US11554451B2
A reciprocating welding device using a microcontroller to control a stepper motor to control a welding head for the stationary welding of a workpiece, the microcontroller allowing for adjustment of the welding head reciprocating stroke speed, the width of each stroke, and a pause from 0-1 second at the sides to control the wash of the welding edges, having a manipulator, the welding head and the oscillator contained in a single unit and provided on a multiple adjustment portable stand.
US11554450B2
A welding-type power supply includes a fan configured to operate at multiple fan speeds. A controller of the welding-type power supply is configured to identify a welding parameter of the welding-type power supply, and determine an operating fan speed of the multiple fan speeds based on the welding parameter.
US11554449B2
A silver-copper cutting electrode assembly, and method of manufacture is provided with optimized attributes to allow for improved durability, integrity and manufacturability. An electrode has a silver tip portion which is brazed to a copper body portion where the silver portion and joint have a particular structural relationship.
US11554443B2
The present disclosure is directed towards different embodiments of additively manufacturing and smoothing an AM preform to configure an AM preform for downstream processing (working, forging, and the like).
US11554439B2
Systems and methods for setting welding parameters are provided. For example, in certain embodiments, a method includes receiving an input relating to a change in a parameter of welding power of a welding system via a welding system interface. The method also includes displaying a graphical representation of an acceptable range of values for the parameter of the welding power on a display device of the welding system interface, wherein the acceptable range of values is based on other parameters of a welding process being performed by the welding system. The method further includes constraining subsequent manual inputs relating to changes in the parameter of the welding power to the acceptable range of values.
US11554426B2
A rotary cutting tool that implements a chip space in proportion to a feed-per-tooth is proposed. The rotary cutting tool includes a cutting part in which a plurality of cutting teeth and flutes are alternately formed, wherein a cross-section of the cutting part perpendicular to a central axis is divided into a plurality of cutting tooth spaces defining a section between cutting edges of adjacent cutting teeth on the basis of the central axis, such that all of the cutting tooth spaces are designed in different sizes, or some of the plurality of cutting tooth spaces are set in different sizes from the other cutting tooth spaces.
US11554424B1
The present invention provides a twist drill. A cone portion is provided at a front end of the operating portion, and an exterior surface of the operating portion is provided with a spiral flute for shunting cutting chips. The exterior surface of the cone portion is provided with a plurality of composite cutting blade groups which are sequentially enlarged in diameter from the front end to the rear end of the cone portion. The cone portion is provided with a top blade on the tip. In use, the top blade is used for positioning, and the cutting process is carried out by the top blade and the composite cutting blade groups.
US11554423B2
A pipe spinning power drill accessory a stem, shaft, first knurled assembly, second knurled assembly, first state, and second state. The first knurled assembly and the second knurled assembly are each cylindrically shaped. The first knurled assembly is centrally affixed to the stem. The shaft is centrally affixed to the first knurled assembly opposite the stem. The second knurled assembly is centrally affixed to the shaft opposite the first knurled assembly. The first knurled assembly and the second knurled assembly each selectively expand laterally. In the first state, the first knurled assembly and the second knurled assembly are each not laterally expanded. In the second state, at least one of the first knurled assembly and the second knurled assembly are laterally expanded. The stem is configured to be inserted into a chuck of a power drill. The stem is cross-sectionally hexagonally shaped and includes a region of decreased diameter.
US11554422B2
A tool holder having a main body for coupling the tool holder to the spindle of a machine tool and having a clamping surface connected thereto for clamping a tool, characterized in that the tool holder has at least one portion shaped in one piece by primary shaping, which in its interior has one or more cavities that form an enclave in the portion shaped by primary shaping.
US11554418B2
Assemblies fabricated by additive manufacturing include an object and a base plate providing support to the object during the manufacturing process. The geometry of the base plate is defined to optimize space and material constraints. During sintering, the base plate is reduced in area in a manner complementing the reduction in the footprint of the object, preserving the fidelity of the finished object.
US11554417B2
A multistage centrifugal atomizer comprises an outer shell that contains an inlet port and an outlet port and that encloses a tundish, a first inclined rotating surface and a second inclined rotating surface. The first inclined rotating surface is opposedly disposed to the second inclined rotating surface. The inlet is used to introduce a molten material into the multistage atomizer and the outlet is used to remove ultrafine particles having a D50 of less than 20 micrometers.
US11554413B2
A system for making a hybrid cam bore sand core with metal chills for an engine block includes an engine block cast of an aluminum material. A camshaft bore extends through the engine block. A cam bore sand core with at least one metal chill is positioned within the camshaft bore. A body portion of the at least one metal chill is positioned in direct contact with a cam bearing surface of at least one cam bearing member during casting of the engine block to increase a cooling rate of the at least one cam bearing member and create a crystalline material depth of the cam bearing member having enhanced mechanical properties.
US11554407B2
In a brake-disc intermediate product, a corrugated portion is molded using an upper mold and a lower mold. The brake-disc intermediate product is set in a mold, the mold has a slope corresponding to the corrugated portion, and an angular portion formed along the outer circumferential edge of the corrugated portion is in contact with the slope in a state where the brake-disc intermediate product is set in the mold. The angular portion in contact with the slope is deformed by pressing the brake-disc intermediate product in a direction of the mold, to mold a chamfer portion. The slope is formed so that a chamfering angle formed with respect to an inner bottom surface of the mold is larger at a portion in contact with the concave portion than a chamfering angle at a portion in contact with the convex portion.
US11554405B2
A method for preparing a modular planar interconnect plate includes steps of a) providing a metal blank sheet having a main region and two first lateral regions, b) forming two openings respectively in the first lateral regions, and c) stamping to form protrusions and depressions at the main region on lower and upper surfaces of the metal blank sheet. In the stamping step, each of two lower surrounding protrusions and two upper surrounding depressions is formed to surround a corresponding one of the openings, and each of an upper surrounding protrusion and a lower surrounding depression is formed to surround the first lateral regions and the corresponding ones of the protrusions and depressions formed at the main region.
US11554397B2
In various embodiments, wire composed at least partially of arc-melted refractory metal material is utilized to fabricate three-dimensional parts by additive manufacturing.
US11554394B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems, and methods that include a cleaning assembly for a container. The cleaning assembly may include a base; a plurality of protrusions extending from different locations about a circumference of the base; and a porous material arranged about the circumference of the base and between the plurality of protrusions.
US11554391B1
A point of use air wand with a built in filtration system may include a wand including a filter body; a filter housed within the filter body; an input endcap attached to a first end of the filter body, the input endcap operatively attached to an air source; and an accumulator endcap attached to a second end of the filter body. Forced air may enter the wand through the input endcap, flow through the filter, and then out of the wand through the accumulator endcap.
US11554390B2
An ultrasonic/megasonic cleaning device includes a cleaning unit including an upper casing and a lower casing connected to form a hollow chamber, an ultrasonic/megasonic generator provided in the hollow chamber, and a bottom quartz component provided with a quartz rod array composed of a plurality of vertically arranged quartz rod-like structures; a spray arm connected to the upper casing; and an ultrasonic/megasonic frequency control unit connected between the at least one signal source and the ultrasonic/megasonic generator, for constantly varying a frequency of the electrical signal output from the at least one signal source and introducing the electrical signal into the ultrasonic/megasonic generator, so as to dynamically vary an oscillation frequency of the ultrasonic/megasonic wave generated by the ultrasonic/megasonic generator; wherein the ultrasonic/megasonic frequency control unit includes a frequency-switching timing control unit configured to trigger am ultrasonic/megasonic frequency switching control unit to switch the oscillation frequency of the ultrasonic/megasonic wave from a first frequency to a second frequency when the ultrasonic/megasonic wave has been generated at the first frequency for a time period, the time period being randomly selected within a time range.
US11554385B2
The present invention provides multilayer coated substrates, prepared using primer and/or sealer compositions comprising waterborne curable film-forming compositions, in turn comprising: a) an aqueous dispersion of a pigment and i) polymeric urethane-shell particles having a care-shell morphology and having hydroxyl functional groups, wherein the core is prepared from a monomer mixture comprising hydrophobic, ethylenically unsaturated monomers and the shell comprises a polyurethane or polyurethane-urea polymer; or ii) polymeric acrylic-shell particles having a core-shell morphology and having hydroxyl functional groups, wherein the core is prepared from a monomer mixture comprising hydrophobic, ethylenically unsaturated monomers and the shell is prepared from a monomer mixture comprising hydrophilic, ethylenically unsaturated monomers; b) a polyisocyanate crosslinking agent; and optionally c) a hydroxyl functional, water dispersible acrylic polymer.
US11554376B2
Provided is a container (10) including a base material (1) including a plurality of concave portions (2); a recognition unit (3) disposed on the base material and configured to recognize the base material; and a storage unit (4) disposed in a position other than a measurement region of the base material and configured to store information on biomaterials contained in the plurality of concave portions, wherein the recognition unit and the storage unit are allowed to correspond to each other.
US11554373B2
A pumpless microfluidic system is disclosed that can be used to mimic the interaction of organ systems with the immune system. Also disclosed is a method for mimicking an immune system, comprising culturing a plurality of organ cells and at least one population of immune cells in the disclosed pumpless microfluidic system under physiological conditions. The method can further comprise activating an immune reaction in the pumpless microfluidic system, continuing the culture for a defined period, collecting a sample of culture medium from the system, and assaying the sample for one or more indicators of an immune response.
US11554370B2
Described herein are systems and methods for analyzing biological samples. Including a method for processing an analyte, comprising providing a fluidic device comprising the analyte and one or more polymer precursors; selecting a discrete area within said fluidic device; providing an energy source in optical communication with fluidic device; and selectively supplying a unit of energy generated from the energy source to the fluidic device to generate a polymer matrix within the fluidic device, wherein the polymer matrix is within the discrete area or adjacent to the discrete area.
US11554369B2
The present invention relates to encapsulated microfluidic packages and methods thereof. In particular embodiments, the package includes a device, a cradle configured to support the device, and a lid having a bonding surface configured to provide a fluidic seal between itself and the device and/or cradle. Other package configurations, as well as methods for making such fluidic seals, are described herein.
US11554363B2
Electrocatalysts composed of single atoms or metal clusters dispersed over porous carbon support were prepared by a lithium-melt method. The new catalysts demonstrated high selectivity, high Faradic efficiency and low overpotential toward to the electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide to chemicals.
US11554351B2
The present invention relates to a porous membrane, process for the manufacture thereof and uses thereof.
US11554348B2
The invention relates to a method for preparing a hierarchical porous zeolite membrane and an application thereof, comprising the following steps: a mesoporous structure-directing agent is added to limit the growth of zeolite crystals, and self-assembled in the crystallization process to generate a mesoporous structure. Based on a seed crystal induced secondary nucleation mechanism, this method can realize one-step hydrothermal synthesis of hierarchical porous zeolite membrane with the advantages of mild and controllable synthesis conditions, simple process, good repeatability, reduced energy consumption and cost savings. The hierarchical porous zeolite membrane prepared by the method has good cut-off performance, and the cut-off molecular weight is adjustable between 200 to 500,000 Da.
US11554343B1
A movable carbon capture system applied to agriculture-harmonious buildings, which includes a carbon capture unit and a high-concentration CO2 supply unit which are respectively integrated, wherein the carbon capture unit comprises a CO2 adsorption chamber and an air pump, and the high-concentration CO2 supply unit comprises a vacuum pump and an air storage cavity; an air inlet of the CO2 adsorption chamber is connected to the indoor environment, an exhaust port of the CO2 adsorption chamber is connected to an atmosphere outlet, an air outlet of the CO2 adsorption chamber is connected with an air inlet of the vacuum pump, an air outlet of the vacuum pump is connected with an air inlet of the air storage cavity, an air outlet of the air storage cavity is connected with a greenhouse air supply port, and the greenhouse air supply port is connected with a greenhouse.
US11554336B2
A livestock facility air filter grid system comprising perimeter vertical and horizontal stiffener plates and interlocking horizontal and vertical field stiffener plates which provides an improved sealed assembly and eliminates the potential for direct air by-pass of the filters.
US11554326B2
It is disclosed an amusement device (1) comprising a vehicle (2) riding on a track (3), said vehicle comprising a support frame (4) and a compartment (5) having one or more seats (52) for housing one or more passengers, the compartment being moveably connected to said support frame by a shaft (7), to rotate about an axis (Y) with respect to said support frame, from a first position (P1) to at least one second position (P2) in a rotation angular interval, at least when a centrifugal force acts on the passenger compartment (5). The vehicle comprises at least one restoring element (6) configured to rotate back said compartment (5) towards said first position (P1) for at least part of the angular interval between said at least one second position (P2) and said at least one first position (P1). The restoring element (6) is directly or indirectly constrained to said shaft (7).
US11554319B2
An operation pad (20) has an exterior plate (21) having a light-emitting unit (E1) and a touch sensor substrate (22) attached to the rear surface of the exterior plate (21). In addition, the operation pad (20) has a light source (S1) attached to the rear surface thereof and a light diffusion member (H1) that is an optical path through which light of the light source (S1) passes toward the light-emitting unit (E1). According to the structure, the structure for allowing the light-emitting unit provided on the operation pad to shine can be downsized.
US11554317B2
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored therein, which when executed by a computer cause the computer to provide a user with a first game. The instructions further cause the computer to display one or more pieces, each of the one or more pieces being movable in a predetermined direction according to a touch operation by the user. The instructions further cause the computer to retrieve, when a purpose of the first game is achieved, a game content as a reward given to the user, the game content being usable in a second game different from the first game to progress the second game.
US11554315B2
A method implemented by a processor of a computing device, comprising: receiving an image from a camera; using a machine vision process to recognize the at least one real-world object in the image; displaying on a screen an augmented reality (AR) scene containing the at least one real-world object and a virtual agent; receiving user input; deriving a simplified user intent from the user input; and in response to the user input, animating the virtual agent within the AR scene, the animating being dependent on the simplified user intent. Deriving a simplified user intent from the user input may include converting the user input into a user phrase, determining at least one semantic element in the user phrase, and converting the at least one semantic element into the simplified user intent.
US11554311B1
A waveform reinforced skateboard deck with an intermediate body extending between a nose end and an opposing tail end, the deck further including an outermost top rider bearing surface and an outermost bottom truck mounting surface with at least a portion of at least one of the surfaces having a plurality of spaced apart elongated waveforms defining peaks and troughs projecting along a substantially sinuous path between the nose and tail ends.
US11554310B2
A goalie skate for a hockey goalkeeper. The goalie skate may comprise a skate boot for receiving a foot of the hockey goalkeeper, a blade for contacting ice, and a blade holder between the skate boot and the blade. The skate boot comprises an outer shell comprising a synthetic material. The goalie skate may be cowlingless.
US11554309B2
A mouthguard according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a teeth engagement portion having a medial surface. An anterior surface is coupled to the teeth engagement portion opposite the medial surface. A first breathing channel extends from the anterior surface to the medial surface. A second breathing channel extends from the anterior surface to the medial surface. A third breathing channel extends from the anterior surface to the medial surface. A first interior wall is disposed between the first breathing channel and the second breathing channel. The first interior wall is configured to be aligned with a first upper incisor of a wearer. A second interior wall is disposed between the second breathing channel and the third breathing channel. The second interior wall is configured to be aligned with a second upper incisor of the wearer.
US11554305B2
A volleyball training apparatus has a laterally extending arm supported on a riser. A resilient member such as a spring is operably connected within the arm. The resilient member is connected to a flexible connector, such as a cable, that is connected to a volleyball. A series of spacers retains the volleyball away from the rigid arm. The height of the arm may be adjustable to locate the volleyball at a desired height. After a user strikes the volleyball, the volleyball is displaced from its original static position, but quickly is snapped back into the static position by the resilient member pulling the volleyball toward the arm against the spacers.
US11554299B2
Embodiments of golf club heads comprising a head interior bounded by a head front portion, a head rear portion, a head heel portion, a head toe portion, a head top portion, and a head sole portion, the golf club heads further comprising various optimized characteristics including optimizing the head center of gravity height and depth in relation to the head volume and mass, are presented herein. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.
US11554298B2
A golf club head having localized heat treatment is described herein. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11554291B2
In one example, a muscle exercise device includes a first arm, a second arm rotatably connected to the first arm, and the second arm and first arm configured to cooperatively define a recess. The muscle exercise device also includes a resistance element configured to reside in the recess and be compressed between the first arm and the second arm, and a wireless transmitter disposed in either the first arm or the second arm, wherein the wireless transmitter is responsive to communications from an app residing on a user device.
US11554287B2
An exercise machine component comprises a cable connection base adapted to attach to an end of a cable, a chamber adapted to receive a key through an opening of the chamber, a biasing mechanism within the chamber, and a receiving groove within the chamber wherein the biasing mechanism biases the key against the receiving groove so that the key is securely fixed within the chamber.
US11554282B2
An exoskeleton comprising a right hip attachment, a left hip attachment, a belt and a leaf-spring. The leaf-spring configured to couple two hips and apply torque from one respective hip to another respective hip based on the runner's movement and a right gear mechanism and a left gear mechanism, the right gear mechanism and the left gear mechanism comprising respectively of rack-and-pinion mechanism and configured to change an arch of the leaf-spring.
US11554281B2
A headstand bench has a bench frame having front and rear pairs of legs connected by a pair of upper rails, and a pair of lower rails extending longitudinally between the front and rear pairs of legs, beneath the pair of upper rails. A headstand plate is mounted on the pair of upper rails adjacent the rear pair of legs, the headstand plate having a first inner edge that includes an inwardly extending recessed area that is sized and shaped for performing headstand exercises. A removable rigid plate is adapted to be removably mounted on the pair of upper rails, and includes a second inner edge that removably interlocks with the first inner edge of the headstand plate. A removable cushion is removably mounted on the removable rigid plate. The removable rigid plate may also be secured on the pair of lower rails.
US11554280B2
A forest fire retardant composition contains a retardant compound that includes a halide salt, a non-halide salt, a metal oxide, a metal hydroxide, or combinations thereof. The forest fire retardant composition may include at least one anhydrous salt and at least one hydrate salt. The halide salt may be magnesium chloride, calcium chloride, or both. The magnesium chloride hydrate has a formula MgCl2(H2O)x, wherein x is at least one of x=1, 2, 4, 6, 8, or 12. The calcium chloride hydrate has a formula CaCl2(H2O)x, wherein x is at least one of 1, 2, 4, or 6. The composition may be in the form of a dry concentrate, a liquid concentrate, or a final diluted product. The final diluted product is effective in suppressing, retarding, and controlling forest fires while exhibiting corrosion resistance and low toxicity.
US11554275B2
A full face respirator comprising a mask (10) having a transparent viewing portion (12) and a port portion (16), and exhalation port (22) disposed in said port portion (16), a face seal configured (14) to seal the mask (10) over a wearer's eyes, nose and mouth, in use, and an orinasal assembly (2) including a flexible, cup-shaped orinasal (2) having an orifice (2a) and being configured to fit over a wearer's nose and mouth, in use; wherein the orinasal assembly (2) further includes generally tubular connecting portion (24), integrally formed with and extending outwardly from the periphery of the orifice (2a), the connection portion (24) being shaped and configured to extend through the exhalation port (22) from the inner region to the outer region of the mask (10) and including an exhalation valve mount (28) for receiving a one-way exhalation valve (4).
US11554273B2
The disclosure provides a phantom and method for quality assurance of a hadron therapy apparatus used in the intensity modulated particle therapy mode. The phantom comprises a frame structure comprising a base plate, one or more energy wedges, an energy wedge first face inclined with respect to said base plate and an energy wedge second face perpendicular to said base plate, said one or more energy wedges being mounted on said base plate, a 2D detector; said one or more wedges, and 2D detector being in known fixed positions in relation to said frame structure. Said phantom comprises in addition a Spread-Out Bragg Peak wedge, said SOBP wedge having an SOBP wedge first face inclined with respect to said base plate, and a SOBP wedge second face, perpendicular to said base plate, said SOBP wedge being made of a material having a relative density higher than 1.3 preferably 1.5, more preferably 1.7, the distance between the SOBP wedge first face and SOBP second face varying between the penetration depth of a beam having an energy between the high and low limit energy of the beam of said hadron therapy apparatus. The disclosure also provides a method for determining the compliance of the planned SOBP with the actual SOBP.
US11554272B2
A method may include obtaining first image data relating to a region of interest (ROI) of a first subject. The first image data corresponding to a first equivalent dose level may be acquired by a first device. The method may also include obtaining a model for denoising relating to the first image data and determining second image data corresponding to an equivalent dose level higher than the first equivalent dose level based on the first image data and the model for denoising. In some embodiments, the method may further include determining information relating to the ROI of the first subject based on the second image data and recording the information relating to the ROI of the first subject.
US11554269B2
A method, apparatus and components thereof enable selective or differentiated manipulation of at least one of a plurality of particles located in a region of space via magnetic field generation and variation.
US11554267B2
The improvement of administration of a therapeutic agent to a targeted region of a patient's brain is herein described. A magnetic material, preferably soluble iron, is administered to the patient. A magnetic field, for example via transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), is applied to the targeted region of the patient's brain. The magnetic field is used to agitate magnetic material localized to the targeted region of the brain, temporarily forming openings in the blood-brain barrier (BBB), increasing local perfusion, or both at the targeted region. A therapeutic agent is administered to the patient and is delivered to the targeted region of the patient's brain through openings in the BBB, local perfusion, or both.
US11554265B2
A method of applying a neural stimulus with an implanted electrode array involves applying a sequence of stimuli configured to yield a therapeutic effect while suppressing psychophysical side effects. The stimuli sequence is configured such that a first stimulus recruits a portion of the fibre population, and a second stimulus is delivered within the refractory period following the first stimulus and the second stimulus being configured to recruit a further portion of the fibre population. Using an electrode array and suitable relative timing of the stimuli, ascending or descending volleys of evoked responses can be selectively synchronised or desynchronised to give directional control over responses evoked.
US11554264B2
Devices, systems, and techniques are disclosed for determining spatial relationships between electrodes implanted within a patient. In one example, a medical device delivers, via a first electrode, an electrical stimulus and senses, for each other electrode, a respective electrical signal indicative of the electrical stimulus. The medical device determines, for each other electrode, a respective value for each respective electrical signal. The medical device determines, based on the respective values for each respective electrical signal and values of tissue conductivity of tissues of the patient interposed between the first electrode and the other electrodes, spatial relationships between the first electrode and each other electrode of the plurality of electrodes.
US11554258B2
A syringe having barrel defining an outer circumferential surface, and a distal end including a non-luer tip that is not connectable to an intravenous device. The syringe barrel defines a snap-in, syringe engagement feature, adjacent to its distal end, oriented on its outer circumferential surface, which is selectively insertable within a bore of a complementary enteral collar. A proximal end of the enteral collar has a snap-in, enteral collar engagement feature, in the bore of the collar. In some embodiments, the snap-in, enteral collar engagement feature includes one or more cantilever snap joints, which engage a recess in the syringe engagement feature, upon axial insertion of the syringe tip into the bore of the collar. In some embodiments, the enteral collar engagement feature includes a discontinuous-annular snap joint. The enteral collar is sized to permit connection to an enteral device and prevent connection to a device having a luer connector.
US11554253B2
A system for strain relieving intravenous (IV) assembly includes a dressing and an anchor portion for use with the dressing. In various embodiments, the dressing may cover an injection site into a portion of a patient's body for an intravenous (IV) assembly that provides fluid communication between the injection site and a fluid reservoir remote from the injection site through a flexible tube. In an illustrative example, the anchor portion may include a first member and a second member. The first member may be secured, for example, to the dressing and may, in some examples, wrap around the tubing so as to resist axial movement of the tubing relative to the dressing. The second member may be secured to the dressing and may wrap around the tubing and a portion of the patient's body so as to resist radial movement of the tubing relative to the body.
US11554250B2
Medical appliances including reinforcing bands and radiopaque marker bands are disclosed. In some embodiments, bands may comprise two or more material layers. A first layer may control the mechanical properties of a multilayered marking band, and a second layer may exhibit greater radiopacity than the first layer. Bands may also comprise a single layer.
US11554234B2
A breathing assistance apparatus is disclosed, for use with delivery of respiratory gases to a patient. The breathing assistance apparatus includes a patient interface, having a body section adapted to cover the nose, or nose and mouth of a patient and a sealing interface. The sealing interface includes at least an outer sealing member. The outer sealing member is adapted to attach to the body section in a sealing manner and has a substantially thin section in at least its nasal bridge region. The thin section is substantially thinner than the rest of the outer sealing member. The patient interface comprises a mask body and a seal assembly. The seal assembly includes a flexible seal, and a rigid seal clip, the seal assembly being removably attached to the mask body via the rigid seal clip. The mask body and rigid seal clip are profiled to match the contours of a user's face so that the seal has a substantially constant wall depth.
US11554231B2
Methods and systems are provided for anesthetic agent leakage diagnostics. In one embodiment, a method for diagnosing leaks in an anesthetic vaporizer includes calculating a leakage rate based on measurements of an anesthetic agent level in a sump of the anesthetic vaporizer, the measurements received from a fluid level sensor at a first time and a second time, and outputting a maintenance alert responsive to the leakage rate exceeding a threshold.
US11554229B2
A method of delivering a substance, such as one or more of a triptan, a nasal steroid or carbon dioxide gas, to the nasal cavity of a subject, in particular for the treatment of headaches, for example, migraine, or rhinosinusitis, for example, chronic rhinosinusitis, optionally with polyps, the method comprising the steps of fitting a nosepiece to one nostril of the subject, delivering the substance through the nosepiece to the posterior region of the nasal cavity of the subject.
US11554226B2
A system may include an external device and an inhaler. The external device may include a processor, a communication circuit, and memory. The inhaler may include a mouthpiece, medicament, a mechanical dose counter, and an electronics module comprising a processor and a communication circuit. The electronics module may record a dosing event when the inhaler is actuated, such as when the mouthpiece cover is opened, and send a signal indicating the dosing event to the external device. The external device may receive a mechanical dose reading of the mechanical dose counter, determine an electronic dose reading based on the signal indicating the dosing event, determine that a discrepancy between the mechanical dose reading and the electronic dose reading exceeds a threshold, and notify the user of the discrepancy, for example, by providing a notification to the user by way of a mobile application residing on the external device.
US11554224B2
The present disclosure provides an electronic atomizing apparatus and an atomizer, a power supply assembly, a control method thereof. The electronic atomizing apparatus may include a housing and a heater, a battery, an angle detection mechanism and a processor arranged in the housing. The housing may be configured to define a liquid storage chamber and a mouthpiece. The liquid storage chamber may be configured to storage aerosol-generating liquid and may be arranged between the mouthpiece and the heater. The heater may be configured to be powered by the power supply assembly. The angle detection mechanism may be configured to detect the tilt angle of the electronic atomizing apparatus. The processor may be connected with both the heater and the angle detection mechanism and may be configured to control the heater to stop heating when it is determined that a tilt angle is greater or equal to an angle threshold.
US11554222B2
A needle module for a drive-controlled handheld unit for repeatedly piercing human or animal skin, comprising a housing; a needle holder, which can be moved back and forth in the housing in a longitudinal direction of the housing; a piercing device on the needle holder, which can be moved, on account of the movement of the needle holder, between a proximal and a distal position, in which a piercing tip of the piercing device is arranged outside the housing; a coupling component, which is coupled to the needle holder in such a way that a driving movement provided with a repetition frequency by a drive device that can be coupled to the coupling component can be introduced onto the needle holder; and a damping component, which is arranged between the needle holder and the coupling component and is configured to damp a transfer of force therebetween.
US11554217B2
A drive mechanism suitable for use in drug delivery devices is disclosed. The drive mechanism may be used with injector-type drug delivery devices, such as those permitting a user to set the delivery dose. The drive mechanism may include a housing, a dose dial sleeve, and a drive sleeve. A clutch is configured to permit rotation of the drive sleeve and the dose dial sleeve with respect to the housing when the dose dial sleeve and drive sleeve are coupled through the clutch. Conversely, when the dose dial sleeve and drive sleeve are in a de-coupled state, rotation of the dose dial sleeve with respect to the housing is permitted and rotation of the drive sleeve with respect to the housing is prevented. In the de-coupled state, axial movement of the drive sleeve transfers force in a longitudinal direction for actuation of a drug delivery device.
US11554214B2
A surgical fluid management system includes a console and a cassette for delivering fluids to a surgical site. The console has a pump rotor and a pressure-sensing membrane. The cassette has a cassette housing, a flexible fluid delivery tube in the housing. The flexible fluid delivery tube has a lumen configured to interface with the pump rotor and to deliver a flow of fluid from a fluid source as the rotor is rotated. A pressure-transmitting membrane is located in a wall of the cassette housing and in fluid communication with said fluid delivery lumen. The pressure-transmitting membrane flexes outwardly in response to a positive pressure in the lumen and flexes inwardly in response to a negative pressure in the lumen. The pressure-transmitting membrane detachably adheres to or presses against the pressure-sensing membrane to cause the pressure-sensing membrane to move in response to pressure changes in the flexible fluid delivery tube.
US11554213B2
A needle insertor for a medicament delivery device is presented having a driver having a first part movably arranged within the case and a second part connected to the base, a needle assembly movably held by the first part in the case, a rotator arranged in the case and configured to engage the first part for moving the driver, an energy accumulation member configured to interact with the rotator for applying a rotational force on the rotator, a movable stop arranged on the base and configured to interact with the rotator for preventing the rotator from rotating. The first part has a first position where the needle assembly is held inside the case, a second position where the needle portion is positioned outside the case after being moved to pass through the injection site end, and a third position where the needle portion is positioned inside the case.
US11554207B2
A perfusion container for directly administering to patients a dose of an antineoplastic drug calculated according to a patient's parameter, wherein the first perfusion container comprises a solution of antineoplastic drug at a concentration and volume such that the amount of antineoplastic drug in the container is equal to the calculated dose for one patient but less than the calculated dose for a second patient, the calculated dose is provided to first patient within 5% variance by directly administering the full volume of the solution of antineoplastic drug from the first perfusion container, further the first perfusion container is accompanied by a second top-up perfusion container comprising a solution of antineoplastic drug at a concentration and volume such that the calculated dose is provided within 5% variance by directly administering the full volume of the solution of antineoplastic drug from the first perfusion container and the second top-up container to the second patient.
US11554188B2
Provided herein is a method of treating material that is contaminated with a virus, comprising exposing the material to vapor, wherein the vapor is produced by heating and/or vaporizing a dry cleaning solvent, and wherein the method at least partially deactivates the virus.
US11554184B2
Compositions and methods for the personalized and targeted therapeutic treatment of diseases and disorders, including the treatment of pain, inflammation, and infectious diseases in a subject. In particular, labeled synthetic cannabinoid therapeutic compositions are provided that include a conjugate of a synthetic cannabinoid compound, a chelator, and a label, that when coupled with imaging may be used to determine in real time optimal dosing and targeting of particular pathways and tissues to provide personalized therapies. Combination therapies are also provided that include one or more synthetic cannabinoid compound and at least one active pharmaceutical ingredient.
