US11667080B2
A system for obtaining a photopolymerized prepolymer for use as a component of a material suitable for manufacturing buildings or building components by 3D printing processes. The system contains a flexible closed loop conveyor stretched between a precursor loading station and a prepolymerization material receiver from which the product is unloaded to a construction 3D printing machine. The conveyor carries a plurality of flexible trays capable of looping around the pulleys of the closed loop conveyor. The trays are shallow troughs that have open tops and carry dosed portions of the precursor, which is photopolymerized on its way from the loading station to the unloading station by sequentially passing under light sources of two photopolymerization stations. When the trays pass through the unloading position, they are turned upside-down and allow the precured material to fall into a receiver.
US11667078B2
A method of manufacturing comprises depositing a layer of a powder on a working surface and selectively depositing a water-based binder solution comprising from 0.1 wt % to 5 wt % of a non-aqueous solvent having a boiling point of greater than 100° C. and less than or equal to 175° C. at 1 atm and a thermoplastic binder comprises a first polymer strand including a first functional group and a second polymer strand including a second functional group into the layer of powder in a pattern representative of a structure of a part. The method further comprises non-covalently coupling the first and second polymer strands together via interaction between the first and second functional groups to form a green body part.
US11667074B2
Systems and methods for constructing 3-dimensional (3D) parts are disclosed. A printing system may include a deposition system configured to print a plurality of 2-dimensional (2D) layers onto a plurality of carrier sheets. The printing system also includes a transferring system configured to transfer a 2D layer from a carrier sheet of the plurality of carrier sheets, onto the 3D part. The 3D part may be located on a base substrate. The printing system further includes a feed system configured to provide the plurality of carrier sheets from the deposition system to the transfer system in a successive fashion while maintaining the directionality of printing in the deposition and transferring systems.
US11667071B2
An inkjet printer includes a mixer and a metering system that system provides appropriate amounts of the resin's precursors into the mixer. The mixer thoroughly mixes these precursors and feeds the resulting resin to the printheads. The inkjet printer may include a cleaning system that removes residual resin during or after printing.
US11667069B2
A blow molded monolayer article. The article has a hollow body defined by a wall. The wall has one or more regions comprising a first composition and one or more regions formed by a second composition.
US11667068B2
The invention relates to a device and a method for semi-continuous blow moulding of fiber-reinforced, thermoplastic, endless, hollow-profile-shaped components with longitudinally constant or varying cross-sections, consisting of at least one consolidation tool, which, in its closed state, encloses a preform enclosing an elastically moldable pressure chamber.
US11667063B2
Systems and methods are provided for compacting laminates. One embodiment is a method for compacting a laminate onto a surface of a forming tool. The method includes placing the laminate onto the forming tool, disposing a compaction device over the laminate, gripping the compaction device to the forming tool, compacting the laminate with a pressure foot of the compaction device, and removing the compaction device from the forming tool.
US11667054B2
A method and system for concrete monitoring calibration using truck-mounted mixer drum jump speed data selectively assimilated from previous deliveries. The method involves measuring energy at a first drum speed and a second drum speed. Slump is calculated using low speed energy/speed/slump curve data, or pre-stored equation wherein slump is derived as a function of slope of the line. The energy, speed, slump relationship in the provided concrete is compared to at least two pre-stored data curves across drum speed ranges of 15 0.5 RPM-6 RPM and 6 RPM-20 RPM, to ascertain whether the provided concrete matches any of the stored curve data; either activating the monitoring system for all drum speed ranges where a match is confirmed or allowing the monitoring system to calculate slump only at low drum speeds.
US11667051B2
Punch assembly that enable selective securement and release of punch tips to a punch body (or holder) of the assemblies, wherein various retain/release systems can be used with the punch body, specifically relative to triggering mechanisms of such systems and their functioning and use with ancillary components relative to securing and releasing the punch tip, without adversely affecting long-term efficiency and effectiveness of the assemblies.
US11667046B2
One embodiment for splitting logs is described as including a first handle; a second handle; a unitary body wedge comprising a cutting wedge coupled to the first handle and a splitting wedge coupled to the second handle, wherein the first handle and the second handle are co-aligned along an axis of the log splitting tool when the cutting wedge and the splitting wedge form the unitary body wedge. As a user swings the log splitting tool in an overhead arc, driving the unitary body wedge into a log that is to be split, a cutting edge of the cutting wedge is driven downward into the log. The user spreads the first and second handles apart in opposing directions so that leverage created by the length of the first and second handles force the cutting wedge and the splitting wedge to separate apart from each other, causing the log to split.
US11667044B2
A tool having a detectable wireless marker or tag is provided. The tool has a working portion with a projection or tang by which the working portion of the tool is held, a wireless tag located on, but insulated from the tang, and a handle disposed over and encompassing the projection or tang and the wireless tag. In an exemplary embodiment, the wireless tag is insulated from the tang using a housing assembly made up of an inner holder, an outer holder, and the detectable wireless tag positioned between the inner and outer holders. The invention allows for the use of fragile markers or tags, which are protected by the housing assembly from temperatures and pressures used during, for example, tool handle manufacturing processes. Also provided is a method for providing a tool with a detectable wireless tag, and a method for tracking and tracing tools used within a packaging facility.
US11667042B2
A retainer apparatus configured to releasably retain an article, comprising a face plate member each having a front face, a plurality of vacuum cups and a plurality of support pins each extending distally relative to the front face, respectively, wherein the vacuum cups and the support pins are laterally spaced from one another, wherein the plurality of vacuum cups retain the article to the retainer apparatus in a presence of vacuum, wherein the plurality of support pins are extendable/retractable relative to the face plate member, wherein each of the support pins have a longitudinal axis, respectively, and are configured to contact the article to support the article against movement along the longitudinal axis and support the article against movement transverse to the longitudinal axis, and a locking mechanism configured to inhibit the support pins from being retractable and extendable when the locking mechanism is engaged.
US11667041B2
A cleaning system is provided. The cleaning system includes a robot cleaner and a station. The robot cleaner includes a pad fixing part on which a cleaning pad is detachably mounted, a lifter to lift a part of the robot cleaner at which the pad fixing part is positioned, and a pad detacher to detach the cleaning pad mounted on the pad fixing part. The station includes a pad storage box in which a cleaning pad that is to be provided to the robot cleaner is stored, a pad coupling part on which a cleaning pad that is to be coupled to the robot cleaner is rested, and a pad supplier to supply the cleaning pad stored in the pad storage box to the pad coupling part.
US11667033B2
Example robotic process automation systems and methods are described. In one implementation, a processing system receives one or more configuration options for a Bot, where the configuration options are associated with a design specification for the Bot. The processing system generates the Bot using the configuration options and instantiates the Bot on the processing system. A workflow associated with the design specification is executed by the Bot.
US11667030B2
The machining station can include a table; at least three robots each having a multi-axis mover secured to the table, and a gripper opposite the table, the robots being interspaced from one another on the table; and a controller. The controller controls the robots to hold a workpiece in a coordinated manner. The computer numerical command (CNC) machine-tool system machines the workpiece while the workpiece is held by the robots. The workpiece can be moved into and out from the machining station with a trolley which slidingly engages a trolley path formed within the table.
US11667022B2
A setting tool for driving fastening elements into a substrate comprises a holder for holding a fastening element; a drive-in element for transferring a fastening element held in the holder into the substrate along a setting axis; and, a drive for driving the drive-in element toward the fastening element along the setting axis, wherein the drive comprises an electrical capacitor, which is arranged on the setting axis or around the setting axis.
US11667001B2
A novel mounting assembly used with an air spindle is described. The mounting assembly includes an insertable top portion for inserting into a mounting collar and to be rotatable therein, the insertable top portion formed with an upper disk shape with a first diameter and a lower disk shape with a second diameter and adjacent to the upper disk shape, an outer circumference of the upper disk shape having a groove formed therein, and the upper disk shape and the lower disk shape having a passage axially formed therethrough perpendicular to the groove. The mounting assembly further includes a sleeve disposed below the insertable top portion, the sleeve defining an opening with a sidewall which is perpendicular to the insertable top portion, the opening sized to hold a spindle, a port inside a wall of the sleeve defining the opening providing fluid communications with the passage of the insertable top portion.
US11666997B1
A precision locating fastening device for securing a part. The device includes a drive screw, a base member, and a stop member. The drive screw has a gripping surface. The base member houses the drive screw and has a precision locating surface. The part is retained and located adjacent the precision locating surface relative to a fixture plate. The drive screw has one or more keyed ends. The stop member is replaceable to maintain precision and accuracy while locating and retaining the part. The device is incorporated in a system where a first keyed end of a first fastening device, a second key of the first fastening device, or the keyed end of a drive screw of a second fastening device is adjusted from either the first side of the fixture plate, the second side of fixture plate, or both to retain and locate the part on the fixture plate.
US11666988B2
An additive manufacturing machine includes a laser light source, a beam entry window, a recoater, a plurality of light sources attached to the recoater, a photosensor, and a controller. The laser light source emits laser light to selectively melt one or more portions of a working layer of a powder bed during additive manufacturing of a part. The beam entry window is positioned between the powder bed and the laser light source. The recoater moves across the powder bed to spread the working layer. The photo sensor senses intensity of light emitted by each of the plurality of light sources through the beam entry window. The controller correlates sensed intensity of the light emitted by each of the plurality of light sources through the beam entry window to corresponding positions on the beam entry window based on locations of each of the plurality of light sources.
US11666980B2
A tube assembly includes at least first and second tubes configured for coupling at respective ends. The first and second tubes each include a base material, and a weld interface at the respective end. The weld interface is proximate to an inner diameter and an outer diameter of the first and second tubes, and includes a weld interface segment extending therebetween. A work hardened weld assembly couples the base material of each of the first and second tubes. The work hardened weld assembly includes a weld fusion zone between the weld interfaces of the first and second tubes and the weld interface segments of the first and second tubes. The weld fusion zone is work hardened and at least the weld interface segments of the first and second tubes are work hardened between the work hardened weld fusion zone and the base material of the first and second tubes.
US11666972B2
The invention pertains to the use of sophisticated chemical formulation and spectroscopic design methods to select taggants compatible with the 3D print medium that are easily detected spectroscopically but otherwise compatible with the product, structural integrity and stability, and aesthetics. A spectral pattern employs a different chemical or combination of chemicals to alter the formulation of all or some portion of the printed object so that its authenticity can be monitored later using a spectrometer.
US11666971B1
An additive manufacturing system including a two-dimensional energy patterning system for imaging a powder bed is disclosed. Improved structure formation, part creation and manipulation, use of multiple additive manufacturing systems, and high throughput manufacturing methods suitable for automated or semi-automated factories are also disclosed.
US11666964B2
A flaskless molding machine includes: an upper sand tank storing the mold sand to be supplied to the upper molding space; a first lower sand tank storing the mold sand to be supplied to the lower molding space, and having a first communication port for discharging the stored mold sand; a second lower sand tank having a second communication port capable of communicating with the first communication port of the first lower sand tank, and storing the mold sand supplied from the first lower sand tank and to be supplied to the lower molding space; at least one first guide member extending in a vertical direction, and guiding the upper flask, the lower flask and the second lower sand tank in the vertical direction; and a second guide member extending in the vertical direction, and guiding the first lower sand tank in the vertical direction.
US11666956B2
Methods are provided for the removal of sulfur and other ARD/AMD-generating materials through the smoldering combustion of an organic material. The methods comprise admixing an ARD/AMD-generating porous matrix material with an organic material to produce a mixture, exposing the mixture to an oxidant, and initiating a self-sustaining smoldering combustion of the mixture. Additional embodiments aggregate the organic material or ARD/AMD-generating porous matrix material or mixture thereof in an impoundment such as a reaction vessel, depression or matrix pile. Further embodiments utilize at least one heater to initiate combustion and at least one air supply port to supply oxidant to initiate and maintain combustion.
US11666954B1
Disclosed is an enzymatic hydrolysis device for livestock and poultry slaughter by-products, including a feeding barrel, and a crushing box is fixed and communicated with a bottom end of the feeding barrel; two symmetrically arranged rolling plates are arranged in the feeding barrel, and a rolling space is arranged between the two rolling plates, and a bottom of the rolling space is provided with a bearing plate; an air pump is fixed at a bottom of the crushing box; and a mixing disturbance mechanism, including a bottom plate, a slide rail fixed on a top surface of the bottom plate, a tank body slidably connected to the slide rail, and baffles fixed at both ends of the bottom plate; the tank body is internally provided with a plurality of circumferentially distributed curved panels; and there are a plurality of circumferentially distributed disturbance components in the disturbance space.
US11666953B2
Methods for storing or disposing of nuclear waste include forming a drillhole that extends into the Earth from a terranean surface. The drillhole includes an entry at least proximate the terranean surface, a substantially vertical drillhole portion, and a hazardous material storage drillhole portion that is coupled to the substantially vertical drillhole portion and is formed in a subterranean salt formation. The methods further include moving a storage canister into the hazardous material storage drillhole portion. The storage canister is sized to fit from the drillhole entry through the substantially vertical drillhole portion, and into the hazardous material storage drillhole portion of the drillhole. The storage canister has an inner cavity that encloses nuclear waste material. The methods further include positioning a seal in the drillhole to isolate the hazardous material storage drillhole portion of the drillhole from the entry of the drillhole.
US11666946B2
There is provided a microparticle sorting method including a procedure of collecting a microparticle in a fluid that flows through a main channel in a branch channel that is in communication with the main channel by generating a negative pressure in the branch channel. In the procedure, a flow of a fluid is formed that flows toward a side of the main channel from a side of the branch channel at a communication opening between the main channel and the branch channel.
US11666945B2
A sorting system has a sorting area and a controller system that receives luggage-related sorting information for each piece of luggage. A transport mechanism transports the luggage into a sorting area which includes a sorting area with at least one make-up-place connected to the transport mechanism. The make-up-place sorts the luggage according to at least one item of luggage-related sorting information. Movable load devices receive the pieces of luggage sorted by the at least one make-up-place. The controller system assigns each piece of luggage according to at least one luggage-related information to a particular movable load device and the controller system is also adapted to select a make-up-place for each piece of luggage and to send the piece of luggage to the selected make-up-place to be loaded into the assigned movable load device.
US11666944B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for detection of overfilled containers in sortation systems. In one embodiment, an example container capacity detection system for use with an item sortation machine may include a first sensor positioned to detect a remaining capacity of a first container in the item sortation system, and a controller. The controller may be configured to determine, using the first sensor, that the remaining capacity of the first container is less than or equal to a first threshold, and to send a signal.
US11666940B2
A method of mercury-free photochemical micro-/nano-encapsulation of an active material is a process for obtaining Micro-/nano-capsules by means of curing by UV LED radiation at ambient or even cold temperatures. A stirrer photo-reactor made from glass or transparent plastics can be used but mixed flow reactor could be also employed. Appropriate mixing is sufficient to expose all droplets, which contain an active material surrounded by curable-shell materials in the emulsion to the LED radiation. Using the optimum light intensities and reactions' times is critical for encapsulating the active material with a high efficiency and producing a high quality micro-/nano-capsules, Solar monochromator device can also be used as long as it generate the same radiation with a narrow/single wavelengths as the LED device. Light emitted diode (LED) is a mercury-free UV radiation source with a long operating life time and an instant ON-Off, it has a high efficiency, a very low cooling requirements and cost-efficient in photochemical encapsulation. It reduces the time of microencapsulation from 6 hours to a less than 5 minutes. It has a significant decrease in manufacturing cost, waste-water, unconverted monomers, and leftover active phase change material (PCM) compared to other methods. Conversion of more than 90% of monomers can be achieved, and encapsulation efficiency can reach 100% at optimum conditions. This is in addition to the ability of this invented technology for encapsulate volatile and heat sensitive active materials at ambient as well as low temperatures. Normal glass or transparent plastics can be used as a reactor material. Only the matched useful wavelength radiation is emitted by LED without having other wavelengths which might have a bad impact on the encapsulation process.
US11666939B2
Described herein, are methods for providing a protective coating to a storage container for storing nuclear material, the method comprising depositing nickel particles on at least one surface of the substrate to produce the protective coating, wherein the nickel particles are deposited by cold spraying a composition comprising nickel particles and a carrier gas comprising nitrogen. In one aspect, the carrier gas consists essentially or consists only of nitrogen. The methods do not require pretreatment or modification of the nickel particles prior to cold spraying, which makes the methods described herein economically practical. The coatings produced by the methods described herein possess several advantageous properties including, but not limited to, high adhesion strength to the storage system and low porosity. The coatings produced by the methods described herein are effective against chemical attack such as, for example, CISCC.
US11666936B2
A hybrid scaling and patterning apparatus for producing thin films with multi-material, customized patterns is disclosed. The apparatus includes a slot die body integrated with multiple inlets and corresponding converging channels passing materials through the die body in a planar, continuous laminar flow. The hybrid scaling and patterning apparatus may be used in a method of preparing multi-material, patterned thin film materials.
US11666931B2
An inline shower device includes a housing, a hydraulic chamber, a first actuator, and a fluid-driven piston. The housing includes an outlet port. The hydraulic chamber is disposed within the housing. The first actuator is configured to connect a capsule to the housing and to fluidly connect the capsule to the hydraulic chamber. The fluid-driven piston is disposed within the hydraulic chamber and is configured to dispense a fluid from the capsule into the outlet port.
US11666930B2
A sprinkler device for delivering an irrigation liquid for gravity-based pivot or linear irrigation systems includes a support structure having a first portion with a nozzle defining a longitudinal axis for generating a jet of liquid, and a second portion with a baffle plate pivoted thereto and facing the nozzle. The second portion includes a drive system, which has a first magnet moving with a reciprocating oscillatory motion due to a negative pressure generated by the liquid that flows through the nozzle, and is configured to move the baffle plate along, and force it to pivot with a reciprocating oscillatory motion about the longitudinal axis through a predetermined angle, to thereby deliver the liquid over a sector area of the soil. A method of delivering an irrigation liquid for gravity-based pivot or linear irrigation systems that uses such a sprinkler device.
US11666928B2
A vortex ring generation device includes a casing and an extrusion mechanism. The casing has a gas passage and a discharge port. The extrusion mechanism extrudes gas in the gas passage such that the gas in a vortex ring shape is discharged from the discharge port. V (m3) represents an extrusion volume, D (m) represents a diameter of the discharge port, L (m) represents a length of a cylinder having the diameter D and the volume V, and U (m/s) represents a discharge flow rate 0.045≤D≤0.135, 0.15≤L≤0.35, and 3≤U≤5.
US11666920B2
A method of cleaning an aspiration tube in a specimen measuring apparatus includes: moving the aspiration tube while discharging a cleaning liquid onto an outer side surface of the aspiration tube; stopping the aspiration tube in a state where a tip of the aspiration tube or a droplet attached to the tip contacts a surface of a flow of the cleaning liquid; and moving the stopped aspiration tube in a direction away from the surface of the flow of the cleaning liquid.
US11666909B2
A hematology test slide has the same or similar dimensions as a chemical reagent test slide and an immunoassay test slide so that it may be used with these other slides on a single clinical instrument. The hematology slide includes, in order from top to bottom, a slide housing having a top housing member, a top cover slip, a U-shaped, transfer tape spacer, a bottom cover slip, a base gasket and a base plate. The U-shaped spacer has a curved end portion which defines a sample deposit area, where a blood sample is pipetted thereon, and a pair of straight, parallel, spaced apart legs extending from the curved end portion. The legs define a read area. A blood sample deposited on the hematology slide at the sample deposit area will flow by capillary action to the read area, where optical measurements are made on the sample.
US11666897B2
A honeycomb body with a honeycomb structure having an inner zone of a first plurality of walls and an outer zone of a second plurality of walls at least partially surrounding the inner zone. The honeycomb structure has Pi that is greater than Po and MPSi that is greater than MPSo, wherein Pi is an average bulk porosity of the first plurality of walls, Po is an average bulk porosity of the second plurality of walls, MPSi is a median pore size of pores in the first plurality of walls, and MPSo is a median pore size of pores in the second plurality of walls. Various honeycomb structures, honeycomb extrusion apparatus, and co-extrusion methods are disclosed.
US11666893B1
Described herein are catalysts relating to liquid synthesis, methods of their preparation, and methods of their use. In an embodiment according to the present disclosure, a method of producing a catalyst for liquid synthesis comprises: providing a silica oxide support; pretreating the silica oxide support to remove air and moisture; impregnating the pretreated silica oxide support with cobalt from a cobalt source using a cobalt impregnation method; and calcinating the impregnated silica oxide support in an oven with a temperature ramping profile, wherein the calcinating comprises feeding air into the oven.
US11666884B2
The invention relates to a material for storing and releasing oxygen, consisting of a reactive ceramic made of copper, manganese and iron oxides, wherein, subject to the oxygen partial pressure of a surrounding atmosphere and/or an ambient temperature, the reactive ceramic has a transition region that can be passed through any number of times, said transition region being between a discharge threshold state of a three-phase crednerite/cuprite/hausmannite mixed ceramic and a charge threshold state of a two-phase spinel/tenorite mixed ceramic. A passing through of the transition region from the discharge threshold state towards the charging threshold state is associated with oxygen uptake and a passing through of the transition region from the charge threshold state towards the discharge threshold state is associated with oxygen release.
