarding the first and second sets of physiologic measurements and output to a display device the received measurement data.
US11540722B2
An etalon-based mid-infrared probe can be configured for spectroscopic tissue discrimination, such as between non-normal (e.g., cancerous) and normal (e.g., healthy) tissue. A broadband light source can be applied to the etalon to generate fringes at spectroscopic wavelengths of interest, which can be delivered to a tissue specimen via a fiber loop probe. A response signal can be spectral dispersed across a parallel array of detector pixels, such as using a diffraction grating, and signal processed for performing the tissue classification. A learning model can be trained, using full IR spectral data, for applying a reduced set of wavelengths for performing the spectroscopic tissue analysis and classification.
US11540715B2
A wearable arrhythmia monitoring and treatment device for improving confidence in determined arrhythmias prior to treatment includes a plurality of sensing electrodes, one or more therapy electrodes, and an electrode signal acquisition circuit having a plurality of inputs. The electrode signal acquisition circuit is configured to sense a respective signal provided by each of a plurality of different pairings of the plurality of sensing electrodes. The wearable arrhythmia monitoring and treatment device includes a monitoring and detection circuit including at least one processor configured to analyze the respective signals provided by each of the plurality of different pairings of the plurality of sensing electrodes, change a confidence level in a determined arrhythmia condition based on the respective signals provided by the plurality of different pairings of the plurality of sensing electrodes, and initiate a therapy to the patient via the one or more therapy electrodes based on the confidence level.
US11540711B2
An ophthalmologic apparatus, includes: a first concave mirror and a second concave mirror having a concave surface-shaped first reflective surface and a concave surface-shaped second reflective surface; an SLO optical system configured to project light from an SLO light source onto a subject's eye via the first concave mirror and the second concave mirror, and to detect returning light from the subject's eye; a first optical scanner configured to deflect the light from the SLO light source to guide the light to the first reflective surface; a second optical scanner configured to deflect light reflected by the first reflective surface to guide the light to the second reflective surface; an OCT optical system including a third optical scanner, and configured to split light from an OCT light source into measurement light and reference light, to project the measurement light deflected by the third optical scanner onto the subject's eye, and to detect interference light between returning light of the measurement light from the subject's eye and the reference light; an optical path coupling member disposed between the first optical scanner and the first concave mirror, and combining an optical path of the SLO optical system and an optical path of the OCT optical system; and a correction unit configured to correct detection result of the interference light detected by the OCT optical system or an image formed based on the detection result.
US11540703B2
An endoscope comprising: a tubular elongated member; a tensioning wire in a tensioning lumen along one side of the elongated member, between the proximal end and the distal end of the elongated member; a head arranged at the distal end of the elongated member and comprising: a tubular tensioning ring attached to the distal end of the tensioning wire and having a same external diameter as the elongated member; an imaging sensor having a rectangular cross section, arranged at a distal end of the head; and a tubular distal shell arranged longitudinally around the imaging sensor and having an inner diameter identical to or slightly larger than a diagonal of the rectangular cross section of the imaging sensor; wherein a tubular jacket sheathes the elongated member and the tensioning ring of the head.
US11540700B2
A medical supporting arm according to the present disclosure includes a supporting arm and a calculation unit. The supporting arm supports an oblique-viewing endoscope. The calculation unit calculates a rotation angle of the oblique-viewing endoscope around an axis in a longitudinal direction, and an insertion amount of the oblique-viewing endoscope into a human body on the basis of a first expression that defines coordinates of a subject in a coordinate system in which an insertion opening allowing the oblique-viewing endo scope to be inserted into the human body serves as an origin, and a second expression that defines the coordinates of the subject positioned in an optical axis direction of an objective lens disposed at a distal end of the oblique-viewing endoscope in a coordinate system in which the distal end of the oblique-viewing endoscope serves as an origin.
US11540698B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of endoscopy. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to delivery systems and methods for coagulating sites of bleeding within mucosal tissues, and in particular, for eradicating esophageal varices.
US11540694B2
A method for setting a time of a release of a cleaning agent during a cleaning cycle in a household appliance includes obtaining an evolution over time of a local parameter inside the appliance, the local parameter comprising an acceleration induced by the cycle or a temperature inside the appliance; obtaining reference patterns of evolutions of the local parameter during a cycle comprising different cleaning steps including a step adapted for releasing the cleaning agent at a predetermined adapted time; comparing the evolution of the local parameter to the reference patterns and identifying a cleaning step within the cycle when a similarity between a reference pattern and the evolution is above a predetermined threshold, and setting the release of the agent at the predetermined adapted time within the identified cleaning step when the identified step corresponds to a step adapted for releasing the agent.
US11540688B2
A handy-stick type vacuum cleaner is disclosed. The disclosed vacuum cleaner comprises: a first part for collecting dust included in air suctioned to the inside through a suction hole; and a second part including a suction motor and a handle, wherein the first and second parts are hinge-connected so as to communicate with each other.
US11540681B2
A vacuum cleaner having a hand unit and an elongated member having a nozzle end portion and a handle end portion. The vacuum cleaner has a valve arranged at the nozzle end portion, the valve having a valve member being movable between a first and a second position. In the first position the valve member directs an airflow from a floor nozzle to the hand unit while preventing an airflow to flow through the handle end portion. In the second position the valve member directs the airflow from the floor nozzle to the handle end portion and to the hand unit. Vacuum cleaning may be performed with the floor nozzle both when the hand unit is connected at the nozzle end and at the handle end.
US11540679B2
A toilet including a frame; a bowl supported by the frame; a seat supported by the frame; an at least partially removable shroud for covering the frame; and at least one first seat actuator pivotally attached to the frame and to the seat for adjusting the height or angle of the seat; and at least one second seat actuator pivotally attached to the frame and to the seat for adjusting the height or angle of the seat is disclosed. Also, a toilet including a frame; a bowl supported by the frame; a seat supported by the frame; an at least partially removable shroud for covering the bowl, frame, and other toilet components; at least one first seat actuator pivotally attached to the frame and to the seat for lifting and lowering the seat or changing the angle of the seat with the user sitting thereon; at least one second seat actuator pivotally attached to the frame and to the seat for lifting and lowering the seat or changing the angle of the seat with the user sitting thereon; and at least one third seat actuator pivotally attached to the at least one first seat actuator or to the at least one second seat actuator and to the frame for raising and lowering the seat or changing the angle of the seat with the user sitting thereon is also disclosed.
US11540677B1
The present invention is an automated toilet lid and toilet seat actuating system for toilets that enables the user to raise and lower a toilet lid and toilet seat by electrical switches, remote control, voice command or motion sensors incorporating a horizontal mounted linear actuator, an electromagnet attached to a toilet lid or toilet seat, a piece of ferrous metal attached to a toilet lid or toilet seat, a toilet lid bracket with a bore of different diameters mounted to a toilet lid, an adapter rod of different diameters, a removable lid bracket cap, an electronic control with off delay timer circuit and a power supply or battery. The removal of the lid bracket cap from the toilet lid bracket facilitates the manual operation of the toilet lid and toilet seat.
US11540675B2
A resistance mechanism for a sheet product dispenser for dispensing a length of sheet product from a roll of sheet product rotatably supported by the sheet product dispenser is provided. The resistance mechanism includes an arm configured to frictionally engage a surface of the roll of sheet product, and a spring attached to the arm and configured to bias the arm into engagement with the surface of the roll of sheet product, such that the resistance mechanism provides a pull force resistance opposing a pull force applied to a tail portion of the roll of sheet product.
US11540672B2
A bathtub closure system may include a step configured to be retrofit onto a bathtub and a plug. The step may include a first side panel, a second side panel, and an elongated platform defining a cavity configured to facilitate ingress and egress into the bathtub, and a first attachment recess extending downward from the first top surface less than an entire height of the first side panel or extending downward from the second top surface less than an entire height of the second side panel. The plug includes a body and a first attachment member affixed to the body and corresponding to the first attachment recess defined by the step. The plug cooperates with the step to form a substantially watertight seal when the first attachment member is mated with the first attachment recess and the body of the plug is positioned at least partially within the cavity.
US11540660B2
A machine (1) for preparing and dispensing a beverage (2) has: a capsule extraction unit (10) having a first part (11) and a second part (12) that are relatively movable between a distant position for inserting a capsule (3) and a close position for extracting such capsule (3); a control unit (40) for controlling the extraction unit (10) to extract such capsule (3); an outlet (20) for dispensing said beverage (2) formed by extracting such capsule (3) to a user-receptacle (4) located in a receptacle placing area; and a detection arrangement (30) connected to the control unit (40) for detecting the presence of such receptacle (4) in the placing area. The unit (10) has an actuator (13) configured to relatively move the first and second parts (11, 12) between their distant and close positions. The actuator (13) is controlled by the control unit (40) to relatively move the first and the second parts (11, 12) when the detecting arrangement (30) detects the presence of said receptacle (4) in the receptacle placing area.
US11540656B2
A connector system facilitates the connection of a first tree trunk to a second tree trunk of an artificial tree system. The connector system can prohibit rotation of the first tree trunk relative to the second tree trunk.
US11540652B1
A method and apparatus for an erectable shelf display can transition between a collapsed flattened configuration and a deployed standing display configuration simply and quickly without the need for tools, fasteners, adhesives, or complicated instruction. The erectable shelf display makes use of a foldable frame and folding shelves that work in conjunction to allow the erectable shelf to have a collapsed flattened configuration for storage and transportation and a deployed standing display configuration wherein the foldable frame maintains and locks the deployed configuration of the shelves into place, while the deployed configuration of the shelves maintains and locks the foldable frame in the deployed standing display configuration. This allows the erectable shelf display to be formed of lighter, less durable, and/or disposable materials typically used for temporary displays but still support weight comparative to a permanent display and have durability more comparable to a permanent display.
US11540650B2
A refrigerator has an open front, an air curtain system having at least one upper air egress having an outer edge and at least one lower air-recovery ingress. The air curtain system is adapted to produce a substantially vertical air curtain over at least part of the open front of the refrigerator. The refrigerator has a plurality of shelves between the egress and the ingress a plurality of shelves between the egress and the ingress including a first shelf that has an aerofoil positioned in front of it, the first shelf being located in the upper half of the open front of refrigerator. The refrigerator also includes a second shelf that does not have an aerofoil positioned in front of it, the second shelf being located below the first shelf.
US11540641B1
A headboard provided by embodiments of the present disclosure is formed by detachably combining a first headboard, a second headboard, a third headboard, and a fourth headboard, and backs of the first headboard, the second headboard, the third headboard, and the fourth headboard are respectively provided with accommodating grooves. When the bed needs to be packaged and shipped, the headboard can be disassembled into the first headboard, the second headboard, the third headboard, and the fourth headboard, and other parts of the bed, including the left headboard and the right headboard, are placed into a space enclosed by the accommodating grooves of the lower headboard and the upper headboard.
US11540639B2
A collapsible sheltered bench operable to have a first collapsed configuration and a second erect configuration. The sheltered bench includes a base member comprising a bench surface for sitting. The sheltered bench further includes a canopy member having first and second support members and a cover. In the erect configuration the first and second support members extend from a first side of the sitting surface to a second substantially opposed side of the sitting surface along opposite sides of the longitudinal axis of the sitting surface. The first and second support members support the cover such that the cover extends over at least a portion of the sitting surface.
US11540633B2
A chair frame mechanism and a chair having the same are provided. The chair frame mechanism includes a movable component, a chair bracket, a leg component, a back component and a sequence component. The movable component is connected with the chair bracket. The leg component and the back component are pivotally connected with the chair bracket, respectively, and the back component is connected with the movable component. The sequence component is connected with the movable component and the chair bracket, respectively, and connected with the leg component and the back component by transmission, respectively. The sequence component is capable of controlling the chair bracket to move relative to the movable component along a preset trajectory, and orderly controlling the leg component and the back component to extend or fold relative to the chair bracket.
US11540631B2
A box is made of structural boards having a face plate (2) including a main body portion (2c) that is substantially in one plane and a peripheral portion (2a) surrounding the main body. The boards further include a base plate (3) having integrally formed protrusions. The lower surface of the face plate (2) is attached to and supported on top of the protrusions. A stiffener (4) connects the peripheral portion (2a) of the face plate (2) and the base plate (3) together. At least a part of the stiffener (4) is fixedly connected to the base plate (3), and at least another part of the stiffener (4) is fixedly connected to at least a part of a lower surface of the peripheral portion (2a) of the face plate.
US11540630B2
A slide rail assembly includes a first rail, a second rail, and a third rail. The first rail includes a supporting feature. The second rail can be displaced with respect to the first rail. The third rail is movably disposed between the first rail and the second rail. When the slide rail assembly is in a predetermined state, the supporting feature protrudes beyond an end portion of the third rail by a predetermined distance and supports the second rail.
US11540626B2
A portable table top formed from a base having multiple legs and brackets for accommodating various positions. Extension brackets are attached to side edges which engage a mounting tab slidably insertable into a cavity formed on each side edge of the base. A centrally positioned support having a first end pivotably mounted to a lower surface of the base provides a three-point support. Legs are provided if the base is to be used on flat table as an angled work surface.
US11540624B2
A retractable column structure includes a metal outer tubular member, a retaining bracket, and an inner tubular member. The outer tubular member includes a wall having outer, inner and end surfaces. The outer tubular member includes slots extending from the end surface to the inner surface. A rear end of each slot includes a hook protruding out of the inner surface. The retaining bracket includes a frame member abutted against the wall and locking hooks inserted into the inner surface and locked onto each corresponding hook. The inner tubular member moveably penetrates into the retaining bracket disposed between the tubular members and is concealed inside the outer tubular member. Accordingly, excellent support of inner and outer tubular members can be achieved for stable sliding therebetween.
US11540622B2
A foldable frame includes a table frame, one or more bench frames, and first and second leg assemblies to support the table and bench frames. Each of the first and second leg assemblies include one or more table legs and one or more bench legs generally shorter than the one or more table legs. The foldable frame also includes a plurality of linking assemblies to connect the bench legs to the one or more bench frames so that each of the first and second leg assemblies can be rotated as a single unit. When unfolded, the table and bench frames are placed at different heights. When folded, the table and bench frames are placed at a common plane with the first and second leg assemblies folded onto the common plane. The foldable frame is easy to use and convenient for transportation and storage.
US11540619B2
The present invention relates to an applicator for applying a cosmetic product to the eyelashes and/or eyebrows, having an applicator member (8) having: —a core of thermoplastic material having a longitudinal axis, the core being twisted through more than one revolution about its longitudinal axis under the effect of the twist of the metal arms of the holder, and having an endpiece that has no spikes. —spikes of thermoplastic material extending from the core, —a holder having two metal arms twisted around the core.
US11540616B2
A wearable baby diaper changing platform that is releasably attached to a user's body via a waist belt and padded neck strap. The platform includes a foldable pouch for holding a baby while changing diapers. A removable and foldable stiffener is incorporated within the foldable pouch. Additional panels having storage pockets are included to hold extra diapers, wipes, and supplies. Removable changing pads are also included along with safety straps to removably secure the baby onto the platform. The platform is adapted to be folded up and includes at least one shoulder strap for convenient over-the-shoulder carrying.
US11540609B2
A concentrator and hair dryer including a concentrator are provided. The concentrator may include a head having at least one flow path provided therein to enable gas discharged from a gas discharge of the hair dryer to flow therethrough, and a body that extends backward from the head and coupled to a main body of the hair dryer. Accordingly, the concentrator may be securely coupled to the hair dryer to prevent separation and shaking upon use.
US11540597B1
A belt buckle system includes a belt buckle frame member having an internal shaft, a first elongated actuator member slidingly positioned within the internal shaft, and a first latch member positioned within the buckle frame. The latch member rotates between an extended position and a retracted position and has a latch portion that extends outward from the belt buckle frame when the first latch member is in the member extended position and wherein the latch portion of the first latch member is positioned within the frame when the latch member is in the retracted position. The first elongated actuator actuates to transition the first latch member between the extended position and the retracted position.
US11540596B2
A last system and a method of making the last system are disclosed. The last system includes a last member and an exterior layer. The exterior layer becomes deformable when heated above a characteristic temperature. The method can include forming a braided footwear component on the last system. The exterior layer may be joined with the braided footwear component by heating the last system above the characteristic temperature.
US11540583B2
An impact attenuating helmet including an outer liner having an inner mating surface, an inner liner positioned under the outer liner and having an outer mating surface configured to be received by the inner mating surface of the outer liner, the inner liner and the outer liner being configured to move relative to each other along a slip plane between outer mating surface of the inner liner and the inner mating surface of the outer liner, and one or more securing attachments, each securing attachment being coupled to the outer liner and being configured to secure the outer liner to the inner liner, each securing attachment comprising a slack element configured to permit a range of movement between the outer liner and the inner liner.
US11540582B2
A structural padding system includes an outer shell, an inner shock absorbing liner attached to the outer shell, and multiple compressible balls coupled with the outer shell and/or the inner shock absorbing liner in such a way that the multiple compressible balls are free to move, relative to the outer shell and the inner shock absorbing liner, when the structural padding system is impacted by an object.
US11540579B2
A protective helmet includes an energy dissipative assembly including a conforming protective base adapted to directly contact and conform to a corresponding bony anatomical region of a wearer's head. A supported flexible suspended crown adapted to be affixed to the conforming protective base and configured to define a gap separating substantially all of the interior surface of the supported flexible suspended crown from contact with a corresponding anatomical crown region of the wearer when the helmet is donned by the wearer. The supported flexible suspended crown including at least one contoured flexible shell or a plurality of cantilevered members comprising a compliant energy dissipating material that, when impacted, undergoes deformation to an extent that is greater than deformation, when impacted, of the deformation resistant material of the conforming protective base. An uncoupled cantilevered posterior cranial shield system includes a yoke configured to attach to or be integrated with shoulder pads or another garment and an attenuating cantilevered arch attached to the yoke at first and second emplacements, the attenuating cantilevered arch being configured to extend over a head of an individual wearing the shoulder pads or garment.
US11540577B2
A helmet system having an outer helmet, an inner helmet, and one or more orbital connectors joining the outer helmet to the inner helmet. Each orbital connector may include: a slip disc housing, a slip disc, and a post. The slip disc housing is mounted on one of the outer helmet and the inner helmet and has a first face and an opening through the first face. The slip disc has a second face abutting the first face, and the second face is movable in sliding contact with the first face relative to a spherical center. The post extends through the opening and mounts the slip disc to the other of the outer helmet and the inner helmet. The post is dimensioned to move within the opening to allow the second face to move tangentially to the spherical center in sliding contact with the first face.
US11540574B2
For obtaining a natural-looking hair without excessive volume compared with traditional hair extensions, there are provided a hair extension and manufacturing & attaching method of the same, comprising a linearly extending base member (200); a plurality of hair extension strands (300) to be provided longitudinally along the base member (200), each of the plurality of hair extension strands (300) including a knot part (310) being a knot formed on the base member (200) and a hair part (330) extending from the knot part (310); and a fixing part (400) to be fixed to a portion of the hair part (330) so as to be adjacent to the base member (200) for connecting the plurality of the hair extension strands (300) to the hair of a subject.
US11540572B2
A garment with insulated liner including a short pant attached to an insulated undergarment. The insulated undergarment is adapted to cover and fit closely to the body of a wearer to preserve an elevated temperature of the body of the wearer under the insulated undergarment. A pair of front seams are provided to secure the short pant to the insulated garment. The front seams extend from a waist area through a pelvic area to a crotch area to prevent the insulated undergarment from drastically shifting in turbulent water.
US11540565B2
Impact-resistant materials and pads are disclosed. An impact-resistant material includes a first elastomer layer having a first density, a second elastomer layer having a second density higher than the first density, a layer of high-tensile strength fibrous material, and a polymer layer. These layers are preferably be arranged in the order in which they are recited. These layers may also be included in an impact-resistant pad configured to be worn by a user. The first elastomer layer is positioned directly adjacent the user when the pad is worn by the user.
US11540558B2
Embodiments disclosed herein relate to an apparatus (1) for use in the manufacture of tobacco industry products. The apparatus (1) comprises a rolling unit (9) comprising: •a rotatable drum (14) having a plurality of flutes (18) formed in a curved outer surface (17) of the drum (14) to receive axially-aligned components (5,6) of a tobacco industry product; •a roll hand (15) having a contact surface (34) facing and spaced from the outer surface (17) of the drum (14) to define a space, between the contact surface (34) and the outer surface (17), within which space components of a tobacco industry product are rollable upon rotation of the drum (14); and •a kicker bar (16) disposed adjacent to the roll hand (15) and having a contact edge (36) facing and spaced from the outer surface (17) of the drum (17). At least one of the roll hand contact surface (34), kicker bar contact edge (36) and drum outer surface (17) includes a groove (31, 32, 33) extending in a substantially circumferential direction of the drum (14) and configured to least partially receive one or more of the tobacco industry product components as the drum (14) rotates.
US11540556B2
There is provided a heated aerosol-generating article for producing an inhalable aerosol, the heated aerosol-generating article including: an aerosol-forming substrate that is a homogenized tobacco material including tobacco, a fat having a melting point between 20° C. and 50° C., and one or more aerosol-formers, the homogenized tobacco material containing at least 60% tobacco on a dry weight basis. A homogenized tobacco material is also provided.
US11540550B2
A method for treating autoimmune and/or inflammatory diseases includes a step of identifying a subject having a gastrointestinal autoimmune/inflammatory disease. A fasting mimicking diet (FMD) is administered to the subject for a first time period.
US11540546B2
Disclosed are nutraceutical formulations, including extracts comprising the hydrophilic and lipophilic fractions of stabilized rice bran. Also disclosed are methods for using said nutraceutical formulations for the management or remediation of conditions related to type II diabetes in humans, including methods for decreasing HbA1c and fasting glucose blood concentrations, and for increasing serum fasting insulin levels.
US11540540B2
The present disclosure relates to a flavored jerky product and a method of preparing a flavored jerky product. The method comprises applying a curing agent to an external skin surface and/or an exposed muscle surface of a meat source, curing the meat source with the curing agent, and drying, cold smoking, and drying both the external skin surface and the meat source. The meat source is then chilled, the external skin surface is removed, and the meat source is sliced and/or segmented into a meat portion. The meat portion is marinated in a marinade solution, and then dried, cold smoked and dried to attain a water activity between about 0.7 and about 0.9 to produce the flavored jerky product.
US11540535B2
The present invention provides a system for providing a health benefit to a companion animal comprising: a maintenance pet food comprising fat, protein, and carbohydrates, where the maintenance pet food can be complete and balanced and has a density ranging from 400 g/l to 600 g/l; and a reduced caloric pet food comprising fat, protein, and carbohydrates, where the reduced caloric pet food can be complete and balanced and has a density ranging from 300 g/l to 450 g/l. Generally, the reduced caloric pet food can have a caloric content of 50% to 90% of the maintenance pet food in about the same volume and the reduced caloric pet food can have a density of 70% to 85% of the maintenance pet food.
US11540520B2
Compositions having pesticidal activity and methods for their use are provided. Compositions include isolated and recombinant polypeptide sequences having pesticidal activity, recombinant and synthetic nucleic acid molecules encoding the pesticidal polypeptides, DNA constructs comprising the nucleic acid molecules, vectors comprising the nucleic acid molecules, host cells comprising the vectors, and antibodies to the pesticidal polypeptides. Nucleotide sequences encoding the polypeptides provided herein can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in organisms of interest, including microorganisms and plants. The compositions and methods provided herein are useful for the production of organisms with enhanced pest resistance or tolerance. Transgenic plants and seeds comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes a pesticidal protein of the invention are also provided. Such plants are resistant to insects and other pests. Methods are provided for producing the various polypeptides disclosed herein, and using those polypeptides for controlling or killing a pest.
US11540518B2
Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, including all geometric and stereoisomers, tautomers, N-oxides, and salts thereof, wherein R1, Z1, W, Z2 and J are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling plant disease caused by a fungal pathogen comprising applying an effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.
US11540516B2
Provided are m-diamide compounds and a preparation method therefor and the use thereof. The m-diamide compounds have a structure represented by formula I. The m-diamide compounds of the present invention can have a high insecticidal activity at a low dose and take effect rapidly, can exert the insecticidal activity one day after application, can achieve a high insecticidal activity within three days, and have a good fast-acting property; moreover, due to the good effect at a low dose, the m-diamide compounds can reduce the damage to plants and human beings caused by excessive drug concentrations, enable less drug residue to be generated during application which is more conducive to environmental protection, and have broad application prospects.
US11540514B2
A method of preparing a modified-metal surface. The method includes preparing a solution of a phosphorous-based acid in a solvent; immersing a strip of the metal work piece into the solution of the phosphorous-based acid; immersing a strip of a reference metal into the solution of the phosphorous-based acid; supplying a voltage for a duration of time to prepare a phosphorous acid-modified metal work piece; removing the phosphorous acid-modified metal work piece; cleaning and drying the phosphorous acid-modified metal work piece; applying a chitosan solution to the surface in order to attach chitosan/modified chitosan to the phosphorous acid based modified surface; prepare the modified-metal surface; and cleaning and drying the modified-metal surface.
US11540512B2
The invention provides antimicrobial compositions having reduced inhalation risks by combining ammonium compounds and polymers in combination with optional acid components, surfactants and/or additional functional ingredients. The antimicrobial compositions which have a reduced risk of inhalation. Methods of making and employing the compositions are disclosed.
US11540504B2
The present application is directed to a tree stand lift system for elevating a person into a tree or other structure. The tree stand lift system includes, in an embodiment, a hunting platform assembly for supporting a person; a hoist assembly positioned above the platform; a hoist cable secured to the hoist assembly and positioned to lift a person from the ground up to the platform.
US11540503B2
An insect vacuum and trap attachment system can include a tubular member having an elongate channel that extends along an outer surface of the tubular member. The system can also include a suction member that slideably receives the tubular member. The suction member can have a narrowed open tip that receives insects and a stem that extends along at least an outer surface of the suction member. The stem can be slideably received by the elongate channel to enable the suction member to slide with respect to the tubular member. The system can include a catch that protrudes from the stem. The catch may be arranged and configured to receive a portion of an insect filter pod and thereby couple the insect filter pod between the tubular member and the suction member.
US11540493B1
An apparatus and method for a colony system for growing poultry includes a rack system including vertically and horizontally oriented support members, where the support members can be beams that are structurally interconnected forming multiple vertically tiered channels through which a poultry basket can be conveyed, and where each channel formed by the support members has an entry end and an exit end. The system further includes an entry end pulley having multiple side-by-side entry end pulley grooves around an entry end circumference of the pulley. The system further includes an exit end pulley, and the exit end pulley has multiple side-by-side exit end pulley grooves around an exit end circumference of the exit end pulley, where the exit end pulley is rotatably mounted on an exit end bearing axle where the exit end bearing axle has opposing ends fixedly positioned.
US11540492B2
The present invention relates to a hatcher basket for holding newly hatched birds in an incubator. The basket has: —a pair of side walls on horizontally opposite sides having a plurality of horizontally-extending openings through them; —a horizontally-extending trough which is attached to the exterior of each side wall and which can contain feed for the newly hatched birds; —the bottom of each opening in each side wall being located at the same distance above the bottom of the side wall; —the top of each trough being located at this same distance above the bottom of its side wall; and —the size of each opening being significantly larger than the head of the newly hatched birds but significantly smaller than the thorax of the newly hatched birds.
US11540485B2
Embodiments of the disclosed subject matter include a litter scoop that will work with a pelleted cat litters made from various substances such as wood shavings, bamboo, paper, coir, etc.
US11540484B2
A system for cleaning a dairy animal milker unit and applying dip to a dairy animal, the system includes a main control, an air supply, a water supply, a backflush fluid supply, a dip supply, a stall control for receiving the air, water, backflush fluid and dip supplies, and a safety valve that is adjacent to a downstream portion of the milker unit to control backflush and dip fluids being fed to the milker unit.
US11540464B1
A novel maize variety designated PH41GW and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH41GW with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH41GW through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH41GW or a locus conversion of PH41GW with another maize variety.
US11540451B2
A product holder assembly for a mobile cultivation of plants along a path in a hall includes a product holder having a bottom and an upstanding circumferential wall extending from the bottom, a first space extending from the bottom of the product holder along the wall to allow a medium or substrate for roots of the plants to receive nutriments and/or support from, a grid system arranged to be placed on the product holder to cover the first space in the product holder and to separate the first space from a second space adjacent to the grid system at a side of the grid system facing away from the first space, wherein the grid system is arranged for holding a plurality of separate plants, the roots of which to reach for the first space and the leaves of which to reach for the second space, wherein the grid system is arranged to operate in conjunction with an air duct system.
US11540447B2
A method of harvesting a crop material includes gathering the crop material with a harvesting implement as the harvesting implement moves along an initial path through a field. A location and a value of a characteristic of the gathered crop material is sensed at a plurality of intervals. A set of estimated values of the characteristic throughout the field is generated based on the sensed location and characteristic of the crop material at each of interval. A value of the characteristic of the crop material ahead of the harvesting implement is predicted as the harvesting implement moves along a harvest path, based on the set of estimated values of the characteristic of the crop material throughout the field. A function of the harvesting implement may be controlled based on the predicted value of the characteristic ahead of the pick-up.
US11540446B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for operating a round baler. The method comprises providing a nonstop baler type machine; feeding of crop into a prechamber and a main bale forming chamber; and providing, by a binding unit, a binding material to the main bale forming chamber for wrapping a bale formed in the main bale forming chamber, comprising, in a first mode of operation, providing a stretching apparatus in contact with the binding material, thereby, applying a compressive force to the binding material for stretching the binding material; and in a second mode of operation, providing the stretching apparatus free of contact with the binding material. Furthermore, a round baler is disclosed.
US11540444B2
An example system includes a nozzle having an inlet: an outlet mechanism disposed longitudinally adjacent to the nozzle; a conduit longitudinally adjacent to the outlet mechanism where the conduit includes a distal chamber, a middle chamber, and a proximal chamber, that; are longitudinally disposed along a length of the conduit; a partition block configured to move between (i) a first position at which the partition block: is disposed laterally adjacent to the middle chamber, such that the partition block is offset from a longitudinal axis of the conduit, and (ii) a second position at which the partition block resides in the middle chamber between the distal chamber and the proximal chamber; and a deceleration structure disposed at a proximal, end of the conduit and bounding the proximal chamber, where the deceleration structure is configured to decelerate fruit feat has traversed the conduit.
