US11648471B2
Provided are a program, a control method, and an information processing apparatus which may provide an improved user interface on which a user may easily and efficiently execute various processes on a game content. The information processing apparatus may be caused to execute a game content specifying step of specifying a selected game content on the basis of first input operation data from an operation unit, a step of retrieving information from a storage unit, a step of specifying a direction from a start point to an end point of a second input operation on the basis of second input operation data from an operation unit, and an execution step of executing one process associated with the direction from the start point to the end point of the second input operation in the information from the storage unit on the selected game content.
US11648463B2
A game controller includes an assembled shell and at least one control member which passes through the assembled shell and includes, outside the assembled shell, a head for manipulating the control member. The head is pivotable in all directions from a rest position into which it returns in a rotationally elastic manner. The game controller further includes at least one adjusting element for adjusting the stop angle (α) of the control member and is able to be removably mounted on the control member and removed from the control member without disassembling the shell of the game controller. The control member is provided with the removable adjusting element tiltable in each tilt direction until it reaches a stop position in which the adjusting element abuts and allows the tilting of the control member to be blocked.
US11648462B2
A non-transitory computer-readable medium including a video game processing program for causing a server to perform functions to control progress of a video game is provided. The functions include: a first specifying function configured to specify at least a part of a virtual space as a first target virtual space; a registering function configured to register the object and the user in a storage unit so as to be associated with each other; a second specifying function configured to specify a second target virtual space as the virtual space in a case where the object associated with the user is selected; and a generating function configured to generate an event corresponding to the object in a case where the object positioned within an area of the first or second target virtual space respectively specified by the first or second specifying function is selected by the user.
US11648456B2
A front unit for a touring binding, comprising: two lateral bearing portions arranged on a ski transverse axis, wherein, when the front unit is in a closed position, the two lateral bearing portions are configured to engage lateral counter bearing portions of a ski boot to hold the ski boot on the front unit so that the ski boot can pivot about the ski transverse axis; and a longitudinal positioning portion on which the ski boot can be supported, wherein the counter bearing portions are positioned for engagement relative to the bearing portions, the front unit being shiftable between an open position and the closed position, wherein the bearing portions and the counter bearing portions are disengaged in the open position and engaged in the closed position, wherein the longitudinal positioning portion, relative to the bearing portions, is secured in the open position and movable in the closed position.
US11648454B2
A mouth guard designed to minimize discomfort and speech interference associated with conventional mouthpieces is disclosed. The mouth guard has a substantially uniform thickness on the facial/buccal and biting surfaces of the anterior and posterior teeth, and along the lingual surface of the posterior teeth. The thickness of the mouth guard along the lingual surface of the anterior teeth is greater near the biting surface than near the gum line. This minimizes interference with the wearer's tongue, making it relatively easy to drink, speak, and breathe, while protecting the anterior and posterior teeth from impact from the front or underneath. The mouth guard can be a boil-and-bite or custom-made mouth guard, and can also include an impact shield, one or more power wedges or shock absorbers, a flavoring component, and/or an antibacterial component.
US11648445B2
Embodiments of golf club heads with energy storage characteristics are presented herein. In some embodiments, a golf club head comprises a hollow body comprising a strikeface, a heel region, a toe region opposite the heel region, a sole, a top rail and an inflection point. The inflection point provides increase bending of the strikeface thereby providing performance enhancement over clubs without an inflection point.
US11648444B2
A fitness device is provided, the fitness device comprising: an elastomeric member having an interior cavity, the elastomeric member comprising a cylindrical portion extending between a first hemispherical endcap and a second hemispherical endcap, wherein a surface of the elastomeric member defines an aperture positioned between the interior cavity and an exterior of the elastomeric member; and a structured surface positioned on the surface of the elastomeric member over the aperture, the structured surface extending into the interior cavity of the elastomeric member.
US11648443B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for custom fitting golf clubs to golfers using analysis of golf swing mechanics and data obtained from the golfer being fitted in addition to extrinsic data correlations.
US11648441B2
A folding exercise bike has handlebar telescoping members configured to support handlebars, seat telescoping members configured to support a seat, a lower frame member from which the seat telescoping members and the handlebar telescoping members extend, pedals having an attachment point above the lower frame member, a first pair of legs attached to one end of the lower frame member and a second pair of legs attached to another end of the lower frame member. Each leg of the first pair of legs extending at an oblique angle from the lower frame member in a deployed position configured to support the folding exercise bike on a surface and each leg of the second pair of legs extending from lower frame member at an oblique angle in the deployed position.
US11648431B2
A fire suppression system has a plurality of tank units (40, 42, 44, 46) each having: a tank body having a first port and an interior for storing at least one of fire suppressant and driver gas; a discharge assembly mounted to the first port and comprising: a discharge valve (50, 52); and a first monitoring switch or sensor (230; 240). A first monitoring unit (100) is coupled to the first monitoring switch or sensor of each said tank unit and configured to communicate with a remote monitoring location. For each of the tank units there is: a second monitoring switch or sensor (260, 280, 290); and a second monitoring unit (340) coupled to said second monitoring switch or sensor and configured to communicate with the remote monitoring location.
US11648429B2
A fire extinguishing system for a tire of a vehicle is capable of effectively responding to a fire in all tire areas of the vehicle, and of spraying fire extinguishing agent selectively only for the tire having the fire, thereby performing effective fire extinguishing. The fire extinguishing system includes: a fire detection sensor configured to detect the fire in the tire of the vehicle; a fire control unit configured to receive a signal output from the fire detection sensor and to output a control signal for spraying fire extinguishing agent when the fire control unit determines a fire occurrence; and a plurality of fire extinguishing agent sprayers configured to spray the fire extinguishing agent toward the tire having the fire according to the control signal output by the fire control unit, in a state of being filled with the fire extinguishing agent therein.
US11648422B2
The present disclosure provides a system comprising a SPECT or PET device; a CT device; and a computer comprising memory and a processor in communication with the memory, the memory comprising a computer application program for a method of performing dosimetric analysis of an organ. The computer application program is executable by the processor to perform the method. The method comprising receiving single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) or positron emission tomography (PET) images at time instances, the SPECT or PET images relating to the organ. The method then receives a computed tomography (CT) image at one of the time instances, the CT image relating to the organ. Virtual CT images are then generated at the other time instances based on the received SPECT or PET images and the CT image. An absorbed dose of ionising radiation on the organ can then be measured based on the received SPECT or PET images, the received CT image, and the generated virtual CT images. The method generates the virtual CT images using any one of: SPECT to SPECT (or PET to PET) registration, CT to SPECT (PET) registration, and SPECT (PET) to CT registration.
US11648421B2
An example computer-implemented method for tuning a beam spot in a radiation therapy system based on radiation field measurements has been disclosed. The example method includes configuring an electron beam to generate a first beam spot on an electron-beam target of the radiation therapy system, determining a value for one or more radiation field quality metrics for a first radiation beam that originates from the first beam spot, and based on the value, determining whether the first radiation beam is outside a specified quality range.
US11648416B2
An optically stimulating module to be integrated into a probe is implantable into a living being with a view to locally illuminating a region of said living being. The module includes a casing, and a hermetic electronic unit housed in the casing. The hermetic electronic unit includes two luminous diodes connected back-to-back, and at least two electrical contacts for connecting the module to an electrical power source.
US11648412B2
A system and method for conservation of battery power in a portable medical device is provided. In one example, a processor arrangement includes a dual core processor having an ARM core and a DSP core. The portable medical device includes a monitor having the dual core processor, in communication with a belt node processor. The DSP core receives physiological data from the physiological sensor and sends the physiological data to the ARM core. The ARM core analyzes the physiological data to determine if a treatment sequence is necessary. The DSP core receives physiological data from the at least one physiological sensor and sends the physiological data to the ARM core, and also analyzes the physiological data to determine proper timing of the treatment sequence by the at least one therapy delivery device to synchronize at least one pulse of the treatment sequence with the physiological data.
US11648405B2
Practitioners who use sacral neuromodulation on a regular basis have sought ways to simplify the procedure and performing percutaneous nerve evaluations in the office setting have become increasingly more popular. However, many practitioners are limited by the lack of availability of fluoroscopy in the office setting and do not feel comfortable executing the procedure without it, for a variety of reasons. The disclosed system and method demonstrate an avenue to circumvent the lack of fluoroscopic guidance in the office setting enabling execution of percutaneous nerve evaluations successfully and efficiently.
US11648404B2
A system and method for designating between types of activation by a pulse generator configured to deliver a left ventricular (LV) pacing pulse at an LV pacing site as part of a cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) are provided. The system includes a sensing channel configured to collect cardiac activity (CA) signals along at least one sensing vector extending through a septal wall between the LV and right ventricle (RV). The CA signals are indicative of one or more beats and include a pre-LV pacing segment indicative of cardiac activity preceding the LV pacing pulse and a post-LV pacing segment indicative of cardiac activity following the LV pacing pulse. The system includes memory to store program instructions. One or more processors are configured to implement the program instructions to analyze the pre-LV pacing segment to identify a first myocardium activation (MA) characteristic of interest (COI). The system analyzes the post-LV pacing segment to a second MA COI, compares the first and second MA COI to first and second MA criteria, respectively, designates the CA signals to be indicative of one of a fusion beat, a capture beat or a pseudofusion beat based on the comparison of the first and second MA COI to first and second MA criteria and store a result of the designation.
US11648394B2
The present disclosure generally provides methods of implanting an implantable device in contact with a brain of a subject. Also provided are kits and systems for the implantation of one or more implantable devices.
US11648392B2
Apparatus and methods are described including a catheter, and first and second impellers configured to be inserted into a subject's body via the catheter, the first and second impellers being disposed in series with each other. A motor is configured to generate rotational motion. A rotation shaft extends from the motor to the first impeller and imparts the rotational motion from the motor to the first impeller. A gear mechanism disposed between the first and second impeller is configured to effect a change in rotational motion that is imparted from the first impeller to the second impeller, such that the second impeller rotates in a different manner from the first impeller. Other applications are also described.
US11648386B2
Materials and methods related to blood pump systems are described. These can be used in patients to, for example, monitor arterial pressure, measure blood flow, maintain left ventricular pressure within a particular range, avoid left ventricular collapse, prevent fusion of the aortic valve in a subject having a blood pump, and provide a means to wean a patient from a blood pump.
US11648384B1
An infusion device for the passage of fluids to or from a patient via a syringe. The infusion device includes a valve assembly and a coupling apparatus. The coupling apparatus comprises a coupler, a first gland, a cannula, a second gland, and an inlet. The coupling apparatus defines a central lumen for the passage of fluids in an open configuration. The inlet may be coupled to a syringe.
US11648364B2
A patient interface including a seal-forming structure with a textile membrane that has at least one hole such that the flow of air at a therapeutic pressure is delivered to at least an entrance to the patients nares and/or an entrance to the patients mouth. The seal-forming structure is constructed and arranged to maintain the therapeutic pressure in a cavity of a plenum chamber throughout the patients respiratory cycle, in use. The textile membrane includes a first portion that is held in a relaxed state and a second portion that is held in a taut state. The taut state of the second portion is configured to allow the seal-forming structure to include a three-dimensional shape that has multiple curvatures.
US11648355B2
An automatic drug delivery device is described, comprising: a housing (1); a skin sensor element (15) coupled to the housing and movable relative to the housing, wherein the skin sensor element is biased into a front position relative to the housing and is movable to a rear position relative to the housing when the skin sensor element is pressed against an injection site; a needle assembly comprising a hypodermic needle (11), the hypodermic needle extending outside of the housing when the device is in a needle insertion configuration; a drug delivery mechanism comprising a stored energy source (4), within the housing; wherein the drug delivery mechanism is released when the skin sensor element is moved from the front position towards the rear position and wherein the stored energy source is arranged to expand along an axis that is offset from an axis of travel of the needle assembly in use; a needle retraction mechanism configured to withdraw the hypodermic needle into the housing when the needle retraction mechanism is released; wherein the needle retraction mechanism is coupled to the skin sensor element such that when the skin sensor element is moved from the rear position towards the front position, and the needle is in the needle insertion position, the needle retraction mechanism is released.
US11648349B2
An injection device including: a body including a syringe locator for receiving a syringe; and a firing mechanism including a rear cap, a plunger configured to be axially displaced in a forward direction relative to the rear cap and a driver system for driving the plunger forwards upon activation of the injection device, the firing mechanism configured to be directly or indirectly connected to the body such that an axial spacing of the rear cap and a barrel of the syringe is fixed during operation of the injection device, wherein, the firing mechanism and/or the body include first and second connection features allowing adjustment of a relative axial position of the firing mechanism and the syringe locator during assembly of the injection device.
US11648341B2
Embodiments of the invention pertain to cartridges, systems and methods for performing hemodialysis and related extracorporeal blood treatment modalities and therapies, in which blood flows in the inter fiber space and dialysate flows in the lumens of hollow fibers. Appropriate connectors and fitting orientations may be provided. There may be provided orbital distributors, fanning of fibers, and features to promote uniformity of fiber spacing in the fiber bundle. Orbital distributors may contain contoured surfaces, flow redirectors, non-uniform-conductance flow elements, through-wall distributors, and other features. There may be subdivision of the fiber bundle into two groups of fibers with separate control fluid to each group. Appropriate systems may be provided for various therapies. Flow past the fibers may be parallel, transverse or other configuration. These various features may enable long-term application to all dialysis and ultrafiltration related therapies, and also to other therapies and to applications including implantables, portables and wearables.
US11648339B1
Zen Roller is manufactured to our exact specifications so the Himalayan salt barrel does not break during machining or use. The other two pieces (a surgical steel clasp, and a handle) are designed to hold the barrel while allowing for rotation—and for easy removal and/or replacement. In addition, the outer surface of the Himalayan salt barrel is highly polished to our exact specifications so it is non-abrasive to the skin.
US11648335B2
Methods for decellularizing organs and tissues in vitro and in vivo are provided, as are methods of maintaining organ and tissue frameworks and methods of recellularizing organs and tissues, thereby providing an approach to needed organs or tissues.
US11648333B2
A medical dressing is disclosed, the medical dressing has an adhesive layer having a skin-facing surface to adhere the medical dressing to a dermal surface, wherein said adhesive layer comprises a first chemical compound incorporated within said adhesive layer, and wherein at least a portion of said skin-facing surface has a coating comprising a second chemical compound. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing such a medical dressing.
US11648323B2
A composition for use in diagnostic and therapeutic applications includes a heteromultivalent nanoparticle or microparticle having an outer surface and a plurality of targeting moieties conjugated to the surface of the nanoparticle or microparticle, the targeting moieties includes a first activated platelet targeting moiety and a second activated platelet targeting moiety.
US11648318B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to antibodies that bind to transferrin receptor (e.g., transferrin receptor 1) and complexes comprising the antibody covalently linked to a molecular payload. Methods of using the antibodies are also provided.
US11648315B2
The invention relates generally to a silvestrol molecule activated with a leaving group. The invention further relates generally to an antibody-drug conjugate comprising an antibody conjugated by a linker to one or more silvestrol drug moieties and methods of treatment.
US11648285B2
Methods and compositions for providing a health benefit to an animal using a nutrient blend. In one embodiment, the method can comprise orally administering a composition comprising at least four of the nutrients selected from the group of walnut, maitake mushroom extract, EGCG, turmeric root powder, lycopene, taurine, EPA, and DHA to the animal.
US11648275B2
Compositions and methods are provided for classification and treatment of MYC-driven cancers, i.e. causally dependent on MYC as a result of, over-expression of MYC, constitutive expression of MYC, chromosomal translocation resulting in overactive MYC, and the like. Specifically, the methods comprising determining the MYC status of the cancer, and in a cancer that is determined to be driven by MYC activation, administering a composition of an effective dose of one or both of activated natural killer (NK) cells and a type 1 interferon.
US11648265B2
The present disclosure provides compositions of immune cells presenting a target molecule or a fragment thereof and provides compositions and methods of producing immune cell therapies with targeted activity against cancer. Methods for conditioning a subject receiving the immune cell therapy of the disclosure are additionally disclosed. The immune cell therapies of the present disclosure can be administered to a subject in need thereof for diseases such as cancer.
US11648256B2
Topical pharmaceutical compositions comprise a combination of a corticosteroid a retinoid; and methods for treating psoriasis with same.
US11648254B2
The present disclosure provides compounds represented by Formula (I-1): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and methods of using the same. The compounds and methods have a range of utilities as therapeutics, diagnostics, and research tools. In particular, the subject compositions and methods are useful for reducing signaling output of oncogenic proteins.
US11648247B1
The present invention is directed to compositions for and methods for the treatment of presbyopia comprising from about 0.3% to about 2.0% w/v aceclidine and from about 0.07% to about 0.15% w/v brimonidine.
US11648237B2
Provided, inter alia, are methods for treating an epilepsy disorder using a 5HT receptor agonist, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US11648209B2
The present disclosure provides compositions which shown preferential targeting or delivery of a nucleic acid composition to a particular organ. In some embodiments, the composition comprises a steroid or sterol, an ionizable cationic lipid, a phospholipid, a PEG lipid, and a permanently cationic lipid which may be used to deliver a nucleic acid.
US11648206B2
Pharmaceutical compositions of colchicine for once-a-day oral administration are provided. The formulations comprise a sustained-release component and an optional immediate-release component, the compositions of which can be selectively adjusted, respectively, to release the active ingredient along a pre-determined or desired release profile. Methods of treating or preventing cardiovascular disease and/or inflammatory disease in mammalian subjects comprising the administration of the novel formulations disclosed herein are also provided.
US11648205B1
A buccal tablet formulation has a polyvinylpyrrolidone K-90 as a solid dispersion polymer, a hydroxypropyl methylcellulose as a mucoadhesive polymer, a sodium deoxycholate as mucopenetration enhancer, a porous silicon dioxide (e.g., FujiSil), mannitol, and avanafil. The ratio of PVP K-90 to AVA is approximately 2:1 (e.g., 2.3:1 to 1.7:1) in the tablet. Methods of making the buccal tablet with enhanced bioavailability and prolonged duration and methods of using the formulation for the treatment of erectile dysfunction are also provided.
US11648202B2
Water-dispersible pharmaceutical compositions of hydroxychloroquine sulfate in powder or granule form are provided that allow for ease of preparation of measured-dose, liquid suspensions that are palatable and suitable for pediatric administration. The compositions in granular or powder form are efficiently dissolvable in water and can be provided encapsulated within a two-piece releasable hard capsule or a packet or pouch for easy release. An ion-pairing agent is present in the formulation of the composition that masks the bitter taste of the hydroxychloroquine sulfate, significantly reducing the need for addition of a sweetening agent. Methods are provided for preparing the water-dispersible pharmaceutical compositions of hydroxychloroquine sulfate and for preparing palatable weight-based pediatric doses.
US11648198B2
An oral gastro-retentive delivery device is provided which unfolds rapidly upon contact with gastric juice. The device is configured in a collapsed configuration for oral intake and unfolding for gastric retention for a predetermined period of time and eventually reducing in size for passage through the rest of the GI track.
US11648197B2
Dissolvable unit dose film constructs are made by providing a muco-adhesive composition including a muco-adhesive polymer matrix in which the muco-adhesive polymer matrix has a water-soluble polymer, water-dispersible polymer, water-swellable polymer, or combinations thereof and a liquid carrier. The method further includes drying the muco-adhesive composition to remove at least a portion of the liquid carrier, forming a muco-adhesive film substrate, forming a composition for an active layer, the composition including a polymer matrix in which the polymer matrix for the active layer composition includes a water-soluble polymer, water-dispersible polymer, water-swellable polymer, or combinations thereof, an active ingredient and a liquid carrier. The method further includes depositing the composition for the active layer onto the muco-adhesive substrate as a plurality of individual volumes and removing the liquid carrier from the plurality of deposited individual volumes to form a plurality of dissolvable film active layers on the muco-adhesive substrate.
US11648191B2
A method of colouring an eyebrow, the method comprising: (i) contacting the eyebrow with a colouring composition comprising: (a) a dye compound; (b) an organic acid; and (c) an aromatic compound.
US11648187B2
A method for applying a cosmetic composition to skin is disclosed. The method can include applying a first composition to skin that includes at least about 50% by weight of a volatile hydrocarbon, a film former, a solvent comprising an ester group, and a combination of ultraviolet A (UVA) and ultraviolet B (UVB) sunscreen agents, wherein the UVA sunscreen agent comprises 4-tert-butyl-4′-methoxydibenzoylmethane, wherein the first composition has an SPF of at least about 15 and a PFA of at least about 5, and wherein the first composition dries within two minutes after topical application to skin, and subsequently applying the cosmetic composition onto the first composition.
US11648170B1
Provided are mechanisms and processes for a brake system for an assistive mobility device. Systems include a frame configured to provide support for a user, a plurality of wheels coupled to the frame and configured to enable motion of the frame, a plurality of brakes coupled to the plurality of wheels and configured to provide resistance to a rotation of the plurality of wheels when engaged. Systems also include a first handle coupled to the frame and configured to be grasped by the user. The first handle includes a first rotatable grip and a first rotational torque generator coupled to the plurality of brakes. Systems also include a second handle coupled to the frame and configured to be grasped by the user. The second handle includes a second rotatable grip a second rotational torque generator coupled to the plurality of brakes.
US11648164B2
The present invention relates to an adaptive hyperbaric oxygen chamber designed to function as a medical apparatus in order to treat a subject suffering from any FDA approved medical condition. The hyperbaric oxygen chamber is designed and constructed in such a way that only one subject can be allowed to sit in an upright seated position, unless the pediatric seat is occupied by a pediatric patient and the adult is seated in the standard seat to accompany the pediatric patient. The upright patient seat when treating a pediatric patient is in the extended position while the occupant enters and exits the mono medical hyperbaric oxygen chamber and the seat is returned to the fixed position inside the hyperbaric oxygen chamber while the overhead door is closed, the seat being operated by an extension device. The hyperbaric oxygen chamber is made, using additive manufacturing technology. The hyperbaric oxygen chamber provides two hundred to five hundred liters of one hundred percent oxygen per minute to the pressure vessel. A nitrogen scrubber is connected to a discharge air duct of this hyperbaric oxygen chamber that converts the oxygen being expelled through the air duct to one hundred percent nitrogen.
US11648159B2
An absorbent article includes a first waist region, a second waist region, and a crotch region disposed between the first and second waist regions; and a chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet and an absorbent core. The article also includes a waist feature joined to the chassis a waist region and having a portion extending longitudinally outboard of the chassis in said waist region. The backsheet has a barrier layer having a maximum length, LBS. The absorbent core has absorbent material and a maximum length, LCW, and wherein LCW is substantially the same as LBS. The absorbent material is disposed in an absorbent material deposition area. The absorbent material deposition area has a maximum length, LAB, wherein LAB is about 90% or greater of LBS. The first absorbent area lateral edge is disposed a longitudinal distance, D1, from the first barrier lateral edge, wherein D1 is 5% or less of LBS.
US11648158B2
An absorbent article for wearing about the lower torso of a wearer includes a first waist region having a first waist edge, a second waist region having a second waist edge, and a crotch region disposed between the first and second waist regions. The article further includes a chassis having a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and backsheet. A waist gasketing element is joined to the chassis and disposed in one of the first waist region or the second waist region. The waist gasketing element has a top layer and a bottom layer, and first area, A1. The top layer is bonded to the bottom layer in a closure bond region by a closure bonding technique. The closure bond region has an aggregate closure bond area, BA, which is at least about 10% of the first area, A1.
US11648157B2
An absorbent article including an absorbent main body including an absorbent body. The absorbent main body having a longitudinal direction conforming to a vertical direction; and waist-circumference sections in a pair respectively located on one end side and another end side in the longitudinal direction of the absorbent main body. The waist-circumference sections each including an elastic memberstretchable in a lateral direction. The absorbent main body including a pair of extension sections respectively extending outward on two sides of the absorbent body. The extension sections each having an elastic member stretchable in the vertical direction. The extension sections are formed extending laterally outward from a position on a non-skin side of the absorbent body using a continuous sheet that is continuous in the lateral direction. A welded region having a predetermined length in the lateral direction is in a portion where each of the extension sections forms a leg opening.
US11648151B2
A welding helmet includes at least one helmet shell, fixing elements, a glare shield device and at least one protective screen spaced therefrom, and at least one display device for presenting data in the field of view of a welder, the at least one display device being arranged in the edge region of the field of view in the intermediate space between the glare shield device and the protective screen. The glare shield device has at least one cut-out in the area of the at least one display device. Because there is no glare shield device in the region of the display device, the view of the display device is not impeded by the glare shield device.
US11648150B2
An apparatus for aiding the removal of cataracts in which an optical fiber delivers sufficient optical energy of the correct wavelength, pulse duration to achieve controlled non-thermal and non-acoustic dissolution of hard cataract tissue.
US11648141B2
A delivery device (1) for an endoprosthesis (2). The endoprosthesis (2) is preferably an endoprosthesis for treating an aneurysm. The delivery device (1) comprises an outer sheath (3) and an inner tube (4). The inner tube (4) is arranged within the outer sheath (3) and at least one restraining tube (5, 30). The restraining tube (5, 30) is for holding the endoprosthesis (2) in a compressed configuration. The restraining tube (5, 30) is arranged between the outer sheath (3) and the inner tube (4). The outer sheath (3), the inner tube (4) and at least one restraining tube (5, 30) are coaxial. The restraining tube (5, 30) includes at least one axial elongation (6) extending from a distal end portion of the restraining tube. The at least one axial elongation (6) is adapted to be laced through portions of the endoprosthesis (2).
US11648140B2
A stent delivery system includes a core member and a coupling assembly rotatably coupled to the core member distal segment. The coupling assembly includes first and second plates and first and second spacers. The first plate is rotatably coupled to the core member and includes an outer surface having three or more projections separated by recesses. The first spacer is coupled to the core member and disposed between the first plate and a proximal restraint. The second plate is rotatably coupled to the core member and includes an outer surface having three or more projections separated by recesses. The second spacer is coupled to the core member and disposed between the first plate and the second plate. A stent extends along the core member distal segment such that an inner surface of the stent is engaged by one or more projections of the first plate or the second plate.
US11648137B2
This invention provides a stent graft transport device that can perform not only automatic rotational angle adjustment by means of self-alignment, but also smooth and easy transportation. The stent graft transport device transports a stent graft to a lesion part along a guide wire that is inserted into the inside of a blood vessel beforehand. The stent graft transport device includes a posture control member that is provided with a through bore through which the guide wire slidably passes in a curved state in one direction. The stent graft transport device is also characterized in that the posture control member is shorter than the stent graft and is mounted on a distal end part of the stent graft.
US11648136B2
This invention provides for a radially expandable stent having superior strength and reduced foreshortening properties. The stents have a mixed configuration of straight and arcuate connector segments that serve to join annular segments that make up the body of the stent. Surprisingly the described mixed configuration provides superior resistance to flip deformation while maintaining desired flexibility.
US11648135B2
An implantable medical device may comprise an elongated tubular body having a scaffolding forming a plurality of cells. A polymeric covering may be disposed over at least a portion of the stent. The covering may include a plurality of voids formed in an outer surface thereof. An extracellular matrix material coating may be disposed over the polymeric covering and within the plurality of voids.
US11648123B1
An interbody spacer for spinal fusion surgery includes first and second opposite side walls that have open-cell metal foam at upper and lower faces, and a three-dimensional lattice disposed between open-cell metal foam at the upper and lower faces. The open-cell metal foam is in communication with the three-dimensional lattice so that bone growth can enter the three-dimensional lattice from the open-cell metal foam. The interbody spacer may be formed by additive manufacturing.
US11648115B2
A system for delivering medical implants has an expandable introducer sheath which can locally expand and lengthen to accommodate passage of a delivery catheter and implant, such as a prosthetic heart valve secured to a balloon catheter. The expandable sheath may be configured so that the local expansion is proportional to the local surface lengthening.
US11648114B2
A heart valve delivery system may include a handle, a shaft having a proximal end fixedly connected to the handle and extending distally along an axis away from the handle to a free end, and a tube surrounding the shaft. The tube may have a proximal end connected to the handle and extend distally along the axis away from the handle to a distal end. The tube may be axially movable relative to the shaft and the handle between a fully extended position at which the tube extends distally farther than the shaft, and a fully retracted position at which the shaft extends distally farther than the tube. The system may include an inserter for guiding insertion of the tube. In addition or in alternative to the inserter, the system may include a funnel for loading the prosthetic valve into the tube.
US11648106B2
This disclosure features artificial tympanic membrane graft devices and two-component bilayer graft devices that include a scaffold having a plurality of ribs made of a first material and a plurality of spaces between the ribs filled or made with the first material, a different, second material, a combination of the first and a second materials, or a combination of a second material and one or more other different materials. The bilayer graft devices have two components or layers. One component, e.g., the underlay graft device, can include a projection, and the second component, e.g., the overlay graft device, can include an opening that corresponds to the projection (or vice versa) so that the opening and the projection can secure the two layers together in a “lock and key” manner. This disclosure also features methods of making, using, and implanting the three-dimensional artificial tympanic membrane and bilayer graft devices.
US11648104B2
A breast implant includes a flexible shell having an anterior face including an outer surface and an inner surface, and a marker attached to the inner surface of the anterior face of the shell. The marker includes a first layer of material having a radiopaque surface with readable characters for identifying a characteristic of the breast implant while in vivo, and a second layer of non-radiopaque material laminated onto the radiopaque surface. The readable characters defined by an outline formed from an absence of at least a portion of material of the radiopaque surface. The first layer of material with the readable characters is interposed between the inner surface of the anterior face of the shell and the second layer, and the readable characters are viewable in vivo using conventional imaging techniques.
US11648100B2
A system for managing female incontinence includes a body of biocompatible material configured to fit between the labia minora and the vestibule floor, the body having a surface configured to occlude the urethral meatus, a first adhesive layer disposed on at least a first portion of the surface and configured to provide a sealing engagement between the body and the urethral meatus, and a second adhesive layer disposed over the first adhesive layer and configured to provide a sealing engagement between the body and the urethral meatus, wherein the second adhesive layer is removable from the first adhesive layer.
US11648098B2
A portable oral irrigator includes a nozzle, a handle, an outer water container and an inner water container. The nozzle is at an upper end of the portable oral irrigator. The handle is below the nozzle. The outer water container is below the handle. The inner water container is below the outer water container. A sealing ring is at a bottom of the inner water container for sealing the inner water container. An annular silicone sealing member is at a joining portion of the outer water container and the inner water container. A gasket is between the outer water container and the handle. An air passable silicone seal is on the gasket. With provision of the air passable silicone seal, a raised bottom of the air passable silicone seal contracts to close its cross-shaped opening due to water pressure in the outer water container, thereby preventing leakage.