US11666862B2
A membrane distillation apparatus includes a housing and an impeller. The housing includes a hot medium compartment, a cold medium compartment, an air gap compartment, a membrane, and a thermally conductive plate. The hot medium compartment includes a hot medium inlet configured to receive a hot medium stream including water. The cold medium compartment includes a cold medium inlet configured to receive a cold medium stream. The membrane defines pores that are sized to allow water vapor originating from the hot medium stream to pass from the hot medium compartment through the membrane to the air gap compartment. The thermally conductive plate and the cold medium stream are cooperatively configured to condense the water vapor from the hot medium stream. The air gap compartment is substantially filled with air and includes a permeate outlet configured to discharge the condensed water vapor. The impeller is disposed within the air gap compartment.
US11666855B2
Apparatus, methods and uses for separating gas mixtures of at least two different gases under magnetic field and employing a membrane are described.
US11666850B2
In order to provide a filter system for separating off contaminants from a stream of untreated gas that contains contaminants that is of simple construction and is operable efficiently, it is proposed that the filter system should include the following: a base construction through which the stream of untreated gas is guidable and which includes at least one filter module receptacle for receiving at least one filter module, and at least one filter module which is selectively arrangeable on and/or in the at least one filter module receptacle and/or removable therefrom, wherein the at least one filter module includes a plurality of filter element receptacles for receiving a plurality of mutually independent filter elements.
US11666845B2
A purification device for disinfecting and filtering intake air is disclosed. The purification device comprises a housing provided with a number of inlet perforations for allowing the intake air to enter the housing and a number of air outlet perforations for allowing air purified by the purification device to leave the housing. The purification device moreover comprises a fan arranged inside the housing to suck the intake air into the housing and blow the purified air out of the housing. The purification device further comprises an ultraviolet radiation lamp arranged inside the housing to irradiate the intake air. The purification device also comprises a high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter arranged to filter the intake air before the intake air leaves the housing as purified air. The filter comprises a plurality of pleats arranged in such a manner that the angle between adjacent pleats is 30 degrees or less.
US11666838B2
A filter is used for removing metallic contaminants in a solvent used in microcircuit fabrication. The filter includes a filter housing including a filter membrane for filtering solvent including metallic contaminants, and a magnet arranged about the filter housing and configured to generate a magnetic field to attract the metallic contaminants prior to the metallic contaminants entering the filter membrane. The magnet is arranged such that the magnetic field of the magnet is greater in a periphery of the filter housing compared to a central portion of the filter housing.
US11666834B1
A functional toy brick adapted to perform a preconfigured function and is trigger responsive to the detection of close proximity of human limbs. The toy brick comprises a housing adapted for removable attachment to other commercially available toy bricks and has at least one translucent surface, an electronic element arranged inside the housing and adapted to perform a preconfigured function, a power source electrically connected to the electronic element for providing the power to perform the function, and a mechanical switch arranged inside the housing and operable from the outside to isolate the power source for prolonged storage. The electronic element further comprises a capacitive proximity switch for detecting close proximity of human limbs. The capacitive proximity switch comprises a sensor integrated circuit and at least one electrode, including one removable electrode which is remotely extended outside of the housing via an electrical wire and a pin receptacle.
US11666829B1
A system includes at least one hardware processor in communication with a gaming device and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one hardware processor, cause the at least one hardware processor to perform operations including receiving suspect gaming behavior data associated with a suspect user playing a computer game on the gaming device, comparing the suspect gaming behavior data to a user gaming behavior profile associated with another user, the user gaming behavior profile includes at least one component of behavior associated with the other user and the computer game representing a pattern of conduct of the other user, and based on the comparing, authenticating the suspect user for access to a target system as the other user.
US11666828B2
An information processing device that progresses a game using a game content associated with a player. In response to receiving an obtaining request, the device selects a subset of game contents, where a portion of the game contents has a same identification information and each of the portion of the game contents has a different validity period. The device obtains a validity period associated with each of the selected game contents. When a first game content associated with the player has the same identification information as a second game content, the device updates, for each game content, a validity period of the first game content based on the validity period of the second game content in the subset of game contents. The device then restricts use of the first game content in the game when the validity period of the first game content lapses.
US11666825B2
An interactive mixed reality system for one or more users, in which both real-world entities and virtual world entities are capable of being interacted with by one or more users, or by objects (47, 91) for use by users, and the system arranged to computationally maintain game state and the evolution of events in the real-world and the virtual world, and the system arranged to generate a response (such as visual or tactile/haptic, or by way of cause and effect) which is experienced or perceived by the one or more users.
US11666824B2
A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, an embodiment for detecting a map associated with a gaming session for a video game executing on a computing device associated with a first user, and obtaining a map equalizer profile associated with the map for the video game. Further embodiments can include determining a first avatar, associated with the first user, is located within a first environment of the map for the video game, and obtaining a first environment equalizer profile associated with the first environment. Additional embodiments can include providing first instructions to the computing device associated with the first user according to the map equalizer profile and the first environment equalizer profile. The first instructions indicate to the computing device to adjust audio output of the video game according to the map equalizer profile and the first environment equalizer profile. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US11666821B2
An information handling system may include a processor, a data storage device, a power management unit, a thermo-haptic mouse, including an array of thermoelectric generators of a thermo-haptic module to selectively heat or cool a portion of the thermo-haptic mouse to be felt by a user of the thermo-haptic mouse, and a piezoelectric actuator of the thermo-haptic module to selectively apply a vibration to the portions of the thermo-haptic mouse to be felt by the user of the thermo-haptic mouse, and the processor executing code of a mouse training machine learning system to: receive, as training input, captured images during the execution of a gaming application and provide, as output, image recognition dataset descriptive of recognized game action event environmental data during execution of the gaming application, the image recognition dataset to be used by the processor executing a thermo-haptic feedback model evaluation system to provide thermo-haptic signals to the array of thermoelectric generators and the piezoelectric actuator to provide thermo-haptic feedback commensurate with the game action event environment during game play.
US11666820B2
A user-input device includes a user-actuatable trigger, a trigger axle about which the user-actuatable trigger pivots, a motor including a worm gear, and a reduction gear operatively intermediate the user-actuatable trigger and the worm gear of the motor.
US11666814B1
A sleeve fits over the barrel of a bat. The sleeve defines an opening such that, when the sleeve is applied to the bat, a significant portion of the barrel of the bat is revealed. The sleeve is made of a light-weight, sound-dampening material, such that when the batter hits a pitched ball in an area of the bat covered by the sleeve, the normal “crack” or “ping” of the ball hitting the bat is not heard. Instead, the batter hears a duller, less sharp sound, providing immediate feedback to the batter that he/she did not hit the ball in the desired area of the bat.
US11666811B2
A swing measuring attachment includes a base portion and a protrusion protruding from the base portion, in which the protrusion is provided with a screw thread, the protrusion including a projection at a front end of the protrusion.
US11666807B2
A golf club comprises a shaft, a golf club head fixed to one of ends of the shaft, and a grip attached to the other of the ends of the shaft and defining a grip end. The golf club head comprises a head main body and at least one weight. The head main body includes a plurality of ports for attaching the at least one weight. Each weight can be attached to and detached from each port so that the position of the center of gravity of the head can be changed by changing the position between the ports. The difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of linear distances from the grip end to the center of gravity of the weights when attached to the respective ports is not more than 20 mm.
US11666796B2
A pulley in a housing designed for use with a flexible flat strap in which low friction movable guides in the pulley housing allow the flexible flat strap to enter, pass through and exit the housing through windows in the housing without the flexible flat strap jamming the pulley or being worn by contact with an edge of a housing window.
US11666781B2
Apparatus for planning a diffusing alpha-emitter radiation therapy (DaRT) treatment session. The apparatus includes an output interface and a memory configured with a plurality of tables which provide an accumulated measure of radiation over a specific time period, due to one or more types of DaRT radiotherapy sources which emit daughter radionuclides from the source, for a plurality of different distances and angles relative to the DaRT radiotherapy source. In addition, a processor is configured to receive a description of a layout of a plurality of DaRT radiotherapy sources in a tumor, to calculate a radiation dose distribution in the tumor responsive to the layout, using the tables in the memory, and to output feedback for the treatment responsive to the radiation dose distribution, through the output interface.
US11666778B2
A therapeutic light delivery apparatus and method are disclosed. The apparatus includes a light source and an integrated optical applicator. The integrated optical applicator includes a plurality of light emitting devices and detector fibers fixedly spatially positioned within a flexible matrix material. The light emitting devices can be positioned a predetermined distance from an application side of the integrated optical applicator comprising an accurate and repeatable standoff position. A flexible matrix material is disclosed having a high scattering coefficient to produce a uniform irradiance pattern and predetermined fluence. A method of performing a photodynamic therapy procedure is disclosed that includes providing an integrated optical applicator couple to a therapy light source, providing a photosensitizing drug to a tissue of a patient, positioning an application side of the integrated optical applicator against a target area of the tissue, delivering a therapy light to the target area, and producing an irradiance pattern.
US11666771B2
Disclosed is a delivery system for a component, for example, a splitting lead. A splitting lead can have a proximal portion to engage a controller and a distal portion to split apart into sub-portions that travel in multiple directions during implantation into a patient. The delivery system can include a handle and a component advancer to advance and removably engage a portion of the component. The component advancer can be coupled to the handle and advance the component into the patient by applying a force to the portion in response to actuation of the handle by the operator. Also, the delivery system can include an insertion tip with first and second ramps to facilitate advancement of first and second sub-portions into the patient in first and second directions. The leads may have various electrode configurations including, for example, wrapped or embedded electrodes, helical or elliptical coils, thin metallic plates, etc.
US11666759B2
A nerve stimulating apparatus includes a plurality of stimulating units configured to respectively apply stimuli to a plurality of nerve regions branching from a particular nerve region of a living body, and a stimulation timing controller configured to set generating timings of respectively generating the stimuli at the plurality of stimulating units. The stimulation timing controller sets the generating timings of generating the stimuli at the plurality of stimulating units based on response results of the particular nerve region, the response results being obtained in response to the stimuli that are respectively generated at the plurality of stimulating units and that are respectively applied to the plurality of nerve regions, and the response results being measured by a biometric information measuring apparatus that measures biometric information.
US11666755B2
Disclosed is a system for stimulation of a subject. The stimulation may be to provide therapy to treat the subject. Stimulation may be of selected muscle groups and/or portions.
US11666745B2
In one aspect, a valve includes a valve body rotatable about a central axis of the valve body, an interior channel adjacent the valve body for permitting a fluid to flow through an axial opening of the interior channel, and a plug within the interior channel that is movable between a first axial position at the axial opening and a second axial position spaced apart from the axial opening. In the first axial position, the plug closes the axial opening to prevent the fluid from flowing through the axial opening in a first direction and to prevent the fluid from flowing through the axial opening in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction. In the second axial position, the plug permits the fluid to flow through the axial opening into the interior channel in the first direction.
US11666744B2
Manifolds and methods of operating manifolds are provided. An example manifold for controlling multi-lumen devices is provided that includes a substance supply mechanism. The substance supply mechanism independently provides a substance to, or remove a substance from, each of a plurality of lumens. The example manifold also includes a lumen selection mechanism. The lumen selection mechanism selectively opens and closes a connection between the substance supply mechanism and at least one of the plurality of lumens. A corresponding method of operation is also provided. An example embodiment also includes a manifold for use with a vessel seclusion device.
US11666740B2
An applicator for a microprojection array is described. In one embodiment, the applicator comprises an energy-storing element. Application of force causes the compressed energy-storing element to extend or transition from first and second configurations, releasing stored energy to deploy a holding member in the application which is configured to hold an array of microprojections. In another embodiment, the applicator comprises an energy storing element with two stable configurations, a first stable configuration and second stable configuration. Application of force causes the energy-storing element to transition from the higher energy first stable configuration to the lower energy second stable configuration, releasing the difference in energies of the two states to deploy a holding member in the application which is configured to hold an array of microprojections.
US11666738B2
A sinus dilation instrument useful with a navigation system and including a handle, a rigid probe, a balloon, and an identifier device. The probe extends from the handle, forms a curved segment, and carries the balloon. The identifier device is programmed to generate a signal indicative of an instrument identification assigned to the instrument, and is a frontal, maxillary or sphenoid sinus instrument. The signal is formatted to be recognized by an IGS. Once connected, the IGS recognizes the instrument and can retrieve information indicative of a spatial location of the balloon, for example via an instrument tracking device. A surgeon can “plug and play” the sinus dilation instrument with the IGS to perform a procedure.
US11666734B2
A stabilisation system for securing a medical device such as a catheter to tissue, in particular skin, the stabilisation system comprising a main body having a first section and a second section displaceable relative to one another to translate the system between an undeployed state and a deployed state, each section including an array of microneedles extending from a tissue contacting surface of the body and which penetrate the skin in response to the above displacement, the stabilisation system further comprising a closure member displaceable between an open position exposing a retention zone on the body and a closed position at least partially occluding the retention zone, within which retention zone the catheter or other medical device may be captured.
US11666730B2
Packages for medical products are disclosed. The packages include a housing (12) and a lid (14) attached to said housing. The lid includes a lifting member (30) that contacts an engagement surface (23) on the medical device whereby opening of said lid allows for removal and presentation of the device for hygienic retrieval by the user.
US11666725B2
A patient interface includes a shell with a central opening configured to receive the pressurized flow of air, a foam cushion, and an elastomeric support portion that is attached to the shell, supports the foam cushion, and forms at least part of a chamber together with the shell and the foam cushion. The elastomeric support portion includes a side wall that forms a continuous perimeter around the chamber and a resiliently flexible lip that supports the foam cushion and extends from the side wall toward an interior of the chamber. The resiliently flexible lip has an outer perimeter that is anchored to the side wall and an unsupported inner perimeter. The foam cushion overhangs the inner perimeter of the resiliently flexible lip, and the shell is more rigid than the elastomeric support portion. In addition, the foam cushion is configured to directly contact and engage a portion of the patient's skin in use.
US11666724B2
Aspects of the present technology comprise a positioning and stabilising structure to hold a seal-forming structure in a therapeutically effective position on a head of a patient. The seal-forming structure may be constructed and arranged to form a seal with a region of the patients face surrounding an entrance to the patients airways for sealed delivery of a flow of air at a therapeutic pressure of at least 4 cmH2O with respect to ambient air pressure throughout the patients respiratory cycle in use. The positioning and stabilising structure may comprise a front hoop arranged to contact, in use, at least a region of the patients head superior to an otobasion superior of the patients head and a rear strap. The positioning and stabilising structure may comprise an adjustment mechanism for adjustment of the front hoop and the rear strap relative to the patients head, the adjustment mechanism being arranged in a single operation to adjust both the front hoop and rear strap to enable the positioning and stabilising structure to fit different size heads.
US11666719B2
A control system, for controlling a closed-circuit respirator breathing gas circuit, includes a temperature sensor, a temperature-reading unit and with a control unit. The temperature sensor is configured to send a temperature signal in the presence of a corresponding temperature polling. The temperature signal indicates the temperature currently present in an area surrounding the temperature sensor. The temperature-reading unit is arranged in the closed-circuit respirator at a spaced location from the breathing gas circuit and the temperature sensor, and is configured to trigger the temperature polling at the temperature sensor by sending a polling signal, and to receive the temperature signal sent by the temperature sensor. The control unit is signal connected to the temperature-reading unit and is configured to determine the temperature indicated by the temperature signal in the area surrounding the temperature sensor and to output a control signal as a function of this temperature.
US11666718B2
A respiratory information acquisition device used for a PSA type oxygen concentration device that switches and uses multiple adsorption cylinders includes a respiratory information acquisition means of measuring a first pressure of a periodic pressure fluctuation in an oxygen supply path when oxygen is supplied to a patient from the PSA type oxygen concentration device and a second pressure of a periodic pressure fluctuation in the oxygen supply path when oxygen is not supplied to the patient from the PSA type oxygen concentration device, a phase confirmation means of matching phases of the first pressure and the second pressure, and a subtraction processing means of calculating a difference between the first pressure and the second pressure in the condition where the phases are matched.
US11666717B2
A resuscitation bag system (1) useable for resuscitating a person in cardiac arrest, and having a gas control unit (90) with a first valve (92) fluidly connected to a first (922) and to a second conduit (923), the first (922) and second conduits (923) being arranged in parallel and further fluidly connected to the first conduit element (56), the first conduit (922) having a first flow restriction (924) configured for limiting the gas flow to a first flowrate, and the second conduit (923) comprising second flow restriction (925) configured for limiting the gas flow to a second flowrate, with the second flowrate being less than the first flowrate.
US11666714B2
An inhaler or add-on device for an inhaler for dispensing a medicament to be inhaled. The inhaler or add-on device has a housing (H) with an air inlet (A_I), and an air outlet (A_O) for outputting air to be inhaled by a user. The housing (H) defines a flow path (FP) between the air inlet (A_I) and air outlet (A_O), and a passive acoustic element (PAE) is arranged in this flow path (FP) inside the housing (H). The passive acoustic element (PAE) has a structure having one or more structured gaps arranged to be passed by an air flow and it is dimensioned such that air flow passing it will generate sound (S) with pre-determined characteristics depending on the air flow speed. This allows acoustic monitoring of air flow passing the first passive acoustic element (PAE) external to the housing (H) by capturing and processing sound generated.
US11666711B2
A pen needle assembly apparatus (60) includes a housing (30), a movable support (40) for supporting a pen needle (18), an ejector (80) for ejecting a used pen needle from the support, and an actuator (56). The support (40) is rotated relative to the housing (30) to index the pen needles to a position where the pen needle can be accessed and coupled to a delivery device (10). The used pen needle (18) is returned to the well (42) in the support and the support rotated toward the ejector (80) where the used pen needle is ejected to a compartment (50) in the housing for disposal. A cover (60) on the housing includes at least one opening (65) for accessing the pen needle when the support is rotated to position a pen needle relative to the opening in the cover.
US11666708B2
Embodiments including an injection device having a housing with an outer surface, an inner surface, a proximal end and a distal end, and a defining a chamber extending between the proximal end and the distal end are provided herein. The device may include a plunger having a first end and a second end, the plunger being movable proximally and distally within the chamber of the housing, the plunger comprising a plunger rod extending from the first end to the second end of the plunger; and a plunger limiting mechanism configured to interface with the plunger rod, to limit the proximal movement of the plunger and prevent removal of the plunger from the housing.
US11666702B2
Medical devices and related patient management systems and methods are provided. An exemplary system includes a medical device to obtain measurement values for a physiological condition in a body of a patient and a computing device to identify a plurality of event patterns within a plurality of monitoring periods based on the measurement values, prioritize the plurality of event patterns based on one or more prioritization criteria, filter the prioritized list of event patterns based on one or more filtering criteria, and generate a snapshot graphical user interface display. The snapshot graphical user interface display includes a graph overlay region having a graphical representation of the measurement values with respect to a time of day and an event detection region below the graph overlay region, where the event detection region includes pattern guidance displays for event patterns of the filtered prioritized list ordered according to the prioritization.
US11666697B2
Provided are methods for improving resuspendability of a paliperidone palmitate extended-release injectable suspension within a syringe, for reducing a force required for injection of a paliperidone palmitate extended-release injectable suspension, or for reducing the likelihood of incomplete injection of a paliperidone palmitate extended-release injectable suspension comprising maintaining the syringe in a desired orientation during shipping of the syringe that varies from the orientation of the syringe during pre-shipping storage. Also provided are populations of syringes that respectively contain paliperidone palmitate extended release injectable suspension, wherein each of the syringes have been shipped to a destination, and the syringes were each maintained in a desired orientation during shipping of the syringe that varies from the orientation of the syringe during pre-shipping storage. The present disclosure also provides pharmaceutical products comprising a paliperidone palmitate extended-release injectable suspension within a syringe for administration to a patient suffering from schizophrenia, wherein the syringe has undergone pre-shipping storage and has been shipped, and wherein the syringe has been maintained in an orientation during the shipping that varies from the orientation of the syringe during pre-shipping storage.
US11666688B2
A pump device as may be used in a breast pump assembly including a pump configured to put fluid in motion, a housing accommodating the pump, at least one fluid transporting conduit connected to the pump, the at least one conduit extending between the pump and the housing, thereby connecting the pump to a position at the housing where the housing is provided with at least one opening for allowing fluid to pass, and a mounting arrangement for mounting the pump in the housing. The at least one conduit is part of the mounting arrangement and has flexible properties to reduce an extent to which vibrations of the pump are transferred to the housing through the mounting arrangement during operation of the device.
US11666678B2
A new diffuser for essential oils and the like is rendered more compact by integrating the entire diffuser into a form of cap threaded to fit a bottle operating as a reservoir. The motor and pump system are integrated into a package sleeved inside a housing that then receives in a silo beside the pump and motor the entire reservoir and diffuser system. Simplified control algorithms provide a limited set of buttons that are more intuitive by which a user need only define total time of operation, some level of intensity of scent, and an indication of the comparative size of the space to be conditioned by the diffused scent.