US11554181B2
Provided are antibodies, and fragments, derivatives, and nanoparticle conjugates thereof, particularly humanized derivatives thereof, which bind to tumor antigens. Also provided are nucleic acid molecules encoding chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) that bind to tumor antigens, polypeptides and CARs encoded by the nucleic acid molecules, vectors and host cells that include the nucleic acid molecules, methods of making the same, and methods for using the same to generate a persisting population of genetically engineered T cells in a subject, expanding a population of genetically engineered T cells in a subject, modulating the amount of cytokine secreted by a T cell, reducing the amount of activation-induced calcium influx into a T cell, providing an anti-tumor immunity to a subject, treating a mammal having a MUC1-associated disease or disorder, stimulating a T cell-mediated immune response to a target cell population or tissue in a subject, and imaging a MUC1-associated tumor.
US11554180B2
The present disclosure provides adeno-associated virus (AAV) virions with altered capsid protein, where the AAV virions exhibit greater infectivity of retinal cells compared to wild-type AAV. The present disclosure further provides methods of delivering a gene product to a retinal cell in an individual, and methods of treating ocular disease.
US11554178B2
Disclosed herein, inter alia, are compositions and methods of modulating macrophage activity. Provided is a method of treating a disease (e.g., a macrophage-associated disease, autoimmune disease, inflammatory disease, or a cancer of an organ in the intraperitoneal cavity), the method including intraperitoneally administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a nanoparticle composition or pharmaceutical composition. Provided is a silica nanoparticle non-covalently bound to a plurality of nucleic acids, wherein the silica nanoparticle has a net positive charge in the absence of the plurality of nucleic acids. Provided is a pharmaceutical composition including a nanoparticle composition as described herein, and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.
US11554170B2
The present invention provides for novel immunological and vaccine formulations comprising a newly applied non-crosslinked polyacrylic acid polymer adjuvant. The adjuvants may be combined with a wide variety of immunogens to produce vaccines that are safe and effective when administered to a wide range of target animals. The immunogens may include, but are not limited to: inactivated pathogens, attenuated pathogens, subunits, recombinant expression vectors, plasmids or combinations thereof. The animals may include, but are not limited to: humans, murine, canines, felines, equines, porcines, ovines, caprines and bovines.
US11554166B2
The present invention provides an immunomodulator for use in the treatment and/or control of a neoplastic disease in a patient intended to undergo immunogenic cell death therapy simultaneously, separately or sequentially with administration of the immunomodulator. The therapy can be selected from microwave irradiation, targeted radiotherapy, embolisation, cryotherapy, ultrasound, high intensity focused ultrasound, cyberknife, hyperthermia, radiofrequency ablation, cryoablation, electrotome heating, hot water injection, alcohol injection, embolization, radiation exposure, photodynamic therapy, laser beam irradiation, and combinations thereof.
US11554158B2
A method for treating a skin wound of a subject is described. The method includes contacting the skin wound with a therapeutically effective amount of a wound healing composition comprising glycoprotein nonmelanoma clone B (GPNMB) protein, an active peptide fragment thereof, a GPNMB analog, a GPNMB potentiating agent, or a combination thereof.
US11554155B2
Compositions and methods for improving gastrointestinal function and reducing the presence of gas bubbles in a gastrointestinal tract. A composition includes an effective amount of ginger root extract for reducing gas bubbles in a gastrointestinal tract and further includes propylene glycol and sodium chloride.
US11554151B2
A pharmaceutical composition, dietary supplement, or food containing a Perilla frutescens fermented extract is disclosed. The composition is useful for prevention or treatment of a sleep disorder. A composition or a fiber or fragrance composition containing a Perilla frutescens fermented extract is also disclosed. A method for treating sleep disorder employing the pharmaceutical composition, dietary supplement, food, or the fiber or fragrance composition is disclosed.
US11554142B2
Dosage units consist of an autologous cell therapy product composed of fibroblasts grown for each individual to be treated. The suspension of autologous fibroblasts, grown from a biopsy of each individual's own skin using current good manufacturing practices (CGMP), and standard tissue culture procedures, is supplied in vials containing cryopreserved fibroblasts or precursors thereof, having a purity of at least 98% fibroblasts and a viability of at least 85%, for administration of from one to six mL, preferably two mL, of cells at a concentration of from 1.0-2.0×107 cells/mL. When injected into the nasolabial fold wrinkles (creases on the sides of the nose that extend to the corners of the mouth), the autologous fibroblasts are thought to increase the synthesis of extracellular matrix components, including collagen, reducing the severity of these wrinkles. Dosage and timing of administration have been demonstrated to be critical to achieving clinically significant outcomes.
US11554141B2
Provided are cells containing exogenous antigen and uses thereof.
US11554137B2
A composition and method useful in promoting healing of a bleeding wound site. The composition preferably includes a substantially anhydrous acid form of a cation exchange resin, which when applied over blood, provides an antimicrobial against planktonic microorganisms and biofilms in the wound. The resin is also capable, when applied in sufficient quantities, of providing a continuing and persistent antimicrobial against planktonic microorganisms and biofilms through dehydration and ion exchange with cations present in the blood and other body fluids. When the resin has a concentration of at least 26 mg/ml, it provides a >3 log reduction in biological activity of MRSA, MRSE and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
US11554132B2
The invention refers to new methods for treating spontaneous tumors in humans of the Central Nervous System, more particularly of 3rd and 4th grade tumors, even more particularly gliomas, and is related to the administration of compositions comprising therapeutically effective amounts of resveratrolosides and curcumins, in particular natural extracts comprising said two components. The invention also relates to the realization of pharmaceutical and nutraceutleal compositions comprising resveratrolosides and curcumins More specifically, the invention relates to compositions formulated for the release of active components for sublingual administration.
US11554125B2
Described herein are methods of treating a disorder, e.g., tremor, e.g., essential tremor; depression, e.g., postpostum depression; and anxiety disorder, the method comprising administering to a human subject suffering from a disorder, e.g., tremor, e.g., essential tremor; depression, e.g., postpostum depression, an anxiety disorder with a neuroactive steroid or a composition comprising a neuroactive steroid (e.g., pregnanolone, allopregnanolone, alphadalone, ganaxolone, or alphaxolone).
US11554124B2
The purpose of the invention is to provide a novel hematopoiesis-promoting agent and a medicament comprising the hematopoiesis-promoting agent as an active ingredient for preventing or treating anemia, in particular refractory anemia. The present invention provides a hematopoiesis-promoting agent comprising an S-adenosylmethionine synthase inhibitor.
US11554121B2
This discloses that compounds of Formula 1 may be used as antifibrotics because they inhibit type 1 collagen production. In particular, this discloses a pharmaceutical composition containing one or more compounds of Formula 1 and methods of using compounds of Formula 1 in fibrosis treatment and inhibiting type 1 collagen synthesis.
US11554111B2
The invention provides methods and compositions for treating a coronavirus infection using sphingosine kinase-1 inhibitors, such as SK1-I, and selective sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor agonists, such as ozanimod.
US11554110B2
To provide a medicament for safely treating a patient in need of treatment with pemafibrate, a salt thereof, or a solvate of any of these (hereinafter also referred to as pemafibrate therapy). A medicament for treating a patient in need of pemafibrate therapy, the medicament comprising the step of avoiding or suspending concomitant use of pemafibrate, a salt thereof, or a solvate of any of these as an active ingredient in order to suppress an increase in plasma concentration of pemafibrate when the treatment is combined with a medicament containing an OATP1B inhibitor, or the step of reducing the dose of pemafibrate, a salt thereof, or a solvate of any of these.
US11554100B2
The present invention is directed to oral neuro-attenuating ketamine (NAKET) tablet formulations, and methods of administration, which ensure the steady release of a therapeutically effective concentration of ketamine from an oral tablet without neurologically toxic spikes in ketamine concentration. In particular, the present invention provides single layer oral tablet formulation of NAKET. In a specific embodiment, the NAKET tablet formulation, and methods of administration provide steady administration of NAKET to a subject for 24 hours or greater, for example, up to 36 hours, after a single administration event.
US11554097B2
Disclosed herein are conjugates including a fatty acid, a self-assembly domain, and a polypeptide having phase transition behavior. Further disclosed are methods of using the conjugates to treat disease, methods of delivering an agent, and methods of preparing the conjugates.
US11554096B2
The present invention relates to a hydrogel formulation for delivering probiotics including a hydrogel, probiotics and zwitterionic buffer as an active ingredient, a composition for delivering probiotics comprising the same and a method of preparing the same, which adjust and maintain the internal pH of the hydrogel even in the gastric juice environment, thereby increasing the survival rate of the probiotics in the gastric juice and improving the delivery rate to the large intestine, by further adding zwitterionic buffer capable of maintaining pH to the hydrogel encapsulated with probiotics.
US11554095B1
The disclosure provides compositions, methods, and devices for use in delivering Mitomycin-C(MMC), an antineoplastic chemotherapy drug often used for bladder instillations to treat bladder cancer, which degrades in both acidic and alkaline environments. The disclosure provides a solution of buffered MMC (or a different drug) in 50% propylene glycol that maintains a pH from 7.0 to 8.0 when introduced into acidic solutions (pH of 5.0) and is stable when stored at 2-8° C. for greater than 134 days. This formulation can be produced in an FDA registered 503B Outsourcing facility in a pre-filled, ready-to-administer syringe kit with pre-attached closed system transfer device and accessories required for bladder instillation.
US11554093B2
A hair fixative composition comprising a film forming polymer that is prepared from monomers comprising (a) 10-30% by weight of one or more copolymerizable comonomers selected from the group consisting of N-alkyl (meth)acrylamide wherein the alkyl group thereof contains from 2 to 12 carbon atoms, wherein for at least one of said copolymerizable comonomers the alkyl group contains from 5 to 12 carbon atoms; (b) 14-21% by weight of copolymerizable comonomers comprising acrylic acid and optionally one or more acidic copolymerizable comonomers selected from the group consisting of methacrylic acid, crotonic acid, itaconic acid, maleic acid, fumaric acid, and the (C1-C4)alkyl half esters of maleic and fumaric acids; and (c) 40-76% by weight two or more copolymerizable comonomers selected from the group consisting of (C1-C12)alkyl(meth)acrylates, wherein at least one of said two or more copolymerizable comonomers is a (C1-C2)alkyl(meth)acrylate; said film forming polymer being optionally completely or partially neutralized with a basic reagent.
US11554086B2
The present disclosure relates to stable cosmetic compositions that include high levels of free glycolic acid. The cosmetic compositions typically include: glycolic acid and/or a salt thereof; at least one non-silicone fatty compound; at least one emulsifier; at least one water-soluble solvent; at least one silicone; and water. The cosmetic compositions are in the form of an emulsion, in particular, a water-in-oil emulsion, and typically have a low pH of below 7. Also, the cosmetic compositions have high amount of free glycolic acid, for example, at least 6 wt. % of free glycolic acid, based on the total weight of the cosmetic composition. The cosmetic compositions are particularly useful for improving the appearance of skin. Accordingly, the instant disclosure relates to methods of treating skin, for example, improving the appearance of skin using the cosmetic compositions.
US11554084B2
A novel composition is disclosed comprising the complex avobenzone-calix[8]-PO3H2. In another embodiment, the present invention is a sunscreen composition comprising the complex avobenzone-calix[8]-PO3H2 and a cosmetically acceptable carrier.
US11554083B2
There is described a method for colouring hair, said method comprising treating hair with a composition comprising dihydroxyacetone (DHA), in free form or in salt form; optionally drying the hair; and heating the treated hair, including the applied DHA composition, to a temperature of from about 100° C. to about 250° C.
US11554071B2
A robotic assistant includes a base; an elevation mechanism positioned on the base; a display rotatably mounted on the elevation mechanism; a camera positioned on the display; and a control system that receives command instructions. In response to the command instructions, the control system is to detect movement of a face of the user in a vertical direction based on the images captured by the camera. In response to detection of the movement of the face of the user in the vertical direction, the control system is to rotate the display and actuate the elevation mechanism to the move the display up and down to allow the camera to face the face of the user during the movement of the face of the user in the vertical direction.
US11554065B2
Disclosed herein is a pressure-relief mattress comprising: a plurality of inflatable bladders; a pressure sensor pad arranged to detect pressure exerted on a subject, the pressure sensor pad comprising a plurality of pressure sensor cells being arranged in a matrix with at least one row and at least one column; a pressure-sensing electronic unit electrically connected with the plurality of pressure sensor cells; and a pressure-control electronic unit communicatively connected with the pressure-sensing electronic unit; wherein the pressure-sensing electronic unit is configured for generating a measurement result indicative of a pressure exerted upon the subject at one or more of the pressure sensor cells, the pressure control electronic unit is configured for controlling operation of one or more of the inflatable bladders according to the pressure measurement result.
US11554063B2
A patient support apparatus includes a support frame and a patient support deck operatively attached to the support frame. The patient support deck includes an adjacent pair of deck sections. An actuator is coupled to a first one of the adjacent deck sections, and the actuator, in combination with a deck articulating assembly, moves the first one of the adjacent deck sections relative to the support frame and second one of the adjacent pair of deck sections between an initial configuration and a raised configuration. In the raised configuration, the inner adjacent end of the first deck section is spaced further from the corresponding inner adjacent end of the second deck section, and the outer end opposite the inner adjacent end of the first one of the adjacent deck sections is spaced further away from the support frame, than in the initial configuration.
US11554055B2
An absorbent article (10, 110, 210, 310, 410) can include a waist containment member (54) and an absorbent body (34, 134, 234, 334, 434). The waist containment member (54) can include a proximal portion (76) and a distal portion (78) configured to freely move with respect to the chassis (11) when the absorbent article (10, 110, 210, 310, 410) is in a relaxed configuration to provide a containment pocket (82). The absorbent body (34, 134, 234, 334, 434) can be configured to provide improved access for exudates into the containment pocket (82) of the waist containment member (54).
US11554051B2
Disclosed embodiments relate to apparatuses and methods for wound treatment. In certain embodiments, a negative pressure wound therapy apparatus can include a wound dressing comprising an absorbent layer comprising a plurality of portions of absorbent material that can be physically separate from each other. In some embodiments, a wound treatment apparatus can include an absorbent layer comprising a compressed portion configured to impede the flow of fluid therethrough. In some embodiments, a wound treatment apparatus can include an absorbent layer and spacer layer positioned side by side.
US11554043B2
Methods and systems for performing laser-assisted surgery on an eye form one or more small anchoring capsulotomies in the lens capsule of the eye. The one or more anchoring capsulotomies are configured to accommodate corresponding anchoring features of an intraocular lens and/or to accommodate one or more drug-eluting members. A method for performing laser-assisted eye surgery on an eye having a lens capsule includes forming an anchoring capsulotomy in the lens capsule and coupling an anchoring feature of the intraocular lens with the anchoring capsulotomy. The anchoring capsulotomy is formed by using a laser to incise the lens capsule. The anchoring feature can protrude transverse to a surface of the intraocular lens that interfaces with the lens capsule adjacent to the anchoring capsulotomy.
US11554037B2
The restraint assembly includes a mounting plate having a vertical slot. The plate covers an opening in a surface which is located to restrain a patient. An adapter buckle has a “T” stop which is releasably coupled to the vertical slot. The buckle includes an arm and a head. The head includes a horizontal slot for releasable receipt of a strap of the patient restraint. The arm includes an angular bend which positions the head relative to the plate during use. A lock may be used to prevent undesired separation of the buckle from the plate.
US11554030B2
A prosthetic limb test fixture is configured to mimic a human stride. An electronic management system can control the test fixture to follow the position and pattern of a particular selected gait cycle during testing. A proposed prosthesis can be attached to the test fixture. Sensor data collected during testing can be evaluated to determine whether the proposed prosthesis is likely to appropriately fit an amputee patient. Iterative adjustments may be made to the prosthesis based on test data in order to maximize the likelihood of a good fit.
US11554021B2
A device includes a core defining first and second female threads. A first member includes a first body and a first drive screw coupled to the first body, the first drive screw being configured to engage the first female thread. A second member includes a second body and a second drive screw coupled to the second body, the second drive screw being configured to engage the second female thread. A first plate is coupled to the core and the first body. The first plate includes a first vertebral engaging surface. A second plate is coupled to the core and the second body. The second plate includes a second vertebral engaging surface. The drive screws are configured to independently rotate relative to the core to pivot the first plate relative to the core and to alter a distance between the first vertebral engaging surface and the second vertebral engaging surface.
US11554017B2
Dislodgment of a constricting cord from an annulus can be prevented by delivering the distal loop portion of the constricting cord to the annulus using a percutaneous delivery tool, and launching anchors into the annulus so as to affix the distal loop portion of the constricting cord to the annulus. The percutaneous delivery tool is withdrawn in a proximal direction after the anchors have been launched. A pushing member is pressed in a distal direction so that the pushing member holds a portion of the constricting cord against the annulus with enough pressure to prevent dislodgment of any of the anchors during the withdrawal of the percutaneous delivery tool.
US11554015B2
A minimally-invasive annuloplasty ring for implant at a mitral annulus. The annuloplasty ring has an inner core member with a C-shaped plan view that generally defines an oval with a major axis and a minor axis, and is symmetric about the minor axis. A posterior portion of the core member bisected by the minor axis has a thicker radial dimension than a pair of free end regions terminating on an anterior side of the core member. The radial thickness smoothly transitions between the posterior portion and the end regions. The inner core member may be covered with a fabric, and is a superelastic metal so that it can be straightened out and delivered through an access tube. The curvatures and thicknesses around the core member are selected so that the strain experienced when straightened does not exceed 7-8%.
US11554013B2
Described herein are systems and methods from delivering prosthetic devices, such as prosthetic heart valves, through the body and into the heart for implantation therein. The prosthetic devices delivered with the delivery systems disclosed herein are, for example, radially expandable from a radially compressed state mounted on the delivery system to a radially expanded state for implantation using an inflatable balloon of the delivery system. Exemplary delivery routes through the body and into the heart include transfemoral routes, transapical routes, and transaortic routes, among others.
US11554002B2
A wirelessly powered inflatable medical implant system includes a medical provider software application, a patient external controller and a MR-Conditional, nonferrous pump in reservoir implant. The medical provider software application programs the patient external controller for the patient to transmit wireless power and control signals to circuitry in a pump in reservoir implant. In response, the pump in reservoir implant, containing a fluid reservoir and pump package submerged therein, transfers fluid from the reservoir through tubing, and into one or more inflatable medical implants. Submerging the pump package within the reservoir simplifies surgery in males and pump placement in females and provides pump package heatsinking to limit implant overheating.
US11553993B2
Highly self-tapping dental implant system with hybrid cone type connection and interlocking rails, which allows high insertion (or removal) torque and double parallel cone locking between the implant, prosthetic abutment and internal screw, even in its 3.0 mm diameter embodiment, and gives the whole system high primary and secondary stability, optimal watertightness thanks to the double cone sealing, as well as predictable long-term fixation of the dental prosthesis on the implant.
US11553989B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for treating teeth to correct for malocclusions. This may be accomplished by applying a series of labels to a digital dental model and applying a rolling ball process to identify tooth boundaries separating one tooth from a neighboring tooth and to also determine the crown/gum margin. The user may further assign regions to the dental model to indicate hard regions and soft regions. With the dental model labeled and defined, the user may then generate a treatment plan for moving the labeled and defined tooth or teeth relative to one another to correct for any malocclusions. Upon approval of the treatment plan, a series of 3D printed dental appliances or aligners to be worn in series by the patient may be fabricated to ultimately move the tooth or teeth to a desired position.
US11553987B2
A system for manufacturing a three-dimensional article includes a controller configured to: receive an input file defining a geometry of the three-dimensional article; receive information specifying an interface surface of the article over which the article will fit against a three-dimensional body; slice the geometry; identify intersecting slices that intersect the interface surface; and for the intersecting slices, alter a halftone range along the interface surface. Along the interface surface, the article slidingly engages the three-dimensional body. The sliding engagement can be sufficient to provide a fluid seal along the interface surface.
US11553976B2
A support device (10) forms a medical apparatuses bracket system and functions as a bracket system for medical apparatuses (12). The support device (10) includes a central vertical, or at least essentially vertical, column (14) and at least one tine (20) and optionally two or more tines (20). The tine (20) or tines (20) is/are oriented obliquely to a crossbeam (22) mounted on the column (14).
US11553975B2
A medical manipulator system that includes a joint, a first sensor that detects an amount of rotational motion of the joint, an actuator that drives the joint via a wire, a second sensor that detects an amount of operation of the actuator based on a rotation angle of the actuator, an input device, and a controller. The controller generates a control signal based on: an operation mode in which the control signal is generated by a transfer function that receives an input target value of the rotation angle of the joint and the amount of operation of the actuator, and a calibration mode in which the transfer function is adjusted based on comparing to a predetermined threshold value the amount of rotational motion of the joint and the amount of operation of the actuator. The controller then transmits the generated control signal to the actuator to drive the joint.
US11553968B2
A method of registering a real-time image feed from an imaging device inserted into a steerable catheter using a navigation system is provided. The method includes inserting the imaging device into a working channel of the steerable catheter and generating a real-time image feed of one or more reference points, wherein the orientation of the reference points is known. The method further includes orienting a handle of the steerable catheter to a neutral position, displaying the real-time image feed on a display of the navigation system, and registering the real-time image feed to the steerable catheter by rotating the displayed image so that the reference points in the real-time image feed are matched to the known orientation of the reference points.
US11553966B2
A medical device deployment system includes a main body (101) and a guidewire (103) capable of being passed through the main body and including a lumen. An optical shape sensing (OSS) system (104) is configured to pass through the lumen in the guidewire. The OSS system is configured to measure shape, position or orientation of an endograft (102) relative to a blood vessel for placement of the endograft.
US11553965B2
A method of generating a correction plan for correcting a deformed bone includes inputting to a computer system a first image of the deformed bone in a first plane and inputting to the computer system a second image of the deformed bone in a second plane. Image processing techniques are employed to identify a plurality of anatomical landmarks of the deformed bone in the first image. The first image of the deformed bone is displayed on a display device. A graphical of the deformed bone is autonomously generated and graphically overlaid on the first image of the deformed bone on the display device, the graphical template including a plurality of lines, each line connected at each end to a landmark point corresponding to one of the anatomical landmarks. A model of the deformed bone may be autonomously generated based on the graphical template.
US11553959B2
According to one aspect, a medical system may include an instrument including an end effector for acting as a monopolar electrode. The end effector may be configured to be positioned in a body of a subject and emit radiofrequency energy towards a target area in the body. The medical system may further include a return electrode. The return electrode may be deliverable within the body proximate the target area and separately from the instrument and the monopolar electrode. The return electrode may be configured to contact tissue in the body proximate the target area and receive radiofrequency energy emitted from the end effector.
US11553957B2
A surgical treatment instrument includes an elongated member an end effector that is bendable with respect to the elongated member, a bending operator operable to bend the end effector, a rotor rotatable about a rotation axis in response to operation of the bending operator, and a transmitter that transmits a driving force to bend the end effector. The bending operator, the rotor, and the transmitter are rotatable about the longitudinal axis together with the elongated member and the end effector.
US11553950B2
A trochanteric fracture nail system includes: a trochanteric fracture nail and a lag screw system adapted and configured for fixation medially through the trochanteric fracture nail. The trochanteric fracture nail includes: a substantially cylindrical wall defining a longitudinal bore; at least one lateral bore intersecting the longitudinal bore; and a detent on an inner surface of at least one of the at least one lateral bore. The lag screw system includes a lag screw and an interference member. The lag screw includes: an annular body defining a substantially hollow central bore; and a keel located along the annular body. The keel is adapted and configured to substantially lie within an outer profile of the annular body when in a neutral position. The interference member is adapted and configured to displace the keel radially to resist motion of the annular body by engaging with the detent of the trochanteric fracture nail.
US11553939B2
An end effector includes first and second jaws movable between open and closed positions, a guide track defined in the second jaw, and a cutting element extendable into the guide track and longitudinally movable within the guide track. A retention feature is positioned within the guide track and operatively couples the cutting element to a drive rod. The drive rod is actuatable to move the cutting element within the guide track, and the retention feature is larger than a width of an opening to the guide track such that the retention feature is retained within the guide track as the cutting element moves.
US11553938B2
A surgical instrument includes a housing, a shaft extending from the housing, an end effector assembly extending from the shaft and configured to rotate and/or articulate relative to the housing, a motor disposed within the housing and operably coupled to the end effector assembly to rotate and/or articulate of the end effector assembly relative to the housing, and a sensing assembly configured to sense movement of the housing relative to a reference position and to drive the motor to rotate and/or articulate of the end effector assembly relative to the housing based upon the sensed movement. The sensing assembly is configured to operate in each of a standard mode, wherein movement of the housing effects rotation and/or articulation of the end effector assembly in a similar direction, and a reversed mode, wherein movement of the housing effects rotation and/or articulation of the end effector assembly in an opposite direction.
US11553924B2
Disclosed herein are improved methods and apparatuses for providing hemostasis within a cavity defined by an internal surface of a bleeding tissue space. A catheter comprising a proximal end and a distal end may be advanced into the cavity through a proximal opening of the tissue space into the cavity. A distal balloon coupled to the catheter may be positioned adjacent a distal opening of the tissue space, and expanded to seal the distal opening. A hemostatic agent may be applied from the catheter to the internal surface of the tissue space to inhibit bleeding of the tissue space. The hemostatic agent may be applied without occluding the proximal opening, the distal opening, and a path extending therebetween with the hemostatic agent.
US11553922B2
A medical device has an artificial contractile structure including at least one contractile element adapted to contract a hollow body organ in such a way that said contractile element is adapted to be in a resting position or in an activated position, the activated position being defined with the contractile element constricting the hollow body organ and the resting position being defined with the contractile element not constricting the hollow body organ. The medical device further includes a tensioning device adapted to apply a force so as to tighten the contractile element around the hollow body organ. The contractile element further includes a closure for forming the contractile element into a closed loop around said hollow body organ, the closure having a plurality of lips arranged to engage the contractile element.
US11553912B2
A staple driver actuator for a surgical stapler includes a base having at least one bottom surface. The bottom surface defines a plane and is configured to slide longitudinally relative to a stapling assembly of the surgical stapler. The staple driver actuator also includes at least one rail extending upwardly from the base. The at least one rail includes at least one rail cam surface, and the rail cam surface is inclined relative to the plane. The staple driver actuator further includes a first surface texture on a first portion of the staple driver actuator, and a second surface texture on a second portion of the staple driver actuator. The second surface texture is smoother than the first surface texture.
US11553905B2
A device, method, and use of a device for temporary management of a wound, such as a wound in a heart. The device has a shaft, a blood flow blocking membrane at the first end of the shaft for blocking blood flow through the wound, and an abutment member that is mounted to the shaft and is axially movable along the shaft towards and away from the blood flow blocking membrane for abutting the wound and holding the blood flow blocking membrane adjacent the wound. The blood flow blocking membrane is resiliently flexible and movable between at least a first collapsed state for inserting the blood flow blocking membrane through the wound, and a deployed state for blocking blood flow through the wound.
US11553899B2
An analysis apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to obtain quantitative values of a plurality of types of tissue properties relating to a region of interest of a subject, and generate a diagram of the region of interest based on the quantitative values.
US11553889B2
Devices, systems, and methods of imaging a blood vessel are provided. For example, the method can include obtaining fluoroscopic image data of a region of interest in a blood vessel using an x-ray source; obtaining intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) data at a plurality of positions across the region of interest using an IVUS component disposed on an intravascular device; processing the fluoroscopic image data and IVUS data, including: determining, using the fluoroscopic image data, a position of the intravascular device with respect to the x-ray source at each of the plurality of positions across the region of interest; co-registering the fluoroscopic image data and the IVUS image data; and generating, a model of the region of interest including position information of a border of a lumen of the blood vessel at each of the plurality of locations; and outputting a visual representation of the model of the region of interest.
US11553886B2
An apparatus for Digital Imaging in the Head Region of a Patient includes an X-ray source and an X-ray sensor, supported on a rotary arm supported on a structure by a motor driven translation and rotation means. The rotary arm is provided with adjustment means for varying the distance between the source and the sensor. A control unit, that controls the source, the sensor, the adjustment means, and the translation and rotation means Collision detection means provided in the source and sensor detect a possible collision of the source and/or sensor with the patient during the motion of the source and/or sensor and the control unit responds to such detected possible collision.
US11553882B2
A transport apparatus may include a patient bed unit for supporting the patient; a transferring unit for moving the patient bed unit along a first direction of the MRI device; and an elevating module for moving the patient bed unit along a second direction of the MRI device.
US11553876B2
The present invention generally relates to compositions comprising anesthesia-reversing agents which facilitate or increase the time of awakening or reverse the effects of general anesthesia-induced unconsciousness. In some embodiments, the anesthesia reversing agent can be selected from any or a combination of methylphenidate (MPH), amphetamine, modafinil, amantadine, caffeine, or analogues or derivatives thereof. In some embodiments, compositions comprising at least one or more anesthesia-reversing agents can be used to facilitate awakening from anesthesia without or decreasing occurrence of delirium, and can be used in methods to treat or prevent the symptoms associated with emergence delirium, as well as treat a subject oversedated with general an esthesia. The invention also relates to methods for administering these compositions comprising anesthesia-reversing agents to subjects and for use.
US11553871B2
Apparatuses and methods for non-invasively detecting and classifying transcranial electrical signals are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, system for detecting and interpreting transcranial electrical signals includes: a headset including a plurality of electrodes arranged for detection of the user's transcranial electrical signals; a display configured to display information to the user while the user wears the headset; and a control unit programmed to: (i) receive data relating to the transcranial electrical signals detected by the electrodes of the headset; (ii) create a data matrix with the received data; (iii) convert the data matrix into one or more user values; (iv) define a user output state based on the one or more user values; and (iv) cause alteration of an aspect of the display based on the user output state.
US11553864B2
A biological sensor is provided with at least two sensors for detecting vibrations, and is configured so that the at least two sensors form layers. One of the at least two sensors is a first sensor used to acquire biological information, and one is a second sensor used to remove noise. A first cushion material for reducing vibrations is disposed between the first sensor and the second sensor. The first cushion material is integrally laminated with the first sensor and the second sensor. This facilitates accurate detection of biological information.
US11553862B2
An electrode measuring the presence of an analyte is described as one embodiment. The electrode includes a working conductor with an electrode reactive surface and a first reactive chemistry that is responsive to the analyte. The electrode further includes a first transport material that enables flux of the first analyte to the first reactive chemistry and a second transport material that supplies a reactant to the first reactive chemistry. Wherein the first reactive chemistry does not contact the electrode reactive surface while at least partially shadowing a portion of the electrode reactive surface.
US11553860B2
A medical diagnostic device includes a wirelessly transmitted time data receiver and processor. Associated devices, methods and functionality are also described.