US11648093B2
A device for mandibular advancement, including a tube and a telescopic rod associated with the tube, in which the tube and the telescopic rod can be associated to the teeth of the upper and lower arches, in which the telescopic rod includes a threaded pin which engages a female thread of a hollow element slidably positioned in said tube, and the hollow element includes a maneuvering portion external to the tube; the device includes a friction element, arranged between the inner walls of the maneuvering portion and the thread of the pin and having an outer surface which is complementary to the inner walls of said maneuvering portion and a threaded internal cavity which copies the thread of the pin.
US11648092B2
Provided is an exchangeable or replaceable maxillary skeletal expander. The exchangeable maxillary skeletal expander including: a pair of guides configured to be fixed by micro implants implanted into maxilla; and an expansion part including: a pair of main bodies configured to be inserted and extended while sliding between the pair of guides; and an expansion screw configured to penetrate the pair of main bodies and adjust an interval between the pair of main bodies.
US11648089B2
Orthodontic appliances and systems are provided. In some embodiments, an orthodontic appliance for repositioning a patient's teeth includes a first shell section shaped to receive a first portion of the patient's teeth and a first discontinuity formed on the first shell section, and a second shell section shaped to receive a second portion of the patient's teeth and a second discontinuity formed on the second shell section. The orthodontic appliance can also include a first elastic member coupled to the first shell section, such that the first elastic member interacts with the first discontinuity to exert a first force on the first portion of the patient's teeth. The orthodontic appliance can also include a second elastic member coupled to the second shell section, such that the second elastic member interacts with the second discontinuity to exert a second force on the second portion of the patient's teeth.
US11648065B2
A system controller can predict, when a first operation is performed on one device of a plurality of devices including a medical instrument, a subsequent operation that is the operation that occurs most frequently after the first operation based on an operation history information table in which past operation information is recorded for each procedure performed on the plurality of devices. This information can be displayed on an operation screen of an operation panel apparatus.
US11648061B2
A method for assisting in the performance of a surgical procedure on a patient is disclosed. The method includes receiving an intra-operative CT scan image, generating a three-dimensional isotropic scaffold based on the intra-operative CT scan image, fusing one or more images with the three-dimensional isotropic scaffold to form a three-dimensional model of a portion of the body of the patient, receiving information regarding the surgical procedure, determining obstacles in the path of the surgical procedure, and determining possible trajectories for the surgical procedure. The received information includes information regarding a surgical target to be operated upon, a region of access on the skin of the patient, and a surgical instrument to be used during the surgical procedure.
US11648060B2
A surgical system for use with a surgical instrument in a surgical procedure performed on an anatomical organ is disclosed. The surgical system comprises at least one imaging device and a control circuit configured to identify anatomical structures relevant to the surgical procedure from visualization data from the at least one imaging device, propose a surgical resection path for removing a portion of the anatomical organ by the surgical instrument, and present parameters of the surgical instrument in accordance with the surgical resection path. The surgical resection path is determined based on the anatomical structures.
US11648054B2
Electrical instrument for applying radiofrequency and/or microwave frequency energy to tissue, comprising: a distal part comprising an instrument tip for applying radiofrequency and/or microwave frequency energy to tissue, the instrument tip comprising first and second conductive elements; a coaxial feed cable comprising an inner conductor, a tubular outer conductor coaxial with the inner conductor, and dielectric material separating the inner and outer conductors, the coaxial feed cable being for conveying radiofrequency and/or microwave frequency energy to the distal part; wherein: the inner conductor is electrically connected to the first conductive element and the outer conductor is electrically connected to the second conductive element through a rotatable connection between the distal part and the coaxial feed cable that allows rotation of the distal part relative to the coaxial feed cable; and the instrument comprises an actuator for rotating the distal part in a first rotational direction relative to the feed cable.
US11648051B2
A surgical instrument includes a jaw tool with two branches that can be closed for grasping tissue. In order to transmit the closing force to at least one branch, the branch is coupled with a preferably manually actuatable pull/push element, and, for coupling, an actuating pin that supports a sleeve interacts via the sleeve with a coupling track, in which case the sleeve rolls off the coupling track. In this manner, any deformation, abrasion or burr formation on the coupling track is prevented to such an extent that, even after numerous closing movements of the branches, the branches can still be actuated unimpaired by any wear of the coupling track and the actuating pin, respectively.
US11648039B2
A tool set for implanting bone screws in a human spine, followed by the implantation of a rod into the bone screws includes end guide tools having flexible back wall flaps that receive opposite ends of the rod and intermediate guide tools that hold the rod in intermediate locations between the end guide tools. Both the end and intermediate guide tools include an attachment structure for operably connecting the guide tool to a bone screw. The attachment structure includes an undercut and/or recess so as to resist splaying and separation of the guide tool from an attached bone screw.
US11648034B2
A device, an instrument and a belt for tying the cervix are provided. The device includes the belt and the instrument. The belt is used to tie the cervix. The instrument includes a first outer pipe, a second outer pipe and two fork structures. The first outer pipe and the second outer pipe are rotatable to each other. The two fork structures are connected individually to corresponding axial ends of the first outer pipe and the second outer pipe, respectively, and insert into the belt detachably.
US11648030B2
The present disclosure relates to an ostomy method and an implantation method. The ostomy method includes steps of making an incision in the chest to expose the heart, puncturing the left ventricle with a puncture needle, thrusting the puncture needle into the ventricular septum and then into the right ventricle to form a puncture site on the ventricular septum, and dilating the puncture site of the ventricular septum with a dilator to form an opening. The method of the present disclosure can reduce the death rate.
US11648023B2
A surgical instrument for use with a robotic surgical system includes a knife blade configured to cut tissue and a knife tube coupled to the knife blade and configured to translate to move the knife blade for cutting tissue. The surgical instrument also includes a gearbox assembly coupleable to a robotic surgical system and configured to translate the knife tube to move the knife blade for cutting tissue and a knife blade lock operably coupled to the gearbox assembly. The knife blade lock is movable from a locked position wherein the knife blade lock prevents translation of the knife tube to an unlocked position in response to coupling of the gearbox assembly to the robotic surgical system wherein the knife tube is permitted to translate to move the knife blade for cutting tissue.
US11648012B2
There is provided with a method. A cardia and a pylorus of a stomach of a patient is blocked. The stomach is inflated. The stomach is secured within an abdominal cavity of the patient.
US11648005B2
A surgical tool configured for operation in connection with a robotic system. The surgical tool includes a shaft and an end effector extending distally from the shaft. The end effector comprises a first jaw member and a second jaw member movable relative to the first jaw member from a closed position to an open position in response to at least one axial motion. In addition, the surgical tool includes a motor configured to generate at least one rotational motion and a motion conversion assembly operably coupled to the motor and the second jaw member, wherein the motion conversion assembly is configured to convert the at least one rotational motion to the at least one axial motion.
US11648001B2
Devices and methods for affixing reinforcing material to a fascial incision in an abdominal wall to reinforce and augment closures thereof. The device includes first and second arms, each having a proximal end and a distal end extending away from a housing with a length therebetween. The distal end of the first arm is spaced from the distal end of the second arm such that the first and second arms are engageable with reinforcing material on opposing sides of a fascial incision. One or more fixation elements are deployable from the distal end of at least one of the first and second arms to affix the reinforcing material on opposing sides of the fascial incision.
US11647997B2
A surgical device for suturing a body lumen is described, as well as methods for suturing tissue employing the surgical device. The device can include a body having a shaft and a foot for insertion into an opening in the body lumen. The device can include tissue ports between the shaft and the foot configured to receive tissue surrounding the opening in the body lumen. The foot can include a suture secured to needle capture devices. The device can include needles that can be advanced through tissue and into the needle capture devices. The needle capture devices can then be withdrawn, thereby harvesting the suture, which can then be used to close the opening in the body lumen.
US11647995B2
A cassette for retrieving plural tissue samples from a fluid stream. The cassette includes a bypass conduit and plural voids. A catch tray is removably seated in each of the voids. A fitting extends from the cassette. The cassette has an outlet opening through which a suction is drawn. The cassette also has a valve. The valve directs the fluid stream from the fitting so the fluid stream flows through the bypass conduit or through one of the voids in which a catch tray is seated.
US11647992B2
Systems, methods and devices for providing combined ultrasound, electrocardiography, and auscultation data are provided. One such system includes an ultrasound sensor, an electrocardiogram (EKG) sensor, an auscultation sensor, and a computing device. The computing device includes memory and a processor, and the processor receives signals from the ultrasound sensor, the EKG sensor, and the auscultation sensor. Artificial intelligence techniques may be employed for automatically analyzing the data obtained from the ultrasound sensor, the EKG sensor, and the auscultation sensor and producing a clinically-relevant determination based on a combined analysis of the data.
US11647987B2
The invention proposes a method for generating ultrasonic panoramic image and an ultrasonic device. The invention first analyzes the degree of overlap area between two black-and-white images and determines the Doppler signal error of two corresponding color images once the overlap area is large enough. A plurality of black-and-white characteristic images and color characteristic images are then determined from the captured black-and-white images and color images and used for generating a black-and-white panoramic image and a color panoramic image respectively using an image stitching algorithm. The color panoramic image is then overlaid with the black-and-white panoramic image to form an output panoramic image.
US11647981B2
An ultrasound probe (104) includes a probe head (134). The probe head includes a transducer array (136) with a transducing surface (137), an instrument guide (142), and a light source (140). A method includes emitting a light beam, from a light source disposed on and adjacent to a transducer array of an ultrasound imaging probe, in a direction opposite of a transducing surface of the transducer array, at an inside wall of a cavity of a subject or object. A laparoscopic ultrasound imaging probe includes a shaft, a body, an articulating member that couples the probe head, and a handle coupled to the elongate shaft. The articulating probe head includes a transducer array that generates an ultrasound signal that traverses an image plane of the transducer array, an instrument guide, and a light source arranged to emit light in a direction opposite of the image plane.
US11647978B2
The present disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices to infer changes in pulmonary artery pressure in a subject using Doppler radar. A portable, non-invasive device for non-invasively measuring right ventricular cardiac motion that can be used in a subject's home can infer pulmonary artery pressure changes to increase patient compliance and mitigate the likelihood of heart decompensation. A mobile pulmonary artery pressure monitor can be especially useful to patients with congestive heart failure who are elderly, incapacitated, or do not have easy access to a clinic, doctor's office, or hospital.
US11647976B2
Versatile, multimode radiographic systems and methods utilize portable energy emitters and radiation-tracking detectors. The x-ray emitter may include a digital camera and, optionally, a thermal imaging camera to provide for fluoroscopic, digital, and infrared thermal imagery of a patient for the purpose of aiding diagnostic, surgical, and non-surgical interventions. The emitter may cooperative with an inventive x-ray capture stage that automatically pivots, orients and aligns itself with the emitter to maximize exposure quality and safety. The combined system uses less power, corrects for any skew or perspective in the emission, allows the subject to remain in place, and allows the surgeon's workflow to continue uninterrupted.
US11647965B2
A blood-pressure-related information display device includes a data acquisition unit, a risk value calculator, and a display processor. The data acquisition unit acquires blood pressure data including a systolic blood pressure and a diastolic blood pressure for the subject. The risk value calculator obtains a systolic risk value representing a risk corresponding to the acquired systolic blood pressure and a diastolic risk value representing a risk corresponding to the acquired diastolic blood pressure based on a predetermined blood pressure standard. The display processor performs processing of displaying a risk range from the systolic risk value to the diastolic risk value in a curved or straight elongated display region defining a one-dimensional risk coordinate in the display screen.
US11647960B2
A flexible neural electrode array is provided, comprising a layer of metal which is arranged on a first layer of polymeric material and which forms a number of contact pads. The first layer of polymeric material is flexible along a predefined direction, each contact pad of the number of contact pads having a sequence of cuts through the metal, each cut extending in a straight line across the predefined direction. Each cut has an inner end and an outer end, the inner end being within the contact pad, the outer end being at an edge of the contact pad, and each second cut of the sequence of cuts having its outer end at the same edge of the contact pad. A method is further provided for fabricating a flexible neural electrode array.
US11647954B2
A method is presented for predicting heat stroke of a subject. The method includes an earbud covered with a waterproof moisture permeable membrane allowing for moisture penetration, the earbud including an infrared (IR) temperature sensor for measuring core body temperature of the subject, wherein the IR temperature sensor is covered with a waterproof IR transmittable film to inhibit water drops from contacting a detector of the IR temperature sensor, a first humidity sensor positioned within a sweat flow path within the earbud, a second humidity sensor positioned outside the earbud, and a sodium ion (Na+) concentration sensor for measuring hydration levels of the subject.
US11647948B2
A computer-implemented system for training a subject to improve psychophysiological function for performance of stress-inducing activity includes a sensor interface device and a non-transitory, tangible computer readable storage medium storing computer program code. The sensor interface provides measurement of a physiological parameter of the subject, indicating stress in the subject. The computer readable storage medium stores computer code that provides a set of training segments presenting the subject with one or more visual, audible, or tactile prompts wherein at least one of the training segments simultaneously presents the subject with a stress-inducing prompt while inducing the subject to perform a relaxation-inducing protocol.
US11647943B2
A pH measuring device is disclosed. One aspect includes a body unit including a hollow portion and a through-portion formed in a first region so that the hollow portion communicates with the outside; an electrode unit including a reference electrode and a sensing electrode including different materials and configured to measure the pH in a living body by allowing a first end to be located in the hollow portion and a second end opposite to the first end to be exposed to the outside of the body unit through the through-portion; and a wireless communication unit configured to transmit a pH measurement value sensed by the electrode unit to the outside.
US11647930B2
An electrocardiography device is provided, including an adhesive assembly, a printed circuit board, two electrodes, a power supply assembly, and a sensing assembly. The printed circuit board is disposed on the adhesive assembly. The electrodes are connected to the circuit board and arranged along a first direction. The power supply assembly and the sensing assembly are disposed on the adhesive assembly and arranged along a second direction. The first direction is different from the second direction, and the power supply assembly is separate from the sensing assembly.
US11647924B2
Apparatus and methods provide wireless, disposable, continuous pulse oximeter sensor technology, useful and beneficial for a number of applications including relatively extended periods of data collection, and/or packaged in compact and easy-to-use assemblies. Economic fabrication and use provides flexible methodologies that can reduce the overall costs of monitoring and collecting patient's physiological data, and provide relatively greater ease and comfort to the patient. A disposable wireless continuous pulse oximeter sensor has a reduced emitter-detector separation, a low-power frontend, and a low-cost processor that sends waveforms to a host device so that the host can calculate and display the parameters of interest. Complications created by the reduced distance between emitter and detector are minimized by using an emitter-detector assembly with an optically dark background, and a bandage for improved optical compliance.
US11647915B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for medical imaging that incorporate prior knowledge. Some aspects relate to incorporating prior knowledge using a non-local means filter. Some aspects relate to incorporating prior knowledge for improved perfusion imaging, such as those incorporating arterial spin labeling.
US11647912B2
A blood pressure measuring device includes a holder configured to be mounted on a wrist of a living body and come into contact with a portion of the wrist at least between a dorsal side and a palmar side; a sensing cuff provided on a side of the holder nearer to the living body and arranged in a region of the wrist where arteries exist; and a cuff provided on a side of the holder nearer to the living body and arranged on the dorsal side of the wrist.
US11647911B2
A measurement apparatus includes a plurality of sensors wearable on different parts of a human body and a controller configured to acquire an output value of each of the sensors. The sensor each outputs an output value to calculate the same type of biological information by optical measurement, the controller selects either the sensor on the basis of each output value of the sensors, and determines a measured value of the biological information on the basis of an output values of the sensors selected.
US11647902B2
An otoscope and method for visualizing compliance of the tympanic membrane in response to a pressure stimulus. The otoscope includes a handle, a housing, a laser assembly configured to selectively project a grid array of dots on a tympanic membrane of a patient, a camera configured to selectively capture activity of the tympanic membrane, a pressure transducer configured to selectively apply a stimulus to the tympanic membrane, a display pivotably coupled to the handle, and a controller. The display is configured to display the tympanic membrane in true color and a two-dimensional interpolated surface plot representing activity of the tympanic membrane in response to the stimulus.
US11647900B2
According to some aspects, a medical imaging system is provided. The medical imaging system includes an illumination device and a medical imaging device. The illumination device includes a first light source configured to emit first light having a wavelength range. The illumination device further includes a second light source configured to emit second light having at least one predetermined wavelength band. The at least one predetermined wavelength band is within the wavelength range. The illumination device further includes a dichroic mirror configured to attenuate a portion of the wavelength range corresponding to the at least one predetermined wavelength band and to multiplex the second light with the first light such that the portion of the wavelength range of the first light is attenuated. The light multiplexed by the dichroic mirror is emitted from the illumination device along an optical axis and irradiates an observation site. The medical imaging device includes at least one sensor configured to receive light from the observation site.
US11647899B2
The present disclosure relates to medical devices that that include the following: a flexible elongate tube having a proximal end and a distal end configured to be directed toward an opening of a body lumen; a first lumen extending from the distal end of the tube proximally along the tube and having a fluid connection for a fluid source at its proximal end; a second lumen extending from the distal end of the tube proximally along the tube, the second lumen configured to accept a guidewire extending along the second lumen; and a wire filament extending along the elongate tube, a distal end of the filament connected to the distal end of the elongate tube, a proximal portion of the wire extending at least partially along the elongate tube, and a distal portion of the wire extending external to the elongate tube.
US11647898B2
An endoscope apparatus includes: an endoscope including a first operation portion that is coupled to a first insertion portion to be inserted into a subject; a medical device including a second operation portion that is coupled to a second insertion portion to be inserted into the subject through the first insertion portion, the second operation portion including at least one locking member; and a belt-like body having flexibility and including at least three end portions in which at least one end portion includes a locked portion to be locked to the locking portion, the belt-like body being configured to be wound around the endoscope to hold and fix the second operation portion of the medical device in a state where the at least three end portions are connected to the second operation portion.
US11647894B2
One of two connector receiving parts of a processor for endoscope has a shutter mechanism configured to open a shutter by an external force, the shutter having a gap through which a connector-side connection end section passes, and being configured to partition a recessed space of the connector receiving part with respect to an outside. In addition, the processor for endoscope includes a lock mechanism configured to make the shutter into the locked state during a period when another connection end section on the connector side and a processor-side connection end section are connected, and release the locked state of the shutter when the connection between the other connection end section on the connector side and the processor-side connection end section is released.
US11647890B2
The present technology relates to a solid-state image pickup element, electronic equipment, and a semiconductor apparatus that make it possible to reduce a surface reflection in an area in which a slit is formed and improve flare characteristics. A solid-state image pickup element includes a pixel area in which a plurality of pixels is two-dimensionally arranged in a matrix, a chip mounting area in which a chip is flip-chip mounted, and a dam area that is arranged around the chip mounting area and in which one or more slits that block an outflow of a resin are formed. In the dam area, the same OCL as that in the pixel area is formed. The present technology can be applied to a solid-state image pickup element etc. in which a chip is flip-chip mounted, for example.
US11647887B2
The invention relates to a seal for a dishwasher adapted to be interposed between a peripheral edge of an opening of a tub for cookware and a door for closing said opening. The seal comprises a metal part adapted to be connected to the peripheral edge of the opening, a first part, made of polymeric material, integrally connected to the metal part and a second part, made of polymeric material, associated with the first part and adapted to be contacted by the door when the door is arranged in a position for closing the opening.
US11647880B2
A vacuum cleaner to suction dust generated by a machine tool, wherein the vacuum cleaner is actuatable by an electric device in the shape of the machine tool or an energy storage module for the electric power supply of the machine tool, which has a drive motor to drive a tool holder on which a tool provided to process a workpiece is arranged or is arrangeable, wherein the vacuum cleaner has a vacuum housing with a dirt collection chamber to receive dirt separated from a suction flow and a suction unit to generate the suction flow, wherein a suction inlet is present on the vacuum housing to connect a suction hose to establish a current connection for the suction flow with the machine tool, wherein the vacuum cleaner has an external communication apparatus for a wireless control connection to a wireless communication interface of the electric device and to receive at least one control command to control, the vacuum cleaner via the control connection.
US11647879B2
A multifunctional emergency starting power for motor vehicles is provided, including a bracket (10), an accumulator (20) mounted on the bracket (10), a first interface (50) for charging the accumulator (20), and a second interface (30) for outputting an emergency starting voltage to a motor vehicle. The bracket (10) is also installed with a vacuum cleaner (70) and a controller (60) for controlling the operation of the vacuum cleaner and the charging of the accumulator. The accumulator is respectively connected to the vacuum cleaner and the controller and supplies an electrical energy thereto. The emergency starting power and the vacuuming function are integrated, and the battery of the emergency starting power is configured for powering the vacuum cleaner and the controller of the emergency starting power is configured for controlling the power charging and the vacuum cleaner work.
US11647871B2
A soap dispenser can be configured to dispense an amount of liquid soap, for example, upon detecting the presence of an object. Certain embodiments of the dispenser include a housing, reservoir, pump, motor, sensor, electronic processor, and nozzle. In certain embodiments, the sensor can be configured to generate a signal based on a distance between an object and the sensor. In certain embodiments, the electronic processor can be configured to receive the signal from the sensor and to determine a dispensation volume of the liquid. The dispensation volume can vary as a function of the distance between the object and the sensor. The processor can be configured to control the motor to dispense approximately the dispensation volume of the liquid.
US11647859B2
A system comprises a tube having an inner diameter that is dimensioned to receive an artificial Christmas tree within the tube, the tree having upwardly collapsible branches. The tube is open at a first end and at a second end. An axle may couple to the tube, and a plurality of wheels may couple to the axle. The wheels may be tri-lobe wheels. A securement strap structure is located at the second end and is perpendicular to the second end of the tube to secure the second end of the tube and the base structure of the artificial tree. The system can position the tube at an angle relative to the horizontal to insert the tree within the tube. The system can also position the tube horizontally to extract the tree from the tube.
US11647852B1
A fitted bed skirt is applied to rectangular bed structure having flat top and bottom surfaces, opposing vertical head and foot ends, and opposing vertical sides. The bed skirt includes a decorative fabric covering comprising first and second side panels and an end panel formed with the side panels. The side and end panels cooperate to cover the vertical sides and vertical foot end of the bed structure, and define a generally U-shaped form when applied to the bed structure. An elastic end strap joins the first and second side panels together, and is adapted for extending horizontally along the vertical head end of the bed structure.
US11647849B2
A security gate for a retail store shelf having one or more products includes a header and at least one hinge arranged in a horizontal alignment with the header. A rigid frame is connected to the header with the at least one hinge and a guard is positioned across the rigid frame, the guard preventing a user from removing the products. A latching mechanism connects the rigid frame to the header and urges a customer to use two hands to open the security gate.
US11647842B2
A wall bed is configured to allow a user to maximize a living space with a functional bed that can transform from daytime use to nighttime use. The wall bed is configured to function and serve a plurality of purposes as an entertainment center, a bedroom, or an office and is easily operable between these purposes with simple movements. The wall bed system comprises of a fireplace that has an embedded television which can function both as a television and be used to simulate an active fire via an external source connected to the television. Additionally, the fireplace feature may be removed with ease and transferred to another part of the room. The wall bed also comprises of an adjustable workstation where a height of the workstation may be adjusted to suit a user to work either standing up or sitting down. The wall bed also comprises of a bed and other fixtures such as and not limited to a mirror and an artwork.
US11647830B1
Disclosed is a furniture item comprising a top member with a top surface component, and a pair of vertical support legs, which are configured to easily assemble and disassemble for storage of the furniture item. In embodiments, each of the vertical support legs comprises a pair of leg segments which are angled towards one another to form an A-shape. Additionally, each of the vertical support legs is configured to be received within at least one leg receiving slot provided at a bottom side of said top surface component.
US11647825B2
Method for manufacturing a personalized applicator for applying a product, notably make-up product, to keratinous materials, including a application surface. The method includes the following steps: a) applying to a surface of the keratinous materials of an individual a composition that modifies the appearance thereof, b) performing an optical acquisition of the topography of the surface thus covered and of at least one image providing information as to the location of the composition, and c) from this acquisition creating the applicator or a mold intended for the manufacture thereof.
US11647819B2
A protective and/or ornamental case for a foldable handheld electronic device. The case includes a front shell and a back shell pivotally connected to a hinge cover by one or more coupling mechanisms. A first portion of an electronic device is inserted into the front shell and a second portion of the electronic device is inserted into the back shell. The coupling mechanisms retain the front and back shells operatively engaged with the hinge cover as the electronic device housed in the case is pivotally or hingedly opened and closed, help prevent unintended opening or closing of the device, and keep the device open or closed when so positioned by a user.
US11647809B2
The present disclosure is directed to articles that include a cured coating that includes a matrix of crosslinked polymers and optionally a colorant (e.g., pigment particles or dye or both). The cured coating can include a matrix of crosslinked polymers. The cured coating is a product of crosslinking a coating composition comprising uncrosslinked polymers (e.g., a dispersion of uncrosslinked polymers in a carrier to form the matrix of crosslinked polymers), wherein the uncrosslinked polymers are crosslinked to form the matrix of crosslinked polymers. The matrix of crosslinked polymers can be elastomeric. The present disclosure is also directed to articles including these bladders, methods of forming these bladders, and methods of making articles including these bladders, where the bladders include the cured coating.
US11647801B2
Methods for stabilizing insulation and constructing garments from the insulation are disclosed. Methods include arranging the fibers into a plurality of bundle structures. The fibers may be synthetic fibers. The method may include receiving the bundle structures into bundle channels. The bundle channels are formed by tacks. The bundle channels enable the uniform distribution of the bundle structures prior to stitching quilting stitch lines. Multiple quilting stitch lines are stitched after the bundle structures are uniformly distributed. The quilting stitch lines are orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the bundle structures. The quilting stitch lines provide lateral as well as longitudinal stabilization of the uniform density of the bundle structures. The distance between the quilting stitch lines may be based on the loft of the fibers and/or a required durability of the garment. The quilting stitch lines are generally horizontal, while the longitudinal axis of the bundle structures are vertical.
US11647795B2
An aerosol-generating system includes an aerosol-generating article (100) comprising an article housing (110) and an aerosol-forming substrate (300) disposed in the article housing. The system further includes an aerosol-generating device (200) comprising a device housing (210) that defines a receptacle (220) configured to receive the aerosol-generating article. The device further includes control electronics (250) disposed in the device housing and includes a sensor (260) operably coupled to the control electronics and configured to detect a state of the device or the article when the article is received in the receptacle. In addition, the system includes a shape-changing element (270) disposed on or in at least one of the article housing and the device housing. The shape-changing element changes shape in response to the state of the device or the article detected by the sensor to cause a sufficient change in shape of an exterior surface of the device or the article to provide tactile feedback to a user.
US11647772B2
Various embodiments of the present technology provide compositions and methods for a sweetener composition comprising stevia leaf extract, stevia glycosides, and/or Luo Han Guo fruit extract. The sweetener composition provides enhanced taste and/or flavor properties as compared to other non-caloric or low-caloric sweeteners. The sweetener composition has a reduced aftertaste relative to stevia leaf extract and/or purified steviol glycoside. The sweetener composition may be formulated into any edible sweetened substances.
US11647770B2
The present invention is a food product and a method of creating the food product that satisfies the need for a homogenized dispersion that disperses throughout meat, wherein the particle size of macromolecular ingredients within the dispersion is reduced to form a more stable homogenized dispersion with increased ingredient functionality. This permeated meat offers added health benefits such as the substitution of the anti-oxidant rich olive oil for problematic animal fat.
US11647765B2
Pennycress seed, seed lots, and seed meal having reduced fiber content and improved suitability for use in producing animal feed are provided.
US11647758B2
A slaughterhouse processing tool including two opposite knives mounted to a knife holder via respective mounting structures, the knife holder further including an actuator, at least one of the mounting structures being movably mounted to the knife holder, the actuator being coupled to the movably mounted mounting structure for moving the mounting structure relative to the knife holder.
US11647756B2
An adjustable tortilla maker comprises a base plate comprising a lower forming surface and a pressing plate comprising an upper forming surface. When the pressing plate is in a pressing state, the lower forming surface is opposite to the upper forming surface. A rotary shaft assembly comprises a pressing plate pin shaft mounted on a rotary shaft seat, and the pressing plate is rotatably connected to the rotary shaft seat through the pressing plate pin shaft. A mounting post is connected to the base plate, and the mounting post extends along a thickness direction of the base plate. The mounting post protrudes from the lower forming surface of the base plate, and the rotary shaft seat is configured to be movably mounted on the mounting post. A locking portion is configured to lock the rotary shaft seat to the mounting post at a predefined position.
US11647751B2
The invention primarily relates to the use of phosphorus containing herbicidal active ingredients (herbicides) as desiccant for (parts of) plants of the genus Saccharum, and to corresponding methods for desiccation, i.e. for the desiccating treatment. In another aspect the present invention relates to a method for increasing the amount of saccharose (sucrose) obtainable from (aerial parts of) plants of the genus Saccharum officinarum, and to a method for producing saccharose from (aerial parts of) plants of the genus Saccharum officinarum.
US11647750B2
The present invention relates to novel active compound combinations comprising at least one known compound of the formula (I) and at least one further active compound, which combinations are highly suitable for controlling animal and microbial pests such as unwanted insects and/or unwanted acarida and/or unwanted nematodes.
US11647747B2
Peroxyformic acid compositions for treatment and removal of biofilm growth and mineral deposits on membranes for energy services applications are disclosed. In particular, peroxyformic acid compositions are generated in situ or on site generation for the reduction and prevention, of biofilms and the mitigation of mineral buildup on the membranes. The compositions according to the invention are compatible with the membranes under application of use conditions.
US11647739B2
A blade body of a fishing lure comprises a first protruding side and a second protruding side, creating a gap, and a jig body connected to the blade body such that when the blade body and jig body are connected and pulled through water, the blade body moves in a side to side motion limited by contact between the jig body and the first and second protruding sides.
US11647738B2
A device comprising a dispenser assembly comprising a frame having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the frame defines a pathway to enable movement of a moveable member within the frame, an inlet opening in the first surface of the frame and a drain opening in the second surface of the frame, the inlet opening and the drain opening providing access to the pathway, wherein the frame further comprises a filter overlaying the drain opening; and a moveable member translatable within the pathway between a first position and a second position, the moveable member defining at least one bore, wherein at least one of the at least one bore is aligned with the inlet opening at the first position; and a reservoir container coupled to the dispenser assembly, the reservoir container defining a dispensing opening, the dispensing opening aligned with the inlet opening of the frame.
US11647737B2
Provided is a genetically modified non-human mammal that comprises an anchor DNA sequence inserted at an endogenous locus of a secretory milk protein gene, wherein the anchor DNA sequence comprises a site-specific recombinase recognition site. Also provided is a genetically modified non-human mammal that comprises a transgene inserted at an endogenous locus of a secretory milk protein gene, wherein the transgene encodes a secretory protein and is operably linked to the endogenous promoter of said secretory milk protein gene, and wherein the transgene is flanked by a pair of site-specific recombinase resulting sites. The genetically modified non-human mammals provided can be used for producing the secreted recombinant protein encoded by the transgene from the milk produced by the genetically modified non-human mammals.