US11540440B2
A lift detection arrangement in a robotic lawnmower for detecting a lift of a body of the robotic lawnmower relative to a chassis of the robotic lawnmower. The lift detection arrangement includes a collision absorber; and a sensor arrangement including a spring, a movable part, a metal plate and a sensor. The collision absorber is screwed to two plastic parts and arranged to allow a displacement of the body relative to the chassis in a collision plane during a collision between an obstacle and the robotic lawnmower, but not in a vertical direction. The moveable part is arranged to provide a displacement of the body relative to the chassis in a lift direction during a lift of the body. The sensor is configured to sense the distance to the metal plate that is fixed to the moveable part and to trigger a cut off of power to a cutting blade of the robotic lawnmower if the distance becomes greater than a predetermined distance.
US11540434B2
A cultivating disc for a tillage implement includes an attachment portion positioned at a radial center of the cultivating disc. The attachment portion includes one or more attachment features configured to couple the cultivating disc to the tillage implement about an axis of rotation of the cultivating disc. The attachment portion extends along a first plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the cultivating disc. The cultivating disc also includes a cutting edge portion positioned at a distal end of the cultivating disc relative to the axis of rotation. The cutting edge portion extends along a second plane parallel to the first plane. The cultivating disc further includes a curved connecting portion positioned between and connecting the attachment portion to the cutting edge portion. The curved connecting portion further defines one or more radii of curvature.
US11547031B2
An electromagnetic wave absorber includes an electromagnetic wave-absorbing layer (10) and an adhesive layer (20). The adhesive layer (20) is disposed on at least one surface of the electromagnetic wave-absorbing layer (10). The electromagnetic wave absorber is capable of being adhered to a surface having a step in such a manner that the adhesive layer (20) is in contact with the surface. The adhesive layer (20) has a thickness equal to or greater than a reference height determined by subtracting 0.1 mm from the height of the step. In the electromagnetic wave absorber, a return loss ΔR defined by ΔR=Rt−Rr is 15 dB or more. Rt is a reflection amount of a 76-GHz electromagnetic wave and is measured for a reference specimen. Rr is a reflection amount of a 76-GHz electromagnetic wave and is measured for a specimen obtained by adhering the electromagnetic wave absorber.
US11547026B2
A power converter is provided. The power converter includes a housing, a heat dissipation module, and a first circuit board. The housing forms a receiving space, wherein the housing includes a first housing port and a second housing port. The heat dissipation module is detachably connected to the housing, and disposed in the receiving space. The heat dissipation module includes an inner path that communicates the first housing port with the second housing port. Working fluid enters the inner path via the first housing port. The working fluid leaves the inner path via the second housing port. The first circuit board includes a first circuit board body and a first heat source, wherein the first heat source is disposed on the first circuit board body, and the first heat source is thermally connected to the inner path of the heat dissipation module.
US11547012B2
A rail kit, comprising: an outer slide; a first strengthening bracket attached to a back of the outer slide; a rear bracket to fit over the outer slide; and a second strengthening bracket attached to a back side of the rear bracket.
US11547010B2
A latching mechanism includes a body having a trip-latch with a protruding portion that protrudes from the body, a release button coupled to a release shaft disposed inside the body, and a holding edge disposed on the release shaft. The holding edge engages the trip-latch to maintain the release button in a depressed position. The holding edge disengages the trip-latch to place the release button in a non-depressed position in response to urging the protruding portion of the trip latch toward the rotatable body. The latching mechanism may also include a spring coupled to the release shaft that urges the release button to a non-depressed position. The latching mechanism may also include a spring coupled to the protruding portion of the trip-latch that urges the trip-latch to protrude from the body. A non-protruding portion of the trip-latch may engage the holding edge.
US11547009B2
An improved power supply for the AN/PRC-117G military radio has been developed. The presently disclosed power supply includes an AC-DC power conversion module; a DC-DC power module and an onboard battery backup. The disclosed power supply is an adaptable power supply which configures to provide AC-DC power; DC only power and battery backup power. The AC and DC power modules are independent and separable, and may be configured by the radio user to remove the AC module and operate in a DC only mode. The adaptability of the power supply includes universal power supply for the Harris Corporation Falcon III series of radios which includes the AN/PRC-117G; RF-7800H-MP; RF-7800M-MP; RF-7800-RC; AN/PRC-160 and the RF-7800-RT intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance terminal.
US11546987B2
The present invention provides methods for fabricating graphene workpieces. The present invention also provides for products produced by the methods of the present invention and for apparatuses used to perform the methods of the present invention.
US11546985B2
The present application discloses a differential signal routing line of a circuit board and a circuit board, which comprises a circuit board, and the circuit board is provided with differential signal routing lines including a first differential signal routing line and a second differential signal routing line that are disposed at different layers of the circuit board.
US11546978B2
A lighting apparatus including a controller, an LED driver, and an LED luminaire, in which the LED luminaire implements a color temperature from a minimum color temperature of 3,000K or less to a maximum color temperature of 5,000K or more, and the controller controls the LED driver to change the color temperature of the LED luminaire corresponding to change in color temperature of sunlight.
US11546976B2
A cooking apparatus has a cooking chamber, a microwave unit to radiate microwaves to the cooking chamber, a convection unit to supply hot air to the cooking chamber, a grill unit to supply radiant heat to the cooking chamber, an input unit to receive a cooking command and a control unit to perform a cooking corresponding to the received cooking command by performing one of a first heating stage and a second heating stage, and after performing the one of the first heating stage and the second heating stage, performing the other one of the first heating stage and the second heating stage. In the first heating stage, the control unit operates the microwave unit and at least one of the convection unit and the grill unit, and in the second heating stage, the control unit operates the grill unit and the convection unit while not operating the microwave unit.
US11546975B2
An induction heatable cartridge for use with an induction heating assembly includes a solid vaporisable substance and at least one ring-shaped induction heatable susceptor held within and surrounded by the vaporisable substance. The susceptors are held in position such that, when the cartridge is positioned in an induction circuit in use, different regions of the outer edge of the one or more susceptors are at different distances from the induction circuit to provide different heating characteristics in the different regions. The centres of each of the at least one susceptors are aligned along a common axis.
US11546969B2
An aerosol-generating system may include a cartridge, a heater section, and an aerosol-generating device. The cartridge may include a cartridge housing, a solid aerosol-forming substrate positioned within the cartridge housing, and a liquid aerosol-forming substrate positioned within the cartridge housing. The heater section is separate from the cartridge and includes an electric heater. The aerosol-generating device may include a device housing configured to receive the cartridge and a power supply for supplying electrical power to the electric heater. The power supply may be positioned within the device housing.
US11546959B2
Example link recovery methods and apparatus are described. One example method includes determining a link failure of a first control resource set, where the first control resource set is a control resource set configured by a first master information block MIB. A link failure recovery request is sent, where the link failure recovery request is used to request to recover a communication link of the first control resource set. The first control resource set may be a control resource set (CORESET), a control region, or an enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH) set defined in a 5G mobile communications system.
US11546957B2
A communication system and method for supporting a plurality of vehicle-to-everything radio access technologies (V2X RATs) is provided. The communication system configured to support multiple V2X RATs transmits, using a first V2X RAT, an indication of its availability to support an interworking function between the plurality of V2X RATs. The communication system receives an instruction to provide the interworking function between different V2X RATs. The interworking function may be incorporated in a vehicle that is joined to a platoon configured to use a first V2X RAT, and provide the interworking function between the first and a second V2X RAT. The interworking function may be used to add further vehicles to the platoon that communicate using only the second V2X RAT.
US11546956B2
A method for controlling bearers in a core network includes receiving, from a user equipment (UE) device, a request for access to network resources, where the core network is coupled with a primary radio access technology (RAT) and a secondary RAT. The method includes determining an access point name (APN) RAT access restriction in response to the received request, where the APN RAT access restriction associates an APN with a corresponding RAT, where the corresponding RAT comprises at least one of the primary RAT or the secondary RAT. The method also includes assigning a radio bearer based on the determined APN RAT access restriction, wherein the assigned radio bearer exchanges data via the corresponding RAT; and identifying, to a master node, the assigned radio bearer for exchanging data between the UE device and a device specified by the APN via the corresponding RAT.
US11546953B2
A transceiver of a mobile device may receive a beacon transmitted by a mesh network member mobile device. A processor of the mobile device may extract a crew ID from the beacon. The processor may determine that the crew ID matches a crew ID of a user logged into the mobile device. In response to determining that the crew ID matches the crew ID of the user, the processor may generate a reply beacon. The transceiver may transmit the reply beacon. The transceiver may receive a response to the reply beacon. The response may include a job ID enabling the user to clock into a job. The processor may clock the user into the job. As a result of clocking the user into the job, the mobile device may become a member of the mesh network.
US11546952B2
A wireless automation system includes a plurality of devices that forms a hive. Each device includes: a wireless transceiver; having a means to intercommunicate wirelessly with any of the plurality of devices; a microprocessor to process data from at least one input element to generate output for performing actions; a first means for operation without needing to transmit or receive a request, with each device able to operate standalone or connected to at least one third-party device; a second means for initiating a transmission request to other devices, including requests for the other devices to perform an action or a plurality of actions as specified in the transmission request; and a third means for receiving the transmission request from a transmitting device within the plurality of devices and performing at least an action or plurality of actions as requested by the transmitting device.
US11546950B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may truncate or remove a number of bits from its UE identity based on identity truncating information to generate a truncated UE identity. The truncated UE identity can be transmitted by eMTC devices to a base station in an RRC connection request, and can be used by the base station to determine which core network entity stores the UE's capabilities. In some implementations, the UE may truncate or remove a number of bits from the 48-bit 5G-S-TMSI based on the identity truncating information to generate a 40-bit truncated 5G-S-TMSI that can be transmitted by an eMTC device to the base station in the RRC connection request and yet still provide the base station with enough information to determine which AMF stores the UE context.
US11546942B2
A terminal apparatus transmits one random access preamble in multiple time sections, and changes a transmit beam to be used to transmit the one random access preamble in one of the multiple time sections or each of the multiple time sections, and monitors a random access response to the one random access preamble. The random access response includes first information for identifying any one of the multiple time sections.
US11546941B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, a broadcast message comprising a first set of random access parameters for a first uplink band supported by the base station and a second set of random access parameters associated with a second uplink band supported by the base station. The UE may select one of the first set of random access parameters or the second set of random access parameters for a random access signal. The UE may transmit a random access signal over one of the first uplink band or the second uplink band using the selected one of the first set of random access parameters or the second set of random access parameters.
US11546937B2
Methods and systems are provided that facilitate sidelink (SL) retransmission scheduled by the network if a SL transmission of a transport block (TB) is unsuccessful. Signalling is used by the network to send a configured grant of transmission resources available for SL transmissions by the UE that repeat on a periodic basis within each of period. The UE makes SL transmissions during one of the periods by transmitting one or more SL transmissions of at least one transport block using the configured resources. The network can schedule a retransmission by transmitting a downlink control information (DCI) to schedule a SL retransmission of one of the transmitted TB. The UE transmits a SL transmission containing a retransmission of the transport block using resources specified in the DCI. The UE transmits a sidelink control information associated with each SL transmission, containing a HARQ process ID for the SL transmission.
US11546935B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems, a user equipment (UE) may receive a downlink control message from a base station scheduling multiple downlink messages and indicating a first offset for communicating a first feedback message of multiple feedback messages including feedback information for the multiple downlink messages. The UE may additionally receive, from the base station, a second offset for communicating the remaining feedback messages of the multiple feedback messages after communicating the first feedback message. The UE may transmit the first feedback message a quantity of resources equal to the first offset after receiving a first downlink message. The UE may then transmit the remaining feedback messages a quantity of resources equal to the second offset after transmitting the first feedback message. Each of the feedback messages may include feedback information for one downlink message.
US11546934B2
A network node transmits a scheduling configuration, over a Single Cell Multicast Control Channel, that indicates whether a single transport block or multiple transport blocks of a Single Cell Multicast Traffic Channel are scheduled. The network node may then transmit a transport block in accordance with the scheduling configuration. Correspondingly, a user equipment receives the scheduling configuration. The UE may then receive a transport block in accordance with the scheduling configuration.
US11546931B2
Systems and methods are provided for transmitting buffer state report poll (BSRP) triggers from a WLAN device with a BSRP frequency that is based on an amount of pending data at the UL buffer of each station associated to the WLAN device. The BSRP frequency can further be based on a priority of the pending data at the UL buffer. The amount of pending data at the UL buffer can be compared to a threshold, the value of which can depend on the priority of the pending data, and the BSRP frequency can be based on the comparison.
US11546930B2
A method and user equipment are provided. The method includes receiving a scheduling of an uplink (UL) signal on a target cell that collides with a UL signal on a source cell, determining a cancellation time for dropping the UL signal on the source cell, and dropping at least a portion of the UL signal on the source cell based on the determined cancellation time.
US11546928B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for fusing, with an IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate than a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services, such as smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail businesses, and security and safety related services, on the basis of 5G communication technologies and IoT-related technologies. The present invention, according to one embodiment, may provide a method for requesting a service by a terminal, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, from a first network core, information for instructing a second network priority traffic; on the basis of the information for instructing the second network priority traffic, searching for a cell of a second network; and, if a cell accessible to the second network exists, transmitting a service request to the second network.
US11546927B2
The present disclosure provides a reporting information transmission method, a user side device and a network side device. The reporting information transmission method includes: determining whether there is a resource conflict between uplink channel resources for carrying at least two pieces of reporting information, the at least two pieces of reporting information at least including two of a beam failure recovery request, Synchronization Signal (SS) block-based beam reporting, Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS)-based beam reporting, and CSI reporting; and when there is the resource conflict between the uplink channel resources, transmitting one or more of the at least two pieces of reporting information.
US11546920B2
A system described herein may provide a technique for identifying User Equipment (“UEs”) associated with relevant users, such as “personal” UEs associated with first responders, based on the occurrence of an event, notifying the UEs of the event, and modifying radio access network (“RAN”) parameters such that the identified UEs are provided with priority access. Further, such modifications may be temporary (e.g., reverted after the event has occurred). In this manner, personal UEs associated with relevant users may be dynamically provided priority access in situations where such access may be beneficial, without needing to permanently provide the priority access to such UEs.
US11546915B2
A user equipment (UE) may perform multiple searches within a specified search period to locate the wireless band that provides the most throughput. For instance, if the UE finds a low band with time remaining in the search period, the UE continues to search for a higher frequency wireless. In some examples, the UE attempts to locate a high band within a next portion of the search period. If the UE finds the high band, then the UE will use that band since it provides the most throughput of the available bands. If the UE does not find the high band, then the UE searches for a mid-band for another portion of the search time. By prioritizing higher bands over the first available band that is located in the initial search, the UE will connect to the band that provides the best user experience and the most throughput.
US11546909B2
The present application provides a power allocation method and device of an Internet of Vehicles system, wherein a multi-carrier technology is adopted for a side link of the internet of vehicles system, and the method comprises: allocating power for a data transmission of a sidelink according to a preconfigured priority criterion.
US11546903B2
Methods and apparatuses are provided for transmitting and receiving system information (SI). A method for receiving SI by a user equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system includes receiving, by the UE, the SI including first partial bits of a system frame number (SFN) without second partial bits of the SFN on a broadcast channel (BCH) at a first subframe of a radio frame, the first partial bits of the SFN having the same value during a predetermined N successive radio frames of a BCH transmission period, where N is a positive integer; and acquiring, by the UE, the second partial bits of the SFN for the radio frame, the second partial bits of the SFN having different values in different radio frames of the predetermined N successive radio frames of the BCH transmission period.
US11546887B2
Provided is an information transmission method and apparatus. The method applied to a first base station includes: acquiring related information of a terminal, where the related information is uplink information or downlink information, and includes traffic data and/or control information; sending the related information to the second base station through a common transmission channel between base stations. When the related information is uplink information, the first base station is a current serving base station of the terminal, the second base station is a previous serving base station of the terminal, and the uplink information is supplied to the second base station to be decoded. When the related information is downlink information, the second base station is the current serving base station, the first base station is the previous serving base station, and the downlink information is sent to the terminal to be decoded. Further provided is a computer storage medium.
US11546883B2
Provided herein is a method for performing, by a first apparatus (100), resource selection in a wireless communication system. The method may include the steps of receiving system information including configuration information related to exceptional pools from a base station (200); selecting the first exceptional pool or the second exceptional pool, based on at least one of a physical layer problem, a connection re-establishment, a handover, or a normal resource pool which is unavailable; selecting a resource from the selected exceptional pool; and performing a sidelink (SL) communication using the resource.
US11546878B1
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a paging early indication that indicates one or more paging occasions (POs) in a quantity of paging frames based at least in part on a maximum quantity of paging frames. The UE may process a physical downlink control channel communication received in a PO of the one or more POs. Numerous other aspects are described.
US11546875B2
A system for predicting an outage for a commercial passenger vehicle is described. The system includes a storage configured to store travel information of an upcoming travel by the commercial passenger vehicle that is configured to provide a network connectivity for devices in the commercial passenger vehicle to remote devices; and a server configured to process the travel information and generate an output indicative of a probability of an outage of the network connectivity based on the travel information of the upcoming travel, and wherein the server is further configured to apply a machine learning algorithm that (1) processes the travel information based on history information related to a planned route to be taken during the upcoming travel and regulation information related to the upcoming travel and (2) determines the probability of the outage along the planned route.
US11546855B2
Disclosed are a method for transmitting a wake up signal (WUS) by a communication device in a wireless communication system, and a device therefor, according to various embodiments. Disclosed are a method for transmitting a WUS by a communication device, and a device therefor, the method comprising the steps for: setting a group WUS configuration related to the setting of a WUS resource for each UE group; transmitting the set group WUS configuration; and transmitting a WUS on the basis of the group WUS configuration, wherein the group WUS configuration is divided into a second WUS configuration for discontinuous reception (DRX) and a first WUS configuration for eDRX.
US11546852B2
A method and a device for signal transmission are provided, the method comprising: a terminal device determining a QCL relationship between a paging related signal and an energy saving signal, wherein the paging related signal comprises a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for scheduling a paging message and/or a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) carrying the paging message; and the terminal device receiving the energy saving signal on the basis of the QCL relationship, or the terminal device receiving the paging related signal on the basis of the QCL relationship.
US11546851B2
The present invention relates to a method by which a terminal transmits/receives a signal in a wireless communication system and a device therefore and, more particularly, to: a method comprising the steps of receiving configuration information related to the activation or the deactivation of a wake-up signal (WUS), and monitoring the WUS and a channel corresponding to the WUS, when the WUS is activated on the basis of the configuration information, wherein the configuration information related to the activation or the deactivation of the WUS is configured to be terminal-specific; and a device therefor.
US11546850B2
The invention relates to a method for a wireless communication apparatus, and such an apparatus, configured to use a wake-up signal (WUS), transmitted for waking up a main receiver of a wireless communication device responsive to detection of the WUS by a wake-up receiver (WUR) of the wireless communication device. The method comprises controlling a bandwidth associated with the WUS based on a reception condition metric for the WUR. Embodiments may comprise determining the reception condition metric for the WUR by correlating a received signal comprising the WUS with a WUS reference signal to provide an extreme correlation value, and determining the reception condition metric for the WUR based on the extreme correlation value. In some embodiments, controlling the bandwidth associated with the WUS based on the reception condition metric may comprise controlling a WUS bandwidth based on the reception condition metric. The wireless communication apparatus may be the wireless communication device or the access point.
US11546847B2
A radio terminal (3) can perform carrier aggregation using a first cell (10) of a first radio station (1) and a second cell (20) of a second radio station (2). The first radio station (1) or the second radio station (2) transmits constraint information to the radio terminal (3). The constraint information contains an information element necessary to specify a reception constraint and/or transmission constraint related to the first cell (10) and/or the second cell (20) when the carrier aggregation is performed. The reception/transmission constraint is a constraint related to downlink signal reception/uplink signal transmission by the radio terminal over one or more subframe periods of the primary cell (10) and the secondary cell (20). It is thus, for example, possible to contribute to reduction in wasteful power consumption in the radio terminal in the carrier aggregation of a plurality of cells served by different radio stations.
US11546842B2
A network selection, a random access method, and an apparatus of a Machine Type Communication (MTC) User Equipment (UE) for use in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) are provided. A cell selection method of an MTC terminal of the present disclosure includes receiving a message from a base station forming a cell, determining whether the message includes an MTC supportability indicator, and barring, when the message includes no MTC supportability indicator, scanning a frequency used in communication with the base station during a determined period.
US11546840B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for convergence of an IoT technology and a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate beyond a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, healthcare, digital education, retail business, security and safety-related services, etc.) on the basis of a 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for discovering and selecting a private network by a terminal.
US11546838B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication scheme and system for converging a 5th generation (5G) communication system for supporting a data rate higher than that of a 4th generation (4G) system with an internet of things (IoT) technology. The present disclosure is applicable to intelligent services (e.g., smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, retail, and security and safety-related services) based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology. The present disclosure provides a method for preventing a legacy terminal from camping on an enhanced LTE (eLTE) base station that is connected to only a next generation (NG) core by combining a legacy information element (IE) and a new IE carried in system information broadcast by the base station in a next generation mobile communication system.
US11546834B2
An access barring method and apparatus and a communication system. The method includes: performing access barring check or access class determination by UE by using parameters defined for a new radio system. The parameters are applicable to all radio resource control (RRC) states. For different public land mobile networks (PLMNs) and/or network slicing, the parameters are identical or different. With the embodiments of this disclosure, selectable parameters are provided for a uniform access control mechanism defined by an NR system, thereby simplifying an access mechanism, and ensuring all-directional compatibility of a terminal state.
US11546833B2
5G introduces the concept of network slices. Although the 5G standard contemplates some form of slice access control, it is premised on subscriber identity-based checks. Because subscriber identities are associated with/maintained via subscriber identity module (SIM) cards, and because SIM cards can be swapped from one device (user equipment) to another, slice access control based on subscriber identities can fail to prevent unauthorized device access. Systems and methods are provided for enhanced slice access control vis-à-vis an enhanced access and mobility management (AMF), and equipment identity register (EIR) functions. In some embodiments, a localized EIR function can reduce latency/messaging overhead.
US11546831B1
Apparatuses, methods, and systems for closing open loops of a wireless mesh network are disclosed. One method includes determining a representation of a wireless mesh network including nodes, and wireless links between the nodes, identifying end-site nodes of the wireless mesh network, determining open loops of the wireless mesh network that include the identified end-site nodes, generating a list of potential nodes for closing each of the open loops with the identified end-site node, testing one or more of the potential nodes, comprising testing performance of a wireless connection between each end-site node and the one or more potential nodes, wherein the performance includes a number of wireless hops around each closed loop formed including the end-site node and each potential node, selecting a closing node based on the testing, and providing a wireless link connection between one or more of the end-site nodes and the closing node.
US11546830B2
For relaying a route-discovery request in order to discover at least one route from a source node device to a destination node device in a communication network comprising other node devices able to act as relays between the source node device and the destination node device, at least one node device among said other node devices dynamically defines a waiting delay value to be applied before relaying the route-discovery request. More precisely, said at least one node device defines the waiting delay value according to a quality level of a link via which the route-discovery request was received.
US11546827B2
Disclosed are: a communication technique for merging, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system; and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail, security and safety related services, and the like) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. The present invention relates to a method by which a terminal for performing vehicle communication (connected car or vehicle to everything) in a wireless communication system improves reliability in data transmission.
US11546826B2
Embodiments described herein provide an optimal communication channel recommendation engine by assessing whether the environment the customer is situated in is conducive to the channel selected by the customer. Specifically, the optimal channel recommendation engine obtains data artifacts indicative of ambient noise, motion, customer sentiment, network quality, customer focus, and/or the like to assess quality of the environment and recommend an optimal channel for the communication between the customer and the call agent. With the recommendation to switch to a different channel, the client component resumes communication with the new channel and retains the context of the interaction.
US11546822B2
The present invention discloses methods and systems for selecting at least one SIM card for data communication at a wireless communication device which is capable of housing a plurality of SIM cards. When a switching condition is satisfied, the wireless communication device selects a second SIM card group, and disconnects one or more connections established using any non-second group SIM card. Non-second group SIM cards are SIM cards that are not in the second SIM card group. A selected SIM card from the second SIM card group is then used for data communications. The steps are repeated until (i) the switching condition is no longer satisfied, (ii) no more SIM cards selected from the second SIM card group can be used for data communications or (iii) no more connection is made using non-second group SIM cards.
US11546818B2
A cell reselection control method according to an embodiment comprises transmitting, by a base station configured to manage a cell having a first coverage and a second coverage as a portion enhanced more than the first coverage, to a radio terminal under the cell, a reselection instruction that instructs to reselect a neighboring cell different from the cell, and reselecting, by the radio terminal, the neighboring cell according to the reselection instruction when the radio terminal is in the second coverage.
US11546810B2
A method is presented in which a central unit of a distributed base station apparatus in a cellular communication system sends to a distributed unit of the distributed base station apparatus a first message comprising an information element for requesting the distributed unit of the distributed base station to provide a current distributed unit configuration. The central unit receives, from the distributed unit of the distributed base station apparatus, configuration information for the current distributed unit configuration in a second message sent in response to the first message.
US11546809B2
A method performed by user equipment (UE) includes receiving a request to access a service unavailable through a first network cell associated with the UE, and receiving a message from an access device associated with the first network cell, wherein the message identifies a plurality of second network cells providing the service.
US11546803B2
A communication management resource receives first input indicating a first time-division communication configuration associated with first wireless stations operated by a first wireless network service provider. The communication management resource receives second input indicating a second time-division communication configuration associated with second wireless stations such as operated by a second wireless network service provider. Based on spectral analysis of implementing the first time-division communication configuration and the second time-division communication configuration, the communication management resource controls implementation of time-division communication configurations by the first wireless stations and the second wireless stations.
US11546802B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method and a system for supporting flexible user equipment (UE) bandwidth by the UE during a random access are provided. The method includes transmitting, to a base station, a random access preamble over a first bandwidth selected among a plurality of channel bandwidths of the UE, receiving, from the base station, a random access response over a second bandwidth selected among the plurality of channel bandwidths, and transmitting, to the base station, a scheduled transmission message over a third bandwidth selected among the plurality of channel bandwidths of the UE.
US11546798B2
A network node in a wireless communication system comprising a user equipment and a plurality of network nodes, comprises: a reception unit for receiving from another network node or a user equipment a protocol data unit related to packet transmission that has a possibility of a plurality of data lengths with respect to sequence numbers; an acquiring unit for acquiring a sequence number of the protocol data unit related to packet transmission; and a notification unit for carrying out, based on the sequence number as acquired, notification related to packet transmission.
US11546796B2
A user equipment (UE) can receive a first data stream and a second data stream; store data units of the second data stream, as stored data units, in a buffer while a retransmission operation is performed for the first data stream; determine that a threshold is satisfied with regard to the buffer, wherein the threshold is associated with a counter that is maintained based on the storing of the data units; and provide the stored data units based on determining that the threshold is satisfied.
US11546791B2
An apparatus and a method for providing measurement information are provided. The method for providing measurement information of a user equipment (UE) includes measuring an uplink duty cycle percentage within a measurement duration, wherein the measurement duration is one of a configuration duration form a network node, a default duration, and a pre-defined duration, and reporting a maximum uplink duty cycle percentage according to a measured uplink duty cycle percentage within the measurement duration.
US11546789B2
A knowledge base of cell information can be built and made available to one or more mobile devices. A mobile device with access to this cell information may proactively perform a radio signal scan at a frequency of an expected cell(s) that is/are indicated in the cell information (e.g., if the expected cell is associated with a serving cell and/or with a geolocation that corresponds to the current Global Positioning System (GPS) location of the mobile device). After performing the radio signal scan, the mobile device may store measurement information (e.g., signal strength) about the expected cell(s) in local memory of the mobile device, and, upon receiving an instruction from the serving cell, the mobile device may access the stored measurement information from its local memory, and may send the measurement information to the requesting serving cell.
US11546786B2
A first mobile terminal testing device 1 including plurality of pseudo base station units 12-0, 12-1 operating as LTE base stations of NSA, and second mobile terminal testing device 2 operating as 5G NR base stations of NSA are provided. Each of the pseudo base station units 12-0, 12-1 is associated with the second mobile terminal testing devices 2, 2. The second mobile terminal testing device 2 generates a 5G NR control signal when testing a mobile terminal 3 which supports for NSA. The generated 5G NR control signal is transmitted to the first mobile terminal testing device 1. The first mobile terminal testing device 1 transmits the received 5G NR control signal to the mobile terminal 3 by the LTE control signal using the pseudo base station unit 12 corresponding to the second mobile terminal testing device 2 which transmits the control signal.
US11546784B2
A large-scale radio frequency signal information processing and analysis system that provides advanced signal analysis for telecommunication applications, including band capacity and geographical density determinations and detection, classification, identification, and geolocation of signals across a wide range of frequencies and across broad geographical areas. The system may utilize a range of novel algorithms for bin-wise processing, Rayleigh distribution analysis, telecommunication signal classification, receiver anomaly detection, transmitter density estimation, transmitter detection and location, geolocation analysis, telecommunication activity estimation, telecommunication utilization estimation, frequency utilization estimation, and data interpolation.
US11546783B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed. In an example from the perspective of a user equipment (UE), a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) is monitored with a first pattern during an active time of the UE if a first timer is running. The PDCCH is monitored with a second pattern during the active time of the UE if a second timer is running and/or if the UE is associated with the active time due to a first cause (e.g., the UE is in the active time due to the first cause).
US11546777B2
A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a beamforming-based detection service is provided. A radio device of a radio access network may receive radio information relating to a location. A current radio contour of the location may be generated based on signal and noise data. The current radio contour may be compared to a default radio contour of the location. The current radio contour may be compared to an event-based radio contours that indicate various events. A determination may be made whether an event has occurred based on a result of the comparison. A response may be provided when the event is detected.