US11666675B2
A challenge device for use with a measuring unit for testing steam sterilization efficiency, the challenge device comprising a measuring chamber, a first opening for insertion of a first temperature sensor of the measuring unit in the measuring chamber, and a second opening allowing air exchange between surroundings and the measuring chamber, where said air exchange is achieved by a hollow air flow passage. The measuring chamber is closed except for the first and second openings, and the air flow passage includes an outlet, which is located at a distance from the second opening in the direction of the length axis. The invention further relates to a method of manufacture of a challenge device.
US11666664B2
Described herein are self-assembling protein molecules for delivering a payload, for example, a toxic anti-cancer agent, a cancer immunotherapy, a toxic anti-cancer agent and a cancer immunotherapy, or an imaging agent, to specific tissues. Examples of self-assembled proteins include clathrin and derivatives of clathrin.
US11666662B2
Silica-based biomolecule carriers, compositions comprising the same and preparation methods and uses thereof for delivering biomolecules into a cell are provided. The silica-based biomolecule carrier comprises a porous core; a first bioactive moiety; a second bioactive moiety functionally associated with the first bioactive moiety; and linkers for respectively conjugating the first bioactive moiety and the second bioactive moiety to the porous core.
US11666660B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for treating cancer. The invention makes use of peptides, nucleic acids encoding such peptides, and cells expressing such peptides, where the peptide comprises a tumor-associated carbohydrate antigen (TACA)-binding domain.
US11666658B2
The disclosure relates to rifamycin analog compounds, intermediates and precursors thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions capable of inhibiting bacterial growth (e.g., S. aureus growth) and treating bacterial infections (e.g., S. aureus infections). The disclosure further relates to antibody-drug conjugates of rifamycin analog compounds and antibodies, for example, antibodies specific for infectious disease-related targets such as membrane glycoprotein receptor (MSR1), wall teichoic acids (WTA) or Protein A, and methods of use thereof to inhibit bacterial growth and treat bacterial infections.
US11666655B2
The present disclosure relates to a formulation including: a) a dendron of Formula I; b) at least one bio-therapeutic; c) at least one buffer; and d) at least one salt, wherein the bio-therapeutic to dendron molar ratio is in the range of 1:0.5-1:3. The dendron stabilizes the bio-therapeutic in the formulation at a temperature of up to 55° C.
US11666653B2
The present invention provides a modified RNAi agent comprising a sense strand and an antisense strand, wherein the antisense strand targets an HBV mRNA; all of the nucleotide sugars of the RNAi agent are 2′-modified; and at least one of the sense and antisense strands is conjugated to at least one targeting ligand that comprises two or more building blocks connected to a biantennary or triantennary branched linker, optionally via one or more linking groups.
US11666649B2
The present invention provides an expression vector, host cells, methods and kits for the treatment or prevention of a flavivirus infection in a subject.
US11666648B2
Provided are attenuated strains of M. tuberculosis and M. bovis BCG which are double auxotrophic mutants with genes knocked out in the biosynthetic pathways for arginine and methionine, and compositions and methods of use thereof.
US11666632B2
A pre-filled pharmaceutical package comprising a liquid formulation of a VEGF-antagonist, for example Ranibizumab, in a pre-filled pharmaceutical package, for example a syringe, cartridge, or vial, made in part or in whole of a thermoplastic polymer, coated on the interior with a tie coating or layer, a barrier coating or layer, a pH protective coating or layer, and optionally a lubricity coating or layer. Stability performance of the VEGF-antagonist packaged in the coated COP vessel comparable to or better than glass was obtained.
US11666631B2
Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of their use are provided for reducing inflammation in a subject, blocking leukocyte recruitment, inhibiting tumor metastasis, treating sepsis and preventing/reducing acute kidney injury.
US11666626B2
An antibiotic-eluting article for implantation into a mammalian subject, produced by an additive manufacturing process wherein a polymeric material is concurrently deposited with a selected antibiotic. The additive manufacturing process is a fused deposition modeling process. The antibiotic-eluting article may be temporary or permanent orthopaedic skeletal component, an orthopaedic articulating joint replacement component, and/or an external hard-shell casing for an implantable device. One or more bone-growth-promoting compositions may be concurrently deposited with the polymeric material. The implantable device may be a cardiac pacemaker, a spinal cord stimulator, a neurostimulation system, an intrathecal drug pump for delivery of medicants into the spinal fluid, and infusion pump for delivery of chemotherapeutics and or anti-spasmodics, an insulin pump, an osmotic pump, and a heparin pump.
US11666624B2
Disclosed are recombinant bacteriophage constructs and related exogenous peptide sequences for generating immune responses against CD47. The disclosed recombinant phage constructs bind to antibodies against CD47 and can be administered to an animal to generate an immune response against CD47, including generating anti-CD47 antibodies. The disclosed recombinant phage may comprise an amino acid sequence of CD47, epitopic fragments, variants, or functional mimics thereof. Also disclosed are methods for making and selecting such recombinant phage constructs and compositions that comprise such constructs (e.g., compositions for inducing an immune response against CD47 including pharmaceutical or veterinary compositions used as vaccines). Also disclosed are recombinant polynucleotides comprising genomic nucleic acid of the recombinant phage constructs disclosed herein.
US11666616B2
The present invention is concerned with a photosynthetic scaffold that delivers oxygen and its uses for tissue engineering and the treatment of ischemia.
US11666615B2
The present invention relates to a method for inducing production of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). The method includes administering, to an individual, a composition including adeno-associated virus (AAV) carrying a hPGIS gene coding for human prostacyclin synthase (hPGIS) which synthesizes prostaglandin I2 (PGI2).
US11666602B2
The application is directed to a method for treating or preventing vasculopathy comprising administrating to a subject in need thereof a pharmaceutical composition comprising mesenchymal precursor cells (MPCs) and a prostacyclin. Also provided a method for treating or preventing vasculopathy in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject a prostacyclin and a mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) or a MSC-conditioned culture medium or administering to the subject a MSC or a MSC-conditioned culture medium that has treated with prostacyclin. Pharmaceutical compositions suitable for such treatments are also provided.
US11666601B2
The present invention relates to a synapse formation promoter and a brain plasticity promoter comprising CD24-negative mesenchymal stem cells prepared from a patient's own bone marrow aspirate and treatment of dementia, chronic-phase cerebral infarction, chronic-phase spinal cord injury, mental diseases, and the like using the synapse formation promoter and brain plasticity promoter.
US11666599B2
The present invention relates to a novel pharmaceutical use of bromide, i.e. the treatment of autism spectral disorder (ASD).
US11666597B2
This disclosure relates to compositions including formulated sucralfate or other aluminum-crosslinked sulfated agents for delivery of agents to biological surfaces and/or the modulation of nutrient absorption through the intestinal lining as well as methods for the manufacture of and the use of these compositions for treating disorders including diabetes type II and clinical obesity that require a modulation of certain nutrients to the body.
US11666596B2
Provided are applications of an upstream Open Reading Frame (uORF) of a Phosphatase and Tensin homolog (PTEN) gene and a polypeptide coded by the same. A potential ORF of 96 bases (31aa-uORF) existing in the 5′ UTR of the PTEN can code an oligopeptide of 31 amino acids (named PTEN-31aa) and plays an important role in the development and progression process of tumors. Provided is a new diagnostic and therapeutic method and a drug screening platform for PTEN expression regulation related diseases, in particular gliomas. Also provided is a polypeptide for treatment of PTEN expression regulation related diseases.
US11666586B2
Disclosed are compositions, methods of treatment using the compositions and methods of preparing the compositions for the treatment of acne vulgaris. The compositions include succinic acid and an API selected from the group consisting of salicylic acid, azelaic acid, picolinic acid, benzoyl peroxide, antibiotic, retinoid and combinations thereof in a pharmaceutically acceptable preparation. The compositions that include the combination of succinic acid and another API produce improved efficacy in treating acne vulgaris.
US11666579B2
Provided herein are methods of using 2-(2,6-dioxopiperidin-3-yl)-4-((2-fluoro-4-((3-morpholinoazetidin-1-yl)methyl)benzyl)amino)isoindoline-1,3-dione, or an enantiomer, a mixture of enantiomers, a tautomer, an isotopolog, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for treating, preventing or managing hematological malignancies.
US11666576B2
The present disclosure is directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a PDE V inhibitor and one or more pharmaceutical excipients or additives wherein the pharmaceutical compositions are in the form of liquid pharmaceutical compositions. The pharmaceutical compositions of the present disclosure are useful for the treatment of diseases or conditions which are treatable by administration of PDE V inhibitor drug such as pulmonary arterial hypertension, erectile dysfunction, etc.
US11666575B2
Provided herein are methods of treating, managing and/or preventing viral infections. A particular method comprises administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of an adaptor associated kinase 1 inhibitor of the formula wherein R1, R2 and R3 are defined herein.
US11666568B2
The present disclosure relates to a pharmaceutical combination comprising (a) a histone deacetylase 6 inhibitor and (b) a BCL-2 inhibitor, including combined preparations and pharmaceutical compositions thereof; uses of such combination in the treatment or prevention of cancer; and methods of treating or preventing cancer in a subject comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of such combination.
US11666566B2
The present invention relates to new pharmaceutical compositions comprising benzoquinoline compounds, and methods to inhibit vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) activity in a subject for the treatment of chronic hyperkinetic movement disorders.
US11666564B2
Provided are methods for treatment of Fabry disease in patients having HEK assay amenable mutations in α-galactosidase A. Certain methods comprise administering migalastat or a salt thereof every other day, such as administering about 150 mg of migalastat hydrochloride every other day.
US11666555B2
Pharmaceutical compositions comprising a RelA enzyme inhibitor and a bactericidal antibiotic, wherein said RelA enzyme inhibitor binds to the RelA enzyme in bacteria to reduce biofilm formation and to degrade biofilms that have been formed. The pharmaceutical compositions can be used to treat bacterial biofilm diseases.
US11666553B2
A method of reducing anxiety in a non-human mammal by increasing brain serotonin levels, includes: down regulating in vivo levels of indigenous inflammatory cytokines in the nasal cavity of said non-human mammal by delivering an effective amount of an anti-inflammatory formula to said nasal cavity, which formula includes: at least one lipid-soluble antioxidant (which also functions as an anti-inflammatory agent) (the lipid-soluble antioxidant may be selected from the group consisting of alpha lipoic acid, aloe vera, omega 3 oil, N-acetylcysteine, cannabidiol, civet, oxytocin and combinations thereof); melatonin; tryptophan; and at least one essential oil. The most preferred antioxidant is N-acetylcysteine and the preferred essential oil is combination of chamomile, lavender and lemon oil.
US11666545B2
A method for the treatment or prevention of a cardiovascular event in a subject with atherosclerotic vascular disease comprising the step of: b) administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula (I), a known colchicine derivative and/or a salt thereof wherein: R1, R2, R3, R4, R9, R10, R11 and R12 independently represent hydrogen, C1-4 alkyl, C2-4 alkenyl, C3-6 cycloalkyl, halogen, C1-4 haloalkyl, nitro, amino, C2-4 acylamino, C1-4 alkyl or dialkylamino, hydroxyl, C1-4 alkoxy, C1-4 alkylthio, a group of the formula —SO2N(Rx)2 or SO2Rx where Rx is C1-4 alkyl, C1-4 acyloxy, or optionally substituted phenyl, optionally substituted phenoxy; R7 and R8 independently represent hydrogen, C1-4 alkyl or C1-4 acyl; and R5′, R5″, R6′ and R6″ independently represent hydrogen, C1-4 alkyl, C2-4 alkenyl, C3-6 cycloalkyl, halogen, C1-4 haloalkyl, nitro, amino, C2-4 acylamino, hydroxyl, C1-4 alkoxy or C1-4 alkylthio a group of the formula —SO2N(Rx)2 or SO2Rx where Rx is C1-4 alkyl, C1-4 acyloxy, or optionally substituted phenyl.
US11666535B2
The present invention relates to a melt composite comprising one or more curcuminoids and a carrier selected from rice bran extract, mannitol, maltodextrin and mixtures thereof. The invention also provides a process for preparation of the melt composite, wherein the mixture of curcuminoids, rice bran extract, mannitol, maltodextrin and mixture thereof may be subjected to controlled conditions of heating and granulation. The melt composite may also be optionally comprised of one more excipient suitable for use for human consumption. Curcuminoid composites can be formulated in suitable solid, liquid or semisolid compositions. Curcuminoid composites and the compositions thereof, exhibit rapid dissolution and enhanced bioavailability.
US11666527B2
Provided is a biodegradable drug delivery composition comprising: (i) a mixture of at least three different block copolymers, wherein each block copolymer is: (a) a biodegradable triblock copolymer having the formula: Av-Bw-Ax wherein A is a polyester and B is polyethylene glycol and v and x are from 1 to 3,000 and w is from 3 to 300 and v=x or v≠x; or (b) a biodegradable diblock copolymer having the formula: Cy-Az wherein A is a polyester and C is an end-capped polyethylene glycol and y=2 to 250 and z=1 to 3,000; and wherein the mixture comprises at least one (a) and at least one (b); and the weight ratio between (a) and (b) is 1:19 to 5:1; and for at least one of the copolymers according to (a) or (b) A is poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA); and (ii) at least one pharmaceutically active ingredient.
US11666524B2
The invention relates to a novel composition and method of manufacturing personal lubricant, commonly known as lube, to combine the most desirable features of disparate existing lube compositions to create a long lasting, oil-based, water soluble, non-toxic, anti-microbial, anti-yeast, non-staining, personal lubricant that can be organically sourced and will not damage commonly used prophylactics.
US11666508B2
A bioprocess vessel includes a flexible bag or substantially rigid container that defines an interior volume and having a bottom surface, the bottom surface being open or containing an aperture therein for the passage of fluid. A pump is secured to the bottom surface of the flexible bag or substantially rigid container. In some embodiments is secured directly to the flexible bag or substantially rigid container. In other embodiments, the pump is secured indirectly the flexible bag or substantially rigid container using, for example, a port that extends through the aperture on the bottom surface. The port or flanged surface may also be integrated into the pump, which is secured to the vessel. An optional mixing adaptor may be provided inside the interior volume of the flexible bag or substantially rigid container and at least partially covers the inlet that leads to the pump.
US11666507B2
An example of a CPR data recording system includes a hand-held chest compression measurement device and an external computing device communicatively coupled to the hand-held chest compression measurement device. The hand-held chest compression measurement device includes a housing, a motion sensor, a communication device, a memory disposed within the housing, and a processor disposed within the housing. The processor is configured to process a signal output from the motion sensor, calculate chest compression data from the processed signal output, evaluate the chest compression data after a delay from a start of the chest compressions to identify chest compressions that satisfy a pre-determined quality criterion, record the chest compression data in the memory, and send the recorded chest compression data to the external computing device via the communication device. The external computing device is configured to enable a review of the chest compression data.
US11666503B2
A walking aid accessory that is an aesthetic glider for a walker and a method of manufacturing.
US11666501B2
Devices manipulate a hand of a user to provide pronation or supination assistance. Embodiments include an anchor; a hand engagement member operatively attached to the anchor and configured to receive and engage the hand of the user; a force applicator having a member portion and an anchor portion opposite the member portion, the force applicator attached to the hand engagement member proximate its member portion and attached to the anchor proximate its anchor portion; and a force application mechanism attached to the anchor and configured to cause a force to be applied to the force applicator causing the hand engagement member to manipulate the hand of the user to provide pronation or supination assistance. In some embodiments, the force application mechanism includes a non-incremental rotary mechanism. In some embodiments, a flexible tethering member attaches the anchor to the hand engagement member.
US11666495B2
A gurney transfer assist device for a helicopter has a fixed height frame supporting a slidably movable bed deck frame. The fixed height frame is releasably secured to a known wheeled gurney. The fixed height dimension raises a carried stretcher to a vertical height to allow transfer to and/or from a medical helicopter loading surface. The slidably movable bed deck frame is extendable outwardly from one end of the fixed height frame and the extending end is angulated to facilitate transfer of the stretcher and supported patient to/from the helicopter loading surface.
US11666490B2
In one example, a medical system may comprise a delivery tube configured to couple to a vacuum source and provide negative pressure to a distal portion of the delivery tube; and a porous body at a distal portion of the delivery tube, the porous body including a first section and a second section removable from the first section.
US11666489B2
Disclosed is a wearable article comprising a main body and a ring-like elastic belt comprising an outer cover layer, a backsheet, a front belt artwork region; and a back belt artwork region; and wherein one or both of the front and back belt artwork regions comprises a belt artwork; a transitional region on the front waist panel and the back waist panel where the outer cover layer exists; and a crotch artwork region on the crotch panel comprising a crotch artwork; wherein at least some of the belt artwork and some of the crotch artwork are printed on the backsheet, wherein when the opacity of the outer cover layer is OC and the opacity of one or both of the front belt and the back belt comprising the belt artwork is OB, respectively, the difference between OC and OB is less than about 20%.
US11666488B2
A nonwoven fabric. The nonwoven fabric can include a first surface and a second surface and a visually discernible pattern of three-dimensional features on one of the first or second surface. Each of the three-dimensional features can define a microzone comprising a first region and a second region. The first and second regions can have a difference in values for an intensive property, and wherein in at least one of the microzones the first region exhibits a Contact Angle of greater than 90 degrees, as measured by the Contact Angle Test Method detailed herein.
US11666486B2
In some examples, a system includes: a plurality of different articles of personal protection equipment (PPE) that are all controlled by a particular user, and a computing device. The computing device may include one or more computer processors configured to receive sets of data from each of the different articles of PPE, wherein each set of data is based at least in part on a type of each of the different articles of PPE; generate for display a user interface that contemporaneously includes a plurality of graphical elements that are based at least in part on at least two sets of data that correspond to at least two different articles of PPE of the plurality of different articles of PPE; and in response to receiving an indication of user input that corresponds to at least one of the plurality of graphical elements, perform at least one operation.
US11666485B2
In an embodiment, a sleep mask is provided, which may include a site (such as a pocket near the center of the forehead), for holding electronical components for implementing a circadian rhythm disorder treatment program. Optionally, the sleep mask may also include one or more holes for locating and securing light pipes that are connected to lights for producing lighting that adjust a user's circadian pattern based on the circadian rhythm disorder treatment program. Optionally, the sleep mask also includes adjustable straps.
US11666478B2
Maxillary devices and Mandibular devices each have a first housing connectable to a tooth of a user or connectable or integral with a teeth covering, wherein the housing encloses an on-board circuit board and a power source. The first housing of the maxillary devices has a tooth connecting portion, a palate housing portion and/or a buccal housing portion. The first housing of the mandibular devices has a tooth connecting portion and a sublingual portion. Each of the palate housing portion and the buccal housing portion enclose a stimulator having an electrode electrically connected to the on-board circuit board and the power source, and can enclose a sensor and/or a medicament dispenser. The sublingual portion encloses a sensor and a medicament dispenser each of which are in electrical communication with the microprocessor of the on-board circuit board.
US11666469B2
A gastroscopic method and instrument for treating obesity of a patient, using a device adapted to stretch a part of the stomach wall of said patient. The method comprises the steps of: inserting the device into the stomach through the esophagus, placing the device in contact with the stomach wall, and fixating the device to the stomach wall such that the device can stretch a part of the stomach wall.
US11666461B2
A compliant prosthetic foot is designed and fabricated by combining a compliant mechanism optimization technique with a calculation of low leg trajectory error under a reference loading condition. The compliant mechanism optimization technique includes a set of determinants for the compliant prosthetic foot. An optimized set of determinants of the compliant prosthetic foot is formed that minimizes the lower leg trajectory error relative to a target kinematic data set. The compliant prosthetic foot is then fabricated in conformance with the optimized set of determinants.
US11666458B2
Proposed are an apparatus and method for spinal surgery planning, the spinal surgery planning method including: acquiring a two-dimensional (2D) spinal image of a patient through a medical imaging apparatus; calculating a registration relationship between coordinates in an image space and coordinates in a surgical space by registering the image space for the spinal image and the surgical space where spinal surgery is performed on the patient; generating a virtual three-dimensional (3D) figure in the surgical space; projecting the 3D figure onto the spinal image based on the registration relationship; adjusting the 3D figure so that the 3D figure can correspond to a predetermined landmark on the spinal image; and setting an insertion position and insertion path of a spinal prosthesis based on the spinal image and the 3D figure.
US11666453B2
A surgical implant and a method for the making the surgical implant is provided. The surgical implant includes various granules incorporated into an upper surface and a lower surface of a body portion thereof. The granules can be pressed into the upper surface and the lower surface via physical force using at least one mold portion. The physical force applied by the at least one mold portion can deform and/or extrude the upper surface and the lower surface to impregnate these surfaces with the granules. The granules can provide the implant with bioresorbable and/or mechanically-reinforced properties.
US11666428B2
The invention relates to a straw comprising a tube (11) and a gas-permeable and liquid-tight stopper (12), said stopper (12) being arranged in the tube (11), close to an end (16). The invention is characterised in that the stopper (12) comprises an indicator component (20) having a first pre-determined colour in the absence of previous contact with said substance (21) and a second pre-determined colour, of a different shade from that of the first colour, once it has been in contact with said substance (21). The assembly comprises the straw (10) and a device (26) for controlling the filling of the straw.