US11553854B2
In various examples, a medical device is configured to be at least partially insertable within a patient. The medical device includes a first elongate member including a sidewall surrounding and defining a lumen extending through the first elongate member between a first proximal end and a first distal end. A second elongate member is sized and shaped to fit within the lumen of the first elongate member. A coil is disposed within the sidewall of the first elongate member, wherein the coil is configured to sense a position of the second elongate member with respect to the coil. In some examples, the first elongate member includes a catheter, and the second elongate member includes a guidewire.
US11553837B2
Improved fluorescent imaging and other sensor data imaging processes, including hyperspectral imaging, devices, and systems are provided to enhance endoscopes with multiple wavelength capabilities and providing sequential imaging and display. A first optical device is provided for endoscopy imaging in a white light and a fluoresced light mode with an imaging unit including one or more image sensors. A mechanism in the first optical device to automatically adjust the focus of the first optical device using one or more deformable, variable-focus lenses, wherein the automatic focus adjustment compensates for a chromatic focal difference between the light collected at distinct wavelength bands caused by the dispersive or diffractive properties of the optical materials or optical design employed in the construction of the first or second optical devices, or both. Further variable spectrum imaging is enhanced with the use of adjustable spectral filters.
US11553834B2
A force estimation system for calculating force information regarding forces applied to one or more positions of a flexible tubular portion having flexibility through an arithmetic operation, the force estimation system comprising: a processor configured to input the deformation state and the mechanical property at a plurality of longitudinal positions of the flexible tubular portion, and calculates the force information of the force applied to the individual positions of the flexible tubular portion based on the deformed state and the mechanical property.
US11553833B2
A handle for an endoscope has a handle housing, an operating member (7) accommodated in said handle, at least one pull wire (17) attached to said operating member (7), and at least one guide tube (16) surrounding and supporting said at least one pull wire (17). The guide tube (16) is fixed with respect to said handle housing at at least a first location. A direction guide (24) adapted for directing the free end of the pull wire (17) in a desired direction during assembly of the endoscope is provided at said first location.
US11553829B2
An information processing apparatus (2000) detects an abnormal region (30) from a predetermined range (16) of a video frame (14). The information processing apparatus (2000) determines whether a predetermined condition is satisfied in a case where the abnormal region (30) is detected from the predetermined range (16) of a certain video frame (14) and the abnormal region (30) is not detected from the predetermined range (16) of a predetermined video frame (14) generated later than the video frame (14). In a case where the predetermined condition is not satisfied, the information processing apparatus (2000) performs a predetermined notification.
US11553828B2
A diagnosis support apparatus performs identification for a plurality of support items, which are identification classifications about diagnosis support, and the diagnosis support apparatus is provided with a processor. The processor performs analysis processing for acquiring analysis results including an analysis result about an observation mode by analyzing at least one of an input signal specifying the observation mode and an observation image obtained by observing an inside of a subject with an endoscope; performs support item setting processing for setting a support item corresponding to the analysis results obtained by the analysis processing, among the plurality of support items, which are the identification classifications; and generates diagnosis support information, which is information used for diagnosis of a legion candidate area included in the observation image, based on an identification index corresponding to the set support item and the observation image.
US11553827B2
The present disclosure relates to a dishwasher for washing the dishes and the cooking utensils by spraying washing water and steam. The dishwasher according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a tub which accommodates a washing object, a sump which is disposed in a bottom of the tub and stores washing water, a spray arm which sprays the washing water into the tub, a washing pump which sends the washing water stored in the sump to the spray arm, and a check valve which is disposed between the sump and the washing pump and opened in a direction of the washing pump from the sump.
US11553824B2
An automatic guiding method for a self-propelled apparatus (10) is provided. The self-propelled apparatus (10) turns and irradiates when a signal light emitted by a charging dock (20) is sensed by a flank sensor (103), and changes its turn direction when another different signal light from the charging dock (20) is sensed by a forward sensor (102). The charging dock (20) switches to emit another signal light different from the signal light currently emitted when each time is triggered by the signal light emitted by the self-propelled apparatus (10). Repeatedly execute the above actions and make the self-propelled apparatus approach the light-emitting unit (202) until the self-propelled apparatus (10) reaches a charging position. It can accurately guide the self-propelled apparatus (10) to the charging position by arranging only two sensors on the self-propelled apparatus.
US11553821B2
Shower curtain clips that hold shower curtains against bath walls to reduce drafts and escape of water spray during use. The shower curtain clips include a base panel that can be mounted on a bath wall, and a pivoting retaining panel that can be opened to receive a shower curtain and closed to secure the shower curtain in place.
US11553815B2
The present invention relates to a dosing device for a product in powder form, comprising a holder (10) intended to hold a first quantity of the product therein. The holder is provided with dosing means to draw off the product from the holder and move it to an outlet. The dosing means comprise a worm body (20) with a worm thread (21). In a first aspect the worm body comprises at an outer end facing toward the outflow opening at least one further worm thread (22) which runs between the first worm thread (21). In a second aspect the worm thread (21) encloses a smaller volume between successive turns at a base than between successive turns in a part thereof located further toward the outer end.
US11553812B2
A brewing apparatus may include a chassis. The chassis may include a chassis beverage cup base. A chassis beverage cup cavity defined within the chassis beverage cup base may be configured to receive a beverage cup of a plurality of beverage cups. The brewing apparatus may include an adaptor insert assembly dimensioned to fit within the chassis beverage cup cavity. An adaptor insert cavity defined within the adaptor insert may be configured to receive a second beverage cup of a plurality of beverage cups. The brewing apparatus may include a controller configured to acquire data about the beverage cup or the second beverage cup via the one or more sensors. The controller may be configured to at least one of select or adjust a catering profile of a plurality of catering profiles based on the acquired data.
US11553808B2
A frame assembly includes a frame base and a rear panel including a plurality of side walls that are configured to be received within a plurality of side walls of the frame base. Along an external surface of each side wall of the rear panel there is at least one locking tab that is configured for reception within one corresponding locking opening of the frame base when the rear panel is inserted into the frame base so as couple the rear panel to the frame base in a snap-fitting manner and permit a canvas substrate to be captured therebetween for holding the canvas substrate across a front face of the frame base.
US11553802B2
An air system for a bed can include a layer assembly having a head end, a foot end, and first and second sides, with a head portion near the head end, a foot portion near the foot end, and a middle portion between the head portion and the foot portion, the layer assembly. The layer assembly can have a spacer layer comprising spacer material configured to allow for air flow through the spacer material and a cover comprising a cover top layer and a cover bottom layer. The air system can have a distribution manifold that is substantially fan-shaped with a plurality of ribs defining channels and/or is positioned above the cover bottom layer and under the spacer layer. The air system can have first and second flaps with first and second retention features extending from the head and foot ends of the air layer.
US11553800B2
The present invention provides a compact, comfortable modular bedroom system to be used as a living and sleeping space, which is especially valuable if one lives in small quarters, in a tiny home, or has a large family. The modular bedroom system is comprised of one or more closet units, desk units, drawer units, headboard units, and step units which are positioned adjacent to and attached to other units to provide a small, twin-size bed area, a large king-size or California king-size bed area, or areas which fall in-between, depending on the individual sizes of the units and how one configures the positioning of the units.
US11553795B2
An apparatus for a mobile floor standing structure with a wheeled base, attached to a dry-erase board is described. The dry erase board can be secured to the stand at a vertical orientation to give rise to a vertically standing writable dry-erase board. Alternatively, the dry-erase board being pivotably oriented form a vertical position to a horizontal position to yield into a writable dry erase board in a table configuration. The wheeled base adds ease in maneuverability and portability of the apparatus.
US11553794B2
A furniture item includes a main body with an electrical device installed thereon. A power line electrically connects the electrical device to an external power source and is concealed in a power line channel formed in one or more of the walls of the main body. A switch may be connected to the main body and electrically connected to the electrical device, for controlling the electrical device. A main body door moveable from a first position to a second position may trigger the switch to enable and disable electrical connection between the external power source and the electrical device.
US11553791B2
The modular structure for shelving comprises:—a plurality of vertical uprights comprising at least one pair of first teeth arranged one on top of the other to define a first interlocking plane;—a plurality of first metal sections provided with a cross section, higher than its width, of substantially tubular and parallelepiped shape, and with two ending parts provided with corners and with one pair of first clamping elements, arranged protruding in the proximity of the corners and superimposed on one another; the first clamping elements being spaced apart from one another to be coupled from top to bottom and in block configuration to any pair of the first teeth along the first interlocking plane, each first clamping element comprising a loop defining a passage slot and each of the ending parts of the first metal sections being substantially flat.
US11553789B2
A height adjustment system includes a first controller to control a first drive assembly of an adjustable desk frame and a second controller to control a second drive assembly of an adjustable monitor mount. The first controller is communicatively coupled to the second controller to synchronize activation of the first controller and the second controller such that an adjustment of a height of the desk frame causes a corresponding adjustment of a viewing height of the monitor mount and an adjustment of the viewing height of the monitor mount causes a corresponding adjustment of the height of the desk.
US11553783B2
An interchangeable broom bristle with at least one releasable agent. The broom bristles may be part of a broom including a handle and a broom head. The bristles are adapted to include at least one agent, which when the broom is in use the at least one agent is released. The agent may be a perfume or the like which releases a scent via friction when adjacent bristles come into contact with each other. The agent may include an anti-bacterial composition and/or a cleaning agent. Additionally, the broom head may be adapted to be interchangeable. The bristles may take various forms and the bristle head may include at least one type or form of bristle and/or any combination of at least two types or forms of bristle.
US11553776B2
A compact container having a contamination-preventing cooling plate, includes: a discharge mechanism, inside the compact container, for discharging cosmetics; a discharge plate having a discharge hole and a coupling groove formed in the center thereof; and the cooling plate, which is coupled to the upper part of the discharge plate, has an outlet formed in the center thereof, and is made from a metal material. A contamination guard plate is coupled to the coupling groove of the discharge plate so as to block most of the outlet of the cooling plate while leaving only a discharge gap. The contamination guard plate blocks the outlet of the cooling plate, excluding the discharge gap, so as to prevent bacteria or contaminants from entering the outlet from the puff, and the cooling plate, which is made from the metal material, lowers the temperature of the discharged cosmetics.
US11553766B2
A wristband can comfortably secure an electronic device, such as a wristwatch or fitness/health tracking device, to a wrist of a user. The wristband can include a number of magnets that allow the wristband to be magnetically coupled to itself when folded over or when separate band portions are overlapping. The magnets can include a polymer mixed with a magnetic material to provide magnetic properties and flexibility. The magnets can be joined together by a continuous support structure that extends through opposing pairs of the magnets. The support structure can provide substantial and ability as well as tensile strength. The magnets and the support structure can be surrounded by a flexible cover to protect the components within.
US11553763B2
Buffing of a footwear component allows for an alteration of the component surface to achieve an intended surface for aesthetics and/or manufacturing purposes. The buffing is performed in a system having a vision module, a sidewall buffing module, an up surface buffing module, and a down surface buffing module. Each of the buffing modules are adapted for the unique shape and sizes of a footwear component to effectively and automatically buff the footwear component.
US11553760B2
An article of footwear includes a sole structure and an upper. The upper may include a first and a second section and partially define a foot-receiving cavity over the sole structure. The first section may be fixed to the sole structure and the second section may articulate between an access position and a use position. The foot-receiving cavity may be more exposed in the access position to allow easier foot entry. A strap may extend from one of the first and the second section. A looped handle may extend from the strap and may at least partially form a loop. The strap may extend across the second section of the upper when the second section is in the use position. The strap may have a distal portion configured to releasably secure to one of the first section or the second section with the looped handle exposed.
US11553757B2
Methods for manufacturing three-dimensional components of articles, including articles of footwear, apparel, and sporting equipment are provided. The disclosed methods comprise providing a first composition comprising a plurality of foam particles suspended in a liquid polymerizable composition, polymerizing a first portion of the liquid polymerizable composition to form a first layer of polymeric material at least partially encapsulating a first portion of the plurality of foam particles, repeating the polymerizing and forming for at least a second and third iteration, each iteration forming a layer on the previous layer, thereby forming a three-dimensional component having at least three layers, each layer including foam particles at least partially encapsulated by the first polymeric material. Articles manufactured using the disclosed methods are also provided.
US11553745B2
Described herein are pants containing a zipper extending through the waistband and the entire outseam of each pant leg. The pants have a flange of fabric disposed on the interior of each zipper to prevent direct contact between the zipper and the skin of a person wearing the pants. The pants also include a fabric tab attached at the waistband next to the zipper to cover an exterior portion of the zipper. The pants provide benefits to wearers who have limited mobility, sensitive skin, or a physical impediment, such as a cast, by easing the challenges of applying the pants to the legs.
US11553732B2
A simulated cigarette having an elongated hollow cylinder and having a cavity there within, with a cylindrical wick disposed in the cavity, the wick having a radial clearance and longitudinal clearance with respect to the cavity for allowing the wick to freely slide along a longitudinal direction of the cavity. The simulated cigarette having a fan assembly disposed in the cavity adjacent wick and in an alternate embodiment having a flexible filter affixed to an end of the hollow cylinder.
US11553730B2
The present disclosure is directed to a pre-filled container configured to store a pre-defined volume of a vaporizable liquid composition. The present disclosure is also directed to personal vaporizing devices for using such containers. In one embodiment, the pre-filled container is configured to provide a vaporizable liquid composition stored therein to an ultrasonic vaporizing component via capillary action for vaporization thereof.
US11553728B2
The invention provides a savoury concentrate comprising: a) at least 30 wt. %, by weight of the concentrate, of an oil phase comprising liquid oil; b) 3-30 wt. %, by weight of the concentrate, of edible salt selected from sodium chloride, potassium chloride and combinations thereof; c) 1-50 wt. %, by weight of the concentrate, of savoury taste giving ingredients selected from glutamate, 5′-ribonucleotides, sucrose, glucose, fructose, lactic acid, citric acid and combinations thereof; d) up to 10 wt. %, by weight of the concentrate, of water; and e) particulate anhydrous non-defibrillated cell wall material from plant tissue selected from parenchymal plant tissue, stem tissue of monocotyledon plants and combinations thereof, said particulate anhydrous non-defibrillated cell wall material having a particle size of between 25 μm and 500 μm; wherein the particulate anhydrous non-defibrillated cell wall material is dispersed in the oil phase in a concentration of 0.05 to 15 wt. %, by weight of the liquid oil. The particulate anhydrous non-defibrillated cell wall material from parenchymal pant tissue and/or stem tissue of monocotyledon plants is capable of forming an oil-retaining matrix within the liquid oil and thereby minimize oil exudation.
US11553723B2
Color indicating chewing gum compositions comprising one or more color compounds are provided. The compositions demonstrate a visual color or shade change from start of chewing to the end of chewing and provide oral health benefits. Methods of producing a color changing chewing gum are also provided.
US11553722B2
The present invention relates generally to the field of aerated fat-based confectionery material. One aspect of the invention provides an aerated fat-based confectionery material having a continuous lipid phase and a porosity of between 1 and 80%, wherein, at a temperature at which the lipid phase has a solid lipid content between 0.1 and 80, the fat-based confectionery material comprises gas bubbles having at least 50% of their surface occupied by crystals, the crystals comprising a glyceride selected from the group consisting of monoglycerides, diglycerides, triglycerides, esters of monoglycerides, esters of diglycerides and combinations of these. Further aspects of the invention are a confectionery product comprising an aerated fat-based confectionery material and a process for forming an aerated fat-based confectionery material.
US11553720B2
An anti-bacterial composition for plants including garlic oil; cinnamon oil; yucca stem oil; oleic acid; hemp seed oil; and dimethyl sulfoxide.
US11553719B2
The present invention relates to a method for controlling fungal phytopathogens using Galla chinensis preparations, and to a fungicidal composition comprising Galla chinensis in combination with at least one phytologically acceptable adhesive.
US11553716B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide an agricultural and horticultural fungicide composition that exhibits an excellent control effect on plant diseases even in a small dose and causes no fear of phytotoxicity to useful plants. The agricultural and horticultural fungicide composition of the present invention comprises at least one compound A selected from the group consisting of a compound of formula (1) {wherein each X independently is a halogeno group or a C1-6 alkyl group; n is the number of X and is any integer of 0 to 5; X′ is a halogeno group; R1, R2 and R3 each independently are a C1-6 alkyl group, a C1-6 alkoxy group or a hydroxyl group; and A1 and A2 each independently are a nitrogen atom or a carbon atom}, and the like, and at least one compound B selected from the group consisting of silthiofam, an antibiotic, propineb and chinomethionat.
US11553714B2
An antimicrobial composition comprising at least two quaternary ammonium compounds selected from: (i) a quaternary ammonium compound having the formula: A4-nSi(R—NHaR1bZ)n and (ii) a quaternary ammonium compound having the formula: NHcR1dZ wherein in each of the at least two quaternary ammonium compounds A, R, R1, a, Z and n are independently selected, and: A is a member selected from the group consisting of alkoxy radicals, alkylether alkoxy radicals, and alkyl radicals; R is a divalent hydrocarbon radical; each R1 is independently a member selected from the group consisting of benzyl, alkyl radicals, alkyl ether hydrocarbon radicals, hydroxyl-containing alkyl radicals, and nitrogen-containing hydrocarbon radicals; Z is a member selected from the group consisting of chloride, bromide, iodide, tosylate, hydroxide, sulfate and phosphate; a is 0, 1 or 2, b is 1, 2 or 3, and the sum of a and b is 3; c is 0, 1, 2 or 3, d is 1, 2, 3 or 4, and the sum of c and d is 4; and n is 1, 2 or 3; and wherein the composition comprises at least two quaternary ammonium compounds of formula (i). A method of making an anti-microbial composition, and a method of reducing the number of micro-organisms on a surface, are disclosed.
US11553707B2
A rotary animal repelling device, including: a housing, which includes a fixed body part and a head above the body part, and a mounting disc is fixedly provided on an inner periphery of a cavity of the head. A motor is located on the mounting disc, a rotating shaft extends through the mounting disc and is fixed to a side of the body part facing the head. The mounting disc has a sounder and a laser light, and the sounder and the laser light are coupled to the motor by transmission line, respectively. The laser light extends to outside of the head, the mounting disc has a radar sensor to detect an approach of animals and a control main board communicatively coupled to the radar sensor, the control main board is communicatively coupled to the motor, and the control main board has a control switch extending outside of the housing.
US11553698B2
A system of fattening for molluscs having supporting frames with first coupling members for the uprights that make up components and, carriers of the breeding compartments, and second coupling members on the flotation tubes of a moveable platform. The members and the uprights have aligned openings and that are actuated by removable coupling devices allowing the uprights to be attached or uncoupled. A crossbar, with an arrangement of connectors, keeps the components and provides an easily handled module that can be separated from the supporting frame along with the breeding compartments.
US11553696B2
A laying nest is provided with an improved ejection system, in which the risk of expelling eggs together with the hens is suppressed. The floor of the laying nest can rotate in both directions. Thanks to this arrangement, at first it can be rotated in a first direction for inclining it towards the egg collection area and ensuring that all the laid eggs are removed; next, it can be rotated in a second, opposite direction for inclining it towards the hen coop and thus expelling the hens from the laying nest. In a preferred embodiment, the driving arrangement of the ejection system of the laying nest is entirely arranged below the floor of the laying nest, so as to not occupy room in the laying nest and to be protected from manures and dirt that may be present in the laying nest.
US11553695B2
A system and method are disclosed for tracking animals, which may include production animals as well as pets. The system and method may comprise a tag system that is attached to an animal that generally has at least a near-field-communication (NFC) tag. The tag system comprises at least an NFC tag and a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag. For NFC tags, such tags may be read with a portable computing device, such as a mobile telephone running NFC reader application software. The phone may communicate with a communications network and ultimately a computer server in order to relay information received from a respective electronic tag. The electronic tags may be fastened, embedded, or ingested by an animal. The electronic tags may be part of a mechanical coupling. Each mechanical coupling may comprise a different structure depending on the whether the tags are fastened to, embedded in, or ingested by the animal.
US11553691B2
The present invention provides an anti-stuck pet feeder, which includes a shell and a top cover, the shell has in a cavity. Its bottom of the shell is provided with an outlet. The upper part of the cavity is provided with a grain storage chamber, the lower part of the cavity is provided with a driving mechanism. The lower part of the grain storage chamber is provided with a rotor. The rotor includes a shaft and a main body arranged on the shaft, the side wall of the main body is uniformly distributed with blades. The grain storage chamber is provided with a grain-out channel below the blades, which communicates with the outlet. The driving mechanism is connected with the rotor and drives it to rotate, and the grain stored in the grain storage chamber is transported to the grain-out channel and fed through the outlet.
US11553689B2
A feeding bowl assembly (1) for feeding small animals. The feeding bowl assembly (1) comprises a feeding bowl (2) and a base (3). The feeding bowl (2) is releasably mounted to the base (3) in a locked orientation and an unlocked orientation. The feeding bowl (2) comprises one or more connectors (6) and the base (3) comprises one or more complimentary connectors (12). The locked and unlocked orientations are formed by engagement of the one or more connectors (6) with the one or more complimentary connectors (12).
US11553688B1
A hay handle for use with a hay net in order to facilitate loading of the hay net and a method of providing a quantity of forage to an animal through use of a hay handle and an engaged hay net. The handle assembly that is adapted to be placed into an open position wherein the hay handle assembly rotates around a pair of hinges to the open position so that forage may be inserted into an open mouth of a hay net; and a closed position wherein the hay handle assembly rotates around the pair of hinges to the closed position so that the animal may access the quantity of forage in the hay net through a set of open gaps in the hay net not including the open mouth of the hay net used for filling the hay net.
US11553686B2
The invention relates to a device (1) for use in collection and removal of slurry or similar from a sty, a sty comprising such a device and to a method of installing a device at a sty, such as a pig sty, wherein the device comprises an one-piece body (2) having one or more funnels (3) wherein each funnel comprises at least one upper opening (3a) having an upper horizontal area enclosed by an upper edge (3a′) and a lower opening (3b) having a lower horizontal area enclosed by a lower edge (3b′), wherein the upper horizontal area is larger than the lower horizontal area, and the inside (3′) of the funnel is thus extending from the upper opening to the lower opening of the funnel, an encapsulation (4) enclosing the funnel from the lower edge of the funnel to the upper edge of the funnel, such that a ventilation space (5) is defined within the one-piece body between the encapsulation and the funnel.
US11553684B2
The invention provides seeds and plants of tomato line PSQ-9Z17-9453V. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato line PSQ-9Z17-9453V and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a tomato plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato line PSQ-9Z17-9453V comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.
US11553683B1
The invention provides seed and plants of the bean line SVGG2097. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of bean line SVGG2097 and to methods for producing a bean plant produced by crossing a plant of bean line SVGG2097 with itself or with another bean plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of bean line SVGG2097, including the pods and gametes of such plants.
US11553676B2
A soybean cultivar designated 2705886 is disclosed. Embodiments include the seeds of soybean 2705886, the plants of soybean 2705886, to plant parts of soybean 2705886, and methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean 2705886 with itself or with another soybean variety. Embodiments include methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to soybean cultivars, breeding cultivars, plant parts, and cells derived from soybean 2705886, methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean 2705886, and the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. Embodiments further include hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing 2705886 with another soybean cultivar.
US11553663B1
The invention relates to the wheat cultivar designated 01092992. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the wheat cultivar 01092992. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the wheat cultivar 01092992 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing wheat plants by crossing the wheat cultivar 01092992 with itself or another wheat cultivar and plants produced by such methods.
US11553650B2
A concave assembly for an agricultural machine includes a frame pivotally connected to a structural component and a concave connected to the frame. The frame includes a trunnion having a front end and a rear end. A front arm and a rear arm are connected to the trunnion. A crossbar extends between the front arm and the rear arm. A rotating member rotatably connected to the crossbar. The concave includes a first outer support and a second outer support. An inner support is positioned between the first outer support and the second outer support. A plurality of separator bars extend between the first outer support and the second outer support.
US11553640B2
An agricultural implement wear monitoring system that monitors a first component of an agricultural implement. A sensor detects and emits a signal indicative of a first geometric dimension of the first component and/or a second geometric dimension of the first component relative to a second component. A controller couples to the sensor. The controller monitors the first geometric dimension and/or the second geometric dimension, and in response to a detected change in the first geometric dimension and/or the second geometric dimension determines a remaining service life of the first component.
US11553639B2
A particle delivery system of an agricultural row unit includes a particle metering and singulation unit configured to meter a plurality of particles from a particle storage area and a particle belt disposed a selected distance apart from the particle metering and singulation unit. The particle belt is configured to receive the plurality of particles from the particle metering and singulation unit. The selected distance between the particle metering and singulation unit and the particle belt enables the plurality of particles to accelerate under an influence of gravity to a particle speed at the particle belt within a target percentage of a belt speed of the particle belt.
US11553637B2
The skid steer manure spreader attachment includes a main bucket compartment, a cover, and a beater shaft. The bucket, cover, and beater shaft are preferably formed of welded steel. The bucket has an industry standard quick attach plate on the back so it can be quickly attached to any standard skid steer, and is a standard width. A hydraulic motor operates the beater shaft and the cover. The beater shaft has blades angled in two directions. The beater shaft spins forward so the beater blades through manure out of the top of the bucket, above the shaft. The hydraulic motor drives the top sprocket, and a chain drives the bottom sprocket. A tensioner pivots on one screw to allow the user to tension the chain as needed.
US11553636B1
Methods and systems for controlling robotic actions for agricultural tasks are disclosed which use a spacing-aware plant detection model. A disclosed method, in which all steps are computer-implemented, includes receiving, using an imager moving along a crop row, at least one image of at least a portion of the crop row. The method also includes using the at least one image, a plant detection model, and an average inter-crop spacing for the crop row to generate an output from the plant detection model. The plant detection model is spacing aware in that the output of the plant detection model is altered or overridden based on the average inter-crop spacing. The method also includes outputting a control signal for the robotic action based on the output from the biased plant detection model. The method also includes conducting the robotic action for the agricultural task in response to the control signal.
US11558984B2
A temperature control system (300) for a variable frequency drive (10, 100) includes a sealed enclosure (310), a power electronic component (330) and/or a power magnetic component (320) positioned inside the sealed enclosure (310), and a controller (400) configured to control a temperature of the power electronic component (330) and/or the power magnetic component (320) relative to an internal air temperature (Tair) inside the sealed enclosure (310) prior to an electrical energy application and operation of the power electronic component (320) and/or power magnetic component (320) to prevent condensation induced electrical failure of the power electronic component (330) and/or power magnetic component (320) utilizing a cooling system (340) and/or a heating system (350).
US11558977B2
A power supply system for a computer system having a fan module that protects the power supply system from backflow from the fan module is disclosed. A power supply unit has an internal fan emitting an airflow from one end of the power supply unit. The power supply unit is mountable next to the fan module. The power supply system is mountable in proximity to an air baffle that diverts the airflow generated by the internal fan. An air tunnel is located on one side of the power supply unit. The air tunnel has an opening on one end for receiving the airflow diverted by the air baffle from the internal fan. The air tunnel has an opposite end in proximity to a second opening to divert the received airflow under the power supply unit.
US11558963B2
An electrical assembly may include a contactor, a bus bar connected to the contactor, a bracket connected to the bus bar, a flexible circuit electrically connected to the contactor, and/or a cooling member connected to the bracket. A method of assembling an electrical assembly may include disposing a flexible circuit at least partially on and/or in the bracket, connecting a bus bar with the one or more contactors, connecting the bus bar with the bracket, electrically connecting the flexible circuit to the one or more contactors, disposing a cooling member on or about the bracket, and/or connecting the cooling member with the bracket.
US11558953B2
The invention relates to a high voltage source to be coupled to an electrode arrangement for a dielectric barrier discharge plasma treatment. It has a high voltage transformer device including a primary and secondary inductor coupled via a magnetic circuit. A feed circuit including a power capacitor, the power capacitor coupled with the primary inductor and a first controllable conductor in series. A controller is arranged to intermittent switching of the first controllable conductor in on- and off-states; and a second controllable conductor is coupled in parallel to the primary windings; the controller arranged to switch the second controllable conductor to a conducting on-state when the first controllable conductor is in an on-state to short the resonating current in the primary inductor.
US11558950B2
The invention relates to a control device for an X-ray tube (2), comprising a housing (29) that is designed as a shield, in which an anode current regulating unit (1) is arranged and which is connected to a cathode power supply unit (18), a plurality of cathode voltage switches (20, 21, 22, 23, 24) which are to be connected to in each case a cathode (4), and a programmable assembly (25), in which the control of the cathodes (4) is determined. The cathode power supply unit (18), the cathode voltage switches (20, 21, 22, 23, 24) and the programmable assembly (18) are also arranged in the housing (29).
US11558949B2
Image data of a light source comprising a surface is obtained using an optical sensor. The surface includes a color band code comprising an array of color regions at least partially modifying visible light of the light source prior to the light impinging the optical sensor. One or more characteristics of the color band code are determined based on the image data that is obtained. Determining a unique identity of the light source based on the determined one or more characteristics of the color band code is performed, or determining a location within a structure associated with the light source based on the determined one or more characteristics of the color band code is performed.
US11558942B2
Disclosed herein are transconductance circuits, as well as related methods and devices. In some embodiments, a transconductance circuit may include an amplifier having a first input coupled to a voltage input of the transconductance circuit, and a switch coupled between an output of the amplifier and a second input of the amplifier.
US11558940B2
A system includes a mobile computing device with an image sensor that wirelessly controls at least one lighting fixture to maintain a predetermined color and intensity based on light detected by the image sensor.
US11558930B2
The present invention provides a heating apparatus for heating a load. The heating apparatus comprises a heater having a heating element for receiving electrical power and for converting the electrical power into heat to heat a heating surface of the heater. The heating apparatus also comprises a temperature sensor for sensing and outputting a measurement of the temperature of the heating element, a power actuator for providing the electrical power to the heating element of the heater, a power sensor for sensing and outputting a measurement of the power provided to the heating element by the power actuator, and control circuitry for controlling the power actuator to control the power delivered by the power actuator to the heating element. The control circuitry is configured to receive the temperature measurement from the temperature sensor, receive the power measurement from the power sensor, combine the temperature measurement and the power measurement, and control the power actuator in dependence upon the combined temperature measurement and power measurement. This ensures that the temperature of the heating surface is constant throughout a period when the load is applied.
US11558923B2
The present disclosure provides techniques for uplink resource management. For example, a method is provided including receiving a configuration granting a plurality of periodic uplink resources for use by the first wireless communication device to transmit data on an uplink. The method further includes determining for a first uplink resource of the plurality of periodic uplink resources, that grant of the first uplink resource for use by the first wireless communication device can be released. The method further includes based on the determining for the first uplink resource, transmitting to a second wireless communication device an indication that the grant of the first uplink resource for use by the first wireless communication device can be released.