US11546775B2
In order to facilitate communication in a shared-license-access band of frequencies, an electronic device (such as an electronic device that implements a spectrum allocation service) allocates, to a radio node in a set of radio nodes, at least a first channel and a second channel in unallocated channels in the shared-license-access band of frequencies. Note that the first channel and the second channel are noncontiguous in the shared-license-access band of frequencies. Then, the electronic device monitors for transmissions by a higher-priority user than the set of radio nodes in the shared-license-access band of frequencies. When the transmissions are detected in the first channel, the electronic device instructs the radio node to discontinue use of the first channel, where allocation of at least the second channel allows uninterrupted communication by the radio node in the shared-license-access band of frequencies.
US11546755B2
Systems and methods are provided for implementing a centralized configurator server/service in the cloud that can take the place of conventional mobile devices used for provisioning IoT devices or WiFi clients in a network. In order to provision the IoT devices or WiFi clients, a mobile device or access point (AP) may be used to relay Device Provisioning Protocol (DPP) messages and/or information between the centralized configurator server/service and the IoT devices or WiFi clients.
US11546745B2
A computer-implemented method for network management is disclosed and includes broadcasting, from a first sensored wireless transceiver, an availability to accept data from other sensored wireless transceivers; receiving, from one or more other sensored wireless transceivers, requests to subscribe to provide sensor data to the first sensored wireless transceiver; subsequently receiving data that indicates sensor values from the one or more other sensored wireless transceivers; aggregating the data that indicates sensor values; and transmitting the aggregated data to a central service through the Internet.
US11546740B2
Aspects of this disclosure are directed to a method of routing text messages to subscribers of toll-free numbers using the toll-free exchange. Typically, an originating texter will draft a text message, using, for example, an SMS component of a cellular phone to a toll-free subscriber. In an aspect of the present disclosure, the text message is sent to the originating texter's service provider, which then routes the text message to the toll-free exchange. The toll-free exchange looks up the RESPORG ID associated with the ten-digit toll-free number, and the RESPORG ID is used for text message routing.
US11546738B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may monitor a reception occasion for a short message that includes a system information change notification or a public warning system notification. The UE may initiate a mitigation action related to a radio link with a network based at least in part on non-reception by the UE of the short message in the reception occasion, failure of the short message to pass an integrity check, and/or the like. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11546737B2
A vehicle occupant messaging system includes a communication tag located in a buckle of a vehicle seatbelt assembly and configured to wirelessly transmit signals, to a mobile device, representing a location of a passenger using the mobile device in a host vehicle. The system further includes a communication transceiver programmed to transmit messages to the mobile device and a system processor programmed to generate the messages to the mobile device, the messages identifying the location of the passenger.
US11546730B1
Systems and methods are provided for allowing a mobile device user's location and or identity to be determined. According to one aspect of the disclosure, a method of creating a database comprises providing a first wireless router at a point of sale where a credit card is used in a transaction by a credit card holder, obtaining an identity of the credit card holder during the credit card transaction, establishing a wireless link between the first router and a mobile device carried by the credit card holder, obtaining a Media Access Control (MAC) address associated with the credit card holder's mobile device over the wireless link, correlating the identity of the credit card holder with the MAC address of the credit card holder, and storing the correlated identity and MAC address on a server. In some embodiments, a cellular identifier is obtained rather than a MAC address.
US11546727B2
A method includes receiving wireless signals from consumer devices that are in communicable range of the merchant device. The wireless signals each include a unique identifier associated with one of the consumer devices. The method further comprises generating signal strength data that includes one signal strength value associated with the unique identifier of each of the wireless signals, storing the signal strength data in a data storage device, analyzing the signal strength data to determine how many of the consumer devices achieved various signal strength levels, determining a threshold signal strength value based on the analysis, determining a consumer device is present within a physical area when a subsequent wireless signal from a subsequent consumer device is greater than the threshold signal strength value.
US11546723B2
The disclosure generally pertains to systems and methods to minimize false alerts in a geofence system. In an example embodiment, a controller may receive location information of a vehicle traveling on a road that is substantially aligned with a segment of a geofence. The controller may identify a margin of error present in the location information and redefine the segment of the geofence based on the margin of error. The controller may then detect geofence violations with respect to the redefined segment of the geofence. In another example embodiment, a controller may receive location information of a vehicle. The controller may evaluate the location information and determine that the vehicle is crisscrossing a segment of a geofence while traveling on a road. The controller minimizes nuisance geofence exit alerts by redefining the geofence so as to include a geofence buffer zone that encompasses the crisscrossing travel path of the vehicle.
US11546713B2
An information processing device includes circuitry that detects a change in a position of a person. The circuitry also changes a position of a virtual sound source in accordance with the change in the position of the person and outputs a sound through wave field synthesis so that a spatial sound field is transmitted via a plurality of speakers.
US11546711B2
The present invention provides a process of fabricating a capacitive microphone such as a MEMS microphone. In the process, one electrically conductive layer is deposited on a removable layer, and then divided or cut into two divided layers, both of which remain in contact with the removable layer as they were. One of the two divided layers will become or include a movable or deflectable membrane/diaphragm that moves in a lateral manner relative to another layer, instead of moving toward/from another layer. A motional sensor is optionally fabricated within the microphone to estimate the noise introduced from acceleration or vibration of the microphone for the purpose of compensating the microphone output through a signal subtraction operation.
US11546691B2
A binaural beamformer comprising two beamforming filters may be communicatively coupled to a microphone array to generates two beamforming outputs, one for the left ear and the other for the right ear. The beamforming filters may be configured in such a way that they are orthogonal to each other to make white noise components in the binaural outputs substantially uncorrelated and desired signal components in the binaural outputs highly correlated. As a result, the human auditory system may better separate the desired signal from white noise and intelligibility of the desired signal may be improved.
US11546687B1
Spatial filters are generated that map response of an audio capture device to head related transfer functions (HRTFs) for different positions of the audio capture device relative to the HRTFs. A current set of spatial filters are determined based on the plurality of spatial filters and a head position of a user. The microphone signals are convolved with the current set of spatial filters, resulting in a left audio channel and right audio channel that form output binaural audio channels. The binaural audio channels can be used to drive speakers of a headphone set to generate sound that is perceived to have a spatial quality. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US11546683B2
To reduce the effect on the communication performance of an antenna to secure a good communication state with respect to the antenna. An acoustic output device includes a speaker for outputting sound, a cell having one surface facing in a facing direction represented by a predetermined direction, a control board for controlling predetermined parts, and an antenna for sending and receiving signals, the antenna having at least a portion spaced from the control board and the cell. The cell and the control board are positioned side by side with each other in directions different from thicknesswise directions of the control board. The facing direction is different from the directions in which the cell and the control board are side by side with each other. The antenna is positioned side by side with at least one of the control board or the cell in the thicknesswise directions or the facing direction.
US11546675B2
Methods, systems, and media for streaming video content using adaptive buffers are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: transmitting, from a user device to a server, a request to stream a video content item; receiving, at the user device from the server, a predicted abandonment distribution that indicates a plurality of likelihoods of a user of the user device stopping presentation of the video content item at a corresponding plurality of presentation time points of the video content item; receiving, at the user device from the server, a first portion of the video content item; storing the first portion of the video content item in a buffer of the user device having a first size; causing the video content item to be presented by the user device; determining a second size of the buffer based on the predicted abandonment distribution; modifying a size of the buffer to the second size; requesting a second portion of the video content item from the server based on the second size of the buffer; receiving the second portion of the video content item from the server; and storing the second portion of the video content item in the buffer of the second size while continuing presentation of the video content item.
US11546665B2
In some embodiments, a method receives a request for supplemental content to be provided in association with main content. The method selects an instance of supplemental content based on a long-term reward metric and a short-term reward metric. The long-term reward metric is based on feedback from delivery of a plurality of instances of supplemental content and a delivery status for a delivery constraint of one instance of supplemental content. The short-term reward metric is based on feedback from delivery of the one instance of supplemental content. The long-term reward metric is based on feedback from delivery of a plurality of instances of supplemental content and the short-term reward metric is based on feedback from delivery of one instance of supplemental content. The instance of supplemental content is provided to a client device.
US11546659B2
An audience measurement service may monitor broadcasts in a region, ingesting closed captioning data, metadata, displayed text or logos, performing facial recognition on people, and/or generating audio/video fingerprints of broadcast content to create a database of content and associated keywords, along with times at which the content was broadcast. The audience measurement service may receive user search queries from a search provider and detect “spiking” queries. The audience measurement service may determine whether the spiking queries are related, contextually and temporally, to an item of content identified in the database, and infer that users generating the queries likely viewed the item of content. In some implementations, the audience measurement service may also infer that the users likely viewed other items of content (e.g. advertisements) displayed during the prior or subsequent few minutes on the same broadcast channel as the query-triggering item.
US11546653B2
A digital broadcast receiving device includes a multi-channel tuning device, a first de-multiplexing device, a second de-multiplexing device. The multi-channel tuning device includes a plurality of locking devices, wherein the locking devices are arranged to lock a broadcast signal at a plurality of frequency points, and respectively output a plurality of data streams that correspond to the frequency points. The first de-multiplexing device includes a plurality of first de-multiplexing units, wherein the first de-multiplexing units are respectively associated with one of the locking devices and arranged to respectively buffer data units in the data streams that correspond to specific types. The second de-multiplexing device is coupled to the first de-multiplexing device and includes a plurality of second de-multiplexing units, wherein the second de-multiplexing units are arranged to respectively buffer data units that are buffered by the first de-multiplexing units and correspond to specific channels.
US11546647B2
In one aspect, a method includes identifying an upcoming content modification opportunity on a channel. The method also includes responsive to identifying the upcoming content modification opportunity on the channel, identifying a group of multiple content-presentation devices tuned to the channel. The method also includes for each content-presentation device in the identified group, determining a respective probability of that content-presentation device successfully performing a respective content-modification operation in connection with the identified upcoming content modification opportunity on the channel. The method also includes using at least the determined probabilities as a basis to select, from among the content-presentation devices in the identified group, a subgroup of content-presentation devices. The method also includes performing actions that facilitate causing each of at least some of the content-presentation devices in the selected subgroup to perform a respective content-modification operation in connection with the identified upcoming content modification opportunity on the channel.
US11546641B2
A better compromise between encoding complexity and achievable rate distortion ratio, and/or to achieve a better rate distortion ratio is achieved by using multitree sub-divisioning not only in order to subdivide a continuous area, namely the sample array, into leaf regions, but using the intermediate regions also to share coding parameters among the corresponding collocated leaf blocks. By this measure, coding procedures performed in tiles—leaf regions—locally, may be associated with coding parameters individually without having to, however, explicitly transmit the whole coding parameters for each leaf region separately. Rather, similarities may effectively exploited by using the multitree subdivision.
US11546638B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for video encoding/decoding. In some examples, an apparatus for video decoding includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry reconstructs a first sample in a video carried in a coded video bitstream based on a non linear mapping based filter with a first filter shape configuration. Then, the processing circuitry determines a switch from the first filter shape configuration to a second filter shape configuration, and reconstructs a second sample in the video based on the non linear mapping based filter with the second filter shape configuration.
US11546636B2
A video processing method includes determining, for a conversion between a block of a video and a bitstream representation of the video, that an output value from an inverse secondary transform with a reduced dimension (e.g., an inverse low frequency non-separable transform) is constrained within a range of [min, max] inclusively. The inverse secondary transform is applicable to the block between a de-quantization step and an inverse primary transform. The reduced dimension is reduced from a dimension of the block, and min and max are integer values. The method also includes performing the conversion based on the determining.
US11546635B2
There is provided an image processing apparatus and method that make it possible to suppress degradation of the encoding efficiency. In the case where primary transform that is a transform process for a prediction residual that is a difference between an image and a prediction image of the image is to be skipped, also secondary transform, which is a transform process for a primary transform coefficient obtained by the primary transform of the prediction residual, is skipped. The present disclosure can be applied, for example, to an image processing apparatus, an image encoding apparatus, an image decoding apparatus and so forth.
US11546623B2
A video decoder may be configured to output layers of video data according to layers specified in an output layer set mode as well as based on the actual layers received in an access unit. Accordingly, the video coder may be configured to output layers actually received rather than restart a video bitstream in situations where the layers actually received do not match the layers specified in the output layer set mode. In another example, a video encoder may disable inter prediction when the sub-picture ID of a sub-picture in a currently coded picture does not match the sub-picture ID of a sub-picture in a reference picture.
US11546619B2
A media encoder for encoding a stream of media data blocks has an encoder pipeline including a sequence of processing modules for processing a stream of media data blocks, and a pipeline configurator configured effect a switch in the encoder pipeline from one or more first encode parameters to one or more second encode parameters. The first processing module of the pipeline can be configured to associate a trigger value with at least a first media data block processed at the first processing module in accordance with second encode parameters, the trigger value passing to subsequent modules so as to cause those modules to adopt the second encode parameters.
US11546614B1
There are disclosed techniques for encoding and/or decoding multiple image information, e.g. through recurrent neural network based stereo compression. In an image encoder (1), a primary block (100) encodes a primary image information, and a secondary block (300) encodes a secondary image information. States for the primary block are transformed onto states for the secondary block at a transformation block (200), which keeps into account correspondence information (e.g. disparity information) between the first image information and the second image information. In an image decoder (1b), a primary block (100) decodes an encoded version of a primary image information, and a secondary block (300) encodes an encoded version of a secondary image information. States for the primary block are transformed onto states for the secondary block at a transformation block (200), which keeps into account correspondence information (e.g. disparity information) between the first image information and the second image information.
US11546605B2
An image decoding method is disclosed in the present specification. An image decoding method according to the present invention may include: determining a position of a co-located block of a current block within a co-located picture (co-located picture); determining a representative motion vector of the current block by using motion information at the position of the co-located block; and deriving motion information on a sub-block included in the current block by using the representative motion vector.
US11546604B2
Bi-directional optical flow (BDOF) may be bypassed, for a current coding block, based on whether symmetric motion vector difference (8MVD) is used in motion vector coding for the current coding block, A coding device (e.g., an encoder or a decoder) may determine whether to bypass BDOF for the current coding block based at least in part on an SMVD indication for the current coding block, The coding device may obtain the SMVD indication that indicates whether SMVD is used in motion vector coding for the current coding block. If SMVD Indication indicates that SMVD is used in the motion vector coding for the current coding block, the coding device may bypass BDOF for the current coding block. The coding device may reconstruct, the current coding block without performing BDOF if it determines to bypass BDOF for the current coding block.
US11546597B2
An encoder includes circuitry configured to receive a video frame, partition the video frame into a plurality of blocks, determine a respective spatial activity measure for each block in the plurality of blocks and using a transform matrix, encode the video frame using the spatial activity measure. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
US11546587B2
A method for signaling adaptive loop filter (ALF) settings is provided. A video decoder receives data from a bitstream for a block of pixels to be decoded as a current block of a current picture of a video. The video decoder parses whether to use adaptive parameter set (APS) for filtering the current block without determining whether to select a particular APS from a plurality of APSs. When the APS is used to filter the current block, the video decoder parses a first filter selection index for selecting a filter from a set of filters in the APS. When the APS is not used to filter the current block, the video decoder signals a second filter selection index for selecting a filter from a set of default fixed filters. The video decoder filters the current block based on the selected filter. The video decoder outputs the filtered current block.
US11546569B2
An optical imaging system for imaging a target during a medical procedure, the optical imaging system involving a first camera for capturing a first image of the target, a second wide-field camera for capturing a second image of the target, at least one optional path folding mirror disposed in an optical path between the target and a lens of the second camera, and a processor for receiving the first image and the second image, the processor configured to apply an image transform to one of the first image and the second wide-field image and combine the transformed image with the other one of the images to produce a stereoscopic image of the target.
US11546565B2
An image sensing device includes an image sensor including at least one pixel including a plurality of color channels and an image processor for processing an input image, based on brightness intensity values of the plurality of color channels. The image processor includes: a transmission map generator for generating color channel transmission maps including transmission values that are obtained by respectively converting brightness intensity values of the plurality of color channels, and generating a target transmission map including target transmission values that are obtained by multiplying transmission values among the transmission values that correspond to color channels; a white pixel detector for determining target pixels that are included in a white area, based on the target transmission map; and a white balance adjuster for adjusting white balance, based on average brightness intensity values of respective color channels.
US11546558B2
A method for displaying a video stream of a scene captured by a monitoring camera on a display of a remote client device comprises receiving, at the client device, the video stream and information indicating an on/off status for an IR-illuminator illuminating the scene; setting a display setting of the display differently based on upon the on/off status for the IR-illuminator; and displaying the video stream on the display using the display setting. The client device comprises a display, a receiver which receives a video stream from the monitoring camera, and a control circuit. The control circuit executes an IR-illuminator status function to extract information indicating on/off status for the IR-illuminator illuminating the scene, a display setting function of the display differently upon the on/off status for the IR-illuminator, and a displaying function displays the video stream on the display using the setting set by the display setting function.
US11546556B2
A system includes a plurality of cameras each enabled to operate independently of the others as a component camera. The system includes logic operable to form the component cameras into a network operable as a single federated camera device. The lens types of the component cameras are non-heterogeneous, and the federated camera forms a virtual lens comprising characteristics combining the lens types of the component cameras.
US11546551B2
An apparatus, a system, a method and a computer program product are provided. The system includes a controller configured to broadcast a web-based meeting between a first user and a second user. The system further includes a graphical user interface configured to display the broadcasted web-based meeting. The controller is configured to receive a request from the first user through the graphical user interface. The request includes one of a text question, a recorded video question and a request from the first user to present a live video question to the second user. The controller is further configured to broadcast the request through the graphical user interface as a real time video feed of the first user, so that the first user can ask the question in real time and the second user can respond to the first user's question in real time.
US11546541B2
A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a plurality of element arrays, a signal-processing circuit, and a comparison-voltage generation circuit. Each element array is selectively connected to a vertical signal line and includes an amplification transistor configured to output a first analog signal on the basis of an input analog voltage and an actual value of variation of a characteristic value of each element array included in the plurality of element arrays. The comparison-voltage generation circuit is configured to output a gradually increasing or gradually decreasing comparison voltage. The signal-processing circuit includes a storage circuit and is configured to compare the first analog signal with the comparison voltage and store a timing at which the comparison voltage and a value of a second analog signal generated by adding a predetermined absolute value to the first analog signal match each other onto the storage circuit.
US11546535B2
An abnormal-pixel detecting device includes an image sensor and an image processor. The image sensor is configured to capture an image of a subject. The image processor is configured to calculate: a ratio between a first plurality of pixel values captured by the image sensor and a second plurality of pixel values whose reference position is shifted relative to the first plurality of pixel values in a main scanning direction to obtain a third plurality of pixel values; and detect an abnormal pixel in the third plurality of pixel values.
US11546527B2
A system and methods for compensating for retinitis pigmentosa for a user include using a head-mounted and user-controllable device that can minify the image to more closely match the user's reduced field of view. The user may adjust the amount of minification and may also adjust the magnification of the image.
US11546524B2
Techniques and apparatuses are described for reducing a flicker effect of multiple light sources in an image captured with an imaging device. A lighting frequency associated with each of the multiple light sources is detected and prioritized relative to a flicker effect upon the image to identify at least a first-prioritized lighting frequency and a second-prioritized lighting frequency. A first exposure-time factorization set is determined for the first-prioritized lighting frequency, and a second exposure-time factorization set is determined for the second-prioritized lighting frequency. An exposure time of the imaging device is adjusted to an exposure time identified in the first exposure-time factorization set that matches, or aligns near-to-matching, an exposure time identified in the second exposure-time factorization set.
US11546514B1
This disclosure provides methods, devices, and systems for controlling motion-activated cameras. The present implementations more specifically relate to reducing false triggers in motion-activated camera systems. In some implementations, a motion-activated camera system may include a camera, a first motion sensor having a wide field-of-view (FOV), and a second motion sensor having a narrow FOV. In some aspects, the motion-activated camera system may be configured to operate in a wide-FOV mode or a narrow-FOV mode. In some implementations, the first motion sensor may trigger the camera to capture images of a scene responsive to motion detected in the wide FOV when the system is configured to operate in the wide-FOV mode. In some other implementations, the second motion sensor may trigger the camera to capture images of the scene responsive to motion detected in the narrow FOV when the system is configured to operate in the narrow-FOV mode.
US11546510B2
A convex integrated vehicle inspection and security system embodying a convex parabolic mirror placed at a 45-degree angle and operatively associated with an image capture device capable of capturing a series of image strips at frame rates of up to 900/second. The single image capture device collects light and images using the convex mirror such a way that the composite image of the image strips can be presented as a panoramic image, wherein the panoramic image is displayed as a rectangle where the horizontal direction represents the width of the undercarriage of the vehicle.
US11546507B1
A system and method that guides a user to record initial and final walkthrough videos, along with audio, of their rental property is disclosed. The embodiments also provide a system that can scan a lease for the rental property, as well as audio from a user's narration of the video, and extract and tag particular features of the video for efficient querying at a later time. The system can interpret portions of the lease that are relevant to particular items or components in the apartment (for example, major appliances) and guide the user to perform a comprehensive inspection of the items mentioned in the lease.
US11546504B2
A method for utilizing human recognition and a method utilizing the same are provided. The method for utilizing human recognition includes updating a moving image database to include information about a moving image in which a cluster subject appears, the information being extracted based on clustering using a face feature; receiving a search condition; and detecting moving image information using the database. According to the present disclosure, a skeleton can be analyzed and a face can be recognized using an artificial intelligence (AI) model performing deep learning through a fifth generation (5G) network, and using the analysis result, a photographing composition can be determined, and moving image information can be constructed at an edge.
US11546497B2
Disclosed are an image capturing system and method. In the image capturing system and method, a light path is changed by controlling a reflection angle of a mirror surface using a rotating mirror so that a single camera obtains consecutive images at various angles or at a wide photographing width.
US11546492B2
An imager assembly is disclosed. The imager assembly may have a camera sensor, a circuit board, an electrical contact assembly, and/or a lens assembly. The camera sensor may be operable to generate an image upon exposure to light. The electrical contact assembly may be electrically connected to the circuit board and operable to receive power therefrom. Additionally, the electrical contact assembly may comprise first and second spring contacts. The lens assembly may comprise a lens operable to gather and focus light onto the camera sensor. Further, the lens assembly may comprise a heating element. The heating element may be operable to heat the lens. Further, the heating element may comprise third and fourth contacts, where the third and fourth contacts may engage the first and second contacts, respectively. The engagement may be operable to transmit power.
US11546487B2
A supporting program is executable by a controller of an information processing apparatus and corresponds to a printer connected to the information processing apparatus. The supporting program causes the information processing apparatus to perform processing intermediate image data in accordance with a print parameter received in a print parameter editing process, displaying an image indicated by the processed inter mediate image data on a print preview screen. The information processing apparatus does not restrict printing when print continuation is instructed, while restricting the printing when re-edit or print cancel is instructed.
US11546478B2
An image scanner includes a conveyance path and a conveyor that conveys a medium through the conveyance path. The medium bears a detection mark that is spaced from a leading edge of the medium in a medium conveyance direction. A background member is disposed opposite the conveyance path. A luminance sensor is disposed opposite the background member via the conveyance path. The luminance sensor detects a luminance value of each of the background member and the medium. A controller controls the luminance sensor to detect the luminance value at a plurality of times while the conveyor conveys the medium so as to obtain a plurality of detected luminance values. The controller determines a ground color luminance value of a ground color area on the medium based on a determination range including a first peak luminance value among the plurality of detected luminance values.
US11546476B2
A method and system for transferring access to cellular services from a postpaid subscriber account to a prepaid subscriber account are disclosed. A central postpaid system receives a request to transfer cellular services from the postpaid subscriber account to the prepaid subscriber account. The cellular services are transferred to a central prepaid system for the prepaid subscriber account. The amount of the transferred cellular services is deducted from the postpaid subscriber account stored in the central postpaid system. A monetary amount from the prepaid subscriber account is credited to the postpaid subscriber account for the transferred amount of cellular services.
US11546472B2
A system and method for a cloud callback platform, comprising at least a profile manager, callback manager, interaction manager, media server, context analysis engine, and context aggregator mechanism, allowing user to call business, agents in contact centers, or other users who are connected a cloud callback platform, and, failing to connect to the individual they called, or by request, allow for an automatic callback object to be created, whereby the two users may be automatically called and bridged together at a time when both users are available, and a context summary report is sent to one or more user.
US11546471B2
A system and method including receiving a request to enqueue a communication session; adding the communication session to the queue of a plurality of communication sessions; upon adding the communication to the queue, transferring control logic to the configured wait-state application; receiving a dequeue request initiated by a second entity; in response to the dequeue request, managing the procession of communication sessions in the queue; and dequeuing a communication session from the queue.
US11546459B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a foldable housing, a communication circuit, a first transmission/reception circuit configured to transmit/receive a signal in a first frequency band, a first antenna electrically connected to the first transmission/reception circuit, and disposed on a portion of the first side member, a second transmission/reception circuit configured to transmit/receive a signal in a second frequency band different from the first frequency band, a second antenna electrically connected to the second transmission/reception circuit, and disposed on a portion of the first side member, a sensor configured to detect a contact of a user's body portion, and a processor. The processor may be configured to cause the first transmission/reception circuit to be electrically connected to the second antenna such that the signal in the first frequency band is transmitted/received through the second antenna when the contact of the user's body portion is detected by the sensor.
US11546450B2
Methods for building, transmitting, and receiving frame structures in power line communications (PLC) are described. Various techniques described herein provide a preamble design using one or more symbols. One or more preamble symbols may be interspersed within a header portion of a PLC frame to facilitate estimation of a frame boundary and/or sampling frequency offset, for example, in the presence of impulsive noise.
US11546444B2
A method of traffic forwarding and disambiguation through the use of local proxies and addresses. The technique leverages DNS to on-ramp traffic to a local proxy. The local proxy runs on the end user's device. According to a first embodiment, DNS is used to remap what would normally be a wide range of IP addresses to localhost based on 127.0.0.0/8 listening sockets, where the system can then listen for connections and data. In a second embodiment, a localhost proxy based on a TUN/TAP interface (or other packet interception method) with a user-defined CIDR range to which the local DNS server drives traffic is used. Requests on that local proxy are annotated (by adding data to the upstream connection).
US11546442B2
Technologies for filtering notification content based on event type are provided. The disclosed techniques include causing a plurality of notifications to be presented on a computing device, where the plurality of notifications includes a first notification of a first event type and a second notification of a second event type that is different than the first event type. A plurality of filters is caused to be presented on the computing device, where the plurality of filters includes a first filter that is associated with one or more first event types and a second filter that is associated with one or more second event types. An input that selects the first filter is then received. In response to receiving the input, the one or more first event types are identified. A strict subset of the plurality of notifications that are of one or more of the one or more first event types is identified from among the plurality of notifications. The strict subset of the plurality of notifications is then caused to be presented on the computing device without causing any notifications outside of the strict subset to be presented on the computing device.
US11546441B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided for enhancing users' overall experiences with physical items by supplementing their physical experiences with digital experiences. According to an embodiment, a user uses an electronic device to scan a smart tag associated with an item to obtain an item identifier of the item. The electronic device sends the item identifier to a server, which selects digital content related to the item and sends the selected digital content to the user's electronic device for display.
US11546437B1
Various implementations of the present application set forth a method comprising generating three-dimensional data and two-dimensional data representing a physical space that includes a real-world asset, generating an extended-reality (XR) stream representing a remote collaboration session between a host device and a set of remote devices, where the XR stream includes a combination of the three-dimensional data and the two-dimensional data, a set of augmented-reality (AR) elements associated with the real-world asset, and a set of performed actions associated with a portion of the digital representation or at least one AR element, serializing the XR stream into a set of serialized chunks, transmitting the serialized chunks to the remote devices, where the remote devices recreate the XR stream in a set of remote XR environments, and transmitting the serialized chunks to a remote storage device, where a device subsequently retrieves the serialized chunks to replay the remote collaboration session.
US11546430B2
In an embodiment, process for providing a secure remote workspace includes accessing, via a first client application, a remote desktop application. The process includes activating, within the remote desktop, a second client application to provide access to a task. The process includes obtaining user input in connection with executing the task, and transmitting user input information associated with the execution of the task to a server.
US11546426B2
A system and method for property assignment in a data storage system is presented. A data storage system defines a client configuration profile comprising a set of storage operation properties, wherein the storage operation properties regulate criteria for performing storage operations by the data agent on client devices that are associated with the client configuration profile. A storage management system associates a first client device to the client configuration profile; and communicates the set of properties of the client configuration profile to property tables of corresponding objects in the first client device.
US11546409B2
Techniques to measure consumption of content pages comprising a plurality of distinct content assets are disclosed. In various embodiments, content consumption signal data gathered by a plurality of clients, the content consumption signal data reflecting for at least a subset of content pages user engagement by content asset comprising the content page, is received. The received content consumption signal data and content attribute data associated with each respective content page are used to compute for each content page a content consumption metric reflecting an amount of content determined to have been consumed.
US11546403B2
Disclosed herein is a method and system for providing personalized content to a user. The method comprises categorizing original content to be provided to user into a plurality of data packets. The data packets include data of similar domain. The user is categorized into one of plurality of classes and a vocabulary of words suitable for the class is identified. The class is associated with a domain. The system identifies relevant content for the class. Thereafter, the system modifies the original content by either by inserting a new data packet or deleting a data packet. A target content is generated for the class based on vocabulary of words associated with class and modified original content. Thereafter, the target content is provided to the class by incorporating one or more features of a presenter for presenting the target content. The present disclosure enhances user experience by personalizing content for the user.
US11546398B1
In one embodiment, a device obtains traffic for an application to be sent to a plurality of hybrid Information-Centric Networking clients. The device divides the plurality of hybrid Information-Centric Networking clients into active hybrid Information-Centric Networking clients and passive hybrid Information-Centric Networking clients, based in part on whether a given hybrid Information-Centric Networking client is sharing content with the plurality of hybrid Information-Centric Networking clients via the application. The device sends, to the active hybrid Information-Centric Networking clients, the traffic using a first transport mechanism that guarantees a level of end-to-end latency between the device and the active hybrid Information-Centric Networking clients. The device sends, to the passive hybrid Information-Centric Networking clients, the traffic using a second transport mechanism that does not guarantee the level of end-to-end latency between the device and the passive hybrid Information-Centric Networking clients.