US11666423B2
The present invention of a digital dental implant replica for a dental model manufactured with 3D additive technology and a system relates to a digital dental implant replica to simulate the position of the dental implant in a dental model which has been produced by means of 3D printing processes or CAD/CAM systems, providing greater precision and maneuverability with respect to analog systems in the orientation of the implant in the dental model due to a simple retention system which is easy to use and detachable.
US11666417B2
A method for analyzing a real dental situation of a patient. The method includes steps, as follows, in succession. At an updated instant, acquisition of an updated image representing a real dental scene as observed by an operator. Determination of a virtual dental scene as a function of the representation of the real dental scene on the updated image. Presentation of the virtual dental scene in transparent mode and overlaid on the real dental scene, or display of the updated image on a screen and presentation of the virtual dental scene overlaid with the representation of the real dental scene on the updated image displayed on the screen, in transparent mode or not on the representation.
US11666415B2
Methods and systems for producing orthodontic appliances are provided herein utilizing iterative modeling techniques to increase the efficiency and efficacy of said appliances. Further disclosed herein are the orthodontic appliances fabricated from such methods.
US11666407B2
Systems, methods and devices are described herein for performing a navigated surgical procedure involving a patient's anatomy in sterile and non-sterile surgical environments. A camera may be used to determine a registration of the camera coordinate-frame to the patient anatomy or optionally a tracker in relation to the patient anatomy. A drape may be applied to permit use in a sterile surgical environment. The camera may be moved from its original position to enable access to patient anatomy while maintaining a registration of the camera coordinate-frame with the patient anatomy. Alternatively, the camera may be used in a hand-held or head-mounted manner. A visualization of the patient anatomy may be displayed on a computing unit, with visualization reference planes defined by the pose of an instrument or the camera. The visualization may be presented on a display of a computing unit or as part of a head mounted augmented reality system.
US11666404B2
A surgical tool includes a drive housing, a shaft extending from the drive housing, an end effector at an end of the shaft and having opposing jaws and a cutting element, and an articulable wrist configured to rotate the end effector within a plane. The wrist is articulated via antagonistic translation of a pair of drive members. Various systems are provided for homing one or more drive inputs that cause movement in the wrist and/or the end effector, or for controlling articulation of the drive inputs.
US11666402B2
A teleoperated surgical system is provided that includes a surgical instrument that includes an end effector mounted for rotation about a slave pivot axis; a master control input includes a mount member, first and second master grip rotatably secured at the mount member for rotation about a master pivot axis; sensor to produce a sensor signal indicative of a slave grip counter-force about the slave pivot axis; one or more motors to impart a shear force to the mount member, perpendicular to the master pivot axis; one or more processors to convert the sensor signal to motor control signals to cause the motors to impart the feedback shear force to the first and second master grip members.
US11666396B2
A surgical mounting device may detachably couple to a patient access device to maintain alignment between a surgical instrument and the access device as instruments are interchangeably inserted and removed from the access device. The mounting device may include arms that pivot between a closed configuration in which the arms grip the access device inserted therebetween and an open configuration in which arm are spaced further apart from each other than in the closed configuration. A drive member may transition the arms to the closed configuration when the patient access device is inserted between the arms in the open configuration and pressed against the drive member.
US11666387B2
A medical navigation system is provided for detecting movement of a subject, the system having an optical tracking system including a camera, a display, and a controller electrically coupled with the optical tracking system and the display. The controller has a processor coupled with a memory and is configured to receive a data signal from the optical tracking system and recognize and continuously monitor optical tracking markers on the subject within a field of view of the camera, and provide an alert on the display when movement of the optical tracking markers on the subject falls within predefined parameters.
US11666386B2
A method comprises providing a current state image and at least one reference image, taken from a similar angle range. The image and the at least one reference image are superimposed and a visual representation visualizing the relation between the image and the reference image is provided in order to track displacements of the bone during subsequent operation steps. A system is provided which can use the image data to track displacements and determine deviation from a current state of the elements in question to a target state.
US11666379B2
Apparatus, including a catheter configured to be inserted into an organ of a human body. A plurality of electrodes are deployed on the catheter, the electrodes being configured to transfer radiofrequency (RF) ablation energy to tissue of the organ. The apparatus also includes a power supply configured to supply the RF ablation energy at a level of up to 100 W to each of the plurality of electrodes simultaneously, so as to ablate respective sections of the tissue of the organ in contact with the electrodes.
US11666376B2
An electrosurgical instrument with first and second branches pivotably arranged at a hinge is disclosed. The hinge is formed by a support pin at the second branch and a corresponding support cavity at the first branch. At one side adjacent to the hinge location at which the support pin extends into the support cavity, a knife guide cavity is provided in the second branch for a moveable guided support of a knife. Parallel to the pivot axis defined by the hinge, the knife guide cavity is arranged adjacent to an axial end of the support pin. The hinge or the hinge location formed by the hinge at which the support pin is arranged in the support cavity is only arranged on one side of the knife guide cavity viewed in a direction parallel to the pivot axis. The respective other side is free from hinge components.
US11666371B2
An apparatus and method for sending test signals to an instrument, and checking the resultant and subsequently arriving echo signals in order to detect specific properties and changes of properties on the line, the instrument, the tissue or also on a fluid body, e.g., plasma body, present on an electrode of the instrument, and to control the operation of the supply arrangement accordingly.
US11666366B2
A system for restoring height of a vertebral body with a balloon and stabilizing the vertebral body with bone cement. A delivery tube extends from a handle and may be formed from a flexible polymer and a radiopaque filler. The flexible polymer maintains a patent lumen along a curve so as to receive sequential introduction of the balloon and the bone cement to within the vertebral body at a location offset from a longitudinal axis. The radiopaque filler provides for at least a portion of the delivery tube being radiopaque under fluoroscopic visualization. The radiopaque filler may be barium, and the delivery tube may be constructed from coextruding the flexible polymer with the barium. Visual indicia on the handle may indicate a position of the delivery tube relative to another component of the system such as an access cannula. The visual indicia may indicate a direction of the curve.
US11666365B2
A hard tissue fixation staple-plate interlocking device can include a recess in a staple body or a plate. The device can also include a locking part of the other of the staple body or plate. The device can be reconfigurable between an insertion configuration and an interlocked configuration. In the insertion configuration, the locking part can slide into the recess in a translation sliding motion that is parallel to a sliding motion of the legs of the staple, as the legs of the staple slide through the holes in the plate. In the interlocked configuration, the locking part can be at least partially in the recess, and recess surface portions can engage part surface portions and inhibit movement of the staple and plate out of the interlocked configuration. Also, multiple staples and screws can be interlocked with the plate, with staples being at non-parallel angles to each other.
US11666363B2
A device, method, and system for treatment or fixation of a fractured, damaged, or deteriorating bone or bones in a mid-foot region. The device comprising an implant with both proximal and distal fastener holes, along with fastener slots in a central elongated body, for securing the implant to the appropriate osseous cortical structures of the foot. The method for treatment or fixation of fractured, damaged, or deteriorating bones in the medial column of the foot with use of a device such as an intramedullary nail that attaches to either the talus or first metatarsal bones to secure the medial cuneiform and navicular bones in place.
US11666348B2
An intracorporeal pressure shock wave includes an expandable pressure shock wave reflector at the distal end of an intracorporeal catheter to direct shock waves from a shock wave generator within a human or animal blood vessel or body lumen.
US11666338B2
A circular stapling instrument including a stapling forming assembly that is actuated independently from actuation of the cutting assembly is provided. The instrument includes a handle assembly, an elongate body extending from the handle assembly, a cartridge assembly mounted on a distal end of the elongate body. The cartridge assembly includes a pusher assembly and a knife assembly. The knife assembly is selectively fixed relative to the pusher assembly.
US11666330B2
A tool assembly includes a cartridge assembly and an anvil assembly pivotally secured to the cartridge assembly and movable between open and clamped positions. The cartridge assembly includes a channel member, a staple cartridge supported in the channel member, and an actuation sled positioned within the staple cartridge. The actuation sled is movable from a first position to a second position to eject staples from the staple cartridge. The tool assembly further includes a drive assembly having a clamping member movable from an initial position to an advanced position to move the actuation sled from the first position to the second position, and a lockout member secured to the channel member and moveable between a relaxed condition and a flexed condition. Movement of the actuation sled from the first position towards the second position causes the lockout member to move to the flexed condition to permit advancement of the drive assembly.
US11666328B2
A retraction mechanism allows the full distal retraction of the firing drive from various positions. The retraction mechanism has been developed for use with a hand held surgical apparatus. An embodiment of the retraction mechanism includes a drive member, a first pulley, a second pulley, and a firing drive. The drive mechanism is configured to be driven by a motor. The first pulley is configured to rotate when the motor drives the drive mechanism. The second pulley is movable relative to the first pulley between a proximal position and a distal position. The firing drive is movable relative to the first pulley between proximal and distal positions. In operation, the first pulley rotates in a first direction in response to a distal translation of the firing drive and wherein the firing drive moves proximally upon rotation of the first pulley in a second direction.
US11666326B2
This disclosure enables various threading devices (e.g., suturing devices) that can sequentially send a plurality of carriers (e.g., needle caps, sleeves) to an object (e.g., animate, inanimate, human tissue, organ tissue, heart tissue) or sequentially receive a plurality of carriers (e.g., needle caps, sleeves) from an object (e.g., animate, inanimate, human tissue, organ tissue, heart tissue). For example, some threading devices can sequentially send some carriers in a relatively rapid succession or some threading devices can sequentially receive some carriers in a relatively rapid succession.
US11666318B2
A surgical system includes a disposable force sensor pod that includes a load cell and a mounting feature. The surgical system also includes a computing system configured to be placed in electronic communication with the disposable force sensor pod and receive a force measurement from the disposable force sensor pod. The disposable force sensor pod is configured to be removeably coupled to a distraction device using the mounting feature.
US11666315B2
Devices for closing a passage through tissue communicating with a body lumen. The device may include an elongate body, a sheath disposed at the distal end of the device for disposition within a body lumen, a hollow needle disposed within a needle lumen of the body, the needle being selectively advanceable through the needle lumen, a suture-anchor ejection mandrel disposed within the hollow needle that is also selectively advanceable through the hollow needle, a suture-anchor and suture disposed within the hollow needle, a distal end of the suture attached to the suture anchor for ejection out the hollow needle by the mandrel. A needle guide disposed between the sheath and proximal end of the body may include a needle port through which the needle can exit. A hemostatic plug is disposed over the needle port so as to be penetrated by the needle upon exiting the port.
US11666311B2
An ultrasound scanner in a spectral Doppler mode, in which a corresponding two-dimensional (2D) ultrasound imaging mode (e.g., B-mode) image is frozen, is switched temporarily to the 2D-mode in response to a continuous contact on a touchscreen. During the continuous contact, the spectral Doppler mode is interrupted, the 2D-mode image becomes live, and the gate for the spectral Doppler mode may be adjusted by a movement of the continuous contact on the touchscreen. Upon termination of the continuous contact, the system reverts back to the spectral Doppler mode, which now operates within the adjusted gate, and the 2D-mode image is frozen. A brief contact may be used to check the position of the gate against a live 2D-mode image without adjusting it.
US11666296B2
Systems and methods for reducing X-ray scatter during breast imaging, and more specifically during tomosynthesis imaging. In one embodiment, an anti-scatter grid having a plurality of septa may be configured to be positioned relative to an X-ray imaging device such that each septum of the plurality of septa extends along a direction substantially parallel to a coronal plane of a subject during imaging of the subject using the X-ray imaging device. The X-ray imaging device may be operable in a tomosynthesis mode for imaging of a breast of the subject and may include the anti-scatter grid disposed between a breast platform and the X-ray detector. The anti-scatter grid may be configured to move in a direction substantially parallel to a sagittal plane of the subject during tomosynthesis imaging.
US11666280B2
An ablation catheter Has a spring assembly residing between an ablation head and a proximal catheter body. Three optical fibers extend through a lumen in the catheter body. Three mirrors supported by the ablation head face proximally but are spaced distally from the optical fibers. The mirrors are provided with a pattern of reflectance that varies along a radius from a central area of reflectance. Light of a respective defined power shines from each of the optical fibers to a corresponding one of the mirrors with a reflected percentage of the respective defined light power being reflected back to the optical fiber. A percentage of the reflected percentage of the respective defined light power is captured by and travels along each optical fiber to a dedicated light wave detector connected to a controller. From the percentage of the reflected percentage of the light of the respective defined power received by each detector, the controller is programmed to calculate whether an axial or lateral force is imparted to the ablation head and, if so, the magnitude and vector of those forces.
US11666272B2
A pain-monitoring device and method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a pain-monitoring device for obtaining information related to a pain of a user and providing a service of monitoring the pain of the user, includes: an input unit sensing pain-related input of the user; a display unit outputting pain-related information; and a control unit controlling the input unit and the display unit, in which the input unit includes: a touch input unit sensing touch input of the user; and a pressure measurement unit measuring pressure input of the user, and the control unit creates user-input pain information in accordance with the sensed pressure input and touch input.
US11666270B2
A sleep apnea and obesity comorbidity treatment system includes a transceiver and a control module. The control module is configured to: receive sensor data, where the sensor data is indicative of a glucose level of a patient and a ketones level of the patient, transmit the sensor data to a remote feedback device, receive feedback information from the remote feedback device based on the sensor data, and where the feedback information provides indications to the patient to maintain or alter a behavior of the patient based on the glucose level and the ketones level, and based on the feedback information, performing an operation to maintain or alter at least one of a diet or physical activity of the patient.
US11666269B2
A sleeping mask includes a signal processor for processing sensor data, an infrared light source coupled to the signal processor and configured to emit infrared light toward an eyelid of a user, and an array of infrared sensors coupled to the signal processor and configured to receive infrared light reflected from the eyelid of the user.
US11666265B2
A hearing device includes: a first microphone configured to provide a first input signal; a first processor unit configured to provide a processed signal based on the first input signal to compensate for a hearing loss of a user of the first hearing device; a receiver configured to output sound based on the processed signal; and a first sensor configured to provide a first sensor signal for detecting an atrial fibrillation condition of the user. An electronic device includes: a communication interface configured to communicate with a hearing device; and a processing unit configured to obtain, via the communication interface, information associated with an atrial fibrillation condition of a user, the information comprising a sensor data transmitted from the hearing device and/or information indicating the atrial fibrillation condition detected based on the sensor data; wherein the accessory device is configured to output a signal indicative of the atrial fibrillation condition.
US11666262B2
An information display device includes a component extraction unit configured to extract a requested component from multiple given waveforms that are cut out of multiple signal waveforms based on biological signals that are detected; and a noise component selection unit configured to accept selecting, as a noise component, a result of the extracting from multiple results of the extracting by the component extraction unit, and the noise component selection unit displays the multiple results of the extracting by the component extraction unit and times at which the specific waveforms occur.
US11666259B1
Systems, devices, apparatus, methods, and computer-readable storage media for developmental assessment using eye tracking are provided. In one aspect, a system for development assessment via eye tracking includes: a patient-side computing device having a screen for presenting visual stimuli to a patient, an eye-tracking device integrated with the patient-side computing device and configured to collect eye-tracking data of the patient while the visual stimuli are presented to the patient on the screen of the patient-side computing device, and an operator-side computing device configured to present a user interface for an operator to communicate with the patient-side computing device.
US11666257B2
A vascular access system which may be configured for blood draw may include a housing, which may include a distal end, a proximal end, and a slot disposed between the distal end and the proximal end. The slot may include a notch. The vascular access system may include a cannula hub, which may be disposed within the housing and movable with respect to the slot. The cannula hub may include a tab extending through the slot. The vascular access system may include a cannula extending distally from the cannula hub. In response to the tab being disposed within the notch, a distal tip of the cannula may be disposed within the housing. In response to advancing the tab along the slot to a distal end of the slot, the distal tip of the cannula is disposed distal to the distal end of the housing.
US11666252B2
Applicators for applying an on-skin assembly to skin of a host and methods of their use and/or manufacture are provided. An applicator includes an insertion assembly configured to insert at least a portion of the on-skin assembly into the skin of the host, a housing configured to house the insertion assembly, the housing comprising an aperture through which the on-skin assembly can pass, an actuation member configured to, upon activation, cause the insertion assembly to insert at least the portion of the on-skin assembly into the skin of the host, and a sealing element configured to provide a sterile barrier and a vapor barrier between an internal environment of the housing and an external environment of the housing.
US11666249B1
An automated method for cognitive training of the brain of a human using contralateral movement is provided wherein the body of the human is defined, in part, by having contralateral sides and the human body has a plurality of motion tracking sensors attached to respective limbs of the human body.
US11666246B2
A location identification system analyzes information received corresponding to a device detected in a room of a patient. On detecting a location identification of the device, the system assigns the device to the location corresponding to the location identification. In embodiments, the system retrieves patient and care team information for the location. The location and patient and care team information may be communicated to a central video monitoring system.
US11666242B2
An example method includes applying a localization signal to a source electrode positioned within a conductive volume and a ground electrode at a known location. Electrical activity is sensed at a plurality of sensor electrodes distributed across an outer surface of the conductive volume. The locations of each of the sensor electrodes and the location of the ground electrode being stored in memory as part of geometry data. The electrical activity sensed at each of the sensor electrodes is stored in the memory as electrical measurement data. The method also includes computing a location of the source electrode by minimizing a difference between respective pairs of source voltages determined for the plurality of sensor electrodes. The source voltage for each of the sensor electrodes is determined based on the electrical measurement data and the geometry data.
US11666235B2
A wearable computing device includes one or more processors, memory and a physiological metric sensor system, including a light source configured to direct light into tissue of a user wearing the wearable computing device, a light detector implemented a distance away from the light source and configured to detect light from the light source that reflects back from the user, and a light-blocking portion implemented between the light source and the light detector. The wearable computing device may further include an audio port directed towards an ear canal of the user and control circuitry configured to activate the light source during a period of time and generate a light detector signal indicating an amount of light detected by the light detector during the period of time.
US11666233B2
A system and method for monitoring the blood pressure of a patient that allows for a device sensor to be recalibrated according to atmospheric pressure without removing the device sensor from inside the patient. This permits quickly monitoring the blood pressure of a patient if a re-zero is needed. The invention has a blood pressure monitor (BPM) that obtains an atmospheric pressure observation. The atmospheric pressure observation is adjusted and stored to memory as a zero value. The zero value is retrieved to recalibrate the system and method if a device sensor has been disconnected from and reconnected to the same or a different BPM, the patient has been moved such that the surroundings have been altered to make it necessary to recalibrate according to atmospheric pressure, and/or the device sensor has been connected to a different patient care monitor.
US11666231B2
A convenient self-locking blood pressure cuff facilitating one-handed use by a user taking his own blood pressure includes a cuff belt, a casing assembly, and a self-locking structure. The self-locking structure is received in the casing assembly. The self-locking structure includes a core shaft, a locking assembly, and a pressing assembly. The core shaft is slidably connected to the casing assembly. The locking assembly and the pressing assembly are wrapped around the core shaft. The locking assembly can rotate when a free end of the cuff belt moves with respect to the casing assembly. The locking assembly can further press against the cuff belt when the core shaft slides in the casing assembly. The pressing assembly presses against the locking assembly to prevent the locking assembly from rotating back.
US11666225B2
Various embodiments are described herein for an imaging device and associated method for performing fluence compensation on a photoacoustic (PA) image of at least a portion of an object for sets of RF acoustic response signals that are obtained using different illumination wavelengths. A first set of RF acoustic response signals is fluence matched to a second set of RF acoustic response signals by determining relative frequency data for first set of RF acoustic response signals relative to the second set of RF acoustic response signals and using the relative frequency data to filter the first set of RF acoustic response signals.
US11666224B2
A lesion detection system for use with a patient, comprising an optoacoustic guide wire assembly configured to be insertable into a patient's tissue. The optical acoustic guide wire assembly can be comprised of an optical waveguide have a first end and a second end, a light source coupled to the second end of the optical waveguide, wherein said light source configured to emit energy to the patient's tissue, at least one transducer configured to detect an ultrasound signal emitted from the patient's tissue in response to energy emitted from the light source, and a computer system.
US11666217B2
A system includes a biometric device, a biometric data collection device, and a spatial categorization system. The biometric device includes a biometric sensor to measure a biometric trait of a user. The biometric data collection device includes a positioning system and a biometric data storage system, and a third wireless transceiver. The positioning system is configured to provide spatial location values specifying a geographic location of the biometric data collection device. The biometric data storage system is configured to assign time stamp values to each of the spatial location values and biometric trait measurements. The spatial categorization system is configured to identify a biometric trait measurement indicating that a condition of the user has a value that exceeds a threshold, and to assign, based on the identified biometric trait measurement, a category identification value to a spatial region corresponding to the spatial location value.
US11666215B2
A patient management system for providing patient queues of patient reports to users includes communications circuitry configured to receive first physiological information from monitoring medical devices being worn by a first plurality of patients and receive second physiological information from therapeutic medical devices being worn by a second plurality of patients. Each of the monitoring medical devices is configured to sense one or more predetermined physiological parameters of its respective patient. Each of the therapeutic medical devices is configured to monitor its respective patient for a predetermined physiological condition and provide a treatment. The patient management system also includes at least one processor configured to prepare a plurality of monitoring patient reports, prepare a plurality of therapeutic patient reports, generate a patient queue based on the pluralities of monitoring and therapeutic patient reports, and provide the patient queue to an end user computing device via the communications circuitry.