US11647735B2
An aquaculture system which has a pen, a control system, a water pumping mechanism coupled to the pen, and a set of buoyancy tanks coupled to the pen. The pen can be disposed in a body of water and at least temporarily stores aquatic animals during development. The control system receives electric power from a power source and provides electric power to the water pumping mechanism to provides a flow of water through the pen. A portion of the control system is in fluid communication with the set of buoyancy tanks and adjusts a volume of fluid in at least one buoyancy tank to move the pen from a first position in which the pen is partially submerged in the body of water to a second position in which the pen is fully submerged in the body of water.
US11647733B2
Methods, systems, and device for animal wearable technology are provided in accordance with various embodiments. Some embodiments include an animal wearable device that includes: a securing apparatus configured to be worn by an animal; multiple stimulation components coupled with different portions of the securing apparatus; and/or a computerized controller coupled with the securing apparatus and the multiple stimulation components. The computerized controller may be configured to provide stimulation to the animal through the multiple stimulation components. The computerized controller may be configured to separately and/or independently control each stimulation components from the multiple stimulation components. Some embodiments include a method that includes: determining one or more signals at a computerized controller coupled with a securing apparatus configured to be worn by an animal; and/or activating, based on the one or more determined signals, one or more stimulation components from multiple stimulation components coupled with different portions of the securing apparatus.
US11647731B2
A catch drawer litter box for the recovery of litter and prevention of unwanted dispersal outside of a litter box. The catch drawer litter box generally includes a base and a cover. The base generally comprises a recovery region, a litter region, and a base divider separating these two regions. The litter region generally comprises a litter container configured for the receipt of litter comprising litter particles. Recovery region generally comprises a grate with openings large enough to allow passage of litter particles and a recovery drawer configured for removable deposition within the recovery region via an opening in the base. The recovery drawer is configured to receive at least a portion of the particles of litter that may pass through the openings in the grate.
US11647729B2
A novel hybrid tomato plant, designated HM 12579 is disclosed. The disclosure relates to the seeds of hybrid tomato designated HM 12579, to the plants and plant parts of hybrid tomato designated HM 12579, and to methods for producing a tomato plant by crossing the hybrid tomato HM 12579 with itself or another tomato plant.
US11647722B2
A soybean cultivar designated 02140434 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 02140434, to the plants of soybean cultivar 02140434, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 02140434, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 02140434. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 02140434. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 02140434, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 02140434 with another soybean cultivar.
US11647721B2
A soybean cultivar designated 02330517 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 02330517, to the plants of soybean cultivar 02330517, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 02330517, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 02330517. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 02330517. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 02330517, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 02330517 with another soybean cultivar.
US11647717B2
A soybean cultivar designated 03420647 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 03420647, to the plants of soybean cultivar 03420647, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 03420647, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 03420647. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 03420647. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 03420647, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 03420647 with another soybean cultivar.
US11647716B1
Disclosed herein are seed and plants of the maize hybrid variety designated ICH39956, as well as cells and cell cultures derived therefrom. Further disclosed are methods for producing seed, commodity products, and derived progeny plants from the maize hybrid variety designated ICH39956.
US11647715B2
A rice cultivar designated ‘Lynx’ is disclosed herein. The present invention provides seeds, plants, and plant parts derived from rice cultivar Lynx. Further, it provides methods for producing a rice plant by crossing Lynx with itself or another rice variety. The invention also encompasses any rice seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by the methods disclosed herein, including those in which additional traits have been transferred into Lynx through the introduction of a transgene or by breeding Lynx with another rice cultivar.
US11647712B2
A novel hybrid cantaloupe plant designated HMC460066 is disclosed. The disclosure relates to the seeds of hybrid cantaloupe designated HMC460066, to the plants and plant parts of hybrid cantaloupe designated HMC460066, and to methods for producing a cantaloupe plant by crossing the hybrid cantaloupe HMC460066 with itself or another cantaloupe plant.
US11647709B1
The present invention is in the field of plant breeding and disease resistance. More specifically, the invention includes a method for breeding corn plants containing one or more markers that are associated with resistance to fungi. The invention further includes germplasm and the use of germplasm containing at least one marker associated with resistance to southern rust (SR) infection for introgression into elite germplasm in a breeding program, thus producing novel SR resistant germplasm.
US11647706B2
A method and system for use therein for providing O2 and H2 gases directly to the soil proximal to the roots of plants via electrolysis is described. The method employs at least one electrolyzer disposed adjacent to, or inline with, the irrigation waterline of the plant grow operation to facilitate the introduction of the gases to the soil. A power source is used to provide the electrolytic conversion, and gases remain in a micro-bubbled form to flow through the waterline more easily to the plants where they are needed the most. A venturi is used to channel the dissolved gases in the waterline from the electrolyzer in embodiments having an external HyGrO unit. The inline embodiment electrolyzes the water without need of a venturi to reintroduce the gases to the waterline.
US11647701B2
A system for plant parameter detection, including: a plant morphology sensor having a first field of view and configured to record a morphology measurement of a plant portion and an ambient environment adjacent the plant, a plant physiology sensor having a second field of view and configured to record a plant physiology parameter measurement of a plant portion and an ambient environment adjacent the plant, wherein the second field of view overlaps with the first field of view; a support statically coupling the plant morphology sensor to the physiology sensor, and a computing system configured to: identify a plant set of pixels within the physiology measurement based on the morphology measurement; determine physiology values for each pixel of the plant set of pixels; and extract a growth parameter based on the physiology values.
US11653579B2
Phase-change memory cells and methods of manufacturing and operating phase-change memory cells are provided. In at least one embodiment, a phase-change memory cell includes a heater and a stack. The stack includes at least one germanium layer or a nitrogen doped germanium layer, and at least one layer of a first alloy including germanium, antimony, and tellurium. A resistive layer is located between the heater and the stack.
US11653576B2
A superconducting nanowire single photon detector (SNSPD) device includes a substrate having a top surface, an optical waveguide on the top surface of the substrate to receive light propagating substantially parallel to the top surface of the substrate, a seed layer of metal nitride on the optical waveguide, and a superconductive wire on the seed layer. The superconductive wire is a metal nitride different from the metal nitride of the seed layer and is optically coupled to the optical waveguide.
US11653568B2
An integrated circuit is described herein that includes a semiconductor substrate. First and second piezoresistive sensors are on or in the substrate where each have a respective sensing axis extending in first and second directions respectively parallel with a surface of the substrate, where the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction. A third piezoresistive sensor is on or in the substrate and has a respective sensing axis extending in a third direction parallel with the surface of the substrate and neither parallel nor perpendicular to the first and second directions.
US11653566B2
A molecular electronic device (10) includes a framework of polynucleotides (3), one or more molecular electronic components (4) and one or more electrical contacts (7). The molecular electronic components and the electrical contacts are each connected to the plurality of polynucleotides such that the molecular electronic components and the electrical contacts are located with respect to the framework and with respect to each other. This forms a coupling between the electrical contacts and the molecular electronic components.
US11653565B2
By providing a novel polycyclic aromatic compound in which a plurality of aromatic rings are linked via a boron atom, a nitrogen atom, or the like, options of a material for an organic EL element are increased. In addition, by using the novel polycyclic aromatic compound as a material for an organic electroluminescent element, an excellent organic EL element is provided.
US11653562B2
The present disclosure relates to an organic electroluminescent compound represented by formula 1 and an organic electroluminescent device comprising the same. By comprising the organic electroluminescent compound of the present disclosure, an organic electroluminescent device having improved driving voltage, luminous efficiency, and/or lifespan characteristics can be provided.
US11653558B2
A compound having the formula (LA)mIr(LB)3-m, where LA is and LB is selected from is disclosed. In the formula (LA)mIr(LB)3-m, LA and LB are different; each of X1 to X5 is C—RF or nitrogen; X is selected from O, S, and Se; each R1, R2, RB, RD, RE, and RF is hydrogen or a substituent; R3 is alkyl, cycloalkyl, or a combination thereof; and m is 1 or 2. OLEDs, consumer products, and formulations including the compound are also disclosed.
US11653555B2
Provided are methods, systems, and apparatuses providing flexible conductive substrates for nanomaterial/perovskite-based optoelectronic devices. One such apparatus may include a flexible conductive substrate, a nanomaterial layer disposed on the flexible conductive substrate, and a perovskite layer disposed on the nanomaterial layer. The flexible conductive substrate may be a cost-effective metal sheet such as a stainless steel sheet or an aluminum sheet. The nanomaterial layer may comprise semiconductor or oxide nanorods, nanowires, nanotubes, or nanoparticles, such as gadolinium-doped zinc oxide nanorods. The perovskite layer may comprise inorganic or organic perovskite. The apparatus may further include an optically transparent conductive layer disposed on the perovskite layer. Optionally, the apparatus may include an electrical contact disposed on a portion of the optically transparent conductive layer.
US11653554B2
Provided is a mask which includes a mask body having a plurality of through hole portions and including a polymer film and a plurality of magnetic particles dispersed in the polymer film, and a polymer coating layer disposed on an outer surface of the mask body. Accordingly, the time and cost of manufacturing a mask are reduced and the precision of a deposition process is improved as well, so that the manufacturing yield of a display panel using the mask is improved and a display panel manufactured using the same has improved reliability.
US11653541B2
A display device includes a substrate and a pixel disposed on the substrate. The pixel includes a first transistor, a second transistor electrically connected to the first transistor, a third transistor electrically connected to the first transistor, and a light-emitting diode element electrically connected to at least one of the first transistor and the third transistor. The first transistor includes a first semiconductor member and a first gate electrode. The first semiconductor member includes an oxide semiconductor material. The first gate electrode is disposed between the first semiconductor member and the substrate. The second transistor includes a second semiconductor member and a second gate electrode. The second semiconductor member includes the oxide semiconductor material. The second semiconductor member is disposed between the second gate electrode and the substrate. The third transistor includes a third semiconductor member including silicon.
US11653525B2
A display panel including: a base substrate including first and second surfaces, a display region and a peripheral region; a pixel layer provided on the display region, the pixel layer including a plurality of pixels; a module hole penetrating the display region; a blocking groove in the display region and adjacent to the module hole, the blocking groove being recessed in the base substrate; an encapsulation layer provided on the pixel layer, the encapsulation layer including a first inorganic layer, a second inorganic layer and an organic layer; and a filling member in the blocking groove, the filling member including a same material as the organic layer, wherein the second inorganic layer covers a top surface of the filling member and a top surface of the first inorganic layer adjacent to the top surface of the filling member.
US11653516B2
An organic electroluminescent device, a method for fabricating the same, and a light emitting apparatus are disclosed. The organic electroluminescent device comprises a first light emitting layer and a second light emitting layer arranged on a surface of the first light emitting layer at a first side, and partially covers the surface of the first light emitting layer at the first side. Both the first and second light emitting layers are made from a material which has a larger mobility for a first carrier than a second carrier. Light emitting regions of the second light emitting layer and the regions of the first light emitting layer not covered by the second light emitting layer are configured to emit light of different colors at a preset light emitting ratio. A light emitting area ratio between a surface of each light emitting region and surfaces of the regions of the first light emitting layer not covered by the second light emitting layer is preset according to the preset light emitting ratio.
US11653515B2
An electroluminescent display device is disclosed. The electroluminescent display device includes a substrate having thereon a first sub pixel and a second sub pixel, a first electrode in each of the first sub pixel and the second sub pixel on the substrate, an organic layer with P-type polarity or N-type polarity on the first electrode, and a second electrode on the organic layer. The organic layer provided in the first sub pixel and the organic layer provided in the second sub pixel are spaced apart from each other with a doping layer provided in the boundary area between the first sub pixel and the second sub pixel. The doping layer is doped with dopant whose polarity is opposite to that of the organic layer.
US11653514B2
A light-emitting device is provided. The light-emitting device includes an anode, a cathode, and a combined charge transport and emissive layer (CCTEL) disposed between the anode and the cathode. The CCTEL includes a crosslinked charge transport material, a first plurality of quantum dots having a first energy gap, and a second plurality of quantum dots having a second energy gap wider than the first energy gap.
US11653510B2
Disclosed are an adhesive transparent electrode and a method of fabricating the same. More particularly, an adhesive transparent electrode according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a substrate and an adhesive silicone-based polymer matrix, in which a metal nanowire network is embedded, deposited on the substrate, wherein the adhesive silicone-based polymer matrix includes a silicone-based polymer including a silicone-based polymer base and a silicone-based polymer crosslinker; and a non-ionic surfactant.
US11653509B2
A method for constructing a solar rectenna array by growing carbon nanotube antennas between lines of metal, and subsequently applying a bias voltage on the carbon nanotube antennas to convert the diodes on the tips of the carbon nanotube antennas from metal oxide carbon diodes to geometric diodes. Techniques for preserving the converted diodes by adding additional oxide are also described.
US11653507B2
The current disclosure describes techniques for forming semiconductor structures having multiple semiconductor strips configured as channel portions. In the semiconductor structures, diffusion break structures are formed after the gate structures are formed so that the structural integrity of the semiconductor strips adjacent to the diffusion break structures will not be compromised by a subsequent gate formation process. The diffusion break extends downward from an upper surface until all the semiconductor strips of the adjacent channel portions are truncated by the diffusion break.
US11653504B2
A semiconductor memory device including a device isolation layer in a substrate to define first and second active portions, a first contact on the substrate, first and second memory cells spaced apart from the first contact in a first direction by first and second distances, respectively, first and second conductive lines connected to the first and second memory cells, respectively, and extending in a second direction, and first and second selection transistors respectively connected to the first and second conductive lines. A length of a bottom surface of a first gate electrode of the first selection transistor overlapping the first active portion in a third direction may be different from a length of a bottom surface of a second gate electrode of the second selection transistor overlapping the second active portion in the third direction.
US11653503B2
A semiconductor structure and a method for forming the same are provided. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate and a gate structure formed over the substrate. The semiconductor structure further includes a first source/drain structure and a second source/drain structure formed in the substrate adjacent to the gate structure. The semiconductor structure further includes an interlayer dielectric layer formed over the substrate to cover the gate structure, the first source/drain structure, and the second source/drain structure. The semiconductor structure further includes a first conductive structure formed in the interlayer dielectric layer over the first source/drain structure. The semiconductor structure further includes a second conductive structure formed in the interlayer dielectric layer over the second source/drain structure. In addition, the first conductive structure is in direct contact with the first source/drain structure, and the second conductive structure is not in direct contact with the second source/drain structure.
US11653500B2
A memory cell includes a transistor including a memory film extending along a word line; a channel layer extending along the memory film, wherein the memory film is between the channel layer and the word line; a source line extending along the memory film, wherein the memory film is between the source line and the word line; a first contact layer on the source line, wherein the first contact layer contacts the channel layer and the memory film; a bit line extending along the memory film, wherein the memory film is between the bit line and the word line; a second contact layer on the bit line, wherein the second contact layer contacts the channel layer and the memory film; and an isolation region between the source line and the bit line.
US11653497B2
Apparatus and methods are disclosed, including an apparatus that includes a number of tiers of a first semiconductor material, each tier including at least one access line of at least one memory cell and at least one source, channel and/or drain of at least one peripheral transistor, such as one used in an access line decoder circuit or a data line multiplexing circuit. The apparatus can also include a number of pillars of a second semiconductor material extending through the tiers of the first semiconductor material, each pillar including either a source, channel and/or drain of at least one of the memory cells, or a gate of at least one of the peripheral transistors. Methods of forming such apparatus are also described, along with other embodiments.
US11653495B2
Embodiments of structure and methods for forming a three-dimensional (3D) memory device are provided. In an example, a method for forming a 3D memory device includes the following operations. A cut structure is first formed in a stack structure. The stack structure includes interleaved initial sacrificial layers and initial insulating layers. A patterned cap material layer is formed over the stack structure. The patterned cap material layer includes an opening over the cut structure. Portions of the stack structure and the patterned cap material layer adjacent to the opening are removed to form a slit structure and an initial support structure. The initial support structure divides the slit structure into slit openings. Conductor portions are formed through the plurality of slit openings to form a support structure. A source contact is formed in each slit opening. A connection layer is formed over the source contact in each slit opening and over the support structure.
US11653493B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a stack structure comprising horizontal electrodes sequentially stacked on a substrate including a cell array region and an extension region and horizontal insulating layers between the horizontal electrodes. The semiconductor memory device may further include vertical structures that penetrate the stack structure, a first one of the vertical structures being on the cell array region and a second one of the vertical structures being on the extension region. Each of the vertical structures includes a channel layer, and a tunneling insulating layer, a charge storage layer and a blocking insulating layer which are sequentially stacked on a sidewall of the channel layer. The charge storage layer of the first vertical structure includes charge storage patterns spaced apart from each other in a direction perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate with the horizontal insulating layers interposed therebetween. The charge storage layer of the second vertical structure extends along sidewalls of the horizontal electrodes and sidewalls of the horizontal insulating layers.
US11653491B2
A method of manufacturing contacts is provided in the present invention, which include the steps of forming a plurality of mask bars on a substrate, forming a circular mask surrounding each mask bar, wherein the circular masks connect each other and define a plurality of opening patterns collectively with the mask bars, using the mask bars and the circular masks as etch masks to perform an etch process and to transfer the opening patterns and form a plurality recesses in the substrate, and filling up the recesses with metal to form contacts.
US11653490B2
A semiconductor memory device including a substrate; a semiconductor pattern extending in a first horizontal direction on the substrate; bit lines extending in a second horizontal direction on the substrate perpendicular to the first horizontal direction, the bit lines being at a first end of the semiconductor pattern; word lines extending in a vertical direction on the substrate at a side of the semiconductor pattern; a capacitor structure on a second end of the semiconductor pattern opposite to the first end in the first horizontal direction, the capacitor structure including a lower electrode connected to the semiconductor pattern, an upper electrode spaced apart from the lower electrode, and a capacitor dielectric layer between the lower electrode and the upper electrode; and a capacitor contact layer between the second end of the semiconductor pattern and the lower electrode and including a pair of convex surfaces in contact with the semiconductor pattern.
US11653488B2
An apparatus comprises a first conductive structure and at least one transistor in electrical communication with the first conductive structure. The at least one transistor comprises a lower conductive contact coupled to the first conductive structure and a split-body channel on the lower conductive contact. The split-body channel comprises a first semiconductive pillar and a second semiconductive pillar horizontally neighboring the first semiconductive pillar. The at least one transistor also comprises a gate structure horizontally interposed between the first semiconductive pillar and the second semiconductive pillar of the split-body channel and an upper conductive contact vertically overlying the gate structure and coupled to the split-body channel. Portions of the gate structure surround three sides of each of the first semiconductive pillar and the second semiconductive pillar. Memory devices, electronic systems, and methods of forming the apparatus are also disclosed.
US11653484B2
An apparatus to automatically place layers of a printed circuit board on a fixture includes a robotic device having a base that is secured to a surface, an upright column that extends upwardly from the base, and a movable arm rotatably coupled to the upright column. The movable arm is configured to rotate about a vertical axis defined by the upright column. The movable arm is further configured to rotate from a position in which the movable arm is disposed over a laminate sheet fixture and to pick up a laminate sheet to a position in which the movable arm is disposed over a board layup fixture to deposit the laminate sheet in the board layup fixture, and from a position in which the movable arm is disposed over a bond film fixture and to pick up a bond film to a position in which the movable arm is disposed over the board layup fixture to deposit the bond film in the board layup fixture.
US11653483B2
Systems, apparatus, methods, and techniques of assembly of discrete modules of a control panel are disclosed. The modules can be independently wired, tested, and installed into a control panel. Module definitions are defined specifying components to perform the electrical function, a mechanical arrangement of the components, electrical connections, and logical interactions of the module. A bill of materials can be generated based on a designation of a set of modules for a control panel and the module definitions. Modularly assembled control panels are disclosed. An assembly frame is described herein for temporarily mounting components of a module for independent assembly of a control module and for eventual removal and installation into a control panel frame. The assembly frame may include a faceplate frame and side frames and temporary mounting features.
US11653466B2
Various components of an electronic device housing and methods for their assembly are disclosed. The housing can be formed by assembling and connecting two or more different sections together. The sections of the housing may be coupled together using one or more coupling members. The coupling members may be formed using a two-shot molding process in which the first shot forms a structural portion of the coupling members, and the second shot forms cosmetic portions of the coupling members.
US11653461B2
Systems and methods for modular cabinet cable pass through are disclosed. A system may include a first lead modular plate having a U-shape and a first and a second follower modular plate, each of the first and the second follower modular plates having a U-shape and having a first follower modular plate leg and a second follower modular plate leg and a second plate portion therebetween, the second follower modular plate leg being longer than the first follower modular plates leg, and a bottom plate that receives at least a portion of the first lead modular plate, and the second follower modular plate legs of the first and the second follower modular plates. At least one cable may pass between an opening defined by the bottom plate and one of the first follower plate and the second follower plate.
US11653460B2
A hinge assembly for pivotally joining the opposing halves of a carryable case, especially a case for housing an electronic apparatus. The disclosed hinge is adapted to convey electrical conductors from one half of the case to the other, while protecting them from damage by excessive flexing, abrasion, moisture, and debris.
US11653455B2
A method for forming a printed circuit board includes: forming on a substrate a first conductive layer for a first edge connector pin and a first conductive layer for a second edge connector pin, wherein the first conductive layer for the first edge connector pin and the first conductive layer for the second edge connector pin are electrically coupled to one another via a first conductive layer for an electrical bridging element; electroplating a second conductive layer onto both the first conductive layer for the first edge connector pin and the first conductive layer for the second edge connector pin via a plating current conductor; and removing at least a portion of the electrical bridging element to electrically separate the first edge connector pin from the second edge connector pin.
US11653453B2
A process for making a circuit board modifies a catalytic laminate having a resin rich surface with catalytic particles dispersed below a surface exclusion depth. The catalytic laminate is subjected to a drilling and resin-rich surface removal operation to expose the catalytic particles, followed by an electroless plating operation which deposits a thin layer of conductive material on the surface. A photo-masking step follows to define circuit traces, after which an electro-plating deposition occurs, followed by a resist strip operation and a quick etch to remove electroless copper which was previously covered by photoresist.
US11653446B2
A laminated plate has a metallic conductive layer layered on one surface or each surface of an insulating substrate, the insulating substrate contains a fluorine resin and a polymer of an alkoxysilane, and the fluorine resin is dispersed in the polymer of the alkoxysilane.
US11653445B2
A stretchable mounting board that includes a stretchable substrate having a main surface, a stretchable wiring disposed on the main surface of the stretchable substrate, a mounting electrode section electrically connected to the stretchable wiring, solder electrically connected to the mounting electrode section and including bismuth and tin, and an electronic component electrically connected to the mounting electrode section with the solder interposed therebetween. The mounting electrode section has a first electrode layer on a side thereof facing the stretchable wiring and which includes bismuth and tin, and a second electrode layer on a side thereof facing the solder and which includes bismuth and tin. A concentration of the bismuth in the first electrode layer is lower than a concentration of the bismuth in the second electrode layer.
US11653444B2
A wiring board includes a substrate including a first surface and a second surface located on an opposite side to the first surface, where the substrate has stretchability, an interconnection wire located adjacent to the first surface of the substrate, and a stress relaxation layer located between the first surface of the substrate and the interconnection wire, where the stress relaxation layer has a modulus of elasticity lower than that of the substrate.
US11653443B2
A flexible polymeric film includes a reinforcement layer and a base layer. The reinforcement layer includes a lamella and a plurality of columns. The columns are on a surface of the lamella. Each of the columns extends in a direction and is separated from a neighboring column by a gap. The base layer is coupled to the columns and portions of the surface of the lamella in the gaps between the columns. The base layer is less rigid than the reinforcement layer. The flexible polymeric film can be produced by spraying a precursor onto a substrate. A layer of the precursor is formed on the substrate and exposed to an energy beam to form a preliminary film on the substrate. The columns can be formed from a plurality of portions of the preliminary film. The lamella is formed on top of the preliminary film that is formed with the columns.
US11653442B2
A printed circuit board includes a first transmission line provided on an insulating base, a first ground conductor, a notch portion that exposes a part of the first ground conductor, a conductor provided in the notch portion and electrically connected to the first ground conductor, and a first electrode exposed on a main surface of the insulating base facing a flexible board and electrically connected to the first transmission line. The flexible board includes a second transmission line provided on an insulating sheet, a second ground conductor, a second electrode exposed on a main surface of the insulating sheet facing the printed circuit board and connected to the second transmission line, and a third electrode exposed on the main surface of the insulating sheet and connected to the second ground conductor. The conductor and the third electrode are connected by solder.
US11653436B2
Systems and methods which leverage the wireless communication capability present in wireless-enabled luminaires where the lamps include a short-range wireless transceiver and can be controlled by a smart appliance. The wireless capability of a luminaire may be paired with a compatible wireless interface system (e.g., adapter system) that allows for control of the luminaire via plug-in or hard-wired photocontrols and wireless network lamp control nodes. An adapter system may be provided that replaces a standard wired receptacle of a luminaire. The adapter system may include a wired interface to the luminaire which provides power to the wireless adapter system. The wireless adapter system may include a receptacle interface that receives a plug of a control node, such as photocontrol or a networked control node. The wireless adapter system may also include a wireless interface circuit that communicates control, status or other data between the connected control device and the luminaire.
US11653427B2
A load control device for an electrical load is configured to operate in a normal mode and a burst mode to adjust the amount of power delivered to the electrical load. The load control device comprises a control circuit that operates in the normal mode to regulate an average magnitude of a load current conducted through the load between a maximum rated current and a minimum rated current. During the normal mode, the control circuit controls the operating period of a load regulation circuit between a high-end operating period and a low-end operating period. The control circuit operates in the burst mode to regulate the average magnitude of the load current below the minimum rated current. During the burst mode, the control circuit adjusts the low-end operating period to be less than or equal to a minimum on time of the load regulation circuit.
US11653417B2
Example implementations relate to upgrading access points (APs). In some examples, a primary AP may comprise a processing resource and a memory resource storing machine readable instructions to determine, in response to receiving a data transmission from a secondary AP, whether an image version of the secondary AP and a class of the secondary AP are a same image version and class as the primary AP, determine whether the class of the secondary AP is a same class as a seed AP, and instruct the secondary AP, in response to the seed AP being the same class as the secondary AP, to upgrade the image version of the secondary AP from the seed AP.
US11653414B2
A mobile edge computing (MEC) service area can utilized packet header source and/or destination internet protocol data and session initiation protocol source and/or destination internet protocol data to map internet protocol addresses associated with mobile devices. The MEC can comprise a translation component that translates service provider internet protocol addresses such that they are perceived as enterprise premises internet protocol addresses. Conversely, the translation component can translate enterprise premises internet protocol addresses such that they are perceived as service provider internet protocol addresses.
US11653411B2
A method disclosed herein includes selecting, by the UE, a SNPN for registration, on the SNPN access mode being enabled. The method includes disabling, by the UE, the SNPN access mode, if the selected SNPN does not support at least one emergency service. The method includes enabling, by the UE, a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) selection mode to select a PLMN cell supporting the at least one emergency service, on the SNPN access mode being disabled. The method includes performing, by the UE, the at least one emergency service by camping on the selected PLMN cell. The method includes enabling, by the UE, the SNPN access mode for performing a SNPN selection procedure, on completion of the at least one emergency service.
US11653410B2
A method is for use in a mobile telecommunications network that comprises a base station providing wireless connectivity within a base station cell, a mobile node providing wireless connectivity within a local cell and configured to communicate wirelessly with the base station, and a terminal configured to communicate wirelessly with the base station and configured to communicate wirelessly with the mobile node; and the method comprises: activating a limited local radio connection between the terminal and the mobile node; starting a first timer of fixed duration when or after the limited local radio connection is activated; and when the first timer has expired, activating a limited base station radio connection between the terminal and the base station and terminating the limited local radio connection between the terminal and the mobile node.
US11653407B2
Provided are an information transmission method and apparatus, and a terminal, and a network device. The method includes a terminal sending a first Radio Resource Control (RRC) message to a first node and receiving a second RRC message sent by the first node. The second RRC message carries configuration information of a second node. The method also includes the terminal determining, according to a locally stored measurement result, whether the second node meets a target requirement. The method further includes if the second node does not meet the target requirement, the terminal carrying first indication information in a third RRC message sent to the first node. The first indication information is used for indicating that the second node is not accepted by the terminal.
US11653401B2
Methods, systems, and devices for enhanced cell activation in a network supporting dual connectivity
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining data relating to a user equipment communicatively coupled to a first network node, the data including information regarding a data buffer associated with the user equipment, obtaining node information relating to a second network node, the node information identifying available network resources of the second network node and a coverage range of the second network node, determining, based on the information regarding the data buffer, that a status of the data buffer satisfies a condition, determining that the first network node has insufficient network resources to satisfy a network resource demand of the user equipment based on the determining that the status of the data buffer satisfies the condition, and selectively activating the second network node, based on the available network resources of the second network node and the coverage range of the second network node. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11653395B2
According to one embodiment, a method for establishing a connection of a mobile terminal to a mobile radio communication network is described comprising a radio access network of a mobile radio communication network receiving a connection request from a mobile terminal, the radio access network establishing a control plane communication having as a first endpoint the radio access network, the radio access network forwarding the mobile terminal's connection request to a first common control plane function via the control plane communication, the radio access network receiving a message indicating that the second endpoint of the control plane communication should be set to the second common control plane function and the radio access network setting the second endpoint of the control plane communication to the second common control plane function.
US11653391B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for performing a two-step random access channel procedure. One method includes determining whether to perform a two-step random access channel procedure or a four-step random access channel procedure. The method includes, in response to determining to perform the two-step random access channel procedure: in a first step: transmitting a preamble in a first time slot; and transmitting an uplink data transmission via a physical uplink shared channel in a second time slot different from the first time slot; and, in a second step, receiving a response message corresponding to the first step, wherein the response message comprises a radio network temporary identifier.
US11653389B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for wireless communication of an apparatus, e.g., a UE and/or a base station. In one aspect, the apparatus may receive, from a base station, at least one SSB. The apparatus may also determine a RSRP of the at least one SSB. Additionally, the apparatus may transmit, to the base station if the RSRP of all of the at least one SSB is less than a threshold, an indication of a reduced UE capability of the UE during a RACH procedure. The apparatus may also transmit, to the base station if the RSRP of one of the at least one SSB is greater than or equal to the threshold, the indication of the reduced UE capability of the UE after entering into a RRC connected state upon completion of the RACH procedure.