US11546395B2
Methods and devices for asset tracking are provided. An example method involves obtaining a stream of raw data, adding data points from the stream of raw data to a data buffer in a first cycle of data, performing a dataset simplification algorithm on the first cycle of data to determine whether one or more data points from the first cycle of data are to be recorded, preparing the data buffer for a second cycle of data, including determining a group of carry-over data points to be included in the second cycle of data, and continuing to add data points from the stream of raw data to the data buffer in the second cycle of data.
US11546390B1
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for recovering online services user accounts of users based on verification of the users in video conferences, comprising receiving a request for recovering an account of a user of an online service, establishing one or more video conference sessions between a client device used by the user, client devices used by one or more trustees associated with the user and a bot agent initiated for the video conference session(s), operating the bot agent during the one or more video conference sessions to guide the one or more trustees to verify an identity of the user, and initiating an account recovery process for the account of the user in response to receiving a positive verification verdict from the one or more trustees.
US11546387B2
Provided in the present disclosure are a network conference management method and apparatus and a storage medium, and a network conference platform and system, the network conference management method including: acquiring conference reservation information, the conference reservation information at least including the conference start time and the total number of participating devices; on the basis of the total number of participating devices, automatically allocating a target shared conference account and corresponding resources; and, at the conference start time, automatically accessing participating devices already logged into the target shared conference account.
US11546386B2
An automated registration service supported on an application server that interoperates with an IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) core network is configured to dynamically register and deregister devices that are all associated with one or more commonly-utilized phone numbers. The service may assign the phone number to registered devices and, in contrast, un-assign the phone number from deregistered devices. The registration and deregistration of the devices may occur based on the amount of interaction with the device and other real-time contextual information. Furthermore, the automated registration service intelligently determines which registered devices to forward incoming video and/or audio calls to based on various contextual information, including the capabilities of device, identified location of a user, user preferences, etc. By intelligently selecting which devices should receive an incoming call, unnecessary use of bandwidth, data, and resources (e.g., battery power) can be reduced.
US11546375B2
External messaging attacks are detected using trust relationships. A profile is built for each target within an organization using extracted header data from multiple prior messages. Trust scores are derived for each sender of a message for each target profile, each trust score is derived from a degree and a quantity of communication between the respective sender and the target in the extracted header data. Incoming messages are received and a target and a sender of each incoming message is determined. A trust score is retrieved for the sender from the profile of the target for each incoming message, labels are generated for each of incoming message based on the respective trust score, and the respective label is applied to be visible to the target in association with the message for each respective message.
US11546369B2
Systems and methods are disclosed to implement a self-learning machine assessment system that automatically tunes what data is collected from remote machines. In embodiments, agents are deployed on remote machines to collect machine characteristics data according to collection rule sets, and to report the collected data to the machine assessment system. The machine assessment system assesses the remote machines using the collected data, and automatically determines, based on what data was or was not needed during the assessment, whether an agent's collection rule set should be changed. Any determined changes are sent back to the agent, causing the agent to update its scope of collection. The auto-tuning process may continue over multiple iterations until the agent's collection scope is stabilized. In embodiments, the assessment process may be used to analyze the remote machine to determine security vulnerabilities, and recommend possible actions to take to mitigate the vulnerabilities.
US11546367B2
Systems and methods for protecting an automated system (AS) including building a security configuration based on architecture data of the AS such that compliance with the security configuration ensures a security level for AS devices, installing a data transmission application on a gateway of an AS network using the security configuration, and transmitting data from one of the AS devices through the data transmission application such that the actions of the data transmission application are defined by the security configuration.
US11546365B2
A network security assessment engine can assess security on a remote computer network. Agent programs on computing devices on the remote network can execute security tests. The network security assessment engine receives security test results produced by the security tests. The network security assessment engine can determine security test scores based, at least in part, on the security test results. The network security assessment engine can determine an overall network security score based, at least in part, on the security test scores and present the overall network security score. As an example, a network services provider can utilize the network security assessment engine to provide an adaptive, expressive scoring mechanism, allowing the network services provided to more efficiently digest, assess, and report network anomalies within a multitenant context.
US11546361B2
A method and an apparatus for organization and detection of homogeneous and heterogeneous swarms of devices and application of swarm intelligence using swarm intelligence framework are provided. The Swarm Intelligence Framework provides a generic platform for realizing solutions involving Swarm Intelligence Technology via flexible container-based Algorithm Plug-in Architecture which is essential to utilize Swarm Intelligence Framework for various scenarios and use cases, including dynamically loading and using the Swarm Detection Algorithm.
US11546359B2
Embodiments of a cyber threat defense system protects a system from cyber threats with the following operations: Identifying unusual patterns of behavior within the plotted individual alerts and/or events in the multiple dimension space; Clustering the individual alerts and events that form the unusual pattern into a distinct item for cyber threat analysis of that cluster of distinct alerts and/or events; Applying machine learning models to infer for the cyber threat analysis what is possibly happening with the distinct item of the cluster, which came from the unusual pattern, and then assign a threat risk associated with that distinct item of the cluster; and Projecting on a user interface, based on the analysis by the one or more machine learning models, the assigned threat risk associated with that distinct item of the cluster of alerts and/or events forming the unusual pattern.
US11546354B2
A method includes: determining, by a computer device, affinities between components in a networked computer system; determining, by the computer device, a risk level of each of the components; determining, by the computer device, a risk level of the networked computer system; detecting, by the computer device, a threat in the networked computer system; determining, by the computer device, an action based on the threat, the risk level of ones of the components affected by the threat, and the risk level of the system; and reconfiguring, by the computer device, the networked computer system based on the determined action.
US11546349B2
A system is configured to authorize client access to an application programming interface (API) of a host device. A proxy is configured to handle network traffic between a host and a client. Clients engage the host through the proxy to access an API of the host. An authorized client-side application permitted use of the API includes an API request to the proxy. The proxy determines whether an internet protocol (IP) address of the client and the token match an existing IP-token pair. If no match exists, the proxy determines whether the token matches an existing token. The proxy authorizes the client access to the API when the IP and token match an existing pair or if the token does not match an existing token and the token is verified by the proxy.
US11546348B2
A system may be disclosed in the present disclosure, comprising: an interface service unit configured to perform at least one of sending data to or receiving data from one or more users via a user interface; and a transmission unit including: a blockchain adaptor configured to transmit data to a plurality of different types of blockchains, via a blockchain interface, according to data format and communication mode requirements of each of the plurality of different types of blockchains and a transmission controller configured to trigger a smart contract running on a blockchain of the plurality different types of blockchains via the blockchain interface, and control a data transmission under instructions from the smart contract, wherein the data transmission is based on data received from the user interface.
US11546342B2
An information processing apparatus includes a first port, a second port, a storage device, and a determining unit. The first port is to be connected to a first network having a first security level. The second port is to be connected to a second network having a second security level. The second security level is lower than the first security level. The storage device holds first setting information for connection to the first network and second setting information for connection to the second network. The determining unit makes network connection to at least the first port in accordance with the second setting information and determines, on the basis of a result from the network connection to at least the first port in accordance with the second setting information, whether the network connection to the first port is made properly.
US11546339B2
Various implementations disclosed herein provide a method for authenticating users to an enterprise network using closed subscriber groups. The method includes determining whether the client device is associated with a subscriber group that corresponds to the enterprise network. The method further includes granting the client device access to the enterprise network in response to determining that the client device is associated with the subscriber group that corresponds to the enterprise network.
US11546334B2
Client devices in public workspaces are typically reconfigured to default settings for each new user. Thus, a user may manually pre-configure a publicly accessible client device each time the user accesses a virtual workspace via the device. Systems and methods according to this disclosure provide client device configuration based on user identification. Upon launching a remote access application on a “fresh” client device that has not been configured for remote access, the user may be prompted to provide user identifying information, such as, biometric information. A user identification may be determined based on the user identifying information. Various configuration settings may be determined based on the user identification. The client device may be configured based on the determined configuration settings. After the client device is configured, the user may be prompted for authentication credentials. If the user is successfully authenticated, the user is authorized to access the user's virtual workspace.
US11546332B2
Methods and systems for establishing a chain of relationships are disclosed. An identity verification platform receives a first request for registration comprising an identification of a first user, identification of an entity, and a relationship between the first user and the entity; verifies the identity of the first user and the relationship between the first user and the entity; and verifies that the entity is legitimate. Once a relationship between a first individual, invited by the first user, and the entity is confirmed, the platform creates a custom badge representing the relationship between the first individual and the entity for display on the entity's website. The platform receives an identification of a selection by an end user of the custom badge and, responsive to receiving the identification of the selection, renders, on a domain controlled by the identity verification platform, a verification that the relationship between the first individual and the entity is valid.
US11546331B2
Credential and authentication management in scalable data networks is described, including detecting a request from an extension installed on a browser to access a data network, initiating another request from the extension to a server to retrieve authentication data to access the data network, transferring from the server to the extension the authentication data and an instruction to the extension to generate a further request, transmitting the further request to the data network from the browser, the request comprising the authentication data from the server without manual input of the authentication data, presenting an overlay on the browser, the overlay being configured to indicate a login status associated with the data network, and monitoring a cookie and data transferred between the data network and the browser at an application layer or data layer after access to the data network has been provided to the browser in response to the request.
US11546301B2
In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for autonomous firewall rule management, for use with cloud computing environments or other types of network environments. A firewall rule management automation framework provides rule management for firewalls deployed across availability domains. The system is adapted to automatically determine firewalls that can receive network traffic from a given source subnet or destination subnet; configure the firewalls with required firewall rules; monitor the firewall rules through collection of metrics snapshots and rule hit counts; and purge underused or potentially obsolete firewall rules, for example those having zero hits over a particular period of time or number of snapshots. The system provide generic support for different types of firewall devices, and autonomous management of firewall rules within large heterogeneous computer networks that may include several types of firewalls.
US11546300B2
A firewall service for a cloud computing environment is described that uses an application identifier-based ruleset to process data packets. An application identifier-based rule may provide an action to be taken on a received packet based on the source application identifier, the destination application identifier, and/or an identification token associated with the source application. A firewall controller may verify applications of the computing environment, provide unique application identifiers, and manage the application identifier rules for one or more firewalls of the computing environments.
US11546281B1
Electronic messages, such as emails, often ask questions, ask that a task be done, or assign a task. The responsive messages often forget to answer the questions and the responders often forget to calendar tasks. Advances in natural language processing provide computers the ability to notice the questions and task requests/assignments. Automated analysis of the messages can detect and highlight questions, can provide for draft responses addressing every question, and can provide for getting tasks calendared.
US11546278B2
Non-limiting examples of the present disclosure pertain to management over the type of notification that is generated and presented to a user relative to an occurrence of a message notification. Processing is executed that evaluates a relevance of a content update to content that is already presented to a user through host application/service endpoints. This helps determine how to present a graphical user interface (GUI) notification as well as link that GUI notification to existing communications that are identified as contextually relevant. Trained artificial intelligence modeling is applied that executes relevance analysis to aid generation of a GUI notification. Said relevance analysis correlates a content portion, of a content update, with a content sub-range assigned in a live representation of the distributed collaborative canvas, where a live representation is an editable and synchronized representation of the distributed collaborative canvas that presents the content sub-range inline within a host application/service endpoint.
US11546273B2
Some embodiments provide a network forwarding element with a data-plane forwarding circuit that has a parameter collecting circuit to store and distribute parameter values computed by several machines in a network. In some embodiments, the machines perform distributed computing operations, and the parameter values that compute are parameter values associated with the distributed computing operations. The parameter collecting circuit of the data-plane forwarding circuit (data plane) in some embodiments (1) stores a set of parameter values computed and sent by a first set of machines, and (2) distributes the collected parameter values to a second set of machines once it has collected the set of parameter values from all the machines in the first set. The first and second sets of machines are the same set of machines in some embodiments, while they are different sets of machines (e.g., one set has at least one machine that is not in the other set) in other embodiments. In some embodiments, the parameter collecting circuit performs computations on the parameter values that it collects and distributes the result of the computations once it has processed all the parameter values distributed by the first set of machines. The computations are aggregating operations (e.g., adding, averaging, etc.) that combine corresponding subset of parameter values distributed by the first set of machines.
US11546269B2
This application provides a scheduling method and an apparatus. The method includes: determining, by an application processor, a type of a to-be-sent data packet, and putting, by the application processor, the to-be-sent data packet into a quality of service QoS data flow corresponding to the type of the to-be-sent data packet, where the type of the to-be-sent data packet is a GBR type or a non-GBR type; and scheduling, by the application processor, a to-be-sent data packet in a QoS data flow corresponding to the GBR type to send the to-be-sent data packet to a modem in a terminal in which the application processor is located, and after determining that a data transmission rate requirement of the GBR type is met, scheduling, by the application processor, a to-be-sent data packet in a QoS data flow corresponding to the non-GBR type to send the to-be-sent data packet to the modem.
US11546266B2
A method for correlating discarded network traffic with network policy events in a network includes receiving a flow record. The flow record includes initial network flow information in a standard flow record format. Discarded network traffic information associated with each network policy is received from a network policy enforcement device. Network traffic is discarded based on a network traffic policy. The received flow record is correlated with the received discarded network traffic information. The discarded network traffic information is encoded into the received flow record based on the correlation while maintaining the initial network flow information to yield an enhanced flow record.
US11546259B2
This application provides wireless communications configuration methods and apparatuses. One method includes: receiving, by a service node of a server, a first packet sent by a client device, wherein a destination address of the first packet is an internet protocol (IP) address of the server; sending, by the service node, a second packet to the client device, wherein the second packet comprises the IP address of the service node; and receiving, by the service node, a third packet sent by the client device, wherein a destination address of the third packet is the IP address of the service node that is different from the destination address of the first packet.
US11546258B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, a first waveguide system that receives first electromagnetic waves that propagate along a transmission medium where the transmission medium comprises an external surface where the first electromagnetic waves propagate along the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path, and where the first electromagnetic waves convey data. The first waveguide system can generate, according to the first electromagnetic waves, first signals, where the first signals convey the data. The first waveguide system can provide the first signals to a switching device that facilitates generating and providing, according to the first signals and routing information conveyed by the first signals, second signals to a second waveguide system selected from among a group of waveguide systems communicatively coupled to the switching device, where the second signals convey at least a first portion of the data. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11546257B1
An example network infrastructure device of a software defined wide area network (SD-WAN) comprises processing circuitry and a memory including instructions that cause the network infrastructure device to advertise a set of SD-WAN overlay tunnels terminating at the network infrastructure device, receive a network connectivity graph including a categorized set of network infrastructure devices that are members of an advertisement area and links between the set of network infrastructure devices, receive data traffic intended for a destination device of the set of network infrastructure devices, determine, based on the network connectivity graph, a preferred path to the destination device, and transmit the data traffic via an interface associated with the preferred path.
US11546252B2
A parallel flooding topology repair method performed by a node for repairing a flooding topology. The parallel flooding topology repair method detects a failed link and/or a failed node on a flooding topology, determines whether the failed link and/or failed node results in a flooding topology split, and repair the flooding topology by performing a local flooding topology repair process when the flooding topology is split.
US11546251B2
Systems and methods for managing communication of a plurality of devices in a computer network having a plurality of access points, including identifying, by a second access point of the computer network, a communication request from at least one device of the plurality of devices; sending, by a first access point of the computer network, at least one communication rule to the second access point, the at least one communication rule including conditions for communication corresponding to the identified communication request; and blocking, by the second access point, communication to the second access point when the received communication request is inadmissible according to the at least one communication rule.
US11546249B2
Techniques are disclosed for session-based routing within Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Model Layer-2 (L2) networks extended over Layer-3 (L3) networks. In one example, L2 networks connect a first client device to a first router and a second client device to a second router. An L3 network connects the first and second routers. The first router receives, from the first client device, an L2 frame destined for the second client device. The first router generates an L3 packet comprising an L3 header specifying L3 addresses of the first and second routers, a first portion of metadata comprising L2 addresses for the first and second client devices, and a second portion of metadata comprising L3 addresses for the first and second client devices, and forwards the L3 packet to the second router. The second router recovers the L2 frame from the metadata and forwards the L2 frame to the second client device.
US11546248B2
The disclosed invention provide system and method to ensure resiliency in a network where audio capturing service experiences a failure on one or more active nodes. The network failover system is coupled to a Layer 3 (L3) network and communicates with a network switch through which network packets are transmitted. The failover system performs operations that include receiving network packets that are mirrored via the network switch, monitoring a primary node that captures audio data in the network packets, sending the network packets to a fallback node during an outage of the primary node, examining the network packets to determine which packets are audio-related packets, collecting audio-related packets, and storing the collected audio-related packets in a data storage. The fallback node is in the Layer 3 (L3) network.
US11546247B2
In some embodiments, a first provider edge (PE) router is coupled to a first customer edge (CE) router; a second CE router; and a second PE router. The second PE router is coupled to the first CE router and the second CE router. The first PE router is configured with a primary label comprising a primary next hop of the first CE router and a backup next hop of the second PE router and a secondary label comprising a primary next hop of the first CE router and a backup next hop of the second CE router. The second PE router is configured with a primary label comprising a primary next hop of the first CE router and a backup next hop of the first PE router and a secondary label comprising a primary next hop of the first CE router and a backup next hop of the second CE router.
US11546240B2
Techniques for using traceroute with tunnels and cloud-based systems for determining measures of network performance are presented. Systems and methods include periodically performing a full trace, at a first interval, to a destination; periodically performing a short trace, at a second interval that is less than the first interval, to a node in a cloud-based system; responsive to detection of issues based on the short trace, performing a full trace to the destination; and providing results of any of the full trace, the short trace, and any associated issues detected based thereon.
US11546239B2
Embodiments herein disclose conditioning traffic through multiple data paths of a Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN). Some embodiments include monitoring a first and a second path through an SD-WAN to reach a destination node, comparing the link utilization for the first and the second path to generate an allocation ratio of the first and the second path, allocating a sequence of data packets to the first and the second path using the allocation ratio to generate a first path data sequence and a second path data sequence, generating a forward error correction (FEC) packet for first path sequence, sending the first path data sequence to the destination node on the first path, sending the second path data sequence to the destination node on the second path, and sending the FEC packet on at least one of the first and the second path.
US11546237B2
The present invention relates to a detection method for a multi-access edge computing architecture. The multi-access edge computing architecture uses the technology of bump-in-the-wire (BITW) to be deployed between the user device and the core network. The multi-access edge computing architecture includes a baseboard management controller, an edge computing service module, a central processing unit module, and a switching module. When any function in the multi-access edge computing architecture fails, the detection method of the present invention is used to actively detect and directly connect the base station to the core network. When the function is restored, the detection method of the present invention can actively restore the original path of the base station and the core network connected to the multi-access edge computing architecture to achieve seamless debugging and other purposes.
US11546236B2
Facilitating measurements and radio link monitoring in a wireless communications system is provided herein. A method can comprise determining, by a network device of a communications network and comprising a processor, a first resource configuration related to first measurement resources of a first radio link between a mobile device and a first distributed unit of distributed units of the communications network. The method can also comprise determining, by the network device, a second resource configuration related to a second measurement resources of a second radio link between the mobile device and a second distributed unit of the distributed units. Further, the method can comprise facilitating, by the network device, a transmission of a report that comprises the first resource configuration and the second resource configuration.
US11546233B2
A Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) system reads, from a data bus coupled to the NFV system, Virtual Network Function (VNF) parameters published to the data bus by a new VNF. The NFV system publishes, to the data bus based on the VNF parameters, instructions to multiple components of the NFV system defining which VNF capabilities of the new VNF are to be managed, controlled, or monitored by which of the multiple NFV system components. The multiple components of the NFV system control, manage, or monitor the new VNF based on the published instructions. The data bus can include a Data Movement as a Platform (DMaaP) system that publishes and subscribes to streams of records.
US11546231B2
A premises networking device includes hardware components including speakers, microphone, infrared sensor, spectrum analyzer and wireless interfaces. A touch screen display presents a user interface that provides information about network conditions and configuration settings and a menu for setting and changing configuration settings. Different versions of the user interface are displayed based on whether a user is in proximity to the device. The user interface includes shapes representing user devices, the visual characteristics of which change based on the current network conditions. A health score, which is an evaluation of network performance based on measurements of aspects of the conditions of the network, is displayed in real time. A network management system includes a network management platform for storing network conditions and configuration information and pushing the information to premises networking devices. An application programming interface allows third-party applications to send instructions to and access data from various system processes.
US11546219B1
Techniques are described for enabling users of a cloud provider network to define and use custom “virtual regions” comprised of selected sets of cloud provider network infrastructure locations. A cloud provider network enables users to obtain information about available infrastructure locations and to identify locations that satisfy a set of performance characteristics and other parameters. Once a set of desirable infrastructure locations have been identified, users can request the creation of a virtual region to be associated with their user account, where the request specifies a set of infrastructure locations to comprise the virtual region. Once a virtual region is created, users can cause computing resources to be launched into or otherwise associated with the virtual region in a manner similar to the use of existing regions and availability zones.
US11546217B1
One aspect of the instant application facilitates detection of configuration anomaly. During operation, a system can convert a set of rules associated with configuration syntax information for a feature in a respective feature document to at least a structured regular expression. Then the system generates a set of configuration templates with a respective configuration template including the structured regular expression corresponding to the feature document. The system can select, based on a target configuration associated with the network device, a subset of the configuration templates and can extract, based on a match between the selected configuration templates and the target configuration, a set of features. The system can determine one or more rules associated with the extracted features. Based on the one or more rules the system can determine an anomaly in the target configuration and generate at least one recommended configuration to alleviate the anomaly.
US11546209B2
Systems and techniques for providing more efficient remote provisioning of assets for software applications are provided. Such systems and techniques allow for more flexible distribution of such assets while reducing bandwidth consumption and storage requirements on provisioned devices and reducing delay time from requesting a software application on a remote device and then having the remote device actually execute the requested software application.
US11546207B2
Implementations generally relate methods, systems, and computer readable media for providing automatic access point registration. In some implementations, a method includes receiving an indication of automatic device on-boarding activation. The method further includes receiving a selection of one or includes identification more reference devices. The method further includes determining one or more detectable devices of the one or more candidate devices to be onboarded that are detectable by at least one of the one or more reference devices. The method further includes obtaining one or more automatic configuration parameters from one or more of the reference devices. The method further includes configuring one or more of the detectable devices to be onboarded with the one or more automatic configuration parameters.
US11546206B2
A device includes a processor and a memory. The processor effectuates operations including monitoring enterprise network traffic associated with one or more user device (UE). The processor further effectuates operations including comparing the enterprise network traffic to a UE profile associated with each of the one or more UE. The processor further effectuates operations including determining whether the comparison indicates that a predetermined threshold has been exceeded. The processor further effectuates operations including in response to the indication that the predetermined threshold has been exceeded, generating an alert, wherein exceeding the predetermined threshold is indicative of a denial of service attack on an enterprise network or an attempt to remove enterprise data via the one or more UE.
US11546200B2
Disclosed in various embodiments are a method for transmitting/receiving a signal in a wireless communication system, and a device supporting same. More particularly, disclosed in various embodiments are a method for transmitting/receiving a synchronization signal block (SSB) in an unlicensed band, and a device supporting same.
US11546189B2
An access node that can be configured and optimized to perform input and output (I/O) tasks, such as storage and retrieval of data to and from network devices (such as solid state drives), networking, data processing, and the like. For example, the access node may be configured to receive data to be processed, wherein the access node includes a plurality of processing cores, a data network fabric, and a control network fabric; receive, over the control network fabric, a work unit message indicating a processing task to be performed a processing core; and process the work unit message, wherein processing the work unit message includes retrieving data associated with the work unit message over the data network fabric.
US11546187B2
A communication system for an industrial process includes multiple slave modules connected in series with a master controller. The master controller stores a communication schedule that defines an ordered sequence of messages and identifiers associated with each message. The master controller transmits messages downstream through the slave modules to a terminal one of the slave modules. The terminal slave module generates a return message that is transmitted upstream to the master controller. Each slave module receives each downstream message, identifies based on the message identifier whether the message is associated with response information from the slave module, and inserts the response information into corresponding upstream messages.
US11546186B2
Techniques and system configurations for generating and implementing recipes and scripts to enable the orchestration of actions, activities, and configurations within smart devices and device networks (including the Internet of Things “IoT” network topologies) are described herein. In an example, a method for smart device orchestration and configuration includes: obtaining an orchestration recipe that defines a sequence of actions to be performed among multiple types of smart devices; activating the orchestration recipe for use upon multiple smart devices associated with a user, based on at least one condition to perform the sequence of actions; associating the orchestration recipe with respective configurations of the multiple smart devices associated with the user; and initiating the orchestration recipe, to cause the sequence of actions to be performed with the multiple smart devices, including via cloud-based device services that control the multiple smart devices associated with the user.
US11546184B2
Some examples relate to selection of a rendezvous point in an IP multicast network managing multicast group traffic. An example includes transmitting, from a controller in a cloud computing system, messages to a source device and a host device in an IP multicast-capable network, which may include two peer network devices that are virtualized to function as one virtual device. Based on the response to the messages, the controller may determine that the source device is present in OSI layer 3 and the host device is present in OSI layer 2. The controller may determine that the peer network are located downstream in relation to the determined layer of the source device. The controller may select a non-peer network device as a rendezvous point in the IP multicast-capable network. Further to the selection, the controller may synchronize an active-active configuration between the peer network devices.
US11546182B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for managing meeting notes. In accordance with some embodiments, a method is provided that includes receiving nonverbal cue information associated with one or more meeting participants, determining an engagement level for each of the one or more meeting participants based on emotional information associated with the nonverbal cue information, composing meeting notes based on the determined engagement level for each of the one or more meeting participants, and storing the meeting notes.
US11546181B1
An approach is provided in which the approach establishes a geo-fence around a user in response to the user invoking a video conversation corresponding to a conversational context. The approach determines an action in response to detecting an entity crossing the geo-fence. The action is based on the entity and the conversational context of the video conversation. The approach invokes the action by transmitting a message to a device in proximity to the entity.
US11546162B2
In a distributed system, a first computer system may require computationally verifiable assurances of the authenticity and integrity of computations (e.g., performed as part of the execution of a program) performed by a second computer system. Methods described herein may be utilized to enforce and/or ensure the correct execution of a program. The first computer system may delegate execution of a program to a second computer system and a protocol may be employed to constrain the second computer system to perform a correct execution of the program. The protocol may include mitigation and correction routines that mitigate and/or correct the incorrect execution of a program. In various systems and methods described herein, the protocol may utilize a blockchain network such as a Bitcoin-based blockchain network.
US11546150B2
An electronic device (such as an IoT controller) that distributes a link key is described. During operation, while an administrator is logged in, the electronic device may receive the link key using a secure widget, where the link key may facilitate secure communication via a link. Then, the electronic device may generate an access key, and may generate an encrypted version of the link key based at least in part on the access key and the link key, where the access key enables access to the link key based at least in part on the encrypted version of the link key. Next, the electronic device may store the link key, the access key and/or the encrypted version of the link key in a trusted envelope or partition in the memory with encryption. Moreover, when the administrator logs out, the electronic device may disable access to the trusted envelope.
US11546128B2
Interface devices and systems that include interface devices are disclosed. In some implementations, a device includes a transceiver configured to transmit and receive data, a lane margining controller in communication with the transceiver and configured to control the transceiver to transmit, through a margin command, to an external device, a request for requesting a state of an elastic buffer of the external device, and control the transceiver to receive the state of the elastic buffer of from the external device, and a port setting controller adjust a clock frequency range of a spread spectrum clocking scheme based on the state of the elastic buffer.
US11546126B2
Method and systems are provided for receiving and transmitting signals over a time division duplex communication path (the “Path”). Operations may include sending a first signal via an uplink portion of the Path, and receiving a second signal via a downlink portion of the Path. The Path operates over a first band having a first frequency range and during a communication time including an uplink period (TU) and a downlink period (TD). The uplink portion is sent during the uplink period, uses a first portion of the first frequency range and is disposed between a first uplink guard band portion and a second uplink guard band portion. The guard bands are allocated from a second portion and a third portion of the first band. The first band is disposed between a second band, providing a second communication path, and a third band providing an FDD communication path.
US11546119B2
A method for transmitting uplink control information and an apparatus therefor are disclosed. In a method for transmitting uplink control information using a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) in a wireless communication system, the method is performed by a terminal and includes receiving downlink control information including an accumulated number of physical downlink shared channels (PDSCH) transmissions associated with a cell group configured for the terminal, coding the uplink control information using the accumulated number of PDSCH transmissions, and transmitting the coded uplink control information using the PUSCH.
US11546109B2
The present application relates to a method and apparatus for MPDCCH performance enhancement. One embodiment of the present disclosure provides an apparatus comprising: a receiver that receives a first reference signal, a second reference signal and a control signal; and a processer that decodes the control signal based on at least one of: the first reference signal and the second reference signal, wherein the second reference signal on an antenna port is associated with a precoder, and the antenna port of the second reference signal and the precoder for the antenna port of the second reference signal are adopted within a time duration and a frequency band.
US11546096B2
A method for communicating data between Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) devices in a network (100) including multiple nodes (200, 202). The method includes starting a scan mode at a first node (200) having data to send; and determining whether data to send has been transmitted to the first node from an upstream node or a downstream node. If the data to send was received from a downstream node, the first node begins a scan mode. If the data to send was received from an upstream node, the first node begins an ADV event.
US11546095B2
Provided are a method and device for providing vehicle-to-everything (V2X) services in next generation wireless access technology (New RAT). The method controls the sidelink HARQ feedback operation by a terminal. A PSSCH scheduled by a PSCCH including sidelink control information is received from a transmitting terminal. Wireless resources of a PSFCH including HARQ feedback information regarding the PSSCH are determined and allocated in one symbol. The PSFCH, allocated in the one symbol, are repeatedly transmitted to the transmitting terminal in two consecutive symbols.