US11666212B2
A method and system are proposed for imaging the retinal structure of an eye. A light source is provided and a repetitive pattern is projected on the retina by said hght source having illuminated and non-illuminated portions with a spatial frequency larger than 0.5 mm-1. For the illuminated and non-illuminated portions a fluorescence level is measured; and a fluorescence level is derived as a corrected value for illuminated and non-illuminated areas.
US11666208B2
A device having an optical element with a conductive coating. The device may include an optical element, a conductive material and at least one connector. The conductive material is disposed on at least a portion of the optical element. The optical element, for example, may be an object lens of an endoscope or an optical coupler. The connectors (acting as terminal(s)) are capable of providing energy (such as electrical energy) to the conductive material. In one aspect, the conductive material is an optically transparent material. Advantageously, the device may allow visualization of an object—such as body tissue or other matter—concurrent with the application of energy to the object via the conductive coating. This allows the user to observe the alteration of tissue and other matter in real time as the energy is delivered.
US11666205B2
Medical imaging camera head devices and methods are provided using light captured by an endoscope system or other medical scope or borescope. Afocal light from the scope is manipulated and split by a beamsplitter. At least one polarizing optical element manipulates the polarization properties of one or both of the beams. The resulting first and second beams are passed through focusing optics to different image sensor areas to produce images with different intensity. The resulting images are combined with high dynamic range techniques.
US11666202B2
A rack mounting assembly for supporting a third rack assembly within a tub of a dishwasher appliance is provided. The tub defines a wash chamber and a plurality of apertures spaced apart along a transverse direction. The rack mounting assembly includes a mounting body positioned inside the wash chamber and a latching arm positioned outside the wash chamber. The mounting body and/or latching arm include complementary features that pass through the plurality of apertures defined in the tub for engaging each other and securing the mounting body to the tub.
US11666189B2
A reconfigurable surface cleaning apparatus includes a floor cleaning unit comprising a surface cleaning head, and a portable cleaning unit. The reconfigurable surface cleaning apparatus is operable in an above floor cleaning mode in which the portable cleaning unit is removed from the floor cleaning unit and in a floor cleaning mode in which an upflow duct is received in the portable cleaning unit and defines the air flow passage upwardly through the portable cleaning unit to a cyclone chamber air inlet.
US11666186B2
A storage and dispensing device for standard and industrial size toilet paper rolls has a mounting member, a base member, a roll storage member, and a mounting element. The mounting element is positioned on the mounting member, and utilizes an over-the-door hook or one or more apertures to hang the mounting member from a door or wall. The base member is connected to the bottom of the mounting member. The roll storage member is connected to the base member opposite the mounting member and is angled upwards to accept multiple rolls of toilet paper. An industrial sized toilet paper roll may be accommodated by the base member. The mounting member may be adjustable in length. An upper roll storage member may be connected to the mounting member opposite the base member for additional roll storage. A locking member between the roll storage member and the mounting member may prevent theft.
US11666185B1
The portable hand-washing kit is a kit. The portable hand-washing kit is adapted for use with a patient. The portable hand-washing kit is a portable structure that allows the patient to wash their hands. The portable hand-washing kit comprises a disinfecting structure, a disinfecting compound, and water. The disinfecting compound is contained in the disinfecting structure. The water is added to the disinfecting structure before the use of the portable hand-washing kit by the patient. The patient washes their hands by inserts their hands into the solution formed by dissolving the disinfecting compound in the water. The disinfecting compound is pharmacologically active media that poisons the biochemical processes of microorganisms including viruses such as COVID-19.
US11666180B2
A peanut butter mixer system including: a screw-mixer formed as a continuous rod member having sequential looped coils along a length of said continuous rod member and terminating with a cutting edge; wherein said screw-mixer is powered via a motor and a power source as manipulated by a user-operator to re-mix peanut butter in a provided container. The screw-mixer is powered via the motor and power source as manipulated by a user-operator.
US11666173B2
A device for preparing coffee by manual brewing includes: a filter holder for receiving a filter insert with ground coffee; a holder in which the filter holder is inserted; a vessel arranged under the filter holder into which the brewed coffee can be filled; a drain arranged on the filter holder; and a closure element arranged on the drain for opening and closing the drain. An actuating element for the closure element is provided on the filter holder by which the closure element can be moved between an open position and a closed position independently of the vessel.
US11666169B1
A package receiving device mountable to an exterior wall of a home or business structure that is collapsible into a flat stored configuration and expandable into a lockable package receiving receptacle having a rectangular volume adapted to temporarily store packages therein. Pivotable panels are adapted to allow the package receiving device to be moved between a stored configuration and expand into an in-use configuration.
US11666164B2
The present application relates to environmentally friendly, biodegradable drinking straw manufactured from renewable resources and more specifically to drinking straws manufactured from soy protein isolate and the manufacturing process thereof. The manufacturing process and its products are within the scope of this disclosure.
US11666158B1
A system for bulk pet food dispersing. The system has one or more scales, and for each scale a pulley system and a pair of rails which can be used to lift a bulk bag of pet food into place above the scale and a gravity-fed dispenser, which can include a dispenser control. The bulk bag of pet food can attach to the pulley system using hooks, eyelets, knots, chains, etc., then raised into place using a crank which moves the pulley system. Users can then disperse the pet food from the raised bulk bag into their own bag using a dispenser control, such as a handle or lever.
US11666152B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to folding furniture, and more specifically, to folding chairs with the ability to support their own weight and stand while in a folded position. In an embodiment, a folding chair configurable in an unfolded position and a folded position comprises a first leg assembly, a second leg assembly, a seat, and a chair back fixed between the first and second leg assemblies. The first and second leg assemblies each comprise an outer leg pivotally coupled with an inner leg, such that in the folded or unfolded positions, the first and second leg assemblies support the folding chair. The seat comprises a support bar and is pivotally coupled with each inner leg of the first and second leg assemblies, such that in the unfolded position, the seat provides support for a person when the support bar contacts a portion of the first outer leg and a portion of the second outer leg preventing overextension of the seat. In the folded position, the seat lies perpendicularly with the ground and provides a counterweight to allow the folding chair to stand on the first leg assembly and second leg assembly.
US11666146B2
A sliding drawer or shelf (12) of a piece of furniture, comprising: a perimeter frame defined by the union of a front segment (14) and three C-connected segments (16, 18); a telescopic guide (20) for linearly moving the drawer or shelf with respect to the piece of furniture, the guide comprising a part (22) that can be fixed on the piece of furniture, and a part (24) longitudinally translatable with respect to the fixed part, the translatable part comprising an arm (26) which is adapted to support the drawer or shelf and on which there is mounted an adjustment element (80) for the inclination of the drawer or shelf with respect to the fixed part, wherein the front segment comprises a stop element (50) by which a free end of the arm can be engaged, so that the free end of the arm opposes to a lifting of the drawer or shelf by abutting against a part of the stop element.
US11666143B2
An assembly composing of a robust articulating armature with optionally interchangeable platform like components which incorporate and adapts the core armature assembly into a multitude of product configurations each having ergonomic benefits. The core articulating armature is configured to be a variably lift assisted and repositionable in a manner when combined with the other elements, configures to become a device with demonstrably beneficial features in each of its configurations. In some of the configurations, lift assistance and positional support is the primary feature, whereas in other configurations, flexing and returning back to a user designated set position becomes the primary feature. This application discloses a device with the flexibility to be configured in such a manner as to bring benefits to both the consumer and to the manufacture due to its uniquely modular and configurable elements which can be utilized to create a multitude of ergonomic product configurations.
US11666138B2
An electric toothbrush relates to personal care products, oral care products, namely, toothbrushes. The technical result is achieved due to the fact that the electric toothbrush consists of a bottle body containing the cleaning agent, a neck with a bristle attachment, a push dispenser for feeding the cleaning agent, while the bottle body and the neck with the bristle attachment are connected by a fixing device and move in the longitudinal plane relative to each other, wherein the neck housing comprises an insert-type electric actuator tightly fixed therein, a compartment for at least one battery, an insulating cover of the compartment, and a button for activating the toothbrush, wherein the bristle attachment performs a vibration movement, and wherein the spout of the head of the push dispenser does not come into contact with the bristle attachment when in the folded position.
US11666136B2
A mold insert has at least one filament cavity and a stack of at least a first and second insert plates, wherein the first plate has a front face that closely abuts a front face of the second insert plate. A portion of the a filament cavity is provided in at least one of the front faces of the first and second insert plates such that the filament cavity is open at a top surface of the mold insert but does not extend to a bottom surface of the mold insert. A venting cavity is provided in the same front face of the insert plate in which the portion of the at least one filament cavity is provided. The venting cavity, which is in air-conducting connection with the blind-hole end of the filament cavity, has a depth between 1 μm and 20 μm. A method of manufacturing the mold insert includes providing first and second insert plates, forming a portion of a filament cavity into at least one of the front faces of the insert plates, forming a venting cavity into the front face with the filament cavity, and bringing the front faces of the plates into close abutment to form a filament cavity.
US11666135B2
A smartphone holster is provided which is adapted for engagement to the belt or person of a user. A cavity within a housing of the holster is configured to hold a smartphone therein which may be inserted through an opening at a top end of the holster. Frictional contact by a flexible friction member within the cavity can aid in holding the phone therein. A curved lid may also be provided which is biased to position a curved portion over the opening to the cavity in which the phone is positioned.
US11666122B2
Disclosed is a quick release tool belt for the waist of a user, which includes a support strap, a release band with belt teeth on a first end and a binding with a release mechanism on the second end and slidably coupled to the release band. The binding has a base, a release rotationally attached to the base with a tooth lock, a tooth coupling rotationally attached to the base and engaged with the release and the release band, and a lever rotationally attached to the release and engaged with the release band with a tightening tooth. When the release is in the engaged position the tooth coupling and the lever are engaged with the release band and when the release is in the release position, the tooth coupling is operably engaged with the release and the tooth coupling and the lever are disengaged with the release band.
US11666120B2
An article of footwear has a tubular structure that may conform to various anatomical features of a foot. The tubular structure has a tunnel, and a tensile strand runs through the tunnel. Applying tension along the tensile strand may cause the tubular structure to conform more closely to one or more anatomical features. The geometry, or path, of the tubular structure on the article may be customized.
US11666119B2
A footwear sole structure includes a midsole having a ground-facing surface with a forefoot region, a midfoot region, and a heel region. The midsole defines downwardly-extending protrusions at the ground-facing surface distributed over the midfoot region and the heel region, each of the downwardly-extending protrusions having a convex outer surface. A height of the midsole is greatest at the midfoot region. The sole structure may also include an outsole covering at least a portion of the ground-facing surface of the midsole, and a height of the sole structure may be greatest at the midfoot region.
US11666117B2
A bladder for an article of footwear includes a first chamber having a first segment extending along a first side of the bladder and a second segment formed on an opposite side of the bladder from the first segment. The bladder further includes a second chamber at least partially surrounded by the first chamber and disposed between the first segment and the second segment. A manifold is in direct fluid communication with each of the first segment of the first chamber, the second segment of the first chamber, and the second chamber. A web area connects each of the first chamber, the second chamber, and the manifold. The bladder may include a first series of ports formed in the first segment of the first chamber and a second series of ports formed in the second segment of the first chamber.
US11666116B2
A sole structure may include chambers and a transfer channel containing an electrorheological fluid. Electrodes may be positioned to create, in response to a voltage across the electrodes, an electrical field in at least a portion of the electrorheological fluid in the transfer channel. The sole structure may further include a controller including a processor and memory. At least one of the processor and memory may store instructions executable by the processor to perform operations that include maintaining the voltage across the electrodes at one or more flow-inhibiting levels at which flow of the electrorheological fluid the through the transfer channel is blocked, and that further include maintaining the voltage across the electrodes at one or more flow-enabling levels permitting flow of the electrorheological fluid through the transfer channel.
US11666110B1
A head wrap assembly having a flexible, unitary body having a headband portion with two cooperating flaps or wings extending therefrom. The headband portion is constructed to be placed circumferentially around the head of a wearer and having an elastic cord secured therein that can be cinched at the nape of a wearer's neck to secure the headband on a wearer's head. Each flap or wing has a wing-like configuration and is attached along one side to the headband and has an endpoint or terminal tip that is located at the other end of the wing and thus spaced from the headband portion. In a preferred embodiment, a magnet is located within the endpoint or terminal tip of each wing and secures each wing around the head of a wearer by magnetically engaging a magnet contained in the headband. A flap structure having a pocket may be also attached along one side to the headband structure to contain the hair of a wearer.
US11666094B2
An atomization assembly, including an e-liquid tank, an air admission assembly, and a ceramic module. The air admission assembly includes an air vent, an air duct, and a silicone seat. The air vent is disposed on the e-liquid tank. The silicone seat is disposed on the bottom end of the e-liquid tank to seal the e-liquid tank. The air duct passes through the silicone seat and communicates with the air vent. The ceramic module includes a U-shaped ceramic core and a strip of inert cotton. The strip of inert cotton is disposed in the U-shaped ceramic core to absorb an e-liquid condensate.
US11666093B2
An atomizer, including an e-liquid tank, a connector, a silicone sleeve, and an atomization element. The connector is disposed in the e-liquid tank. The silicone sleeve is disposed around the connector. The atomization element is in threaded connection to the e-liquid tank. The atomization element includes atop end provided with an e-liquid inlet. The top end is disposed in the silicone sleeve whereby the e-liquid inlet is sealed; one end of the silicone sleeve extends out of the e-liquid tank. When the atomization element is short of e-liquid, lifting up the silicone sleeve to expose the e-liquid inlet, so as to inject the e-liquid into the atomization element.
US11666091B2
An electronic cigarette including an atomization assembly and a battery assembly. The atomization assembly is disposed on the battery assembly. The battery assembly includes a battery indicating circuit module. The battery indicating circuit module includes a LED light and a control panel. The control panel includes a battery indicating circuit configured to control the LED light to display a color to indicate a battery level of the battery assembly.
US11666080B2
Methods of production of edible filamentous fungal biomat formulations are provided as standalone protein sources and/or protein ingredients in foodstuffs as well as a one-time use or repeated use self-contained biofilm-biomat reactor comprising a container with at least one compartment and placed within the compartment(s), a feedstock, a fungal inoculum, a gas-permeable membrane, and optionally a liquid nutrient medium.
US11666070B2
A bee bread containing a base material of the bee bread, the hydrophilic colloid, ethanol and water, and is prepared according to a certain preparation method. The bee bread containing the astaxanthin and the hydrophilic colloid has the advantages of long preservation time and small nutrient loss. The bee which are fed with the bee bread for a long time can effectively increase the yield of royal jelly and the number of larvae, and extend the life.
US11666062B2
The present invention relates to an oil comprising at least one polyunsaturated fatty acid having at least 20 carbon atoms (LC-PUFA). It is found that LC-PUFA-containing oil are susceptible to gelling by formation of microscopic crystals during storage ultimately resulting in unfavorable quality and handling properties. This problem has been particularly observed with a microbial oil comprising at least about 25% by weight LC-PUFA and a moisture content of 0.2 to 5% by weight. Surprisingly, it has been found that a LC-PUFA-containing oil as described above is effectively stable and does not show gelling properties under conventional storage conditions, if the oil composition as such contains less than about 8% preferably less than about 5% by weight of free fatty acid in the residual moisture of the oil. Therefore, the present invention is directed to an oil comprising at least about 25% by weight LC-PUFA and a moisture content comprising less than about 8% preferably less than about 5% by weight of free fatty acid.
US11666061B2
The invention relates to a method for preparing a heat treated and tempered cheese wrap, as well as the cheese wrap itself. The method includes melting previously refrigerated cheese into a disc shape, and subjecting the cheese disc to alternating heating and cooling steps to produce a pliable, low to no carbohydrate, and gluten free cheese wrap. The product can be used, for example, as a snack or as a bread substitute in sandwich wraps and roll ups.
US11666059B2
A method for processing an intact animal carcass comprises submerging a bled animal carcass in scalding water for at least 20 seconds to produce a scalded animal carcass, de-hairing the scalded animal carcass to produce a de-haired animal carcass, suspending the de-haired animal carcass, burning an epidermal layer of the de-haired animal carcass while suspended so that a majority of the epidermal layer is charred so as to produce a burnt animal carcass, pressure washing the burnt animal carcass to produce a pressure-washed animal carcass, eviscerating the pressure-washed animal carcass to produce an eviscerated animal carcass, internally washing the eviscerated animal carcass to produce an internally washed animal carcass, and chilling the internally washed animal carcass to a temperature of between 0 degrees Celsius and about 4 degrees Celsius to produce a chilled animal carcass.
US11666057B2
An interlocking baked food brick maker has an electric heating element and an interlocking baked food brick mold. The interlocking baked food brick mold has stud cavities on a bottom plate and recess projections on a top plate so that it makes interlocking baked food bricks that have studs on top and matching recesses on the bottom. The studs of one interlocking baked food brick fit into the recesses of another interlocking baked food brick so that multiple interlocking baked food bricks can be joined together to form a structure.
US11666049B2
A rat attractant composition is disclosed which includes one or more isolated additives. The composition is attractive to at least rats of the species Rattus norvegicus. Devices including the rat attractant composition and methods of using a rat attractant composition are also disclosed.
US11666046B2
Apparatus and associated methods relate to a pest repelling magnetic field generating device (PRD) having a temperature sensor to detect the temperature of a solenoid coil during operation. The detected temperature to be used to ensure that the PRD operates within an ideal temperature range. Additionally, a fan is oriented within a housing of the PRD to force the flow of air from inside a housing of the PRD to outside a housing the PRD. In an illustrative example, the PRD may shut off if the temperature of the solenoid coil moves outside the ideal temperature range. By operating the PRD within an ideal temperature range, the service life of the PRD may be extended. Further, the fan may mitigate dust collection within the housing of the pest repelling magnetic field generating device.
US11666040B2
Mice, embryos, cells, and tissues having a restricted immunoglobulin heavy chain locus and an ectopic sequence encoding one or more ADAM6 proteins are provided. In various embodiments, mice are described that have humanized endogenous immunoglobulin heavy chain loci and are capable of expressing an ADAM6 protein or ortholog or homolog or functional fragment thereof that is functional in a male mouse. Mice, embryos, cells, and tissues having an immunoglobulin heavy chain locus characterized by a single human VH gene segment, a plurality of human DH gene segments and a plurality of human JH gene segments and capable expressing an ADAM6 protein or ortholog or homolog or functional fragment thereof are also provided.
US11666036B2
An expander harness for walking pets on a leash, comprising a back part (3) equipped with a lining (2). A limiting element (10) is threaded through the leash connector (16) on the back part (3), which is fixed to the lining (2) by a limiting element fixing point (12) crossing the intersection of the axis line (9) and a separating axis line (9a). The leash connector (16) on one side of the separating axis line (9a), and the at least one shoulder part connecting element (18) on the other side of the separating axis line (9a), are elastically displaced in the direction opposite to each other, moving away from each other to the extent of the stretching of the elastic element (11) threaded through the leash connector (16), extending between the leash connector (16) and the limiting element fixing point (12), and that of the shoulder part elastic element (21) threaded through the shoulder part connecting element (18).
US11666031B2
A soybean cultivar designated 05140102 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 05140102, to the plants of soybean cultivar 05140102, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 05140102, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 05140102. 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 05140102. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 05140102, 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 05140102 with another soybean cultivar.
US11666018B1
A novel maize variety designated X18P228 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X18P228 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X18P228 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X18P228, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X18P228 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X18P228 and methods of using maize variety X18P228 are disclosed.
US11666009B2
An agricultural leaf stripper which can adopt numerous configurations allowing leaf stripping of bushes and trees of varying shapes and sizes consists of a structure capable of being transported along a horizontal axis parallel to the ground and consisting of a structure formed of two parts one of which is fixed to the transporter vehicle and the other of which can slide vertically on the fixed part and supports a rectilinear rail generally parallel to the structure and able to be moved horizontally towards and away from the structure and tilted with respect thereto, the rail carrying at least two pneumatic leaf stripping heads, each stripping head being able to be set to a desired position on the rail independently of the other leaf stripping heads, and each being able to be set to a desired orientation about its working axis on the rail.
US11666008B2
An elongate air delivery assembly having a housing extending between two end caps. The housing includes a plurality of exit vents from which airflow is provided in a consistent sheet at a uniform velocity, and the housing is rotatable about a central longitudinal axis to change a direction of the airflow. A method of improving plant cultivation includes positioning one or more elongate air delivery systems adjacent rows of plants such that the sheet of air generated by the elongate air delivery system is directed horizontally across the plants underneath their plant canopy.
US11666007B1
A plant-growing apparatus having a first plurality of lighting panels coupled to a track within an aisle having vertical arrangements of botanical plants along both sides of the aisle. Each lighting panel hangs at fixed location on the track and is rotatable around a vertical axis relative to the track. Some embodiments simultaneously rotate all of the first plurality of lighting panels to alternately face one or the other side of the aisle. Each panel has a front face from which light is emitted. A first plurality of LEDs on the front face of each panel each emits a light spectrum that appears one or more of blue, red, white, infrared, and/or green. Some panels may be unlit at times. Some embodiments provide a continuously variable spacing between the lit face and the plants and variable scheduled lighting periods and changeable spectra for various types and growth stages of plants.