US11653375B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some examples, a user equipment (UE) operating according to full duplex (e.g., transmit and receive concurrently) may adapt a transmit power of a sidelink feedback message based on priorities of data messages. For example, the UE may determine a priority of a first data message received at the UE in a previous slot and a priority of a second data message transmitted to the UE in a previous slot. Based on a comparison of the priorities of the data messages, the UE may adjust a transmit power for a feedback message indicating a decoding outcome of the first data message and transmit the feedback message according to the adjusted transmit power while receiving a feedback message indicating the decoding outcome of the second data message thereby increasing efficiency while reducing interference.
US11653366B2
A wireless device selects a first downlink reference signal from one or more downlink reference signals based on a received signal strength of the first downlink reference signal being above a value. Based on an index of the first downlink reference signal, a radio network identifier is determined. A downlink control information (DCI) addressed to the radio network identifier and indicating one or more random access occasions (ROs) is received. In response to receiving the DCI, a preamble is transmitted via one of the one or more ROs.
US11653362B2
Methods for allocating uplink resources between UEs wherein previously allocated uplink resources may be allocated to a further UE and a suspension indication transmitted to the UE to which the resources were previously allocated. The methods including transmitting an indication from a base station to a UE indicating grant of a set of resources for an uplink transmission, and transmitting a DCI including a suspension indication.
US11653361B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive multiple downlink control information (DCI) messages from a base station, where each of the multiple DCI messages schedules a respective downlink transmission. Some of the DCI messages may be multiplexed with downlink transmissions. The UE may identify, for each downlink transmission multiplexed with one of the multiple DCI messages, a time period including a beginning of the downlink transmission, and the UE may determine an order of the multiple DCI messages based on the time period. The UE may transmit a feedback message to the base station for the respective downlink transmissions based on the determined order. The UE may transmit the feedback message to the base station on uplink resources indicated by a last DCI message in the determined order.
US11653348B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication method for uplink multi-user transmission scheduling and a wireless communication terminal using the same. To this end, provided are a base wireless communication terminal comprising a processor and a transceiver, wherein the processor transmits a trigger frame soliciting an uplink multi-user transmission, determines whether the uplink multi-user transmission is successful based on received uplink multi-user data in response to the trigger frame, and retransmits the trigger frame when it is determined that the uplink multi-user transmission has failed and a wireless communication method using the same.
US11653347B2
Apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media for coexistence of multiple uplink control channel formats for wireless communication with power spectral density limitation are disclosed herein. A user equipment (UE) may communicate, with a base station (BS) over a random access channel on a first set of random access resources or a second set of random access resources, a random access request based on a comparison between an intended transmit power of the random access request and a reference transmit power threshold. The UE may communicate, on a first set of uplink resources, a control message for initial network access when the random access request is communicated on the first set of random access resources. The UE also may communicate, on a second set of uplink resources, the control message when the random access request is communicated on the second set of random access resources.
US11653343B2
Methods, devices and systems for allocating spectrum in a wireless local area network. A bit representation of the availability or unavailability of a plurality of sub-bands of a portion of frequency spectrum is generated and included in a physical layer protocol data unit, which is transmitted to a target station to allocate resource units within the portion of frequency spectrum for use by the target station. The sub-bands may be 20 MHz spectrum sub-bands for large-size resource units, or the portion of frequency spectrum may be a single 20 MHz band sub-divided into multiple sub-bands for allocating small-size resource units. A station that receives the data unit may decode the bit representation and use the allocated resource units to communicate over the wireless local area network.
US11653342B2
The described technology is generally directed towards a frequency-aware cellular communication network. A mobile device, or a radio access network (RAN) device at a base station in communication with the mobile device, can proactively notify a core network device regarding changes of a frequency band used for communications between the mobile device and the base station. The core network can use received notifications to adjust service provided to the mobile device.
US11653337B2
Embodiments of this application disclose a time domain resource allocation method. The method may include: determining N pieces of candidate time domain resource information, where N is greater than or equal to 2; and receiving indication information, where the indication information is to be used to determine, from the N pieces of candidate time domain resource information, a time domain resource allocated to a data channel. For at least one of M frame structure parameters, a time domain resource indicated by at least one of the N pieces of candidate time domain resource information is different from a time domain resource used by at least one of the following signals and/or channels in LTE: a cell-specific reference signal (CRS), a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), a multimedia broadcast single frequency network (MBSFN), a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), and/or a physical broadcast channel (PBCH).
US11653332B2
First configuration information is configured for a second device by a first device. The first configuration information is used to indicate a first time-frequency resource allocated by the first device. The first time-frequency resource is different from a second time-frequency resource that is allocated by the first device to a third device in a same group. The first time-frequency resource comprises a third time-frequency resource and a fourth time-frequency resource. The third time-frequency resource is a time-frequency resource used when the first device receives a message sent by the second device. The fourth time-frequency resource is a time-frequency resource used when the first device sends a message to the second device. The third time-frequency resource is different from the fourth time-frequency resource. Control information that includes the first configuration information is sent by the first device.
US11653331B2
New radio channel designs incorporate a synchronization signal burst series frame structure, with higher layer channels mapped to physical channels transmitted during a synchronization signal, allowing user equipment to select beams during which to listen for paging information. A physical common control channel configuration information element may be used to signal the paging configuration as part of the System Information. Paging may occur with or without user equipment assistance.
US11653330B2
This application provides an RNA allocation method, a network device, and a terminal. The method includes receiving, by a first network device, a second message sent by a second network device, where the second message carries RPA information of the second network device, and the RPA information is used to identify an RPA. The method also includes sending, by the first network device, a third message to the second network device.
US11653325B2
A wireless device can use a channel occupancy time (COT) to reserve a spectrum for sidelink positioning operations in a certain time interval. In some examples, multiple wireless devices can share the same COT for performing sidelink positioning and/or ranging operations using unlicensed or shared spectrum. Some aspects of the disclosure provide various processes for handling scenarios when channel access of the unlicensed spectrum is unsuccessful.
US11653323B2
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. Accordingly, embodiments herein disclose a method for providing service(s) to an edge application server (EAS) in an edge data network (EDN). The method includes receiving, by an EES, an EAS usage indication from an edge enabler client (EEC) of a user equipment (UE), where the EAS usage indication comprises at least one parameter.
US11653316B2
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for determining UE measurement performance in communication systems, such as NR, are provided. One method may include grouping configured carriers according to synchronization signal block measurement timing configuration (SMTC) to form carrier groups, distributing measurement gaps on the configured carriers according to an intra-frequency and inter-frequency gap sharing rule, and distributing the measurement gaps available for inter-frequency measurements among inter-frequency carrier groups according to the carrier groups with non-overlapping synchronization signal block measurement timing configuration (SMTC) or the carrier groups with overlapping synchronization signal block measurement timing configuration (SMTC) to create a distribution of the measurement gaps.
US11653314B2
The present disclosure pertains to a user equipment for a mobile telecommunications system includes circuitry including a receiver and a transmitter and which is configured to communicate with a new radio base station and a LTE base station. The circuitry is further configured to indicate a co-existence indication to the new radio base station or to the LTE base station; and receive a power control instruction for controlling power output of the transmitter.
US11653312B1
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive an indication of a transmission power for a synchronization signal block (SSB) transmission by a base station, the indicated transmission power different than a default transmission power for SSB transmissions by the base station. The UE may determine a received power with which the SSB transmission is received at the UE. The UE may receive one or more downlink transmissions from the base station based at least in part on the received power for the SSB transmission and a difference between the default transmission power and the indicated transmission power for the SSB transmission.
US11653311B2
A method for operating user equipment (UE) includes generating, by the UE, a transmit precoding matrix indicator (TPMI) list including one or more TPMIs selected from a set of available TPMIs stored at a base station (BS). Data indicative of the TPMI list is transmitted to the BS. An index of the TPMI list is transmitted to the BS. Downlink control information (DCI) is received from the BS including an indication of at least one TPMI from the TPMI list based on the index. Uplink data is transmitted to the BS on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) using the at least one TPMI.
US11653307B2
Systems and methods may provide for deactivating the Idle mode discontinuous reception (iDRX) for services that require latency that is less than the conventional paging channel values.
US11653297B2
An unmanned mobile vehicle M acquires the line quality of a wireless communication line to each of the corresponding base stations having been measured by each mobile station and transmits the line quality to a control station 30. The control station 30 acquires the line quality of a wireless communication line to each of the corresponding mobile stations having been measured by each base station and transmits the line quality to the unmanned mobile vehicle M. When the same communication data is transmitted using two or more wireless communication lines in combination between the control station 30 and the unmanned mobile vehicle M, the transmitting side of the communication data selects two or more wireless communication lines that are used for the transmission of the communication data, on the basis of the line quality of each wireless communication line having been measured by each base station or each mobile station on the receiving side of the communication data.
US11653290B2
Minimum system information including at least cell access information to establish access with a cell can be transmitted, the minimum system information also including at least one indication indicating whether particular system information listed in scheduling information in the minimum system information is being broadcasted or not being broadcasted. A system information request message requesting transmission of non-minimum system information if the at least one indication indicates the non-minimum system information is not being broadcasted can be received, where the non-minimum system information may not be included in the minimum system information. The non-minimum system information can be transmitted either in response to the receiving of the system information request message or in response to the at least one indication indicating whether particular system information is being broadcasted.
US11653281B2
One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for implementing differentiated mobility schemes are provided. In an example, a communication device may be identified as being connected with a first base station. A selection criterion may be identified based upon a characteristic associated with the communication device. A mobility scheme may be selected from a set of mobility schemes based upon the selection criterion. One or more thresholds of the mobility scheme may be communicated to the communication device.
US11653271B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless communication device may transmit an announcement that indicates a plurality of future resource reservations. The wireless communication device may transmit multiple sets of announcements that indicate one or more reservations and may vary the transmission frequency thereof based on proximity to the communications. The wireless communication device may transmit an announcement that indicates a future communication and a cancellation indication that indicates a cancellation of the communication. The wireless communication device may transmit a preemption indication that indicates that resources reserved for an announced future communication have been preempted for another communication. Numerous other aspects are described.
US11653259B2
In a user equipment of a wireless communication system, a method for signal transmission and reception may include: sending a request for a Circuit Switched voice network (CS) service to a Gateway Mobile Switching Center (GMSC) to send and receive data to and from a second user equipment; and receiving a call reject response corresponding to the service request from the GMSC, wherein the call reject response is sent by an entity in a core network of the second user equipment. According to an embodiment, it is possible to provide a suitable service to a sender terminal making a CS service request to a receiver terminal having subscribed only to a PS service without increasing network load.
US11653254B2
Disclosed are a communication scheme and a system thereof for converging an IoT technology and a 5G communication system for supporting a high data transmission rate beyond that of a 4G system. The disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, services related to a smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care digital education, retail business, security, and safety) based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology. Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for supporting a multimedia telephony (MMTEL) system, a method and an apparatus for efficiently operating a new QoS layer (service data access protocol (SDAP)), and a method and an apparatus for efficiently supporting a bandwidth part in the SCell in carrier aggregation or in dual connectivity.
US11653251B2
A packet forwarding method to shorten a transmission latency of an elephant flow is provided. In the method, for a first packet flow used as an elephant flow, a network device may receive a plurality of packets of the first packet flow, and determine a characteristic parameter of the first packet flow based on the plurality of packets, where the characteristic parameter of the first packet flow is used to indicate a transmission latency of the first packet flow. After determining the characteristic parameter of the first packet flow, the network device determines a forwarding policy of the first packet flow based on the characteristic parameter of the first packet flow. The forwarding policy of the first packet flow is used to indicate latency sensitivity of the first packet flow.
US11653247B2
A wireless communication method, a terminal device, and a network device are provided, and may meet requirements for communication performance of a 5G communication system. The method includes: a terminal device receives an activation signaling sent by a network device, wherein the activation signaling is used for activating the terminal device to persistently report first CSI; the terminal device reports persistently the first CSI to the network device after receiving the activation signaling until the terminal device receives a deactivation signaling sent by the network device, wherein the deactivation signaling is used for instructing the terminal device to stop reporting the first CSI.
US11653242B2
It is presented a method for session analysis in a wireless communication network. The method is performed in a network node of the wireless communication network and comprises receiving a session report from a wireless terminal, the wireless terminal being within a coverage region of the wireless communication network, obtaining a network report associated with the session report, and storing a session network report associated with performance of the obtained network report and performance of the received the session report, for the coverage region. It is also presented a network node, a wireless terminal, a computer program and a computer program product thereof.
US11653240B2
A method and apparatus report channel state information (CSI) feedback of a user equipment (UE) in a coordinated multipoint communication system. The method includes identifying, when downlink transmissions to the UE are configured with at least two CSI subframe subsets, an interference measurement resource within one of the CSI subframe subsets belonging to a CSI reference resource. The method also includes using the identified interference measurement resource to derive an interference measurement. The apparatus includes a controller configured to, when downlink transmissions to the UE are configured with at least two CSI subframe subsets, identify an interference measurement resource within one of the CSI subframe subsets belonging to a CSI reference resource. The controller is configured to use the identified interference measurement resource to derive an interference measurement.
US11653239B1
Systems and methods are provided for dynamically changing a channel state information (CSI) reporting protocol by adjusting CSI reporting frequency for a wireless device communicating with an access node within a wireless network. The methods and systems identify a power headroom (PHR) value at a particular wireless device and adjust the CSI reporting frequency when the PHR satisfies a predetermined threshold. The method changes the CSI reporting frequency for the wireless device to enable more frequent CSI reporting over a primary path to the access node to facilitate reallocation of resources.
US11653236B2
Systems, methods, and devices enable spectrum management by identifying, classifying, and cataloging signals of interest based on radio frequency measurements. In an embodiment, signals and the parameters of the signals may be identified and indications of available frequencies may be presented to a user. In another embodiment, the protocols of signals may also be identified. In a further embodiment, the modulation of signals, data types carried by the signals, and estimated signal origins may be identified.
US11653232B2
Cellular communications, such as 5G cellular, may be a primary link between cell phones and a base station. Such cellular communications may be desirable, due to a high link rate. When the cellular communications are denied, a tactical waveform may be used to bridge communications between the cell phones and the base station. The tactical waveform may be transmitted between tactical radios coupled with the cell phones. The waveform may include a line-of-sight waveform. The tactical waveform may also include a beyond-line-of-sight waveform.
US11653224B2
A method for operating an electronic device having a plurality of antenna modules, wherein at least one of the plurality of antenna modules is a serving module, comprises: triggering a module sweeping operation based on one or more of: a reference signal receive power (RSRP) of the serving module being below a dynamic, time-varying threshold; the RSRP of the serving module being lower than an average RSRP of the serving module when the electronic device is at a same location; an estimated angle of arrival of a beam being on an edge or outside of a coverage area of the serving module; inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensors indicating that the electronic device has rotated; or the RSRP of the serving module cannot support a predicted data requirement.
US11653216B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A base station may configure a system bandwidth of shared spectrum partitioned into a plurality of bandwidth parts based on interference associated with each of the plurality of bandwidth parts. The base station may then transmit the configuration of the system bandwidth to a plurality of devices. A UE may receive, from a base station, a configuration of a system bandwidth of shared spectrum. The system bandwidth may be partitioned into a plurality of bandwidth parts based on interference associated with each of the plurality of bandwidth parts. The UE may then communicate with the base station on at least one of the bandwidth parts.
US11653211B2
A tracking device stores identification values unique to the tracking device for use in authenticating the tracking device. When activated, the tracking device provides a first identification value to a first owner and a different identification value to a tracking system. The identification of the tracking device can only be authenticated by combining the identification values given to the owner and tracking system. If a second owner resets the tracking device, the tracking device stores a second version the identification values for use in authenticating the tracking device. In the case that the second owner is illegitimate, (for instance, the tracking device is stolen by the second owner) the first owner can report the tracking device stolen. Upon being reported stolen, the identification value provided to the first owner is transmitted to the tracking system for use with the tracking system identification value to authenticate the first owner, enabling the first owner to locate and recover their stolen device.
US11653208B2
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to an invalid location measurement report (LMR) indication. A device may identify a first null data packet (NDP) received from a first station device during, wherein the first NDP is used for channel sounding. The device may perform a time of arrival (ToA) calculation based on the NDP. The device may determine an invalid indication associated with the first NDP based on the ToA calculation. The device may generate an LMR comprising of the invalid measurement indication. The device may cause to send the LMR to the first device.
US11653207B2
In certain embodiments, a service provider provides both wireless communication services to a wireless device and access to a network server associated with an application running on the wireless device. Network infrastructure of the service provider stores registration information about the wireless device in a provider database, receives from the wireless device an initial request for the application to access the network infrastructure, wherein the initial request includes device ID information identifying the wireless device but not explicit authentication information about a user of the wireless device, uses the device information to access the provider database to determine that the wireless device is registered, and transmits to the wireless device permission for the application to access the network infrastructure, thereby enabling the user to access the network infrastructure without having to provide explicit authentication information such as username and password.
US11653204B2
Various aspects include a continuous authentication system for a storage system. The continuous authentication system includes a host having an encryption unit. The continuous authentication system includes a storage device having a decryption unit. The continuous authentication system includes a first physical connection between the host and the storage device. The first physical connection may be configured to transfer I/Os. The continuous authentication system may include a second physical connection between the host and the storage device. The encryption unit may be configured to encrypt a continuous authentication signal. The host may be configured to transmit the continuous authentication signal through the second physical connection. The storage device may be configured to receive the continuous authentication signal through the second physical connection. The decryption unit may be configured to decrypt the continuous authentication signal. When the second physical connection is tampered with, the storage device may stop processing the I/Os.
US11653191B2
Methods for extending cell broadcast notifications to various access technologies and enterprise communication infrastructure. A method includes obtaining, by a controller, a cellular broadcast message of a public warning system and identifying, by the controller, at least one network entity, from among a plurality of network entities operating in a private radio network, based on the at least one network entity being within a location area specified in the cellular broadcast message. The method further includes providing, by the controller to the at least one network entity, the cellular broadcast message.
US11653172B2
It is inter-alia disclosed a method comprises: obtaining or holding available at least one training set of radio signal observation results, wherein a respective training set of radio signal observation results is held available in association with identification information of a corresponding area of interest on a site, wherein a respective training set of radio signal observation results is captured at a corresponding observation position within a corresponding area of interest on said site; obtaining or holding available area of interest information indicating whether at least one tracking device has been determined to have entered and/or to have been located within a corresponding area of interest on the site; obtaining or holding available current radio signal observation data of a current tracking device representing one or more current sets of radio signal observation results captured by a radio interface of the current tracking device when present on said site, wherein a respective current set of radio signal observation results is captured at a corresponding observation position on said site; determining whether the current tracking device has entered or is located within an area of interest, identification information of which is associated with the at least one training set of radio signal observation results, based on at least one current set of radio signal observation results, based on at least one training set of radio signal observation results associated with the identification information of the area of interest, and based on the area of interest information.
US11653170B2
In one embodiment, a method for emitting a sound from an in-ear speaker worn by a subject includes generating, by an audio source of the in-ear speaker, a source audio signal. One or more speakers of the in-ear speaker may emit a sound based on the audio signal and an audio-transport tube of the in-ear speaker may receive the sound. The one or more speakers may be comprised of a singular speaker or a speaker array coupled to a crossover network. The audio-transport tube has an input end coupled to the one or more speakers to receive the sound. An audio reflector of the in-ear speaker may reflect the sound. The audio reflector is coupled to an output end of the audio-transport tube.
US11653167B2
A system for generating audio content in dependence upon an input audio track comprising audio corresponding to one or more sound sources, the system comprising an audio input unit operable to input the input audio track to one or more models, each representing one or more of the sound sources, and an audio generation unit operable to generate, using the one or more models, one or more audio tracks each comprising a representation of the audio contribution of the corresponding sound sources of the input audio track, wherein the generated audio tracks comprise one or more variations relative to the corresponding portion of the input audio track.
US11653164B1
One embodiment provides a computer-implemented method that includes receiving a trigger sound from a primary listening location. The trigger sound being received at multiple speakers in a synchronous network at different times. The trigger sound is recognized at the multiple speakers. A respective relative delay is determined based on a time differential function that determines time differences. Sound quality for the multiple speakers is improved based on the respective relative delay for each of the multiple speakers.
US11653160B2
An apparatus includes a support configured to be worn on a head of a recipient and to hold at least one device next to the recipient's skull. The at least one device provides information to the recipient. The support is configured to generate a force that presses against the head and to actively adjust the force while the support is worn by the recipient.
US11653146B2
An information processing device (100) including a control unit that causes, on a basis of vibration output characteristics of a vibration device (200), the vibration device (200) to output a vibration corresponding to sound data.
US11653145B2
An in-the-ear hearing aid device is disclosed. The device at least one electro-acoustic transducer, and at least one sensor or at least one active electronic component. The at least one electro-acoustic transducer comprises a capsule enclosing a transducer sound active part and a transducer air volume. The transducer air volume is air volume which is enclosed by said capsule and which is in fluid-connection with said transducer sound active part. At least a portion of said at least one sensor or of said at least one active electronic component is provided within said transducer air volume.
US11653141B2
Embodiments of active noise control (ANC) headphones and operating methods thereof are disclosed herein. In one example, a headphone includes a speaker, an internal microphone, and a processor. The speaker is configured to play an audio of interest based on an audio source signal. The internal microphone is configured to obtain a mixed audio signal including a noise signal and the audio of interest played by the speaker. The processor is configured to determine a first current system parameter of the headphone based on the mixed audio signal at a first time point, and determine if the first current system parameter of the headphone is higher than a predetermined threshold to determine if the headphone is worn by a user.
US11653135B2
Auricular attachments should be comfortable for long term wear. An auricular interface based on a skirt attachment is disclosed. By separating the uplifting force of the skirt from a separate downward force a more comfortable wearing is achieved. The skirt can optionally be pleated. The objective is achieved by a skirt structure having an outer surface that contacts least a part of an inner part of an outer boundary of a concha of a pinna, without the skirt touching the floor of the concha.
US11653133B2
A speaker unit for an earphone is provided. The speaker unit for an earphone may include a frame; a magnet; a plate fixed to the frame and in contact with the magnet; a diaphragm; a coil disposed to overlap the magnet and the plate in a radial direction; and a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB), wherein the magnet includes a first surface and a second surface arranged on an outer surface of the magnet, the first surface is a surface in contact with an inner surface of the frame, the second surface is a surface spaced apart from the inner surface of the frame, and the frame forms a first sound emission path defined by a space between the inner surface thereof and the second surface of the magnet in the radial direction.
US11653132B2
An audio signal processing method performs signal processing on a first audio signal to be outputted to a first device that a performer uses, the first audio signal on which the signal processing has been performed being a second audio signal, receiving a setting that causes the first audio signal to send to a monitor bus which is for to output the second audio signal, and performing signal processing on the second audio signal, which is received via the monitor bus and is to be outputted to a second device different from the first device, such that a sound quality of a sound to be outputted by the second device is closer to sound quality of a sound to be outputted by the first device than in a case where the signal processing is not performed on the second audio signal.
US11653125B1
A data collection method uses a receiver having data collection sensitivity to signals originating from objects dispersed in a field that is subject to distortion. The sensitivity of the receiver is swept along a first arc. For each of the objects detected during the sweeping step, two of the signals are collected at two different points in time. A difference between the two signals is compared to a threshold. When the difference exceeds the threshold, the sensitivity of the receiver is re-swept along a second arc that is angularly less than the first arc. When the difference is less than the threshold, the signals are captured.
US11653115B2
An image sensor system has a pixel array with a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels comprising a photodiode, a pixel buffer and a transfer gate coupled between the photodiode and an input of the pixel buffer. A voltage supply block is configured to generate a pixel supply voltage from an input voltage based on a first reference voltage and to provide the pixel supply voltage to the pixel array. A calibration processing block is configured to determine an average pixel signal based on an average of individual pixel signals at outputs of the pixels of the pixel array and to determine a correction value based on the average pixel signal and a reference pixel signal. A correction processing block is configured to determine the first reference voltage based on a combination of a second reference voltage and the correction value.
US11653111B2
A method of operating an image sensor includes determining a duration of an integration time for an image frame; operating an array of pixels to capture the image frame; receiving a decision to truncate the image frame; truncating the image frame before satisfying the duration of the integration time; and reading out a set of pixel values for the array of pixels. Each pixel in the array of pixels is exposed for a truncated integration time. The truncated integration time has a truncated duration shorter than the determined duration.
US11653110B2
An image sensor is disclosed. The image sensor includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, each of the pixels including: a photodiode; a floating diffusion node configured to accumulate photocharges generated from the photodiode; a first capacitor configured to store charges according to a voltage of the floating diffusion node which is reset; a second capacitor configured to store charges according to a voltage of the floating diffusion node in which the photocharges are accumulated; a first sampling transistor connected to a first output node and configured to sample charges to the first capacitor; a second sampling transistor connected to the first output node and configured to sample charges to the second capacitor; and at least one precharge select transistor connected to the first output node and configured to reset the first output node.
US11653101B2
An imaging system includes an image sensor configured to obtain first image data, based on a received light; and a processing circuit configured to determine an operating mode of the image sensor, among a first mode and a second mode, based on an illumination and a dynamic range corresponding to the obtained first image data. The image sensor includes a first sub-pixel configured to sense a target light corresponding to a target color, in the first mode, convert the target light sensed during a first exposure time, into a first signal, and in the second mode, convert the target light sensed during a second exposure time longer than the first exposure time, into a second signal.
US11653100B2
An exposure time controller for controlling an exposure time (ET) variable of a video camera, which is associated with an auto-exposure algorithm configured to reduce an exposure mismatch (ΔE) by incrementing and decrementing the ET variable, which comprises: a memory for recording ET values applied while the video camera is imaging a scene and the algorithm is active; and processing circuitry configured to: determine that the exposure mismatch exceeds a threshold while the video camera is imaging the scene; estimate a distribution of the recorded ET values; based on the estimated distribution, identify multiple relatively most frequent ET values; and, in reaction to determining that the exposure mismatch exceeds the threshold, assign one of the identified ET values to the ET variable.
US11653091B2
A focus detecting apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a defocus amount using a pair of image signals corresponding to each of a first focus detecting area and a second focus detecting area larger than the first focus detecting area set for each of the plurality of AF frames, a determination unit configured to determine a priority of the plurality of AF frames using the pair of image signals acquired from each of the first and second focus detecting areas, and a selection unit configured to select the AF frame to be focused using the priority.
US11653083B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to a sensor module. In some aspects, an image sensor module may include an array of photon sensors configured to output a first set of signals corresponding to a set of photon sensors of the array of photon sensors. The set of photon sensors may include a row of photon sensors, or a column of photon sensors, of the array of photon sensors. The image sensor module may include a plurality of data selector components configured to receive the first set of signals and output a second set of signals corresponding to a subset of the set of photon sensors.
US11653080B2
An optical member driving device is provided. The device includes a fixed portion with an accommodation space for accommodating a lens device and a movable portion which includes a holding portion for holding an image sensor and is supported by a suspension wire at a position on a rear side of the lens device. The fixed portion has a case surrounding a periphery of the movable portion, and the movable portion has a coil substrate on which a coil is formed. The coil substrate has a main body portion and stopper portions projecting outward from a circumference of the main body portion, and the stopper portions are directly opposed to an inner surface of the case.
US11653067B2
The systems described herein provide a system for automatic login into content provider applications. An operating system stores authentication credentials for the applications, which can be subsequently provided for use during invocation of the content provider applications.
US11653044B2
A method and system for dynamically watermarking media content based on transport-stream metadata, to facilitate action by a downstream entity. An intermediary in a media-distribution path could receive a transport stream carrying media content and carrying metadata that is not watermarked in the media content. The intermediary could then obtain from the transport stream the metadata that is not watermarked in the media content and could modify the media content at least by encoding into the media content a watermark that represents the obtained metadata. And the intermediary could then output at least the modified media content for transmission to a downstream entity. The downstream entity could thus obtain from the watermark in the media content the metadata and could use the metadata to facilitate carrying out one or more useful actions.
US11653028B2
A method of partitioning a video coding block for JVET, comprising representing a JVET coding tree unit as a root node in a quadtree plus binary tree (QTBT) structure that can have a quadtree branching from the root node and binary trees branching from each of the quadtree's leaf nodes using asymmetric binary partitioning to split a coding unit represented by a quadtree leaf node into two child coding units of unequal size, representing the two child coding units as leaf nodes in a binary tree branching from the quadtree leaf node and coding the child coding units represented by leaf nodes of the binary tree with JVET, wherein further partitioning of child coding units split from quadtree leaf nodes via asymmetric binary partitioning is disallowed.
US11653020B2
A method for video processing is provided. The method includes determining, based on a coding mode of a parent coding unit of a current coding unit that uses an affine coding mode or a rate-distortion (RD) cost of the affine coding mode, a usage of an adaptive motion vector resolution (AMVR) for a conversion between a coded representation of a current block of a video and the current block; and performing the conversion according to a result of the determining.
US11653017B2
A method for estimating a motion vector of a pixel block, a video processing apparatus, an electronic device and a storage medium. The method for estimating the motion vector of the pixel block includes: obtaining a plurality of candidate motion vectors of a current pixel block in a current video frame, the plurality of candidate motion vectors comprising at least a down-sampled candidate motion vector; calculating a confidence degree for a difference value between each of other candidate motion vectors except for the down-sampled candidate motion vector in the plurality of candidate motion vectors and the down-sampled candidate motion vector; and determining one candidate motion vector in the other candidate motion vectors as the motion vector of the current pixel block, the confidence degree for the difference value between the one candidate motion vector and the down-sampled candidate motion vector is highest.
US11653013B2
A computer implemented program executable to display a graphical user interface on a display surface of a computing device which by user indications retrieves a video and a geospatial representation in which one or more coordinate location indicators can be selected, and further functions to match location coordinates associated with selected coordinate location indicators with the plurality of images occurring between a beginning video image and an ending video image of the video.
US11653011B2
A system for decoding a video bitstream includes receiving a bitstream and a plurality of enhancement bitstreams together with receiving a video parameter set and a video parameter set extension. The system also receives an output layer set change message including information indicating a change in at least one output layer set.
US11653010B2
In a moving image decoding device for decoding encoded data of a tile group splitting a picture into one or more rectangular regions and consisting of one or more segments, a WPP enabled flag for indicating whether a segment in an object tile group is a CTU row having a height of one CTU is decoded, and when the WPP enabled flag is 1, after a CTU at a right end of the CTU row is decoded, an end bit of a first segment having a fixed value is decoded.
US11653006B2
Provided is a method of decoding an image, the method including: determining at least one coding unit for splitting an image, based on block shape information of a current coding unit; determining at least one transformation unit, based on a shape of the current coding unit included in the at least one coding unit; and decoding the image by performing inverse transformation based on the at least one transformation unit, wherein the block shape information indicates whether the current coding unit is a square shape or a non-square shape. Also, provided is an encoding method corresponding to the decoding method. In addition, provided is an encoding apparatus or decoding apparatus capable of performing the encoding or decoding method.