US11546081B2
A method and an apparatus for configuring an uplink time-frequency resource set, and a method and an apparatus for receiving an uplink time-frequency resource set. The configuration method includes: configuring at least one uplink time-frequency resource set for a user configured with an uplink transmission multiplexing mode, wherein the uplink time-frequency resource set includes time-frequency resource units on which the user performs rate matching; and transmitting one or more indication groups to the user to indicate at least one of the uplink time-frequency resource sets, wherein each uplink time-frequency resource set is indicated by at least one of the indication groups.
US11546078B1
A method and system are provided for continuously monitoring bandwidth utilization in real time on a backbone of a network. Prefixes using the highest traffic can be identified and additional bandwidth can be provisioned in the form of optical transponder wavelengths. The additional bandwidth can be an express path that passes directly through optical nodes (thereby bypassing transit network devices) to the destination optical node. A centralized controller can perform the monitoring of the network devices, decide that an express path needs to be generated, and control both the network device and the optical network nodes to generate the express path from the network device, through the optical network, to the destination network device. The controller can apply and remove IP static routes and IP addresses associated with an express path. Additionally, the controller can request the setup or tear-down of an optical wavelength within the optical network.
US11546077B2
Deep neural networks (DNNs) have become very popular in many areas, especially classification and prediction. However, as the number of neurons in the DNN increases to solve more complex problems, the DNN becomes limited by the latency and power consumption of existing hardware. A scalable, ultra-low latency photonic tensor processor can compute DNN layer outputs in a single shot. The processor includes free-space optics that perform passive optical copying and distribution of an input vector and integrated optoelectronics that implement passive weighting and the nonlinearity. An example of this processor classified the MNIST handwritten digit dataset (with an accuracy of 94%, which is close to the 96% ground truth accuracy). The processor can be scaled to perform near-exascale computing before hitting its fundamental throughput limit, which is set by the maximum optical bandwidth before significant loss of classification accuracy (determined experimentally).
US11546076B2
A terminal is disclosed that includes a processor that determines a cyclic shift based on a cyclic shift index associated with an orthogonal cover code index configured by a higher layer and a transmitter that transmits on an uplink control channel, uplink control information to which an orthogonal cover code associated with the orthogonal cover code index is applied. The transmitter further transmits, within a resource block assigned for the uplink control channel, a demodulation reference signal using a reference signal sequence having the cyclic shift. In other aspects, a radio control method for a terminal and a base station are also disclosed.
US11546064B2
An optical transmission system including an optical transmission device and an optical reception device that receives, via an optical transmission line, a signal transmitted from the optical transmission device, the optical transmission system including a transmission-mode selection unit that selects transmission mode information in descending order of priority out of transmission mode information, which is combinations of a plurality of parameters concerning transmission performance, the transmission mode information being a plurality of kinds of the transmission mode information common to the transmission performance of the optical transmission device and the optical reception device, a signal transmission unit that transmits, to the optical reception device, a signal modulated based on the selected transmission mode information, and a signal reception unit that receives the signal and modulates the received signal based on the transmission mode information selected by the transmission-mode selection unit.
US11546048B2
A system and method for Time Division Multiplexing a signal for a beam hopping relay including generating the signal by interleaving first multi-variable length SuperFrames (VLSFs) with second multi-VLSFs; and transmitting the signal to the beam hopping relay. In the method, the first multi-VLSFs includes at least one first VLSF, the second multi-VLSFs includes at least one second VLSF, each of the first multi-VLSFs has a duration of a first dwell period, each of the second multi-VLSFs has a duration of a second dwell period, each of the at least one first VLSF and each of the at least one second VLSFs includes at least one SuperFrame unit (SFU). Further, the first dwell period is an integral multiple of the first duration, the second dwell period is an integral multiple of the second duration, and the first duration is different than the second duration.
US11546045B2
Wireless communication systems and methods related radio link failure monitoring and handling in full-duplex communications are provided. A user equipment communicates, with a base station, in a full-duplex mode using a first uplink beam and a first downlink beam. The user equipment detects a beam failure of at least one of the first uplink beam or the first downlink beam. The user equipment determines whether the beam failure is associated with self-interference in the full-duplex mode. The user equipment determines, based at least in part on the determination that the beam failure is associated with the self-interference in the full-duplex mode, to refrain from declaring a radio link failure.
US11546043B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) with the capability to support a single active TCI state may receive configuration signaling which configures the UE with an active transmission configuration indication (TCI) state corresponding to a first beam for a control resource set and a shared data channel. The UE may perform a random access channel procedure to select a second beam from a set of different beams. The UE may update a quasi co-location (QCL) assumption for the control resource set to correspond to the second beam and deactivate the active TCI state based on updating the QCL assumption. The UE may then monitor the control resource set, the shared data channel, or both, using the second beam. The UE may deactivate the TCI state and use the indicated downlink beam so that the UE does not exceed its capability.
US11546042B1
Monitoring a MIMO pairing efficiency of a sector to determine whether or not to enable/disable inter-band carrier aggregation. If the pairing efficiency (whether predicted or actual) is high, inter-band carrier aggregation is disabled, and if the pairing efficiency is low, then inter-band carrier aggregation is enabled. The inter-band carrier aggregation utilizes a low-frequency carrier as a primary component carrier and a high-frequency carrier as a secondary component carrier. The MIMO mode of operation utilizes the high-frequency carrier for control transmissions.
US11546011B1
An RF device may include RF circuitry having a PIN diode configured to switch an RF signal, and a biasing circuit. The biasing circuit may include a controllable power supply having a control input and an current output coupled to the PIN diode to selectively bias the PIN diode into an ON state, and a feedback circuit coupled between the current output and the control input of the controllable power supply to set a current delivered to the PIN diode in the ON state.
US11546005B1
Disclosed is a digital radio-frequency transmitter, which includes a digital logic mixer, a digital power amplifier and an antenna, wherein an output terminal of the digital logic mixer is connected with an input terminal of the digital power amplifier; an output terminal of the digital power amplifier is connected to the antenna; the digital logic mixer is configured to perform logic mixing on baseband data and a radio-frequency local oscillator clock signal which are input into the digital radio-frequency transmitter to generate radio-frequency data; the digital power amplifier is configured to convert the radio-frequency data into an analog power signal; and the antenna is configured to transmit the analog power signal out. According to the digital radio-frequency transmitter of the present application, the circuit layout area and the circuit operation consumption can be effectively reduced.
US11546004B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to an apparatus for wireless communication. The apparatus may include a set of power detectors configured to generate a set of analog signals related to a set of output signal power levels of a set of transmit chains of a transmitter, respectively; an analog summer; a set of switching devices configured to send a selected one or more of the set of analog signals to the analog summer, and substantially isolated unselected one or more of the set of power detectors from the analog summer, wherein the analog summer is configured to generate a cumulative analog signal based on a sum of the selected one or more of the set of analog signals; an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) configured to generate a digital signal based on the cumulative analog signal; and a controller configured to control the set of switching devices.
US11546001B2
A method for preprocessing data for device operations can include preprocessing measurement data using a machine learning technique, determining, by a Kalman filter and based on (1) the preprocessed measurement data or the measurement data and (2) prediction data from a prediction model predicting a measurement associated with the measurement data, corrected measurement data, and providing the corrected measurement data based on the predicted measurement and the preprocessed measurement data.
US11545999B2
A data storage system and method are provided for storing data in non-volatile memory devices. Binary data is received for storage in a non-volatile memory device. The binary data is converted into non-binary data comprising base-X values, where X is an integer greater than two. The non-binary data is encoded to generate a codeword and the codeword is written to a wordline of the non-volatile memory device.
US11545992B2
The present description relates to a comparator (2) comprising a ring of gates (110A, 110B, 110A′, 110B′, 106, 108) in series, wherein: each gate implements an inverting function between a first input (100) and an output (102) of the gate; at least one (110A′, 110B′) gate is controllable and is associated with another gate; each controllable gate (110A′, 110B′) comprises a control input (116) coupled with the output (102) of said associated gate, and prevents switching of its output (102) to a high state if its control input (116) is in the high state, and to a low state otherwise; and the control input (116) of each controllable gate (110A′, 110B′) receives the output (102) of said associated gate if an even number of gates separates these two gates, and receives the complement of said output if not.
US11545990B2
An analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) system is operated with a duty cycle. During the ON period, the ADC circuits perform analog-to-digital conversions of an analog input signal. During the Standby period, the ADC system is in either a standby state or a foreground calibration state. The ADC system operates in a reduced-power mode in the standby state. In the foreground calibration state, the ADC system performs a portion of a foreground calibration cycle during a calibration time slot. The foreground calibration cycle is performed over multiple calibration time slots. The foreground calibration cycle and the calibration time slots are configurable by changing the values of control registers that represent calibration parameters.
US11545987B1
In an embodiment, a method includes initializing an input clock rotating register by sending a reset signal synchronized to an input clock signal and initializing an output clock rotating register by sending the reset signal synchronized to an output clock signal. The method further providing a data input synchronized to the output clock to a plurality of mux-flops. The output clock rotating register activates one of the plurality of mux-flops to receive the data input. The method further includes forwarding the data input via the one of the plurality of mux-flops to a multiplexer. The multiplexer has a selection input of the input clock rotating register. The method further includes selecting the data input as the output of the multiplexer to be a data output signal, such that the data output is synchronized with the input clock.
US11545985B2
An apparatus includes a digitally controlled oscillator (DCO), which includes an inductor coupled in series with a first capacitor. The DCO further includes a second capacitor coupled in parallel with the series-coupled inductor and first capacitor, a first inverter coupled in parallel with the second capacitor, and a second inverter coupled back-to-back to the first inverter. The DCO further includes a digital-to-analog-converter (DAC) to vary a capacitance of the first capacitor.
US11545984B2
A charge pump has a first branch that includes a first node connected between a first pull-up switch and a first pull-down switch and a second branch that includes a second node connected between a second pull-up switch and a second pull-down switch. The second branch is connected in parallel with the first branch. The charge pump has a voltage equalization circuit to equalize a first voltage at the first node and a second voltage at the second node. A third branch includes a third node that is connected between a third pull-up switch and a third pull-down switch. The third node is connected to the second node. The third pull-up switch and the first pull-up switch are controlled by a common pull-up signal. The third pull-down switch and the first pull-down switch are controlled by a common pull-down signal.
US11545977B2
A buffer circuit includes an input terminal configured to receive an input signal, an output terminal, a buffer, and an RC circuit coupled in series with the buffer between the input terminal and the output terminal. The RC circuit includes a first transistor and an RC network including a resistor and a capacitor, the first transistor is coupled in series with the resistor between a power supply node and a reference node, and the buffer and the RC circuit are configured to generate an output signal based on the input signal.
US11545969B1
A driver circuit may be configured to control a power switch. The driver circuit may comprise an output pin configured to deliver signals to a gate of the power switch to control an ON/OFF state of the power switch, and a comparator configured to compare a gate-to-source voltage of the power switch to a first threshold when the power switch is ON and to compare the gate-to-source voltage of the power switch to a second threshold when the power switch is OFF.
US11545968B1
Various embodiments provide for active suppression circuitry. The active suppression circuitry can be used with a circuit for a memory system, such as a dual data rate (DDR) memory system. For example, some embodiments provide an active suppression integrated circuit. The active suppression integrated circuit can be used by a memory system to efficiently suppress power supply noise caused by resonance of a power delivery network (PDN) of the memory system, thereby improving power integrity of the memory system input/output.
US11545958B2
A film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR) structure includes a bottom cap wafer, a piezoelectric layer disposed on the bottom cap wafer, the piezoelectric layer including a single crystalline piezoelectric material, a bottom electrode disposed below the piezoelectric layer; a top electrode disposed above the piezoelectric layer; and a cavity disposed below the bottom electrode.
US11545952B2
An electronic component comprises a substrate including a main surface on which a functional unit is formed and a cap layer defining a cavity enclosing and covering the functional unit. The cap layer is provided with holes communicating an inside of the cavity with an outside of the cavity. A resin layer covers the cap layer and the main surface and includes one or more bores and a solder layer having a thickness less than a thickness of the resin layer disposed within the one or more bores.
US11545949B2
Apparatus, systems, articles of manufacture, and methods for volume adjustment are disclosed herein. An example method includes collecting data corresponding to a volume of an audio signal as the audio signal is output through a device, when an average volume of the audio signal does not satisfy a volume threshold for a specified timespan, determining a difference between the average volume and a desired volume, and applying a gain to the audio signal to adjust the volume of the audio signal to the desired volume, the gain determined based on the difference between the average volume and the desired volume.
US11545937B2
A dual-mode average power tracking (APT) controller operates in a first mode to move the control voltage quickly without concern for ripple or ringing. When this coarse adjustment takes the control voltage to within a desired margin of a target, the controller may switch to a second mode, where the APT controller more slowly approaches the target, but has reduced ringing or ripples. The mode is changed by changing resistance and capacitance values in a loop filter within the APT circuit. In a further aspect, a pulse shaper circuit may inject a pulse to force the control voltage to change more rapidly. By switching modes in this fashion, the control voltage may quickly reach a desired target, and then remain in the second mode during a transmission time slot such that the control voltage is clean throughout.
US11545935B2
An oscillator wafer-level-package structure is provided, comprising a bottom layer, an oscillator crystal and a capping layer. The bottom layer includes an upper plane, the capping layer includes a lower plane, and the oscillator crystal is disposed between the bottom layer and the capping layer and includes at least one cavity. An upper seal ring and a lower seal ring are respectively surrounding the oscillator crystal such that the oscillator crystal is sealed in between the capping layer and the bottom layer by employing the upper and lower seal rings. In addition, a diffusion barrier is further disposed in the upper seal ring and in the lower seal ring for avoiding interface diffusion. Moreover, the present invention adopts the same material for fabricating the capping layer, the oscillator crystal and the bottom layer to achieve an optimal thermal stress result when realizing the packaging structure.
US11545934B2
An oscillating signal generator circuit includes an oscillator circuit, a feedback circuit, and a voltage regulator circuit. The oscillator circuit is configured to generate a first and second oscillating signal at a first and second output terminal according to a first reference voltage. The first and second oscillating signals are a differential pair of signals. The oscillator circuit includes a common mode sensing circuit coupled between the first and second output terminals. The common mode sensing circuit is configured to sense a common mode component of the first and second oscillating signals so as to generate a sense voltage. The feedback circuit, coupled to the common mode sensing circuit, is configured to generate a feedback voltage according to the sense voltage. The voltage regulator circuit is coupled to the oscillator circuit and the feedback circuit, and configured to regulate a supply voltage so as to generate the first reference voltage.
US11545917B2
The present invention is directed to a power bank with the capability to harvest electric energy which is then configured to charge its onboard battery such that the power bank is self-recharging. The energy harvesting power bank has an internal area provided with a piezoelectric mass suspended within a suspension frame by resilient members. The internal area is lined with piezoelectric film that is impacted by the piezoelectric mass as a result of the kinetic energy derived from movement of the power bank. As a consequence, the piezoelectric materials will generate electrical energy which will undergo conditioning by energy harvester electronics. The conditioned electrical energy is used to provide power to the USB charging port for use in recharging portable devices.
US11545914B2
Disclosed are a triboelectric power generating device and a manufacturing method thereof, which does not require a physical space to generate friction motions unlike conventional pressured induced electric power generating devices, maximizes a surface area by the junction friction portion of a friction material composite that is inexpensive and easy to mass-produce, thereby improving the durability of a generating device, and effectively producing electricity. The triboelectric power generating device includes a triboelectric generation layer (300) including a friction portion having a junction structure which is located at a central portion and made of two or more different polymers, a first electrode (100) which is located to face one surface of the triboelectric generation layer (300), and a second electrode (200) which is located to face the other surface of the triboelectric generation layer (300).
US11545909B2
A flyback power converter includes: a power transformer, a primary side control circuit, a secondary side control circuit, and an active clamp snubber including a snubber switch and a control signal generation circuit. The control signal generation circuit controls the snubber switch to be conductive during a soft switching period in an OFF period of a primary side switch within a switching period of the switching signal, whereby the primary side switch achieves soft switching. A starting time point of the soft switching period is determined by a current threshold, so that a secondary side current is not lower than the current threshold at the starting time point, whereby the secondary side control circuit keeps the SR switch conductive at the starting time point. The secondary side control circuit turns OFF the SR switch when the secondary side current is lower than the current threshold.
US11545894B2
An electromagnetic interference reducing circuit is provided. A first random number generator generates a plurality of first random number signals each having a plurality of triangular waves. Each of the triangular waves has a plurality of steps. The first random number generator generates a plurality of first random numbers and modulates each of the first random number signals according to the first random numbers. The first random number generator repeatedly counts, repeatedly removes, or does not count time of the steps of each of the triangular waves of each of the first random number signals according to one of the first random numbers. A first oscillator generates a first oscillating signal. A motor controller circuit controls a plurality of switch components of a motor respectively according to the first random number signals based on the first oscillating signal.
US11545890B2
A device and a method for providing an electrical current to an electrical load is disclosed. In particular, the device comprises a memory storage device for storing a plurality of ideal voltage waveforms; an electronic controller arranged in data communication with the memory storage device, the electronic controller operable to select one of the plurality of ideal voltage waveforms to compute a reference voltage and a switching period based on a predetermined rule; and an electronic switch arranged to receive the switching period to switch the electronic switch between an on state and an off state, wherein the electrical current is calculated based on a function of the reference voltage and the switching period of the electronic switch.
US11545889B2
Disclosed is a method for deadtime optimization in a half-bridge switch or full-bridge switch wherein high-side and low-side switches comprise GaN transistors; a circuit for implementing the method; and a power switching system comprising a GaN half-bridge or a GaN full-bridge and a deadtime optimization system. The circuit comprises a drain current bump filter for generating a current charge output; and circuit elements for comparing the current charge output to a reference current charge Coss and generating a deadtime adjust signal. The deadtime adjust signal may be used to adjust deadtime to reduce or minimize deadtime, and deadtime losses, while avoiding cross-conduction.
US11545881B2
The coil winding apparatus is for manufacturing a coil by winding a wire rod around a winding core rotated by a rotating mechanism, wherein the winding core has a base plate and a plurality of winding pins erected on the base plate, and a circumferential groove into which a wire rod are put is formed on the periphery of the plurality of winding pins. The rotation mechanism is provided with a rotatable rotating plate, a drive mechanism for rotating the rotating plate, and a pair of columnar members erected on the rotating plate so as to put a rotation center with between a pair of the columnar members. An inner base plate is mounted to a tip of the pair of columnar members, and the coil winding apparatus is provided with an outer winding core moving mechanism.
US11545868B2
An electric motor, in particular a separately excited synchronous motor, has a rotor shaft with at least one slip ring and at least one electrically conductive contact element, in particular a carbon brush, which bears against the slip ring and is accommodated in a channel-like guide formed in a housing and extending radially with respect to the rotor shaft and which carbon brush is radially tensioned against the slip ring by means of a spring element, wherein a roller is provided which is tensioned laterally against the contact element via a further spring element and via which the contact element is tensioned against a wall of the guide.
US11545866B2
A winding assembly for a stator has a plurality of bridges each including an arcuate center section extending circumferentially over an end surface of a core at a first axial level relative thereto, first and second necks contiguous with respective first and second ends of the center section and extending therefrom axially away from the end surface, and first and second blocks contiguous with the respective necks and connected to the respective terminals of a pair of conductors at a second axial level farther from the end surface than the first axial level.
US11545865B2
A rotating electrical machine includes a stator, a rotor with a permanent magnet, a first number of one or more first coils, and a second number of one or more second coils. The second number is different from the first number. The one or more first coils are disposed on the stator. The one or more second coils are disposed on the rotor. The one or more first coils and the one or more second coils are disposed on the stator and the rotor, respectively, in such a manner as to closely oppose each other in a state where the rotor is at a predetermined rotation angle position. The one or more first coils are arranged to induce a voltage in response to a relative position with respect to the one or more second coils.
US11545864B2
An electric motor including a motor rotor and a motor stator including a stator core including a plurality of stator teeth spaced along a circumferential direction of the stator core, a plurality of coil groups, wherein each of the plurality of coil groups includes a plurality of coils wound on a corresponding stator tooth, and an incoming line terminal and an outgoing terminal both comprising a same number of coil ends, and two motor lead groups, wherein a number of the plurality of motor leads of each of the two motor lead groups is equal to a number of the plurality of coil groups, and wherein each of the plurality of motor leads is connected to one incoming line terminal or one outgoing line terminal of one corresponding coil group of the plurality of coil groups.
US11545838B2
GaN-based half bridge power conversion circuits employ control, support and logic functions that are monolithically integrated on the same devices as the power transistors. In some embodiments a low side GaN device communicates through one or more level shift circuits with a high side GaN device. Various embodiments of level shift circuits and their inventive aspects are disclosed.
US11545835B2
An inverter energy system supplies power to a site. The inverter energy system comprises a number of solar strings, each solar string including a solar panel(s) as a renewable energy source and an inverter. The inverter energy system is connected to a mains power supply (grid) and to a site load (sub circuits). The forward or reverse power flow into or out of the mains power supply is monitored at a monitoring point at the site. A rate limit is set for power flow into and/or or out of the mains power supply. The supply of power from the inverter energy system is controlled so that the power flow into or out of the mains power supply is within the set rate limit.
US11545827B2
A surge protection apparatus may include an input terminal; an output terminal, the output terminal electrically coupled to the input terminal; a ground terminal, the ground terminal electrically coupled to the input terminal and output terminal; a positive temperature coefficient (PTC) fuse, the PTC fuse connected in electrical series between the input terminal and output terminal; a crowbar device, the crowbar device electrically connected to the ground terminal and output terminal, wherein the crowbar device is in electrical series with the PTC fuse between the input terminal and ground terminal; and a central frame portion, the central frame portion electrically coupled to the input terminal, output terminal and ground terminal, wherein the crowbar device is disposed on a first side of the central frame portion and the PTC fuse is disposed on a second side of the central frame portion, opposite the first side.
US11545815B1
A compact laser source and a single sideband modulator used therein is disclosed. The compact laser source includes a seed laser and one or more channels, with each channel generating one or more output laser beams having corresponding different wavelengths. The compact laser source can be formed in whole or in part on a single optical motherboard to thereby minimize space and power requirements. By employing the disclosed single sideband modulator, harmonics in the generated output laser beams can be minimized. The compact laser source finds application in an atom interferometer (AI) system, which may be used to measure gravity, acceleration, or rotation of the AI system.
US11545812B2
A semiconductor laser element includes: a substrate; and a laser array portion that includes a plurality of light emitting portions arranged side by side, and is stacked above the substrate, wherein a stacked body of the substrate and the laser array portion includes a pair of resonator end faces on opposite faces, and a groove portion that extends from the laser array portion into the substrate is provided on at least one of the pair of resonator end faces between two adjacent light emitting portions among the plurality of light emitting portions.
US11545794B2
A connector assembly includes: a housing having a first side at which a plurality of accommodating grooves configured to receive a plurality of terminals are formed, and having a second side open; a plurality of connection terminals extending in a direction parallel to a direction from the first side of the housing toward the second side of the housing, and fixed in the housing; a circuit board inserted into the second side of the housing that is open, fixed to the housing, and electrically connected to the plurality of connection terminals; and noise filters configured to filter out electromagnetic interference and coupled to the circuit board.
US11545786B2
A cable card assembly includes a circuit card having a substrate including mating pads at a mating end and cable pads at a cable end. The circuit card has a ground plane. Cables are terminated to the circuit card at the cable end each having signal conductors, an insulator surrounding the signal conductors, and a ground conductor surrounding the insulator. Cable shields are terminated to the ground plane providing electrical shielding for the corresponding cables. Each cable shield includes an end wall between first and second side walls to form a cable cavity. The end wall has a connecting portion between the first and second side walls and a shroud portion extending from the connecting portion covering a portion of the ground conductor. The shroud portion is curved to follow a curvature of the ground conductor and extend along opposite sides of the ground conductor.
US11545782B2
A connector includes a connector housing and a shield shell. A terminal electrically connected to an end part of a wire is arranged inside the connector housing. The connector housing includes an inserting portion to be inserted into a mounting hole provided in a conductive case for accommodating an inverter and an outer arrangement portion integral with the inserting portion and to be arranged outside the case. A case-side sealing member seals between the outer peripheral surface of the inserting portion and the inner peripheral surface of the mounting hole. The shield shell is electrically connected to the case and covers the outer periphery of the outer arrangement portion. The inserting portion includes a first intrusion suppressing groove continuously provided over the entire periphery of the inserting portion in a part of the outer peripheral surface of the inserting portion between the case-side sealing member and the outer arrangement portion.
US11545780B1
A cable connector including a housing with a main body having a front face opposite a rear face and pin holes formed through the main body extending between the front face and the rear face, a first arm and second arm extending from the main body distal from the rear face; a cover removably coupled to the front face, the cover including receivers configured to align with the pin holes to receive either a pin or a socket connected at a terminal end of a wire; fasteners removably coupled to the cover and the housing; at least one guide post extending from an outer surface of the cover; a collar supported between the first arm and the second arm; and a predetermined pattern of the wire coupled to at least one of the pin and the socket, wherein either the pin or the socket are insertable in the pin hole.
US11545775B2
A connector for electrically connecting to a conductor comprises a pair of conductive terminals, each including a U-shaped fixing portion and an elastic contact arm extending from the U-shaped fixing portion. The connector further includes a pair of pressing members, each having a U-shaped holding portion and an elastic support arm extending from the U-shaped holding portion. Each of the pressing members is fit within the U-shaped fixing portion of the respective conductive terminal by the U-shaped holding portion, and at least a portion of the elastic support arm is abutted against the elastic contact arm.
US11545768B2
Provided is a female electrical connector referred to as a retaining ring terminal. The retaining ring terminal is a one-piece electrical connector having a crimp style cable connector portion on one end for receiving an electrical cable and a female post connector portion on a second end for receiving a post or male electrical connector. The female post connector portion includes a flat planar ring and a plurality of tabs (separated by a plurality of grooves) which extend from the inner surface of the flat planar ring inwardly towards the opening of the female post connector portion. The female post connector portion also includes a groove which extends through a flat planar ring, referred to as a ring groove which becomes a tab groove and has the same shape as the other tab grooves. A pair of ring holes are positioned on opposite sides of the ring groove on the flat planar ring.
US11545767B2
A terminal block includes a base, a support provided on the support, and a first terminal pair, a second terminal pair and a third terminal pair each supported by the support. A coupling line of the first electric wire is arranged along a first straight line, and a coupling line of the second electric wire is arranged along a second straight line. The base includes a support protrusion that extends to a coupling line of the third electric wire through between the coupling line of the first electric wire and the coupling line of the second electric wire and supports the coupling line of the third electric wire.
US11545764B2
A spring-loaded terminal connection having a busbar and a clamping spring, which has a clamping arm, wherein the clamping arm extends towards the busbar and has a spring clamping edge for clamping an electrical conductor and wherein the busbar has a busbar clamping edge for fixing the electrical conductor to be clamped, wherein the busbar clamping edge has a radius less than or equal to 0.2 mm.
US11545762B2
A method and apparatus for communicating RF signals is described. In one embodiment, the apparatus is evidenced by a multi-band integrated antenna assembly comprising a blade antenna having a conductive ground plane, a planar antenna array for communicating a second signal, and a signal processor. The planar antenna array transmits and receives signals using a passive Rotman lens beam former that can be utilized in environmentally challenging applications.
US11545758B2
A frequency selective surface (FSS) having periodicity between one eighth and one quarter of an operational wavelength of the FSS and a low profile. The FSS has multiple pattern elements which are used to produce multiple transmission poles, and in some embodiments multiple transmission zeros. The transmission poles and transmission zeros are in the Ka and Ku bands, making the FSS applicable to 5G application. The transmission poles and transmission zeros also have high angular stability an oblique incident angle as high as 60°, as well as polarization insensitivity.
US11545755B2
Provided is a conductor, for example, equipped with a split-ring resonator, and an opening, wherein a split in the split-ring resonator and the opening are spatially continuous.
US11545754B2
An antenna oscillator unit includes a radiator and a balun support. The radiator is fixed to the balun support and includes a plurality of low-frequency oscillator arms circumferentially distributed along the balun support. Each of the low-frequency oscillator arms includes two radiating sections connected to each other and a connecting section connecting the two radiating sections to form a closed loop. The two radiating sections are substantially perpendicular to each other. The antenna oscillator unit of some embodiments can avoid mutual coupling of signals from the antenna oscillator unit and an adjacent high-frequency oscillator and can improve the capability to radiate electromagnetic signals.
US11545752B1
Technologies directed to coupling structures for antenna feeds of phased array antennas are described. One circuit board includes a first layer with a first portion of a RF coupling structure, a second layer with a second portion of the RF coupling structure, and a first insulation layer located between the first layer and the second layer. The RF coupling structure is configured to electromagnetically couple a first conductive trace on the first layer and a second conductive trace on the second layer at RF frequencies. The circuit board also includes an RF shielding structure coupled to a ground connection on the second layer and located in the first insulation layer. The RF shielding structure is configured to operate as a RF short circuit between the ground connection and a third conductive trace on the first layer at RF frequencies.
US11545751B2
The present disclosure provides an ultra-wideband antenna for a reversible electronic device in a narrow space including: an upper half and a lower half; a hinge connected with the upper half and the lower half; a first RF signal source, loaded on the hinge; an electrical connection structure, placed on one side of the first RF signal source and electrically connected with the upper half and the lower half; a gapped groove, extending inwardly to the electrical connection structure along the outer side of the upper half and the outer side of the lower half; the hinge is spanned on the gapped groove; the hinge excites the gapped groove to form a first ultra-wideband antenna. While realizing the ultra-wideband antennas, it can also integrate with other multiple antennas, and their isolations are better than −10 dB, which basically meets the antenna performance requirements.