US11558903B2
An initial access method of an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node in a wireless communication system and an apparatus using the method are provided. The method includes: receiving, from a parent node, a synchronization signal block (SSB) and system information; and performing a random access procedure with the parent node on the basis of the SSB and the system information, wherein the SSB and the system information are received through a resource allocated to an access link of the parent node, and the random access step is performed through a resource allocated to the backhaul link of the parent node, and the random access step is performed using resources determined differently depending on whether the TAB node is a relay node or a terminal.
US11558900B2
An information handling system comprising a wireless interface for transmitting a data frame via a wireless link in a wireless neighborhood having a plurality of wireless base transceiver stations (BTSs), a plurality of antenna systems operating via the wireless interface executing code instructions for a carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) media access control protocol employing back-off time periods to avoid packet collision, a radio scanning modem for scanning a plurality of radio channels for the BTSs operating in the wireless neighborhood during a tune out time upon detection of carrier frequency operation by a carrier sense mechanism indicating transmission on the wireless link from another device and ending at a next distributed inter-frame space period of the CSMA protocol, a processor implementing a network evaluation scheduling system for detecting a BTS load for each detected BTS system operating in the wireless neighborhood and determining alternative wireless links with alternative BTSs based on BTS traffic load, and the wireless interface transmitting a data frame upon expiration of a back-off period assigned to the information handling system and detection of no carrier frequency by the carrier sense mechanism.
US11558890B2
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may schedule a mini-slot for transmission of unicast data to a particular user equipment. The mini-slot may be scheduled in a portion of a downlink common burst portion of a slot. The apparatus may transmit a signal, including the unicast data, within the mini-slot.
US11558887B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may identify that an uplink data transmission scheduled for transmission by the UE in a first transmission time interval overlaps with multiple uplink control transmissions also scheduled for transmission by the UE during corresponding second transmission time intervals that are shorter in duration than the first transmission time interval. The UE may determine that the multiple uplink control transmissions satisfy a scheduling constraint that is based at least in part on an uplink control transmission type of the multiple uplink control transmissions that overlap with the uplink data transmission. The UE may transmit the uplink data transmission and the multiple uplink control transmissions based at least in part on the scheduling constraint being satisfied.
US11558886B2
Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, an apparatus of a user equipment (UE) comprises circuitry to configure a scheduling request (SR) transmission based on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), and combine the scheduling request with a buffer status report (BSR). The UE transmits the combined SR and BSR in a single subframe to a network entity, receives uplink resource scheduling from the network entity in reply to the combined SR and BSR, and transmits uplink data to the network entity according to the uplink resource scheduling.
US11558880B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first user equipment (UE) may transmit, to a base station, a sidelink scheduling request for groupcast sidelink communications with a set of one or more UEs. The base station may determine one or more UEs of the set of UEs and time-frequency resources for groupcast sidelink communication between the first UE and the one or more UEs. The first UE may receive, from the base station, a groupcast sidelink grant that indicates time-frequency resources for groupcast sidelink communications between the first UE and one or more UEs. The first UE may transmit, via the time-frequency resources indicated by the groupcast sidelink grant, a groupcast sidelink message to the one or more UEs. The one or more UEs may also receive the sidelink grant, and may monitor the time-frequency resources for a groupcast sidelink communication from the first UE.
US11558874B2
The present disclosure relates to a network access node and a client device for content type indication. The network access node selects a subset of bits among a set of bits in a second data packet associated with the first data packet based on the content type for the first data packet. The network access node scrambles the selected subset of bits with a first scrambling sequence associated with an identity of the client device. The network access node transmits the first data packet and the second data packet to the client device (300). Upon reception of the first data packet and the second data packet, the client device descrambles the scrambled subset of bits in the second data packet using a first scrambling sequence associated with an identity of the client device to determine the content type for the first data packet.
US11558851B2
A donor communication station transmits a unicast transmission comprising a plurality of device data sets where each device data set directed to each of a plurality of user equipment (UE) devices. A relay node receives the unicast transmission and retransmits the data sets in a broadcast transmission over a broadcast communication channel to the plurality of UE devices. In one example, the donor communication station encodes data for multiple user equipment (UE) devices by applying broadcast encoding to the data for each device before applying outer encoding to the data. The dual encoded data is transmitted to the relay node over a dedicated channel. The relay node applies outer decoding to the dual encoded data to retrieve the broadcast encoded data. The relay node then transmits the broadcast encoded device data in a broadcast transmission without outer encoding.
US11558850B2
In systems and methods for communicating an anomaly notification message to a wireless communication network, a wireless device may generate an anomaly notification message comprising an anomaly notification object in response to determining that the received information satisfies one or more threshold criteria indicative of the anomaly condition, configure the anomaly notification message with a transport layer anomaly code, and send sending the configured anomaly notification message via an anomaly-specific network communication link to a wireless communication network. A communication network device may receive the anomaly notification message, and in response to determining that the anomaly notification message was received via the anomaly-specific network communication link may associate the anomaly notification message with an anomaly priority that is higher than a normal traffic priority.
US11558849B2
Methods and system for a centralized unit and a distributed unit of a base station to operatively cooperate with each other are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method performed by a first communication node includes: in response to receiving a request, transmitting a first message to a second wireless communication node requesting to either establish or modify a context of a data radio bearer (DRB); and receiving a second message from the second wireless communication node indicating that the context of the DRB has been established or modified at the second wireless communication node, wherein the first message comprises first user plane address information of the DRB, and the second message comprises second user plane address information of the DRB.
US11558848B2
One embodiment provides a method, including: detecting, at an electronic device, an event has occurred; detecting, using a device sensor, that the electronic device is proximate to at least one other person; accessing, in a storage location, a rule set including a rule regarding the detecting that the electronic device is proximate to at least one other person; identifying, using a processor of the electronic device, a type of notification for the event based on the rule set; and providing, using an output device of the electronic device, a notification of the type identified. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US11558847B2
A first communication device prompts a plurality of second communication devices to transmit, during a contiguous time period reserved for a range measurement exchange, respective first null data packets (NDPs) at respective times. The first communication device receives first NDPs from at least some of the second communication devices during the contiguous time period, and transmits one or more second NDPs to the plurality of second communication devices. The first communication device uses reception of the first NDPs and transmission of the one or more second NDPs to determine respective ranges between the first communication device and respective second communication devices.
US11558840B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for using multiple timing advances for simultaneous uplink reception, for example, using multiple antennas, beams, and/or antenna panels. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes configuring a plurality of timing advances (TAs) for a plurality of uplink transmissions using a plurality of antennas. The UE transmits the plurality of uplink transmissions to a base station (BS) using the plurality of antennas based on the plurality of timing advances. A method that may be performed by a BS includes receiving a plurality of uplink transmissions from a UE and transmitting timing information to the UE in a message, the timing information based on when each of the plurality of uplink transmissions was received at the BS.
US11558839B2
A system for updating vehicle time information includes a communication device configured to wirelessly communicate with a wireless network using a network communication protocol. The system also includes a processing unit configured to assess communications between the vehicle to determine whether a condition related to a potential local time offset error exists, and based on determining that the condition exists, transmit a message supported by the communication protocol to the wireless network. The message is configured to prompt the wireless network to return a response message including a local time offset. The process is also configured to update a vehicle local time record based on the local time offset.
US11558825B2
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. The present disclosure relates to mobile communication technology, and in particular, to a method for uplink transmission and apparatus thereof.
US11558819B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide an apparatus for wireless communications. The apparatus generally includes a processing system configured to generate a frame for triggering transmission of a plurality of data units from a plurality of wireless nodes, a first interface configured to output the frame for transmission to the plurality of wireless nodes, and a second interface configured to obtain the plurality of data units after outputting the frame for transmission, wherein the plurality of data units have different lengths.
US11558818B2
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to wake-up radio (WUR) advertisement channels. A device may include a wake-up receiver (WURx) and a primary connectivity radio. The device may determine a wake-up radio (WUR) discovery subchannel for WUR advertisement. The WUR discovery subchannel may be associated with a channel of a frequency band. The device may generate a WUR discovery frame comprising a WUR advertisement. The device may transmit, by the WURx, the WUR discovery frame to a second device using the WUR discovery subchannel. The device may identify a response from the second device indicating an acknowledgment of the WUR discovery frame.
US11558808B1
Systems and methods for restricting the use of vehicle operator's electronic device are provided. In a method a telematics server determines that a vehicle's engine is running, and that the operator registered with the vehicle is in the driver's seat. In response, the telematics server sends a message to the vehicle operator's terminal for changing the configuration thereof. A system including a telematics device, telematics server, and operator terminal may carry out the method. The system and method can be used to restrict the use of electronic devices by drivers sitting in a vehicle with the engine running in accordance with laws in certain jurisdictions.
US11558805B2
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 apparatus for managing CAG related procedure in a wireless communication network is provided.
US11558803B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may select, from a first path and a second path, a path for an uplink communication associated with at least one of a variable payload size for hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback or channel state information (CSI) feedback, wherein the first path is on an uplink of the UE and the second path is on a sidelink of the UE; and transmit the uplink communication on the selected path. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11558802B2
A user equipment (UE) can operate to configure an application service to a network slice instance while preserving an application identity (ID) privacy. The UE receives network slice customer (NSC) Service ID from an NSC. A UE route selection policy (URSP) from a network slice provider (NSP), or network operator, includes the NSC Service ID in a traffic descriptor that associates a single network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAI) with the NSC Service ID. The UE associates the application service to the network slice instance based on the NSC Service ID and the S-NSSAI.
US11558800B2
A network controller monitors a wireless access node for a fault. The wireless access node experiences the fault and scans for wireless Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) service. The network controller detects the fault and directs a neighbor access node to deliver the wireless IAB service. The neighbor access node delivers the wireless IAB service in response to the network controller. The wireless access node detects the wireless IAB service from the neighbor access node and exchanges fault data with the network controller using the wireless IAB service delivered by the neighbor access node. The network controller exchanges the fault data with the wireless access node using the wireless IAB service delivered by the neighbor access node. An Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) or a User Plane Function (UPF) may detect a lack of signaling or data from the wireless access node to detect the fault.
US11558797B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, creating a message associated with a 5th Generation (5G) wireless service, the message containing: a first indication whether the 5G wireless service is restricted or permitted in a first frequency range of a 5G frequency spectrum; and a second indication whether the 5G wireless service is restricted or permitted in a second frequency range of the 5G frequency spectrum, the second frequency range being a frequency range that is different from the first frequency range; and facilitating transmission of the message that is created to first user equipment, to a radio access network, or to a combination thereof. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11558784B2
A resource allocation method includes: obtaining, by a first network device, target resource reservation information based on a plurality of transmitted packets, where all of the packets carry a same virtual network identifier, and the virtual network identifier is used to indicate that the packets are transmitted through a same virtual network; and allocating a resource to the virtual network based on the target resource reservation information.
US11558780B2
Methods and apparatus for user transfer in a Cloud-radio access network (C-RAN) are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method includes in response to a request for migrating a user from a first user equipment (UE) virtualized network function component (VNFC) to a second UE VNFC, receiving at the second UE VNFC, dynamic context information of packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer and radio link control (RLC) layer for data transmission of the user from the first UE VNFC. The method further includes continuing process of the data transmission of the user at the second UE VNFC based on the dynamic context information.
US11558777B2
Embodiments of a multi-link device (MLD) are generally described herein. The MLD may be configured for multi-link communication on a plurality of links. The MLD may be configured with a plurality of stations (STAs). Each STA may be a logical entity that includes a singly addressable instance of a medium access control (MAC) layer and a physical (PHY) layer of a link of the plurality of links. The MLD may configure traffic identifier (TID) assignment for the MLD for multi-link communication with another MLD. The multi-link communication may be configurable to support one or more data streams, wherein each of the data streams corresponds to a TID. The MLD may determine an assignment of the TIDs to the STAs of the MLD.
US11558773B2
A wireless device transmits, one or more radio resource control (RRC) messages indicating assistance information for a sidelink operation. The assistance information indicates: an identifier indicating a logical channel associated with a sidelink traffic; and one or more periodicities associated with the logical channel. In response to the assistance information, one or more second RRC messages indicating one or more configured grant configurations determined based on the one or more of periodicities of the logical channel is received. The wireless device triggers, a transmission of a buffer status report in response to sidelink data of the logical channel becoming available. A scheduling request (SR) is transmitted. In response to the SR: the transmission of the buffer status report is cancelled; and one or more activation commands indicating activation of the one or more configured grant configurations is received.
US11558772B2
Provided is a buffer status reporting method, comprising: for any radio bearer with duplication function configured or activated on a link, determining that different logic channels of the radio bearer belong to different logic channel groups; and when a buffer status reporting condition is satisfied, performing a buffer status reporting procedure based on the buffer status of the different logic channel groups.
US11558764B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided for automated identification of baseline data and changes in state in a wireless communications spectrum, by identifying sources of signal emission in the spectrum by automatically detecting signals, analyzing signals, comparing signal data to historical and reference data, creating corresponding signal profiles, and determining information about the baseline data and changes in state based upon the measured and analyzed data in near real time, which is stored on each apparatus or device and/or on a remote server computer that aggregates data from each apparatus or device.
US11558762B2
In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a UE. The UE receives a first trigger. The UE determines, based on the first trigger, whether it is possible that a first transmission and reception point (TRP) and a second TRP are to transmit a first down link control channel and a second down link control channel to the UE concurrently on a carrier. The UE monitors the first down link control channel and the second down link control channel in a particular slot when it is possible that the first TRP and the second TRP are to transmit the first down link control channel and the second down link control channel to the UE concurrently on the carrier.
US11558760B2
Technology disclosed herein includes a method to trigger protection switching on a wireless link of a network device comprised in a protection switching capable network. The method comprises monitoring one or more performance metrics on said link and sending a signal failed message when at least one metric of said one or more performance metrics fails to satisfy performance criteria related to the at least one metric of said one or more performance metrics.
US11558755B2
A method and apparatus for efficient deployment of nodes in a network includes obtaining first data that indicates first locations of nodes in a network and terrain data that indicates height of terrain at terrain locations. The method further includes determining an exploration region for a first node and dividing the exploration region into subregions. The method further includes determining a proxy location for each subregion that is a location corresponding to a characteristic of the terrain data in the subregion. The method further includes determining a value of a parameter that indicates a contribution of the first node at each proxy location to network fitness. The method further includes assigning a second location to the first node based on the determined parameter value at each proxy location. The method further includes relocating the first node from the first location to the second location.
US11558754B2
Techniques for planning locations of receiver systems for an environmental sensing capabilities (ESC) system are provided. An ESC system is used to detect activity of primary users in shared spectra. The techniques can be used to reduce dead zone area(s), created by the receiver systems, for radios of secondary systems using the shared frequency spectrum.
US11558753B2
A method and system of sublicensing licensed spectrum that includes establishing, by infrastructure equipment of a wireless network, sub-license terms for a radio device to operate within the licensed spectrum; retrieving, by the infrastructure equipment, the sub-license terms for operating the radio device within the licensed spectrum upon receiving a request from the radio device; and configuring the radio device to operate within the licensed spectrum in accordance with the terms of the sub-license via a virtualized interface between the infrastructure equipment and the radio device.
US11558752B2
A method of transmission scheduling for one or more process devices in an industrial application, such as a sensor, an actuator and/or a process controller, capable of wireless communication, implemented by a radio control unit, is proposed, the method comprising: determining with respect to the industrial application whether a licensed shared access spectrum is available and assigning to the one or more process devices, based on a traffic type of the data to be transmitted by the one or more process devices, an access spectrum within the licensed shared access spectrum.
US11558750B2
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to security for multi-link operation. A device may determine a multi-link communication with a first multi-link device comprising two or more links associated with two or more station devices (STAs) included in the first multi-link device. The device may determine a first medium access control (MAC) address associated with a first link of the two or more links. The device may determine a second MAC address associated with a second link of the two or more links. The device may generate one or more pairwise security keys to be used in the multi-link communication on the two or more links. The device may cause to send a frame to the first multi-link device using at least one combination of the one or more pairwise security keys.
US11558749B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a UICC in which a first profile is installed, an eUICC, and a processor electrically connected with the UICC and the eUICC. The processor requests a second profile to be installed in the eUICC from a first server based on the first profile, receives the second profile from a second server associated with the first server, and installs the received second profile in the eUICC. The second profile and the first profile include the same subscriber identification information.
US11558740B2
Techniques and architectures enable a wireless communications system to receive and transmit a message for which a user of a mobile device has specified to be delivered on a particular date and time to a contact in an address book of the user. Further, the network securely stores the message by encrypting the message with a strength of encryption that is based on the length of time that the message will be stored before its scheduled delivery.
US11558737B2
A method for preventing subscriber identifier leakage from a telecommunications network includes receiving, by a security edge protection proxy (SEPP), an authentication response message authorizing a subscriber in a visitor network, wherein the authentication response message includes a home subscriber identifier used to identify the subscriber within a home network. The method further includes replacing, by the SEPP, the home subscriber identifier in the authentication response message with a visitor subscriber identifier. The method further includes forwarding, by the SEPP, the authentication response message with the visitor subscriber identifier to a visitor network.
US11558736B2
Techniques are disclosed for performing operations in a distributed computing environment comprising a plurality of computing devices implementing a Kubernetes environment. An indication is received of one or more custom resources of the Kubernetes environment. The custom resources are grouped into a commit set. The commit set is defined as an atomic unit which either succeeds or fails atomically. It is determined that at least one of the custom resources has failed to complete. In response to the determination, the custom resources of the commit set are reverted to a previous consistent state.
US11558732B1
A wireless communication network selects Network Functions (NFs) using a first Network Repository Function (NRF) and a second NRF. The first NRF receives first status data from a first set of the NFs and transfers the first status data to the second NRF. The second NRF receives second status data from a second set of the NFs and transfers the second status data to the first NRF. The first NRF receives a request for one of the NF types and responsively identifies status data for the one of the NF types. The first NRF indicates the status data. The second NRF receives another request for another one of the NF types and responsively identifies status data for the other one of the NF types. The second NRF transfers another response that indicates status data. The wireless communication network selects individual ones of the NFs based the status data.
US11558726B2
Described is an open communication system. The system includes a server having a memory storing user data and a first user computing device coupled to the server. The server may be programmed to allow multiple user computing devices to connect to the server and the server determines if the user computing devices are within a predetermined proximity to each other and whether the same communication channel is selected. All of the user computing devices that have selected the same communication channel and are within the predetermined proximity to each may be connected in an open communication link that allows the connected user to communicate. The system may include the option of establishing and invite particular users to a private or less used channel.
US11558724B2
Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for priority handling for ProSe Communications. A relay wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may act as a relay between the network and the remote WTRU. The relay WTRU may receive a temporary mobile group identity (TMGI) request message from a remote WTRU. The TMGI request message may include a TMGI, a ProSe per packet priority level associated with the TMGI, etc. The relay WTRU may receive an evolved multimedia broadcast multicast service (eMBMS) data packet from a network. The eMBMS may be associated with the TMGI. The relay WTRU may apply the received ProSe per packet priority level associated with the TMGI to the received eMBMS data packet. The relay WTRU may relay the eMBMS data packet to the remote WTRU based on the ProSe per packet priority level. The relay WTRU may forward the eMBMS data packet to the remote WTRU via a PC5 interface.
US11558714B2
A user equipment (UE) initiates a positioning session based on ranging in a distributed system of UEs. The positioning session includes a plurality of anchor UEs with known positions that provide information including ranging information and their positions to the initiator UE in post-ranging messages. The initiator UE identifies anchor UEs that provide information that does not significantly contribute to the final position estimate for the initiator UE. The initiator UE, for example, may generate position estimates and associated accuracy levels for different subsets of anchor UEs and may use the accuracy levels to identify a subset of anchor UEs that may be used for positioning in place of the full set of anchor UEs without a significant loss of accuracy. Selected UEs are excluded from providing post-ranging messages in subsequent positioning sessions to reduce signaling overhead and improve efficiency.
US11558708B2
An apparatus including circuitry configured for receiving a spatial media content file including a plurality of viewpoints; circuitry configured for determining a first viewpoint from the plurality of viewpoints for a first user consuming the spatial media content file; circuitry configured for receiving an indication that affects an audio rendering of the first viewpoint for the first user, wherein the indication is associated with one or more actions of at least one second user consuming the spatial media content file; and circuitry configured for controlling the audio rendering of the first viewpoint for the first user in response to the receiving of the indication based on at least one of: a position and/or orientation of the first user, and the one or more actions of the second user.
US11558702B2
A method for fitting a hearing device comprises: receiving an audio signal in the hearing device; providing a user interface for inputting at least one modifier value into the fitting device, the modifier value indicating, how a sound property of the audio signal should be modified by the hearing device; processing the audio signal with a sound processor of the hearing device in dependence of the at least one modifier value, thus providing a processed audio signal; outputting the processed audio signal to a user of the hearing device; determining an modifier effectiveness value based on the audio signal, the modifier effectiveness value indicating how much a change of the at least one modifier value results in a perceptible change of the processed audio signal output to the user; and restricting the inputting of the at least modifier value in dependence of the modifier effectiveness value.
US11558697B2
At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a method of generating preferred dynamic range function to process audio reproduced by an earphone device. The function includes processing the audio to improve speech intelligibility. The function is acquired with a self-administered hearing test.
US11558684B2
A cord containment adaptor can be adaptively anchored or fixed to or removed from an earphone cord of a set of earphones by hand via an anchor slot of the adaptor. The anchor slot can have a frame or structure that may have multiple earphone cord entrapment chambers and/or an offset or non-linear path leading to an earphone cord entrapment chamber or chambers to help anchor the cord containment adaptor on the cord segment to prevent inadvertent dislodgement of the cord containment adaptor from the earphones. The structure of the anchor slot can be rigid and serves to firmly grip or compress earphone cord segments positioned between gapped-apart opposing sidewalls within the anchor slot. Entrapment chambers of the anchor slot are connected to every other entrapment chamber via cord passageways through which an earphone cord segment can pass. The cord containment adaptor may contain cord containment slots separate from the anchor slot. When a cord containment adaptor is anchored via the anchor slot, earphone cord segments can be gripped into slots in a manner that contains loose cord ends and helps prevent tangling of earphone cords when the earphones are stored or not in use. The adaptor can remain fixed to an earphone cord segment during audio listening by a user and during storage of an earphone set.
US11558683B2
A sound system includes a seat including a seatback having a first dipole subwoofer, a second dipole subwoofer, a first speaker, and a second speaker; and a seat bottom having a third speaker. The first dipole subwoofer, the second dipole subwoofer, the first speaker, the second speaker, and/or the third speaker may be configured to receive audio signals from a receiver and provide sound corresponding to the audio signals toward an occupant position of the seat. The third speaker may be directed toward the seat back. The first dipole subwoofer, the second dipole subwoofer, the first speaker, the second speaker, and/or the third speaker may be configured to provide a sound zone for said occupant that facilitates (i) hearing of the sound by said occupant, and/or (ii) limiting transmission of the sound beyond the seat.
US11558675B2
Systems and methods for video presentation and analytics for a sporting event are disclosed. In one embodiment, the sporting event is an auto racing event. A server platform is provided to collect and analyze real-time raw data and historical raw data, and compare drivers/vehicles from a current auto racing event and/or a historical auto racing event. The server platform is operable to overlay a ghost driver/vehicle on the images of a driver/vehicle in the current auto racing event based on the comparison. The server platform also provides a GUI for displaying the current auto racing event with enhanced features.
US11558670B2
A method for providing a personalized media stream includes receiving a signal from a user to launch a personalized media stream, determining a current time, identifying a first time slot of a schedule into which the current time falls, identifying a first channel that is associated with the first time slot, wherein viewing history for the user indicates that the user has viewed the first channel during the first time slot in the past, automatically tuning the display device to the first channel in response to the signal, receiving, subsequent to the automatically tuning, a command from the user to pause a program playing on the first channel, identifying a second channel associated with a second time slot, wherein the second time slot occurs later in time that the first time slot, and buffering a portion of a program being shown on the second channel during the second time slot.
US11558665B2
Methods and apparatus to count people are disclosed. Example apparatus disclosed herein are to populate a list with first characteristic datasets obtained from a first plurality of images, respective ones of the first characteristic datasets representative of corresponding faces. Disclosed apparatus are also to perform comparisons of the first characteristic datasets to each other to determine a first number of unique faces, the comparisons limited to the first characteristic datasets obtained during the first period of time. Disclosed apparatus are further to delete the first characteristic datasets from the list after the first period of time has ended, and re-populate the list with second characteristic datasets obtained from a second plurality of images representative of the environment during a second period of time of the media presentation, the second period of time subsequent to the first period of time.
US11558664B1
An electronic device, computer program product, and method manage presenting and pausing of media content in response to locally detected visual and aural interruptions. The electronic device is configured to determine, using one or more sensors from among: (i) an image capturing device positioned to have a field of view of a monitored area and (ii) a microphone positioned to detect sounds in or near the monitored area. A consumer is in the monitored area during presenting of media content by a media output device. The electronic device is configured to monitor the one or more sensors to determine whether an interruption is occurring that can degrade consumer experience relative to the presenting of the media content. In response to determining that the interruption is occurring, the electronic device is configured to pause the presenting of the media content on the media output device.
US11558662B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for a window-metric rule for return path data (RPD). In some examples, a media monitor includes a count calculator to determine a first count of a number of devices in a first household that reported RPD for a first day. The example media monitor also includes an RPD selector to compare the first count to a current window-metric, the current window-metric associated with a window of time for the first household, the window of time associated with a content provider and having N number of days. The example RPD selector the RPD from the first household for the first day when the first count does not satisfy the current window-metric. The example media monitor also includes a report generator to generate a media exposure report using the RPD from the first household for the first day when the first count satisfies the current window-metric, independent of if the first household has heartbeat data available.
US11558658B2
Systems and methods are provided herein for selectively replaying interrupted segments of media content that are important for understanding a storyline of the media content. In response to detecting noise in a media presentation environment where a current segment is being played, it is determined whether the current segment is important. Responsive to the determination that the current segment is important, a complexity score of the audio component of the current segment is determined and a replay threshold is determined based on the complexity score. Responsive to the determination that the detected noise level is greater than the replay threshold, the current segment is replayed from the beginning instead of continuing to play the media content.
US11558655B2
Systems and methods for enhancing user experience in accessing media of a certain content type by outputting the media on a nearby device that is better suited for access. For example, a media guidance application may determine that a user is accessing, on his/her smartphone, a digital page (e.g., a website, a newsfeed, etc.) that features embedded content (e.g., photos, movies, music, etc.). In response to determining that the user has navigated to an embedded content, such as a video clip, the media guidance application may determine a device in the vicinity of the user that is better suited than the user's smartphone for playback of the video clip. For example, a nearby smart television may have a larger screen, better sound output, and a better display resolution than the smartphone. As a result, the media guidance application may cause the smart television to output the video clip.
US11558652B2
A method and a system configured to execute the mentioned method is suggested, where the method is capturing media content associated with at least one object, using a plurality of media capturing devices, each carried by a mobile communication device, together forming a mobile media device. The method comprise: controlling each of the mobile media devices according to a respective, predefined role and role specific rules for mobile media device movements, while capturing media content, following the movement of the at least one determined object; acquiring sensor data, indicative of the mobile media device movements, from the mobile media devices, and updating the roles of the mobile media devices, based on the acquired sensor data.
US11558651B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method including presenting a playlist of media content generated by a predictive model of preferences of a user of a system based on first prior media consumption associated with a subscription television service and second prior media consumption associated with an internet-based service, receiving a first selection of first media content from the playlist, presenting a menu of viewing devices for viewing the first media content, receiving a second selection of a first companion device for the first media content from the menu of viewing devices, transmitting the first selection and the second selection to a content provider, receiving the first media content from the content provider, and presenting the first media content. The content provider can transmit, to the first companion device, supplementary content, including internet-based content associated with the first media content, for presentation at a display.
US11558650B2
An example method includes obtaining a plurality of candidate media segments for possible inclusion in a single stream of media segments that is personalized for a first user, wherein at least one candidate media segment of the plurality of candidate media segments comprises an excerpt from a media asset, selecting, based on a known media consumption behavior of the first user, a subset of the plurality of candidate media segments, wherein the subset includes candidate media segments of the plurality of candidate media segments that are to be included in the single stream of media segments, modifying at least one candidate media segment in the subset based on the known media consumption behavior of the first user, and compiling the subset into the single stream of media segments, wherein the single stream of media segments includes the at least one candidate media segment in the subset that was modified.
US11558633B2
Systems, methods, and instrumentalities for sub-block motion derivation and motion vector refinement for merge mode may be disclosed herein. Video data may be coded (e.g., encoded and/or decoded). A collocated picture for a current slice of the video data may be identified. The current slice may include one or more coding units (CUs). One or more neighboring CUs may be identified for a current CU. A neighboring CU (e.g., each neighboring CU) may correspond to a reference picture. A (e.g., one) neighboring CU may be selected to be a candidate neighboring CU based on the reference pictures and the collocated picture. A motion vector (MV) (e.g., collocated MV) may be identified from the collocated picture based on an MV (e.g., a reference MV) of the candidate neighboring CU. The current CU may be coded (e.g., encoded and/or decoded) using the collocated MV.
US11558629B2
A method for decoding a picture block is disclosed. The decoding method comprises: reconstructing reference picture from another reference picture of a decoder picture buffer of a first layer of a multi-layered stream and from data decoded from a second layer of said multi-layered stream and storing said reference picture in a decoder picture buffer of said second layer, wherein said reference picture is indicated as not to be displayed; decoding a flag indicating that a subsequently decoded picture of the second layer is not using any inter-layer prediction; and reconstructing a picture block of said subsequently decoded picture at least from said reference picture.
US11558622B2
Provided are a video decoding method and apparatus, in which, during video encoding and decoding processes: in which a first bin of a sub-block merge index indicating a candidate motion vector of a sub-block merge mode is obtained, the first bin being arithmetic-encoded using a context model, a second arithmetic-encoded in a bypass mode is obtained based on a first value obtained by arithmetic-decoding the first bin by using the context model, a second value is obtained by arithmetic-decoding the second bin in the bypass mode, and prediction on a current block is performed in the sub-block merge mode, based on the first value and the second value.
US11558616B2
An example device for processing video data includes memory configured to store the video data and one or more processors coupled to the memory. The one or more processors are configured to adjust a chroma dynamic range adjustment (DRA) scale value based on a luma DRA scale value and determine a chroma quantization parameter (QP) based on the luma adjusted chroma DRA scale value, wherein the chroma QP comprises an integer component and a fractional component. The one or more processors are configured to determine an integer chroma QP offset based on the integer component and determine a fractional chroma QP offset based on the fractional component. The one or more processors are configured to determine a DRA chroma scale adjustment value based on the integer chroma QP offset and the fractional chroma QP offset and process the video data based on the DRA chroma scale adjustment value.