US11653003B2
A method for processing a stream of images including the steps of obtaining coding information from the stream of images to determine one or more bitrate/distortion models representative of the bitrate/distortion relationship of the stream of images, determining a set of coding parameters arranged for use to encode a stream of images with the one or more bitrate/distortion models, reformulating the bitrate/distortion relationship into a decoupled relationship arranged to be applied to a subset of the stream of images, and using the decoupled relationship and the set of coding parameters to generate an adaptive quantization parameter for encoding the stream of images with the bitrate/distortion relationship.
US11652998B2
An example method of video processing includes determining, for a conversion between a current block of a video and a bitstream representation of the video, that one or more samples of the video outside the current block are unavailable for a coding process of the conversion. The coding process comprises an adaptive loop filter (ALF) coding process. The method also includes performing, based on the determining, the conversion by using padded samples for the one or more samples of the video. The padded samples are generated by checking for availability of samples in an order.
US11652993B2
A method of partitioning in video coding for JVET, comprising representing a JVET coding tree unit as a root node in a quadtree plus binary tree (QTBT) structure that can have quadtree or binary partitioning of the root node and quadtree or binary trees branching from each of the leaf nodes. The partitioning at any depth can use asymmetric binary partitioning to split a node represented by a leaf node into two child nodes of unequal size, representing the two child nodes as leaf nodes in a binary tree branching from the parent leaf node and coding the child nodes represented by final leaf nodes of the binary tree with JVET, wherein further partitioning of child nodes split from leaf nodes via asymmetric binary partitioning is allowed recursively along the same branch in any order with symmetric partitioning.
US11652991B2
A video decoding apparatus (31) for splitting an image into tiles, splits a tile of the tiles into coding tree units (CTUs), and decodes a video on a per-CTU basis, the video decoding apparatus including a header decoder (3020) configured to decode tile unit information indicating a unit for a size of a tile from header information of a coding stream, and a coding tree (CT) decoder (3021) configured to split the tile into CTUs, wherein the header decoder derives a tile upper left position and a tile size by using the tile unit information.
US11652990B2
An encoder includes processing circuitry and a memory coupled to the processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to: select a filter based at least on a prediction mode used for a first block, the filter including first filter coefficients for the first block and second filter coefficients for a second block; multiply values of first pixels among the first block and second pixels among the second block by the first filter coefficients to change a value of a first pixel in the first pixels; and multiply the values of the first pixels among the first block and the second pixels among the second block by the second filter coefficients to change a value of a second pixel in the second pixels.
US11652987B2
Devices, systems and methods for video processing are described. An example method for video processing includes performing a conversion between a video comprising luma blocks and corresponding chroma blocks and a bitstream representation of the video according to a rule that specifies that, for a case that a current luma block is coded using a palette coding mode and a corresponding current chroma block coded with a derived mode, the current luma block is treated as having a default intra prediction mode and the current chroma block is coded with the default intra prediction mode.
US11652984B2
An example device for coding (encoding or decoding) video data includes a memory configured to store video data; and one or more processors implemented in circuitry and configured to: determine a first number of neighboring blocks to a current block of the video data that are intra-predicted; determine a second number of the neighboring blocks that are inter-predicted; determine a first weight value to be applied to intra-prediction samples of an intra-prediction block for the current block; determine a second weight value to be applied to inter-prediction samples of an inter-prediction block for the current block; generate a prediction block for the current block as a weighted combination of the intra-prediction block to which the first weight value is applied and the inter-prediction block to which the second weight value is applied; and code the current block using the prediction block.
US11652982B2
In one embodiment, a system receives pixel data from a pair of regions of an image generated by an imaging device, the pair of regions includes a first region and a second region, where the first region includes a first plurality of pixels and the second region includes a second plurality of pixels. The system determines a plurality of pixel pairs, where a pixel pair includes a first pixel from the first plurality of pixels and a second pixel from the second plurality of pixels. The system calculates a plurality of contrasts based on the plurality of pixel pairs. The system determines a contrast distribution based on the plurality of contrasts. The system calculates a value representative of a capability of the imaging device to detect contrast based on the contrast distribution. The system determines a reduction in contrast detectability of the imaging device based on the value.
US11652981B2
An assessment assembly (10) for assessing a fundus imaging system (12) includes at least one, curved, flexible resolution test chart (40). Each of the resolution test charts (40) can include a chart body (342), and a plurality of spaced apart chart features (344). Moreover, each of the resolution test charts (40) can be fixedly coupled to an artificial retina region (36) of an artificial eye (14). The artificial retina region (36) can be shaped and sized similar to a retina region (19E) of a human eye (19), and the artificial retina region (36) can have scattering and depolarization properties that are similar to the scattering and depolarization properties of the retina region (19E) of the human eye (19). The fundus imaging system (12) can capture one or more images (20) of the resolution test charts (40) that are evaluated to determine a resolution of the fundus imaging system (12).
US11652974B2
A stereoscopic imaging device includes at least a first and a second image recording unit configured to record a first and a second original image of an object from different perspectives, wherein the original images differ at least with regard to one item of image information, an image display unit for imaging displayed images, an image processing unit for further processing the original images, and the image processing unit is configured to supplement at least one of the two original images with at least one item of image information from the other original image to generate a displayed image. In addition, a method for generating at least one displayed image that can be imaged on an image display unit is provided.
US11652969B2
A projection apparatus includes a main body configured to project and display an image from a projection port of the main body; and an operation detection apparatus detachably attached to the main body and configured to acquire operation information relating to an operation on a projection screen performed by an operator. The main body includes an attachment portion provided on a surface of the main body on which the projection port is provided. The attachment portion is a portion where the operation detection apparatus attached to the main body.
US11652965B2
A method of projecting digital information on a real object in a real environment includes the steps of projecting digital information on a real object or part of a real object with a visible light projector, capturing at least one image of the real object with the projected digital information using a camera, providing a depth sensor registered with the camera, the depth sensor capturing depth data of the real object or part of the real object, and calculating a spatial transformation between the visible light projector and the real object based on the at least one image and the depth data. The invention is also concerned with a corresponding system.
US11652963B2
The invention provides a system (1000) for processing light, the system (1000) configured to provide along a main beam path (1105) a beam (1005) of system light (1001), wherein the system light (1001) comprises one or more of first light (111) having a first spectral distribution, second light (121) having a second spectral distribution, and third light (131) having a third spectral distribution, wherein the first, second, and third spectral distributions mutually differ, wherein the system (1000) comprises: —a lighting arrangement (100) configured to provide along a first beam path (1101) a first beam (101) comprising primary light (103) having a spectral power distribution with at least 80% of the spectral power consisting of one of the first light (111), the second light (121), and the third light (131), and/or configured to provide along a second beam pat (1102) a second beam (102) comprising composed light (104) having a spectral distribution with at least 80% of the spectral power consisting of the two others of the first light (111), the second light (121), and the third light (131); —an optical filter system (200) comprising a plurality of segments (210), wherein two or more segments (210) have different transmission characteristics for one or more of the primary light (103) and the composed light (104); wherein during operation of the system (1000) the optical filter system (200) is configured to have the segments (210) of the plurality of segments (210) sequentially intercept the main beam path (1105) or the second beam path (1102), wherein during a time period (tsp) the beam path (1105, 1102) is partially intercepted by a first segment (211) and partially intercepted by a second segment (212); —a control system (300) configured to control the lighting arrangement (100) and the optical filter system (200) such that during at least part of the time period (tsp) at least 80% of a spectral power distribution of the system light (1001) of the beam (1005) of system light (1001) consists of the primary light (103).
US11652955B1
Techniques for reducing a likelihood of detection of an imaging system by another imaging system are provided. For example, the techniques may include controlling read-out such that the timings between frames of an image are non-uniform. For example, a processor may be configured to generate a plurality of frame synchronization signals from a main clock and transmit the plurality of frame synchronization signals to readout circuitry. Each frame synchronization signal is an instruction to start the biasing and reading for a respective frame. The plurality of frame synchronization signals may be generated such that a timing between pulse biasing the same thermal sensor is not uniform. The techniques may also include controlling the read-out such that the timings between lines within a frame are non-uniform which also results in the timing between pulse biasing of the same thermal sensor not being uniform.
US11652944B2
There is provided a method for an information processing apparatus configured to communicate with an image processing apparatus. The method includes displaying a screen of an application, wherein the screen corresponds to a screen displayed on a display unit of the image processing apparatus and is subjected to display control by the image processing apparatus, and transmitting an instruction to stop the display control to the image processing apparatus if a predetermined condition is satisfied in a state where the application is no longer operating as a user's operation target on the information processing apparatus.
US11652937B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, an image reading unit disposed on the image forming unit, a first control circuit board mounted on the image reading unit, a second control circuit board mounted on the image forming unit, a flexible flat cable, a slit, and a regulating member. The flexible flat cable transfers image data from the first control circuit board to the second control circuit board and has one end connected to the first control circuit board and another end connected to the second control circuit board. The slit is formed in the image forming unit such that the flexible flat cable passes through. The regulating member regulates a length of the flexible flat cable between the slit and the second connector, is attached at a predetermined position of the flexible flat cable, and abuts against the image forming unit.
US11652932B2
An image processing apparatus includes a character recognition unit configured to perform character recognition processing for recognizing one or more characters included in image data and acquiring character information, a display unit configured to display one or more characters indicated by the character information acquired by the character recognition unit, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the image data to a folder the name of which is a character selected by a user from among the one or more characters displayed by the display unit.
US11652929B2
Methods and systems for printing on a print device from both authorized users and guest users are disclosed. The methods include configuring the print device to execute document processing jobs from both authorized users and guest users based on a rule set. The method also includes receiving a request to initiate a document processing session on the print device, initiating the kiosk mode session for executing paid document processing jobs by outputting a kiosk mode user interface that is configured to allow the guest user to submit requests for paid document processing jobs, receiving a request for executing a document processing job via the kiosk mode user interface, causing the print device to execute the document processing job, and causing a payment processing service associated with the guest user to render payment for executing the document processing job.
US11652927B2
Provided is an image reading device including: a reading unit reading an image on a document; a carriage moving with the reading unit; a detector included in the carriage and having a predetermined width in a movement direction of the carriage; a detection sensor being in a detection state when the detector is located at a position where the detector faces the detection sensor and being in a non-detection state when the detector is located at a position where the detector does not face the detection sensor; and a control portion configured to perform a positional shift determination operation of determining a positional shift of the carriage, in which, as the positional shift determination operation, the control portion starts to move the carriage when the detection sensor is in the detection state and determines the positional shift of the carriage, based on a moving amount of the carriage.
US11652924B1
Apparatuses and methods concerning routing of calls in an IPBX server are disclosed. As an example, one apparatus includes a first processing circuit communicatively coupled to an IPBX server. The IPBX server is configured to generate call event messages for the VoIP calls routed by the IPBX server. The first processing circuit is configured to generate call summary metrics from the call event messages. The call summary metrics and/or related data indicate respective sets of call data for participants of the calls routed by the IPBX server. A second processing circuit is configured to identify organizations associated with the participants of the calls. The second processing circuit aggregates the call related data to assess needs of the organization.
US11652923B2
Assigning an appropriate channel in an omni-channel contact center environment includes receiving, by a computer of the contact center, an incoming contact via a first communication channel, the incoming contact assignable to a plurality of available communication channels; queuing, by the computer, the incoming contact in a first queue associated with the first communication channel; determining, by the computer, a preferable communication channel from among the plurality of communication channels and the first communication channel; and when the preferable communication channel is one of the plurality of communication channels, determining whether to assign the incoming contact to the preferable communication channel.
US11652920B2
Systems and methods are provided for generating announcement information at a communication node. The method includes: generating a first announcement information associated with a first user; generating a second announcement information associated with a second user; and transmitting the first and second announcement information to a telephony application server, wherein the first announcement information and the second announcement information include at least one different element of data, further wherein both the first and second announcement information are used to generate or select announcements which are transmitted to the first and second users during a call between the first and second users.
US11652898B2
A web site publisher may improve user interaction with landing pages from third-party publishers by displaying landing page content in a navigation window offering users the ability to interact with one or more landing pages in formats including: carousel, multiple panes, stacks, tabs, and tiles. Pages may be displayed in focus, below or behind the active display area, in full size windows, in reduced windows, and so forth. Landing page content may be loaded in advance of a user focusing on a specific page. The navigation window offers users the ability to store preferences, to refresh landing pages, to save searches, to search in one landing page, and/or to have results propagate to other landing pages.
US11652894B2
A second screen device can discover one or more first screen devices connected to a network using a DIAL discovery request. In response to the DIAL request, a preferred first screen device sends a formatted response that includes one or more capabilities associated with an application or software that is executed by or hosted by the first screen device. For example, the formatting can use a header extension for a response to a DIAL discovery request. In another example, the formatting can use a header tag for a response to a DIAL device description request. Formatting the response to the DIAL request to include information about the capabilities of the first screen device ensures that the first screen device that is preferred for the playback of selected content is positioned at the top of the list or menu presented to a user at the second screen device.
US11652892B2
Disclosed is a method, a computer program product, and a computer system for implementing automatic connection load balancing of database connections between instances of a cluster. Load imbalances are detected globally in the cluster, and can be corrected autonomously by the local instances. The local controller/orchestrator detects the imbalance, computes a target for the instance, and makes any necessary adjustments on the instance, where a server marks the connections to redistribute, and then implements draining and/or planned failover to move sessions.
US11652885B2
A system comprising a vaporizing device and a central server is described. The vaporizing device includes a housing and a cartridge, received within the housing, the cartridge including a predefined quantity of concentrate and an identification code associated with the concentrate and uniquely identifying the cartridge. The vaporizing device further includes a control unit configured to read the identification code. The vaporizing device further includes a communication unit configured to transmit the identification code to a computing device of a user. The central server includes a database. The central server is configured to receive the identification code from the computing device and retrieve concentrate information corresponding to the identification code from the database. The central server is configured to transmit the concentrate information to the computing device for displaying to the user.
US11652876B2
Systems and methods are provided for switching computing devices between edge servers and peer groups. One example method includes receiving, at a client computing device and from a first computing device, media content. A request to initiate an assisted delivery service is sent from the client computing device to a second computing device. The assisted delivery service is initiated in response to the request. The assisted delivery service comprises identifying, at the second computing device, one or more peer computing devices receiving the media content. At the second computing device, instructions that enable the client computing device to discover at least one of the peer computing devices are generated. The instructions are sent from the second computing device to the client computing device. At the client computing device, a peer computing device is discovered. A request to receive a portion of the media content is sent from the client computing device to a discovered peer computing device. The portion of the media content is received at the client computing device from the peer computing device.
US11652871B1
Access to functionality of a web application can be provided via microapps. A microapp platform can include a microapp orchestrator that administrators may use to create and deploy microapps. A microapp may include a simple user interface with one or more elements that are associated with a function of a web application. When the microapp is deployed to a user computing device, the user can use the elements of the microapp's user interface to invoke the function of the web application without needing to directly interact with the web application.
US11652866B2
Described are systems and methods for establishing and generating collections of sets that contain object identifiers based on user provided annotations for the object identifiers. A set may include one or more object identifiers and each object identifier may include one or more user provided annotations. Annotations from all object identifiers within a set are processed to form a set profile signature representative of the set. The set profile signatures are then compared between different sets to identify similar sets. Similar sets are included in a collection. Utilizing set profile signatures for a set formed based on user provided annotations provides useful relationships between sets that might otherwise not exist.
US11652852B2
A security manager configured to generate a plurality of learned security policies and provide at least one learned security policy and a security agent to a client machine for enforcement of the at least one learned security policy by the security agent on the client machine. The security manager configured to receive alerts from the security agent indicating anomalous behavior on the client machine.
US11652851B2
A sending security edge proxy SEPP receives a first message sent by a first network function to a second network function. The first message has a plurality of first message parts including: a request line or a response line; at least one header; and payload. Second message parts are formed from the features and optional sub-features of the first message parts. A security structure defines a required security measure individually for each second message part. The SEPP applies, according to the security structure definition, to each second message part by encrypting; integrity protecting; or modification tracking with integrity protecting; and forms a second message that contains the second message parts; and sends the second message towards the second network function. Corresponding methods, structures, computer programs and a system are disclosed for intermediate nodes and receiving SEPP.
US11652844B2
Methods and systems are provided for identifying suspect Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, in accordance with embodiments described herein. In particular, embodiments described herein include obtaining a set of login pairs comprising login identifiers (e.g., user identifiers) and IP addresses used in attempts to login to a source. A set of IP clusters is generated using the set of login pairs. Each IP cluster can include one or more IP addresses identified as related based on a login identifier being used to attempt to login to the source via multiple IP addresses or an IP address being used to attempt to login to the source via multiple login identifiers. Thereafter, it is determined that a particular IP cluster exceeds a threshold amount of IP addresses. Each of the IP addresses within the particular IP cluster is designated as a suspect IP address.
US11652836B2
Non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, detection method, and information processing device
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a detection program that causes a processor included in a noise estimation apparatus to execute a process, the process includes acquiring domain information included in cyber attack information, acquiring record information corresponding to the acquired domain information from a second managing server, the second managing server managing a response history of a first managing server by monitoring communication of the first managing server, the first managing server managing an association between domain information and an IP address, the response history being related to the association between the domain information and the IP address, identifying an IP address that is repeatedly used and a name server associated with the identified IP address by analyzing the record information, and outputting first list information indicating the identified IP address and the identified name server.
US11652829B2
A secure data exchange system comprising a security device including a first external device plug, and a security engine operative to enforce a security policy on data transfer requests received from the host; an external device including a second external device plug; and a host including a first external device port operative to communicatively couple with the first external device plug, a second external device port operative to communicatively couple with the second external device plug, and a driver, e.g., a redirect driver, operative to transfer a data transfer request to the security device before executing the data transfer request.
US11652814B2
Techniques for protecting passwords and/or password entry by a user are provided. User identification data for a user can be received from a remote computing device. An identity of the user can be determined based on the user identification data. A password for the user can be determined. A modified keyboard configuration associated with the user can be determined. A request can be transmitted to the remote computing device for the password for the user based on the modified keyboard configuration. A modified password from the remote computing device can be received. A converted password based on the modified password and the modified keyboard configuration can be determined. The converted password can be compared to the password for the user. The user can be authorized when the converted password matches the password for the user.
US11652808B2
Embodiments as disclosed provide systems and methods that use a local authenticator within a domain to provide a credential to access a resource of the domain to a non-local requestor. When a request is received from a non-local requestor at the domain the non-local requestor can be authenticated based on the request. The local authenticator can then be accessed to obtain a credential. This credential may be the same type of credential provided to members of the domain when they authenticate using the local authenticator. The credential is provided to the non-local requestor so the non-local requestor can access the resource of the domain using the credential and authentication of the non-local requestor with respect to these accesses can be accomplished using the local domain authenticator and the credential.
US11652801B2
A network access control system and a method are disclosed. In a step of generating a transmission control protocol (TCP) session between a terminal and a gateway (or a server), the TCP session is authenticated, and whether or not to generate the TCP session is determined on the basis of a result of the authentication, thereby preventing, in advance, a target application within the terminal from bypassing control of an access control application and transmitting a data packet to a destination network through an authorized tunnel.
US11652796B2
A method and edge device for controlling data exchange of an industrial edge device with an industrial automation arrangement and a data cloud, wherein the edge device includes a first communication connection to the industrial automation arrangement and a second communication connection to a network of the data cloud, where the edge device includes applications exchanging data, and where the edge device includes a control device to control the data to be exchanged, wherein whether data exchange of an application is controlled via the first communication connection and the data exchange is implemented directly via the second communication connection or vice versa is defined for each application, where a data flow control device ensures simultaneous direct data exchange by an application via both communication connections does not occur, such that rigorous checking of applications or containers within the applications with respect to data security is not required.
US11652789B2
Methods and apparatuses providing file type inspection in firewalls by moving the flow between deep inspection file and lightweight accelerated paths. The method includes obtaining, by a network security device, a packet flow of a file transfer session in which at least two files are transferred and determining, by the network security device, at least an offset parameter based on at least one attribute of at least a first packet in the packet flow. The offset parameter is for a first file being transferred of the at least two files and relates to an expected positon of a control data sequence within the packet flow. In this method, based on the offset parameter, directing, by the network security device, to an accelerated packet inspection path instead of to a deep packet inspection path, a portion of the packet flow including one or more packets that follow the first packet.
US11652784B2
An apparatus having an agent that includes a processor and a memory coupled with the processor and communicates with at least one of a fault, configuration, accounting, performance, security module. The processor effectuates operations including determining that a service is operating properly. The processor further effectuates operations including if the service is operating properly and the service is disabled, enabling the service. The processor further effectuates operations including if the service is not operating properly, generating an alarm and if the service is enabled, disabling the service.
US11652783B1
A method for supporting configurable producer network function (NF) Internet protocol (IP) address mappings includes, at an NF repository function (NRF), receiving, from a requesting node, a request message for network address and/or service information of a producer NF. The method further includes determining, from the request message, at least one consumer NF parameter. The method further includes using the at least one consumer NF parameter, a producer NF IP address mapping rule. The method further includes, in response to locating the producer NF IP address mapping rule, determining, using the producer NF IP address mapping rule, an IP address to return to the requesting node. The method further includes generating a response message including the IP address and transmitting the response message to the requesting node.
US11652770B1
Systems and methods are provided for determining if an e-mail originating from an external source is deemed malicious and thereby preventing an out of office e-mail reply. One example method includes receiving, at a computing device of a service provider, an e-mail identified as originating from an external source, scanning the e-mail to identify at least one parameter only when an out of office reply is setup by a recipient of the e-mail, comparing the at least one scanned parameter to a set of known parameters, calculating a score of the e-mail based on the comparison of the at least one parameter to a set of known parameters, determining the e-mail to be a malicious e-mail if the score exceeds a threshold value and blocking an out of office reply based on the threshold value.
US11652755B1
Techniques for adaptive telemetry using cooperative selective summarization metric reporting are described. Upon an impairment event preventing a client from transmitting raw log data to a server, the client switches to generating summarization data based on the raw log data and sends this summarization data to the server. The server may instruct the client which dimensions of data are to be generated and which time apertures apply for the generation of summary statistics. The client may also switch from a first-in first-out (FIFO) transmission mode to a last-in first-out (LIFO) transmission mode for eventually resending the raw log data, providing the server the most current information as timely as possible while leaving older data for later transmission.
US11652754B2
A controller is provided for use with a CD, a WAN, and a service provider server, the HNC includes: a memory; and a processor configured to execute instructions stored on memory to cause the HNC to: establish a priority time period; associate the priority time period with a first application; establish a first service flow queue having a first QoS during priority period; establish a second service flow queue having a second QoS; receive first upstream packets and second upstream packets; assign the first upstream packets to a first upstream queue during the priority time period; assign the second upstream packets to a second upstream queue; receive first downstream packets and second downstream packets; assign the first downstream packets to a first downstream queue during the priority time period; and assign the second downstream packets to a second downstream queue.
US11652753B2
Examples disclosed herein relate to a method comprising detecting a plurality of port sets between a first networking device with a first plurality of ports and a second networking device with a second plurality of ports, wherein each port set includes a first and second port of the first device having a same available interface rate. The method may comprise determining an interface rate and an operational state for each port set that is available to form a Link Aggregation Group and determining each grouping of port sets between the first and second device, wherein each grouping has at least one port set and each port set in the grouping has a same interface rate. The method may comprise calculating the interface rate for each grouping, determining a group with a highest interface rate from among the groupings and programing ports of the group into the LAG distribution.
US11652752B2
A network device adds a fixed value to a congestion threshold (CT) when a first period ends. Detects whether a difference obtained by subtracting average traffic load of a queue in the first period from average traffic load of the queue in a second period is greater than a target increase value, sets the CT based on a detection result when the second period ends, where the first period is previous to the second period; marks a received packet when a quantity of packets buffered in the queue is greater than the CT, enqueues the marked packet and sends the marked packet to a receiving device.
US11652741B2
The present invention relates to IoT devices existing in a deployed ecosystem. The various computers in the deployed ecosystem are able to respond to requests from a device directly associated with it in a particular hierarchy, or it may seek a response to the request from a high order logic/data source (parent). The logic/data source parent may then repeat the understanding process to either provide the necessary response to the logic/data source child who then replies to the device or it will again ask a parent logic/data sources for the appropriate response. This architecture allows for a single device to make one request to a single known source and potentially get a response back from the entire ecosystem of distributed servers.
US11652728B2
In general, in one aspect, embodiments relate to a method for managing network devices in a network. The method includes making, by a network device, a determination that there are no established sessions between the network device and any of a plurality of network devices, wherein the network comprises the network device and the plurality of network devices, and in response to the determination, disabling, by the network device, an interface associated with a link between the network device and a second network device, wherein the second network device is external to the network.
US11652727B2
Techniques are described in which a centralized controller, such as a software defined networking (SDN) controller, constructs a service chain that includes a physical network function (PNF) between a bare metal server (BMS) and a virtual execution element (e.g., virtual machine or container), or in some instances a remote BMS, or vice-versa. In accordance with the techniques disclosed herein, the controller may construct an inter-network service chain that includes PNFs, or a combination of PNFs and virtualized network functions (VNFs). The controller may construct an inter-network service chain to steer traffic between a BMS and a virtual execution element or remote BMS through an inter-network service chain using Virtual Extensible Local Area Network (VXLAN) as an underlying transport technology through the service chain.
US11652700B2
According to one embodiment, a state diagnosis apparatus includes a processing circuit. The processing circuit executes a model receiving, as an input, first data relating to a state of a device at each of a plurality of stages along a time series and outputting a first numerical value quantitatively indicating the first data for each of the stages. The processing circuit determines whether or not first numerical values output from the model monotonously change along the time series.
US11652692B2
A multi-fabric VLAN configuration system includes a first fabric with server devices that are configured to communicate using VLANs, a primary I/O module coupled to the server devices, and a first fabric management system coupled to the server devices and the primary I/O module. The first fabric management system identifies VLAN information associated with the VLANs, automatically configures the primary I/O module using the VLAN information, and causes the VLAN information to be transmitted by the primary I/O module. A second fabric in the multi-fabric VLAN configuration system includes a leaf switch device that is coupled to the primary I/O module and that receives the VLAN information, and a second fabric management system that is coupled to the leaf switch device and that receives the VLAN information from the leaf switch device, and automatically configures the leaf switch device using the VLAN information.
US11652691B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for optimizing network performance on a computer device to improve quality of experience by determining which network settings on the computing device to adjust. A clustering algorithm may identify various classes of networks and a classification algorithm may determine a network class specific to a network on a computing device. The effects of certain network settings for that networks class may be determined and the network setting and/or settings that optimizes the network performance may be promoted. The system may periodically analyze network data to recalculate the appropriate networks class and may determine different network settings based on the recalculation, facilitating mid-session improvements to the quality of experience.
US11652688B2
An approach for updating one or more serverless runtime configurations based on predicting usage patterns of a serverless computing cluster is disclosed. The approach includes collecting one or more attributes associated with an application on a serverless computing cluster and a user of the application and analyzing the one or more collected attributes. Furthermore, the approach includes predicting one or more usage patterns based the analyzing and updating one or more serverless runtime configurations based on the one or more usage patterns.
US11652680B1
A wideband chaotic waveform that is rateless in that it may be modulated at virtually any rate and has a minimum of features introduced into the waveform. Further, the waveform provided may be operated below a signal to noise ratio wall to further enhance the LPD and LPE aspects, thereof. Additionally, the present disclosure may provide a mix of coherent and non-coherent processing techniques applied to signal samples to efficiently achieve coarse synchronization with a waveform that is faster, more efficient and more accurate than using time domain signal correlators alone.
US11652678B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that may enable a user equipment (UE) or base station (e.g., a next-generation NodeB (gNB)) to identify that a waveform to be generated for a scheduled transmission is formed by one or more reference signal symbols and one or more data symbols. The waveform may be contained between a beginning boundary and an ending boundary with a duration equal to a total length of the one or more reference signal symbols and the one or more data symbols. The UE, base station, or both may generate the waveform by inserting a guard internal in the one or more reference signal symbols and the one or more data symbols to enable a receiver to perform a fast Fourier transform (FFT) for each of the one or more reference signal symbols and the one or more data symbols.
US11652672B1
A method and system to determine an adjusted guard interval duration associated with a wireless signal transmitted via a wireless communication link between a first network device and a second network device in a wireless network. The second network device receives a first wireless signal including a first duration of a guard interval from the first network device at a first time. The second network device determines, in view of the set of pilot symbols, a channel impulse response. A channel parameter value is determined based on the channel impulse response. An adjusted guard interval duration corresponding to the channel parameter value is established and used to estimate a second physical rate of the link. The second network device provides a communication identifying the adjusted guard interval duration to the first network device in response to determining the second physical rate is greater than the first physical rate.
US11652671B2
Aspects of the present disclosure include methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for configuring sounding reference signal (SRS) transmissions on subband full-duplex (SBFD) slots. In an example, a user equipment (UE) may determine a change from a first uplink (UL) bandwidth pattern to a second UL bandwidth pattern occurred within in a sub-band full duplex (SBFD) bandwidth. The UE may also configure one or more settings for a sounding resource signal (SRS) transmission based on the second UL bandwidth pattern. The UE may also transmit, to a base station, the SRS transmission according to the one or more settings for the SRS transmission.
US11652660B2
A data transmission method includes an optical line terminal (OLT) for obtaining a data template. The OLT then obtains corresponding optical network terminal (ONT) data based on one or more data types defined in the data template. The OLT then encodes the ONT data according to an external data representation (XDR) format and sends encoded ONT data to a management server. Further, the management server stores and manages the ONT data. The OLT collects the corresponding ONT data based on the data template, encodes and reports the ONT data according to the uniform XDR format. The embodiments define a unified statistics collecting and reporting manner of ONT data and uses standardly defined ONT data to help the management server store and manage the ONT data.
US11652648B2
The invention concerns a scheme for authentication between a telematic control unit (10) for a machine for industrial usage (220), preferably a vehicle, and a core server system (40). The telematic control unit (10) is associated with a hardware identifier and comprises an identity module (14) storing an identifier of the identity module (14) and a secret key which is specific to the identifier. The core server system (40) is connected to a telecommunication server (25) of a public land mobile network, wherein the telecommunication server (25) also has access to the secret key which is specific to the identifier. The inventive authentication scheme preferably relies on an advantageous use of a unique hardware identifier of the telematic control unit.
US11652640B2
Example embodiments of systems and methods for application verification are provided. An application may generate a cryptographic key, and encrypt the cryptographic key with a predefined public key. A server, in data communication with the application, may include a predefined private key. The application may transmit the cryptographic key to the server. The server may receive, from the application, the cryptographic key; decrypt the cryptographic key using the predefined private key; encrypt an authorization token using the decrypted key; and transmit, to the client application, the authorization token via an out-of-band channel. The application may receive, from the server, the authorization token via the out-of-band channel; and decrypt the authorization token to obtain access to one or more services associated with the server.