US11545749B2
A nonreciprocal phased-array antenna includes an array of resonant antennas a1, . . . , an. During transmission, an outbound signal having a frequency f0 and a phase shift φdi caused by propagation through a data network feeds into each resonant antenna ai. Each resonant antenna ai upconverts the outbound signal using a modulation signal having a frequency fm and a phase shift φmi caused by propagation through a modulation network to produce an upconverted radiated signal having a frequency f0+fm and a phase proportionate to φdi+φmi. During reception, an inbound signal of frequency f0+fm is received at each resonant antenna ai and is downconverted using the modulation signal to produce a downconverted signal having a frequency f0 and a phase proportionate to −φmi. After passing through the data network to the inbound port, the downconverted signal has a phase proportionate to φdi−φmi.
US11545748B2
An ultra-wideband (UWB) beam forming system is disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the UWB beam forming system includes a plurality of radiating elements forming a circular, cylindrical, conical, spherical, or multi-faceted array and a beamformer coupled to the radiating elements. The beamformer includes one or more transformable reconfigurable integrated units (TRIUNs) configured to independently control individual radiating elements or groups of radiating elements of the plurality of radiating elements.
US11545746B1
A full-duplex User Terminal Panel (UTP) including one or more User Terminal Modules (UTM) having a plurality of Tx antenna elements. Each of the Tx antenna elements spaced apart from one another by a distance dTx. The full-duplex UTP further includes a plurality of Rx antenna elements. Each of the Rx antenna elements are spaced apart from one another by a distance dRx. Furthermore, the Tx antenna elements may be spaced according to a Tx lattice dTx, such that the Tx lattice dTx spacing arrangement provides grating lobe-free scanning in an elevation plane at a Tx frequency range. The Rx antenna elements are spaced according to an Rx lattice dRx, such that the Rx lattice dRx spacing arrangement provides grating lobe-free scanning in an elevation plane at a Rx frequency range.
US11545741B2
Multiple feed, front-shielded, coplanar waveguide, direct-fed, cavity-backed slot antennas are described. Various implementations form an antenna unit capable of millimeter waveform and/or microwave waveform transmissions. An antenna comprises a conductive plate that includes an aperture. The aperture has a shape that extends along an axis that bisects the aperture into first and second bisected portions, the first bisected portion having a first geometry type, and the second portion having a second geometry type that is a bilateral symmetry shape type of the first geometry type. In implementations, the aperture is configured to radiate waveforms within a frequency range from about between 600 Megahertz (MHz) to 72 Gigahertz (GHz) by applying multiple signal feeds to the conductive plate.
US11545734B2
An antenna device is provided. The antenna device includes an antenna body portion configured to transmit and/or receive a radio frequency (RF) signal, and including a dielectric material having a first dielectric constant; a metal layer configured to contact the antenna body portion; a first insulation layer configured to cover at least a part of the metal layer; and an electrical connection structure configured to be electrically connected to the metal layer, wherein the first dielectric constant of the antenna body portion is larger than a dielectric constant of the first insulation layer, and is smaller than a dielectric constant of the metal layer.
US11545731B2
Deployable tile aperture devices, systems, and methods are provided in accordance with various embodiments. Some embodiments include a device that may include multiple aperture tiles that may be coupled with each other such the multiple aperture tiles have a stacked stowed configuration and a flat deployed configuration. Some embodiments include one or more tension chords configured to deploy the multiple aperture tiles when tension is applied to the one or more tension chords. The flat deployed configuration may include at least one side edge portion of each aperture tile from the multiple aperture tiles making contact with another side edge portion of another aperture tile from the multiple aperture tiles. The flat deployed configuration may form one or more continuous face surfaces formed from the multiple aperture tiles. The one or more tension chords may pass through at least a portion of one or more of the multiple aperture tiles.
US11545723B2
The present invention is directed to the modification of sodium electrochemical interfaces to improve performance of NaSICON-type ceramics in a variety of electrochemical applications. Enhanced mating of the separator-sodium interface by means of engineered coatings or other surface modifications results in lower interfacial resistance and higher performance at increased current densities, enabling the effective operation of molten sodium batteries and other electrochemical technologies at low and high temperatures.
US11545721B2
A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a first separator disposed on one side of the surface of the negative electrode and having a thickness T1, and a second separator disposed on the other side of the surface of the negative electrode and having a thickness T2. The thickness T2 of the second separator is larger than the thickness T1 of the first separator. The first separator includes a first porous film having a porosity P1, and the second separator includes a second porous film having a porosity P2. At least one of the first separator and the second separator includes a heat resistant layer. The positive electrode, the first separator, the negative electrode and the second separator are wound together such that the first separator is arranged on the outer side and the second separator is arranged on the inner side.
US11545713B2
A housing, particularly a battery housing, includes at least one first housing part, at least one second housing part, and at least one connecting member connecting the first housing part to the second housing part. The first housing part and the second housing part are configured such that, in an interconnected state, they separate a housing interior space from an environment situated on the other side of the first housing part and the second housing part. The housing is characterized in that the at least one connecting member is configured as a profile rail engaged with the first housing part and with the second housing part.
US11545710B2
A power battery base includes a tray and a liquid cooling tube disposed on the tray, wherein the tray includes a bottom plate and side plates disposed around the periphery of the bottom plate, the bottom plate and the side plates jointly form a receiving cavity for receiving a power battery pack, the bottom plate is provided with at least one beam, the beam divides the bottom plate into at least two sub-bottom plates, the liquid cooling tube is laid on at least one of the sub-bottom plates, and the liquid cooling tube is disposed across the beam that it passes through.
US11545706B2
Provided a battery cell having a plurality of electrodes and a battery module using the same. In order to configure the battery module only by connections of the electrodes without including a separate bus bar and improve the degree of freedom of the connections, the battery cell having cathode terminals and anode terminals protruding to the outside includes: a plurality of electrode terminals selected from the cathode terminals or the anode terminals and formed on both sides of the battery cell opposing each other. The battery cell having the plurality of electrodes and the battery module formed is various forms according to a layout of a vehicle using the same may be configured.
US11545705B2
A secondary battery configured to effectively estimate the life or degradation of the secondary battery as the secondary battery degrades includes a packaging material, an electrode assembly, a first electrode lead, a second electrode lead, a first measuring lead, and a second measuring lead. The electrode assembly includes a stack having a plurality of first electrode plates at respective first locations within the stack and a plurality of second electrode plates at respective second locations within the stack, the first and second locations alternating with one another and having a separator interposed between each of the first and second locations. The electrode assembly further includes a first measuring plate and a second measuring plate having the same polarity as the first electrode plates and located at at least one of the first locations within the stack.
US11545698B2
A system and method for optimizing electrochemical cells including electrodes employing coordination compounds by mediating water content within a desired water content profile that includes sufficient coordinated water and reduces non-coordinated water below a desired target and with electrochemical cells including a coordination compound electrochemically active in one or more electrodes, with an improvement in electrochemical cell manufacture that relaxes standards for water content of electrochemical cells having one or more electrodes including one or more such transition metal cyanide coordination compounds.
US11545697B2
An additive for a non-aqueous electrolyte solution that can suppress the initial gas generation amount when used in a non-aqueous electrolyte solution battery. The additive for a non-aqueous electrolyte solution is represented by any one of formulae [1] to [4]: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, X1, X2 and Y are as defined in the specification.
US11545696B2
A gellable system is suitable for use in lithium-air batteries, organic supercapacitors or capacitor batteries. The organic supercapacitors or capacitor batteries comprise a gel electrolytes and/or a solid electrolytes, which are prepared from a gellable system comprising the following components: (a) lithium salts and (b) ether compounds; the gellable system for lithium-air batteries also comprises (c) electrolytes or their solvents used in lithium-air batteries; in the system, the mass fraction of the gellable polymers and/or the gellable prepolymers is less than or equal to 1 wt %; by adjusting the composition and type of each component in the system, the gel and/or solid electrolytes, having adjustable strength, formation time, transition temperature, and also reversibility, can be prepared; the preparation method has simple procedure, mild reaction conditions, short reaction period, high yield, low manufacture cost, which makes it easy to realize industrialized production.
US11545693B1
The present invention relates to a flag forming device after laser notching of a secondary battery for an electric vehicle, and particularly, to a flag forming device after laser notching of a secondary battery for an electric vehicle configured by stacking electrode rolls within a circular box, which makes a flag shape by notching an uncoated portion having no coating of a negative electrode and a positive electrode with a laser, and makes the uncoated flag made by laser notching pass through a flag forming unit before winding to enable an uncoated tap to be folded inward. The present invention includes a flag forming device after laser notching of a secondary battery for an electric vehicle of the present invention including a tilt EPC unit 1 which moves a pole plate while maintaining a material uniformly and constantly at a setting value of an EPC sensor when the pole plate is moved, the EPC sensor 2 which numerically indicates the degree of distortion when the pole plate is moved through the tilt EPC unit 1, a flag forming unit 3 which molds a flag of the pole plate moved through the EPC sensor 2, an encoder roller 4 which measures a movement distance of the pole plate passing through the flag forming unit 3, a winding unit 5 which winds an electrode that has passed through the flag forming unit 3, and an air nozzle 6 which blows air before an uncoated flag is wound in the winding unit 5 to enable an uncoated tab to be folded inward.
US11545691B2
A redox flow battery includes a cathode, an anode, a charge-carrying electrolyte, and an (a) oxidized and a (b) reduced form of an active material. The active material has the following formula: (D)-(L)-(A)-[(L)-(A)]V-DZ(F1) or (D)-(L)-(A)-(L-D)X (F2). In these formulae, each D is covalently bonded to an L, each L is covalently bonded to an A, x is a number from 0 to 5, v is a number from 0 to 5 and z is 0 or 1. D is an electron donor compound, L is a linker, and A is an electron acceptor compound. Each of D, L, and A has a particular structure.
US11545675B2
A metal-air battery includes an anode; a low-dimensional catalyst cathode; and an electrolyte; wherein: the low-dimensional catalyst cathode comprises a functional metal layer on a carbon support overcoated with a catalyst layer; the electrolyte comprises an aprotic solvent that is an ether-based solvent, a fluorinated ether-based solvent, an oligo (ethylene oxide) solvent, or a mixture of any two or more thereof; and the electrolyte is free of carbonate solvents.
US11545669B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide an electrode active material layer exhibiting excellent mechanical strength. This electrode material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes at least an electrode active material, a carbon-based conductive auxiliary agent, and a binder. The carbon-based conductive auxiliary agent has a linear structure, and includes ultra-fine fibrous carbon having an average fibre diameter of more than 200 nm but not more than 900 nm. The electrode material configures an electrode active material layer in which the maximum tensile strength (σM) in a planar direction and the tensile strength (σT) in an in-plane direction orthogonal to the maximum tensile strength (σM) satisfy relational expression (a), namely σM/σT≤1.6.
US11545667B2
Passivation methods and compositions for electrode binders are disclosed. A coated binder particle for use in an electrode film of an energy storage device is provided. The coated binder particle can comprise a coating over the surface of a binder particle, wherein the coating provides ionic insulation to the binder particle. In some embodiments, the coating covers the entire surface of the binder particle. In still further embodiments, a coated binder particle in an energy storage device blocks ionic contact between the binder and an electrolyte.
US11545655B2
In manufacturing a storage battery electrode, a method for manufacturing a storage battery electrode with high capacity and stability is provided. As a method for preventing a mixture for forming an active material layer from becoming strongly basic, a first aqueous solution is formed by mixing an active material exhibiting basicity with an aqueous solution exhibiting acidity and including an oxidized derivative of a first conductive additive; a first mixture is formed by reducing the oxidized derivative of the first conductive additive by drying the first aqueous solution; a second mixture is formed by mixing a second conductive additive and a binder; a third mixture is formed by mixing the first mixture and the second mixture; and a current collector is coated with the third mixture. The strong basicity of the mixture for forming an active material layer is lowered; thus, the binder can be prevented from becoming gelled.
US11545652B2
An OLED panel includes a substrate, a first electrode layer, a pixel definition layer, a light-emitting layer, a second electrode layer, a conductive wall, a planarization layer, and a third electrode layer. The planarization layer is disposed on a surface of the second electrode layer facing away from the substrate and includes second openings; the conductive wall is disposed in the second openings, is made of an elastic material, and includes peaks and valleys spaced apart from each other; the third electrode layer is disposed on a side of the conductive wall facing away from the substrate and is in contact with the peaks.
US11545646B2
A metal mask, a display panel and a display device are proposed. The metal mask comprises an opening region and a peripheral region surrounding the opening region. The peripheral region is provided with a first groove, the first groove may surround the opening region. By arranging a first groove surrounding the opening region in the peripheral region, sagging of the metal mask during the fabrication of the display panel can be decreased effectively, and tension of the metal mask can be reduced, which improves the thickness uniformity of an inorganic encapsulation layer formed by using the metal mask, thereby achieving a higher production yield of the display panel.
US11545644B2
Disclosed is a display device configured such that a mixture of a transition metal and an organic material is used as a cathode, whereby the cathode exhibits low resistance, high transmittance, high reliability, and high performance in the state in which the cathode is thin.
US11545643B2
An organic electroluminescence display device includes: a substrate; a first electrode including a first sub-electrode and a second sub-electrode spaced apart from each other and on the substrate; a first light emitting unit on the first electrode; a charge generation unit on the first light emitting unit; a second light emitting unit on the charge generation unit; and a second electrode on the second light emitting unit, wherein the first light emitting unit comprises a first light emitting layer correspondingly on the first sub-electrode; and a second light emitting layer correspondingly on the second sub-electrode, wherein the second light emitting unit comprises a third light emitting layer correspondingly on the first light emitting layer; and a fourth light emitting layer correspondingly on the second light emitting layer.
US11545640B2
Disclosed are a series of photoisomeric compounds, preparation method therefor and device comprising the compounds, wherein a photoisomeric compound-graphene molecular junction device is formed by linking the photoisomeric compound to a gap of two-dimensional monolayer graphene having a nano-gap array via an amide covalent bond. When a single photoisomeric compound is bridged to the gap of the two-dimensional monolayer graphene having a nano-gap array, the devices have a reversible light-controlled switching function and a reversible electrically-controlled switching function. A molecular switch device prepared by the method can achieve a high reversibility and a good reproducibility. The number of light-controlled switching cycles can exceed 104, and the number of electrically-controlled switching cycles can reach about 105 or greater. Moreover, the above-mentioned reversible molecular switch device remains stable within a period of more than one year. In addition, flexible non-losable organic memory transistor devices and light-responsive organic transistor devices can be constructed using the above-mentioned series of photoisomeric compounds.
US11545638B2
An organic compound and a manufacturing method thereof, and an organic light emitting diode electroluminescent device are provided. The organic compound has a suitable HOMO energy level and a high hole mobility. Compared with traditional hole transport materials, when the organic compound is applied in a hole transport layer of the organic light emitting diode electroluminescent device, the organic light emitting diode electroluminescent device has enhanced maximum current efficiency, maximum external quantum efficiency, and service lifespans.
US11545636B2
Metal complexes with ligands bearing a five member aromatic moiety fused with dibenzofuran or its analogues useful as electroluminescence materials in OLEDs are disclosed.
US11545634B2
The present invention relates to spiro compounds containing electron-conducting groups and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these compounds.
US11545632B2
An organic molecule is disclosed herein having a structure of formula I: wherein n=0 or 1 at each occurrence, m=1-n at each occurrence; i.e. if n is 1, m is 0 and vice versa, o=0 or 1 at each occurrence, and p=1-o at each occurrence; T is selected from the group consisting of a direct bond, NR3, Si(R3)2, C(R3)2, BR3, O, S, S(O) and S(O)2. V is selected from the group consisting of a direct bond, NR3, Si(R3)2, C(R3)2, BR3, O, S, S(O) and S(O)2. Z is at each occurrence independently form another selected from the group consisting of a direct bond, CR3R4, C═CR3R4, C═O, C═NR3, O, SiR3R4, S, S(O) and S(O)2.
US11545631B2
An organic electroluminescence device in which a polycyclic compound including an electron donor and an electron acceptor is included in an emission layer is provided. The electron donor contains an acridine derivative or a dibenzo-azasiline derivative, and the electron acceptor contains B as a ring-forming atom, O or S directly bonded to B, and a heterocyclic group in which three or five hexagonal rings are condensed. Accordingly, an organic electroluminescence device having high efficiency may be achieved.
US11545620B2
A Magnetic Tunnel Junction (MTJ) device can include a second Precessional Spin Current (PSC) magnetic layer of Ruthenium (Ru) having a predetermined thickness and a predetermined smoothness. An etching process for smoothing the PSC magnetic layer can be performed in-situ with various deposition processes after a high temperature annealing of the MTJ formation.
US11545605B2
A display panel including a pixel circuit substrate, a planarization layer, a plurality of bonding pads, a plurality of light-emitting devices, a plurality of auxiliary electrodes, and a reflective structure layer is provided. The pixel circuit substrate has a plurality of signal lines. The planarization layer covers the signal lines. The bonding pads are disposed on the planarization layer and are electrically connected to the signal lines. The light-emitting devices are electrically bonded to the bonding pads. The auxiliary electrodes are disposed between the bonding pads. The reflective structure layer is disposed between the light-emitting devices and overlaps at least part of the auxiliary electrodes and the bonding pads. A method of fabricating the display panel is also provided.
US11545599B2
A light emitting diode package includes: a housing; a light emitting diode chip arranged in the housing; a wavelength conversion unit arranged on the light emitting diode chip; a first fluorescent substance distributed inside the wavelength conversion unit and emitting light having a peak wavelength in the cyan wavelength band; and a second fluorescent substance distributed inside the wavelength conversion unit and emitting light having a peak wavelength in the red wavelength band, wherein the peak wavelength of light emitted from the light emitting diode chip is located within a range of 415 nm to 430 nm.
US11545591B2
There is provided a light trapping dynamic photovoltaic module having a module surface configured to be exposed to solar rays, including a plurality of photovoltaic cell stacks configured adjacent to each other throughout the module surface, wherein each photovoltaic cell stack comprises a plurality of photovoltaic cells. Further, a plurality of reflective strips are placed in between each of the photovoltaic cell stacks for continuously reflecting incident solar rays from one reflective strip to another until absorbed by a photovoltaic cell among said plurality of photovoltaic cells, wherein the incident solar rays are continuously reflected through a mirror phenomenon, wherein the incident solar rays are additionally reflected by front and back panels of the dynamic photovoltaic module, thereby trapping incident solar rays within boundaries of the dynamic photovoltaic module for conversion into electrical energy. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing the light trapping photovoltaic module.
US11545586B2
A Group III-Nitride (III-N) device structure is provided which comprises: a heterostructure having three or more layers comprising III-N material, an anode within a recess that extends through two or more of the layers, wherein the anode is in electrical contact with the first layer, a cathode comprising donor dopants, wherein the cathode is on the first layer of the heterostructure; and a conducting region in the first layer in direct contact to the cathode and conductively connected to the anode. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
US11545581B2
The present invention discloses a metal oxide (MO) semiconductor, which is implemented by respectively doping at least an oxide of rare earth element R and an oxide of rare earth element R′ into an indium-containing MO semiconductor to form an InxMyRnR′mOz semiconductor. According to the present invention, the extremely high oxygen bond breaking energy in the oxide of rare earth element R is used to effectively control the carrier concentration in the semiconductor, and a charge transportation center can be formed by using the characteristic that the radius of rare earth ions is equivalent to the radius of indium ions, so that the electrical stability of the semiconductor is improved. The present invention further provides a thin-film transistor based on the MO semiconductor and application thereof.
US11545576B2
The present disclosure provides a display panel and an electronic device. The display panel comprises: a substrate, wherein a metal layer and an anti-reflection film are disposed on the substrate, the anti-reflection film is disposed on a light-emitting side of the metal layer, and the anti-reflection film comprises a protective layer and a darkening layer; wherein the protective layer is disposed between the darkening layer and the metal layer, and a material of the darkening layer comprises at least one of MoaXbOc, MoaXbNd, MoaXbOcNd, MoaXbWc, MoaXbCc, or AlaObNc, wherein a, c, and d are rational numbers greater than 0, b is a rational number greater than or equal to 0, and X is at least one of tantalum, vanadium, nickel, niobium, zirconium, tungsten, titanium, rhenium, or hafnium. The display panel and the electronic device of the present disclosure can improve display effect and display quality.
US11545570B2
The present disclosure generally to semiconductor devices, and more particularly to semiconductor devices having high-voltage transistors integrated on a semiconductor-on-insulator substrate and methods of forming the same. The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device including a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrate having a semiconductor layer, a bulk substrate and an insulating layer between the semiconductor layer and the bulk substrate, a source region and a drain region disposed on the bulk substrate, an isolation structure extending through the insulating layer and the semiconductor layer and terminates in the bulk substrate, and a gate structure between the source region and the drain region, the gate structure is disposed on the semiconductor layer.
US11545563B2
A process of fabricating semiconductor devices includes determining a correlation between band gap and long range order parameter for one or more stoichiometries. Semiconductor materials having a preselected (target) band gap can be fabricated by controlling process parameters to form a material having a stoichiometry and long range order parameter having the target band gap.
US11545562B2
A method includes forming a fin structure on the substrate, wherein the fin structure includes a first fin active region; a second fin active region; and an isolation feature separating the first and second fin active regions; forming a first gate stack on the first fin active region and a second gate stack on the second fin active region; performing a first recessing process to a first source/drain region of the first fin active region by a first dry etch; performing a first epitaxial growth to form a first source/drain feature on the first source/drain region; performing a fin sidewall pull back (FSWPB) process to remove a dielectric layer on the second fin active region; and performing a second epitaxial growth to form a second source/drain feature on a second source/drain region of the second fin active region.
US11545558B2
There is provided a method of manufacturing a transistor, the method comprising: (a) providing a substrate having a semiconductor surface; (b) providing a graphene layer structure on a first portion of the semiconductor surface, wherein the graphene layer structure has a thickness of n graphene monolayers, wherein n is at least 2; (c) etching a first portion of the graphene layer structure to reduce the thickness of the graphene layer structure in said first portion to from n−1 to 1 graphene monolayers; (d) forming a layer of dielectric material on the first portion of the graphene layer structure; and (e) providing: a source contact on a second portion of the graphene layer structure; a gate contact on the layer of dielectric material; and a drain contact on a second portion of the semiconductor surface of the substrate.
US11545556B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device with an air gap between gate-all-around (GAA) transistors and a method for forming the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a first gate stack and a second gate stack disposed over a semiconductor substrate. At least one of the first gate stack and the second gate stack includes a plurality of gate layers, and the first gate stack and the second gate stack have an air gap therebetween. The semiconductor device also includes a first gate structure and a second gate structure disposed over the first gate stack and the second gate stack, respectively, and a first dielectric layer surrounds lower sidewalls of the first gate structure and lower sidewalls of the second gate structure. A width of the first gate structure is greater than a width of the first plug.
US11545551B2
A semiconductor device in which variations in characteristics, deterioration of elements, and abnormality in shape are inhibited is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first region including a plurality of elements and a second region including a plurality of dummy elements. The second region is provided in an outer edge of the first region, and the element and the dummy element each include an oxide semiconductor. The element and the dummy element have the same structure, and a structure body included in the element and a structure body included in the dummy element are formed with the same material and provided in the same layer. The oxide semiconductor includes In, an element M (M is Al, Ga, Y, or Sn), and Zn.
US11545550B2
A semiconductor device includes a nitride semiconductor layer, an insulating layer provided on a surface of the nitride semiconductor layer, and a metal electrode in contact with the surface through an opening penetrating the insulating layer. The insulating layer includes a first SiN film having a concentration of chlorine (Cl) of 1×1020 [atoms/cm3] or more and a thickness of 30 nm or less, and a second SiN film having a concentration of chlorine (Cl) of 1×1019 [atoms/cm3] or less.
US11545547B2
A semiconductor device and a method of forming the same, the semiconductor device includes a substrate, a gate structure, a first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer, a first plug and two metal lines. The substrate has a shallow trench isolation and an active area, and the gate structure is disposed on the substrate to cover a boundary between the active area and the shallow trench isolation. The first dielectric layer is disposed on the substrate, to cover the gate structure, and the first plug is disposed in the first dielectric layer to directly in contact with a conductive layer of the gate structure and the active area. The second dielectric layer is disposed on the first dielectric layer, with the first plug and the gate being entirely covered by the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer. The two metal lines are disposed in the second dielectric layer.
US11545543B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a trench capacitor with a trench pattern for yield improvement. The trench capacitor is on a substrate and comprises a plurality of capacitor segments. The capacitor segments extend into the substrate according to the trench pattern and are spaced with a pitch on an axis. The plurality of capacitor segments comprises an edge capacitor segment at an edge of the trench capacitor and a center capacitor segment at a center of the trench capacitor. The edge capacitor segment has a greater width than the center capacitor segment and/or the pitch is greater at the edge capacitor segment than at the center capacitor segment. The greater width may facilitate stress absorption and the greater pitch may increase substrate rigidity at the edge of the trench capacitor where thermal expansion stress is greatest, thereby reducing substrate bending and trench burnout for yield improvements.
US11545541B2
A wiring line is provided on a TFT layer, in which the wiring line is formed in the same layer and formed of the same material as those of a reflection electrode. The reflection electrode includes a plurality of metallic conductive layers made up of a low resistance metallic material, an oxide-based lower transparent conductive layer provided on a lower surface side of a lowermost metallic conductive layer constituting a lowermost layer, an oxide-based upper transparent conductive layer having light reflectivity and provided on an upper surface side of an uppermost metallic conductive layer constituting an uppermost layer, and an oxide-based intermediate transparent conductive layer provided between the plurality of metallic conductive layers.
US11545540B2
The present application provides an array substrate. The array substrate includes a base substrate; a plurality of light emitting elements on the base substrate; a plurality of driving thin film transistors for driving light emission of the plurality of light emitting elements, each of the plurality of driving thin film transistors including a first active layer; one or more power supply lines configured to supply a driving current respectively to the plurality of light emitting elements; and a light shielding layer configured to shield light from irradiating on the first active layer, the light shielding layer being electrically connected to at least one of the one or more power supply lines.
US11545535B2
The present disclosure provides a stretchable display panel and a display device. The stretchable display panel includes: a flexible substrate which is divided into a plurality of display areas and non-display areas located between the display areas; wherein the display areas include light-emitting devices and driving circuits coupled to the light-emitting devices; and the non-display areas include wiring areas and a plurality of opening areas located between the wiring areas, the wiring areas include wires coupled to the driving circuits, and the opening areas are of a hollow structure. The plurality of opening areas are formed in the non-display areas, and the flexible substrate in the opening areas is of a hollow structure, that is, no film layer is reserved in the opening areas, thus when the display panel is stretched, the display panel can be stretched in any direction, and the stretching effect of the display panel is improved.
US11545528B2
A display apparatus including a substrate including a display area and a non-display area adjacent to the display area, a thin film encapsulation layer disposed on the substrate and including at least one inorganic encapsulation layer and at least one organic encapsulation layer, a touch unit disposed on the thin film encapsulation layer in the display area, and including a first insulating layer and a second insulating layer disposed on the first insulating layer, the second insulating layer having a first opening at least partially exposing the first insulating layer, a first partition wall disposed on the thin film encapsulation layer in the non-display area along a periphery of the display area, and an organic layer covering the touch unit, directly contacting an upper surface of the first insulating layer through the first opening, and extending to the first partition wall.
US11545527B2
A pixel arrangement structure may include a plurality of repeating units (100). Each of the plurality of the repeating units (100) may include a first sub-pixel (01) being at a center point of a virtual hexagon and second sub-pixels (02) and third sub-pixels (03) being alternately arranged at vertices of the virtual hexagon. Virtual hexagons of adjacent repeating units may share one common side as well as two sub-pixels on the common side.
US11545522B2
A semiconductor device includes a first magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) and a second MTJ on a substrate, a first top electrode on the first MTJ and a second top electrode on the second MTJ, a passivation layer between the first MTJ and the second MTJ, and an ultra low-k (ULK) dielectric layer on and directly contacting the passivation layer and around the first MTJ and the second MTJ. Preferably, a top surface of the passivation layer includes a V-shape and a valley point of the V-shape is higher than a bottom surface of the first top electrode.
US11545518B2
A method for fabricating an image sensor is described which includes forming an insulating layer on a semiconductor substrate and forming a recess in the semiconductor substrate and the insulating layer. An epitaxial structure is grown in the recess. A first polish treatment is then performed to the insulating layer and the epitaxial structure. The insulating layer is detected to obtain a signal intensity, and the signal intensity increases as a thickness of the insulating layer decreases. The first polish treatment stops when the signal intensity reaches a target value.
US11545517B2
The present application provides a chip package structure and an electronic device, which could reduce a chip package thickness and implement ultra-thinning of chip package. The chip package structure includes a chip, a substrate, a lead and a lead protection adhesive; the lead is configured to electrically connect the chip and the substrate; the lead protection adhesive is configured to support the lead, where a highest point of the lead protection adhesive is not higher than a highest point of an upper edge of the lead.
US11545507B2
A memory device includes a substrate, word line layers, insulating layers, and memory cells. The word line layers are stacked above the substrate. The insulating layers are stacked above the substrate respectively alternating with the word line layers. The memory cells are distributed along a stacking direction of the word line layers and the insulating layers perpendicularly to a major surface of the substrate. Each memory cell includes a source line electrode and a bit line electrode, a first oxide semiconductor layer, and a second oxide semiconductor layer. The first oxide semiconductor layer is peripherally surrounded by one of the word line layers, the source line electrode, and the bit line electrode. The second oxide semiconductor layer is disposed between the one of the word line layers and the first oxide semiconductor layer.
US11545502B2
A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device includes: (a) forming a gate structure for a control gate electrode on a semiconductor substrate; (b) forming a charge storage film so as to cover a first side surface, a second side surface, and an upper surface of the gate structure; (c) forming a conductive film for a memory gate electrode on the charge storage film; (d) removing a part of the charge storage film and a part of the conductive film such that the charge storage film and the conductive film remain in this order on the first side surface and the second side surface of the gate structure, thereby forming the memory gate electrode; and (e) removing apart of the gate structure separate from the first side surface and the second side surface such that a part of the semiconductor substrate is exposed from the gate structure.