US11558614B2
A method of encoding a video stream in a video encoder is provided that includes computing an offset into a transform matrix based on a transform block size, wherein a size of the transform matrix is larger than the transform block size, and wherein the transform matrix is one selected from a group consisting of a DCT transform matrix and an IDCT transform matrix, and transforming a residual block to generate a DCT coefficient block, wherein the offset is used to select elements of rows and columns of a DCT submatrix of the transform block size from the transform matrix.
US11558606B2
In order to provide low-load, efficient coding technology, a moving-picture decoding device includes a spatial motion information candidate derivation unit configured to derive a spatial motion information candidate from motion information of a block neighboring a decoding target block in a space domain and a history-based motion information candidate derivation unit configured to derive a history-based motion information candidate from a memory where motion information of a decoded block is retained, wherein the history-based motion information candidate derivation unit preferentially derives old motion information without making a comparison of the motion information with the spatial motion information candidate.
US11558605B2
A video decoding method includes: obtaining a bitstream including a plurality of coded frames of a video signal; decoding each of the plurality of coded frames into a plurality of super blocks and each of the plurality of super blocks into a plurality of residual blocks; recovering a coded block (CB) for each of the plurality of residual blocks based on multiple reference line intra prediction (MRLP) flags and reference samples included in each coded frame, wherein multiple reference lines are divided into above-side reference lines and left-side reference lines and one above-side reference line and one left-side reference line are selected for intra prediction; reconstructing each frame of the video signal by storing the recovered CB for each of the plurality of residual blocks in a frame buffer; and continuously outputting the reconstructed frames to restore the video signal.
US11558601B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for initializing a dimensioning system based on a location of a vehicle carrying an object to be dimensioned. An example method disclosed herein includes receiving, from a location system, location data indicating a location of a vehicle carrying an object; responsive to the location data indicating that the vehicle is approaching an imaging area, initializing, using a logic circuit, a sensor to be primed for capturing data representative of the object; receiving, from a motion detector carried by the vehicle, motion data indicating a speed of the vehicle; and triggering, using the logic circuitry, the sensor to capture data representative of the object at a sample rate based on the speed of the vehicle.
US11558597B2
An apparatus for receiving a video according to embodiments of the present invention comprises a decoder configured to decode bitstream based on viewing position and viewport information; an unpacker configured to unpack pictures in the decoded bitstream; a view regenerator configured to perform view regenerating the unpacked pictures; and a view synthesizer configured to perform view synthesis on the view regenerated pictures. A method of transmitting a video, the method comprising inter-view redundancy removing pictures for multiple viewing positions; packing the inter-view redundancy removed pictures; and encoding the packed pictures and signaling information.
US11558592B1
Devices, methods, and systems for detecting false color in an image. An edge preserving filter is applied to an image sensor output to generate a first demosaiced image. A low pass filter is applied to the image sensor output to generate a second demosaiced image. A hue difference between the first demosaiced image and the second demosaiced image is calculated. A false color region is detected responsive to the hue difference exceeding a threshold hue difference.
US11558589B2
Systems, devices, and methods for driving projectors are described. The actual area projected over by a laser projector for a given pixel may not exactly match a desired projection area for the pixel, especially at edge regions of an image. In the present systems, devices, and methods, projection data is provided for at least one image to be projected by a laser projector. The projection data can include sets of alternative data sections at edge regions of the at least one image, effectively increasing resolution for the edge regions of the image. Depending on a projection pattern being used by a laser projector at a given time, select alternative data sections can be projected which closely match the actual area covered by the projection pattern, improving image quality.
US11558588B2
Image display apparatus and methods may use a single imaging element such as a digital mirror device (DMD) to spatially modulate plural color channels. A color channel may include a light steering element such as a phase modulator. Steered light from a light steering element may be combined with or replaced by additional light to better display bright images. These technologies may be provided together or applied individually.
US11558583B2
A system that includes a detection device, an imaging device, and a control device is disclosed. The detection device may generate proximity data relating to a proximity of an undercarriage of a rail vehicle, and the imaging device may capture one or more thermal images of the undercarriage. The control device may receive a first thermal image and a second thermal image of the undercarriage. The first thermal image may be captured using a first integration time, and the second thermal image may be captured using a second integration time. The control device may determine composite thermal data associated with the undercarriage. The composite thermal data may include information mapping a first range of thermal data and mapping a second range of thermal data to one or more components of the undercarriage. The control device may cause an action to be performed in connection with the composite thermal data.
US11558578B2
The present disclosure is intended to provide a smart television and a method for displaying a graphical user interface of a television screen shot. The method includes while a display device is displaying currently-played content, in response to receiving an input instruction for capturing a screen shot, acquiring a screen shot image comprising at least one object; and while the display device continues playing, displaying a screen shot content display layer on the display device. The screen shot content display layer is configured to present the screen shot image. The method further includes in response to receiving an input for selecting an object or a keyword matched with the object, displaying recommended content related to the object; in response to receiving a selection for a different object on the screen shot image by moving a focus frame, updating presentation of recommended content based on the selected different object.
US11558577B2
The application discloses a method for adjusting a wide viewing angle, including: obtaining gray scale values of two pixels located in a same column and two adjacent rows; obtaining a view angle value of a wide view angle, and determining a target difference value according to the view angle value; and reducing a gray scale value of one of the two pixels and/or increasing a gray scale value of another one of the two pixels according to the target difference value, to perform wide view angle adjustment of a picture to be displayed, wherein a difference value between the gray scale values of the two pixels after the wide view angle adjustment is greater than or equal to the target difference value. The application also discloses a display panel and a computer readable storage medium.
US11558572B2
Provided is a photoelectric conversion apparatus including a plurality of pixels and a control unit, wherein each of the pixels includes a photoelectric conversion unit and a digital-signal output unit configured to output a digital signal based on the output of the photoelectric conversion unit, and the number of bits of the digital signal may be switched.
US11558567B2
A unit cell for use in an optical active pixel sensor (APS) includes a photodiode having a first terminal connected to a photodiode biasing PDB line, and a second terminal opposite from the first terminal; a reset switch transistor having a first terminal connected to the second terminal of the photodiode, and a second terminal connected to a reference voltage line, and a gate of the reset switch transistor is connected to a reset signal RST supply line; and an amplification transistor having a first terminal connected to an output readout line, and a second terminal connected to a driving voltage supply line, and a gate of the amplification transistor is connected to a node constituting the connection of the second terminal of the photodiode and the first terminal of the reset switch transistor. An optical APS device includes a sensor matrix formed of a plurality of unit cells according to any of the embodiments arranged in an array of rows and columns.
US11558551B2
A system and method for a master platform includes receiving first pose data associated with an image sensor of a first device, and a first semantic map generated by the first device, the first semantic map including a simplified object representation in a coordinate space of the first device. The master platform also receives second pose data associated with an image sensor of a second device, and a second semantic map generated by the second device, the second semantic map including a simplified object representation in a coordinate space of the second device. A shared simplified object representation common to the first and semantic maps is identified. The master platform further combines the first semantic and second semantic maps based on the first and second pose data. The first pose data, first semantic map, second pose data, and second semantic map are associated with a common time interval.
US11558547B2
An image capture system provides automated prompts for aiding a user in capturing images for use in 3D model creation. While a user is preparing to capture an image, the system provides visual indications that indicate whether a quality-based condition is satisfied. Based on the visual indications, a user can determine whether an image, if captured, would likely be suitable for use in creating a 3D model. Determining if the quality-based condition is satisfied may include monitoring output generated by one or more sensors and comparing the output against a threshold value. Additionally, the system may analyze the visual content or metadata associated with an image to determine if the quality-based condition is satisfied and request user input to further identify certain image features that were identified by the system.
US11558546B2
Implementations set forth herein relate to an automated assistant that can control a camera according to one or more conditions specified by a user. A condition can be satisfied when, for example, the automated assistant detects a particular environment feature is apparent. In this way, the user can rely on the automated assistant to identify and capture certain moments without necessarily requiring the user to constantly monitor a viewing window of the camera. In some implementations, a condition for the automated assistant to capture media data can be based on application data and/or other contextual data that is associated with the automated assistant. For instance, a relationship between content in a camera viewing window and other content of an application interface can be a condition upon which the automated assistant captures certain media data using a camera.
US11558535B2
A camera assembly for an interior of an automobile is disclosed. The camera assembly includes a lens, an image sensor, a printed circuit board, at least one illuminator, and a lens mount. The lens, image sensor and at least one illuminator are operatively connected to the printed circuit board. The lens mount includes at least one integrated heat sink configured to dissipate heat from the at least one illuminator.
US11558527B2
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to select a plug-in related to a function of the information processing apparatus, the plug-in being used to expand a function executed by an apparatus, from an aggregated plug-in in which plug-ins for each of a plural functions are aggregated, and expand the function by using the plug-in.
US11558526B2
An image processing service system includes an operation request accepting unit, a setting accepting unit, a payment control unit, and an operation execution control unit. The operation request accepting unit accepts an operation request for an image processing apparatus through a chat between a user and a chatbot participating in a chat service on a chat board provided by the service. The setting accepting unit accepts a setting for an operation of the image processing apparatus requested by the operation request. The payment control unit makes a payment for the operation of the image processing apparatus requested by the operation request through an electronic payment system available on the chat service. The operation execution control unit controls the image processing apparatus to execute the operation requested by the operation request after the setting is accepted by the setting accepting unit and the payment is made by the payment control unit.
US11558522B2
A medium transportation device includes a supply roller configured to send a medium downstream, at least one stopper configured to be switched between a blocking state in which the at least one stopper blocks the transportation path and an open state in which the at least one stopper opens the transportation path, and a controller configured to perform skew correction control in which a leading edge of the medium is brought in contact with the at least one stopper in the blocking state to correct skew of the medium. The controller is configured to obtain information about a stiffness of the medium and, when a second medium having a lower stiffness than a first medium is transported, the controller switches the at least one stopper from the blocking state to the open state to end the skew correction control earlier than the skew correction control of the first medium.
US11558521B2
An image forming apparatus improved in a setting process for a recording medium to thereby make it possible to prevent print processing from failing to be executed. In the image forming apparatus including a plurality of sheet feeders for storing recording sheets, when recording sheets are stored in one of the sheet feeders, at least one of the recording sheets is conveyed from the corresponding sheet feeder, and the type of the conveyed recording sheet is identified. Then, the identified type of the recording sheet is set as the type of the stored recording sheets. This makes it possible to prevent occurrence of a situation in which print processing is not executed because the identified type of the recording sheet does not match the set type of the recording sheets, whereby it is possible to prevent print processing from failing to be executed.
US11558519B2
A method of controlling an image processing apparatus. the method includes accepting a predetermined instruction regarding a predetermined image that is being displayed on the image processing apparatus, changing, in a case when the predetermined instruction is accepted, so that a predetermined mark added to the predetermined image does not overlap with a non-printing area corresponding to an area where printing is not to be performed, a location of the predetermined image based on the predetermined mark, and executing a process of printing the predetermined image and the predetermined mark in the printing area corresponding to an area where printing is to be performed on a recording medium.
US11558508B1
A method and a system for reporting metrics relating to customer calls for fungible agents that are utilizing multiple servicing applications in a contact center environment are provided. The method includes: receiving a service request call from a customer; determining applications that are usable for responding to the service request call from among a predetermined plurality of applications; monitoring the service request call in order to obtain information relating to call timing and events occurring during the call; when the service request call is completed, determining call-specific metrics such as hold time, number of transfers, and or idle time based on the information obtained during the monitoring; and reporting the metrics to a repository. Additional metrics that are specific to an agent assigned to handle the call may also be determined.
US11558507B1
Location determination and telephone number distribution for emergency calls is enabled by a telephony system which maintains multiple pools of telephone numbers. Each pool corresponds to a different region such that the pools of telephone numbers are defined at the region-level rather than at the site-level. The telephony system determines the location of a calling device initiating an emergency call regardless of whether the calling device is at a known site. Based on the determined location of the calling device, one of the pools of telephone numbers which corresponds to that location is selected. The telephony system thereafter distributes a telephone number for the calling device to use for the emergency call from that selected pool of telephone numbers to facilitate an emergency call between the calling device and a local public safety answering point.
US11558504B2
A call challenger can receive a user input from a called party identity to opt-in to a call challenge service, and a second user input of a keyword. When the call challenger receives a call directed to a user equipment of the called party identity, the call challenger can prompt the calling party to provide an audible response. In response to a receipt of the audible response, the call challenger can convert the audible response to a text. The call challenger can compare the text with the keyword to determine if there is a sufficient match. In response to the determining the output of the comparing does not satisfy a threshold match score, the call challenger can prevent the call from connecting with the user equipment.
US11558503B2
A network device (e.g., a user's mobile phone) may be used to make a telephone call to a landline telephone associated with a client device (e.g., a business's device). If the telephone call is terminated, either the network device or the client device may generate a text message to the other and establish a communication session. The client device may present a variety of options to the network device of service requests that may be completed by text message. The network device may transmit the service request and the service request may be fulfilled by the client.
US11558499B2
An administrator can use an administrative-wireless-device to control a target wireless device using an SMS message to convey a command. The data of the command message can be encrypted to prevent malicious attacks. The encrypted data may include a universal device identifier unique to the target device, the phone number of the administrative-wireless-device, and a time stamp memorializing command or message creation. Before executing the command, however, the target device compares the phone number of the administrative-wireless-device with the number identified with the incoming SMS message to authenticate the administrative-wireless-device.
US11558498B1
A mounting system for an electronic device provides wireless power and wireless communications to the electronic device. The mounting system includes a transmitter coil arranged on a vehicle component, and an adaptor that selectively attaches to the vehicle component and includes a receiver coil. The coils are inductively coupled when they are within a predetermined distance from each other, whereby the receiver coil wireless receives communication signals and electrical power transmitted from the transmitter coil. The electronic device is mounted on the adaptor, and thus mounted on the vehicle component. The electronic device is electrically connected to the receiver coil, and thus receives the electrical power and communication signals from the receiver coil.
US11558497B2
The present disclosure discloses a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal includes a housing, a display screen, a functional module and a rotating member, the housing defines a recess and a first engaging structure; the display screen is positioned in the housing; the rotating member is rotatably coupled to the housing, wherein the functional module is mounted on the rotating member, the rotating member comprises a second engaging structure cooperated with the first engaging structure, one of the first engaging structure and the second engaging structure is a curved slot communicated with the recess, the other one of the first engaging structure and the second engaging structure is a slider slidably engaged in the curved slot thereby enabling the rotating member to rotate according to an axis of the curved slot, such that the functional module is positioned in the recess or exposed from the housing.
US11558496B2
An electronic device includes a housing including a first plate including a glass plate, a second plate facing the first plate, and a side surface surrounding a space between the first plate and the second plate, a display positioned inside the space and exposed through a first area of the first plate, an antenna structure at least partially overlapping a second area of the first plate when viewed from above the first plate and which is connected to the second area, and a processor.
US11558495B2
A battery in a mobile phone cover may be selectively charged according to a user-selectable parameter. When charged, the battery in the mobile phone cover may be used to charge a battery in a mobile phone.
US11558494B2
A method of processing data includes: receiving, by a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer, a PDCP Service Data Unit (SDU) from an upper layer; and deleting the PDCP SDU and a PDCP Packet Data Unit (PDU) corresponding to the PDCP SDU upon determining that a discard timer corresponding to the PDCP SDU is not expired and a preset condition is satisfied. The PDCP SDU is mapped to an Unacknowledged Mode (UM) or a Transparent Mode (TM) of a Radio Link Control (RLC) layer. Thus, the PDCP SDU will not reside in a UE cache, thereby reducing cache space occupied by the PDCP SDU.
US11558488B2
A method and a system for providing one or more services to one or more user devices [202] in an IoT network in a scalable M2M (Machine to Machine) framework. The method comprises receiving a connection request from the one or more user devices [202] at a load balance of the IoT network, the connection request comprises at least a username comprising a cluster identifier. The load balancer [204] determines a cluster identifier based on the connection request and identifies at least one target cluster from the one or more clusters [206], said target cluster being associated with the identifier cluster identifier. The load balancer [204] routes the connection request to the at least one target cluster to provide the one or more services to the one or more user devices [202].
US11558476B2
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. The disclosure provides a method for renewing a subscription for network data collection and analysis in a wireless communication system.
US11558473B2
A stream of tuples to be processed by processing elements that operate on one or more compute nodes of a stream application is monitored. Each processing element has one or more stream operators. A program request to execute a set of program code instructions is received. A stream application target of the set of program code instructions is identified based on the program request. A portion of the stream application is encapsulated with a generic program execution structure during operation of the stream application. The structure is configured to receive and execute program code instructions outside of a preconfigured operation of the stream application. The set of program code instructions is executed by the structure during operation of the stream application, at a time period of execution of the portion, in response to the program request, and based on the stream application target.
US11558469B1
Virtual private network (VPN) service provider infrastructure (SPI) receives a request to access a VPN from a client device. The VPN SPI selects an Internet Protocol (IP) address for access to the VPN by the client device from a pool of IP addresses. The VPN SPI provides access to the VPN for the client device via the IP address. The VPN SPI receives one or more handshake notifications from the client device. The VPN SPI determines that a threshold time period has passed since a latest-in-time handshake notification of the one or more handshake notifications. The VPN SPI disconnects the client device from the VPN in response to determining that the threshold time period has passed. The VPN SPI adds the IP address to the pool of IP addresses in response to disconnecting the client device from the VPN.
US11558468B2
A system and method for recovering application authentication with an application server by using an exponential back-off procedure via push notifications is discussed herein. The system allows for authentication of a user account after network outages or service disruptions without traffic overload during recovery. A user equipment (UE) receives a failed registration notification after a failed registration attempt of the user account with an application server associated with the application. A push notification includes an instruction that causes the application to switch from an inactive state to a temporary active state. The push notification is sent from a push notification service in response to a push request from a notification server based on a recovery request from the UE due to the failed registration notification. While the application is in the temporary active state, the instruction further causes the application to request registration with the application server.
US11558461B2
Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for establishing a persistent connection between file attachments uploaded to cloud storage and associated electronic communications. An electronic communication including an attached file may be stored and presented in a communication application user interface that includes interactive functions, such as edit and save functions. Upon selection of an interactive function, a copy of the file may be uploaded to a cloud storage location and, in some examples, opened in a productivity application. A link to the file at the cloud storage location may be stored as a property of the file that is stored with the electronic communication. Resultantly, a connection may be maintained between the file at the cloud storage location and the electronic communication. Based on this connection, the copy of the file at the cloud storage location may be opened upon a subsequent selection of an interactive function.
US11558459B2
A method includes: receiving, by a computing device, input defining a custom storage class in a first dispersed storage network; receiving, by the computing device, input defining a data management rule in the first dispersed storage network; determining, by the computing device, a data object in the first dispersed storage network satisfies the data management rule; and moving, by the computing device and in response to the determining, the data object to a second dispersed storage network according to the custom storage class.
US11558458B2
Techniques for redirecting a client device from a server to a mini-server are disclosed herein. Initially, the client device establishes a connection with the server. The server provides a landing page to the client device, where the landing page is programmed to include an element that, when selected, redirects the client device away from its connection with the server. In response to a selection of the element, the client device establishes a connection with the mini-server. The mini-server is part of a first local area network (LAN), and, as a result of switching networks, the client device is now a part of a second LAN. The two LANs are connected to one another via a network bridge. The mini-server is able to receive input from the client device and synchronize that input across other mini-servers in the first LAN in order to redundantly store the input.
US11558456B2
Method and apparatus are described for enabling the lookup of metadata on the Internet, from a centralized system. The present invention offers a Link Metadata System (“LMS”), available on the Internet, of information associated with any given, specific Internet domain and URL or URI path combination (the “link”). Software browsing user agents are configured with the ability to request information from the LMS and perform actions based on the received information which can include navigation. The invention provides for receiving a request for information at a lookup server, looking up information, using the URI, in a lookup server, and sending a response with a payload of the requested information.
US11558454B2
Examples include group leader role queries. Examples include detection of a loss of communication, via a first communication protocol, between first and second computing devices, transmission, via a second communication protocol, of a query for information about the second computing device currently having the group leader role. Examples further include a determine not to assume the group leader role with the first computing device based on receiving a response to the query via the second communication protocol from the second computing device.
US11558451B2
Aspects of the present invention disclose a method for deploying an application in a computing environment receiving an application module, determining values of a first set of metadata for the received application module, determining a classification of the received application module based at least in part on the values of the first set of metadata, and determining whether the received application is deployable in at least an off-premise system based at least in part on the classification.
US11558445B2
Systems and methods for managing and processing multimedia content. Chat content from a chat session among users on a network is accessed, including at least an item of video chat content associated with a phone number of a chat participant. Location information associated with the chat content is determined. Chat content location information is compared with predefined location information associated with projects or activities to identify a corresponding matching project or activity. A multimedia document comprising chat content associated with the matching project or activity is generated, wherein the item of video chat content is displayed in association with a play control and in association with an identifier of the chat participant. The item of video chat content in the multimedia document may be played in response to a user activation of the play control.
US11558444B1
Embodiments are directed to computer systems and methods that stream selected media content to a client device. Selection of particular content to stream to a device of a given user is performed based on parameters specified in advance by the given user. Selection is made from received content that is parsed, indexed, and stored in real-time in such a way as to allow for real-time monitoring and searching of the content according to the user-specified parameters. The user is alerted as to the discovery of the selected content and enabled to connect to a stream presenting the selected content. The selected content is presented within the stream beginning from a playback time corresponding to a moment that triggered the discovery of the selected content, even if the moment has passed, thus providing the user with a comprehensive presentation of the selected content.
US11558437B2
A communication system can include terminal devices that communicate with a social network or a computer server device for scheduling use of conference resources and/or for using conference appliances that may be located in a conference room being used for a video conference or teleconference. The communication system can be configured to permit a user to use such resources without having to have a user's device be physically and directly connected by wiring to a conference appliance or communication device. The communication system can also be configured to validate participants to help ensure that only authorized personnel are properly attending a scheduled conference based on audio and/or video input received for the different participants and can also be configured to allow screen sharing to be performed during a video conference or teleconference.
US11558435B1
To enable clients to self-manage service issues for conferences on a bridge operated by a conference provider, there is provided a web based interface. Companies are provisioned in a client database as receiving client managed conference services instead of provider managed conference services. Users of the company or client of the Provider may log in to a web interface through a company or client specific URL and be presented with an interface that enables the user to view and perform management functions for conferences on a bridge that relate to that user only.
US11558434B2
Call spoofing can be mitigated by providing geolocation information to the called device. For example, when a call rings, a geolocator can be invoked and the incoming call display screen can show a carrier logo and/or a geolocator globe illustrating the location of the call originator. The geolocation session initiation protocol data can be confirmed by a network device and compared against carrier specific data of the calling device to authenticate voice calls for called devices. In one embodiment location data of the calling device can purposely be shared in order to facilitate the mitigation of call spoofing.
US11558401B1
A computerized method for analyzing an object is disclosed. The computerized method includes performing, by a first cybersecurity system, a first malware analysis of the object, wherein a first context information is generated by the first cybersecurity system based on the first malware analysis. The first context information includes at least origination information of the object. Additionally, a second cybersecurity system, obtains the object and the first context information and performs a second malware analysis of the object to determine a verdict indicating maliciousness of the object. The second malware analysis is based at least in part on the first context information. The second cybersecurity system generates and issues a report based on the second malware analysis, the report including the verdict.
US11558395B2
Techniques for ensuring the security of cognitive insights are disclosed. A request to generate a cognitive insight is received from a requestor. The requestor is associated with a requestor data security level. The cognitive insight is generated using a first machine learning model and a plurality of data sources, each data source associated with a respective data security level. An insight data security level for the generated cognitive insight is identified based on the insight and the plurality of data sources. A first data security level associated with a data source of the plurality of data sources is modified, based on the identified insight data security level. It is determined, based on the requestor data security level and the insight data security level, that the requestor is authorized to access the generated insight. In response the generated insight is provided to the requestor.
US11558389B2
A computer-readable medium contains cybersecurity configuration settings (CCS) generating file(s) including instructions when executed cause a processor of a computer located at a node in a networked system having computers including at least one computer system class to generate CCS. The CCS generating file includes group policy objects (GPOs) applicable to all computers, policy setting scripts that are applicable to
US11558387B2
Examples of techniques for validation of approver identifiers in a cloud computing environment are described herein. An aspect includes receiving, by a processor, a template that defines a plurality of actions to be performed by the processor. Another aspect includes determining for a first action of the plurality of actions whether the template specifies a first user identifier under which to run the first action. Another aspect includes, based on determining that the template specifies the first user identifier, determining whether the template specifies a second user identifier to approve running of the first action under the first user identifier. Another aspect includes, based on determining that the template specifies the second user identifier to approve running of the first action under the first user identifier, validating whether the second user identifier has permission to approve the running of the first action under the first user identifier.
US11558382B2
In general, techniques are described for supporting bulk delivery of change of authorization data in authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) protocols, where delivery is performed as a change of authorization after a subscriber has successfully authenticated and initially authorized. In one example, the techniques are directed to a method including determining, by a RADIUS server for a service provider network, change of authorization data for services to which the subscriber of the service provider network has subscribed. The method further includes generating, by the RADIUS server, RADIUS messages that form a transaction between the RADIUS server and a network access server acting as a RADIUS client. The RADIUS messages provide all of the change of authorization data to the network access server prior to the network access server provisioning the services. The method further includes outputting, by the RADIUS server, the RADIUS messages to the network access server.
US11558371B2
Authentication processing is provided which includes generating an authentication parameter as a function of a time-dependent input using a predetermined transformation having an inverse transformation. Multiple authentication modes are supported, with a bit-length of the time-dependent input of one authentication mode being different from a bit-length of the time-dependent input of another authentication mode. Generating the authentication parameter is dependent, in part, on whether the time-dependent input is of the one authentication mode or the other authentication mode, and includes performing multiple rounds of transformation of the time-dependent input. A time-dependent password including a character string is generated from the authentication parameter using another predetermined transformation having another inverse transformation. The time-dependent password is forwarded within the authentication system for authentication by an authenticator.
US11558369B1
One example involves a communications server providing communications services to remotely-situated client entities, wherein each client entity is associated with users and each user is associated with a communication device. The server may verify a first authentication factor for a user among the users, and generate a communication request that includes a first portion specifying at least one target endpoint associated with the user and a second portion associated with or indicating the security code and that includes a set of instructions which: are specific to the user, which specify how to communicate the security code for the user, and which specify different security codes for different types of communications. Via the server, the security code is sent to the user according to the set of instructions, and verified via a second authentication factor associated with or for the user by comparing input from the user to the security code.
US11558362B2
A security system that provides for secure communication from a remote system operating on an unsecure network without the need for encrypting the packets related to the communication. The packets for the communications are sent over the network in clear text, which are readable by any systems on the network, however, only the systems that are authorized are able to determine what packets are the correct packets and what packets are the imitation packets. Moreover, a remote secure network may be utilized such that any system operating on an unsecure network may send packets through the remote secure network in a randomized routing in order to aid in hiding the systems sending and receiving the packets and the relays through which the packets are being sent.
US11558357B2
A host processing device (“host”) instructs a plurality of data processing (DP) accelerators to configure themselves for secure communications. The host generates an adjacency table of each of the plurality of DP accelerators (“DPAs”). The host is communicatively coupled to the plurality of DPAs via a switch. The host transmits, to the switch, a list of the DPAs and instructs the switch to generate an adjacency table of the DPAs that includes a unique identifier of each DPAs and a communication port of the switch associated with the DPA. The host establishes a session key communication with each DPA and sends the DPA a list of other DPAs that the DPA is to establish a session key with, for secure communications between the DPAs. The DPA establishes a different session key for each pair of the plurality of DPAs. When all DPAs have established a session key for communication with other DPAs, the host can assign work tasks for performance by a plurality of DPAs, each communicating over a separately secured communication channel.
US11558355B2
There is disclosed in one example a gateway apparatus to operate on an intranet, including: a hardware platform; and an access proxy engine to operate on the hardware platform and configured to: intercept an incoming packet; determine that the incoming packet is an access request directed to an access interface of a resource of the intranet; present an access checkpoint interface; receive an authentication input response; validate the authentication input response; and provide a redirection to the access interface of the device.
US11558349B2
A system and method for provisionally authenticating a host moving from one router to another router in a network using border gateway protocol (BGP) is disclosed. A host is initially authenticated at a first BGP router, this discovery is advertised to a second BGP router pursuant to BGP with a new extended community indicating successful authentication (or pre-authentication) of the host at the first BGP router. An indication for re-authentication of the host at the second BGP router is then received, which blocks network traffic from the host to the second BGP router. Due to the notification of a previous authentication of the host, the second BGP router begins a provisional authentication session. In response to a successful completion of the provisional authentication session, the host is authorized to transmit network traffic on the second BGP router and subsequently blocked from doing the same at the first BGP router.
US11558348B2
Methods and apparatus for emerging use case support in user space networking architectures. In one embodiment, an apparatus configured to segregate packet data based on a packet type is disclosed. The exemplary embodiment provides a custom data type registry that enables the definition, addition, removal, modification, and/or prioritization of custom packet processing rules. Variants of the registry may support custom ethertype packets, network packets, and/or transport packets. In another embodiment, mechanisms for enabling an intermediary packet processing stage are described. Intermediary packet processing may enable user space system extensions that support e.g., packet filtering, packet modification, and/or other forms of packet processing.
US11558347B2
Systems and methods for connecting devices via a virtual global network across network fabrics using a network tapestry are disclosed. The network system comprises a first access point server in communication with a first backbone exchange server, a second access point server in communication with a second backbone exchange server, and a network tapestry comprising a first communication path connecting the first and second access point servers and a second communication path connecting the first and second backbone exchange servers.
US11558340B2
Systems and methods for providing an online platform that enables an organization to provide information to interested individuals are described. The organization requests individuals to contact elected officials to express support, rejections or comments for specific issues. The online platform determines an advocate's elected official(s) and facilitates a communication connection between the advocate and an elected official(s). Geocoding is performed using the individual's street address and zip code to obtain geographical coordinates, and the coordinates are geomatched to district matching databases to determine the individual's elected officials. The individual selects a preferred method of connecting, and the platform enables and facilitates the connection. Further, the platform tracks and analyzes actions taken by advocates, provides analytical data about advocacy campaigns initiated by organizations, and also rates advocates based on the actions taken and the method by which the actions were taken to advocate for issues.
US11558339B2
Stepwise relationship cadence management can include generating a discourse cadence and confidence (DCC) measure based on a response message. The response message is made in replying to an originating message during a multi-party discourse over an electronic communication channel. The DCC measure indicates a likelihood of improving cadence and confidence with respect to an originator of the originating message and is based on a stepwise relational confidence model (SRCM) generated from an analysis of a plurality of prior multi-party discourses. Stepwise relationship cadence management can also include prompting a user to provide a follow-on message in response to determining that the response message made in replying to the originating message is not likely to improve cadence and confidence.
US11558338B1
A system and method allows users of a social network system to view different types of information based on rights and privileges associated with the information and attributes and characteristics of each user.