US11666004B2
A method includes obtaining data measurements associated with plants in at least one growing area. The plants have a common genotype and are grown under different growing or environmental conditions in the at least one growing area. The data measurements are associated with one or more characteristics of the plants and multiple characteristics of the growing or environmental conditions. The method also includes processing at least some of the data measurements to identify one or more of the growing or environmental conditions associated with at least one desired characteristic being expressed in the plants being grown. The method further includes outputting an identification of the one or more growing or environmental conditions identified as achieving a specific genotype or phenotype trait for the plants. The specific genotype or phenotype trait is associated with the at least one desired characteristic.
US11666003B2
A bale binding mechanism is configured to secure a strand of binding material around a bale of severed crop material. The bale binding mechanism includes a chassis, a knotter head assembly, and a captive lock. The knotter head assembly is operable to form at least one knot in the strand of binding material. The knotter head assembly includes a knotter head frame swingably mounted relative to the chassis and rotatable into and out of an operating position where the knotter head assembly can form the at least one knot. The captive lock is shiftably supported by one of the chassis and the knotter head frame. The captive lock is removably engaged with the other one of the chassis and the knotter head frame to secure the knotter head assembly in the operating position, with the captive lock being releasable to permit rotation of the knotter head assembly out of the operating position.
US11665995B2
The controller that receives at least one sensor signal indicative of a measured profile of a particulate material within a storage tank of an agricultural system. The controller also determines whether a variation between the measured profile and a target profile is greater than a threshold value. The controller outputs a first output signal to a user interface indicative of instructions to inform an operator of a profile variation, outputs a second output signal to an agitator indicative of activation of the agitator, or a combination thereof, in response to determining that the variation between the measured profile and the target profile is greater than the threshold value.
US11672191B2
A memory cell comprising a threshold switching material over a first electrode on a substrate. The memory cell includes a second electrode over the threshold switching material and at least one dielectric material between the threshold switching material and at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode. A memory material overlies the second electrode. The dielectric material may directly contact the threshold switching material and each of the first electrode and the second electrode. Memory cells including only one dielectric material between the threshold switching material and an electrode are disclosed. A memory device including the memory cells and methods of forming the memory cells are also described.
US11672190B2
An electronic synaptic device includes: a lower electrode; an upper electrode; and an active layer provided between the lower electrode and the upper electrode and including a plurality of conductive nanoparticles, wherein the conductive nanoparticles are dispersed in a matrix forming a continuous phase, and the matrix is composed of a protein. The electronic synaptic device has a low switching operation voltage, is capable of implementing a transition phenomenon from a short term potentiation state to a long term potentiation state even with a relatively low voltage, and has high stability; and, therefore, can be preferably applied as a memristive device for implementing neuromorphic computing.
US11672179B2
An ultrasound-on-a-chip device has an ultrasonic transducer substrate with plurality of transducer cells, and an electrical substrate. For each transducer cell, one or more conductive bond connections are disposed between the ultrasonic transducer substrate and the electrical substrate. Examples of electrical substrates include CMOS chips, integrated circuits including analog circuits, interposers and printed circuit boards.
US11672177B2
A light-emitting element which has low driving voltage and high emission efficiency is provided. The light-emitting element includes, between a pair of electrodes, a hole-transport layer and a light-emitting layer over the hole-transport layer. The light-emitting layer contains a first organic compound having an electron-transport property, a second organic compound having a hole-transport property, and a light-emitting third organic compound converting triplet excitation energy into light emission. A combination of the first organic compound and the second organic compound forms an exciplex. The hole-transport layer contains at least a fourth organic compound whose HOMO level is lower than or equal to that of the second organic compound and a fifth organic compound whose HOMO level is higher than that of the second organic compound.
US11672162B2
A method of patterning quantum dot layer includes: forming, on a substrate, a film layer including a photosensitive material and quantum dots with ligands on surfaces of the quantum dots; irradiating a quantum dot reserved area with light of a preset wavelength; where under irradiation with light of the preset wavelength, the photosensitive material or a product of the photosensitive material after light irradiation reacts with the ligands on the surfaces of the quantum dots, to allow the ligands to fall off from the surfaces of the quantum dots, so that solubility of the quantum dots is changed to cause the quantum dots to undergo coagulation; and removing a portion of the film layer which is not irradiated by the light of the preset wavelength, to form a patterned quantum dot portion of the quantum dot layer in the quantum dot reserved area.
US11672156B2
A display device includes a display element layer, a light blocking pattern layer disposed on the display element layer, and an input sensing layer disposed on the light blocking pattern layer. The display element layer includes a plurality of pixel defining films and a protrusion disposed on at least one pixel defining film, the light blocking pattern layer includes a light blocking part that overlaps the protrusion and an opening, the input sensing layer includes a plurality of sensing electrodes and a plurality of intersections where the sensing electrodes cross each other. The protrusion, the opening, and at least some of the plurality of intersections overlap each other.
US11672151B2
Provided is a display panel. The display panel includes a base layer in which a display area where a plurality of pixels are disposed and a non-display area surrounding the display area are defined; a circuit element layer which is disposed on the base layer; an input sensing layer which is disposed on the circuit element layer; and one or more display signal pads and one or more sensing signal pads which are disposed on a sidewall of each of the base layer, the circuit element layer and the input sensing layer, wherein each of the display signal pads is electrically coupled to a display signal line disposed in the circuit element layer, and each of the sensing signal pads is electrically coupled to an input sensing line disposed in the input sensing layer.
US11672150B2
A display apparatus includes a data line, a first voltage line extending in parallel to the data line, a scan line extending in a direction perpendicular to the data line, a second voltage line extending in parallel to the scan line, and a line extending in parallel to the data line or the scan line. A portion of the line parallel to the scan line overlaps the second voltage line.
US11672144B2
The present disclosure relates to a display device. The display device includes a substrate. The substrate includes a first display area, a second display area, a plurality of first pixels, a plurality of second pixels, and a plurality of diffraction patterns. The plurality of first pixels are disposed on the first display area. The plurality of second pixels are disposed on the second display area. The plurality of diffraction patterns are disposed on the second pixels When viewed in a plane orientation, an array density of the first pixels disposed in the first display area is greater than an array density of the second pixels disposed in the second display area.
US11672136B2
An object of one embodiment of the present invention is to provide a multicolor light-emitting element that utilizes fluorescence and phosphorescence and is advantageous for practical application. The light-emitting element has a stacked-layer structure of a first light-emitting layer containing a host material and a fluorescent substance, a separation layer containing a substance having a hole-transport property and a substance having an electron-transport property, and a second light-emitting layer containing two kinds of organic compounds that form an exciplex and a substance that can convert triplet excitation energy into luminescence. Note that a light-emitting element in which light emitted from the first light-emitting layer has an emission spectrum peak on the shorter wavelength side than an emission spectrum peak of the second light-emitting layer is more effective.
US11672134B2
Photovoltaic devices having photoactive layers coupled to buffer layers are disclosed. Such devices may be transparent to visible light but absorb near-infrared light and/or ultraviolet light. The photovoltaic devices may include a p-phenylene layer that acts as a buffer layer. The photovoltaic devices may include one or more photoactive layers. The one or more photoactive layers may include a single planar heterojunction, a single bulk heterojunction (BHJ), or multiple stacked BHJs that have complementary absorption characteristics, among other possibilities.
US11672129B2
A memory device according to an embodiment includes a first conductive layer; a second conductive layer; a ferroelectric layer provided between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer and containing hafnium oxide; a paraelectric layer provided between the first conductive layer and the ferroelectric layer and containing a first oxide; and an oxide layer provided between the paraelectric layer and the ferroelectric layer and containing a second oxide having an oxygen area density lower than an oxygen area density of the first oxide.
US11672126B2
A three-dimensional memory device including first and second stacking structures and first and second conductive pillars is provided. The first stacking structure includes first stacking layers stacked along a vertical direction. Each first stacking layer includes a first gate layer, a first channel layer, and a first ferroelectric layer between the first gate and channel layers. The second stacking structure is laterally spaced from the first stacking structure and includes second stacking layers stacked along the vertical direction. Each second stacking layer includes a second gate layer, a second channel layer, and a second ferroelectric layer is between the second gate and channel layers. The first and second gate layers are disposed between the first and second ferroelectric layers, and the first and second conductive pillars extend along the vertical direction in contact respectively with the first and second channel layers.
US11672111B2
A semiconductor structure is provided. The semiconductor structure includes a first hybrid bonding structure, a memory structure, and a control circuit structure. The first hybrid bonding layer includes a first surface and a second surface. The memory structure is in contact with the first surface. The control circuit structure is configured to control the memory structure. The control circuit structure is in contact with the second surface. A system in package (SiP) structure and a method for manufacturing a plurality of semiconductor structures are also provided.
US11672110B2
A semiconductor transistor comprises a channel structure comprising a channel region and two source/drain regions located on respective sides of the channel region, wherein the channel region and the two source/drain regions are stacked up along a first direction. A gate structure surrounds the channel region.
US11672100B2
A heat equalization plate includes a first copper clad laminate including a first copper foil, a second copper clad laminate including a second copper foil, a connecting bump, a plurality of thermally conductive bumps, and a working fluid. The second copper foil faces the first copper foil. The connecting bump is formed on a surface of the first copper foil facing the second copper foil. The thermally conductive bumps are formed on a surface of the first copper foil facing the second copper foil. The connecting bump is an annulus and surrounds the thermally conductive bumps. The connecting bump is connected to the second copper foil to form a sealed chamber. The thermally conductive bumps are received in the sealed chamber. The working fluid is received in the sealed chamber. The present invention also needs to provide a method for manufacturing the heat equalization plate.
US11672095B2
An expansion module for a computing unit of a High-Performance Computer cabinet, the expansion module comprising a casing configured to be removably guided horizontally in a main housing of a computing unit of a High-Performance Computer cabinet, a support card, mounted within the casing, comprising at least one module connector, said module connector being configured to be removably connected to the computing unit, a plurality of card slots connectors, each card slot connector being configured to be removably connected to an expansion card, at least a lever for locking/unlocking the casing to the main housing of the computing unit, said lever being operable manually without using any tools and a handle, pivotable according to a vertical axis, configured for locking/unlocking simultaneously the expansion cards when mounted in the card slot connectors.
US11672089B2
Support systems for electronic devices such as display screens are described and have support connector portions configured to connect to support devices such as adjustable mount supports. The support devices have magnetic elements, and the display devices have magnetic sensors configured to detect the magnetic fields emitted from the support devices. A relationship between the magnetic fields detected and target magnetic field values is determined to provide an output signal or indicator of the propriety of the support device used or the propriety of its connection to the display device.
US11672080B2
A touch sensor for a cursor control device includes a support layer, a first printed layer, and a second printed layer. The support layer includes a first surface and a second surface opposite from the first surface. The first printed layer includes a first conductive ink and is printed on the first surface of the support layer. The first printed layer includes a printed surface opposite from the support layer, and the printed surface of the first printed layer defines a touch area of the touch sensor. The second printed layer includes a second conductive ink and is printed on the printed surface of the first printed layer. The second printed layer is electrically connected to the first printed layer and forms a border around the touch area.
US11672079B2
A component carrier, wherein the component carrier includes: i) a layer stack with at least one electrically conductive layer structure and/or at least one electrically insulating layer structure, ii) a bendable portion which forms at least a part of the layer stack, and iii) a metal layer which forms at least a part of the bendable portion. Hereby, the metal layer extends over at least 75% of the area of the bendable portion.
US11672068B2
A lighting device including a light source, an input device, a power source configured to provide power to the lighting device, and one or more electronic processors. The one or more electronic processors are configured to receive an input signal to illuminate the light source from the input device and determine a first state-of-charge of the power source. The electronic processors are further configured to determine a first illumination output value based on the determined first state of charge and initiate a first ramp-down operation of the light source from the first illumination output value. The first ramp-down operation is configured to reduce an output of the light source as a percentage of the first illumination intensity over time. The electronic processors are also configured to continue the first ramp-down operation until the output of the light source reaches a predetermined illumination intensity.
US11672067B2
Printed circuit boards with sensor controlled illumination units and end-to-end connection capabilities. For example, a lighting element, sensor/detector, and computational control element are implemented on a printed circuit board. The printed circuit board also includes end-to-end connection terminals that allow multiple printed circuit boards to be operably coupled together in an end-to-end manner. This provides a scalable system that can be modularized to a base unit for installation in various packages, orientations, or environments.
US11672065B1
The invention provides an automotive lighting unit for detecting electrical characteristics of light emitter diode component. At least one light emitter diode light source is selectively disposed on any one of at least one circuit channel of at least one drive power loop. At least one circuit breaker comprises at least one circuit switch corresponding to the at least one drive power loop, and is disposed on the circuit channel with the at least one light emitter diode light source. The at least one circuit channel is controlled by the at least one circuit switch to turn in a state of isolating from a drive power. An ammeter connection line is connected with the two sides one of the at least one light emitter diode light source.
US11672060B1
A light emit diode (LED) driving circuit, an LED driving method and a display device thereof are provided. The LED driving circuit includes: a first LED driving unit for driving first and second color LEDs of the LED circuit. The first LED driving unit includes: a duty cycle circuit generating an enable signal based on at least two color light duty cycle signals, the at least two color light duty cycle signals controlling an emitting cycle of the LED circuit; a current control circuit, generating at least two color light current adjustment signals based the at least two color light duty cycle signals and at least two color light current level signals; and a constant current circuit, for adjusting current levels of the first and the second color LEDs of the LED circuit based on the enable signal and the at least two color light current adjustment signals.
US11672054B2
Circuitry for an induction element for an aerosol generating device. The induction element is for inductive heating of a susceptor for heating an aerosol generating material in use. The circuitry includes a driver arrangement arranged to provide, from an input direct current, an alternating current for driving the induction element in use. The driver arrangement includes a plurality of transistors arranged in a H-bridge configuration. The H-bridge configuration includes a high side pair of transistors and a low side pair of transistors, the high side pair being for connection to a first electric potential higher than a second electric potential to which the low side pair is for connection is use. At least one of the high side pair of transistors is a p-channel field effect transistor.
US11672041B2
This application discloses a multi-link establishment method and a related device. A multi-link association response frame carries radio bitmap information, to indicate an AP allowed to be associated with a radio of a STA MLD or a link allowed to be established by using a radio of a STA MLD, so that the radio subsequently switches between different APs or links. The multi-link association response frame carries link establishment status information, to indicate a link establishment status of each link that the STA MLD requests to establish, so that multi-link establishment is more flexible. The multi-link association response frame carries reassociation information, to indicate whether each parameter in association configuration information is reserved, so that a problem that signaling overheads are relatively large due to a reassociation operation is avoided. It can be learned that, in the multi-link establishment method, the foregoing information is carried to improve multi-link establishment flexibility.
US11672036B2
A method and system are provided for controlling which communication interface is used for communication between devices that are configurable to be part of a wireless body area network (BAN) for a medical device system depending on their respective locations with respect to a first device. Based on a security secret shared between the first device and a second device, a secure communication channel can be established between the first device and the second device when the second device is located in a coverage region of the wireless body area network. A controller can determine, whether a quality of service (QoS) over the secure communication channel is greater than or equal to a first threshold. In response to the controller determining that the QoS is greater than or equal to the first threshold, data can be communicated from the first device via magnetic signals using a first BAN communication interface.
US11672022B2
Provided are a channel access method, an access point (AP) and a station. The method includes that the access point sends a radio frame to a station. The radio frame carries a predefined identifier or a partial predefined identifier for indicating one or more Basic Service Sets (BSSs) in a BSS set of the access point.
US11672018B2
A mobile communication technology, and, more particularly, a method for efficiently transmitting data stored in a message 3 (Msg3) buffer and a user equipment for the same is disclosed. The method of transmitting data by a user equipment in uplink includes receiving an uplink (UP) Grant signal from a base station on a specific message, determining whether there is data stored in a message 3 (Msg3) buffer when receiving the UL Grant signal on the specific message, determining whether the specific message is a random access response message, and transmitting the data stored in the Msg3 buffer to the base station using the UL Grant signal received on the specific message, if there is data stored in the Msg3 buffer when receiving the UL Grant signal on the specific message and the specific message is the random access response message.
US11672011B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a transmitter node may determine a set of desired transmit beams to use for transmissions during a channel occupancy time (COT), wherein each transmit beam in the set of desired transmit beams is associated with an energy detection threshold (EDT). The transmitter node may configure a sensing beam associated with a directional listen-before-talk (LBT) procedure, wherein the sensing beam is associated with an EDT that is at least as strict as a strictest EDT associated with the set of desired transmit beams. The transmitter node may transmit using the set of desired transmit beams during the COT, wherein the COT is initiated based at least in part on an indication that the directional LBT procedure succeeded using the sensing beam. Numerous other aspects are described.
US11671999B2
A system and method including at least one wireless adapter for communicating on a plurality of available wireless links concurrently operating within a shared and licensed communication frequency band and an application processor executing code instructions of a radio resource management system for determining a plurality of optimal wireless links from the plurality of available wireless links within the shared communication frequency band at a location based on a spatial-temporal radio frequency profile indicating signal quality for the plurality of available wireless links. The application processor selects a WLAN wireless link and an unlicensed small cell WWAN wireless link from the plurality of optimal wireless links and determines local interference between the selected WLAN wireless link and the selected unlicensed small cell WWAN wireless link operating in the shared communication frequency band via execution of code instructions of a concurrent wireless link optimization system wherein if the determination of local interference between the selected WLAN wireless link and the selected unlicensed small cell WWAN wireless link reaches an interference threshold level, switching the unlicensed small cell WWAN wireless link to a licensed communication frequency band for small cell WWAN wireless communication.
US11671994B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications, and more particularly, to techniques for determining quasi co-location (QCL) and/or transmission configuration information (TCI) state assumption information for a dynamic control resource set (CORESET). In some cases, if certain conditions are met, a user equipment (UE) may follow QCL assumptions for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) scheduled by a same PDCCH that indicated the dynamic CORESET. An example method by a UE generally includes receiving at least one downlink control information (DCI), of a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), that schedules at least one dynamic CORESET; and receiving a second PDCCH in the dynamic CORESET, wherein the UE is to apply at least one QCL assumption associated with a PDSCH for the at least one dynamic CORESET if one or more conditions are met.
US11671980B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may monitor a unicast channel for a first downlink transmission from a base station using a first semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration. The UE may receive downlink control information (DCI) from the base station indicating a second SPS configuration associated with a different coverage level than the first SPS configuration. In some cases, the DCI may be DCI that is common to a set of UEs. Here, the DCI may indicate the second SPS configuration and the UE may identify a set of parameters associated with the second SPS configuration based on a radio resource control (RRC) message received prior to the DCI. Based on receiving the indication of the second SPS configuration, the UE may monitor the unicast channel for a second downlink transmission from the base station using the second SPS configuration.
US11671976B2
A device generates an estimated size of encoded versions of one or more pictures of video data prior to generating the encoded versions of the one or more pictures. A physical layer of a radio system of the device is configured to send a message to a wireless base station. The message indicates a size value based on the estimated size of the encoded versions of the one or more pictures. The physical layer of the radio system receives an uplink grant notification in response to the message. Based on the uplink grant notification, the physical layer of the radio system sends packets to the wireless base station containing the encoded versions of the one or more pictures.
US11671975B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for one-shot hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback for a user equipment (UE). In one aspect, a configuration of whether and in what circumstances a new data indicator (NDI) may be provided by the UE is disclosed. In another aspect, one or more rules for one-shot HARQ feedback reporting when the UE has received a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) allocation release are disclosed.
US11671970B2
Aspects for enhanced logical channel prioritization mapping procedures and restrictions are disclosed. In one aspect, a method of wireless communication includes receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a logical channel prioritization (LCP) restriction configuration for a logical channel indicating a set of SRS configurations associated with the logical channel; receiving, by the UE, an uplink grant indicating an uplink grant instance and an SRS configuration for the uplink grant instance; and selecting, by the UE, the logical channel to use resources of the uplink grant instance based in part on the set of SRS configurations and the SRS configuration for the uplink grant instance. Additional aspects are described.
US11671960B2
In one embodiment is an operating method of user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, comprising the steps of: transmitting a first sidelink control channel (SCI) on a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH); and transmitting a second SCI on a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH), wherein the modulation order of a second stage SCI is used in determining the number of symbols for transmission of the second stage SCI.
US11671959B2
Embodiments of this application relate to the communications field, and provide a route update method, the method, comprising: sending a medium access control protocol data unit (MAC PDU), wherein the MAC PDU comprises a first buffer status report (BSR); and canceling, in response to the sending of the MAC PDU, a scheduling request triggered prior to the MAC PDU assembly, wherein the first BSR comprises a buffer status up to the last event that triggers a BSR prior to the MAC PDU assembly.
US11671942B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless node may select a communication configuration for use with a repeater wireless node that is using a power detection procedure; and transmit a signal, to the repeater wireless node and to be forwarded by the repeater wireless node to a target wireless node, in accordance with the communication configuration selected for use with the repeater wireless node that is using the power detection procedure. Numerous other aspects are described.