US11545500B2
In an embodiment, a device includes: a first dielectric layer having a first sidewall; a second dielectric layer having a second sidewall; a word line between the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer, the word line having an outer sidewall and an inner sidewall, the inner sidewall recessed from the outer sidewall, the first sidewall, and the second sidewall; a memory layer extending along the outer sidewall of the word line, the inner sidewall of the word line, the first sidewall of the first dielectric layer, and the second sidewall of the second dielectric layer; and a semiconductor layer extending along the memory layer.
US11545497B2
A static random access memory (SRAM) structure is provided. The structure includes a plurality of SRAM bit cells on a substrate. Each SRAM bit cell includes at least six transistors including at least two NMOS transistors and at least two PMOS transistors. Each of the six transistors is being lateral gate-all-around transistors in that gates wraps all around a cross section of channels of the at least six transistors. The at least six transistors positioned in three decks in which a third deck is positioned vertically above a second deck, and the second deck is positioned vertically above a first deck relative to a working surface of the substrate. A first inverter is formed using a first transistor positioned in the first deck and a second transistor positioned in the second deck. A second inverter is formed using a third transistor positioned in the first deck and a fourth transistor positioned in the second deck. A pass gate is located in the third deck.
US11545493B2
A method of fabricating a memory device includes forming an oxide layer on a semiconductor substrate, and forming an isolation structure in the semiconductor substrate and the oxide layer to define an active area. The method also includes forming a word line and a bit line in the semiconductor substrate, wherein the bit line is above the word line. The method further includes removing the oxide layer to form a recess between the isolation structure and the bit line, and forming a storage node contact in the recess. In addition, from a top view, the storage node contact of the memory device overlaps a corresponding portion of the active area.
US11545490B2
A semiconductor structure is provided. The semiconductor structure includes a first gate-all-around FET over a substrate, and the first gate-all-around FET includes first nanostructures and a first gate stack surrounding the first nanostructures. The semiconductor structure also includes a first FinFET adjacent to the first gate-all-around FET, and the first FinFET includes a first fin structure and a second gate stack over the first fin structure. The semiconductor structure also includes a gate-cut feature interposing the first gate stack of the first gate-all-around FET and the second gate stack of the first FinFET.
US11545478B2
Provided is a display device capable of preventing or reducing short-circuiting in an alternating high and low temperature environment. The display device is configured to display an image in a display region and includes: an insulating substrate; conductive lines provided on the insulating substrate and extending from the display region to a frame region exterior to the display region; a driver provided in the frame region and connected to the conductive lines; an organic protective film overlapping the conductive lines and extending from the display region to a region between the display region and the driver; an anisotropic conductive film provided under the driver and covering an end of the organic protective film between the display region and the driver; and a moisture-proof resin film overlapping the anisotropic conductive film and covering the end of the organic protective film between the display region and the driver.
US11545471B2
LED packages are disclosed capable of emitting a range of colors including white light, while still emitting that can have a high color rendering index (CRI). The LED packages can have a simplified reflective cup arrangement and improved lead frame design. The LED packages according to the present invention comprise one or more LED WITH PHOSPHORs for high CRI lighting applications, along with multiple narrowband emitters (e.g. RGB LEDs), but do not have a dam or partition to segregate the LED WITH PHOSPHOR from the multiple emitters. This results in a LED package that is less complex and easier to manufacture, while still providing the desired flexibility in LED package emissions.
US11545467B2
A multi-chip module includes a first Integrated Circuit (IC) die a second IC die. The first IC die includes an array of first bond pads, a plurality of first code group circuits, and first interleaved interconnections between the plurality of first code group circuits and the array of first bond pads, the first interleaved interconnections including a first interleaving pattern causing data from different code group circuits to be coupled to adjacent first bond pads. The second IC die includes a second array of bond pads that electrically couple to the array of first bond pads, a plurality of second code group circuits, and second interleaved interconnections between the plurality of second code group circuits and the array of second bond pads, the second interleaved interconnections including a second interleaving pattern causing data from different code groups to be coupled to adjacent second bond pads.
US11545466B2
A multi-die module includes a first die with a first electronic device and a second die with a second electronic device. The multi-die module also includes a contactless coupler configured to convey signals between the first electronic device and the second electronic device. The multi-die module also includes a coupling loss reduction structure.
US11545459B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor die attached to a substrate and a metal clip attached to a side of the semiconductor die facing away from the substrate by a soldered joint. The metal clip has a plurality of slots dimensioned so as to take up at least 10% of a solder paste reflowed to form the soldered joint. Corresponding methods of production are also described.
US11545450B2
This disclosure provides an integrated circuit device that includes a RDL that is interlocked with a bump (or “pillar”). The interlocked interface provides the contact RDL-bump interface with increased structural stability that can better withstand the thermal stresses associated with high performance devices IC devices. The interlock structure mitigates crack/delamination that occurs at the RDL-bump interface in large IC chips that are generally subjected to higher stresses during operation.
US11545443B2
A method for forming a hybrid-bonding structure is provided. The method includes forming a first dielectric layer over a first semiconductor substrate. The first semiconductor substrate includes a conductive structure. The method also includes partially removing the first dielectric layer to form a first dielectric dummy pattern, a second dielectric dummy pattern and a third dielectric dummy pattern and an opening through the first dielectric layer. The first dielectric dummy pattern, the second dielectric dummy pattern and the third dielectric dummy pattern are surrounded by the opening. In addition, the method includes forming a first conductive line in the opening. The first conductive line is in contact with the conductive structure.
US11545434B2
The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor package that may include a substrate. The substrate may have a top surface and a bottom surface. The semiconductor package may include an opening in the substrate. The semiconductor package may include a bridge disposed in the opening. The bridge may have an upper end at the top surface of the substrate and a lower end at the bottom surface of the substrate. The semiconductor package may include a first die on the top surface of the substrate at least partially extending over a first portion of the upper end of the bridge. The semiconductor package may include a second die on the bottom surface of the substrate at least partially extending over the lower end of the bridge. The bridge may couple the first die to the second die.
US11545423B2
The disclosure provides a package structure including a redistribution circuit structure, a first circuit board, a second circuit board, a first insulator, multiple conductive terminals, and a package. The redistribution circuit structure has a first connection surface and a second connection surface opposite to each other. The first circuit board and the second circuit board are disposed on the first connection surface and are connected electrically to the redistribution circuit structure. The first insulator is disposed on the first connection surface and covers the first circuit board and the second circuit board. The conductive terminals are connected electrically to and disposed on the first circuit board or the second circuit board. The package is disposed on the second connection surface and is connected electrically to the redistribution circuit structure. A manufacturing method of a package structure is also provided.
US11545422B2
A fan-out semiconductor package includes: a support wiring structure including a support wiring conductive structure, a plurality of support wiring insulating layers including a first support wiring insulating layer having a recess area and a second support wiring insulating layer on the first support wiring insulating layer and enveloping the support wiring conductive structure, a pad layer enveloped by the second support wiring insulating layer and connected to the support wiring conductive structure, and an under-bump metallurgy (UBM) layer enveloped by the first support wiring insulating layer and connected to the pad layer; and a semiconductor chip on the support wiring structure, wherein the UBM layer includes a body portion and a protrusion protruding from the body portion and arranged in the recess area.
US11545412B2
A package structure including a circuit board and a heat generating element is provided. The circuit board includes a plurality of circuit layers and a composite material layer. A thermal conductivity of the composite material layer is between 450 W/mK and 700 W/mK. The heat generating element is disposed on the circuit board and electrically connected to the circuit layers. Heat generated by the heat generating element is transmitted to an external environment through the composite material layer.
US11545410B2
Enhanced thermal energy transfer systems for semiconductor packages are provided. A thermally conductive member is disposed in the interstitial space between an upper surface of a semiconductor package and a lower surface of a thermal member. The thermally conductive member is disposed above a first portion of the upper surface of the semiconductor package having a relatively higher thermal energy output when the semiconductor package is operating. A thermal interface material is disposed in the interstitial space and a force applied to the thermal member. The thermally conductive member forms a relatively higher pressure region above the first portion of the semiconductor package and a relatively lower pressure region in other portions of the semiconductor package remote from the thermally conductive member. The increased pressure region proximate the thermally conductive member beneficially enhances the flow of thermal energy from the first portion of the semiconductor package to the thermal member.
US11545404B2
Before a semiconductor die of a brittle III-V compound semiconductor is encapsulated with a molding compound during package fabrication, side surfaces of the semiconductor die are treated to avoid or prevent surface imperfections from propagating and fracturing the crystal structure of the substrate of the III-V compound semiconductor under the stresses applied as the molding compound solidifies. Surfaces are treated to form a passivation layer, which may be a passivated layer of the substrate or a passivation material on the substrate. In a passivated layer, imperfections of an external layer are transformed to be less susceptible to fracture. Passivation material, such as a poly-crystalline layer on the substrate surface, diffuses stresses that are applied by the molding compound. Semiconductor dies in flip-chip and wire-bond chip packages with treated side surfaces as disclosed have a reduced incidence of failure caused by die fracturing.
US11545403B2
When a semiconductor package is stored in a transport tray and when a semiconductor package is transported by a transport tray, the semiconductor package comes into contact with the side wall of the transport tray, so that the end face of the semiconductor package is chipped and dust is generated from the end face of the semiconductor package. Provided is a technology for a semiconductor package that includes a multilayer structure having at least a synthetic resin layer and includes an outermost edge portion such that the end face of the synthetic resin layer protrudes outward compared to the end faces of the other layers constituting the multilayer structure.
US11545401B2
In one aspect, a method of forming a semiconducting device can comprise forming, on a substrate surface, a stack comprising semiconductor material sheets and a bottom semiconductor nanosheet; forming a trench through the stack vertically down through the bottom semiconductor nanosheet, thereby separating the stack into two substacks; selectively removing the bottom semiconductor nanosheet, thereby forming a bottom space extending under the substacks; and filling the bottom space and the trench with a dielectric material to provide a bottom isolation and formation of a dielectric wall between the substacks.
US11545398B2
Semiconductor devices is provided. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a first region and an adjacent second region; a plurality of adjacent first fins in the first region of the semiconductor substrate; a plurality of adjacent second fins in the second region of the semiconductor substrate; a first type of fin sidewall spacers; a second type of fin sidewall spacers; first doped layers formed between adjacent first type of fin sidewall spacers in the first region; and second doped layers formed between adjacent first type of fin sidewall spacers in the second region.
US11545397B2
The present disclosure describes a semiconductor structure and a method for forming the same. The method can include forming a fin structure over a substrate. The fin structure can include a channel layer and a sacrificial layer. The method can further include forming a first recess structure in a first portion of the fin structure, forming a second recess structure in the sacrificial layer of a second portion of the fin structure, forming a dielectric layer in the first and second recess structures, and performing an oxygen-free cyclic etching process to etch the dielectric layer to expose the channel layer of the second portion of the fin structure. The oxygen-free cyclic etching process can include two etching processes to selectively etch the dielectric layer over the channel layer.
US11545395B2
The present disclosure, in some embodiments, relates to a multi-dimensional integrated chip structure. The multi-dimensional integrated chip structure includes a first substrate having a first upper surface and a second upper surface above the first upper surface. A first outermost perimeter of the first upper surface is larger than a second outermost perimeter of the second upper surface. A second substrate is over the first substrate. The second substrate has a third upper surface above the second upper surface. A third outermost perimeter of the third upper surface is smaller than the second outermost perimeter of the second upper surface.
US11545391B2
Some embodiments include a method of forming an integrated assembly. An arrangement is formed to include a conductive pillar extending through an insulative mass. An upper surface of the conductive pillar is recessed to form a cavity. An insulative collar is formed within the cavity to line an outer lateral periphery of the cavity. A recessed surface of the conductive pillar is exposed at a bottom of the lined cavity. A conductive expanse is formed over the insulative mass. A portion of the conductive expanse extends into the cavity and is configured as an interconnect. The conductive expanse is patterned into multiple conductive structures. One of the conductive structures includes the interconnect.
US11545381B2
Provided is a substrate transferring method which is capable of accurately mounting a substrate at a desired rotation angle. In order to eliminate a misalignment of a wafer W in a rotational direction in a vacuum process chamber, which is caused by a variation in a transfer distance of the wafer W, the wafer W is mounted on a stage while being offset from the center of the stage in a load lock chamber and an angle of rotation of the wafer W with respect to a fork when a transfer arm receives the wafer W is changed.
US11545380B2
A vacuum substrate transport apparatus including a frame, a drive section having a drive axis, at least one arm, having an end effector for holding a substrate, having at least one degree of freedom axis effecting extension and retraction, and a bearing defining a guideway that defines the axis, the bearing including at least one rolling load bearing element disposed in a bearing case, interfacing between a bearing raceway and bearing rail to support arm loads, and effecting sliding of the case along the rail, and at least one rolling, substantially non-load bearing, spacer element disposed in the case, intervening between each of the load bearing elements, wherein the spacer element is a sacrificial buffer material compatible with sustained substantially unrestricted service commensurate with a predetermined service duty of the apparatus in a vacuum environment at temperatures over 260° C. for a specified predetermined service period.
US11545374B2
A device for transferring components from a first carrier to a second carrier. A first receptacle receives the first carrier so that components carried by the first carrier are oriented towards a second receptacle. A separating device separates the components from the first carrier for transfer to the second carrier. A first conveyor moves the first receptacle transverse to the conveying direction of the second carrier. A second conveyor moves the separating device transverse to the conveying direction of the second carrier. A first inspection device detects one of the components in its position relative to a storage position on the second receptacle guiding the second carrier. A second inspection device is arranged upstream of the storage position and detects one of the subassemblies on the second carrier relative to the second receptacle and signals the position of the subassembly to a controller.
US11545367B2
A substrate processing apparatus includes a substrate rotator that holds and rotates a substrate including a film of a metal formed on a surface thereof, a first supply that supplies a first processing liquid containing a chelating agent and a solvent toward the substrate, a second supply that supplies a second processing liquid containing water toward the substrate, and a controller that controls the substrate rotator, the first supply, and the second supply. While rotating the substrate by the substrate rotator, the controller supplies the first processing liquid toward the substrate by the first supply to generate a complex containing the metal and the chelating agent, and after the generation of the complex, supplies the second processing liquid toward the substrate by the second supply to dissolve the complex in the second processing liquid.
US11545365B2
Examples are disclosed that relate to planarizing substrates without use of an abrasive. One example provides a method of chemically planarizing a substrate, the method comprising introducing an abrasive-free planarization solution onto a porous pad, contacting the substrate with the porous pad while moving the porous pad and substrate relative to one another such that higher portions of the substrate contact the porous pad and lower portions of the substrate do not contact the porous pad, and removing material from the higher portions of the substrate via contact with the porous pad to reduce a height of the higher portions of the substrate relative to the lower portions of the substrate.
US11545352B2
A secondary ion mass spectrometer comprising a primary ion beam device, and means for collecting, mass filtering and subsequently detecting secondary ions released from a sample due to the sample having been impacted by a plurality of primary ion beams. The secondary ion mass spectrometer is remarkable in that it uses a plurality of primary ion beams in parallel for scanning the surface of the sample.
US11545346B2
Capacitive sensors and capacitive sensing data integration for plasma chamber condition monitoring are described. In an example, a plasma chamber monitoring system includes a plurality of capacitive sensors, a capacitance digital converter, and an applied process server coupled to the capacitance digital converter, the applied process server including a system software. The capacitance digital converter includes an isolation interface coupled to the plurality of capacitive sensors, a power supply coupled to the isolation interface, a field-programmable gate-array firmware coupled to the isolation interface, and an application-specific integrated circuit coupled to the field-programmable gate-array firmware.
US11545336B2
A scanning electron microscopy system that includes a primary electron beam radiation unit configured to irradiate a first pattern of a substrate having a second pattern formed in a peripheral region of the first pattern, a detection unit configured to detect back scattered electrons emitted from the substrate, an image generation unit configured to generate an electron beam image corresponding to a strength of the back scattered electrons, a designating unit configured to designate a depth measurement region in which the first pattern exists on the electron beam image, and a processing unit configured to obtain an image signal of the depth measurement region and a pattern density in the peripheral region where the second pattern exists, and to estimate a depth of the first pattern based on the obtained image signal of the depth measurement region and the pattern density in the peripheral region.
US11545327B2
Multi-pole and single-pole circuit breakers include a housing and a reset lockout mechanism disposed within the housing. The reset lockout mechanism disables electrical communication between line and load terminals of the circuit breaker if a predefined condition exists. Some circuit breakers include a single actuator, transition between ON and OFF states, and are capable of performing test functions. The test functions may involve testing AFCI and/or GFCI functions of the circuit breakers. The test functions may be performed when the circuit breaker transitions from an OFF state to an ON state. Some circuit breakers including a reset lockout mechanism may be powered only on its line side. Some circuit breakers provide an electrical indication when they are in the OFF state.
US11545325B2
An electromagnetic relay includes a fixed contact holder, a moving contact holder, an electromagnetic device, and a magnet. The fixed contact holder extends in a predetermined direction and is provided with a fixed contact. The moving contact holder also extends in the predetermined direction, and is provided with a moving contact. The magnet is arranged perpendicularly to an opening/closing direction of the fixed contact and the moving contact. A stretch space in which an arc generated between the fixed contact and the moving contact is stretched is provided, in the predetermined direction, beyond respective tips of the fixed contact holder and the moving contact holder. The stretch space also faces a surface of the fixed contact holder and a surface of the moving contact holder.
US11545324B2
A load control device may control power delivered to an electrical load from an AC power source. The load control device may include a controllably conductive device adapted to be coupled in series electrical connection between the AC power source and the electrical load, a zero-cross detect circuit configured to generate a zero-cross signal representative of the zero-crossings of an AC voltage. The zero-cross signal may be characterized by pulses occurring in time with the zero-crossings of the AC voltage. The load control device may include a control circuit operatively coupled to the controllably conductive device and the zero cross detect circuit. The control circuit may be configured to identify a rising-edge time and a falling-edge time of one of the pulses of the zero-cross signal, and may control a conductive state of the controllably conductive device based on the rising-edge time and the falling-edge time of the pulse.
US11545306B2
In an electrolytic capacitor having a capacitor element housed inside a body case where the capacitor element has a first electrode member and a second electrode member wound up with a separator in between and where the capacitor element holding an electrolyte solution, there is provided, between the first and second electrode members, a conductive polymer particle band in which conductive polymer particles of a conductive polymer in a dense state are disposed to extend in the longitudinal direction of the separator, the conductive polymer particle band contains a cellulose derivative, and the conductive polymer particle band is provided to cover, within at least one of regions on opposite sides of the center line of the separator in its lateral direction, one half or more of the region in the lateral direction.
US11545303B2
Disclosed herein is an electronic component that includes a substrate; and a plurality of conductive layers and a plurality of insulating layers which are alternately laminated on the substrate. The side surface of a predetermined one of the plurality of insulating layers has a recessed part set back from a side surface of the substrate and a projecting part projecting from the recessed part. The recessed part is covered with a first dielectric film made of an inorganic insulating material.
US11545299B2
An electronic component includes an insulating layer, a low voltage conductor pattern formed inside the insulating layer, a high voltage conductor pattern formed inside the insulating layer such as to face the low voltage conductor pattern in an up/down direction, and a withstand voltage enhancement structure of conductive property formed inside the insulating layer and along the high voltage conductor pattern such as to protrude further outside than the low voltage conductor pattern in plan view.
US11545298B2
An entangled inductor structure generates opposite polarity internal magnetic fields therein to substantially reduce, or cancel, external magnetic fields propagating outside of the entangled inductor structure. These reduced external magnetic fields propagating outside of the entangled inductor structure effectively reduce a keep out zone (KOZ) between the entangled inductor structure and other electrical, mechanical, and/or electro-mechanical components. This allows the entangled inductor structure to be situated closer to these other electrical, mechanical, and/or electro-mechanical components within the IC as compared to conventional inductors which generate larger external magnetic fields.
US11545297B2
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to apparatuses for enhanced thermal management of an inductor assembly using functionally-graded thermal vias for heat flow control in the windings of the inductor. In one embodiment, a PCB for an inductor assembly includes a top surface and a bottom surface. Two or more electrically-conductive layers are embedded within the PCB and stacked vertically between the top surface and the bottom surface. The two or more electrically-conductive layers are electrically connected to form an inductor winding. A plurality of thermal vias thermally connects each of the two or more electrically-conductive layers to a cold plate thermally connected to the bottom surface. A number of thermal vias thermally connecting each electrically-conductive layer to the cold plate is directly proportional to a predetermined rate of heat dissipation from the electrically-conductive layer.
US11545286B2
A crystalline Fe-based alloy powder composed of Fe-based alloy particles containing, within a structure thereof, nanocrystal grains having an average grain size of 30 nm or less, and in which d50, which is a particle diameter corresponding to a cumulative frequency of 50% by volume, is from 3.5 μm to 35.0 μm in a cumulative distribution curve that is obtained by laser diffractometry and that shows the relationship between the particle diameter and the cumulative frequency from the small particle diameter side, and a ratio of Fe-based alloy particles having a particle diameter of 2 μm or less to the total of the Fe-based alloy particles, which is determined by laser diffractometry, is from 0% by volume to 8% by volume.
US11545276B2
An x-ray window can include a boron-film 12 and an aluminum-film 52 spanning an aperture 15 of a support-frame 11. The boron-film 12 and the aluminum-film 52 can be the only films, or the primary films, spanning the aperture. The boron-film 12 can include boron and hydrogen. An annular-film 32 can adjoin the support-frame 11, on an opposite side of the support-frame 11 from the boron-film 12. The annular-film 32 can include boron and hydrogen. The annular-film 32 can have the same material composition as, and can be similar in thickness with, the boron-film 12.
US11545267B2
Methods and apparatus for the application of reinforcement learning to animal medical diagnostics. In one embodiment, a system is disclosed that utilizes two (2) RL agents that are arranged sequentially and that are optimized independently from one another. The first RL agent is an assessment RL agent which takes as input from one or more of: outputs from classification artificial intelligence (AI) engines; outputs from subjective biological data storage devices, and outputs from objective biological data storage devices. Using these input(s), the assessment RL agent outputs a set of assessments which evaluate a set of conditions associated with an animal. This set of assessments is then provided as input to a second RL agent known-as a plan RL agent which determines a set of treatment recommendations and diagnostics based off this determined set of assessments. Methods and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US11545265B2
A mobile medical device for monitoring a respiratory condition in a subject, the medical device including: a sensor configured to be adhered to the skin of a patient, the sensor configured to yield a resistance signal that is modulated by movements of a chest of a patient during respiration; a sensor attachment module configured to receive the signal from the sensor and to output data to a mobile electronic device an indication of an adverse respiratory event. Also disclosed is a server for integrating data collected from a plurality of the mobile medical devices and a crowd-sourced respiration advisory system including a plurality of the mobile medical devices and a server for integrating data collected by the mobile medical devices.
US11545263B2
A physiological sensor has light emitting sources, each activated by addressing at least one row and at least one column of an electrical grid. The light emitting sources are capable of transmitting light of multiple wavelengths and a detector is responsive to the transmitted light after attenuation by body tissue.
US11545259B2
A physiological monitoring device includes: a sensor interface, a display configured to display information related to the patient, and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to: operate the physiological monitoring device into a non-transport mode while docked to one of at least one monitor mount; display first location context information corresponding to a first patient care area on the display while the physiological monitoring device is operating in the non-transport mode in the first patient care area; detect an undocking event in response to undocking the physiological monitoring device from a first monitor mount of the at least one monitor mount, wherein the first monitor mount is located in the first patient care area; and in response to detecting the undocking event, operate the physiological monitoring device in a transport mode, including changing the first location context information to transport context information on the display.
US11545257B1
A method for facilitating employee selection of one or more health insurance products includes displaying specific defined contribution amounts for health insurance products; receiving, from the user, input corresponding to selection of a health insurance product; displaying, to the user, information regarding the selected insurance product including an estimated cost of a plan including the selected health insurance product, a coupon amount the cost of the plan will be discounted based on a specific defined contribution amount for the class of the selected health insurance product, a lump sum defined contribution amount the cost of the plan will be discounted, and an estimated monthly cost after the coupon amount and lump sum defined contribution amount are applied.
US11545256B2
Embodiments of the invention provide apparatuses, systems, and methods for more accurate remote monitoring of a user's body. In some embodiments, a system for monitoring a user's body comprises a wearable device, a video sensor attached at a collar portion of the wearable device, a plurality of audio sensors spaced and attached at a body portion of a wearable device and a controller configured to determine a Jugular Venous Pressure (JVP) of the user, and determine audio characteristics of an output of the plurality of audio sensors to generate an audio heat map corresponding to at least one internal organ of the user.
US11545250B2
In an aspect, a system for generating lifestyle change recommendations based on biological extractions includes a computing device designed and configured for receiving a biological extraction pertaining to a user generating, using a first machine-learning process, a plurality of lifestyle intervention combinations as a function of the biological extraction, assigning, to each lifestyle intervention combination of the plurality of lifestyle intervention combinations, a degree of projected user adherence to the lifestyle intervention combination, wherein assigning further comprises performing a second machine learning process, and selecting, from the plurality of lifestyle intervention combinations, a lifestyle intervention combination as a function of the degree of projected user adherence of the selected lifestyle intervention combination.
US11545245B1
A system for fulfilling a prescription is provided. The system may include at least one processor programmed to (i) receive a prescription request including patient data relating to a patient, (ii) determine an insurance provider of the patient based on the received patient data, (iii) determine an insured cost for a prescription for the patient, (iv) determine a non-insured cost for the prescription for the patient, (v) compare the insured cost to the non-insured cost to determine which cost is lower, (vi) depending on which cost is lower, i) send a message to the patient with a corresponding recommendation, and ii) process an insurance claim and/or a payment transaction upon authorization from the patient, and (vii) transmit the prescription to a pharmacy for further processing.
US11545244B2
A water prescribing system 1 is provided with a state storage unit 21 which stores a state variable relating to a physical constitution and health condition for each of a plurality of persons including a user, and a prescription unit 22 which creates a prescription of water suitable for the user based on the state variable.
US11545240B2
A computer method of managing a workflow of scheduled nodes. The method comprises instantiating a computer instantiated mathematical model of workflow paths, wherein the mathematical model defines nodes to be scheduled, defines time-based anchors between the nodes, and sequence-based anchors between the nodes; for each workflow object, determining a workflow schedule for the workflow object by an application executing on a computer system, wherein the workflow schedule comprises a plurality of nodes and wherein the application determines the workflow schedule based on the time-based anchors and sequence-based anchors between nodes defined by the mathematical model; storing by the application context information about completion of the activities performed when performing the node associated with the workflow path of the workflow object; and changing the workflow schedule of the workflow object based on the context information about completion of the activities performed and based on the mathematical model.
US11545238B2
Provided herein are methods for design of engineered polypeptides that recapitulate molecular structure features of a predetermined portion of a reference protein structure, e.g., an antibody epitope or a protein binding site. A Machine Learning (ML) model is trained by labeling blueprint records generated from a reference target structure with scores calculated based on computational protein modeling of polypeptide structures generated by the blueprint records. The method may include training an ML model based on a first set of blueprint records, or representations thereof, and a first set of scores, each blueprint record from the first set of blueprint records associated with each score from the first set of scores. After the training, the machine learning model may be executed to generate a second set of blueprint records. A set of engineered polypeptides are then generated based on the second set of blueprint records.
US11545230B2
An apparatus includes a memory and a controller. The memory may be configured to store data. The controller may be configured to process a plurality of input/output requests to a plurality of blocks of the memory that are not marked as bad on a block list, perform a code rate test that programs the plurality of blocks of the memory at three or more code rates of an error correction code scheme, and mark any of the plurality of blocks identified as bad during the code rate test on the block list.
US11545228B2
A storage device may include a one time programmable (OTP) memory including a plurality of OTP cells and configured to store OTP key values in the plurality of OTP cells, and an erase instruction circuit that is detachably mounted on the storage device and connected to a first node of the OTP memory. When the erase instruction circuit is removed from the storage device, the OTP memory may be configured to receive the erase instruction signal having a first logic level at the first node and permanently erase all the OTP key values stored in the plurality of OTP cells by programming the plurality of OTP cells to an identical OTP key value in response to the erase instruction signal having the first logic level.
US11545226B1
Non-volatile memory systems are disclosed. The memory systems include rows of memory holes FC-SGD and SC-SGD, the latter of which may be created by a SHE cutting operation. The SC-SGD include erase speeds slower than those of FC-SGD. In order to overcome the erase speed disparities, SC-SGD are programmed to a higher Vt as compared to FC-SGD. By programming SC-SGD to a higher Vt, the erase speed increases and matches the erase speed of FC-SGD. Further, different SC-SGDs are cut to different amounts, creating different erase speeds among SC-SGD. SC-SGDs with a greater degree/amount of cut have slower erase speeds as compared to SC-SGDs with a lesser degree/amount of cut. However, verify levels among SC-SGDs can differ to produce SC-SGDs with Vt's such that their erase speeds match with each other as well as with FC-SGD.
US11545218B2
A memory device has a plurality of bit cells, each of which includes an SRAM cell having a storage node selectively connectable to a first bit line in response to a control signal received on a first word line. Each bit cell further includes an MRAM cell selectively connectable to the storage node of the SRAM cell in response to a control signal received on a second word line.
US11545213B1
The disclosure provides a novel system and method of storing multi-bit information, including providing a nano-channel-based polymer memory device, the device having at least one memory cell comprising at least two addition nano-channels, each of the addition nano-channels arranged to add a unique chemical construct (or codes) to the polymer when the polymer enters the respective addition nano-channel, the polymer having a bead or origami on a non-writing end of the polymer; each nano-channel having a nano-port constriction having a port width which allows the polymer to pass through the nano-port, and does not allow the bead or origami to pass through and does not allow addition or deblocking enzymes (or beads attached thereto) to pass through the nano-port; successively steering the polymer through the nanopore into the addition nano-channels to add the codes to the polymer based on a predetermined digital data pattern to create the digital data pattern on the polymer.
US11545201B2
Various embodiments of the present application are directed towards a memory cell, an integrated chip comprising a memory cell, and a method of operating a memory device. In some embodiments, the memory cell comprises a data-storage element having a variable resistance and a unipolar selector electrically coupled in series with the data-storage element. The memory cell is configured to be written by a writing voltage with a single polarity applying across the data-storage element and the unipolar selector.