US11558333B1
Methods and systems for generating, identifying, and displaying message threads on a social messaging platform. One of the methods includes receiving a first and second messages posted to a social messaging platform by a user account; determining whether the second message is a reply to the first message posted by the user account; in response, determining if the first message is part of an existing message thread; in response to determining that the first message is not part of an existing thread, assigning a new thread identifier to both the first message and the second message, the thread identifier associating both messages with a new thread; in response to determining that the first message is part of an existing thread, assigning an existing thread identifier obtained from the first message to the second message.
US11558325B2
Systems and methods are provided for receiving a first media content item associated with a first interactive object of an interactive message, receiving a second media content item associated with a second interactive object of the interactive message, generating a third media content item based on the first media content item and second media content item, wherein the third media content item comprises combined features of the first media content item and the second media content item, and causing display of the generated third media content item.
US11558319B2
Disclosed is a method of transmitting an instant message. The method includes collecting previous round responses to an instant message transmitted to previous round transmission targets determined from a user group, identifying users who react to the instant message using a chat room by which the instant message is received based on the previous round responses, training a machine learning model that predicts a response of a user as to whether the user is to react to the instant message based on the previous round responses and characteristics of the identified users, determining a current round transmission target from the user group based on the trained machine learning model, and transmitting the instant message to the determined current round transmission target.
US11558317B2
A method, apparatus and product for chat-based application interface for automation. Using a natural language interface, receiving user input. Based on the user input, determining an automation process of a computer program having a user interface (UI), to be executed. The automation process is executed by utilizing the UI to input data thereto or execute functionality thereof. Additionally or alternatively, a conversation to be implemented by a natural language interface may be defined. The conversation is configured to obtain from the user one or more values corresponding to one or more parameters. The conversation is associated with a parameterized automation process depending on the one or more parameters. The parameterized automation process is invoked automatically by a natural language interface and using one or more values provided by the user to the natural language interface for the one or more parameters.
US11558310B2
A network device includes processing circuitry and a plurality of ports. The ports connect to a communication network. The processing circuitry is configured to receive, via an input port, data packets and probe packets that are addressed to a common output port, to store the data packets in a first queue and the probe packets in a second queue, both the first queue and the second queue are served by the output port, to produce telemetry data indicative of a state of the network device, based on a processing path that the data packets traverse within the network device, to schedule transmission of the data packets from the first queue at a first priority, and schedule transmission of the probe packets from the second queue at a second priority higher than the first priority, and to modify the scheduled probe packets so as to carry the telemetry data.
US11558309B1
A network device includes packet processing circuitry and queue management circuitry. The packet processing circuitry is configured to transmit and receive packets to and from a network. The queue management circuitry is configured to store, in a memory, a queue for queuing data relating to processing of the packets, the queue including a primary buffer and an overflow buffer, to choose between a normal mode and an overflow mode based on a defined condition, to queue the data only in the primary buffer when operating in the normal mode, and, when operating in the overflow mode, to queue the data in a concatenation of the primary buffer and the overflow buffer.
US11558304B2
In one embodiment, a network flow sampling system includes packet processing circuitry to process data packets of multiple network flows, and an adaptive policer to, for each one network flow of the multiple network flows compute a quantity of flow-specific sampling credits to be assigned to the one network flow responsively to a quantity of the network flows currently being processed by the packet processing circuitry, assign the flow-specific sampling credits to the one network flow, sample at least one of the data packets of the one network flow responsively to availability of the flow-specific sampling credits of the one network flow yielding sampled data, while applying sampling fairness among the network flows, and remove at least one of the flow-specific sampling credits of the one network flow from availability responsively to sampling the at least one data packet of the one network flow.
US11558302B2
This application provides a data transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: determining a first sending rate based on a network performance objective of first data and a network status of a first transmission control protocol (TCP) connection of a transport layer protocol, where the first TCP connection is used to send the first data; and sending the first data based on the first sending rate. In this way, network congestion control is more flexible, and TCP-based data transmission efficiency is improved.
US11558299B2
A system and method for managing congestion in a multi-hop wireless network, employing congestion notification messages. The technology has three main components: a mechanism at the Medium Access (MAC) layer for determining when a given source or transit node is deemed congested; a mechanism at the Network Layer (NL) determining how to propagate this information to applications, including suitably combining overload indications received from neighbors; and a mechanism at the Transport Layer (TL) of each source of traffic for determining when a source is generating excessive traffic, and combining it with Medium Access Control (MAC)-based overload indication from downstream nodes, thus providing a multi-layer approach to traffic throttling.
US11558296B2
Various data bus monitoring, analysis, and logging systems, devices, and methods are described herein. In one example, an apparatus includes a first circuit configured to monitor first packets among traffic carried by one or more first directional lanes of a communication link established between a host and one or more endpoint devices and determine header information for the first packets. The apparatus includes a second circuit configured to detect second packets among traffic carried by one or more second directional lanes of the communication link based at least in part on the header information determined for the first packets. The apparatus includes an analysis element configured to establish transaction metadata comprising properties of transactions on the communication link based at least on correlations among the first packets and the second packets.
US11558294B2
A network device includes a routing information base including a first plurality of entries, a forwarding information base including a second plurality of entries; a forwarding information base entry optimizer that programs the second plurality of entries of the forwarding information base using, at least in part, the first plurality of entries; and a network processor that forwards packets based on the second plurality of entries of the forwarding information base. The second plurality of entries is less than the first plurality of entries.
US11558286B2
A first network device in a high-availability cluster may configure a first wireless channel for a wireless control link. The first network device may establish, using the first wireless channel, the wireless control link with a second network device in the high-availability cluster. The first network device may configure a second wireless channel for a wireless fabric link. The first network device may establish, using the second wireless channel, the wireless fabric link with the second network device.
US11558278B2
In one example, a method and apparatus for initiating internet connection speed tests in residential gateways are disclosed. In one example, the method initiates, by a residential gateway of a subscriber premises, a test of an internet connection speed associated with the subscriber premises, such that the residential gateway and a test server are endpoints for an exchange of test data. A speed of the exchange of the test data is then measured.
US11558276B2
The described technology is generally directed towards reducing latency in a wireless communications network. Radio access network latency data corresponding to a measured latency impact criterion is obtained by a network device of a wireless network. Based on the radio access network latency data, latency guidance data usable by the radio network device to achieve a reduction in communication latency that is experienced by a user equipment is predicted, e.g., by a learned model. The latency guidance data can be used to facilitate a reduction in the communication latency that is experienced by a user equipment.
US11558275B2
Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, and machine-readable mediums which determine jitter buffer delay by inputting jitter buffer and currently observed network status information to a machine learned model that is trained using a reinforcement learning (RL) method. The model maps these inputs to an action to compress, stretch, or hold the jitter buffer delay, which is used by a recipient computing device to optimize the jitter buffer delay. The model may be trained using a simulator that uses network traces of past real streaming sessions (e.g., communication sessions) of users. By training the model through reinforcement learning, the model learns to make better decisions through reinforcement in the form of reward signals that reflect the performance of each decision.
US11558273B2
Techniques related to communication between independent containers are provided. In an embodiment, a first programmatic container includes one or more first namespaces in which an application program is executing. A second programmatic container includes one or more second namespaces in which a monitoring agent is executing. The one or more first namespaces are independent of the one or more second namespaces. A monitoring agent process hosts the monitoring agent. The monitoring agent is programmed to receive an identifier of the application program. The monitoring agent is further programmed to switch the monitoring agent process from the one or more second namespaces to the one or more first namespaces. After the switch, the monitoring agent process continues to execute in the second programmatic container, but communication is enabled between the application program and the monitoring agent via the monitoring agent process.
US11558270B2
A computer-implemented method, system, and computer-readable media are disclosed herein. In embodiments, the computer-implemented method may entail receiving, by a data service, live data associated with an entity. The entity may be, for example, a customer of the data service. The method may then route the live data to a dual-queue system of the data service. The live data may be loaded into a live data queue of the dual queue system for processing. Processing may entail generating summary statistics from the live data. An alert may then be transmitted to the customer in response to detecting the occurrence of one or more alert events. In embodiments, the alert events may include events identified in the summary statistics. Additional embodiments are described and/or claimed.
US11558261B2
A network device (100) detects a network problem in a medical system (105). A reception module (110) receives current medical system process data. A monitoring module (120) detects predefined events (124) based on the process data and triggers a detection signal (132) output in the presence of a predefined event. A sending module (130) sends the detection signal to a predefined device address (134) via a network (140). The predefined events include: a predefined plurality of unsuccessful password entry attempts within a predefined first time period; an unsuccessful encryption within an encryption protocol framework; a predefined plurality of outputs via the network triggered via the network within a predefined second time period; an output of a signal, which is to be carried out, has been unsuccessful; and a predefined number of messages have been received within the framework of a service discovery within a predefined third time period.
US11558257B1
Session meshes can be managed. When a session is to be initiated, session mesh devices can be detected and identified. Based on the session mesh devices that are part of a session mesh, a session mesh policy can be created to define configurations for the session mesh devices that will ensure that the session mesh complies with applicable security requirements. The session mesh policy can be distributed to one or more client computing devices in the session mesh which can apply the configurations to the session mesh devices. In conjunction with applying the configurations to the session mesh devices, the client computing devices can provide confirmation that the session mesh has been configured in accordance with the session mesh policy. The session can then be initiated.
US11558256B2
A method of automatic configuration of a communications interface of an unknown data network, the method comprising connecting an Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) to the unknown data network, attempting to open communication ports, in response to attempting to open communication ports, receiving data from the unknown data network, determining, by a controller module, if the selected communications interface can interpret the received data, and operating the communications interface of the EFB in accordance with the selected communications interface.
US11558255B2
Example methods and systems for logical network health check. One example may comprise obtaining network configuration information and network realization information associated with a logical network; processing the network configuration information and the network realization information to determine the following: (a) network configuration health information specifying a network configuration issue and a first remediation action; and (b) network realization health information specifying a network realization issue and a second remediation action; and providing, to a user device, multiple user interfaces (UIs) specifying the first health information and the second health information along with a visualization of the logical network. In response to detecting an instruction initiated by the user device using at least one of the multiple UIs, the first remediation action or the second remediation action may be performed.
US11558246B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for configuring one or more processors to implement service function chains comprising one or more virtualised service functions. A method according to one aspect, performed by a processing module (330) implemented on one or more processors (30), involves steps being performed in respect of at least one new virtualised service function (33) to be included in a service function chain of: determining a position in the service function chain at which the new virtualised service function (33) is to be included; allocating at least one internal address to the new virtualised service function, the at least one internal address being an address to be usable by a switching processor (34); and providing to the switching processor (34) an indication of the at least one internal address allocated to the new virtualised service function (33).
US11558242B2
Systems and methods provide for automatically generating a data model that includes a first data feed conforming to industry standards where only alerts for alert triggering violations are provided. The data model further comprises a second data feed that includes both the alerts from the first data feed and a plurality of synthetic alerts for any violations that occur in a data center but do not qualify as alert triggering violations. This second data feed provides a complete picture of the performance of a data center's devices and allows for accurate analytics.
US11558241B1
The disclosed technology is directed towards automatically detecting failure states and the cause of the failure. For a network, the technology collects status messages from equipment and customers into batches as they occur. The technology groups and aggregates messages, then transforms the aggregations to the frequency domain. Anomalies induce detectable changes in the particle distribution of a trained particle filter, from which an anomalous spectrogram is generated. The status messages of each device are iteratively removed from the larger set of messages, resulting in reduced subsets that are each aggregated, transformed into a modified spectrogram and compared against the anomalous spectrogram to obtain a distance score. The distance score for each device is used to rank the devices with respect to being the cause of the failure.
US11558240B2
A system that provides communication services may include two switches for redundancy. The switches may indicate that they are independent devices to upstream devices and indicate that they are the same device to a predetermined device set. If one of the switches enters an undesired state, then the switch in a standby state may modify the upstream devices to preferentially forward packets directed toward the predetermined device set to the standby switch rather than an active switch, and after transitioning the active switch to the standby state, transition the standby switch to the active state.
US11558236B1
A method is disclosed for mitigating phase noise at high frequencies in 5G and 6G. Quadrature modulation schemes, in which orthogonal branches are amplitude modulated, are susceptible to phase noise which rotates the branches, causing demodulation faults. Disclosed is a single-branch reference signal that can mitigate phase noise. The transmitter can transmit a particular resource element having a normal amplitude in one branch, and zero amplitude in the orthogonal branch. The receiver can then measure the amplitudes of the particular resource element as-received (with phase noise), and determine a phase rotation angle according to a ratio of the two branch amplitudes. The receiver can then correct the branch amplitudes of each message element, and thereby negate the effect of the phase noise. The disclosed procedures can thereby make high-frequency, high-reliability communication feasible, at extremely low cost.
US11558226B2
A communication device selects a frequency bandwidth via which a physical layer (PHY) protocol data unit (PPDU) will be transmitted in a vehicular communication network, and generates, the PPDU i) according to a downclocking ratio of 1/2, and ii) based on an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) numerology defined by an IEEE 802.11ac Standard. In response to the selected frequency bandwidth being 10 MHz, the PPDU is generated according to the downclocking ratio of 1/2 and based on the OFDM numerology defined by the IEEE 802.11ac Standard for 20 MHz PPDUs. In response to the selected frequency bandwidth being 20 MHz, the PPDU is generated according to the downclocking ratio of 1/2 and based on the OFDM numerology defined by the IEEE 802.11ac Standard for 40 MHz PPDUs.
US11558222B2
A method and a receiver device are disclosed for channel estimation of a broadcast channel. According to an embodiment, the receiver device determines a first channel estimation of demodulation reference signal (DMRS) from a transmitter device. The receiver device determines a second channel estimation of one or more synchronization related reference signals from the transmitter device. The receiver device determines a final channel estimation of a broadcast channel from the transmitter device based at least on the first and second channel estimations.
US11558203B2
An operator station server of a technical installation upon which a certification service is implemented, wherein the certification service is configured to receive configuration information, which depends on a role of the operator station server in the technical installation, from at least one of (i) an engineering station server and (ii) a registration service of the technical installation, where the configuration information comprises information identifying which certificates of the certification service of the operator station server must be requested from a certification authority of the technical installation.
US11558192B2
A lock node for storing data and a protected storage unit. The lock node includes an input section which provides a plurality of key maps, each corresponding to one of a plurality of primary keys, respectively, applied to the input section, each key map including at least one main key, a variable lock section producing a derived key from a logical operation on the main keys corresponding to the primary keys applied to the input section, and an output section producing the data in response to the derived key.
US11558187B2
An apparatus and method for joining an Internet of Things (IoT) network are provided, the apparatus including a communicator configured to receive, from an electronic device, an encrypted auto-onboard configuration data associated with the IoT network, a sensor configured to detect a user command, and at least one processor configured to generate a decryption key based on features extracted from the user command, decrypt the encrypted auto-onboard configuration data using the decryption key, and join the IoT network.
US11558181B2
A method for maintaining state and event information for all of a user's devices associated in a common location using a blockchain where each block includes an event block and a device block within it, where each event and device block refers to an earlier block of the respective type, resulting in a blockchain-in-a-blockchain architecture. The device and event blocks store data regarding each device associated with a user and events related to the devices/user, respectively. Any time a new event occurs, or a device is registered or removed, a new set of blocks is created, where submissions regarding device changes or events can be made by any participant due to the decentralized and public nature of a blockchain. The result is a system where all data regarding a user's registered devices and events is kept in a common location in a manner that is auditable and verifiable.
US11558180B2
An example operation may include one or more of receiving a request associated with a key-value pair stored in a database, determining whether a state of the key-value pair has changed since a most recently received request, and in response to a determination that the state of the key-value pair has changed, generating a data block that includes a changed state of the key-value pair and adding the generated data block to a hash-linked chain of data blocks.
US11558179B2
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method, comprising: receiving an input ordered set of transactions after a genesis block or a preceding compressed block in a chain of blocks, generating a compressed block on the basis of the input ordered set of transactions, wherein processing of the compressed block results to an equivalent final state as processing of the input ordered set of transactions, and providing the compressed block to a distributed network for establishing a new chain epoch and replacing a set of uncompressed blocks associated with the input ordered set of transactions.
US11558171B2
A method for encryption according to an embodiment includes generating a ciphertext for a secret key that is an integer vector by using an integer-based first homomorphic encryption algorithm, generating a key stream that is the integer vector from a nonce and the secret key by using a key stream generator, encoding the key stream by using a message encoding function of the first homomorphic encryption algorithm, encoding a message that is a real vector by using a message encoding function of a real number-based second homomorphic encryption algorithm, generating a ciphertext for the message by using a result of the encoding of the key stream and a result of the encoding of the message, and transmitting the nonce, the ciphertext for the secret key, and the ciphertext for the message to an apparatus for converting a ciphertext.
US11558169B2
A downlink bandwidth part adjustment method, applicable to user equipment, includes: determining whether at least one timer associated with multiple active downlink bandwidth parts of a current serving cell of the user equipment times out; and if there is at least one timed-out timer among the at least one timer, deactivating each active downlink bandwidth part associated with the timed-out timer, and activating a downlink bandwidth part in a preset state corresponding to the each active downlink bandwidth part.
US11558168B2
Techniques are disclosed relating to downlink control information for wireless communications. In some embodiments, the downlink control information includes code block group information that indicates which code block groups are transmitted and soft buffer handling information that indicates whether to flush previously-determined soft bits that correspond to one or more code block groups.
US11558167B2
The disclosure relates to a communication technique for combining a 5G communication system with an IoT technology to support a higher data transmission rate than a 4G system, and a system thereof. The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services (for example, services related to smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail business, security and safety, etc.) based on a 5G communication technology and an IoT-related technology. In an embodiment of the disclosure, a method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises: receiving, from a base station, a radio resource control (RRC) message including information on an identifier to indicate a secondary cell (Scell), information on at least one bandwidth part (BWP) of the Scell, and information including first information on a first BWP to be used as dormant BWP among the at least one BWP and second information on a second BWP to be activated as non-dormant BWP from dormant BWP; receiving, from the base station, downlink control information (DCI) including a bitmap associated with a BWP activation of the Scell; and activating a BWP identified based on the identifier, the bitmap, and at least one of the first information or the second information. According to the disclosure, via a method by which a new dormant (or hibernation) mode may be operated in units of bandwidth parts (bandwidth part-level), a carrier aggregation technology can be rapidly activated, and a battery of a terminal can be saved.
US11558157B2
A fixed wireless access system is implemented using orthogonal time frequency space multiplexing (OTFS). Data transmissions to/from different devices share transmission resources using—delay Doppler multiplexing, time-frequency multiplexing, multiplexing at stream and/or layer level, and angular multiplexing. Time-frequency multiplexing is achieved by dividing the time-frequency plan into subgrids, with the subsampled time frequency grid being used to carry the OTFS data. Antenna implementations include a hemispherical antenna with multiple antenna elements arranged in an array to achieve multiplexing.
US11558155B2
This disclosure describes a first slave device that transmits information to a second slave device indicating that a first data packet was improperly received from a master device, so that a corresponding data packet may be relayed from the second slave device to the first slave device. In an aspect, the second slave device may receive a first data packet followed by an indication that the first slave device improperly received the first data packet, where the second slave device is configured to relay the first data packet to the first slave device in response thereto. In another aspect, the second slave device may receive a request to listen for a separate data stream of the first slave device based on a first data packet being improperly received by the first slave device and transmit a second data packet of the separate data stream to the first slave device.
US11558147B2
Methods and apparatus for decoding received uplink transmissions using log-likelihood ratio optimization. In an embodiment, a method includes soft-demapping resource elements based on soft-demapping parameters as part of a process to generate log-likelihood ratios (LLR) values, decoding the LLRs to generate decoded data, and identifying a target performance value. The method also includes determining a performance metric from the decoded data, and performing a machine learning algorithm that dynamically adjusts the soft-demapping parameters to move the performance metric toward the target performance value.
US11558134B2
The present invention discloses a wireless communication apparatus having memory sharing mechanism that includes a communication circuit, a memory circuit and a processing circuit. The processing circuit performs the steps outlined below. Remote wireless communication apparatuses are connected to perform channel detection and communication thereon by a communication circuit. Compressed channel state information (CSI) generated by the remote wireless communication apparatuses is received by the communication circuit. The compressed CSI is stored in the memory circuit. Raw CSI is generated according to a status of the wireless channel. When a remaining capacity of the memory circuit is not sufficient, a number of the remote wireless communication apparatuses that the communication circuit performs the channel detection thereon is decreased and the corresponding compressed CSI stored in the memory circuit is removed. The raw CSI is stored in the memory circuit.
US11558123B2
A quantum communications system may include transmitter node, a receiver node, and a quantum communications channel coupling the transmitter node and receiver node. The transmitter node may be configured to co-propagate a first pulse for a quantum state and a second pulse to stabilize the quantum state through the quantum communications channel.
US11558121B2
An optical transmitter includes: a modulator, square law detector, and a processor. The modulator generates an optical signal indicating transmission data. The square law detector detects an intensity of the optical signal using a photodetector and output first intensity data indicating the detected intensity. The processor calculates, based on the transmission data, an electric field of the optical signal generated by the modulator by using parameters pertaining to a state of the modulator. The processor calculates second intensity data indicating the intensity of the optical signal based on the calculated electric field. The processor updates the parameters so as to reduce a difference between the first intensity data and the second intensity data. The processor controls the state of the modulator based on the parameters.
US11558102B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may identify an intelligent reflecting surface device for communications with a user equipment. The base station may determine a reference signal configuration based on the identified intelligent reflecting surface device. The reference signal configuration may include a first set of parameters associated with the intelligent reflecting surface device. The base station may transmit, to the UE, the intelligent reflecting surface device, or both, one or more reference signals in accordance with the first set of parameters. The base station may identify a second set of parameters associated with one or more reflecting elements of the intelligent reflecting surface device.
US11558100B2
Provided are a beam recovery processing method, a beam recovery method, a base station and a terminal. The beam recovery processing method includes: determining, by a transmitting end, a configuration information set for instructing a receiving end to perform a beam recovery; and transmitting, by the transmitting end, the configuration information set to the receiving end.
US11558092B1
An electronic device includes a multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) antenna array comprising a plurality of antenna elements configured for MIMO communication across a network. One or more sensors detect a triggering event altering a radiation correlation pattern between at least two antenna elements of the plurality of antenna elements. One or more processors then select, in response to the one or more sensors detecting the triggering event, a quantity of antenna elements from the plurality of antenna elements available for engagement in the MIMO communication across the network as a function of the radiation correlation pattern.
US11558078B1
Systems, devices, and methods related to interpolation are provided. An example apparatus includes a slope calculator to calculate a slope value based on a first value and a second value associated with a function. The apparatus further includes a compander to compand the slope value to provide a companded slope value having a smaller bit-width than the calculated slope value. The apparatus further includes a multiplier to multiply the companded slope value by a third value to provide a correction value. The apparatus further includes an adder to add the correction value to the first value or the second value to provide an interpolated value associated with the function. Companding the slope value can reduce a bit-width of the multiplier, and thus may reduce power consumption and/or area.
US11558077B2
Embodiments of the present invention are related to a cellphone assembly with a first half including a glasses arm storage compartment with rotatable outer casing, a second half including a glasses body storage compartment with rotatable outer casing, and modular glasses including detachable glasses arms, and a detachable glasses body. The cellphone assembly includes a dual screened cellular phone positioned on an opposing side of the glasses arm storage compartment and the glasses body storage compartment. The first half and second half outer casings are rotatable along a respective first cover hinge and second cover hinge and the first half and the second half are rotatably engaged along a main hinge.
US11558076B2
An electronic device and method are disclosed. The electronic device includes a main body housing, a pop-up module extendable and retractable from the main body housing, and a processor. The processor implements the method, including identifying, by at least one processor, a state where a pop-up module of the electronic device is extended to an external environment of the electronic device, based on receiving a first control signal, maintaining extension of the pop-up, based on receiving a second control signal, retracting the pop-up module into the electronic device, and based on receiving a third control signal indicating that the electronic device is in free fall, retracting the pop-up module into the electronic device.
US11558075B2
A hanger band is connected at one end to an electronic device having a display screen and an opposite end connected to a preexisting fixed support so that the electronic device is hung by said hanger band and assumes an upright orientation in being hung by the hanger band.
US11558069B1
A quantum computing system for converting Pauli errors of one or more qubits to erasure errors in a photonic quantum computing architecture. Two or more photonic qubits may be input to a quantum computing system, where at least one first qubit of the two or more qubits has experienced a Pauli error. A sequence of linear optical circuitry operations may be performed on the two or more qubits to generate two or more modified qubits, wherein the sequence of operations transforms one or more of the first qubits from a logical subspace of a Fock space to an erasure subspace of the Fock space. A cluster state for universal quantum computing may be generated from the two or more modified qubits using probabilistic entangling gates. A quantum computational algorithm may be performed using the quantum cluster state generated from the two or more modified qubits.
US11558067B2
Techniques and solutions are described for compressing data and facilitating access to compressed data. Compression can be applied to proper data subsets of a data set, such as to columns of a table. Using various methods, the proper data subsets can be evaluated to be included in a group of proper data subsets to be compressed using a first compression technique, where unselected proper data subsets are not compressed using the first compression technique. Data in the data set can be reordered based on a reordering sequence for the proper data subsets. Reordering data in the data set can improve compression when at least a portion of the proper data subsets are compressed. A data structure is provided that facilitates accessing specified data stored in a compressed format.
US11558064B2
SAR ADC and sampling method based on single-channel TIS. The SAR ADC comprises: a capacitor array comprising a weight capacitor and a compensation capacitor, a first switch array, a second switch array, a channel switch group and a sampling switch; when in a sampling state: a lower plate of the weight capacitor is connected to an input voltage by means of the first switch array, and an upper plate of the capacitor array is connected to a common mode voltage by the sampling switch and the channel switch group; when in a successive approximation state: the lower plate of the weight capacitor is connected to a reference voltage by the second switch array. Input signals are sampled by using a unified to sampling switch, which solves the problem in the traditional technology that sampling moments are mismatched due to different sampling signals in each time-interleaved channel.
US11558060B2
A ratiometric analog-to-digital conversion circuit includes a first voltage range operation circuit configured to use a first power supply voltage of a first voltage range, and output an analog signal corresponding to an external input signal; and a second voltage range operation circuit configured to use a second power supply voltage of a second voltage range, generate a digital value by analog-to-digital converting the analog signal, feed back the digital value for analog-to-digital conversion, and output a digital signal corresponding to the digital value and proportional to the input signal.
US11558058B2
A delay locked loop circuit includes a first delay locked loop and a second delay locked loop having different characteristics. The first delay locked loop performs a delay-locking operation on a reference clock signal to generate a delay locked clock signal. The second delay locked loop performs a delay-locking operation on the delay locked clock signal to generate an internal clock signal.
US11558051B1
An electronic power device including transistors formed on a circuit assembly formed of a plurality of layers. The layers include gate drive layers, gate return layers, and power layers. A gate drive circuit is formed on the circuit assembly, and is connected to the gate and source of each of the transistors through the gate drive layers and the gate return layers. A voltage supply connection is provided to each of the plurality of transistors interleaved through the power layers. The circuit assembly includes a multilayer circuit board and/or a multilayer ceramic substrate. The ceramic substrate includes the power layers and transistors. The gate drive and return layers and gate drive circuit may be formed within the ceramic substrate or the circuit board. The ceramic substrate may be located in a modular housing. The circuit board may be outside the modular housing or inside the modular housing.
US11558038B2
In described examples, a pulse width modulation (PWM) system includes an initiator and a receiver. The initiator includes an initiator counter and an initiator PWM signal generator. The initiator counter advances an initiator count in response to an initiator clock signal. The initiator PWM signal generator generates an initiator PWM signal in response to the initiator count. The receiver includes a receiver counter, a receiver PWM signal generator, and circuitry configured to reset the receiver count. The receiver counter advances a receiver count in response to a receiver clock signal. The receiver PWM signal generator generates a receiver PWM signal in response to the receiver count. The circuitry resets the receiver count in response to a synchronization signal and based on an offset.
US11558035B2
A multiplexer includes a common terminal, a first terminal, a second terminal, a first filter device including acoustic wave resonators including series resonators and parallel resonators, an inductor provided between an acoustic wave resonator and the first terminal, and a second filter device. The first filter device further includes a first ground terminal to which a parallel resonator is electrically connected, a second ground terminal to which the parallel resonators are electrically connected, and a wiring provided between the inductor and an acoustic wave resonator. In the first filter device, the wiring is electrically connected to the first ground terminal, and the first ground terminal is not connected to the second ground terminal.
US11558033B2
A filter circuit includes a plurality of first resonators provided in a series arm, a plurality of second resonators provided in a parallel arm, and at least one or more third resonators that are electrically connected in series with each other and are electrically connected in parallel with the first resonators in the series arm. An anti-resonant frequency of the third resonators is lower than an anti-resonant frequency of the second resonators. A combined capacitance of the at least one or more third resonators electrically connected in series with each other is smaller than an electrostatic capacitance of the second resonators.
US11558023B2
A method of manufacture for an acoustic resonator or filter device. In an example, the present method can include forming metal electrodes with different geometric areas and profile shapes coupled to a piezoelectric layer overlying a substrate. These metal electrodes can also be formed within cavities of the piezoelectric layer or the substrate with varying geometric areas. Combined with specific dimensional ratios and ion implantations, such techniques can increase device performance metrics. In an example, the present method can include forming various types of perimeter structures surrounding the metal electrodes, which can be on top or bottom of the piezoelectric layer. These perimeter structures can use various combinations of modifications to shape, material, and continuity. These perimeter structures can also be combined with sandbar structures, piezoelectric layer cavities, the geometric variations previously discussed to improve device performance metrics.
US11558016B2
A fast-switching average power tracking (APT) power management integrated circuit (PMIC) is provided. The fast-switching APT PMIC includes a voltage amplifier(s) and an offset capacitor(s) having a small capacitance (e.g., between 10 nF and 200 nF). The voltage amplifier(s) is configured to generate an initial APT voltage(s) based on an APT target voltage(s) and the offset capacitor(s) is configured to raise the initial APT voltage(s) by an offset voltage(s) to generate an APT voltage(s). In embodiments disclosed herein, the offset voltage(s) is modulated based on the APT target voltage(s). Given the small capacitance of the offset capacitor(s), it is possible to adapt the offset voltage(s) fast enough to thereby change the APT voltage(s) within a predetermined temporal limit (e.g., 0.5 μs). As a result, the fast-switch APT PMIC can enable a power amplifier(s) to support dynamic power control with improved linearity and efficiency.