US11671933B2
Provided herein are various improvements to communication systems and satellite-carried communications. In one example, a method provides communication coverage for at least an endpoint device within a cell. The method includes detecting access preamble communications transferred by the endpoint device during a random access slot of a base station by at least applying a selected quantity of successive sets of processing windows in accordance with a round-trip minimum communication delay expected between the base station and the cell, with each of the successive sets shifted in time by a selected duration. The method also includes determining a round-trip differential communication delay for the endpoint device based on which of the successive sets corresponds to detection of symbol groups of the access preamble communications, and handling return communications transferred by the endpoint device based at least on a combination of the round-trip minimum communication delay and the round-trip differential communication delay.
US11671926B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, systems, apparatuses, and methods for determining that a load associated with a transmission medium exceeds a first threshold, wherein the transmission medium guides a first electromagnetic wave that propagates along the transmission medium from a first waveguide device to a second waveguide device without requiring an electrical return path, and based on the determining that the load exceeds the first threshold, enabling an injector to supply power to the transmission medium utilizing a very low frequency (VLF) generator. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11671925B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for communicating using power control parameters for multiple transmitter receiver point (mTRP) physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) repetition. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving a sounding reference signal (SRS) configuration indicating at least a first SRS resource set and at least a second SRS resource set, receiving downlink control information (DCI) scheduling a first set of one or more PUSCH repetitions to a first TRP and a second set of one or more PUSCH repetitions to a second TRP, and transmitting the first and second sets of PUSCH repetitions using at least one of a first set of default power control parameters or a second set of default power control parameters.
US11671922B2
A method for detecting the state of the proximity sensor, applied to a terminal including the proximity sensor and an antenna, includes: sending a predetermined instruction to the proximity sensor; determining whether the proximity sensor is abnormal based on a feedback result of the proximity sensor to the predetermined instruction; and maintaining the antenna transmitting power at a low power if the proximity sensor is abnormal. Through the feedback of the proximity sensor to the request to obtain the capacitance value, it is determined whether the proximity sensor can work normally, and in a case that the proximity sensor cannot work normally, the antenna transmitting power is reduced to avoid the continuous high antenna transmitting power due to the inability of the proximity sensor to work normally, which reduces the radiation to the human body.
US11671914B2
Power management for remote units in a wireless distribution system. Power can be managed for a remote unit configured to power modules and devices that may require more power to operate than power available to the remote unit. For example, the remote unit may be configured to include power-consuming remote unit modules to provide communication services. As another example, the remote unit may be configured to provide power through powered ports in the remote unit to power-consuming devices. Depending on the configuration of the remote unit, the power-consuming remote unit modules and/or power-consuming devices may demand more power than is available at the remote unit. In this instance, the power available at the remote unit can be distributed to the power-consuming modules and devices based on the priority of services desired to be provided by the remote unit.
US11671912B2
The described technology is generally directed towards cellular communication network sleep management. A central network automation platform can control sleep settings deployed to radio access network nodes that support the cells of the cellular communication network. The network automation platform can collect cell configuration data and can use the cell configuration data to determine sleep settings for sleep-eligible cells. The network automation platform can furthermore monitor performance of the sleep-eligible cells and neighbor cells to determine whether the sleep settings have led to degraded performance.
US11671909B2
Systems, methods, and devices are described for establishing communication with an access point. A wireless device may determine to switch to another access point radio based on a variety of factors. The wireless device may use a dynamic threshold to determine whether to switch to another access point radio. The dynamic threshold may be based on a current state of the wireless device. The wireless device may determine other access point radios to switch to directly or indirectly. An access point radio may broadcast information associated with the access point as well as information associated with other access point radios.
US11671908B2
A method for selecting a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) in a wireless communication system by a User Equipment (UE), the method includes detecting, by the UE, that the UE is operating in an interworking mode, triggering, by the UE, a manual scan in the interworking mode for acquiring a list of PLMNs in the wireless communication system, and causing, by the UE, a display to output the list of PLMNs in response to the triggering.
US11671907B2
Systems and methods of providing a V2X communications are generally described. A geographically-limited, operator-independent mapping table is used that maps between groups of V2X applications each associated with a different application category and a different RAT preferred for the V2X application category. Each grouping is based on fulfillment of one or more KPIs for the associated V2X application category. Multiple RATs are prioritized if able to fulfill the KPIs. The mapping table is modified based on the RATs supported by the V2X UE. Carrier aggregation is used when simultaneous transmission on different RATs is desired.
US11671905B2
A method for prioritizing scanning to improve system acquisition includes scanning, by a user equipment device (UE), for base stations associated with a first radio access technology (RAT); establishing, by the UE, a first wireless channel between the UE and a first base station based on the first RAT; determining, by the UE, whether information associated with a second RAT was received via the first wireless channel; scanning, by the UE, for base stations associated with the second RAT in response to receiving the information via the first wireless channel, where the scanning is based on the received information; determining, by the UE, whether a second wireless channel based on the second RAT is established between the UE and a second base station; and camping, by the UE, on the second base station associated with the second RAT in response to determining that the second wireless channel was established.
US11671899B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method in which a processing system detects user equipment (UE) in communication with a network via a serving cell of the network; the network is configured to facilitate communications by one or more terrestrial UEs and one or more aerial UEs. The system monitors messages from an aerial UE regarding detection of a cell other than the serving cell, and receives information from the aerial UE regarding the detected cell. The method further includes analyzing the information to estimate a first quantity associated with the detected cell location relative to the serving cell and a second quantity associated with a power received at the aerial UE from the detected cell. The method also includes determining, based on the analyzing, whether the aerial UE is an unauthorized aerial UE. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11671888B2
Provided are a device for communicating with and controlling a small unmanned airplane, and a method therefor. In an information processing system to which the present invention is applied, a drone is provided with: a converter module that operates on a storage battery; an onboard communication means; an FDR module; a drive unit or the like, not illustrated; a leg section that contacts or approaches a landing port; and a charging terminal for supplying power for charging to the storage battery, the charging terminal being disposed in the proximal area. The landing port is the landing port where the drone lands, and has a projection for guiding the leg section onto a planar section.
US11671876B2
Systems and methods for classifying network traffic to use cellular network slices based on application parameters are described. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include: a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the IHS to: receive a plurality of packets originated by a single application; classify each of the plurality of packets into one of a plurality of network slices based upon network parameters of the application, where each of the network slices is associated with a weight, and for each given packet among the plurality of packets, add a weight to a header portion of the given packet, where the weight corresponds to the given packet's classification.
US11671873B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for high reliability vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications. Aspects of the present disclosure provide methods that may be performed by a first sidelink device. The first sidelink device may be a roadside unit (RSU) or a user equipment (UE). The first sidelink device may detect traffic from at least a second sidelink device and send the traffic to one or more other sidelink devices. A first sidelink device may receive reservation information from a first plurality of sidelink devices and schedule a second plurality of sidelink devices based on the reservation information.
US11671867B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment may determine parameters for congestion metrics based on a type for a channel access procedure associated with a sidelink transmission. The user equipment may determine a channel access procedure type for a sidelink channel transmission, and determine a limit for a channel occupancy (e.g., a channel occupancy ratio) based on the type. The user equipment may compare the channel occupancy with the limit to determine whether to transmit the sidelink channel transmission, based on whether the channel is available. In some aspects, the user equipment may additionally perform the channel access procedure (e.g., a listen before talk procedure) to determine whether to transmit the sidelink channel transmission. The user equipment may also perform channel measurements to obtain a congestion metric (e.g., a channel busy ratio) based on a threshold before transmitting the sidelink channel transmission.
US11671860B2
An uplink (UL) latency indication method includes: collecting, by an access point (AP), latency information associated with communications with at least one non-AP station (STA), without asking latency measurement on said at least one non-AP STA; and performing statistical analysis on the latency information to generate at least one UL latency indicator.
US11671859B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may explicitly or implicitly identify one or more parameters associated with a user equipment (UE), and may classify the UE into a cluster of UEs based on identifying the one or more parameters. The base station may determine a customized function block based on classifying the UE into the cluster of UEs. For example, the base station may determine the customized function block based on determining whether the cluster of UEs is associated with a pre-trained customized function block. The base station may then transmit the customized function block to the UE. The UE may receive the customized function block and may process one or more signals at the UE based on the received customized function block.
US11671850B1
A satellite communication system includes a phased antenna array having a field of view (FoV) and configured to communicate with a plurality of cells in the FoV via a plurality of beams. Each of the plurality of beams is associated with one of the plurality of cells. A phased antenna array is configured to apply adaptive taper selection, based on both the satellite position (in relation to a satellite service beam) and its surrounding interference scenario.
US11671845B2
A dynamic spectrum sharing method based on user online learning and low-overhead cooperation is provided. In the method, a secondary user (SU) obtains spectrum sharing scene information and requirement parameters; then initializes state parameters and spectrum sensing parameters of a channel. At the beginning of each slot, the SU determines whether a direct transmission condition is met according to the transmission condition of the previous slot, and directly continues transmission on the channel of the previous slot or obtains an idle channel according to the channel state and spectrum sensing for transmission, and updates state parameter and spectrum sensing parameter. Finally, an SU base station performs conflict coordination according to the channel occupancy condition for a fixed number of slots. Hence, low-overhead and efficient spectrum sharing is realized by the SU learning the channel state and the transmission condition, such that the spectrum utilization rate in a high user density and dynamic spectrum environment can be effectively improved.
US11671837B2
An apparatus implemented in a master access point (AP) selects at least one basic service set (BSS) from one or more neighbor BSSs to form a spatial reuse group (SRG). The apparatus then performs coordinated spatial reuse (CSR) in the SRG with a set of overlapping basic service set (OBSS) power detection (PD) parameters.
US11671833B2
Embodiments described herein relate to transfer of credentials between two mobile wireless devices that are within proximity of each other, via a secure local connection, or via a network-based cloud service, where the two mobile wireless devices are not in proximity to each other. Transfer of credentials can include communication between a source device, a target device, and/or one more network-based servers, which can include mobile network operator (MNO) managed servers, such as an entitlement server, a web-sheet server, an authentication server, a provisioning server, a subscription management data preparation (SM-DP+) server, a home subscriber server (HSS), and/or an authentication server, as well as third-party managed servers, such as a cloud service server and/or an identification services server. Authentication can be based at least in part on one or more tokens and/or a trust flag obtained by the source device and provided to the target device.
US11671831B2
The embodiments herein relate to a method in a policy node for handling a UEs access to a mobile communications network. The policy node comprises policy information for the UEs access rights to the mobile communications network. The policy node obtains, from a subscriber database, subscription information for a subscriber associated with the UE. Based on the subscription information and the policy information, the policy node determines which geographical areas comprised in the mobile communications network the UE is allowed or denied access to. The policy node transmits, to a mobility node, access information indicating which geographical areas comprised in the mobile communications network the UE is allowed or denied access to.
US11671826B2
This disclosure describes techniques that facilitate selectively interacting with a computing resource based on receipt of an incoming voice command. Particularly, a voice control integration system may parse content of an incoming voice command to authenticate an identity of the client, and further determine an intended meaning of the incoming voice command. In doing so, the voice control integration system may interact with a computing resource to perform an action that fulfills a client request. Computing resources may be associated with service providers or client devices of a client. Further, the voice control integration system may authenticate a client identity based on a one or two-factor authentication protocol, of which one may correspond to a biometric analysis of the incoming voice command. Further, a second-factor of the two-factor authentication protocol may be implemented via a voice interaction device, another client device accessible to the client, or a combination of both.
US11671825B2
The present invention relates to a method for authenticating a device with a wireless access point. The method includes receiving an audio signal at the device via a microphone; processing the audio signal to extract a code; using the code to authenticate the device, at least in part, with the wireless access point; and in response to the authentication, providing access to one or more network Services to the device via the wireless access point. A system and software are also disclosed.
US11671823B2
A wireless communication device (UE) may provide information pertaining to one or more operating capabilities of the UE to LTE and 5G-NR networks. The UE may transmit information to an LTE base station directly, and to a 5G-NR base station directly, or indirectly via the LTE base station. The information may include preferred values corresponding to any number of different operating parameters associated with wireless communications or wireless communication capabilities of the UE in both LTE and 5G-NR networks, to inform and/or request the LTE and 5G-NR networks to make provisions based on the transmitted information for the wireless communications of the UE on those networks. The UE may thereby provide assistance information to LTE and 5G-NR networks in a multi-radio-access-technology dual-connectivity setting to request the respective networks to adjust certain operating capabilities of the UE in order to alleviate one or more operating issues that may be affecting the UE.
US11671820B2
A wireless access node control Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) layers for a User Equipment (UE). A radio wirelessly exchanges network signaling with the User Equipment (UE) and exchanges the network signaling with baseband circuitry. The baseband circuitry exchanges the network signaling with the radio. The baseband circuitry determines a UE capability and identifies radio band status for the UE. The baseband circuitry selects a number of the MIMO layers for the UE based on the UE capability and the radio band status. The baseband circuitry precodes user data into precoded data for the selected number of MIMO layers and transfers the precoded data to the radio. The radio receives the precoded data from the baseband circuitry and wirelessly transmits the precoded data to the UE over the selected number of MIMO layers.
US11671813B2
A system and method for providing an authentication state of a function execution device to a communication terminal is described. In some examples, the authentication state indicates whether authentication information is needed from the communication terminal before the communication terminal can request performance of one or more functions performable by the function execution device. In other examples, the communication terminal may provide to the communication terminal the authentication information irrespective of whether the function execution terminal has previously provided its authentication state to the communication terminal.
US11671808B2
The subject matter described herein provides systems and techniques to automatically configure a proximal device, such as a smart watch, a tablet, or any other smart device, based on configuration information sent from the user equipment (UE) to the proximal device when the local communications connection, such as a wireless connection, between the devices is weak. If it is determined that there is a weak local communications connection between the UE and the proximal device the UE may automatically send network configuration information to the proximal device. If it is determined that there is a weak local communications connection between the UE and the proximal device the UE may automatically turn on its mobile hotspot, and automatically send the mobile hotspot configuration information to the proximal device.
US11671798B2
A system having a server for receiving a message from a sending device executing a messaging application and for sending a message notification alert to a recipient, the server having a processor and memory, the memory having computer executable code, comprising receiving the message from the sending device executing the messaging application, the message containing recipient address information provided by the sending device, determining, based on recipient address information, that the recipient is not associated with a recipient device having the messaging application, and transmitting the message notification alert to the recipient via an alternate communications method, the message notification alert comprising a link to view the message.
US11671791B2
A system can receive a request for a transport service from a first device. The request can include a user identifier associated with a first user of the first device, contact information associated with a second user, and a pickup location information. The system can make a determination whether a user account associated with the second user is stored in a user database using the contact information in the request. Based on the determination, the system can select a messaging protocol to transmit data to a second device associated with the contact information. The system can transmit a message corresponding to the transport service to the second device using the selected messaging protocol.
US11671787B2
A lighting management system includes communications circuitry, processing circuitry, and a memory. The memory stores instructions, which, when executed by the processing circuitry cause the lighting management system to receive a message from a lighting fixture via the communications circuitry, the message indicating a proximal presence of a detected mobile device to the lighting fixture, and performing one or more actions in response to receipt of the message. By performing the one or more actions upon receipt of the message as described above, a lighting system may be provided with additional functionality that enhances the lighting system.
US11671781B2
Apparatus including a processor configured to: obtain at least two microphone audio signals; determine spatial metadata transmit and/or store the spatial metadata and at least one of: at least one of the at least two microphone audio signals, at least one microphone audio signal from at least one second microphone configured to capture at least part of a same sound scene captured with the at least one first microphone, or at least one signal based, at least partially, on the at least two microphone audio signals, wherein the transmitting and/or storing is configured to enable synthesis of a plurality of spherical harmonic audio signals.
US11671780B2
An audio metadata providing apparatus and method and a multichannel audio data playback apparatus and method to support a dynamic format conversion are provided. Dynamic format conversion information may include information about a plurality of format conversion schemes that are used to convert a first format set by a writer of multichannel audio data into a second format that is based on a playback environment of the multichannel audio data and that are set for each of playback periods of the multichannel audio data. The audio metadata providing apparatus may provide audio metadata including the dynamic format conversion information. The multichannel audio data playback apparatus may identify the dynamic format conversion information from the audio metadata, may convert the first format of the multichannel audio data into the second format based on the identified dynamic format conversion information, and may play back the multichannel audio data with the second format.
US11671773B2
The present invention regards a hearing aid device at least one environment sound input, a wireless sound input, an output transducer, electric circuitry, a transmitter unit, and a dedicated beamformer-noise-reduction-system. The hearing aid device is configured to be worn in or at an ear of a user. The at least one environment sound input is configured to receive sound and to generate electrical sound signals representing sound. The wireless sound input is configured to receive wireless sound signals. The output transducer is configured to stimulate hearing of the hearing aid device user. The transmitter unit is configured to transmit signals representing sound and/or voice. The dedicated beamformer-noise-reduction-system is configured to retrieve a user voice signal representing the voice of a user from the electrical sound signals. The wireless sound input is configured to be wirelessly connected to a communication device and to receive wireless sound signals from the communication device. The transmitter unit is configured to be wirelessly connected to the communication device and to transmit the user voice signal to the communication device.
US11671765B2
A Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) device includes a substrate, and a first sacrificial layer, a first conductive film, a second sacrificial layer, and a second conductive film successively laminated on the substrate, the second sacrificial layer being provided with a cavity; and further includes an amplitude-limiting layer provided with a first through hole and an isolation layer provided with a second through hole. The amplitude-limiting layer is located between the first conductive film and the first sacrificial layer and the isolation layer is located between the amplitude-limiting layer and the first conductive film, and/or the amplitude-limiting layer is located on the second conductive film and the isolation layer is located between the amplitude-limiting layer and the second conductive film. The amplitude-limiting layer extends to a projection region of an opening of the cavity and is in a suspended state.
US11671755B2
Wind noise reduction in microphone signals. A first microphone signal is obtained from a first omnidirectional microphone and, contemporaneously, a second microphone signal is obtained from a second omnidirectional microphone. The first and second microphone signals are mixed to produce an output signal. Mixing involves weighting the first and second microphone signals by respective first and second signal weights to produce respective first and second weighted microphone signals, and summing the first and second weighted microphone signals together to produce the output signal. The first and second signal weights are calculated to minimize the power of the output signal.
US11671751B2
Microphone arrays comprise several microphone capsules, the outputs of which being electronically combined for directional recording of sound. The directional and frequency properties of the microphone array depend on the number and positions of the microphone array. In order to obtain the smallest possible microphone array with only few microphone capsules, which, however, has an essentially uniform directional and frequency dependence over a speech frequency range, is scalable and robust against small incorrect positioning of the capsules, fifteen or twenty-one microphone capsules (K15,11-K15,35, K21,11-K21,37) are arranged on a carrier such that they lie on three similar branches, each with the same number of microphone capsules, which are rotated against each other by 120°. Each of the microphone capsules lies on a corner of a triangle of a grid in a flat isometric coordinate system with three axes rotated by 120° against each other and forming the grid of equilateral triangles.
US11671750B2
A vibration device enabling a large area and a display apparatus including the vibration device are provided. The vibration device may be configured to include a vibration array including a plurality of vibration modules which are spaced apart from one another by a first interval of less than 3 cm in a first direction.
US11671748B2
A small-sized onboard device that includes a speaker and a microphone and is configured to reduce noise caused by an echo is provided. The speaker is provided inside a housing that forms a cavity inside so that a sound emission surface of the speaker faces a direction substantially orthogonal to a front surface, and a first opening is formed in a front surface of the housing. A microphone case and a sound guide member are juxtaposed on the front surface of the housing. A microphone is housed inside the microphone case. The microphone case has a sound pickup hole in a front surface of the microphone case. The sound guide member has a sound guide hole that passes through the sound guide member. The first opening is provided in a vicinity of a top surface or a bottom surface of the housing.
US11671747B2
A system can improve the performance of an electroacoustic absorber. The system includes a loudspeaker and an absorber operatively positioned relative to the loudspeaker. The absorber can be configured to absorb sound waves. A control circuit can be operatively connected to the loudspeaker. The control circuit can be configured to tune the resonance of the loudspeaker and therefore cause one or more acoustic characteristics, such as acoustic impedance, of the loudspeaker to be adjusted.
US11671741B2
A method for in-ear detection, the method may include transmitting test signals, by a speaker of an earbud, during a test period, and while the earbud is operating at a first operational mode, wherein the test signals comprise at least one first test signal within a first frequency range, at least one second test signal within a second frequency range, and at one third test signal within a third frequency range; wherein the first frequency range, the second frequency range and the third frequency range differ from each other and are within a human auditory range; generating, by a feedback microphone of the earbud, sensed information that is indicative of audio signals sensed by the feedback microphone as a result of the transmitting of the test signals; and determining whether the earbud is located within an ear of a person, wherein the determining is based on the sensed information and a reference out of ear spectrum.