US11652633B2
An embodiment of an automatic key delivery system is described, An automatic key delivery system comprises the following operations. Herein, a first token is generated and provided to a first network device. Thereafter, a first key value pair, including the first token and a first key segment of a cryptographic key, is received by a first relay server and a second key value pair, including the first token and a second key segment of the cryptographic key, is received from a second relay server. In response, a second token to be provided to the first relay server and the second relay server. Thereafter, the first and second key segment are returned from the first and second relay servers based on usage of the second token as a lookup in order to recover the cryptographic key for decryption of an encrypted content from the first network device.
US11652631B2
Techniques regarding the use of digital identity tokens describing a computer application to obtain authorization to confidential data based on one or more policies are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can comprise a system, which can comprise a memory that can store computer executable components. The system can also comprise a processor, operably coupled to the memory, and that can execute the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise a trusted platform module component that can generate a digital identity token that is bound to a computer application process. The computer executable components can also comprise a key authenticity component that can compare the digital identity token to a security key to retrieve a security credential.
US11652621B2
A method for securely encrypting and decrypting data in a blockchain, wherein a node member of a network involved in executing a state transition function for the blockchain, uses a key derived from a sequence of digits in an irrational number. The irrational number can derive from a ratio and/or a root, and preferably a square root of a non-perfect square. A key might or might not utilize the entirety of the sequence of digits. For example, the key might utilize every other or every third digit in the sequence. A key might alternatively include some or all of the sequence, with one or more additional characters or digits added to the beginning or end of the sequence, or included elsewhere within the sequence. A key might even utilize non-consecutive members of the sequence of digits, or perhaps a reverse or partially reversed sequence.
US11652620B2
A system and method are provided for proactively buffering quantum key distribution (QKD) key material. The method includes monitoring key generation rates and surpluses at QKD devices at each node of a QKD link in a QKD network, retrieving surplus key material from the QKD devices at one or both nodes of the QKD link, and buffering the surplus key material in a local storage at one or both nodes in the QKD link. The surplus key material can be used to offset overhead introduced in securely relaying keys between non-adjacent demand pairs in the QKD network. The surplus key material can also be used to offset future transient decreases in key generation rates.
US11652613B2
Methods, apparatuses, systems, and computer-readable mediums for sharing user credentials in federated authentication are described herein. An identity provider may receive a user credential from a user device. The identity provider may receive, from a relying party, a request for an access token. The identity provider may encrypt the user credential based on a nonce that is uniquely generated for the relying party. The identity provider may send a response to the relying party. The response may include the access token, the encrypted user credential, and the nonce.
US11652612B2
A method including determining, by a first device, a sharing encryption key based at least in part on an access private key associated with encrypted content and an assigned public key associated with a second device; encrypting the access private key associated with the encrypted content utilizing the sharing encryption key; and transmitting the encrypted access private key to enable the second device to access the encrypted content. Various other aspects are contemplated.
US11652611B2
A method including determining, by a first device, a sharing encryption key based at least in part on an access private key associated with encrypted content and an assigned public key associated with a second device; encrypting the access private key associated with the encrypted content utilizing the sharing encryption key; and transmitting the encrypted access private key to enable the second device to access the encrypted content. Various other aspects are contemplated.
US11652610B2
A computer-implemented method of providing data governance as data flows within and between networks, comprising: using a global computing device, retrieving data stored in a plurality of local ledgers and written by a plurality of local computing devices, wherein validity of the data stored in the plurality of local ledgers has not been verified prior to writing; using the global computing device, determining that the plurality of local ledgers is cryptographically consistent and, in response to the determination, updating a global ledger with the data stored in the plurality of local ledgers.
US11652608B2
Multiple, separately administrated computer systems storing slices of the cipher text of a Personally Identifiable Information (PII) data item that is represented by a token. The token is used as a substitute of the data item. The data item is encrypted using a public key. To recover the data item, a complete set of the slices is retrieved from the separate computer systems and decrypted using the private key corresponding to the public key. Instances and circumstances of the usages of the data item can be recorded under the token in a blockchain ledger in connection with the retrieval and/or decryption of the cipher text. A data item owner may use the data item and the public key to recreate the cipher text, retrieve the token stored with the cipher text in the separate computer systems, and then query the ledger for a usage history of the data item.
US11652599B2
When a downlink bandwidth part (BWP) is switched from a first BWP to a second BWP without a change of a cell defining synchronization signal block (SSB), if a reference signal type for Radio Link Monitoring (RLM) is set to an SSB type, a radio terminal (12) continues to use for RLM measurements a first SSB associated with the first BWP after switching of the downlink BWP to the second BWP. This for example enables the radio terminal to monitor a suitable Reference Signal (RS) for RLM measurements after switching of the DL active BWP.
US11652598B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. Specifically, the present invention relates to a method for transmitting, by a terminal, a HARQ-ACK in a CA wireless communication system and an apparatus therefor, the method comprising: receiving at SF #n-k one or more DG DCIS containing a first DAI; receiving a UG DCI which schedules a PUSCH; and transmitting at SF #n a HARQ-ACK payload over the PUSCH, wherein the size of the HARQ-ACK payload is determined on the basis of a value of the first DAI, the value of the first DAI corresponds to the total number of cells on which a first type of DL signal is scheduled at the SF #n-k with respect to the terminal, n is an integer of 0 or more and k is a positive integer.
US11652597B2
A method for a UE in a multiple transmission points communication system, mTRP, scheme, is provided. The method includes receiving downlink control information, DCI, indicating at least two transmission points scheme for a scheduled data transmission on physical resource blocks, PRBs. The PRBs includes at least a first subsets of PRBs, associated with a first transmission point, and a second subset of PRBs, associated with a second transmission point. The method further includes determining a first PT-RS frequency density for the first set of PRBs based on the number of PRBs in the first set of PRBs and a second PT-RS frequency density based on the number of PRBs in the second set of PRBs. A UE, methods for a base station and a base station are also provided.
US11652590B2
Provided is a method in which a user equipment (UE) receives data in a wireless communication system including receiving downlink control information related to downlink data transmission from at least one base station; determining receiving beams for simultaneously receiving the downlink data transmitted independently through a plurality of layer groups from a plurality of base stations including the at least one base station based on the downlink control information; and simultaneously receiving the downlink data from the plurality of base stations using the determined receiving beams, wherein the downlink control information includes beam index information about the receiving beams, and the beam index information is instructed for each of the plurality of layer groups.
US11652589B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, related to techniques for multiple transmission and reception point (TRP) transmission of channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources. In one aspect, a user equipment (UE) can receive a CSI-RS resource including a first CSI-RS port on a first beam from a first cell of a network entity, the CSI-RS resource including a second CSI-RS port of the second cell on a second beam from a second cell of the network entity. In another aspect, a network entity can transmit, on a first beam from a first cell to a UE, a CSI-RS resource including a first CSI-RS port of the first cell, and transmit, on a second beam from a second cell to the UE, the CSI-RS resource including a second CSI-RS port of the second cell.
US11652569B2
Various embodiments disclosed herein provide for facilitating scheduling of uplink data using demodulation reference signal and scheduled resources. According an embodiment, a system can comprise configuring a network device with a periodic rate of specified sounding reference signals with a periodicity using radio resource control signaling. The system can further facilitate estimating channel state information associated with a channel via which the network device communicates. The system can further facilitate transmitting an uplink grant with uplink transmission parameters to set up a physical uplink shared channel, wherein the uplink transmission parameters are determined based on the channel state information. The system can further facilitate estimating scheduling parameters based on a first estimation information associated with the physical uplink shared channel.
US11652562B2
Methods and apparatus in a fifth-generation wireless communications, including an example method, in a wireless device, that includes receiving a downlink signal comprising an uplink access configuration index, using the uplink access configuration index to identify an uplink access configuration from among a predetermined plurality of uplink access configurations, and transmitting to the wireless communications network according to the identified uplink access configuration. The example method further includes, in the same wireless device, receiving, in a first subframe, a first Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) transmission formatted according to a first numerology and receiving, in a second subframe, a second OFDM transmission formatted according to a second numerology, the second numerology differing from the first numerology. Variants of this method, corresponding apparatuses, and corresponding network-side methods and apparatuses are also disclosed.
US11652561B2
An integrated circuit has a transceiver circuit and a memory circuit. The transceiver circuit includes stage circuits that each perform at least one function specified by a data transmission protocol. The transceiver circuit is coupled to receive packets of timing test patterns. Each of the stage circuits in the transceiver circuit generates a timestamp in response to receiving each of the packets of timing test patterns. Each of the stage circuits in the transceiver circuit generates a trigger indicating receipt of a predefined reference point in each of the packets of timing test patterns. The memory circuit stores each of the timestamps generated by the stage circuits in response to a respective one of the triggers and outputs the timestamps for analysis.
US11652556B2
A method for all-optical reduction of inter-channel crosstalk for spectrally overlapped optical signals for maximizing utilization of an available spectrum includes receiving a plurality of spectrally overlapped optical signals modulated with data. The method further includes generating conjugate copies of each of the plurality of optical signals using non-linear optics. The method further includes selecting the conjugate copies and adjusting an amplitude, a phase, and a delay of the conjugate copies. The method further includes performing inter-channel interference (ICI) compensation on the spectrally overlapped optical signals in an optical domain by adding the adjusted conjugate copies to the spectrally overlapped optical signals.
US11652553B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose an optical signal transmission system and an optical signal transmission method. A specific solution is as follows: a first coherent transceiver is configured to: convert N channels of downlink data into N modulating signals, convert the N modulating signals into a first wavelength division multiplexing signal, and send the first wavelength division multiplexing signal to an optical transport unit; the optical transport unit is configured to: receive the first wavelength division multiplexing signal, convert the first wavelength division multiplexing signal into N second optical signals, and correspondingly send the N second optical signals to N second coherent transceivers; and one of the N second coherent transceivers is configured to: receive the N second optical signals, and process the N second optical signals to obtain information in downlink data carried in the N second optical signals.
US11652549B2
An optical antenna may permit a duplex link formed by a transmit, Tx, beam towards a partner optical antenna and a receive, Rx, beam from the partner antenna. The antenna includes: a proximal path including a bidirectional waveguide for duplex propagation of the duplex link from a Tx source of the Tx beam and towards a receiver of the Rx beam; a distal path for a duplex propagation of the duplex link from/towards the partner optical antenna; a beam shaper positioned in the distal path to shape a duplex propagation pattern of the duplex link; and a controller controlling the beam shaper to adaptively shape the propagation pattern to enclose: a first position of the partner antenna at the transmission of the Rx beam; and a second of the partner antenna at the reception of the Tx beam.
US11652531B2
Aspects described herein relate to determining one of multiple antenna panels to use to receive downlink beams based on whether a configuration from a base station indicates an antenna panel associated with the downlink beam or in determining a number of repetitions of a downlink beam to receive in beam refinement.
US11652525B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for hybrid beamforming. An example method can include determining digital beamforming weights associated with a plurality of digital beamforming paths between digital beamformers and groups of analog beamforming circuits in a phased array antenna, each digital beamforming path being coupled to a group of analog beamforming circuits and each analog beamforming circuit being coupled to a respective set of antenna elements of the phased array antenna; determining analog beamforming weights associated with the groups of analog beamforming circuits, the analog beamforming weights comprising inverses of the digital beamforming weights; determining calibration offsets estimated to put analog beamforming paths associated with the groups of analog beamforming circuits in a desired phase and gain relationship to each other; and varying, based at least partly on the calibration offsets, a signal phase shift across the analog beamforming paths associated with the groups of analog beamforming circuits.
US11652524B2
An antenna system includes a module that is electrically coupled to a front-end electronic circuit layer configured to process one or more beams. The module includes a radiation layer including one or more radiating elements configured to at least one of transmit and receive the one or more beams and a feed layer including one or more feed elements, where the one or more feed elements are configured to excite the radiation layer, transmit the one or more beams, receive the one or more beams, or a combination thereof. The module further includes a distribution network layer including a wave distribution device, where the wave distribution device is configured to distribute the one or more beams from the front-end circuit layer to the feed layer.
US11652519B2
A precoded signal including reference symbols can be received. Channels for the reference symbols can be estimated. A channel for the data symbols can be estimated by taking an inner product of a conjugate of a data symbol precoder and the reference symbol channel estimates. Received data symbols can be demodulated based on the estimated channel.
US11652511B2
Various embodiments of inductor coils, antennas, and transmission bases configured for wireless electrical energy transmission are provided. These embodiments are configured to wirelessly transmit or receive electrical energy or data via near field magnetic coupling. The embodiments of inductor coils comprise a figure eight configuration that improve efficiency of wireless transmission efficiency. The embodiments of the transmission base are configured with at least one transmitting antenna and a transmitting electrical circuit positioned within the transmission base. The transmission base is configured so that at least one electronic device can be wirelessly electrically charged or powered by positioning the at least one device in contact with or adjacent to the transmission base.
US11652509B1
Wearable electronic devices, such as smart watches, can be provided with a band for securing the device to a wearer. The device and the band can include near-field communications (NFC) components that allow the device to uniquely identify the band. Device operations such as the color, theme, or content displayed on the device can be based, in part, on the identification of a particular band. The band may include a miniature NFC tag in an attachment portion of the band that is configured to be received in a recess in a housing of the device. An NFC module for reading the NFC tag can be provided within the recess of the housing, so that the attachment portion of the band and the recess in the device housing position and align the NFC tag with the NFC module when the band is attached to the device.
US11652506B2
A transceiver includes a first digital-to-analog converter (DAC), a second DAC, and a timing control module. In a calibration mode, the first DAC transmits a transmitting signal; the second DAC transmits an echo cancellation signal; and the timing control module, according to an echo signal of the transmitting signal and the echo cancellation signal, obtains a timing offset therebetween, and generates a first timing control signal and a second timing control signal to the first DAC and the second DAC according to the timing offset, respectively. The first DAC adjusts a transmission delay of transmitting the transmitting signal according to the first timing control signal, and/or the second DAC modifies a transmission delay of transmitting the echo cancellation signal according to the second timing control signal.
US11652501B2
Provided are a supply modulator and a wireless communication apparatus including the same. A supply modulator according to the inventive concept is driven in any one of an average power tracking mode and a discrete level envelope tracking mode to apply an output voltage to a power amplifier, and includes a multiple output voltage balancer, a switching regulator, a switching regulator controller, a switch array, a discrete-level controller, a switch controller, an output filter, and a main controller.
US11652478B2
A power module apparatus includes a power substrate, at least one power device electrically connected to the power substrate and a gate-source board mounted relative to the power substrate, the gate-source board electrically connected to the at least one power device, a housing secured to the power substrate, and a clamping circuit electrically connected to the at least one power device. The clamping circuit being configured to reduce a voltage charge up at a gate of the at least one power device to within 8 V of a desired voltage.
US11652469B2
An acoustic resonator device and method thereof. The device includes a substrate member having an air cavity region. A piezoelectric layer is coupled to and configured overlying the substrate member and the air cavity region. The piezoelectric layer is configured to be characterized by an x-ray rocking curve Full Width at Half Maximum (FWHM) ranging from 0 degrees to 2 degrees. A top electrode is coupled to and configured overlying the piezoelectric layer, while a bottom electrode coupled to and configured underlying the piezoelectric layer within the air cavity region. The configuration of the materials of the piezoelectric layer and the substrate member to achieve the specific FWHM range improves a power handling capability characteristic and a power durability characteristic.
US11652468B2
Disclosed is a gallium arsenide (GaAs) enabled tunable filter for, e.g., 6 GHz Wi-Fi RF Frontend, with integrated high-performance varactors, metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitors, and 3D solenoid inductors. The tunable filter comprises a hyper-abrupt variable capacitor (varactor) high capacitance tuning ratio. The tunable filter also comprises a GaAs substrate in which through-GaAs-vias (TGV) are formed. The varactor along with the MIM capacitors and the 3D inductors is formed in an upper conductive structure on upper surface of the GaAs substrate. Lower conductive structure comprising lower conductors is formed on lower surface of the GaAs substrate. Electrical coupling between the lower and upper conductive structures is provided by the TGVs. The tunable filter can be integrated with radio frequency front end (RFFE) devices.
US11652463B2
A surface acoustic wave resonator device comprises a substrate supporting: a gateable, electrically conducting layer; an interdigital transducer (IDT); a reflector grating that comprises a plurality of electrically separated fingers; a main ohmic contact; and a gate element. The IDT is configured to be connectable to a ground. The conducting layer is configured to be connectable to the ground via the main ohmic contact, while each of said fingers is electrically connected to a lateral side of the conducting layer. This defines a gateable channel, which extends from the fingers to the ground via the conducting layer and the main ohmic contact. The gate element is electrically insulated from the conducting layer. The gate element is configured to allow an electrical impedance of the gateable channel to be continuously tuned by applying a voltage bias to this gate element with respect to the ground, in operation of the device.
US11652455B2
A signal processing system may include a signal path and a chop management circuit. The signal path may comprise a chopper configured to chop a differential input signal to the signal path at a chopping frequency and a low-pass filter downstream of the chopper and configured to filter out intermodulation products of a direct current offset of the signal path and intermodulation products of an aggressor on the differential input signal in order to generate an output signal. The chop management circuit may be communicatively coupled to the chopper and configured to, based on operational parameters associated with the signal path, dynamically manage energy of one or more clock signals used to define the chopping frequency.
US11652453B2
Systems, methods, and devices relate to tunable baluns for multimode power amplification. For example, a variable-gain amplification system can include a power amplifier configured to provide an amplified signal and to selectively operate in at least a first gain mode and a second gain mode. The variable-gain amplification system can also include a tunable balun circuit configured to receive the amplified signal from the power amplifier and to provide an output signal. The tunable balun circuit can be configured to implement a first turn ratio for the first gain mode and a second turn ratio for the second gain mode.
US11652446B2
A frequency multiplier includes an input section having inputs to receive an input signal having an input frequency, a mixer section, and an output section magnetically coupled to the input section and generating an output signal in response to the input signal. The mixer section may be coupled to the input section by a common mode node forming a path for a common mode current to flow to the mixer section and be magnetically coupled to the common mode node. The input section may generate a signal current, and the mixer section may be magnetically coupled to the input section and be directly capacitively coupled to the input section through a capacitor in a signal current path. The mixer section may have differential inputs capacitively coupled to the input section and also be coupled to the input section through a current path. A current helper section may be coupled to the current path.
US11652444B2
A voltage-controlled oscillator may include an inductor. The inductor may include a first coil coupled to an electronic component. The inductor may include a first coil coupled to the first circuit component, a second coil coupled to the first circuit component via a junction and being in parallel with the first coil, and a shared circuit path coupled to the second circuit component, the first coil, and the second coil, the shared circuit path overlapping the junction. The inductor may be configured to reduce phase noise generated by the electronic component.
US11652442B2
Embodiments relate to the field of photoelectric technologies, and provide a method for controlling photovoltaic power generation, a control device, and a photovoltaic power generation system. The method is applied to the photovoltaic power generation system. The system includes at least one photovoltaic string and a control device, the photovoltaic string includes at least one photovoltaic module, each photovoltaic module includes a photovoltaic unit and an optimizer that is connected to the photovoltaic unit, and the photovoltaic unit includes at least one photovoltaic component. The method includes: periodically sending, by the control device, an output voltage reference value update instruction to an optimizer in each photovoltaic string; and receiving, by the optimizer in each photovoltaic string, the output voltage reference value update instruction, and updating an output voltage reference value according to the output voltage reference value update instruction.
US11652438B2
Parameters relating to rotation of a motor (2) measured every constant time are acquired and the moving average of each constant interval of the parameters is calculated. The calculated moving averages are input to a training model trained so as to output a temperature of magnets attached to a rotor (7) of the motor (2) when the moving averages of the parameters relating to rotation of the motor (2) are input, and an estimated value of the magnet temperature output from the model is acquired. Next, the acquired estimated value of the magnet temperature is output.
US11652433B2
A motor actuator of the present invention includes, between a battery and an inverter, a first solid state relay and a second solid state relay in which directions of parasitic diodes are opposite to each other. When supply of power from the battery to the inverter is to be interrupted, the first solid state relay is brought into an OFF state or all of a plurality of field effect transistors are brought into the OFF state, and then the second solid state relay is brought into the OFF state.
US11652424B2
A switch-mode power supply includes a pair of input terminals for receiving an alternating current (AC) or direct current (DC) voltage input from an input power source, a pair of output terminals for supplying a direct current (DC) voltage output to a load, and a three-level LLC circuit coupled between the pair of input terminals and the pair of output terminals. The circuit includes a first switch coupled with a first diode to define a first half-bridge and a second switch coupled with a second diode to define a second half-bridge. The power supply further includes a third switch coupled across the first diode and the second diode to short circuit the first diode and the second diode when the third switch is closed, and a control circuit including a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO), at least one flip-flop and multiple logic gates to operate the three switches with zero-voltage switching (ZVS).
US11652418B2
According to one embodiment, the power converter includes a power conversion circuit and a power outage detection circuit. The power converter includes a power conversion circuit including an isolation transformer including a primary winding, a secondary winding electromagnetically coupled to the primary winding, and an auxiliary winding, a first DC voltage source which outputs DC power with an input AC power, a switching circuit which switches connection between the first DC voltage source and the primary winding, an auxiliary power supply circuit which supplies the DC power to the switching circuit using a power generated in the auxiliary winding, a second DC voltage source which rectifies and smooths the power generated in the secondary winding and outputs DC power to a load.
US11652416B2
A power converter can include: a plurality of circuit modules coupled in parallel between a first port and a second port, where each of the plurality of circuit modules includes a switching power stage circuit having a first magnetic element coupled between a switch node of the switching power stage circuit and a first terminal of the second port, at least one switch group having first and second transistors and being coupled between a first terminal of the first port and a first terminal of the switching power stage circuit, and at least one first energy storage capacitor for providing energy to a load of the power converter; and a plurality of second energy storage capacitors configured to periodically store energy and release energy to corresponding first energy storage capacitors.
US11652415B2
A current sensing technique for coupled inductors in switching regulator circuits, where the current sensing technique can provide the current information needed for a power converter design and can be implemented as a real-world solution. The current sensing techniques can provide complete information of the coupled inductor current, such as peak current, valley current, and intermediate ripples. The current sensing techniques can use a simple RC network, such as two resistors and two capacitors for 2-phase operation. The techniques, however, are not limited to two-phase operation. The current sensing techniques of this disclosure can be extended to power stage assembly implementations, e.g., DrMOS modules, with current output in order to increase signal-to-noise ratio, which is significant for reliable control. In addition, the current sensing techniques of this disclosure can be extended to multi-phase operation, such as three or more phases.
US11652411B2
A boot charge circuit for charging a boot capacitor of a switching power converter with upper and lower switches including pulse circuitry that provides a boot refresh pulse in response to a pulse control signal transitioning to an active state to turn on the lower switch for a duration of the boot refresh pulse, and gate circuitry that prevents activation of the upper switch until after completion of the boot refresh pulse in response to the transitioning of the pulse control signal. The boot refresh pulse has a negligible duration relative to each switching cycle yet sufficient to charge the boot capacitor to enable a driver to turn on the upper switch. A load monitor may be included to disable the pulse circuitry from providing the boot refresh pulse during higher load levels.
US11652408B2
A DC/DC power converter comprises three or more capacitors connected in series between an output terminal and a ground terminal, the three or more capacitors being connected in series by means of two or more capacitor connection points, and an input voltage switching unit configured to connect an input terminal to one of a group of switching connection points, the group of switching connection points comprising the two or more capacitor connection points and the output terminal. With such a DC/DC power converter it is possible, for example, to convert a variable DC voltage at the input into a variable DC voltage at the output, wherein the voltage range of the output voltage is smaller than the voltage range of the input voltage.
US11652407B2
A driving circuit for a switching capacitor converter, the driving circuit including: a first driver, a second driver, a third driver, and a fourth driver, configured to respectively drive a first power switch, a second power switch, a third power switch, and a fourth power switch according to corresponding logic control signals; and a charge pump circuit configured to raise a DC bus voltage by a first voltage to obtain a pumping voltage to supply power to the first driver, where the first, second, third, and fourth power switches are sequentially coupled in series between the DC bus voltage and a reference ground.
US11652397B2
A time average peak value of low frequency magnetic noise or low frequency conductive noise generated from a power supply device which drives a Hall thruster is suppressed without mass of a satellite significantly increased. A pulse width control circuit (22) of a Hall thruster power supply device (10) outputs a spread signal (58) obtained by performing spread spectrum on a pulse signal based on a control signal (54). A voltage output circuit (21) outputs output voltage (52) to a Hall thruster (50) in accordance with the spread signal (58) output by the pulse width control circuit (22).
US11652396B2
The present disclosure provides a series resonant converter and its corresponding control method. In one aspect, the series resonant converter includes m (m=1, 2, 3, . . . ) sets of primary side stages in parallel, wherein each primary side stage is identical and includes n (n=2, 3, . . . ) stacked element circuits, where the primary side stages receive an input voltage; n×m resonant networks coupled to the primary side stages; n×m transformers having n×m primary side windings and n×m secondary side windings, where the primary side windings are coupled to the n×m resonant networks; p (p=1, 2, 3, . . . ) sets of secondary side stages in parallel, wherein each secondary side stage is identical and includes q (q=n×m/p) stacked element circuits, where the secondary side stages are coupled to n×m secondary side windings; and a control block controlling the primary side switches according to the output voltage, input voltage and input capacitor voltages.
US11652393B2
A rotor assembly for an electric motor for a turbomachine defines an axis of rotation. The rotor assembly includes a jacket member that is hollow and that defines an inner radial surface facing inwardly toward the axis of rotation. Furthermore, the rotor assembly includes a magnet member that is received within the jacket member. The magnet member includes an outer radial surface facing outwardly from the axis of rotation. The jacket member is made of a sintered composite material having carbon filament and a sintered matrix. Additionally, the inner radial surface of the jacket member abuts against the outer radial surface of the magnet member to retain the magnet member in a radial position relative to the axis.
US11652391B2
A method of manufacturing a coil includes a preparation step of preparing a copper wire, a winding step of winding a plurality of aluminum wires around the copper wire, and a pressing step of pressing the copper wire and the plurality of aluminum wires so as to form an aluminum coat around the copper wire and form an anodized aluminum film on the surface of the aluminum coat.
US11652378B2
A laminated core for an electric machine has at least one cooling duct which runs within the laminated core and can be flowed through by a cooling fluid for cooling the laminated core. The cooling duct has at least one first throughflow opening which can be flowed through by the cooling fluid and penetrates an outer circumferential-side shell face of the laminated core, which shell face points toward the outside in the radial direction of the laminated core. The cooling duct further has at least one second throughflow opening which can be flowed through by the cooling fluid and penetrates an inner circumferential-side shell face of the laminated core, which shell face points toward the inside in the radial direction of the laminated core.
US11652358B2
An UPS device for electric power distribution installations, the UPS device including: first electric terminals for electrical connection with an electric load to be fed by the UPS device; second electric terminals for electrical connection with a power supply source adapted to feed the UPS device; third electric terminals for electrical connection with a back-up unit adapted to feed the UPS device, when the power supply source is not available, the back-up unit having one or more replaceable batteries; a power conversion stage electrically connectable with the first, second and third electric terminals, the power conversion stage being adapted to receive a power supply voltage from the power supply source or a back-up voltage from the back-up unit, when the power supply source is not available, and being adapted to provide an adjustable load voltage to the electric load; and an interface stage to electrically couple or decouple the back-up unit with or from the power conversion stage. The interface stage includes a feeding circuit to temporary feed the controller during a transient time interval following a replacement of the batteries of the back-unit.
US11652352B2
The present application provides a charge and discharge circuit, and relates to the field of battery power. The charge and discharge circuit comprises: a charge circuit comprising a battery pack, a first switch set and a charging device connected in series; and a discharge circuit comprising the battery pack, a second switch set and an electrical device connected in series; both the first switch set and the second switch set comprise at least one switch, and the at least one switch in the first and/or second switch set is a semiconductor switch.
US11652348B2
An integrated circuit includes a control circuit, a first voltage generation circuit, and a second voltage generation circuit. The control circuit is coupled between a first voltage terminal and a first node, and generates an initiation voltage at the first node. The first voltage generation circuit and the second voltage generation circuit are coupled to a first capacitive unit at the first node and coupled to a second capacitive unit at a second node. The first voltage generation circuit generates, in response to the initiation voltage at the first node, a first control signal based on a first supply voltage to the second voltage generation circuit. The second voltage generation circuit generates, in response to the first control signal received from the first voltage generation circuit, a second control signal to the first node, based on a second supply voltage.
US11652346B2
A system and method of protecting the input components of a power supply. An input overcurrent protection module is provided, which may be implemented in firmware, which monitors the input current through an input interface of the power supply. When the input current exceeds a threshold current (i.e., a current above the maximum rating of an input component, such as an input cable), the input current protection module determines whether an input overcurrent event is occurring. When it is determined that an input overcurrent event has occurred, the input current protection module disables the output circuitry of the power supply and triggers a few timers. The input overcurrent protection module continues to monitor the input and, if the input current continues to exceed the threshold current, is configured to shut down the power supply. In this way, input components may be protected from overcurrent issues in high-power systems.
US11652342B2
A device for the electrification of furniture includes at least a first furniture panel, which has, in one of its two panel sides, two parallel grooves and two exposed busbars laid respectively in the two grooves and at least one electric plug for connecting to the two busbars. The plug has two electrical contacts, which are formed as exposed collector contacts on a connecting side of the plug housing and as connection contacts on a front side of the plug housing. The plug is inserted into a bore, interrupting the two grooves, in the one panel side of the first furniture panel. The collector contacts each lie against the two busbars in an electrically conductive manner.
US11652338B2
A cable conduit comprises at least one cable, a tube, which accommodates the cable in an interior space and a sensor for sensing an environmental condition in the interior space of the tube.
US11652331B2
A method for producing a housing cover for a laser component, a housing for a laser component, and a laser component are provided. The method includes providing an at least partially radiation-permeable window including an aluminum oxide, provide a copper carrier for the window, and forming a copper oxide in an oxide region on the copper carrier. The method further includes arranging the window at the oxide region, forming a eutectic bond between the window and the copper oxide in the oxide region, and thereby fixing the window to the copper carrier.
US11652330B1
An optical amplifier device employing a Mach-Zehnder Interferometer (MZI) that reduces the amount of residual pump power in the optical output of the amplifier is disclosed. The MZI amplifier employs two geometrically linear optical amplifier arms or two multi-spatial-mode racetrack optical amplifiers to amplify a signal with a pumping beam, with the signal output port having extremely low levels of residual pump power. The MZI optical amplifier is a silicon photonic integrated circuit, with all optical amplifiers, couplers, phase shifters, and optical attenuators formed of silicon photonic integrated circuit elements. The MZI optical amplifier may include one, two, or three MZI stages, and multiple MZI optical amplifiers may be used in parallel or sequentially to achieve higher overall signal gain or power. The MZI optical amplifier may employ Brillouin-scattering-based amplifiers, Raman-based integrated waveguide optical amplifiers, or Erbium-doped integrated waveguide optical amplifiers.