US11545200B1
A data control circuit includes a first latch circuit, a self-block circuit, a second latch circuit, a third latch circuit, a first data timing-labeled signal generating circuit, and a second data timing-labeled signal generating circuit. The first latch circuit is arranged to receive a data window signal. The self-block circuit is coupled to the first latch circuit, and is arranged to generate a protection signal. The second latch circuit is coupled to the self-block circuit, and is arranged to output a first data timing-labeled signal. The third latch circuit is coupled to the second latch circuit, and is arranged to generate a second data timing-labeled signal. The first data timing-labeled signal generating circuit is arranged to generate a third data timing-labeled signal. The second data timing-labeled signal generating circuit is arranged to generate a fourth data timing-labeled signal.
US11545190B2
The present technology includes a semiconductor memory device. The semiconductor memory device includes a first channel pattern and a second channel pattern each extending in a vertical direction and facing each other, a channel separation pattern formed between the first channel pattern and the second channel pattern and extending in the vertical direction, a stack including conductive patterns each surrounding the first channel pattern, the second channel pattern, and the channel separation pattern and stacked apart from each other in the vertical direction, a first memory pattern disposed between each of the conductive patterns and the first channel pattern, and a second memory pattern disposed between each of the conductive patterns and the second channel pattern.
US11545180B1
A heat-assisted magnetic recording head includes a near-field transducer (NFT). The NFT includes a plasmonic disk and a near-field oscillator pair. The near-field oscillator pair includes a receiving oscillator and an emitting oscillator. The receiving oscillator is operatively coupled to the plasmonic disk and configured to receive localized surface plasmons from the plasmonic disk and amplify a near field of the localized surface plasmons. The emitting oscillator is configured to receive the near field from the receiving oscillator and emit the near field toward a surface of a magnetic disk.
US11545176B2
A magnetic recording medium includes a substrate, and a magnetic recording layer including magnetic grains having an L10 structure. The magnetic recording layer is (001) oriented, and a surface of growth of the magnetic recording layer includes a (001) plane, a (111) plane, and planes equivalent to the (111) plane. An area ratio of the (111) plane and the planes equivalent to the (111) plane, represented by (A111+A111e)/(A001+A111+A111e), is in a range of 0.2 to 0.7, where A111 denotes an area of the (111) plane, A111e denotes an area of the planes equivalent to the (111) plane, and A001 denotes an area of the (001) plane.
US11545172B1
A system configured to perform sound source localization (SSL) using reflection classification is provided. A device processes audio data representing sounds from multiple sound sources to generate sound track data that includes an individual sound track for each of the sound sources. To detect reflections, the device determines whether a pair of sound tracks are strongly correlated. For example, the device may calculate a correlation value for each pairwise combination of the sound tracks and determine whether the correlation value exceeds a threshold value. When the correlation value exceeds the threshold, the device invokes a reflection classifier trained to distinguish between direct sound sources and reflected sound sources. For example, the device extracts feature data from the pair of sound tracks and processes the feature data using a trained model to determine which of the sound tracks corresponds to the direct sound source.
US11545163B2
A loss function of a signal including an audio signal is determined. A loss function determining system for an audio signal is provided. A loss function is determined by: determining a reference quantization index by quantizing an original input signal; inputting the original input signal to a neural network classifier and applying an activation function to an output layer of the neural network classifier; and determining a total loss function for the neural network classifier using an output of the activation function and the reference quantization index.
US11545159B1
A digital audio quality monitoring device uses a deep neural network (DNN) to provide accurate estimates of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) from a limited set of features extracted from incoming audio. Some embodiments improve the SNR estimate accuracy by selecting a DNN model from a plurality of available models based on a codec used to compress/decompress the incoming audio. Each model has been trained on audio compressed/decompressed by a codec associated with the model, and the monitoring device selects the model associated with the codec used to compress/decompress the incoming audio. Other embodiments are also provided.
US11545157B2
Techniques are described for training and/or utilizing an end-to-end speaker diarization model. In various implementations, the model is a recurrent neural network (RNN) model, such as an RNN model that includes at least one memory layer, such as a long short-term memory (LSTM) layer. Audio features of audio data can be applied as input to an end-to-end speaker diarization model trained according to implementations disclosed herein, and the model utilized to process the audio features to generate, as direct output over the model, speaker diarization results. Further, the end-to-end speaker diarization model can be a sequence-to-sequence model, where the sequence can have variable length. Accordingly, the model can be utilized to generate speaker diarization results for any of various length audio segments.
US11545155B2
A speaker recognition system for authenticating a mobile device user includes an enrollment and learning software module, a voice biometric authentication software module, and a secure software application. Upon request by a user of the mobile device, the enrollment and learning software module displays text prompts to the user, receives speech utterances from the user, and produces a voice biometric print. The enrollment and training software module determines when a voice biometric print has met at least a quality threshold before storing it on the mobile device. The secure software application prompts a user requiring authentication to repeat an utterance based at least on an attribute of a selected voice biometric print, receives a corresponding utterance, requests the voice biometric authentication software module to verify the identity of the second user using the utterance, and, if the user is authenticated, imports the voice biometric print.
US11545152B2
In some embodiments, an exemplary inventive system for improving computer speed and accuracy of automatic speech transcription includes at least components of: a computer processor configured to perform: generating a recognition model specification for a plurality of distinct speech-to-text transcription engines; where each distinct speech-to-text transcription engine corresponds to a respective distinct speech recognition model; receiving at least one audio recording representing a speech of a person; segmenting the audio recording into a plurality of audio segments; determining a respective distinct speech-to-text transcription engine to transcribe a respective audio segment; receiving, from the respective transcription engine, a hypothesis for the respective audio segment; accepting the hypothesis to remove a need to submit the respective audio segment to another distinct speech-to-text transcription engine, resulting in the improved computer speed and the accuracy of automatic speech transcription and generating a transcript of the audio recording from respective accepted hypotheses for the plurality of audio segments.
US11545151B2
Dynamically delaying execution of automated assistant actions and/or background application requests
Implementations set forth herein allow a user to access a first application in a foreground of a graphical interface, and simultaneously employ an automated assistant to respond to notifications arising from a second application. The user can provide an input, such as a spoken utterance, while viewing the first application in the foreground in order to respond to notifications from the second application without performing certain intervening steps that can arise under certain circumstances. Such intervening steps can include providing a user confirmation, which can be bypassed, and/or time-limited according to a timer, which can be displayed in response to the user providing a responsive input directed at the notification. A period for the timer can be set according to one or more characteristics that are associated with the notification, the user, and/or any other information that can be associated with the user receiving the notification.
US11545150B2
Provided are a dialogue device, a dialogue method, a data structure, and a program capable of realizing various dialogues while reducing the amount of description of a dialogue scenario. A knowledge transition unit 120 determines a next type of knowledge based on: a knowledge base 130 in which a relation label indicating each of relations between a plurality of types of knowledge is attached to knowledge about each of utterances to express the knowledge about the utterance; a user utterance; current knowledge; and a dialogue scenario including a basic scenario in which a transition method between the plurality of types of knowledge in the knowledge base is determined using the relation label, and an utterance generation unit 150 generates a system utterance based on the next type of knowledge.
US11545149B2
Disclosed are an electronic device capable of efficiently performing speech recognition and natural language understanding and a method for controlling thereof. The electronic device includes: a microphone; a non-volatile memory configured to store virtual assistant model data comprising data that is classified according to a plurality of domains and data that is commonly used for the plurality of domains; a volatile memory; and a processor configured to: based on receiving, through the microphone, a trigger input to perform speech recognition for a user speech, initiate loading the virtual assistant model data from the non-volatile memory into the volatile memory, load, into the volatile memory, first data from among the data classified according to the plurality of domains and, while loading the first data into the volatile memory, load at least a part of the data commonly used for the plurality of domains into the volatile memory.
US11545148B2
Provided herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for enabling Do Not Disturb functionality in voice responsive devices. An example embodiment operates by: enabling an user to configure Do Not Disturb settings for a voice responsive device; while (a) the Do Not Disturb functionality is activated for the voice responsive device, and (b) within a Do Not Disturb time period specified by the Do Not Disturb settings: disabling one or more microphones; receiving an unambiguous trigger; responsive to receiving the unambiguous trigger, enabling the microphone(s); receiving a voice command; and processing the voice command. An example of an unambiguous trigger may be the user pressing a talk button (either a physical or digital button) on a remote control associated with the voice responsive device.
US11545143B2
Within each harmonic spectrum of a sequence of spectra derived from analysis of a waveform representing human speech are identified two or more fundamental or harmonic components that have frequencies that are separated by integer multiples of a fundamental acoustic frequency. The highest harmonic frequency that is also greater than 410 Hz is a primary cap frequency, which is used to select a primary phonetic note that corresponds to a subset of phonetic chords from a set of phonetic chords for which acoustic spectral is available. The spectral data can also include frequencies for primary band, secondary band (or secondary note), basal band, or reduced basal band acoustic components, which can be used to select a phonetic chord from the subset of phonetic chords corresponding to the selected primary note.
US11545138B1
Systems and methods for Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based analysis of oral reviews are provided. An example method includes prompting a user to provide an oral review concerning a subject; providing the user with an interface configured to receive the oral review; receiving, via the interface, the oral review concerning the subject in a free format; generating, based on the oral review, a text for review and presenting the text for review to the user; and providing, to the user, an option to publish the text for review via at least one social media. Generating the text for review may include removing filler words from the oral review and converting the oral review from the free format to a format according to a grammar rule of at least one human language.
US11545133B2
Processor(s) of a client device can: identify a textual segment stored locally at the client device; process the textual segment, using an on-device TTS generator model, to generate synthesized speech audio data that includes synthesized speech of the textual segment; process the synthesized speech, using an on-device ASR model to generate predicted ASR output; and generate a gradient based on comparing the predicted ASR output to ground truth output corresponding to the textual segment. Processor(s) of the client device can also: process the synthesized speech audio data using an on-device TTS generator model to make a prediction; and generate a gradient based on the prediction. In these implementations, the generated gradient(s) can be used to update weight(s) of the respective on-device model(s) and/or transmitted to a remote system for use in remote updating of respective global model(s). The updated weight(s) and/or the updated model(s) can be transmitted to client device(s).
US11545128B2
An acoustic structure includes a plate and at least one acoustic scatterer having a resonant frequency and coupled to a side of the plate. The at least one acoustic scatterer has an opening, a first channel and a second channel. The first channel has a first channel open end and a first channel terminal end with the first channel open end being in fluid communication with the opening. The second channel has a second channel open end and a second channel terminal end with the second channel open end being in fluid communication with the opening. The first channel terminal end and the second channel terminal end are separate from one another.
US11545127B2
Embodiments include a method and noise cancelling system for cancelling noise in a vehicle by operating at least one noise cancelling means in a first mode of operation to output a noise cancelling signal; receiving at least one input indicative of a state of the vehicle; determining if noise cancelling error conditions are present based on the at least one received input indicative of a state of the vehicle; and operating at least one noise cancelling means in a second mode of operation if noise cancelling error conditions are determined as present.
US11545125B1
An electronic system includes a fan module, an embedded controller, an error microphone, an active noise cancellation controller, and a micro speaker module. The error microphone is configured to output an error signal by detecting the noise level during the operation of the electronic system. According to the error signal and the fan information provided by the embedded controller, the active noise cancellation controller calculates the narrow-band noises associated with the actual single-blade fundamental frequency noise and the actual BPF fundamental frequency noise generated by the fan module, and drives the micro speaker module accordingly for providing a noise cancellation signal. The error signal may be reduced to zero by adaptively adjusting the noise cancellation signal for canceling the noises generated during the operation of the electronic system.
US11545124B2
An electronic percussion instrument capable of simulating a rendition of an acoustic percussion instrument is provided. The electronic percussion instrument includes a housing, a percussion surface attached to the housing, a pressure sensor disposed on a central section of the percussion surface on a side of the back surface and configured to detect pressing against the central section, a head vibration sensor disposed on a peripheral section of the percussion surface on the side of the back surface and configured to detect vibrations of the peripheral section, and a rim vibration sensor disposed at a position overlapping the head vibration sensor when seen in a plan view of the percussion surface and configured to detect vibrations of the housing.
US11545118B2
An example method and system for display of out-of-window status indicators in a virtual shelf of a diagram window. A diagram framework displays a first portion of a diagram within a diagram window of a display device. The diagram comprises a set of shapes and a set of connectors representing a corresponding set of relationships between a set of objects. The framework detects that a first shape of the set of shapes at a first position of the first shape and a first status indicator associated with the first shape at a first position of the first status indicator are at least partially outside a first visible portion of the diagram within the diagram window. The diagram framework determines a second position of the first status indicator within the diagram window. The first status indicator at the second position of the first status indicator is displayed within the diagram window.
US11545096B2
The present disclosure provides a driving method of a display module, a driving system thereof, and a display device. The driving method of the display module includes a display panel driving process, and a backlight module driving process driven synchronously with the display panel driving process. The display panel driving process includes steps: performing a color saturation adjustment; and obtaining second color signals to drive the display panel by converting. The backlight module driving process includes steps: using the light source adjustment coefficient to adjust a first brightness value to obtain a second brightness value; determining a dominant hue light source; and driving the dominant hue light source by the second brightness value.
US11545088B2
A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes: a substrate, a plurality of pixel units, a functional signal line, and a first conductive structure. The substrate includes a display area and a peripheral area on at least one side of the display area, the plurality of pixel units are in the display area, each pixel unit includes a light-emitting unit and a pixel circuit structure for providing a driving current to the light-emitting unit, and the light-emitting unit is an electroluminescent element. The functional signal line is connected with the pixel circuit structure of each pixel unit and provides a common voltage signal for the pixel circuit structure. The first conductive structure is connected in parallel with the functional signal line and is located at a layer different from that of the functional signal line.
US11545075B2
The disclosure provides a display panel and a spliced display device. The display panel includes a substrate, an array circuit, and a power supply circuit. The substrate includes a top surface, a bottom surface, and a side surface located between the top surface and the bottom surface. The array circuit is disposed on the top surface. Power is supplied to the array circuit through the power supply circuit. The power supply circuit has a power input terminal. The power input terminal corresponds to at least two distribution terminals. The at least two distribution terminals are disposed on the side surface and distribute the power to different portions of the array circuit.
US11545071B2
A display device includes a controller, a display processor, a resolution converter, and a display screen. The controller, in response to first request of setting a current signal source type to a first signal source type which is a type of a signal source for providing display data having a target resolution and a first definition, generates and transmits a first control signal corresponding to the first request. The display processor receives and forwards the first control signal from the controller. The resolution converter converts the initial display data into first display data having a target resolution and a first definition in response to the first control signal, and transmits the first display data to the display processor. The target resolution is greater than the initial resolution. The first definition is greater than a definition of display data obtained by stretching the initial display data and having the target resolution.
US11545068B2
A display device, includes: a scan driver configured to sequentially supply scan signals having a turn-on level to the first scan line and the second scan line during a first period and to concurrently supply scan signals having a turn-on level to the first scan line and the second scan line during a second period after the first period, wherein: a mask period corresponds to a difference between a start point of the second period and a start point of the first period in a next frame period, a first frame period and a second frame period have different mask periods, a third frame period between the first frame period and the second frame period has a same mask period as the first frame period, and a fourth frame period between the first frame period and the second frame period has a same mask period as the second frame period.
US11545067B2
A display apparatus including: a display panel configured to display an image based on input image data; a data driver configured to output a data voltage to the display panel; and a driving controller configured to determine a driving frequency of the display panel based on flicker values for grayscale values of the input image data and output a driving frequency signal representing the driving frequency of the display panel to a host.
US11545064B2
A display device includes circuitry to determine, based on a display data length and a display area length, whether display data including one or more display components fits within a display area of a screen on which the display data is to be displayed. In case that a determination result indicates that a part of the display data is out of the display area, the circuitry displays the display data including the one or more display components that are reduced based on a difference between the display data length and the display area length.
US11545063B2
A data transmission circuit includes a transmitter configured to transmit a data signal, a receiver configured to receive the data signal, a first transmission line connected between the transmitter and the receiver, and a second transmission line connected between the transmitter and the receiver. The data signal includes a line start signal, and a configuration signal. The data signal further includes at least one of an inverted line start signal which is an inverted version of the line start signal or an inverted configuration signal which is an inverted version of the configuration signal.
US11545054B2
A flexible display panel of an expandable display device includes a first side with a display unit, and a second side opposite to the first side. A bending guide includes an external guide that faces part of the first side and has a first curved side, and an internal guide that faces part of the second side and has a second curved side. A slider that slides on the bending guide is attached to, one end portion of the flexible display panel. A radius of the first curved side is greater than a radius of the second curved side. When the slider moves toward the bending guide, the first side contacts the first curved side and is bent by the first curved side, and when the slider moves away from the bending guide, the second side contacts the second curved side and is bent by the second curved side.
US11545044B2
A system and method are that includes a frame and a weapon mount on the frame that receives a weapon mock-up. The method includes setting up a trainer simulator including opening a transportable shipping container, wherein the transportable shipping container includes a coupled integrated common base frame and a universal mount tower. The method includes assembling a seat and pivoting the universal mount tower from a horizontal position to a vertical position wherein the universal mount tower auto-locks into position. The method includes delivering ground vehicle based weapon system training to a user using a continuum of human interface fidelities that includes a first, second and third fidelity, wherein the user is first delivered training at a first fidelity, and then at a second fidelity and then at a third fidelity. A system for a mission reconfigurable trainer simulation is also presented.
US11545040B2
A computer apparatus includes a touchscreen display. The computer apparatus generates a graphical user interface on the touchscreen display and receive user inputs via the touchscreen display. The graphical user interface includes symbology representing a flight path of multiple unmanned teamed assets from a current position to a current objective. The graphical user interface also includes symbology representing a card associated with each of the unmanned teamed assets. By the touchscreen display, an operator selects one of the unmanned teamed assets, for emphasis of the flight path. The flight paths of the non-selected unmanned teamed assets remain displayed when the selected flight path is emphasized. The operator may select the unmanned teamed asset by the flight path or by the unmanned teamed asset card.
US11545037B2
An aircraft-based runway overrun awareness alerting system (ROAAS) for an aircraft primary flight display (PFD) is disclosed. In embodiments, the ROAAS is embodied aboard an aircraft and tracks trends in the aircraft position and heading. Further, the ROAAS tracks the trending energy state of the aircraft on approach to a runway. Based on the current energy state, as well as the runway parameters, the ROAAS predicts a landing point for the aircraft along the runway as a trend based on the evolving energy state and position of the aircraft. Based on the landing point trend, as well as the energy state, the ROAAS determines the current likelihood of runway excursion as an evolving trend (e.g., that the aircraft will not have sufficient runway remaining to decelerate or stop) and displays this likelihood as a dynamic graphic element not integrated into any other instruments or components displayed by the PFD.
US11545035B2
Methods and systems for notifying a driver of a first vehicle of obstacles discouraging passing of a second vehicle in front of the first vehicle. The system includes a sensor of the second vehicle configured to detect spatial data in proximity of the second vehicle. The system also includes an electronic control unit (ECU) of the first vehicle. The ECU is configured to receive the spatial data from a transceiver of the second vehicle. The ECU is also configured to determine obstacle data based on the spatial data, the obstacle data identifying a presence of obstacles ahead of the second vehicle discouraging passing of the second vehicle by the first vehicle. The ECU is also configured to provide a notification to the driver of the first vehicle when the obstacle data indicates the presence of obstacles ahead of the second vehicle.
US11545028B2
Dual channel wireless communication system for monitoring and/or control of a machine (112), such as a press brake, by a remote interface device (10, 12) that communicates data with a machine controller (18) over two channels CH1, CH2 in parallel. Also, a system and method to determine whether a remote interface device (10, 12) is within a range or zone of a machine (112) that the remote interface device wirelessly monitors and/or controls, uses an ultrasound transmitter-receiver arrangement (100, 102) and an electromagnetic (EM) transmitter-receiver arrangement (104, 106, 108, 110) to determine difference in ultrasound and EM time of flight and therefore whether or not the remote interface device is permitted to monitor and/or control the machine or is within range to monitor and/or control the machine.
US11545024B1
Input data, such as audio and/or video data, may be captured from a first room, for example via microphones and/or cameras within the first room. A first quantity of people within the first room may be determined based at least in part on the input data. An alert may be provided when the first quantity of people exceeds a threshold quantity of people. Additionally, locations of people within the room may also be detected based at least in part on the input data. A first proximity of a first person in the room to a second person in the room may be determined. An alert may also be provided when the first proximity is less than a threshold proximity.
US11545021B2
An acquisition imaging system is described herein that acquires multiple images from multiple imagers where each are sent to a single processor/controller, resulting in a single, resultant image providing a detailed field of view. The system is comprised of multiple sets of images taken by multiple sensors, strategically placed to acquire multiple perspectives of an image field. Each sensor is packaged with digitization, compression and communication components in an imager to allow for the transfer of the image to a processor/controller system controller. The system's controller acts as the network interface, power supply and centralized management for processing information, specifically the analytics. The present invention has applications in surveillance, event classification systems, indexed archival storage, real-time and post facto image content analytics, future filtering vectors; ad hoc querying, automatic queries, and multiple query languages.
US11545019B2
A method of patient management including receiving therapy data associated with a plurality of durable medical devices and a first set of patients, and displaying an overview of patient compliance and a plurality of customizable tiles. The overview of patient compliance includes at least the number of patients in the first set of patients, current compliance data, compliance history data, and follow-up data. The plurality of aligned tiles includes at least a title and a plurality of selectable subtitles, each of the plurality of selected subtitles associated with one or more rules. Upon selection of a first selectable subtitle, displaying at least an indication of patients in a second set of patients, wherein the second set of patients is a subset of the first set of patients; upon selection of a first patient, displaying at least all of the rules triggered by the first patient.
US11545015B1
A method, system, apparatus, and/or device that may include: determining, by a processor, that an alert event has occurred; determining, by the processor, a level of the alert event, wherein the level of the alert event is a caution alert level, an urgent alert level, or a critical alert level; determining, by the processor, an initial alert activity associated with the caution alert level, the urgent alert level, or the critical alert level; performing, by the processor, the initial alert activity receiving, from an input device, an updated alert activity associated with the caution alert level, the urgent alert level, or the critical alert level; and in response to that the initial alert activity conflicting with the updated alert activity, maintaining, by the processor, using the initial alert activity associated with the caution alert level, the urgent alert level, or the critical alert level.
US11545010B1
A printer apparatus includes a wearable housing and a paper medium disposed therein, the paper medium including an adhesive label and a backing strip to which the adhesive label is affixed. The adhesive label includes first, second, and third portions affixed to the backing strip, wherein each of the first, second, and third portions is permitted to be peeled off from the backing strip while the others of the first, second, and third portions remain affixed to the backing strip.
US11545002B2
An electronic gaming machine includes a processor configured to control a display device to display a first matrix of symbol positions, and to evaluate a plurality of symbols displayed in the first matrix to determine whether to award a plurality of free games. If free games are awarded, the processor may control the display device to display a plurality of volatility options, each of which may be associated with one or more additional matrices of symbol positions. In addition, the processor may receive a player selection of one volatility option of the plurality of volatility options, and to control the display device to display the one or more additional matrices of symbol positions associated with the player selected volatility option.
US11545001B2
Game features for at least a base slot game may be selectable according to player input. According to some examples, game features may be selectable without exiting from a graphical user interface used to present the slot game. A first GUI portion may be presented in a first area of a display system. The first GUI portion may include display symbols for presenting the slot game. A second GUI portion may be presented in a second area of the display system while the first GUI portion is being presented in the first area, e.g., while the slot game is being presented in the first area. The second GUI portion may include multiple game feature images. Each game feature image may correspond with a selectable game feature.
US11544998B2
A reward system includes a tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon and a processor configured to execute instructions stored in the storage medium. The processor is in communication with a mobile computing device and an electronic gaming machine. When executed by the processor, the instructions causes the processor to at least (i) receive mobile game activity information associated with a mobile game on the mobile computing device; (ii) award the player a first awarded prize based upon the mobile game activity information; (iii) store a first awarded prize entry in a player account for subsequent redemption at the electronic gaming machine, the first awarded prize entry identifies the first awarded prize; (iv) detect a presence of the player at the electronic gaming machine; and (v) instruct the electronic gaming machine to display the first awarded prize when the player accesses the electronic gaming machine.
US11544992B2
A gaming machine including a modular cabinet system is described herein. The modular cabinet system includes a cabinet stand assembly, a control unit housing mounted on the cabinet stand assembly, and a display unit support assembly mounted to the control unit housing. The control unit housing defines an interior cavity enclosing a game control unit assembly of the gaming machine. The display unit support assembly includes a primary display support member and a primary bracket assembly slidably coupled to the primary display support member. The primary display support member defines an interior equipment cavity configured to receive the primary bracket assembly therein. The primary bracket assembly is coupled to a primary display unit of the gaming machine to support the primary display unit from the primary display support member and to allow the primary display unit to move with respect to the primary display support member.
US11544991B2
A method of operating a gaming device, comprising: displaying an arrangement of a predetermined number of symbol windows; receiving a selection of a number of the windows equal to the unique selection number and causing the display to present a graphical indication of the selected windows; undertaking play of a game, wherein as a result of the base game, each window is associated with a symbol, and wherein each symbol is displayed on the touchscreen display within its associated window, and wherein each symbol is randomly selected from a set comprising one or more first symbols and one or more second symbols; determining that one or more of the selected windows comprises a first symbol as a result of play of the base game; and awarding an award in accordance with the number of selected windows comprising first symbols and an award rule associated with the selected number of windows.
US11544990B2
A method and a device for increasing the emotional involvement in games which provide for performing bets, wherein the result of the bets is determined by the occurrence of an event such as the output of a winning number. The method detects instant by instant the position of a small ball and represents the movement on a bets placement area. The device determines the winning number, performs bets, monitors the run of the small ball, and displays its trajectory on the betting platform.
US11544973B2
Apparatus, device, methods and system relating to a vehicular telemetry environment for monitoring vehicle components and providing indications towards the condition of the vehicle components and providing optimal indications towards replacement or maintenance of vehicle components before vehicle component failure.
US11544964B2
A facial recognition method using online sparse learning includes initializing target position and scale, extracting positive and negative samples, and extracting high-dimensional Haar-like features. A sparse coding function can be used to determine sparse Haar-like features and form a sparse feature matrix, and the sparse feature matrix in turn is used to classify targets.
US11544961B2
Techniques are described for passive three-dimensional (3D) face imaging based on macro-structure and micro-structure image sizing, such as for biometric facial recognition. A set of images of a user's face is processed to extract authentication deterministic macro-structure (DMAS) measurements. A database includes profile DMAS measurements, profile location definitions for deterministic micro-structure (DMIS) feature regions, and profile DMIS signatures computed for the DMIS feature regions. A first-level authentication determination can be based on comparing the authentication DMAS measurements with the profile DMAS measurements. Authentication DMIS signatures can be computed from sub-images obtained for the DMIS feature regions at the profile location definitions. A second-level authentication determination can be based on comparing the authentication DMIS signatures with the profile DMIS signatures. An authentication result can be output based on both the first-level authentication determination and the second-level authentication that indicates whether authentication of the user is granted or denied.
US11544958B2
The present disclosure provides a light detection apparatus and application thereof. The apparatus includes: a nonopaque cover plate, a display, and a photosensor, and further including a processor configured to transmit a display driving signal to the display when the apparatus detects a touch signal on the apparatus; wherein the display includes a plurality of display pixels configured to emit an optical signal when receiving the display driving signal transmitted by the processor, and the optical signal is reflected on an upper surface of the nonopaque cover plate to form a reflected optical signal; and wherein the reflected optical signal is received by the photosensor. By some embodiments of the present disclosure, obtained physiological feature information can be more accurate and identification precision can be effectively improved.
US11544954B2
A device for bonding a fingerprint sensor to a display panel including a picker for securing a rear surface of a fingerprint sensing unit with a first planar surface having a (1-1)-th inclination, a stage for securing a front surface of the display panel with a second planar surface having a (2-1)-th inclination, distance measuring units for measuring distances to first points on a front surface of the fingerprint sensing unit and to second points on a rear surface of the display panel, a controller outputting a control signal that adjusts an inclination of the first planar surface or the second planar surface, an inclination adjusting unit for adjusting an inclination of the first and planar surfaces, and a vertical driving unit for moving at least one of the first and second planar surfaces along a first direction to bond the fingerprint sensing unit to the display panel.
US11544952B2
A display device includes a first display unit emitting an output light having an output spectrum corresponding to a highest gray level of the display device, wherein an intensity integral of the output spectrum from 494 nm to 575 nm is defined as a first intensity integral, an intensity integral of the output spectrum from 380 nm to 493 nm is defined as a second intensity integral, an intensity integral of the output spectrum from 576 nm to 780 nm is defined as a third intensity integral, a summation of the second intensity integral and third intensity integral is defined as a first summation, a ratio of the first summation to the first intensity integral is defined as a first ratio, and the first ratio is greater than 0.0% and less than or equal to 37.0%.
US11544947B2
A classification system is provided that separates unclassified pages into unclassified, separated documents and classifies the separated documents. The classification system applies a page-level recognition model to the unclassified pages to recognize the logical boundaries between documents and, based on the logical boundaries, separates the pages into unclassified, separated documents. The classification system further applies a document-level recognition model to classify the separated documents.
US11544945B2
Systems and methods are provided for processing and extracting content from an image captured using a mobile device. In one embodiment, an image is captured by a mobile device and corrected to improve the quality of the image. The corrected image is then further processed by adjusting the image, identifying the format and layout of the document, binarizing the image and extracting the content using optical character recognition (OCR). Multiple methods of image adjusting may be implemented to accurately assess features of the document, and a secondary layout identification process may be performed to ensure that the content being extracted is properly classified.
US11544943B1
A method includes executing an encoder machine learning model on multiple token values contained in a document to create an encoder hidden state vector. A decoder machine learning model executing on the encoder hidden state vector generates raw text comprising an entity value and an entity label for each of multiple entities. The method further includes generating a structural representation of the entities directly from the raw text and outputting the structural representation of the entities of the document.