US11558006B2
The disclosure relates to a roof covering element, a solar roof covering element, to an assembly of solar roof covering elements, and to a method for producing a solar roof covering element. A roof covering element and a solar roof covering element are to be provided for a solar roof system, which can be produced by means of a cost-effective mass production process and which enable a simple and cost-effective roof mounting. The disclosure is characterized by a roof covering element with a flat main part, the upper face of which has a receiving surface for a solar module and which has an opening or a bore running perpendicularly to the main surface, at least two electrical lines being guided together through said opening or bore, wherein the lines end on the upper face of the main part in the region of the receiving surface as contact means, said contact means being held or guided in an axially movable manner in a common flat connection socket, the electrical lines being guided in a common plug-in socket from the lower face through the opening or the bore and wherein the plug-in socket on the lower face of the main part is held in the axial plug-in direction in an interlocking manner by a plug-in flange and on the upper face of the main part is held against its axial plug-in direction in an interlocking and/or force-fitting manner by a locking means and forms the connection socket on the upper face of the main part.
US11558002B2
A motor drive unit for driving a motor of a motorized window treatment may comprise software-based and hardware-based implementations of a process for detecting and resolving a stall condition in the motor, where the hardware-based implementation is configured to reduce power delivered to the motor if the software-based implementation has not first reduced the power to the motor. A control circuit may detect a stall condition of the motor, and reduce the power delivered to the motor after a first period of time from first detecting the stall condition. The motor drive unit may comprise a stall prevention circuit configured to reduce the power delivered to the motor after a second period of time (e.g., longer than the first period of time) from determining that a rotational sensing circuit is not generating a sensor signal while the control circuit is generating a drive signal to rotate the motor.
US11557993B2
A motor-driving control system includes an actuator configured to generate rotational force by driving received current, a current provider configured to provide current to the actuator while repeatedly turning on and off the current at a preset period and duty, and a controller configured to estimate a rotation position or a rotation speed of the actuator in a section in which the current of the current provider is turned on or off and to control the current provider to follow a speed command based on the estimated rotation position or rotation speed.
US11557989B2
Braking a power tool motor based on a phase voltage of the motor. The power tool includes a motor and a power source providing operating power to the motor. A power switching network is between the power source and the motor to drive the motor. An actuator is operable to provide an input. An electronic controller is connected to the actuator and the power switching network. The electronic controller is configured to receive an indication related to initiating braking of the motor, control the power switching network to allow the motor to coast, monitor a phase voltage of the motor, determine whether the phase voltage of the motor is equal to or less than a phase voltage threshold, and control, in response to the phase voltage of the motor being equal to or less than the phase voltage threshold, the power switching network to brake the motor.
US11557985B2
An apparatus includes an outer structure body having an inner surface defining a cavity and an inner structure body rotatably supported within the cavity. The inner structure body has an outer surface in opposing relation to the inner surface and a central bore. Movable elements are positioned along the inner surface and movably coupled to the outer structure body. Ball elements are positioned along the outer surface and coupled to the inner structure body for movement with the inner structure body. The ball elements releasably contact the movable elements and impart motion to the movable elements in response to relative motion between the inner structure body and the outer structure body. Energy harvesters are positioned to generate electrical charges based on piezoelectric effect or magnetostrictive effect when motion is imparted to the movable elements by the ball elements.
US11557984B2
A footwear system can employ a brake and/or a clutch, such as a one-way clutch, to convert human motion into usable electricity. The brake and one-way clutch can be used together, such as on opposite ends of a spring. During a storage phase, the brake can be engaged and the one-way clutch disengaged so the spring stores an energy. After the storage phase, the brake can be removed to initiate the release phase since the brake is not stopping the spring, but the one-way clutch allows the stored energy to be released.
US11557982B2
An AC/DC power converter includes input terminals, output terminals, a power factor correction circuit coupled between the input and output terminals and including at least one power switch defining a switched current path, and a current transformer including a primary winding and a secondary winding. The primary winding is coupled in series with the switched current path. The power converter also includes a first sense switch coupled with a first end of the secondary winding, a second sense switch coupled with a second end of the secondary winding, and a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to turn on the first sense switch and turn off the second sense switch during a positive polarity of the AC voltage input, and to turn off the first sense switch and turn on the second sense switch during a negative polarity of the AC voltage input.
US11557968B2
According to one embodiment, a power supply circuit includes a smoothing capacitor that is charged with a charge current from an output transistor and outputs a voltage as an output voltage; a control loop that controls a conduction state of the output transistor depending on a difference value between the output voltage and a reference voltage; and a gain adjustment circuit that adjusts a gain of the control loop depending on magnitude of the charge current after the charge starts.
US11557965B2
Charge pump circuit, operating method thereof and semiconductor device including charge pump circuit
A semiconductor device comprises: a voltage generator suitable to pump a power source voltage to generate a first pumping voltage in response to an operation clock, a clock generator suitable to generate the operation clock having a first frequency during an initial operation period in which a level of the first pumping voltage is at a first level and to generate the operation clock having a second frequency after the initial operation period, the second frequency generated to be lower than the first frequency in response to a rise in a level of the first pumping voltage to a second level greater than the first level, and an internal circuit suitable to perform a predetermined internal operation in response to the first pumping voltage.
US11557964B2
An apparatus is disclosed for operating a charge pump in a high-efficiency low-ripple burst mode. In an example aspect, the apparatus includes a charge pump with a flying capacitor, a switching circuit, and a burst-mode controller. The switching circuit is coupled to the flying capacitor and configured to selectively: be in a burst configuration to charge and discharge the flying capacitor based on a clock signal; or be in a pulse-skipping configuration. The burst-mode controller is coupled to the switching circuit and configured to trigger the switching circuit to transition from the pulse-skipping configuration to the burst configuration at a time that occurs between rising edges of the clock signal. The burst-mode controller is also configured to cause charging of the flying capacitor to occur for approximately half a period of the clock signal responsive to triggering the switching circuit to transition from the pulse-skipping configuration to the burst configuration.
US11557960B1
Adaptive enabling and disabling is described for valley switching in a power factor correction boost converter. In one example, a boost converter control system includes an amplitude detector to receive an amplitude signal from a boost converter that is related to ringing of the boost converter output. The amplitude detector determines the ringing amplitude. A valley switching controller compares the ringing amplitude to a first high amplitude threshold when valley switching is enabled and generates a valley switching disable signal if the ringing amplitude is below the first high amplitude threshold. A cycle controller coupled to the boost converter generates a drive signal to control switching of the boost converter and coupled to the valley switching controller receives the valley switching disable signal to generate the drive signal without valley switching in response to the valley switching disable signal.
US11557952B2
A torque motor assembly includes a shell which has a first wall and a second wall which defines a cavity. A torque motor is positioned at least partially within the cavity. At least one compliant pad is positioned between the first wall and the torque motor and is configured to trap at least one wire within the shell. A housing for a torque motor and a method of assembling a torque motor assembly are also disclosed.
US11557949B1
A propulsion system includes a cylindrical shaft member coupled to a motor with a motor frame; said shaft member mechanically coupled to a disc members with radius, to rotate in a dynamically and statically balanced state with said shaft when said motor rotates; the apparatus further comprising a power source to supply power to said motor to rotate said shaft member with said disc members; each said disc members comprising an annular radial array of material segments extending radially to the radius; said material segments comprising of a material that responds to electromagnetic fields to change shape radially on said disc member; such that when power is supplied to rotate the motor, the motor rotates the disc members and when each such material segment rotates to an angular location of the shaft member relative to a fixed point on the motor frame, each said material segment is supplied with said electromagnetic field; and said material responds to said electromagnetic field to change its shape radially to a new radius different from, at said angular location, and such that the mass of said material segment is redistributed radially at the radius R2 in said material segment in said angular location; and such that the difference in centripetal forces acting on said change in radial location from R1 to R2 at said angular location creates a radial force on said shaft member in the direction of the said angular location.
US11557943B2
A planar member for a stator stack comprises a stator yoke defining a central longitudinal axis, a first surface facing radially outward, and a second surface facing radially inward, a tooth extending radially inwards from the second surface, a first tooth tip extending circumferentially from a radially inward end of the tooth, a second tooth tip extending circumferentially from the radially inward end of the tooth, a first slot portion defined between the first tooth tip and the second surface, a second slot portion defined between the second tooth tip and the second surface, and a slot cooling fin extending radially from the stator yoke into the first slot portion.
US11557942B2
An actuator device for adjusting an adjusting element may include a housing, an actuator for driving the adjusting element, and a drive circuit for operating the actuator. The housing may include a support body that may include a drive receiving space and a gear receiving space. The drive circuit may include a plurality of electrically conductive conductor bodies for contacting a plurality of drive contacts of the actuator, for contacting a plurality of components of the drive circuit, and for contacting a supply device. At least one conductor body of the plurality of conductor bodies may be structured as a contact tongue, arranged on the drive circuit, and abut on an electrically conductive actuator housing in a pretensioned manner establishing an electrical contact between the drive circuit and the actuator housing. The actuator housing may be configured as at least one of a zero-ground potential and a reference potential.
US11557941B2
An electronic motor with a stator core having a plurality of holes for receiving a plurality of conductors, each conductor comprising a substantially linear body portion extending within the holes of the stator core, and a stator drive member adjacent each end of the stator core, the stator end member adjacent at least one end of the stator core including electronic control circuitry electrically coupled to at least some of the conductors. Also, a method of manufacturing an electronic motor by providing a stator with a plurality of holes having conductors within at least some of the plurality of holes, said conductors each having a substantially linear body portion extending through the stator core, and placing a drive member on each end of the stator core, at least one of the drive members provided with electronic circuitry, where the conductors are electrically coupled to the circuitry in the drive member.
US11557937B2
An enclosure for a genset comprises a container defining an internal volume for housing the genset. The container comprises a container floor, a container roof, a pair of container sidewalls disposed parallel to a longitudinal axis of the container, and a pair of container endwalls disposed at longitudinal ends of the container. A side cap is positioned parallel to each of the pair of container sidewalls along a longitudinal length of the container, each of the side caps sealed to edges of the corresponding container sidewall so as to define an acoustic cavity therebetween.
US11557936B2
A motor includes a wire support member that includes a wire holding portion that holds one portion of coil lead wires among the coil lead wires extending upward from a coil, a first conducting member that electrically connects the other portion of the coil lead wires to each other, and a main body portion that supports the wire holding portion and a first conducting member, a bus bar unit includes a second conducting member connected to the coil lead wire held by the wire holding portion, and a bus bar holder that holds the second conducting member, and a bearing holder includes a through-hole which penetrates the bearing holder in an axial direction and through which a coil end of the coil lead wire or the second conducting member passes.
US11557934B2
An electric machine includes a core with windings positioned on the core. The windings include in-slot portions, end turns, and leads. The in-slot portions are positioned in slots of the core. The end turns extend from the in-slot portions at ends of the core. The leads extend from the in-slot portions and axially past the end turns. A bus bar assembly is positioned radially inward from the end turns. The bus bar assembly includes an arc portion, a plurality of axial lead connectors, and a plurality of axial phase terminals. The arc portion is positioned axially within the end turns. The axial lead connectors extend axially past the end turns and are connected to the leads. The axial phase terminals also extend axially past the end turns.
US11557930B2
A method of manufacturing a rotary electric machine armature that includes a cylindrical armature core in which a plurality of slots that extend in an axial direction are disposed in a circumferential direction and a coil wound around the armature core, the slots having respective radial openings that open in a radial direction, and the coil being formed by joining a plurality of segment conductors to each other.
US11557929B2
Systems, methods and apparatus for wireless charging are disclosed. A charging device has a plurality of charging cells provided on a charging surface provided at a charging surface of the wireless charging device, and a controller. The controller may be configured to provide a charging current to at least one active transmitting coil in the charging surface, measure voltages across three or more transmitting coils in the charging surface and determine that the chargeable device is in motion across the charging surface based on changes in the voltages measured across the three or more transmitting coils. The charging current may cause a wireless transfer of power through the at least one active transmitting coil to a chargeable device located on the charging surface.
US11557927B2
Certain exemplary embodiments can cause an electronic device to charge or be remotely powered via a device. The device comprises a wireless transceiver. The device is constructed to: identify an electronic device in proximity to the device; automatically add, hand off or remove the electronic device to/across/from the network; and automatically determine a charge or remote power level of the electronic device.
US11557926B2
Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, which comprises a multi point power charger coupleable to different types of an electrical energy source such as a battery or a fuel cell. The multipoint power charge can detect the type of connected energy source and activate one of a plurality of converters, wherein the activated converter is compatible with the connected energy source. The multi point power charger is constructed to emit a plurality of directional beams directable toward a determined direction of an electronic device that is chargeable via the multi point power charger. Also, a portable wireless charging device with at least two types of interchangeable power supplies.
US11557925B2
A wireless charging positioning device and method, a receiver and a storage medium are provided. The device is applied to a transmitter and includes: at least one group of detection coils and at least one processor. Each group of detection coils includes N detection coils, detection regions covered by different detection coils are at least partially different, detection coil is configured to transmit a detection signal and receive a feedback signal sent by a receiver, and N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2. The at least one processor is connected with the N detection coils and configured to determine a position region of the receiver at the transmitter according to the feedback signals received by the N detection coils.
US11557923B2
An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device discloses a plurality of wireless charging antennas, a plurality of shielding partition layers, at least some of the plurality of shielding partition layers disposed between the plurality of wireless charging antennas, a plurality of external device-receiving grooves formed through spaces defined between pairs of the shielding partition layers, and a processor electrically coupled to the plurality of wireless charging antennas. The processor is configured to: determine whether at least one external device is inserted into at least one of the plurality of external device-receiving grooves, and when the at least one external device is inserted into the at least one of the plurality of external device-receiving grooves, wirelessly transmit power through at least one wireless charging antenna corresponding to the at least one of the plurality of external device-receiving grooves into which the at least one external device is inserted.
US11557922B2
There is described an electric power base (100) comprising: a casing (105), a wireless transmitter (110) of electric energy placed in the casing (105), and an interface surface (120) placed external to the casing (105), at said wireless transmitter (110), which is adapted to receive in contact a device (500) to be powered, characterized in that said interface surface (120) is made available by at least one microsuction body (125).
US11557917B2
A switched mode power supply comprises a communication interface including an address terminal configured to couple to an external resistor for setting a communication address of the switched mode power supply. A control circuit is configured to determine the value of the external resistor a first time with a first technique and set the communication address of the switched mode power supply based on the value of the external resistor determined using the first technique if the value of the external resistor is greater than the threshold value. The control circuit is also configured to, if the value of the external resistor is less than the threshold value, determine the value of the external resistor a second time with a second technique and set the communication address of the switched mode power supply based on the value of the external resistor determined using the second technique.
US11557914B2
Battery driven ground power unit with improved construction, operability, durability and maintenance
An airport ground power unit for supplying electric current to an aircraft parked on the ground, a method of operating the ground power unit, a system for supplying electric current to an aircraft parked on the ground, a method of operating such system, and a Y-adaptor.
US11557912B2
An energy and supply system includes a switching device, a battery detection device, a speed detection device, a processing device, a main storage battery and a backup storage battery. Using the speed detection device, the processing device determines whether the driving speed of the vehicle exceeds a preset speed threshold, or it determines whether the rotation speed of the engine exceeds a preset rotation speed. The processing device uses the battery detection device to determine whether the main battery capacity is greater than the preset capacity. If the processing device determines that the driving speed of the vehicle exceeds a preset speed threshold, or it determines that the rotation speed of the engine exceeds a preset rotation speed, and it determines that the main battery capacity is greater than the preset capacity, the processing device controls the switching device.
US11557910B2
A method for power management for applications having duty-cycled high peak supply currents includes charging a buffer capacitor with a first current supplied by a battery, wherein the first current is limited by a current limiter. A load is supplied with a second current supplied by the buffer capacitor, wherein the second current comprises a pulsed current. The current limiter is controlled with at least one of a plurality of sensor inputs to limit a capacity degradation of the battery.
US11557909B2
A system includes a first bus, a second bus, a first battery that includes a first plurality of cells, and a second battery that includes a second plurality of cells, wherein the second battery is connected to the second bus. A first converter connects the high-voltage battery to the first bus. A second converter connects the first bus to the second bus. A controller is configured to control operation of the first converter and the second converter.
US11557908B2
A degradation-determination system includes a volume change detecting unit configured to detect a volume change of a lithium-ion battery, a capacity change detecting unit configured to detect a capacity change of the lithium-ion battery, and a charge control unit configured to control charge of the lithium-ion battery. The charge control unit is configured to determine that the lithium-ion battery is in a state of degradation, upon occurrence of a condition in which volume expansion of the lithium-ion battery is detected by the volume change detecting unit, in conjunction with a condition in which a decrease in a capacity of the lithium-ion battery is not detected by the capacity change detecting unit.
US11557903B2
This application embodiment provides a method for equalizing the battery module, an apparatus, a battery module and a power management controller, including: judging whether the first battery core and the second battery core enter their respective fully-charged interval; if the first battery core enters and the second battery core doesn't enter, discharging the first battery core until the second battery core enters; if the first battery core doesn't enter and the second battery core enters, judging whether the maximum value of the first charging voltage of each battery cell in the first battery core is greater than a third preset value; if so, discharging the second battery core until the first battery core enters; if not, controlling both to rest a preset time; after resting for the preset time, discharging the first battery core and the second battery core until the SOC of each battery cell enters a same state.
US11557899B2
A method and associated apparatus for feeding electric power from a photovoltaic system via a grid connection point into an AC grid having a low short-circuit power is disclosed. The method includes connecting a DC voltage side of at least one first inverter of the photovoltaic system to a photovoltaic generator and an AC voltage side of the at least one first inverter to the grid connection point, wherein the at least one first inverter is operated as a current source, and connecting an AC voltage side of a second inverter of the photovoltaic system to the grid connection point, wherein the second inverter is operated as a voltage source based on measurement values of an AC voltage measured in the region of the photovoltaic system and a predefined characteristic curve. For a first total short-circuit power of all first inverters operated as a current source, and a second total short-circuit power of the AC grid and of the second inverter operated as a voltage source, a ratio of the second total short-circuit power to the first total short-circuit power is greater than or equal to 2.
US11557897B2
The present disclosure relates to an interface comprising: a terminal for delivering a DC voltage; a comparator for delivering a first signal representative of a comparison of the DC voltage with a high threshold; a comparator for delivering a second signal representative of a comparison of the DC voltage with a low threshold; and a circuit configured to: deliver successive pairs of values of high and low thresholds for a time period after the DC voltage crosses a first value of the low threshold; modify successive pairs of values of the thresholds based on the first and second signals to determine values of thresholds surrounding the DC voltage; and determining a current value of the DC voltage based on the values of thresholds surrounding the DC voltage.
US11557890B2
The present disclosure relates to method for underground installation of a pre-ducted optical fiber cable assembly. The method includes a first step of drilling a first pilot bore from a second manhole to a first manhole. In addition, the method includes a second step of pulling the pre-ducted optical fiber cable assembly. Further, the method includes a third step of drilling a second pilot bore from a third manhole to the second manhole. Furthermore, the method includes a fourth step of pulling the pre-ducted optical fiber cable assembly from the second manhole to the third manhole. Moreover, the method of underground installation of the pre-ducted optical fiber cable assembly eliminates the need for blowing the pre-ducted optical fiber cable assembly with a cable blowing machine.
US11557889B2
A system for pulling wire behind a wall is provided. One embodiment comprises a cylindrical weight defined by an outside diameter and a first length, and a tubular body with a hollow interior defined by an inside diameter that is greater than the outside diameter of the cylindrical weight and a second length that is greater than the first length. A distal end of the tubular body includes a tip configured to penetrate a material that is behind the wall, wherein when oriented in a vertical position behind the wall, and wherein in response to drawing the cylindrical weight upward through the tubular body and then releasing the cylindrical weight, the cylindrical weight travels downward towards the distal end of the tubular body and impacts the tip such that momentum of the downward travelling cylindrical weight is transferred to the tip, thereby driving the tubular body downward through the material.
US11557882B2
A corona comprises a central electrode surrounded by an insulator, which is surrounded by a conductive component. The conductive component includes a shell and an intermediate part both formed of an electrically conductive material. The intermediate part is a layer of metal which brazes the insulator to the shell. An outer surface of the insulator presents a lower ledge, and the layer of metal can be applied to the insulator above the lower ledge prior to or after inserting the insulator into the shell. The conductive inner diameter is less than an insulator outer diameter directly below the lower ledge such the insulator thickness increases toward the electrode firing end. The insulator outer diameter is also typically less than the shell inner diameter so that the corona igniter can be forward-assembled.
US11557881B2
The invention relates to a laser assembly (1) comprising a diode laser bar (2), a heat sink (4) and at least one cover (7). The laser bar is located between the heat sink and the cover. The heat sink and/or the cover is/are coated with nanowires (16) or nanotubes via which the contact between the laser bar and the heat sink and/or the cover is established.
US11557879B2
Disclosed herein are various embodiments for stronger and more powerful high speed laser arrays. For example, an apparatus is disclosed that comprises an active mesa structure in combination with an electrical waveguide, wherein the active mesa structure comprises a plurality of laser regions within the active mesa structure itself, each laser region of the active mesa structure being electrically isolated within the active mesa structure itself relative to the other laser regions of the active mesa structure.
US11557874B2
Methods, devices, and systems for double-sided cooling of laser diodes are provided. In one aspect, a laser diode assembly includes a first heat sink, a plurality of submounts spaced apart from one another on the first heat sink, a plurality of laser diodes, and a second heat sink on top sides of the plurality of laser diodes. Each laser diode includes a corresponding active layer between a first-type doped semiconductor layer and a second-type doped semiconductor layer. A bottom side of each laser diode is positioned on a different corresponding submount of the plurality of submounts. The plurality of laser diode are electrically connected in series.
US11557862B2
An electrical outlet receptacle including a circuit board, a set of fixed contacts and a set of movable contacts, a solenoid, a carriage, a lifting shelf, a slide mechanism, a reset plunger, and an armature.
US11557861B2
An assembly for passing controlled impedance electrical signals between two different environments via feedthroughs in an electrically-conductive feedthrough block. The feedthrough has a signal coupling, a dielectric spacer surrounding the signal coupling, and a ground coupling surrounding the dielectric. The feedthrough is sealed to hermetically separate the two environments. One or both ends of the dielectric are recessed from the face of the block forming a gap. The gaps is filled with a potting material to form the hermetic seal.
US11557860B2
A backplane connector includes a wafer and a mounting block. The wafer includes a number of conductive terminals, an insulating frame, a first metal shield and a second metal shield. The conductive terminal includes a contact portion, a tail portion and a connection portion. The conductive terminals include differential signal terminals, a first ground terminal and a second ground terminal. The first metal shield includes a first protruding piece. The second metal shield includes a second protruding piece. The mounting block includes a slot for passing through the tail portions of the differential signal terminals. The first protruding piece and the second protruding piece are at least partially inserted into the slot. This arrangement can provide better shielding adjacent to the tail portions of the differential signal terminals, reduce crosstalk, and improve the quality of signal transmission.
US11557849B2
The invention relates to a cover for protecting a regulator and a rectifier of a motor vehicle alternator, comprising at least two removable sections that are each compatible with at least two possible configurations for the connector of the regulator, and/or at least two removable sections that are each compatible with at least two possible configurations for the terminal of the rectifier, which cover can be used to protect more than one possible configuration of a motor vehicle alternator and reduces manufacturing time and costs.
US11557840B2
Antenna feed chains and methods are disclosed. An antenna feed chain, include a feed horn having a first cross-polarization performance over a solid angle of interest and a frequency band of interest and a polarizer having a second cross-polarization performance over the solid angle of interest and the frequency band of interest. The polarizer is coupled to the feed horn. The first cross-polarization performance of the feed horn compensates for the second cross-polarization performance of the polarizer over the solid angle of interest and the frequency band of interest.
US11557837B2
The present disclosure provides a manufacturing method of a flat panel liquid crystal antenna, including the following steps: providing a first substrate, wherein the two sides of the first substrate are provided with a first metal film layer and a third metal film layer respectively; simultaneously patterning the metal film layer on the two sides to obtain a patterned first metal film layer and a patterned third metal film layer; providing a second substrate, wherein one side of the second substrate is provided with a second metal film layer; patterning the second metal film layer to obtain a patterned second metal film layer; and oppositely bonding the first substrate and the second substrate to form a liquid crystal cell, and preparing a liquid crystal layer. The present disclosure also provides a flat panel liquid crystal antenna by using the above method.
US11557830B2
A film antenna-circuit connection structure according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a film antenna including radiation patterns and pads, and a circuit board electrically connected to the film antenna. The film antenna includes connection wirings each of which is electrically connected to each of the pads of the film antenna, and a dummy barrier interposed between neighboring connection wirings of the connection wirings.
US11557827B2
A radiating system of a wireless device transmits and receives electromagnetic wave signals in a frequency region and comprises an external port, a radiating structure, and a radiofrequency system. The radiating structure includes: a ground plane layer with a connection point; a radiation booster with a connection point and being smaller than 1/30 of a free-space wavelength corresponding to a lowest frequency of the frequency region; and an internal port between the radiation booster connection point and the ground plane layer connection point. The radiofrequency system includes: a first port connected to the radiating structure's internal port; and a second port connected to the external port. An input impedance at radiating structure's disconnected internal port has a non-zero imaginary part across the frequency region. The radiofrequency system modifies impedance of the radiating structure to provide impedance matching to the radiating system within the frequency region at the external port.
US11557825B2
The present invention provides an integrated antenna and visual display apparatus, or one of an antenna apparatus and visual display apparatus which is integratable with the other. Apertures are formed in a visual display, such as an OLED display. The apertures when formed in a conductive layer operate as radiating bodies of an antenna array. A subset of sub-pixels of the visual display can be removed in line with the apertures. An optically transparent substrate is located over the visual display, and an array of further conductive elements, which may be optically transparent, is disposed on an exterior of this substrate. The further conductive elements operate to direct the antenna signals through the substrate, by coupling in an impedance-matched manner with the radiating apertures.
US11557817B2
The present application relates to the technical field of lithium batteries. Disclosed is a lateral-weld soft connector having a pole column. The connector comprises a first connector, which a top end face configured to face upward; a pole column which extends upwards protrudes out of the top end face of the first connector; a second connected extending outwards and connected to a cell is provided at one side of the first connector; the second connector is bent downwards with respect to the first connector and is disposed at a side edge of the cell.
US11557816B2
The present disclosure provides a secondary battery which comprises: a cap plate provided with a first electrode terminal; an electrode assembly comprising a main body and a first electrode tab; a first connecting piece connected between the first electrode tab and the first electrode terminal. The first connecting piece includes a first electrode terminal connecting portion, a first electrode tab connecting portion and a first fusing portion. The secondary battery further comprises an insulating piece arranged on the first connecting piece to prevent direct physical contact between the first electrode tab and the first electrode terminal connecting portion by covering at least an edge of the first electrode terminal connecting portion.
US11557811B1
In an aspect a system for battery environment management in an electric aircraft, where in the system include, at least a at least a battery pack mounted within a fuselage of an electric aircraft. A battery pack may include a plurality of batteries configured to provide electrical power to the electric aircraft. A battery pack may also include a pouch cell. Adjacent to the battery pack there may be at least a channel. A channel is configured to provide a flow path for directing battery ejecta to a predetermined location.
US11557806B2
A battery module including: a battery stack of battery cells having opposite ends to which a plurality of electrode tabs are connected; end-side bus bar assemblies formed at opposite ends of the battery stack, respectively, and electrically connecting the electrode tabs of the battery cells; and a case accommodating the battery stack and the end-side bus bar assemblies.
US11557793B2
A flexible all-solid-state lithium-ion secondary battery is prepared by placing a positive electrode and a negative electrode or optionally a separator of the lithium-ion secondary battery in a gelable system in which a solid electrolyte has not yet formed by a way of infiltration or coating, so that the surfaces and the interiors of the positive and negative electrodes are infiltrated by the gelable system, which also fills the voids inside the positive and negative electrodes. When the gelable system is solidified to form the solid electrolyte, it can form the solid electrolyte in situ on the surfaces and interiors of the positive and negative electrodes. The lithium-ion secondary battery prepared by the method can form a conductive network inside the entire battery, which can not only extremely reduce the internal resistance of the lithium-ion secondary battery, thereby improving the conductivity and rate capability, but also solve the potential safety hazard problem caused by liquid electrolytes.
US11557790B2
This solid electrolyte is a zirconium phosphate-based solid electrolyte in which a part of phosphorous or zirconium that is contained in the solid electrolyte is substituted with an element with a variable valence.
US11557782B2
Disclosed are a method for manufacturing an electrode, an electrode manufactured thereby, a membrane-electrode assembly including the electrode, and a fuel cell containing the membrane-electrode assembly. The method includes the steps of: preparing an electrode forming composition by mixing a catalyst with an ionomer; applying a low-frequency acoustic energy to the electrode forming composition to perform resonant vibratory mixing so as to coat the ionomer on the surface of the catalyst; and coating the electrode forming composition to manufacture an electrode.
US11557777B2
Fuel cell system, equipment management method, management apparatus, and equipment management system
A fuel cell system comprises a controller configured to determine whether a condition relating to a stop pattern of the fuel cell system satisfies a predetermined condition, and an output unit configured to output a warning when it is determined that the condition relating to the stop pattern satisfies the predetermined condition.
US11557766B2
Provided are a binder composition for an all-solid-state secondary battery with which it is possible to obtain an all-solid-state secondary battery that has good battery characteristics and for which processability during all-solid-state secondary battery production is excellent, a slurry composition for an all-solid-state secondary battery that contains this binder composition for an all-solid-state secondary battery, a functional layer for an all-solid-state secondary battery that is formed from this slurry composition for an all-solid-state secondary battery, and an all-solid-state secondary battery that includes this functional layer for an all-solid-state secondary battery. The binder composition for an all-solid-state secondary battery contains a polymer, an unsaturated acid metal salt monomer, and a solvent. The unsaturated acid metal salt monomer includes a divalent metal.
US11557765B2
An electrode active layer is disclosed that includes a network of high aspect ratio carbon elements (e.g., carbon nanotubes, carbon nanotube bundles, graphene flakes, or the like) that provides a highly electrically conductive scaffold that entangles or enmeshes the active material, thereby supporting the layer. A surface treatment can be applied to the high aspect ratio carbon elements to promote adhesion to the active material and any underlying electrode layers improving the overall cohesion and mechanical stability of the active layer. This surface treatment forms only a thin (in some cases even monomolecular) layer on the network, leaving the large void spaces that are free of any bulk binder material and so may instead be filled with active material. The resulting active layer may be formed with excellent mechanical stability even at large thickness and high active material mass loading.
US11557763B2
A positive electrode active material includes a center portion including a first lithium transition metal oxide with an average composition represented by Formula 1, Li1+a1(Nib1Coc1Mnd1Ale1M1f1)O2 [Formula 1] wherein, in Formula 1, −0.1≤a1≤0.2, 0.8≤b1<1.0, 0
US11557762B2
The present invention relates to a lithium composite metal oxide which satisfies the requirements (1) and (2) described below. Requirement (1): The ratio of the half width A of the diffraction peak within the range of 2θ=64.5±1° to the half width B of the diffraction peak within the range of 2θ=44.4±1°, namely A/B is from 1.39 to 1.75 (inclusive) in powder X-ray diffractometry using a Cu—Kα ray. Requirement (2): The ratio of the volume-based 90% cumulative particle size (D90) to the volume-based 10% cumulative particle size (D10), namely D90/D10 is 3 or more.