US11652329B2
A light source for Raman amplification to Raman-amplify signal light includes: plural incoherent light sources that output incoherent light; plural pumping light sources that output second-order pumping light; an optical fiber for Raman amplification to Raman-amplify the incoherent light with the second-order pumping light, and outputs the amplified incoherent light; and an output unit connected to the optical transmission fiber, receiving the amplified incoherent light, and outputting the amplified incoherent light as first-order pumping light having a wavelength that Raman-amplifies the signal light to the optical transmission fiber.
US11652326B2
A dock for an electronic device includes a base configured to fit over at least a portion of a back surface of the electronic device; a tray extending from the base for receiving one side of the electronic device and extending over a portion of the front surface of the electronic device; a contact box attached to at least one of the base or the tray; contacts extending from the contact box through one or more openings in the tray; and at least one guide pin extending from the contact box through one or more openings in the tray, where each of the at least one guide pin is elastomeric.
US11652321B2
A backplane connector includes a shielded design that has wafers with signal terminals supported as edge-coupled terminal pairs for differential signaling. A ground shield is mounted on each wafer and provides a U-channel that partially shields each terminal pair. An insert can be provided to help connect the ground shield to a U-shield to provide U-shaped shielding structure substantially the entire way from a tail to a contact.
US11652319B2
A plug includes a body portion as well as first and second electrical strip contacts. The body portion has a length, an upper surface and a lower surface. The first electrical strip contact is proximate the upper surface of the body portion and has a length substantially equal to or less than the length of the body portion. The second electrical strip contact is proximate the lower surface of the body portion and has a length substantially equal to or less than the length of the body portion.
US11652318B2
The housing has a locking portion, which is positioned within the range between the circuits positioned at the outermost ends in the strip width direction of the flat-type conductor and is lockable to the counterpart electrical connector, and a holding space, which holds the retainer along with the front end section of the flat-type conductor, the front end section of the flat-type conductor has formed therein a pass-through portion extending through the flat-type conductor in the thickness direction of said flat-type conductor at a location at least partially overlapping with the locking portion in the strip width direction, and the retainer has a protrusion that protrudes in the thickness direction of the flat-type conductor and enters the pass-through portion of the flat-type conductor, thereby making it possible to limit the rearward movement of the flat-type conductor with the help of said protrusion.
US11652309B2
Provided is a board coupling structure in which a power supply circuit board is formed as a separate board, more specifically, to a board coupling structure in which a signal processing circuit board for processing signals such as image signals, voice signals, and the like and a power supply circuit board are formed as different types of boards and the different types of boards are laterally coupled to each other. The board coupling structure includes a first circuit board, a second circuit board formed of a smaller number of layers than the number of layers of the first circuit board, and a fastening unit configured to laterally fasten a contact edge of the first circuit board to a contact edge of the second circuit board which are facing each other.
US11652306B2
An electronic-element mounting package includes a wiring substrate having a first surface and a wiring pattern thereon; a base having a second surface and a through hole whose opening is on the second surface; a signal line penetrating the through hole and having a first end exposed from an opening of the through hole; and an insulating member between an inner surface of the through hole and the signal line and has an end portion and a main portion. The end portion has an end surface on a side of the opening of the through hole, and the main portion is farther from the opening of the through hole than the end portion. The electronic-element mounting package also has a conductive joining material with which the wiring pattern and the first end are joined. Permittivity of the end portion is larger than permittivity of the main portion.
US11652305B2
An electrical assembly having a housing with a housing pot and a housing cover closing the housing pot and at least two connection terminals provided for the electrical connection of the assembly. The connection terminals each comprise a base plate, a clamping plate, which can be arranged on the base plate, for clamping at least one electrical conductor between the base plate and the clamping plate, a contact pin protruding into the housing pot, and a screw for fastening the clamping plate to the base plate. The housing pot is a hollow cylinder with a closed bottom and the electrical connection terminals are arranged along an imaginary circular line on the housing. The base plates and/or the clamping plates each have a trapezoidal base area.
US11652301B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. According to one or more aspects, the described apparatus includes one or more stacks of patch radiators (such as patch antennas) comprising at least a first patch radiator and a second patch radiator. The first patch radiator is associated with a low-band frequency; the second patch radiator is associated with a high-band frequency. The first patch radiator and the second patch radiator may overlap a ground plane, which may be asymmetric. Some or all patch radiators in a stack may be rotated relative to the ground plane, such that some or all edge of a patch radiator may be nonparallel with one or more edges of the ground plane. Further, each patch radiator stack may include separate feeds for each of at least two frequencies and two polarizations, and thus at least four feeds (one for each frequency/polarization combination) in total.
US11652296B2
An antenna including a substrate, a radiation portion connected to a feed line, disposed on a layer of the substrate, and including a conductor having an opening, and a coupling member connected to a ground portion and disposed within the opening spaced apart from the conductor by a gap.
US11652295B2
An antenna element includes an outer conductor and an inner conductor. The outer conductor forms a perimeter of the antenna element. The inner conductor is physically and electrically connected to the outer conductor only at an intermediate connection at an inner portion of the outer conductor. The outer conductor and the inner conductor are arranged to form a slot therebetween. The slot extends around the inner conductor such that each end of the slot is adjacent to the intermediate connection.
US11652281B1
The present disclosure describes a fractal antenna comprising a plurality of antenna elements having a two-dimensional fractal shape and an electrical circuit coupled to the plurality of antenna elements operative to provide electrical power to and maintain phase relationships between the plurality of antenna elements. The electrical circuit provides a signal to the plurality of antenna elements that cause the antenna elements to radiate in the high-frequency (HF) and/or low-frequency (LF) bands. Also described is an antenna comprising a three-dimensional fractal, near-fractal, or super-fractal antenna having a fractal, near-fractal or super-fractal shape.
US11652278B2
An individually formed radiating unit, an antenna array, and an antenna assembly are provided. The individually formed radiating unit includes a reflector, at least one radiating element integrated into a first side of the reflector, and a housing disposed on a second side of the reflector. The housing forms a chamber for housing a feed network
US11652275B2
Disclosed is a display apparatus including: a display panel, a chassis supporting the display panel, a cover coupled to the chassis, a substrate disposed between the chassis and the cover, and a multi-band antenna disposed on the substrate. The multi-band antenna includes a first radiator configured to transmit and receive radio signals in a first frequency band and disposed on the substrate and extending parallel to the substrate, and a second radiator configured to transmit and receive radio signals in a second frequency band different from the first frequency band and protruding toward the cover at a position adjacent to the first radiator.
US11652273B2
A semiconductor package structure is provided. The semiconductor package structure includes a redistribution layer (RDL) structure formed on a non-active surface of a semiconductor die. An antenna structure includes a first antenna element formed in the RDL structure, a first insulating layer covering the RDL structure, a second insulating layer formed on the first insulating layer, and a second antenna element formed on and in direct contact with the second insulating layer.
US11652272B2
A chip antenna includes a first ceramic substrate, a second ceramic substrate disposed to face the first ceramic substrate, a first patch disposed on the first ceramic substrate to operate as a feed patch, and a second patch disposed on the second ceramic substrate to operate as a radiation patch. One or both of the first ceramic substrate and the second ceramic substrate include a groove, and one or both of the first patch and the second patch is disposed in the groove of the respective first ceramic substrate and second ceramic substrate and protrudes from the groove.
US11652271B2
A substrate storage structure includes a substrate and a housing configured to store the substrate. The housing includes a thickness direction regulator configured to regulate a position of the substrate from both sides in a thickness direction, a width direction regulator configured to regulate the position of the substrate from both sides in a width direction, and a length direction regulator configured to regulate the position of the substrate from both sides in a length direction. The housing includes a first portion and a second portion connected to the first portion. The first portion includes the thickness direction regulator and a part of the length direction regulator. The second portion includes the width direction regulator and another part of the length direction regulator. This substrate storage structure can allow easy assembly.
US11652268B2
An antenna rotator includes a housing having an access port disposed therethrough. Positioned within the housing and proximate to the access port is an interface connector. The interface connector provided by the housing is configured to be removably attached to a module connector provided by a detection module, which may include a sensor for detecting a position of an encoder that is rotated by a motor drive within the housing. As a result, the detection module, which is highly susceptible to electrical damage from lightning, can be conveniently accessed and replaced.
US11652254B2
A high energy density battery module may comprise a plurality of battery units. The battery units may be electronically coupled to at least one other battery unit and may further comprise a plurality of electrochemical battery cells. The battery units may comprise a cell retainer to fix cells in a predetermined arrangement comprising a first and second column of battery cells. The battery units may comprise protective wrapping of thermally insulating material woven between at least a portion of the first and second column of battery cells. An electrical contact may be may be disposed in or on each of the plurality of battery units.
US11652252B2
A zinc-air battery cell assembly comprising: a cathode can that includes: a planar base, and an elongated cathode sidewall that extends to a terminal cathode sidewall end, and an anode can that includes: a planar top end, and an elongated anode sidewall that extends to a terminal anode sidewall end, the anode can disposed nested within the cathode can with the elongated anode sidewall disposed parallel and adjacent to the elongated cathode sidewall. The zinc-air battery assembly further includes a cavity defined by the cathode can and the anode can disposed nested within the cathode can, and a grommet that provides a seal between the cathode can and the anode can while also keeping the anode can and the cathode can separate.
US11652244B2
The present application discloses a battery module and an apparatus, which relates to the field of battery technology and is used for optimizing the structure of the battery module. The battery module includes a battery, a connecting piece, a wire harness board and a temperature collecting component. The battery includes an electrode terminal and a top cover. The connecting piece is fixed with the electrode terminal; the wire harness plate is arranged on the top outside of the top cover, and is provided with an installation part and an elastic pressing part. The temperature collecting component is installed in the installation part and is located between the wire harness plate and the top cover. Among them, the elastic pressing part abuts against the connecting piece, and the temperature collecting component abuts against the top cover.
US11652243B2
A non-destructive inspection method of inspecting an inspection target using multiple different types of non-destructive inspection means that include one non-destructive inspection means and at least one other non-destructive inspection means. The method includes determining a marking position on the inspection target in a detection result by the one non-destructive inspection means, causing a device to store the marking position, and fixedly forming a mark on the inspection target corresponding to the marking position. The mark is detectable by the other non-destructive inspection means. The method further includes causing the other non-destructive inspection means to inspect an inspection target including the mark. The method further includes contrasting detection results by the multiple different types of non-destructive inspection means in reference to the mark which is the marking position.
US11652242B2
To provide a solid-state battery allowing the yield of the solid-state battery to be improved and further the durability of the solid-state battery to be improved. A solid-state battery (10) includes a positive electrode layer (3) containing a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode layer (2) containing a negative electrode active material, and a solid electrolyte (1) interposed between the positive electrode layer (3) and the negative electrode layer (2). The solid electrolyte (1) includes a positive electrode-side electrode layer (1a) in contact with the positive electrode layer (3) and a negative electrode-side electrolyte layer (1b) in contact with the negative electrode layer (2). In the solid electrolyte (1), an area SSE2 of the positive electrode side of the positive electrode-side electrolyte layer (1a) differs from an area SSE1 off the negative electrode side of the negative electrode-side electrolyte layer (1b).
US11652239B2
Electrolytes and electrolyte additives for energy storage devices comprising dihydrofuranone based compounds are disclosed. The energy storage device comprises a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is a Si-based electrode, a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, an electrolyte comprising at least two electrolyte co-solvents, wherein at least one electrolyte co-solvent comprises a dihydrofuranone based compound.
US11652234B2
A separator for an electrochemical device, including: a porous polymer substrate; and a porous coating layer formed on at least one surface of the porous polymer substrate and containing a plurality of microcapsules and a binder polymer positioned on the whole or a part of the surface of the microcapsules to connect and fix the microcapsules with one another, wherein the microcapsules include metal hydroxide particles, and capsule coating layer surrounding each surface of the metal hydroxide particles. An electrochemical device including the separator, and the microcapsules are also provided. The microcapsules and separator show excellent flame resistance and can reduce degradation of battery performance caused by water adsorbability of the plurality of a metal hydroxide particle.
US11652226B2
A hydrogen-developing body of an apparatus for producing hydrogen from an electrolyte solution is disclosed. The hydrogen-developing body is formed from magnesium (Mg) or zinc (Zn) or the like, or an alloy thereof, or has an electrolyte-contacting surface which is formed from magnesium (Mg) or zinc (Zn) or the like, or an alloy thereof. The electrolyte-contacting surface has regions formed from iron (Fe) or a Fe alloy, or the like, which are pellet-shaped and stochastically embedded into the surface such that the Fe/Fe alloy pellets are exposed to the environment of the body.
US11652218B2
Provided are a low-price fuel cell separator with high corrosion resistance and a method for manufacturing the separator. The present disclosure relates to a fuel cell separator including a metal substrate and a titanium layer containing titanium formed on the metal substrate, and a method for manufacturing the separator. A ratio of a (100) plane to a sum of values obtained by dividing peak intensities of the (100) plane, a (002) plane, and a (101) plane derived from titanium in an X-ray diffraction analysis of a separator surface by respective relative intensities is a constant value or more.
US11652217B2
A fuel cell is provided to include a cell stack in which unit cells are stacked in a first direction, an end plate disposed at the end of the cell stack, and a current-collecting plate disposed between the end plate and the end of the cell stack. The current-collecting plate includes a conductive area having a conductive surface, which is in electrically conductive surface contact with a reaction surface of the end of the cell stack, and configured to collect power generated by the cell stack, and an airtight area having an airtight surface, which is in airtight surface contact with a non-reaction surface of the end of the cell stack, and surrounding the conductive area. The degree to which the conductive surface protrudes toward the end of the cell stack is different from the degree to which the airtight surface protrudes toward the end of the cell stack.
US11652213B2
The present invention relates to an electrode structure, a method of manufacturing the same, and a secondary battery including the same, and the electrode structure may include a negative electrode part; a positive current collector which is formed of a fabric material and surrounds an outer surface of the negative electrode part; and a positive electrode coupled to an edge of the positive current collector.
US11652210B2
The present disclosure relates to a binder solution for all-solid-state batteries. The binder solution includes a polymer binder, a first solvent, and an ion-conductive additive, wherein the ion-conductive additive includes lithium salt and a second solvent, which is different from the first solvent.
US11652209B2
A copolymer including a monomer A with a molar ratio a varying between around 0.01 and around 0.20, a monomer B with a molar ratio b varying between around 0.2 and around 0.4, and a monomer C with a molar ratio c varying between around 0.50 and around 0.70, the monomer A being a hydrophilic monomer including a pendant chain of poly(ethylene oxide) (POE) with low molar weight, the monomer B being a hydrophobic monomer with a glass transition temperature (Tg) of around −30° C. or less, the monomer C being a monomer that is more hydrophobic than the monomer Band having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of around 80° C. or more, said monomers being organised in a hydrophilic segment, a hydrophobic segment and an intermediate segment located between the hydrophilic segment and the hydrophobic segment.
US11652205B2
A method of the modification of the silicon surface that is used as an anode active material in lithium ion batteries, with all of the monomers and derivatives thereof (acrylate group, methacrylate group, styrene, vinyl acetate, acrylic acid and salts thereof) that contain an acrylic or methacrylic group.
US11652204B2
Provided is a metal negative electrode used for a secondary battery. The metal negative electrode includes an active material portion, a current collector, and a non-electronically conductive reaction space divider. The active material portion forms metal during charging and forms an oxidation product of the metal during discharging. The metal is used as a negative-electrode active material. The current collector is electrically connected to the active material portion. The non-electronically conductive reaction space divider is integrally formed with or connected to the current collector and/or the active material portion. The reaction space divider has a plurality of electrolyte holder portions configured to hold a liquid electrolyte.
US11652200B2
Systems and methods are provided, in which the level of metal ions in cells stacks and lithium ion batteries is regulated in situ, with the electrodes of the cell stack(s) in the respective pouches. Regulation of metal ions may be carried out electrochemically by metal ion sources in the pouches, electrically connected to the electrodes. The position and shape of the metal ion sources may be optimized to create uniform metal ion movements to the electrode surfaces and favorable SEI formation. The metal ion sources may be removable, or comprise a lithium source for lithiating the anodes or cathodes during operation of the battery according to SoH parameters. Regulation of metal ions may be carried out from metal ion sources in separate electrolyte reservoir(s), with circulation of the metal-ion-containing electrolyte through the cell stacks in the pouches prior or during the formation.
US11652196B2
A display module and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The manufacturing method may include forming an epitaxial film comprising a light emitting layer, a first type semiconductor layer, and a second type semiconductor layer, attaching the epitaxial film to an intermediate substrate comprising a conductive material, patterning the epitaxial film to form a light emitting diode (LED) and coupling the LED to a driving circuit layer through the conductive material.
US11652188B2
A method of forming and a random Distributed Bragg Reflector (DBR) is disclosed. The random DBR includes a substrate and a plurality of alternating layers of lattice-matched nanoporous GaN (NP-GaN) and GaN formed on a top surface of the substrate, wherein at least one of the alternating layers has a thickness of λ/4n and an adjacent one of the alternating layers does not have a thickness of λ/4n, wherein λ is a wavelength of incident radiation and n is the refractive index of a particular layer of the plurality of alternating layers.
US11652186B2
Methods and devices for an avalanche photo-transistor. In one aspect, an avalanche photo-transistor includes a detection region configured to absorb light incident on a first surface of the detection region and generate one or more charge carriers in response, a first terminal in electrical contact with the detection region and configured to bias the detection region, an interim doping region, a second terminal in electrical contact with the interim doping region and configured to bias the interim doping region, a multiplication region configured to receive the one or more charge carriers flowing from the interim doping region and generate one or more additional charge carriers in response, a third terminal in electrical contact with the multiplication region and configured to bias the multiplication region, wherein the interim doping region is located in between the detection region and the multiplication region.
US11652179B2
Embodiments disclosed herein facilitates the monitoring of direct ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation exposure by a person via a system having a sensor (such as Lanthanum doped lead zirconate titanate (PLZT) thin-film sensors or other ferroelectric-based sensors) sensitive to UVB radiation. The system beneficially provides current real-time dosage information associated with Vitamin D production by the person as well as real-time indication of safe exposure and/or harmful exposure to current UVB radiation conditions while also, in some embodiments, takes into consideration a person's age, skin type and sensitivity, body surface area exposed.
US11652178B2
The finger electrode is formed by hard-soldered silver paste. The melting point of the first type solder layer provided on the surface of the terminal wiring member is higher than the melting point of the second type solder layer provided on the surface of the wire. The first width, in the first direction, of the second type solder layer in the first portion where the wire is connected to the terminal wiring member is larger than the second width, in the first direction, of the second type solder layer in the second portion where the wire is connected to the finger electrode.
US11652172B2
An array substrate, a display device and a fabrication method are provided. The array substrate includes a first metal layer at one side of a base substrate, the first metal layer including a light shielding part, a source, a drain in a display area; a second metal layer at a side, facing away from an active layer, of gate insulating layer, the second metal layer includes a gate, a source-landing electrode a drain-landing electrode in the display area, the source-landing electrode is in contact with the active layer and the source through a first via hole penetrating through the gate insulating layer and a buffer layer and exposing one end of the active layer, the drain-landing electrode is in contact with the active layer and the drain through a second via hole penetrating through the gate insulating layer and the buffer layer and exposing other end of the active layer.
US11652168B2
A method for fabricating a lateral diffusion metal oxide semiconductor (LDMOS) device includes the steps of first forming a first fin-shaped structure and a second fin-shaped structure on a substrate, forming a shallow trench isolation (STI) between the first fin-shaped structure and the second fin-shaped structure, forming a first gate structure on the first fin-shaped structure and a second gate structure on the second fin-shaped structure, forming a source region on the first fin-shaped structure, forming a drain region on the second fin-shaped structure, and forming a contact field plate directly on the STI.
US11652161B2
A method and structures are used to fabricate a nanosheet semiconductor device. Nanosheet fins including nanosheet stacks including alternating silicon (Si) layers and silicon germanium (SiGe) layers are formed on a substrate and etched to define a first end and a second end along a first axis between which each nanosheet fin extends parallel to every other nanosheet fin. The SiGe layers are undercut in the nanosheet stacks at the first end and the second end to form divots, and a dielectric is deposited in the divots. The SiGe layers between the Si layers are removed before forming source and drain regions of the nanosheet semiconductor device such that there are gaps between the Si layers of each nanosheet stack, and the dielectric anchors the Si layers. The gaps are filled with an oxide that is removed after removing the dummy gate and prior to forming the replacement gate.
US11652155B2
In an embodiment, a method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming a dummy gate stack over a substrate; forming a first spacer layer over the dummy gate stack; oxidizing a surface of the first spacer layer to form a sacrificial liner; forming one or more second spacer layers over the sacrificial liner; forming a third spacer layer over the one or more second spacer layers; forming an inter-layer dielectric (ILD) layer over the third spacer layer; etching at least a portion of the one or more second spacer layers to form an air gap, the air gap being interposed between the third spacer layer and the first spacer layer; and forming a refill layer to fill an upper portion of the air gap.
US11652150B2
Provided are a charge trap evaluation method and semiconductor device including, in an embodiment, a step for applying an initialization voltage that has the same sign as a threshold voltage and is greater than or equal to the threshold voltage between the source electrode 15 and drain electrode 16 of a semiconductor device 1 having an HEMT structure and the substrate 10 of the semiconductor device 1 and initializing a trap state by forcing out trapped charge from a trap level and a step for monitoring the current flowing between the source electrode 15 and drain electrode 16 after the trap state initialization and evaluating at least one from among charge trapping, current collapse, and charge release.
US11652145B2
A nitride semiconductor device includes a channel layer, a barrier layer made of AlxInyGa1-x-yN (x>0, x+y≤1), an active region that has a layered structure including the channel layer and the barrier layer, an inactive region that is formed at the layered structure around the active region and that is a concave portion having a bottom portion that reaches the channel layer, a gate layer made of a nitride semiconductor selectively formed on the barrier layer in the active region, a gate electrode formed on the gate layer, a first insulating film that covers the gate electrode and that is in contact with the barrier layer in the active region, and a second insulating film that covers the first insulating film and that is in contact with the inactive region.
US11652143B2
Disclosed herein are IC structures, packages, and devices that include thin-film transistors (TFTs) integrated on the same substrate/die/chip as III-N devices, e.g., III-N transistors. In various aspects, TFTs integrated with III-N transistors have a channel and source/drain materials that include one or more of a crystalline material, a polycrystalline semiconductor material, or a laminate of crystalline and polycrystalline materials. In various aspects, TFTs integrated with III-N transistors are engineered to include one or more of 1) graded dopant concentrations in their source/drain regions, 2) graded dopant concentrations in their channel regions, and 3) thicker and/or composite gate dielectrics in their gate stacks.
US11652141B2
Transistor structures and methods of forming transistor structures are provided. The transistor structures include alternating layers of a first epitaxial material and a second epitaxial material. In some embodiments, one of the first epitaxial material and the second epitaxial material may be removed for one of an n-type or p-type transistor. A bottommost layer of the first epitaxial material and the second epitaxial material may be be removed, and sidewalls of one of the first epitaxial material and the second epitaxial material may be indented or recessed.
US11652140B2
A semiconductor device structure, along with methods of forming such, are described. The structure includes first and second source/drain epitaxial features, a first gate electrode layer disposed between the first and second source/drain epitaxial features, third and fourth source/drain epitaxial features, a second gate electrode layer disposed between the third and fourth source/drain epitaxial features, fifth and sixth source/drain epitaxial features disposed over the first and second source/drain epitaxial features, and a third gate electrode layer disposed between the fifth and sixth source/drain epitaxial features. The third gate electrode layer is electrically connected to the second source/drain epitaxial feature. The structure further includes a seventh source/drain epitaxial feature disposed over the third source/drain epitaxial feature and an eighth source/drain epitaxial feature disposed over the fourth source/drain epitaxial feature. The second gate electrode layer is disposed between the seventh and eighth source/drain epitaxial features.
US11652139B2
A semiconductor device includes a first universal device formed over a substrate, an isolation structure over the first universal device, and a second universal device over the isolation structure. The first universal device includes a first source/drain (S/D) region formed over the substrate, a first channel region over the first S/D region, a second S/D region over the first channel region. The second universal device includes a third S/D region positioned over the isolation structure, a second channel region over the third S/D region, a fourth S/D region over the second channel region. The first universal device is one of a first n-type transistor according to first applied bias voltages, and a first p-type transistor according to second applied bias voltages. The second universal device is one of a second n-type transistor according to third applied bias voltages, and a second p-type transistor according to fourth applied bias voltages.
US11652138B2
A method for producing a semiconductor device includes forming transistor cells in a semiconductor body, each cell including a drift region separated from a source region by a body region, a gate electrode dielectrically insulated from the body region, and a compensation region of a doping type complementary to the doping type of the drift region and extending from a respective body region into the drift region in a vertical direction. Forming the drift and compensation regions includes performing a first implantation step, thereby implanting first and second type dopant atoms into the semiconductor body, wherein an implantation dose of at least one of the first type dopant atoms and the second type dopant atoms for each of at least two sections of the semiconductor body differs from the implantation dose of the corresponding type of dopant atoms of at least one other section of the at least two sections.
US11652134B2
A first component with a first sidewall and a second component with a second sidewall may be mounted onto an expandable film such that an original distance X is the distance between the first sidewall and the second sidewall. The expandable film may be expanded such that an expanded distance Y is the distance between the first sidewall and the second sidewall and expanded distance Y is greater than original distance X. A first sidewall material may be applied within at least a part of a space between the first sidewall and the second sidewall. The expandable film may be expanded such that a contracted distance Z is the distance between the first sidewall and the second sidewall, and contracted distance Z is less than expanded distance Y.
US11652126B2
An event-based vision sensor is fabricated using an advanced stacking technique, known as Three-Dimensional Integrated Circuit, which stacks more wafers (or dies) and interconnects them vertically. The electronic integrated circuits of the sensor are then distributed between the two or more electrically connected dies.
US11652111B2
A display device includes a data conductive layer disposed on a substrate, a passivation layer disposed on the data conductive layer, a via layer disposed on the passivation layer, and a pixel electrode disposed on the via layer. The data conductive layer includes a data base layer, a data main metal layer disposed on the data base layer, a first data capping layer disposed on the data main metal layer, a second data capping layer disposed on the first data capping layer, and a third data capping layer disposed on the second data capping layer. The passivation layer and the via layer include a pad opening which exposes a portion of the data conductive layer in the pad area. The third data capping layer has a higher etch rate than the first and second data capping layers for a same etchant.
US11652110B2
A metal oxide film including a crystal part and having highly stable physical properties is provided. The size of the crystal part is less than or equal to 10 nm, which allows the observation of circumferentially arranged spots in a nanobeam electron diffraction pattern of the cross section of the metal oxide film when the measurement area is greater than or equal to 5 nmφ and less than or equal to 10 nmφ.
US11652108B2
Some embodiments include an integrated assembly which includes a base structure. The base structure includes a series of conductive structures which extend along a first direction. The conductive structures have steps which alternate with recessed regions along the first direction. Pillars of semiconductor material are over the steps. The semiconductor material includes at least one element selected from Group 13 of the periodic table in combination with at least one element selected from Group 16 of the periodic table. The semiconductor material may be semiconductor oxide in some applications. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated assemblies.
US11652104B2
A semiconductor device including a substrate having a plurality of active fins, each of the plurality of active fins extending in a first direction, first and second gate structures crossing over the plurality of active fins, the first and second gate structures extending in a second direction different from the first direction, the first and second gate structures spaced apart from each other in the first direction, at least one insulating barrier extending in the first direction and between the plurality of active fins, the insulating barrier separating lower portions of the first and second gate structures from each other, and a gate isolation layer connected to a portion of the insulating barrier, the gate isolation unit separating upper portions of the first and second gate structures from each other may be provided.
US11652101B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a capacitor assembly, a stacked capacitor assembly, an integrated circuit (IC) assembly comprising such a stacked capacitor assembly, and methods for fabricating the same. One exemplary capacitor assembly generally includes a first array of trench capacitors and a second array of trench capacitors. The second array of trench capacitors may be disposed adjacent to and electrically coupled to the first array of trench capacitors. Additionally, the second array of trench capacitors may be inverted with respect to the first array of trench capacitors.
US11652095B2
A discrete three-dimensional (3-D) processor comprises stacked first and second dice. The first die comprises 3-D memory (3D-M) arrays, whereas the second die comprises logic circuits and at least an off-die peripheral-circuit component of the 3D-M array(s). In one preferred embodiment, the first and second dice are vertically stacked. In another preferred embodiment, the first and second dice are face-to-face bonded.
US11652092B2
The present disclosure provides a light-emitting device that is able to output light with a shorter pulse. A light-emitting device according to the present disclosure includes a capacitor, one or more solid-state light-emitting elements that emit light when electric power is supplied from the capacitor, and a semiconductor switch that controls electric power supply from the capacitor to the solid-state light-emitting element. Furthermore, the solid-state light-emitting element is placed on an outer face of the capacitor, the semiconductor switch is placed on the outer face of the capacitor or provided inside the capacitor, and the capacitor includes a connecting electrode between outer electrodes, the connecting electrode allowing the solid-state light-emitting element and the semiconductor switch to be connected in series.
US11652087B2
Methods of forming microelectronic package structures, and structures formed thereby, are described. Those methods/structures may include attaching a first die on a board, attaching an interposer on a top surface of the first die, and attaching a second die on the top surface of the first die that is adjacent the interposer, wherein the second die is offset from a center region of the first die. A first wire conductive structure may be attached to the second die that extends from the second die to a top surface of the interposer. A second wire conductive structure is attached to the interposer and extends from the interposer to the board.
US11652081B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor package structure is provided. The method includes: (a) providing a semiconductor structure including a first device and a second device; (b) irradiating the first device by a first energy-beam with a first irradiation area; and (c) irradiating the first device and the second device by a second energy-beam with a second irradiation area greater than the first irradiation area of the first energy-beam.
US11652076B2
A semiconductor device may include a semiconductor chip in an encapsulant. A first insulation layer may be disposed on the encapsulant and the semiconductor chip. A horizontal wiring and a primary pad may be disposed on the first insulation layer. A secondary pad may be disposed on the primary pad. A second insulation layer covering the horizontal wiring may be disposed on the first insulation layer. A solder ball may be disposed on the primary pad and the secondary pad. The primary pad may have substantially the same thickness as a thickness of the horizontal wiring.