US11557757B2
Described herein are improved composite anodes and lithium-ion batteries made therefrom. Further described are methods of making and using the improved anodes and batteries. In general, the anodes include a porous composite having a plurality of agglomerated nanocomposites. At least one of the plurality of agglomerated nanocomposites is formed from a dendritic particle, which is a three-dimensional, randomly-ordered assembly of nanoparticles of an electrically conducting material and a plurality of discrete non-porous nanoparticles of a non-carbon Group 4A element or mixture thereof disposed on a surface of the dendritic particle. At least one nanocomposite of the plurality of agglomerated nanocomposites has at least a portion of its dendritic particle in electrical communication with at least a portion of a dendritic particle of an adjacent nanocomposite in the plurality of agglomerated nanocomposites.
US11557752B2
The present disclosure discloses a method for preparing an anode material for lithium ion battery of a SiC nanoparticle encapsulated by nitrogen-doped graphene. The method includes: in an ammonia atmosphere, heating a SiC nanoparticle for a predetermined time, and cooling to obtain the SiC nanoparticle encapsulated by nitrogen-doped graphene.
US11557745B2
To provide a method for manufacturing a lightweight light-emitting device having a light-emitting region on a curved surface. The light-emitting region is provided on a curved surface in such a manner that a light-emitting element is formed on a flexible substrate supported in a plate-like shape and the flexible substrate deforms or returns.
US11557744B2
An organic light-emitting device includes a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, an emission layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a hole transport region between the first electrode and the emission layer. The emission layer includes a first compound represented by Formula 1, and the hole transport region includes a second compound represented by Formula 2:
US11557733B2
A compound of Formula I wherein Z1, Z2, Z3, and Z4 are independently selected from C or N; wherein one of Z1 or Z3 is N and the other is C, and one of Z2 or Z4 is N and the other is C; and if Z3 and Z4 are N, then one of RB and one of RC is selected from the group consisting of aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, and substituted heteroaryl; or if Z1 and Z2 are N and, then one of RA, one of RB or one of RC is selected from the group consisting of an optionally substituted aryl, and an optionally substituted heteroaryl. An organic light emitting diode/device (OLED) that includes an anode, a cathode, and an organic layer disposed between the anode and the cathode. The organic layer includes a compound of Formula I above. The OLED can be incorporated into a consumer product, an electronic component module, and/or a lighting panel.
US11557727B2
The present disclosure provides an organic compound represented by general formula [1] below. In formula [1], Ar1 and Ar2 each represent an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 18 carbon atoms, or a heteroaromatic group having 3 to 17 carbon atoms. Ar1 and Ar2 may be the same or different. Ar3 and Ar4 are each a substituent having a carbazolyl group. Ar3 and Ar4 may be the same or different. Ar1 to Ar4 may be substituted. At least one of Ar1 to Ar4 has a tert-butyl group. The total number of tert-butyl groups in one molecule of the organic compound is 2 or more.
US11557725B2
According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a memory device including a silicon oxide and a variable resistance element electrically coupled to the silicon oxide, includes: introducing a dopant into the silicon oxide from a first surface of the silicon oxide by ion implantation; and etching the first surface of the silicon oxide with an ion beam.
US11557718B2
A semiconductor device includes a storage element on a substrate. The storage element has a tapered upper end structure. The tapered upper end structure includes a top electrode and a spacer surrounding the top electrode. A gap-fill dielectric layer is disposed around the spacer. A conductive cap layer covers the top electrode and the spacer. An inter-metal dielectric (IMD) layer is disposed on the conductive cap layer. A metal interconnection is disposed in the IMD layer and electrically connected to the top electrode through the conductive cap layer.
US11557717B2
A memory apparatus is provided which comprises: a stack comprising a magnetic insulating material and a transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD), wherein the magnetic insulating material has a first magnetization. The stack behaves as a free magnet. The apparatus includes a fixed magnet with a second magnetization. An interconnect is further provided which comprises a spin orbit material, wherein the interconnect is adjacent to the stack.
US11557716B2
A method of manufacture and resulting structure for a single crystal electronic device with an enhanced strain interface region. The method of manufacture can include forming a nucleation layer overlying a substrate and forming a first and second single crystal layer overlying the nucleation layer. This first and second layers can be doped by introducing one or more impurity species to form a strained single crystal layers. The first and second strained layers can be aligned along the same crystallographic direction to form a strained single crystal bi-layer having an enhanced strain interface region. Using this enhanced single crystal bi-layer to form active or passive devices results in improved physical characteristics, such as enhanced photon velocity or improved density charges.
US11557714B2
An end effector assembly for use with an electrosurgical instrument is provided. The end effector assembly has a pair of opposing jaw members. One or more of the jaw members includes a support base, an electrical jaw lead, and a sealing plate coupled to the electrical jaw lead. The sealing plate has a stainless steel layer and one or more piezo electric sensors. The jaw member also includes an insulative plate disposed between the support base and the sealing plate.
US11557695B2
A light emitting diode includes an n-type nitride semiconductor layer, a V-pit generation layer located over the n-type nitride semiconductor layer and having a V-pit, an active layer located on the V-pit generation layer, and a p-type nitride semiconductor layer located on the active layer. The active layer includes a well layer, which includes a first well layer portion formed along a flat surface of the V-pit generation layer and a second well layer portion formed in the V-pit of the V-pit generation layer. The light emitting diode emits light having at least two peak wavelengths at a single chip level.
US11557691B2
In an embodiment a method includes forming a semiconductor layer sequence on a growth substrate, applying a silicon oxide layer to a surface of the semiconductor layer sequence facing away from the growth substrate, applying a first metal layer to the silicon oxide layer, wherein the first metal layer includes gold, platinum, copper or silver, providing a silicon substrate and applying a second metal layer formed of the same material as the first metal layer to the silicon substrate, bonding the semiconductor layer sequence to the silicon substrate by direct bonding of the first metal layer to the second metal layer, wherein the first metal layer and the second metal layer are brought into contact at a temperature in a range of 150° C. to 400° C. so that they form a metal bonding layer and detaching the growth substrate from the semiconductor layer sequence.
US11557686B2
A quantum dot structure, a radiation conversion element and a light emitting device are disclosed. In an embodiment a quantum dot structure includes an active region configured to emit radiation, a barrier region surrounding the active region and a trap region spaced apart from the active region, wherein a band edge of the trap region forms a trap configuration with respect to the barrier region for at least one type of charge carrier.
US11557685B2
The misalignment between light reception lenses and light reception elements in a lens integrated light reception element for converting a plurality of optical signals with different wavelengths into electric signals is easily inspected. The lens integrated light reception element includes one or more light reception lenses that receive the optical signals, one or more light reception elements each disposed on a main axis of the light reception lens and converting the optical signal into the electric signal, one or more inspection pinholes through which illumination light passes, and one or more inspection lenses each including a main axis parallel to the main axis of the light reception lens and converging the illumination light having passed through the inspection pinhole.
US11557681B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a Schottky barrier diode less liable to cause dielectric breakdown due to concentration of an electric field. A Schottky barrier diode according to this disclosure includes a semiconductor substrate made of gallium oxide, a drift layer made of gallium oxide and provided on the semiconductor substrate, an anode electrode brought into Schottky contact with the drift layer, and a cathode electrode brought into ohmic contact with the semiconductor substrate. The drift layer has an outer peripheral trench surrounding the anode electrode in a plan view. The surface of the drift layer positioned between the anode electrode and the outer peripheral trench is covered with a semiconductor layer having a conductivity type opposite to that of the drift layer.
US11557679B2
An active matrix substrate has pixel regions, and includes a substrate, pixel TFTs disposed to respectively correspond to the pixel regions, and pixel electrodes electrically connected to the pixel TFTs. The pixel TFTs are each a top gate structure TFT that has an oxide semiconductor layer, a gate insulating layer on the oxide semiconductor layer, and a gate electrode opposing the oxide semiconductor layer with the gate insulating layer therebetween. The gate insulating layer is formed of silicon oxide and includes a lower layer contacting the oxide semiconductor layer, and an upper layer on the lower layer. The lower layer H/N ratio of hydrogen atoms to nitrogen atoms in the lower layer is 1.5 to 5.0. The upper layer H/N ratio of hydrogen atoms to nitrogen atoms in the upper layer is 0.9 to 2.0. The lower layer H/N ratio is larger than the upper layer H/N ratio.
US11557670B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate including a barrier region, a channel layer disposed below the barrier region and forming a heterojunction with the barrier region such that a two-dimensional charge carrier gas channel is disposed in the channel layer near the heterojunction, and a sub-channel region disposed below the channel layer, and a first interface in the semiconductor substrate between a first region of type III-V material and a second region of type III-V material that is disposed below the first region of type III-V material, wherein the first and second regions of type III-V material form polarization charges on either side of the first interface, wherein the first interface is within or formed by the sub-channel region, and wherein semiconductor substrate has a vertically varying dopant concentration of deep energy acceptor dopant atoms that is locally increased at the first interface.
US11557669B2
A semiconductor device includes an enhancement mode high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) with an active region and an isolation region. The HEMT includes a substrate, a group III-V body layer, a group III-V barrier layer, recesses, a passivation layer and an etch mask layer. The group III-V body layer is disposed on the substrate. The group III-V barrier layer is disposed on the group III-V body layer in the active region and the isolation region. The recesses are disposed in the group III-V barrier layer in the active region and the isolation region, respectively. The passivation layer disposed in the recesses of the active region and the isolation region. The etch mask layer disposed between the passivation layer and the group III-V barrier layer in the active region, where the etch mask layer is spaced apart from bottoms of the recesses in the active region and the isolation region.
US11557668B2
A high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) made of primarily nitride semiconductor materials is disclosed. The HEMT, which is a type of reverse HEMT, includes, on a C-polar surface of a SiC substrate, a barrier layer and a channel layer each having N-polar surfaces in respective top surfaces thereof. The HEMT further includes an intermediate layer highly doped with impurities and a Schottky barrier layer on the channel layer. The Schottky barrier layer and a portion of the intermediate layer are removed in portions beneath non-rectifying electrodes but a gate electrode is provided on the Schottky barrier layer.
US11557663B2
A method of manufacturing a vertical transistor device comprises forming a bottom source region on a semiconductor substrate, forming a channel region extending vertically from the bottom source region, forming a top drain region on an upper portion of the channel region, forming a first gate region having a first gate length around the channel region, and forming a second gate region over the first gate region and around the channel region, wherein the second gate region has a second gate length different from the first gate length, and wherein at least one dielectric layer is positioned between the first and second gate regions.
US11557652B2
Disclosed is a metal source/drain-based field effect transistor having a structure that replaces a portion of a semiconductor of a source/drain with a metal and a method of manufacturing the same. By replacing the source/drain region with the source/drain metal region, increase of the parasitic resistance of a conventional three-dimensional MOSFET of several tens of nanometers, lattice mismatch of the source/drain during selective epitaxial growth, and self-heating effect can be fundamentally solved. Further, since the metal is deposited after the partial etching of the source/drain region or the selective epitaxial growth is partially performed under the conventional CMOS process, the process can be performed without using any additional mask.
US11557647B2
A semiconductor device includes: a drift region of a first conductive type including a contact section and extension sections extending along the main surface of a substrate; column regions of a second conductive type which alternate with the extension sections in a perpendicular direction to the extension direction of the extension sections and each includes an end connecting to the contact section; a well region of a second conductive type which connects to the other end of each column region and tips of the extension sections; and electric field relaxing electrodes which are provided above at least some of residual pn junctions with an insulating film interposed therebetween. Herein, the residual pn junctions are pn junctions other than voltage holding pn junctions formed in interfaces between the extension sections and the column regions.
US11557643B2
A display apparatus having a connection electrode which crosses a bending area may be provided. The connection electrode may be disposed on a device substrate including a bending area between a display area and a pad area. The connection electrode may connect the display area and the pad area across the bending area. The connection electrode may have a stacked structure of the lower connecting electrode and the upper connecting electrode. A light-emitting device, an encapsulating element and a touch electrode may be sequentially stacked on the display area of the device substrate. The upper connecting electrode may include the same material as the touch electrode. Thus, in the display apparatus, the disconnection of the connection electrode due to bending stress and external impact may be reduced.
US11557641B2
A display device includes a display panel including panel pads adjacent to the side surface of a display panel; connection pads disposed on the side surface of the display panel and connected to the panel pads; and a circuit board disposed on the side surface of the display panel and including lead signal lines directly bonded to the connection pads, wherein the connection pads include a first connection pad, a second connection pad disposed on the first connection pad, and a third connection pad disposed on the second connection pad, and the first connection pad is in contact with corresponding one of the panel pads, and the third connection pad is directly bonded to corresponding one of the lead signal lines.
US11557636B2
A display device including a plurality of pixels over a substrate, the display device includes: a pixel-defining layer covering edges of a first electrode of each of the plurality of pixels; a first spacer arranged on the pixel-defining layer and including a first portion and a second portion, the first portion of the first spacer having a width increasing toward the substrate, and the second portion of the first spacer being arranged between the first portion of the first spacer and the substrate and having a width decreasing toward the substrate; and a first hole arranged apart from the first electrode between the plurality of pixels, the first hole being formed in the second portion of the first spacer and the pixel-defining layer.
US11557628B2
A multilayered magnetic free layer structure is provided that includes a first magnetic free layer and a second magnetic free layer separated by a non-magnetic layer in which the first magnetic free layer is composed of an ordered magnetic alloy. The ordered magnetic alloy provides a first magnetic free layer that has low moment, but is strongly magnetic. The use of such an ordered magnetic alloy first magnetic free layer in a multilayered magnetic free layer structure substantially reduces the switching current needed to reorient the magnetization of the two magnetic free layers.
US11557625B2
An image sensor with embedded wells for accommodating light emitters includes a semiconductor substrate including an array of doped sensing regions respectively corresponding to an array of photosensitive pixels of the image sensor. The semiconductor substrate forms an array of wells. Each well is aligned with a respective doped sensing region to facilitate detection, by the photosensitive pixel that includes said respective doped sensing region, of light emitted to the photosensitive pixel by a light emitter disposed in the well. The image sensor further includes, between adjacent doped sensing regions, a light-blocking barrier to reduce propagation of light to the doped sensing-region of each photosensitive pixel from wells not aligned therewith.
US11557604B2
A semiconductor device includes: a first gate stack including a plurality of first gate electrodes; a second gate stack arranged on the first gate stack and including a plurality of second gate electrodes; and a plurality of channel structures arranged in a plurality of channel holes penetrating the first gate stack and the second gate stack. Each of the channel holes includes a first channel hole portion penetrating the first gate stack and a second channel hole portion penetrating the second gate stack, and a ratio of a second width in the second direction to a first width in the first direction of an upper end of the first channel hole portion is less than a ratio of a fourth width in the second direction to a third width in the first direction of an upper end of the second channel hole portion.
US11557572B2
The present application discloses a semiconductor device with stacked dies and the method for fabricating the semiconductor device with the stacked dies. The semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor die including a first substrate including a first and a second region, a first circuit layer on the first substrate, a control circuit on the first region and in the first circuit layer; and through die vias along the first circuit layer and the second region; a second semiconductor die stacked on the first semiconductor die and including second conductive pads connected to the through die vias and the control circuit; and a third semiconductor die stacked under the first semiconductor die and including third conductive pads connected to the through die vias and the control circuit. The through die vias, the second conductive pads, and the third conductive pads configure transmission channels through which the control circuit is capable to access the second and the third semiconductor die.
US11557564B2
A semiconductor device including a substrate; a chip on which a surface electrode is formed; and a lead. The lead includes a first electrode connecting portion disposed on the surface electrode and electrically connected to the surface electrode of the chip via a conductive bonding material; a second electrode connecting portion electrically connected to an electrode portion of a wiring pattern. A lead connected to the first electrode connecting portion and the second electrode connecting portion. The lead further has a thermal shrinking stress equalizing structure on a portion of an outer periphery of the first electrode connecting portion. The lead is configured to make a thermal shrinking stress applied to a conductive bonding material between the first electrode connecting portion and the surface electrode equal.
US11557561B2
A method of fabricating an integrated fan-out package is provided. The method includes the following steps. An integrated circuit component is provided on a substrate. An insulating encapsulation is formed on the substrate to encapsulate sidewalls of the integrated circuit component. A redistribution circuit structure is formed along a build-up direction on the integrated circuit component and the insulating encapsulation. The formation of the redistribution circuit structure includes the following steps. A dielectric layer and a plurality of conductive vias embedded in the dielectric layer are formed, wherein a lateral dimension of each of the conductive vias decreases along the build-up direction. A plurality of conductive wirings is formed on the plurality of conductive vias and the dielectric layer. An integrated fan-out package of the same is also provided.
US11557552B2
A voltage-reference plane has gradient regions that provide altered thicknesses that are useful in a power-deliver network for a semiconductor package substrate. Different signal trace types are located over various portions of the gradient regions to facilitate signal integrity.
US11557551B2
An integrated circuit includes a resistive material layer formed on a substrate, a metal layer formed on the resistive material layer, a bipolar transistor formed on the substrate, and a resistive element formed on the substrate. The bipolar transistor includes, as a sub-layer, the metal layer formed in a first region, and also includes a collector layer formed on the sub-collector layer. The resistive element is constituted by the resistive material layer formed in a second region.
US11557545B2
A monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) with embedded transmission line (ETL) ground shielding is provided. In an exemplary aspect, an ETL MMIC according to this disclosure includes a MMIC substrate having an active side, an ETL dielectric layer covering the active side, and a topside ground plane over the ETL dielectric layer. The active side includes one or more transmission lines or other components which may undesirably couple to metal signal lines (e.g., package metal interconnects) in an external circuit assembly. The topside ground plane in the ETL MMIC provides shielding to reduce such electromagnetic coupling. The topside ground plane can also facilitate improved thermal paths for heat dissipation, such as through a redistribution layer (RDL) to a next higher assembly (NHA) and/or through a backside ground plane of the MMIC substrate.
US11557543B2
A semiconductor package includes a first semiconductor chip including a first surface and a second surface, and including a first active layer on a portion adjacent to the first surface; a first redistribution structure on the first surface of the first semiconductor chip, wherein the first redistribution structure includes a first area and a second area next to the first area; a second semiconductor chip mounted in the first area of the first redistribution structure, including a third surface, which faces the first surface, and a fourth surface, and including a second active layer on a portion adjacent to the third surface; a conductive post mounted in the second area of the first redistribution structure; a molding layer at least partially surrounding the second semiconductor chip and the conductive post on the first redistribution structure; and a second redistribution structure disposed on the molding layer and connected to the conductive post.
US11557535B2
A semiconductor device is disposed below an inductor. The semiconductor device includes a metal-oxide-semiconductor capacitor structure and a patterned shielding structure. The metal-oxide-semiconductor capacitor structure includes a polysilicon layer, an oxide definition layer, and a first metal layer. The first metal layer is connected to the polysilicon layer and the oxide definition layer. The patterned shielding structure is disposed over the metal-oxide-semiconductor capacitor structure and includes a second metal layer.
US11557530B2
In one embodiment, methods for making semiconductor devices are disclosed.
US11557529B2
A microprocessor heat sink fastener assembly, comprising a base to couple to a heat sink a retention nut to be received by a cavity of the base, and a retention clip to be attached to the base and to be cantilevered therefrom. The retention clip is to engage with a latching structure extending from a latching structure of a retention plate.
US11557522B2
A method is disclosed for producing a power semiconductor module that includes a substrate, at least one semiconductor body, a connecting element and a contact element. The method includes: arranging the substrate in a housing having walls; at least partly filling a capacity formed by the walls of the housing and the substrate with an encapsulation material; hardening the encapsulation material to form a hard encapsulation; and closing the housing, wherein the contact element extends from the connecting element through an interior of the housing and through an opening in a cover of the housing to an outside of the housing in a direction perpendicular to a first surface of a first metallization layer of the substrate.
US11557516B2
Some embodiments of the invention provide a three-dimensional (3D) circuit that is formed by stacking two or more integrated circuit (IC) dies to at least partially overlap and to share one or more interconnect layers that distribute power, clock and/or data-bus signals. The shared interconnect layers include interconnect segments that carry power, clock and/or data-bus signals. In some embodiments, the shared interconnect layers are higher level interconnect layers (e.g., the top interconnect layer of each IC die). In some embodiments, the stacked IC dies of the 3D circuit include first and second IC dies. The first die includes a first semiconductor substrate and a first set of interconnect layers defined above the first semiconductor substrate. Similarly, the second IC die includes a second semiconductor substrate and a second set of interconnect layers defined above the second semiconductor substrate. As further described below, the first and second dies in some embodiments are placed in a face-to-face arrangement (e.g., a vertically stacked arrangement) that has the first and second set of interconnect layers facing each other. In some embodiments, a subset of one or more interconnect layers of the second set interconnect layers of the second die has interconnect wiring that carries power, clock and/or data-bus signals that are supplied to the first IC die.
US11557502B2
A method is provided for forming at least one trench to be filled with an isolating material to form an isolating trench, in a substrate based on a semiconductor material, the method including at least the following successive steps: providing a stack including at least the substrate, a first hard mask layer, and a second hard mask layer; making at least a first opening and a second opening, by carrying out isotropic etchings; performing a third, anisotropic, etching of the substrate in line with the second opening, so as to obtain the at least one trench; performing a fourth, isotropic, etching of the first layer so as to enlarge the first opening and obtain a first enlarged opening; and performing a fifth, anisotropic, etching so as to simultaneously enlarge the second opening and increase a depth of the at least one trench.
US11557490B2
A method for producing a metal-ceramic substrate with electrically conductive vias includes: attaching a first metal layer in a planar manner to a first surface side of a ceramic layer; after attaching the first metal layer, introducing a copper hydroxide or copper acetate brine into holes in the ceramic layer delimiting a via, to form an assembly; converting the copper hydroxide or copper acetate brine into copper oxide; subjecting the assembly to a high-temperature step above 500° C. in which the copper oxide forms a copper body in the holes; and after converting the copper hydroxide or copper acetate brine into the copper oxide, attaching a second metal layer in a planar manner to a second surface side of the ceramic layer opposite the first surface side. The copper body produces an electrically conductive connection between the first and the second metal layers.
US11557488B2
A gettering property evaluation apparatus includes a gettering determination unit and a chuck table. The gettering determination unit has a laser beam applying unit for applying a laser beam to a wafer, and a transmission-reception unit for applying a microwave to the wafer and receiving the microwave reflected by the wafer. The gettering determination unit determines whether or not a gettering layer including a grinding strain generated by grinding the wafer has a gettering property. The chuck table holds the wafer on a holding surface. The chuck table has a conductive nonmetallic porous member constituting the holding surface and having a property of reflecting or absorbing the microwave, and a base member provided with a negative pressure transmission passage for transmitting a negative pressure to the nonmetallic porous member.
US11557483B2
A method includes forming a gate structure and an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer over a substrate; selectively forming an inhibitor over the gate structure; performing an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process to form a dielectric layer over the ILD layer, wherein in the ALD process the dielectric layer has greater growing rate on the ILD than on the inhibitor; and performing an atomic layer etching (ALE) process to etch the dielectric layer until a top surface of the inhibitor is exposed, in which a portion of the dielectric layer remains on the ILD layer after the ALE process is complete.
US11557479B2
Methods process microelectronic workpieces with inverse extreme ultraviolet (EUV) patterning processes. In part, the inverse patterning techniques are applied to reduce or eliminate defects experienced with conventional EUV patterning processes. The inverse patterning techniques include additional process steps as compared to the conventional EUV patterning processes, such as an overcoat process, an etch back or planarization process, and a pattern removal process. In addition, further example embodiments combine inverse patterning techniques with line smoothing treatments to reduce pattern roughness and achieve a target level of line roughness. By using this additional technique, line pattern roughness can be significantly improved in addition to reducing or eliminating microbridge and/or other defects.
US11557478B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to techniques for deposition of high-density films for patterning applications. In one embodiment, a method of processing a substrate is provided. The method includes depositing a carbon hardmask over a film stack formed on a substrate, wherein the substrate is positioned on an electrostatic chuck disposed in a process chamber, implanting ions into the carbon hardmask, wherein depositing the carbon hardmask and implanting ions into the carbon hardmask are performed in the same process chamber, and repeating depositing the carbon hardmask and implanting ions into the carbon hardmask in a cyclic fashion until a pre-determined thickness of the carbon hardmask is reached.
US11557476B2
There is provided a film forming method including: adsorbing fluorine onto a substrate on which a region in which a nitride film is exposed and a region in which an oxide film is exposed are provided adjacent to each other by supplying a fluorine-containing gas to the substrate, and forming a stepped surface on a side surface of the oxide film by selectively etching the nitride film, among the nitride film and the oxide film, so as to cause a surface of the nitride film to be more deeply recessed than a surface of the oxide film; and after the adsorbing the fluorine onto the substrate and forming the stepped surface, selectively forming a semiconductor film on the nitride film, among the nitride film and the oxide film, by supplying a raw material gas including a semiconductor material to the substrate.
US11557460B2
A multi-signal radio frequency (RF) source includes an RF source; and a switch including an input in communication with an output of the RF source, a first output and a second output. The switch is configured to selectively connect the input to one of the first output and the second output. An RF generator in communication with the first output of the multi-signal RF source is configured to generate plasma in a processing chamber. A remote plasma generator in communication with the second output of the multi-signal RF source is configured to supply remote plasma to the processing chamber.
US11557459B2
A system and method is provided for rapidly collecting high quality images of a specimen through controlling a re-focusable beam of an electron microscope. An intelligent acquisition system instructs the electron microscope to perform an initial low-resolution scan of a sample. A low-resolution image of the sample is received by the intelligent acquisition system as scanned image information from the electron microscope. The intelligent acquisition system then determines regions of interest within the low-resolution image and instructs the electron microscope to perform a high-resolution scan of the sample, only in areas of the sample corresponding to the determined regions of interest or portions of the determined regions of interest, so that other regions within the sample are not scanned at high-resolution, where the high-resolution scanning in the regions of interest is guided by a probability map using a deep neural network for segmentation.
US11557456B2
System and methods are described for directly measuring mechanical properties of a sample while concurrently imaging the sample using a scanning beam microscope (e.g., a scanning electron microscope (SEM)).
US11557453B2
A system for generating X-ray beams from a liquid target includes a vacuum chamber, a diamond window assembly, an electron source, a target material flow system, and an X-ray detector/imager. An electron beam from the electron source travels through the diamond window assembly and into a dynamic target material of the flow system. Preferably, the dynamic target material is lead bismuth eutectic in a liquid state. Upon colliding with the dynamic target material, X-rays are generated. The generated X-rays exit through an X-ray exit window to be captured by the X-ray detector/imager. Since the dynamic target material is constantly in fluid motion within a pipeline of the flow system, the electron beam always has a new target area which is at a controlled operational temperature and thus, prevents overheating issues. By providing a small focus area for the electron beams, the overall imaging resolution of the X-rays is also improved.
US11557449B2
A zero-power plasmonic microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device is capable of specifically sensing electromagnetic radiation and performing signal processing operations. Such devices are highly sensitive relays that consume no more than 10 nW of power, utilizing the energy in detected electromagnetic radiation to detect and discriminate a target without the need of any additional power source. The devices can continuously monitor an environment and wake up an electronic circuit upon detection of a specific trigger signature of electromagnetic radiation, such as vehicular exhaust, gunfire, an explosion, a fire, a human or animal, and a variety of sources of radiation from the ultraviolet to visible light, to infrared, to terahertz radiation.
US11557447B2
A switch device includes a panel housing a knob, the panel having a wall face around the knob. In at least one of outside faces of the knob, the outside faces opposing the wall face and another member adjacent to the knob, the outside face has a base part formed on an upper side thereof and a recess part formed in a lower side thereof. The recess part extends to a lower end of the outside face. The base part has an obliquely downwardly inclined parts formed on a lower edge part thereof. Accordingly, the device can ensure stable operation of the knob by discharging, from a gap between the panel and the knob, liquid that has entered the gap.
US11557446B1
A keyboard stabilizer is adapted to reduce the clanking and rattling sounds that it makes during operation. The invention takes advantage of the surprising result that adhesive, in proper amounts, can act as a sound dampener. First, a circumferential score is cut near each tip of the wire. Second, adhesive is applied to several critical points on the housings, stems, and wire. Third, lubricant is applied to several critical points on the housings, stems, and wire. The stabilizer is then assembled from the prepared parts.
US11557432B2
A ceramic electronic device includes: a multilayer chip having a structure in which each of dielectric layers and each of internal electrode layers are alternately stacked; and external electrodes provided on end faces of the multilayer chip, wherein a main component of the external electrodes is a first metal, wherein the internal electrode layers include the first metal and a second metal of which a melting point is higher than that of the first metal, wherein a diffusion coefficient of the first metal with respect to the second metal is larger than that of the second metal with respect to the first metal, wherein a number of a cavity in a range of 10 numbers of the internal electrode layers that are next to each other and are connected to a same external electrode of the first external electrode and the second external electrode is 1 or less.
US11557431B2
Provided is a motor capable of having an improved output while keeping the mechanical strength of the stator core. A motor includes: a stator including a stator core including an annular yoke having an outer part and an inner part and teeth extending inwardly from the inner part of the yoke, and a coil wound around the teeth; and a rotor rotatably disposed inside of the stator. The stator core includes the lamination of sheet members made of a soft magnetic material. Each sheet member has a binding part to bind the sheet members in the lamination at a first part corresponding to the outer part of the yoke. At least the binding part of the first part is made of an amorphous soft magnetic material. The sheet member has a second part other than the first part, and the second part is made of a nanocrystal soft magnetic material.
US11557430B2
A system includes a current transformer including: a primary coil, and a secondary coil including at least two taps; a tap selection circuit; a current measurement apparatus configured to produce an indication of an amount of current flowing in the secondary coil; a power supply electrically connected to a first one of the taps, the power supply configured to receive electrical power from the first one of the taps; and a controller coupled to the power supply and the current measurement apparatus, the controller configured to receive electrical power from the power supply and to control the tap selection circuit based on the indication of an amount of current in the secondary coil.
US11557429B2
A multilayer coil component includes an inner conductor, a component element assembly including the inner conductor, and outer conductors disposed at respective end portions of the component element assembly. The component element assembly has a first region in which the primary component is composed of a magnetic material and which may contain a nonmagnetic material and second regions which are disposed at respective end portions of the first region and which contain at least a nonmagnetic material. Each second region is disposed having a greater volume content of the nonmagnetic material than the first region such that, for example, the difference in the volume content results about 25% by volume or more. The coil portion of the inner conductor is embedded in the first region, and the length of the second region is greater than or equal to the length of the side-surface folded portion of the outer conductor.