US11652069B2
The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures, and more particularly, to crackstop structures and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a die matrix comprising a plurality of dies separated by at least one scribe lane; and a crackstop structure comprising at least one line within the at least one scribe lane between adjacent dies of the plurality of dies.
US11652065B2
An SIP module includes a plurality of electrical components mounted to an interconnect substrate. The electrical components and interconnect substrate are covered by an encapsulant. A conductive post is formed through the encapsulant. A plurality of openings is formed in the encapsulant by laser in a form of a circuit pattern. A conductive material is deposited over a surface of the encapsulant and into the openings to form an electrical circuit pattern. A portion of the conductive material is removed by a grinder to expose the electrical circuit pattern. The grinding operation planarizes the surface of the encapsulant and the electrical circuit pattern. The electrical circuit pattern can be a trace, contact pad, RDL, or other interconnect structure. The electrical circuit pattern can also be a shielding layer or antenna. An electrical component is disposed over the SIP module and electrical circuit pattern.
US11652057B2
Embodiments disclose electronic packages with a die assembly and methods of forming such electronic packages. In an embodiment, a die assembly comprises a first die and a second die laterally adjacent to the first die. In an embodiment, the first die and the second die each comprise a first semiconductor layer, an insulator layer over the first semiconductor layer, and a second semiconductor layer over the insulator layer. In an embodiment, a cavity is disposed through the second semiconductor layer. In an embodiment, the die assembly further comprises a bridge substrate that electrically couples the first die to the second die, where the bridge is positioned in the cavity of the first die and the cavity of the second die.
US11652040B2
There is provided a semiconductor device including: a lead frame including a first opening portion; a resin filled in the first opening portion; and a semiconductor element electrically connected to the lead frame, wherein a side wall surface of the lead frame in the first opening portion has a larger average surface roughness than an upper surface of the lead frame.
US11652036B2
Disclosed herein are via-trace structures with improved alignment, and related package substrates, packages, and computing device. For example, in some embodiments, a package substrate may include a conductive trace, and a conductive via in contact with the conductive trace. The alignment offset between the conductive trace and the conductive via may be less than 10 microns, and conductive trace may have a bell-shaped cross-section or the conductive via may have a flared shape.
US11652027B2
In a general aspect, a semiconductor device can include a plurality of vertical transistor segments disposed in an active region of a semiconductor region. The plurality of vertical transistor segments can include respective gate electrodes. A first dielectric can be disposed on the active region. An electrically conductive grid can be disposed on the first dielectric. The electrically conductive grid can be electrically coupled with the respective gate electrodes using a plurality of conductive contacts formed through the first dielectric. A second dielectric can be disposed on the electrically conductive grid and the first dielectric. A conductive metal layer can be disposed on the second dielectric layer. The conductive metal layer can include a portion that is electrically coupled with the respective gate electrodes through the electrically conductive grid using at least one conductive contact to the electrically conductive grid formed through the second dielectric.
US11652025B2
In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to an integrated chip (IC) including a conductive structure disposed within a dielectric structure along a first side of a semiconductor substrate, an insulating structure disposed along inner sidewalls of the semiconductor substrate, the inner sidewalls of the semiconductor substrate extending through the semiconductor substrate, a blocking layer disposed along inner sidewalls of the insulating structure, and a through-substrate via (TSV) comprising a first portion and a second portion, the first portion extending from a second side of the semiconductor substrate to a horizontally-extending surface of the insulating structure that protrudes outward from the inner sidewalls of the insulating structure, the second portion extending from the first portion to the conductive structure and has a maximum width less than that of the first portion.
US11652019B2
A heat dissipation structure includes a heat dissipation portion and a heat storage portion. The heat dissipation portion has the heat receiving surface including the contact surface in contact with the semiconductor generating the heat, and dissipates the heat of the semiconductor in contact with the contact surface. The heat storage portion is arranged to sandwich the semiconductor. The heat storage portion has, for example, the heat storage opening portion in which the semiconductor is positioned, and surrounds the semiconductor. The heat storage portion is provided to he in contact with the heat receiving surface, and stores the heat of the semiconductor conducted through the heat dissipation portion.
US11652016B2
A first layer conductor film is connected to an operation electrode through an opening in a first layer interlayer insulating film. An opening in a second layer interlayer insulating film is encompassed by the first layer conductor film in plan view. A second layer conductor film is connected to the first layer conductor film through the opening in a second layer interlayer insulating film. The average, along a first direction, of distances in a second direction, which is perpendicular to the first direction, from the opening in the first layer interlayer insulating film to the side surface of the opening in the second layer interlayer insulating film is greater than or equal to a distance in a height direction from an upper opening plane of the opening in the first layer interlayer insulating film to a lower opening plane of the opening in the second layer interlayer insulating film.
US11652011B2
A method to manufacture a semiconductor device includes: bonding a first wafer and a second wafer to be stacked vertically with one another, in which the first wafer provides a plurality of memory components and the second wafer provides a control circuit; forming a plurality of input/output channels on a surface of one of the first and second wafers; and cutting the bonded first and second wafers into a plurality of dices; wherein a plurality of first conductive contacts in the first wafer are electrically connected to the control circuit and the first conductive contacts in combinations with a plurality of first conductive vias in the first wafer form a plurality of transmission channels through which the control circuit is capable to access the memory components.
US11652006B2
A method of fabricating a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor device is provided. The method includes forming a work function material layer segment on a gate dielectric layer over a first vertical fin and a bottom spacer layer on an n-type bottom source/drain adjoining the first vertical fin on a first region of a substrate, wherein the gate dielectric layer is also over a second vertical fin, bottom spacer layer on a p-type bottom source/drain adjoining the second vertical fin on a second region. The method further includes heat treating the work function material layer segment to produce a modified work function material layer segment on the first vertical fin with a shifted work function value, forming a second work function material layer on the modified work function material layer segment and the gate dielectric layer on the second vertical fin, and growing a top source/drain on each of the vertical fins.
US11652004B2
A memory device and a method for forming the same are provided. The method includes forming a plurality of gate structures on a substrate, forming a first spacer on opposite sides of the gate structures, filling a dielectric layer between adjacent first spacers, forming a metal silicide layer on the gate structures, conformally forming a spacer material layer over the metal silicide layer, the first spacer layer and the dielectric layer, and performing an etch back process on the spacer material layer to form a second spacer on opposite sides of the metal silicide layer.
US11652002B2
The present disclosure is directed to methods for the fabrication of gate-all-around (GAA) field effect transistors (FETs) with low power consumption. The method includes depositing a first and a second epitaxial layer on a substrate and etching trench openings in the first and second epitaxial layers and the substrate. The method further includes removing, through the trench openings, portions of the first epitaxial layer to form a gap between the second epitaxial layer and the substrate and depositing, through the trench openings, a first dielectric to fill the gap and form an isolation structure. In addition, the method includes depositing a second dielectric in the trench openings to form trench isolation structures and forming a transistor structure on the second epitaxial layer.
US11651996B2
A semiconductor device includes first, second, and third metallization layers, on top of one another, that are disposed above a substrate, wherein each of the first, second, and third metallization layer includes a respective metallization structure formed in a respective dielectric layer, wherein the second metallization layer is disposed between the first and third metallization layers; and a via tower structure that extends from the first metallization layer to the third metallization layer so as to electrically couple at least part of the respective metallization structures of the first and third metallization layers.
US11651985B2
An alignment system includes a light source for emitting a light. An alignment mark is disposed on a substrate for receiving the light. The alignment mark includes a first pattern and a second pattern disposed on the substrate. The first pattern includes a first region and a second region. The second pattern includes a third region and a fourth region. The first region and the third region are symmetrical with respective to a symmetrical axis. The second region and the fourth region are symmetrical with respective to the symmetrical axis. The first region includes first mark lines parallel to each other. The second region includes second mark lines parallel to each other. A first pitch is disposed between the first mark lines adjacent to each other. A second pitch is disposed between the second mark lines adjacent to each other. The first pitch is different from the second pitch.
US11651980B2
The testing apparatus for singulated semiconductor dies comprises a nesting frame and a bottom part, which form a testing device nest adapted to the size of a semiconductor die. A pushing device is provided for an alignment of the semiconductor die in the testing device nest. An engineering plastic layer on the bottom part forms a surface on which the semiconductor die slides during its alignment.
US11651974B2
A method of fabricating a semiconductor package includes the steps of: disposing semiconductor devices on a carrier; forming an encapsulation on the carrier to cover the semiconductor devices, a recession of the encapsulation includes a strengthening portion and a recessed portion, the strengthening portion protrudes from the recessed portion and surrounds the recessed portion; and removing the strengthening portion of the recession of the encapsulation.
US11651970B2
Differences in ion mass of lighter ions (having a higher mobility) and heavier ions are utilized in conjunction with bias voltage modulation of an atomic layer etch (ALE) to provide a fast ALE process. The difference in ion mobility achieves surface modification with reactive neutral species in the absence of a bias voltage, and ion bombardment with lighter ions (e.g., inert or less reactive ions) in the presence of a bias voltage. By modulating the bias voltage, preferential ion bombardment is achieved with lighter ions without the need to physically separate or purge the reactive precursors and inert gases supplied to the process chamber for a given ALE cycle. A “fast” plasma ALE process is provided which improves etch rate, throughput and cost-efficiency by enabling the same gas chemistry composition (e.g., reactive precursor and inert gas combination) to be kept in the process chamber during a given ALE cycle.
US11651963B2
A method for forming features over a wafer with a carbon based deposition is provided. The carbon based deposition is pretuned, wherein the pretuning causes a non-uniform removal of some of the carbon based deposition. An oxide deposition is deposited through an atomic layer deposition process, wherein the depositing the oxide deposition causes a non-uniform removal of some of the carbon based deposition. At least one additional process is provided, wherein the at least one additional process completes formation of features over the wafer, wherein the features are more uniform than features that would be formed without pretuning.
US11651961B2
A lithography method includes forming a bottom anti-reflective coating (BARC) layer on a substrate, wherein the BARC layer includes an organic polymer and a reactive chemical group having at least one of chelating ligands and capping monomers, wherein the reactive chemical group is bonded to the organic polymer; coating a metal-containing photoresist (MePR) layer on the BARC layer, wherein the MePR being sensitive to an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) radiation; performing a first baking process to the MePR layer and the BARC layer, thereby reacting a metal chemical structure of the MePR layer and the reactive chemical structure of the BARC layer and forming an interface layer between the MePR layer and the BARC layer; performing an exposure process using the EUV radiation to the MePR layer; and developing the MePR layer to form a patterned photoresist layer.
US11651959B2
A system and method for growing a gallium nitride (GaN) structure that includes providing a template; and growing at least a first GaN layer on the template using a first sputtering process, wherein the first sputtering process includes: controlling a temperature of a sputtering target, and modulating between a gallium-rich condition and a gallium-lean condition, wherein the gallium-rich condition includes a gallium-to-nitrogen ratio having a first value that is greater than 1, and wherein the gallium-lean condition includes the gallium-to-nitrogen ratio having a second value that is less than the first value. Some embodiments include a load lock configured to load a substrate wafer into the system and remove the GaN structure from the system; and a plurality of deposition chambers, wherein the plurality of deposition chambers includes a GaN-deposition chamber configured to grow at least the first GaN layer on a template that includes the substrate wafer.
US11651957B2
Various articles and devices can be manufactured to take advantage of a what is believed to be a novel thermodynamic cycle in which spontaneity is due to an intrinsic entropy equilibration. The novel thermodynamic cycle exploits the quantum phase transition between quantum thermalization and quantum localization. Preferred devices include a phonovoltaic cell, a rectifier and a conductor for use in an integrated circuit.
US11651943B2
A plasma generator includes an outer electrode that encloses a first inner electrode and a second inner electrode. The first inner electrode includes a plurality of protrusions that extend towards the outer electrode. A voltage signal can be applied across the outer electrode and the first inner electrode to excite gas injected into gaps between the protrusions and the outer electrode. Plasma is generated surrounding the protrusions. The second inner electrode is at a downstream location of the excited gas relative to the first inner electrode. The second inner electrode forms a second gap with the outer electrode. A voltage signal can be applied across the second inner electrode and the outer electrode, further exciting the gas to generate second plasma at the second gap. The second plasma is spread evenly across the second inner electrode and the outer electrode.
US11651930B2
The present invention is to generate a spatially phase modulated electron wave. A laser radiating apparatus, a spatial light phase modulator, and a photocathode are provided. The photocathode has a semiconductor film having an NEA film formed on a surface thereof, and a thickness of the semiconductor film is smaller than a value obtained by multiplying a coherent relaxation time of electrons in the semiconductor film by a moving speed of the electrons in the semiconductor film. According to the configuration, a spatial distribution of phase and a spatial distribution of intensity of spatial phase modulated light are transferred to an electron wave, and the electron wave emitted from an NEA film is modulated into the spatial distribution of phase and the spatial distribution of intensity of the light. Since the spatial distribution of phase of the light can be modulated as intended by a spatial phase modulation technique for light, it is possible to generate an electron wave having a spatial distribution of phase modulated as intended.
US11651919B2
A system (100) for controlling temperature of a persistent current switch (120) operating in a background magnetic field includes a heat exchanger (138), a loop tube (135), a ball valve (245) and multiple electromagnets (251, 252). The heat exchanger disperses heat to a cryocooler (106). The loop tube enables flow of coolant to convectively transfer thermal energy generated by the persistent current switch to the heat exchanger. The ball valve is integrated with the loop tube between the persistent current switch and the heat exchanger, and contains a ferromagnetic ball (250). The electromagnets are positioned outside the loop tube adjacent to the ball valve, where energizing a first electromagnet of the multiple electromagnets magnetically moves the ferromagnetic ball to a first position opening the loop tube and enabling the flow of the coolant, and energizing a second electromagnets magnetically moves the ferromagnetic ball to a second position closing the loop tube and blocking the flow of the coolant.
US11651909B2
Provided is a spring drive cam for a spring drive of a circuit breaker including a disc-like shape configured for rotating around a rotation axis in the spring drive, whereby the disc-like shape comprises a radius (R) that changes depending on an angle (α) of the radius (R) relative to a base angle (α0), and whereby a rate (dR/dα) defined by a change of the radius (R) per change of the angle (α) is ≤0.3 mm/°.
US11651898B2
A multilayer capacitor and a board having the same mounted thereon are provided. The multilayer capacitor includes a capacitor body including dielectric layers and first and second internal electrodes, and first to sixth surfaces, the first internal electrode being exposed through the third surface and the fifth surface and the second internal electrode being exposed through the fourth surface and the sixth surface; first and second side portions disposed on the fifth and sixth surfaces, respectively, of the capacitor body; first and second external electrodes; a first step-compensating portion disposed on a margin portion in a width direction on the second dielectric layer on which the second internal electrode is formed on the first internal electrode; and a second step-compensating portion disposed on another margin portion in the width direction on the first dielectric layer on which the first internal electrode is disposed on the second internal electrode.
US11651890B2
An electronic structure comprises: a circuit board, wherein a plurality of electronic devices and a transformer are disposed on the circuit board, the transformer comprises a first coil, a second coil, and a magnetic body, wherein a molding body encapsulates at least one portion of the outer surface of the first coil, at least one portion of the outer surface of the second coil, and the plurality of electronic devices for electrically isolating the plurality of electronic devices from the transformer.
US11651885B2
Described herein are magnetic core inductors (MCI) and methods for manufacturing magnetic core inductors. A first embodiment of the MCI can be a snake-configuration MCI. The snake-configuration MCI can be formed by creating an opening in a base material, such as copper, and providing a nonconductive magnetic material in the opening. The inductor can be further formed by forming plated through holes into the core material. The conductive elements for the inductor can be formed in the plated through holes. The nonconductive magnetic material surrounds each conductive element and plated through hole. In embodiments, a layered coil inductor can be formed by drilling a laminate to form a cavity through the laminate within the metal rings of the layered coil inductor. The nonconductive magnetic material can be provided in the cavity.
US11651878B2
A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet according to the present invention has a steel sheet surface provided with grooves and includes two or more broken lines including the grooves having a length of 5 to 10 mm on a straight line intersecting a rolling direction on the steel sheet surface. In each of the broken lines including the grooves, the grooves are arranged at equal intervals, and a ratio of the length of the groove to a length of a non-groove is in a range of 1:1 to 1.5:1.
US11651873B2
A ceramic subassembly manufactured by a 3D-printing process is described. The ceramic subassembly comprises a ceramic substrate having a sidewall extending to spaced apart first and second end surfaces. At least one via extends through the substrate from the ceramic substrate first end surface to the ceramic substrate second end surface. In cross-section, the via has a square-shape with rounded corners.
US11651870B2
A cable includes a transmissive core; a jacket surrounding the transmissive core, which has at least an outermost polymeric layer; and an external semi-conductive layer around and in direct contact with the outermost polymeric layer of the jacket. The external semi-conductive layer is made of a composition comprising a base polymer material and an electrically conductive filler. The electrically conductive filler includes carbon nanotubes.
US11651869B2
A cable management system configured to account for and accommodate physical movement of the cables being managed. The cable management system includes an elastic element, such as a spring, to accommodate for the anticipated expansion and/or contraction movements of the cables being managed. The cable management system may be applicable for vertical cable installation projects that are installed in outdoor applications.
US11651867B2
A method for reducing radiologically-contaminated waste is provided. The method comprises treating radiologically-contaminated surfaces and subsurfaces. The method comprises consolidating soil waste. The method comprises employing real-time scanning technology to classify waste based at least in part on a threshold of radiological contamination. The waste is sorted based on the classification. The waste is disposed of via at least one of different disposal routes, based at least in part on the classification.
US11651864B2
A drug inspection apparatus inspects drugs that are prepared based on prescription information and are packaged in a prescription bag. A drug database includes drug images of drugs that can be prepared. A comparison target selection section acquires drug images of drugs, which are prepared according to the prescription, and drugs similar thereto from the drug database. A first drug determination section compares captured images of prepared drugs with the drug images acquired from the drug database, and determines drugs present in the captured images and the number thereof. An inspection result determination section determines whether or not the prepared drugs and the number thereof match the prescription information based on the prescription information.
US11651863B2
A method that provides a graphical indication of whether a patient will have cancer recurrence uses univariate and bivariate prognostic features that were generated as part of a minimal spanning tree (MST). The method determines the values of first and second features. A first value is measured by detecting objects in an image of tissue from the cancer patient stained with a protein-specific IHC biomarker. A second value is measured using objects marked with an mRNA-specific probe biomarker detected in the tissue. The first feature is the univariate prognostic feature for cancer recurrence in a cohort of cancer patients. A combination of the first and second features is the bivariate prognostic feature for cancer recurrence in the cohort. The first and second features are elements of the MST. Nodes of the MST represent the univariate features, edges represent the bivariate features, and edge weights represent prognostic significance of bivariate features.
US11651857B2
Apparatus, systems, and methods to capture and combine patient vitals and image data are disclosed. An example apparatus includes an imaging device to capture imaging data of a patient; a patient monitor to capture non-imaging data of the patient; and a communication interface between the imaging device and the patient monitor to route the non-imaging data to the imaging device. The example imaging device is to combine the non-imaging data with the imaging data to form a combined data set to be processed to determine a clinical outcome.
US11651855B2
In some instances, the disclosure provides a method for managing and updating contextual intelligent processes using artificial intelligence algorithms. The method comprises obtaining, from a user device, health information indicating a health triggering event associated with a user, obtaining event information associated with the user, determining, based on the health triggering event, one or more contextual intelligent processes for the health triggering event, retrieving one or more contextual artificial intelligence datasets, updating the one or more contextual intelligent processes with at least one new service based on inputting the health triggering event, the event information, and the one or more contextual intelligent processes into the one or more contextual artificial intelligence datasets, and performing the one or more updated contextual intelligent processes.
US11651853B2
An information processing apparatus includes a controller. The controller obtains information about a designated area and information about a medical service target. The controller creates, in accordance with the population distribution in the designated area, a dispatch schedule for dispatching a medical service vehicle capable of dealing with the medical service target to the designated area.
US11651843B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for interacting with a prescription submission system, a cloud computing system, and a prescription processing system to transmit prescriptions to an optimal pharmacy based on user information. User information, a location, and a prescription including a treatment e.g., medicine) may be received from a user or a health care professional. A plurality of pharmacies may be identified based at least on availability of the treatment, each of the plurality of pharmacies meeting a location criterion based on the location. Treatment pricing may be identified for each of the identified plurality of pharmacies. The plurality of pharmacies and the corresponding pricing information may be transmitted to a computing device. A selected pharmacy from the plurality of pharmacies may be received, from the computing device, and, the prescription may be transmitted to be received at the selected pharmacy's prescription processing system.
US11651840B2
A system, device, and method for predicting a docked position of a target ligand in a binding site of a biomolecule is disclosed. The prediction makes use of a template ligand-biomolecule complex structure in order to predict a target ligand-biomolecule complex structure. The system and device contain modules allowing for the prediction of a target-ligand biomolecule complex structure. A preparation module can receive information identifying a target ligand and a template ligand-biomolecule structure. A pharmacophore matcher module can identify common pharmacophores between the template ligand and the target ligand. A docking module can predict a docked ligand position of the target ligand by overlapping the pharmacophore models of the target ligand and template ligand while the template ligand is in the binding site of the biomolecule. A biomolecule modification module can modify the biomolecule to reduce clashes between the docked target ligand and the biomolecule.
US11651839B2
A system can include one or more processors configured to access at least one parameter of a material, generate a plurality of structures of the material using the at least one parameter, determine a state of each structure of the plurality of structures using the at least one parameter, determine a difference between the state of each structure of the plurality of structures and a ground state value, evaluate a convergence condition responsive to determining the difference between the state of each structure of the plurality of structures and the ground state value, and output at least one structure of the plurality of structures responsive to the convergence condition being satisfied.
US11651836B2
This disclosure describes an efficient method to copy all polynucleotides encoding digital data of digital files in a polynucleotide storage container while maintaining random access capabilities over a collection of files or data items in the container. The disclosure further describes a process whereby random-access and sequencing of the polynucleotides are combined in a single step.
US11651825B2
The present disclosure includes systems, apparatuses, and methods related to generating a random data value. For example, a first read operation may be performed on a memory cell programmed to a first state, wherein the first read operation is performed using a first read voltage that is within a predetermined threshold voltage distribution corresponding to the first state. A programming signal may be applied to the memory cell responsive to the first read operation resulting in a snapback event, wherein the programming signal is configured to place the memory cell in a second state. A second read operation may be performed to determine whether the memory cell is in the first state or the second state using a second read voltage that is between the predetermined threshold voltage distribution corresponding to the first state and a second threshold voltage distribution corresponding to the second state.
US11651816B2
There is provided a method for accessing a memory cell of a plurality of memory cells that are part of a memory unit, the memory cells being grouped into a plurality of memory cell groups, wherein each memory cell group is associated with one or more local bit lines with each of the one or more local bit lines being operatively connected to a corresponding global bit line via a passgate comprising a PMOS transistor. The method comprises connecting each of the one or more local bit lines to the corresponding global bit line by decreasing a gate voltage that is applied to a gate of the corresponding PMOS transistor to a value that is sufficient to allow the PMOS transistor to conduct, wherein the value of the gate voltage that is sufficient to allow the PMOS transistor to conduct is either a positive or negative voltage.
US11651808B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell including a switching element and a resistance change element. A first circuit supplies a constant current to the memory cell for an amount of time and a second circuit applies a constant voltage to the memory cell for an amount of time. The semiconductor memory device places the memory cell into an ON state by applying, while applying a first current to the memory cell by the first circuit, a first voltage to the memory cell by the second circuit and performs readout on the memory cell in the ON state by the first current.
US11651806B2
A reference voltage training circuit may include: a normal buffer configured to generate a first received signal by receiving one of differential signals based on the other; a calibration signal generation circuit configured to generate a second received signal by receiving the one of the differential signals according to a reference voltage, and generate reference voltage calibration signals by comparing the phase of the second received signal to the phase of the first received signal; and a reference voltage generation circuit configured to calibrate the level of the reference voltage according to the reference voltage calibration signals.
US11651805B2
A memory package includes; a first memory chip including first memory pads, and a buffer chip including first buffer pads respectively connected with the first memory pads and second buffer pads connected with an external device. The buffer chip respectively communicates signals received via the second buffer pads to the first buffer pads in response to a swap enable signal having a disabled state, and the buffer chip swaps signals received via the second buffer pads to generate first swapped signals, and respectively communicates the first swapped signals to the first buffer pads in response to the swap enable signal having an enabled state.
US11651795B2
An audio signal processing device including: an input reception section that receives input from a user for selection of a channel of a mixing device; an audio signal input section that receives an audio signal corresponding to the channel of the mixing device selected according to the input from the user for the selection of the channel received at the input reception section; an audio source identification section that analyzes the audio signal received at the audio signal input section and identifies a kind of audio source of the audio signal; a setting data acquisition section that acquires setting data corresponding to the kind of audio source identified by the audio source identification section; and a setting data setting section that prompts the mixing device to set the setting data acquired by the setting data acquisition section for the channel received at the input reception section.
US11651789B2
An object of an aspect of the present invention is to provide: a lubricant excellent in adsorbability on the surface of a magnetic disk and in contamination resistance; and a magnetic disk which uses the lubricant and which is excellent in durability. The lubricant in accordance with an aspect of the present invention contains a fluoropolyether compound having, at a terminal thereof, a hydroxyalkenyl group or a hydroxyalkynyl group.
US11651782B2
According to one embodiment, among a plurality of magnetic heads, the larger the magnetic pole width of the magnetic pole of the magnetic head in the width direction of a recording track formed in a recording layer or the larger an area width of the magnetic head capable of reading the magnetic characteristics of an area of the recording layer on which magnetic recording has been carried out by means of the magnetic head, the farther is the magnetic head arranged outwardly from the vicinity of the center in the parallel arrangement direction of the magnetic disks.
US11651781B2
A magnetic recording medium according to the present technology is a tape-shaped magnetic recording medium including: a base material; and a magnetic layer, the tape-shaped magnetic recording medium being long in a longitudinal direction and short in a width direction, in which the magnetic layer includes a data band long in the longitudinal direction and a servo band long in the longitudinal direction, a data signal being written to the data band, a servo signal being written to the servo band, the degree of perpendicular orientation of the magnetic layer being 65% or more, a full width at half maximum of an isolated waveform in a reproduced waveform of the data signal is 185 nm or less, a thickness of the magnetic layer is 90 nm or less, and a thickness of the base material is 4.2 μm or less.
US11651779B2
A voice processing system includes a voice receiver that receives voice spoken by users, a voice recognition unit that recognizes the voice received by the voice receiver, a voice determination unit that determines a state of transmission and reception of the voice between a first base and a second base based on a recognition result of the first voice received from the first base and a recognition result of the second voice received from the second base, and an information presenting unit that presents specific information for resolving an abnormal state of transmission and reception when it is determined by the voice determination unit that the state of transmission and reception is abnormal.
US11651766B2
The present invention discloses an ultra-low-power speech feature extraction circuit based on non-overlapping framing and serial fast Fourier transform (FFT), and belongs to the technical field of computation, calculation or counting. The circuit is oriented to the field of intelligence, and is integrally composed of a pre-process module, a windowing module, a Fourier transform module, a Mel filtering module, an adjacent frame merging module, a discrete cosine transform (DCT) module and other modules by optimizing the architecture of a Mel-frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCC) algorithm. Large-scale storage caused by framing is avoided in a non-overlapping framing mode, storage contained in the MFCC algorithm is further reduced, and the circuit area and the power consumption are greatly reduced. An FFT algorithm in the feature extraction circuit adopts a serial pipeline mode to process data, makes full use of the characteristics of serial inflow of audio data, and further reduces the storage area and operations of the circuit.
US11651758B2
An electronic device segments a first and second MIDI files into pluralities of source segments and target segments. For each of a plurality of consecutive pairs of first and second target segments, the electronic device identifies a first source segment corresponding to the first target segment of the consecutive pair and identifies a second source segment corresponding to the second target segment of the consecutive pair, where the first and second source segments are identified by determining that the first and second source segments are harmonically conformant to the corresponding first and second target segments, and determining that a transition between the first and second source segments is graphically conformant to a transition between a consecutive pair of source segments. The electronic device generates a third MIDI file using the identified first and second source segments for each of the plurality of consecutive pairs of first and second target segments.
US11651754B2
A drum damper includes a first body having a first surface and a second surface, and the first body includes a slot and a fader button positioned on the first surface of the first body and configured to slide along the slot. A second body is connected with the second surface of the first body and configured to releasably attach with a drum. Flexible bodies are connected with the second body, configured to dampen sound or vibration from a drum head and be in contact with the drum head, and connected with the fader button through the slot so that, when the fader button slides along the slot, the flexible bodies increase or reduce surface area contact with the drum head.
US11651744B2
Systems and methods are provided for using logic-based compensation to optimize luminance uniformity of light emitting diode (LED) backlight panels employed for display panel assemblies such as liquid crystal displays (LCDs). These systems and methods may be implemented using a uniformity profile (e.g., uniformity lookup table “U-LUT”) in the LED backlight driving process to provide values to separately control luminance of different backlight segments of a LED backlight panel in order to improve backlight segment luminance uniformity.
US11651741B2
A method for a display driver circuit configured to drive a display panel includes steps of: determining whether a plurality of first data codes corresponding to first data voltages to be output through a multiplexer to data lines in the display panel during a first horizontal line period equal; determining whether each of the first data codes equals a corresponding second data code among a plurality of second data codes corresponding to second data voltages to be output through the multiplexer to the data lines during a second horizontal line period immediately after the first horizontal line period; and in response to that the first data codes equal and each of the first data codes equal the corresponding second data code, outputting a control signal to keep a switch of the multiplexer staying in a turn-on state after the switch is turned on for outputting a first data voltage.
US11651734B2
A display panel with an extended display area, and a display apparatus including the display panel, wherein the display panel includes: a substrate in which a display area including a component area and a main area, and a peripheral area outside the display area are defined; a first main pixel circuit in the main area; a main display element in the main area connected to the first main pixel circuit; a first auxiliary pixel circuit in the peripheral area; a first auxiliary display element in the component area, connected to the first auxiliary pixel circuit; a pad unit in the peripheral area including a first main data pad and a first auxiliary data pad; a first main data line connecting the main data pad to the first main pixel circuit; and a first auxiliary data line connecting the first auxiliary data pad to the first auxiliary pixel circuit.
US11651720B2
A display device of the present disclosure is provided with a pixel circuit that includes a light-emitting element; a current modulator that controls a current value flowing through the light-emitting element; a current breaker that interrupts a current flowing through the light-emitting element; and a gray-scale controller that controls the current modulator and the current breaker to perform gray-scale control. The gray-scale controller discretely controls a light emission duty of the light-emitting element through the current breaker, and controls, through the current modulator, the current value flowing through the light-emitting element in accordance with the light emission duty of the light-emitting element.