US11671733B2
A sound output device includes a housing having an internal space, a battery mounting unit on which a battery for an electric tool is mounted, a tweeter at least part of which is disposed in the internal space, a woofer at least part of which is disposed in the internal space, and a partition member that partitions the internal space into a first space in which the tweeter is disposed and a second space in which the woofer is disposed.
US11671720B2
One example provides a method of generating a high dynamic range image via a differential TOF pixel comprising an array of pixels each having a first polyfinger and a second polyfinger, the first polyfinger and the second polyfinger being independently controllable to integrate current during an integration period, the method comprising, during the integration period, controlling the first polyfinger for a first exposure time, during the integration period, controlling the second polyfinger for a second exposure time, the second exposure time being shorter than the first exposure time, and for each pixel of the plurality of pixels, comparing a charge collected at the first polyfinger and a charge collected at the second polyfinger to a threshold, and selecting one of the charge collected at the first polyfinger and the charge collected at the second polyfinger for inclusion in the HDR image.
US11671716B2
An image capture device may process first frames from a first image sensor obtained at a first frame rate and store the processed first frames in a memory. The image capture device may obtain first camera control statistics based at least on partially processed second frames from a second image sensor obtained at a second frame rate. The image capture device may switch a capture mode to obtain third frames at the second frame rate from the first image sensor and to obtain fourth frames at the first frame rate from the second image sensor.
US11671711B2
Cameras with panoramic scanning range comprising a folded digital camera in which an optical path folding element (OPFE) that folds a first optical path from an object or scene into a second optical path substantially parallel with an optical axis of a lens of the folded camera, the OPFE being rotatable around the lens optical axis, and systems incorporating such cameras.
US11671703B2
The present disclosure provides an image capturing, device that captures images of a first sensor that includes a first imaging modality, a second sensor that includes a first imaging modality and a third sensor that includes a second imaging modality. A controller connected with the first sensor, the second sensor and the third sensor, wherein the controller registers an image captured by the first sensor or the second sensor to an image captured by the third sensor.
US11671701B2
An electronic device according to various embodiments may include: a display; an image sensor; and a processor configured to be operatively connected to the display and the image sensor. The processor may be configured to: display a first indicator at a specified position within a preview screen of the image sensor displayed on the display; identify a target on the preview screen; identify a target region corresponding to the identified target among a plurality of candidate target regions including the identified target on the basis of aesthetic scores assigned to the plurality of candidate target regions; display a second indicator corresponding to the identified target region on the preview screen; and when the second indicator is moved to the specified position, generate a photographic image corresponding to the preview screen at a specified time.
US11671700B2
Provided is an operation control device that includes an operation detection unit that detects a first type operation and a second type operation having an operation area common to the first type operation. The operation control device further includes an operation response processing unit that performs response processing corresponding to the first type operation and the second type operation detected by the operation detection unit, and an operation determination unit that determines whether the second type operation detected by the operation detection unit is a valid operation or an invalid operation in a determination period corresponding to that the operation detection unit has detected the first type operation.
US11671693B2
An electronic device includes a housing, a display module, a camera and a drive structure. The display module includes a backlight module and a liquid crystal display, the backlight module includes a fixed backlight component and a movable backlight component, the liquid crystal display includes a first base assembly, a second base assembly, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first base assembly and the second base assembly, the second base assembly is disposed between the liquid crystal layer and the backlight module and includes a movable block, the movable block is disposed opposite to the movable backlight component, and the drive structure is connected with the camera, can drive the camera to move towards the movable backlight component, and can drive, via the camera, the movable backlight component and the movable block to squeeze the liquid crystal layer.
US11671676B2
A transmission device is disclosed. The transmission device comprises a signal generation unit for generating a broadcast signal including a service, and a transmission unit for transmitting the broadcast signal through at least one radio frequency (RF) channel. A broadcast stream transmitted through the RF channel includes signaling for the service, the signaling for the service including information indicating whether the service is transmitted through a plurality of RF channels, and information indicating whether the broadcast stream transmitted through the RF channel contains an essential portion of the service.
US11671673B2
An exemplary method includes a media content system providing, for display in a media content search view, a media content guide pane including a portion of media content listings from a plurality of media content listings; providing a first media content search pane including a first set of options from which a first search parameter is configured to be used by the media content system to select which media content listings are presented in the media content guide pane; and providing, for concurrent display with the media content guide pane and the first media content search pane in the media content search view, a second media content search pane including a second set of options from which a second search parameter is configured to be used by the media content system to further select which media content listings are presented in the media content guide pane.
US11671671B2
Providing a coordinated primary media stream with an aggregate supplemental media stream is disclosed. A request is received from an end user device associated with a user for supplemental media. Metadata and a broadcast time associated with a primary media stream transmitted to the end user device are determined. Based on the metadata and the broadcast time, first supplemental media from a first account of the user on a first platform and second supplemental media from a second account of the user on a second platform are determined. The first supplemental media and the second supplemental media are merged into an aggregate supplemental media stream. The aggregate supplemental media stream is streamed in synchronization with the primary media stream.
US11671669B2
A method for distributing media content and tracking viewer impressions in an out-of-home context includes: a mobile computing device receiving an identifier of a first media content item; causing display of the first media content item to a first viewer; sensing image data of the first viewer during display of the first media content item; determining a location of the mobile computing device during display of the first media content item to the first viewer; sending the image data of the first viewer, and an impression-reporting message including: the identifier of the first media content item and the location of the mobile computing device during display of the first media content item to the first viewer.
US11671668B2
In some embodiments, a method receives a first set of probabilities mapping a behavior to a user for a set of behaviors in a video delivery system. A first part of a model is used to predict the first set of probabilities. The method receives a second set of probabilities mapping a user to a behavior for a set of users that are using an account on the video delivery system. A second part of the model is used to predict the second set of probabilities. A combined probability is calculated for the set of behaviors and the set of users based on the first set of probabilities and the second set of probabilities. The method updates a second parameter of the second part of the model while keeping a first parameter of the first part of the model fixed and outputs the second parameter of the second part of the model upon determining the training of the model is finished.
US11671663B2
An example apparatus includes a distance matrix generator to determine a number of remapping combinations corresponding to a first and a second household demographic model, generate (a) a first age-based household demographic model and a second age-based household demographic model and (b) a third age-based household demographic model and a fourth age-based household demographic model, generate a first distance matrix corresponding to the first and the third age-based household demographic model, and generate a second distance matrix corresponding to the second and the fourth age-based household demographic model; a distance matrix identifier to determine a first and a second reassignment distance; and a person identification assigner to assign a person identification number of a first person corresponding to the first household to a second person corresponding to the second household based on the first distance matrix or the second distance matrix.
US11671662B2
A method is implemented on a casting device to enable a follow-me mode in which the casting device controls display of media content on an output device coupled to the casting device. The casting device detects a client device associated with the casting device, and determines a proximity of the client device. In accordance with a determination that the client device is within a proximity threshold of the casting device, the casting device receives content information associated with content recently accessed by the client device, obtains the content from a content source in accordance with the content information, and outputs the obtained content to an output device in accordance with the content information.
US11671661B2
A television program ratings method and system includes transferring information associated with households from a cable provider to a ratings provider such that the ratings provider has access to information associated with sampled households and lacks access to information associated with non-sampled households. To this end, identity information and usage information associated with the households are respectively anonymized and encrypted. Knowledge of the identities of the sampled households enables the anonymized identity information and the encrypted usage information for the sampled households to be respectively de-anonymized and decrypted. The ratings provider knows which households are sampled households. As such, the ratings provider de-anonymizes and decrypts the information associated with the sampled households and then uses the de-anonymized and decrypted information to determine television program ratings. The cable provider anonymizes and encrypts the information for all households as the cable provider does not know which households are sampled households.
US11671658B2
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for determining a preference of a user for or against a participant of an event when a media asset relating to the event is being played based on monitoring user reactions to the event. Specifically, the media guidance application may detect a change of at least one of the biometric state (e.g., pulse rate, blood pressure, etc.) and physiological state (e.g., facial expression, gesture, body movement, etc.) with a user. The media guidance application may determine that an event has occurred within the sporting event that triggered the change. The media guidance application may determine that the user favors the first participant over the second participant, if the user reacts positively towards a score for the first participant in the event.
US11671651B2
Methods and systems for selecting and delivering content are provided. More particularly, content can be delivered to an output device from a user device through a device adaptor, such as an over-the-top (OTT) device. The OTT device or devices available to the user device are determined by a communication server. In particular, the OTT device or devices available to the user device are limited to those OTT devices associated with an output device in the user's room, or that the user is otherwise authorized to access.
US11671645B2
Systems and methods for representing video and audio media files as workflows are disclosed. In some cases, the systems and methods combine segments of the media files into larger compilations in the workflows, and using the workflows to individually optimize both the viewing experience for and the advertising presented to viewers based upon the circumstances of each viewer and parameters described with the workflow.
US11671644B2
A programmable and universal video platform enabling digital ads from ad sales teams, online digital exchanges, demand side platforms or other digital video advertising aggregators, to be inserted into linear television cable programming feeds.
US11671637B2
Devices, servers, systems and methods for content protection are provided. Disclosed embodiments improve temporal granularity of controlling access to the protected content and increase resilience against attacks attempting to prevent re-evaluation of conditions of access. Enforcement of re-evaluation may be based on the receipt and/or verification of tokens. In some embodiments, re-evaluation is enforced by periodically rendering content keys required for content decryption unuseable and/or clearing content keys already in use.
US11671635B2
New systems and methods allow for transmission of multiple types of content protocols over a unidirectional content delivery network, such as a television broadcast. Hardware and/or software used at the network transmission location (such as a television broadcast station) and hardware and/or software located at an endpoint (such as a home television, car infotainment system, or first responder location) allow for a native ATSC 1.0 signal to have embedded within it additional content that is not encoded as ATSC 1.0 content. The non-ATSC 1.0 content can be detected and segregated from ATSC 1.0 content so that the endpoint devices (such as a television receiver) will not attempt to render the non-ATSC 1.0 content (such as, e.g., ATSC 3.0 content or application specific content) as normal ATSC 1.0 programming. Instead, the non-ATSC 1.0 content will be separately decoded, assembled, and processed to allow for multiple types of content to be used and displayed by the endpoint, even though the broadcast signal was transmitted only as an ATSC 1.0 signal.
US11671632B2
A method for encoding a video image using coding parameters, adapted on the basis of motion of the video image and of an output of a machine-learning based model, wherein the machine-learning based model is input with samples of a block of the video image and motion information of the samples, and along with texture, wherein the machine-learning model segments the video image into regions based on strength of the motion determined from the motion information. An object is detected within the video based on the motion and the texture, and spatial-time coding parameters are determined based on the strength of the motion, and whether or not the detected objects moves.
US11671630B2
The present invention relates to a method for encoding and decoding image information and to an apparatus using same, and the method for encoding the image information, according to the present invention, comprises the steps of: generating a recovery block; applying a deblocking filter to the recovery block; applying a sample adaptive offset (SAO) to the recovery block to which the deblocking filter is applied; and transmitting the image information including information on the SAO which is applied, wherein in the step of transmitting, information for specifying bands that cover a scope of a pixel value, to which a band off set is applied, is transmitted when the band offset is applied during the step of applying the SAO.
US11671623B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, embodiments for selecting a first camera from one or more cameras communicatively coupled to a computing device. Further embodiments include adjusting a first hardware controller on the first camera in response to detecting a network condition of a communication network resulting in an adjusted first camera. Additional embodiments include capturing first video content with the adjusted first camera. Also, embodiments include transmitting the first video content to a video content server over the communication network. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11671622B2
A coding tool is provided to improve the compression performance of inter prediction and is used at the encoder/decoder side to adjust the correction of a motion vector based on a high level syntax. In addition, a method is provided for simply performing an integer sample search step of searching for an integer offset and a fractional sample refinement step of searching for a sub-pixel offset in relation to motion vector refinement among coding tools.
US11671609B2
Described tools and techniques relate to signaling for DC coefficients at small quantization step sizes. The techniques and tools can be used in combination or independently. For example, a tool such as a video encoder or decoder processes a VLC that indicates a DC differential for a DC coefficient, a FLC that indicates a value refinement for the DC differential, and a third code that indicates the sign for the DC differential. Even with the small quantization step sizes, the tool uses a VLC table with DC differentials for DC coefficients above the small quantization step sizes. The FLCs for DC differentials have lengths that vary depending on quantization step size.
US11671607B2
An image transmission device (100) includes a compression unit (16) to generate first compression images (5) which are obtained by irreversibly compressing divided images, and to generate second compression images (6) which are obtained by reversibly compressing each of the first compression images (5), a decompression unit (17) to decompress each of the first compression images (5) as decompression images (7), a division sum image generation unit (12) to generate a division sum image (imgSUM), an error sum image generation unit (13) to generate an error sum image (ΔimgSUM), a judgment unit (14) to generate judgment data (Dj), and a transmission unit (15) to transmit the second compression images (6), the division sum image (imgSUM), the error sum image (ΔimgSUM) and the judgment data (Dj).
US11671595B2
A method of decoding video data includes determining, by one or more processors implemented in circuitry, a partition of the video data into a plurality of blocks. The partition of the video data applies a block size restriction to prevent a splitting of a block of the plurality of blocks that would result in a small block comprising a block width and a block height when the block height times the block width is less than a threshold. The method further includes generating, by the one or more processors, prediction information for the block and determining, by the one or more processors, a predicted block for the block based on the prediction information. The method further includes decoding, by the one or more processors, a residual block for the block and combining, by the one or more processors, the predicted block and the residual block to decode the block.
US11671592B2
An example device for decoding video data includes a memory configured to store video data; and one or more processors implemented in circuitry and configured to: generate an intra-prediction block for a current block of video data using an angular intra-prediction mode, the angular intra-prediction mode being an upper-right angular intra-prediction mode or a lower-left angular intra-prediction mode; determine a prediction direction of the angular intra-prediction mode; for at least one sample of the intra-prediction block for the current block: calculate a gradient term for the at least one sample along the prediction direction; and combine a value of an intra-predicted sample of the intra-prediction block at a position of the at least one sample of the intra-prediction block with the gradient term to produce a value of the at least one sample of the intra-prediction block; and decode the current block using the intra-prediction block.
US11671590B2
An image decoding method according to the present invention may comprise the steps of: deriving a merge candidate from a candidate block; generating a first merge candidate list including the merge candidate; specifying any one of a plurality of merge candidates included in the first merge candidate list; deriving affine vectors of a current block on the basis of motion information of the specified merge candidate; deriving a motion vector of a sub-block in the current block on the basis of the affine vectors; and performing motion compensation on the sub-block on the basis of the motion vector.
US11671589B2
An method of decoding video data includes deriving, for a current block of video data and using decoder side intra mode derivation (DIMD), a list of intra modes using reconstructed samples of neighboring blocks; constructing, for the current block, a most probable mode (MPM) list, wherein constructing the MPM list comprises inserting, into the MPM list, at least one intra mode from the derived list of intra modes; and predicting, using a candidate selected from the constructed MPM list, the current block.
US11671584B2
Disclosed are an inter-prediction method and an image decoding apparatus using the same. According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an inter-prediction method including extracting a merge candidate flag and offset information from a bitstream, selecting a merge candidate corresponding to the extracted merge candidate flag from a merge candidate list including neighboring blocks of a current block as merge candidates, deciding a motion vector of the current block by applying the offset information to a motion vector of the selected merge candidate, and generating, as a prediction block of the current block, a block indicated by the motion vector of the current block in a reference picture referenced by the selected merge candidate.
US11671580B2
A system and method are provided for reconstructing 3-D point cloud. A light source generates light that is received by a polarization field generator, which generates a polarization field that illuminates the target object being imaged such that each outgoing ray has a unique polarization state. A camera captures images of the illuminated target object and the captured images are received by a processor that: (1) performs a polarization field decoding algorithm that decodes the polarization field to obtain a set of incident rays; (2) performs a camera ray decoding algorithm to obtain a set of camera rays; (3) performs a ray-ray intersection algorithm that determines intersection points where the incident rays and the camera rays intersect; and (4) performs a 3-D reconstruction algorithm that uses the set of incident rays, the set of camera rays and the intersection points to reconstruct a 3-D point cloud of the target object.
US11671579B2
A method is described comprising: applying a random pattern to specified regions of an object; tracking the movement of the random pattern during a motion capture session; and generating motion data representing the movement of the object using the tracked movement of the random pattern.
US11671578B2
A three dimensional (3D) video signal is processed in a video device. The device has generating means for generating an output signal for transferring the video data via a high-speed digital interface like HDMI to a 3D display, which selectively generate a 3D display signal for displaying the 3D video data on a 3D display operative in a 3D mode, a 2D display signal for displaying 2D video data on the 3D display operative in a 2D mode, or a pseudo 2D display signal by including 2D video data in the output signal for displaying the 2D video data on the 3D display operative in the 3D mode. Processing means detects a request to display 2D video data on the 3D display, while the 3D display is operative in the 3D mode, and, in response to the detection, the generating means are set to generate the pseudo 2D display signal for maintaining the 3D mode of the 3D display.
US11671567B2
A method for video management within a CCTV system includes receiving, at a computing device via one or more intermediate devices in the CCTV system, a video stream generated by a sensor device of the CCTV system. The video stream includes a plurality of video frames. The computing device sends, via the one or more intermediate devices of the CCTV system, an instruction to a sensor device configured to generate a video stream including a plurality of video frames. The computing device receives, via the one or more intermediate devices of the CCTV system, one or more frames of the plurality of video frames embedded with metadata associated with performance of the instruction by the sensor device. Performance of the CCTV system is evaluated using the metadata embedded within the one or more video frames.
US11671560B2
An in-vehicle camera is provided which includes an imager equipped with a lens, a control board on which a circuit is mounted to control an operation of the imager, a flexible cable connecting the imager and the control board to be communicable therebetween, and an electrically conductive housing in which the imager, the flexible cable, and the control board are arranged. A spacer which is designed to have neither electromagnetic wave absorption nor electromagnetic wave reflection properties is arranged away from the control board in a contactless manner and located between the flexible cable and an inner surface of the housing to form a gap therebetween. This minimizes generation of noise transmitted from the housing to inside the vehicle without sacrificing the quality of electrical signals transmitted through a circuit in the flexible cable.
US11671556B2
Disclosed are a method of performing video call and a display device. The display device includes: a camera; a display, configured to present a window for a counterpart and/or a local window; and a processor, configured to: receive a push message sent from a server, wherein the push message is sent after the server receives a video call request sent from the mobile terminal; automatically establish a call process, and control the display to present the window for the counterpart and not to present the local window in response to the push message when the mobile terminal is authorized by the display device; and reject the video call request in response to the push message when the mobile terminal is not authorized by the display device.
US11671554B2
The present disclosure generally relates to providing live video. An example method includes, at a computer system, while in an editing mode for a presentation, receiving, via one or more input devices, a request to insert an object onto a first slide of the presentation, wherein the request includes associating the object with a source for live video; and while in a presentation mode for the presentation, displaying, via a display generation component, the first slide including concurrent display of the object and one or more visual elements, wherein: in accordance with a determination that the object is associated with a camera, the object includes a live video stream from the camera; and in accordance with a determination that the object is associated with a non-camera external device, the object includes a live video stream that mirrors a portion of a display of the non-camera external device.
US11671547B2
A printing and copying system is provided that includes a server configured to manage user account information related to a user, and an apparatus connected to the server, the apparatus configured to send a printing request or a copying request to the server. The user account information includes a plurality of wallets associated with the user, and the plurality of wallets each represent funds available to the user. The server is configured to determine whether to authorise the printing request or copying request based on the funds available in the plurality of wallets.
US11671545B1
The present disclosure discloses methods and systems for directly adding one or more supporting documents to an application form. The systems and methods include storing an electronic wallet of a user, including one or more supporting documents of the user. Further, the method includes receiving an application form for a pre-defined function including printing or scanning. Once received, a user interface is provided to the user to provide input on addition of the one or more supporting documents to the received application form. Thereafter, the received application form is processed. Further, based on the input from the user, one or more supporting documents and/or content of the one or more supporting documents are added to the received application form. Finally, the application form including the one or more supporting documents and/or content of the one or more supporting documents in the submitted application form is outputted.
US11671538B2
An image to be printed is displayed in an image display region EA1 set on a center line L passing through a center of a screen in a width direction. A print button PB for providing an instruction for printing of the image and an image editing menu buttons EB1 to EB3 are displayed in a button display region EA2 side by side along the width direction of the screen. The print button PB is disposed on the center line L and displayed in a larger size than other buttons EB1 to EB3. In a case in which the image editing menu button is touch-operated, a plurality of operation buttons for image editing are expanded and displayed in an operation region EA3 between the button display region EA2 and the image display region EA1. The operation buttons for image editing are displayed in a radial pattern on the same circumference around a point set on the center line L.
US11671534B1
A Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) system is configured for direct communications between remote computing devices in a peer-to-peer configuration. Voice data from the communication is marked such that the voice data from the different endpoints can be combined into a unified audio stream. An authentication may be accomplished automatically prior to text or audio communication between a customer and a service agent. In some embodiments, authentication is accomplished automatically by authentication of the remote access device or accomplished by asking the customer questions. A single authentication of the remote access device may be used to authenticate a service request transferred between service agents. The authentication of the remote device may include, for example, use of a personal identification number, a fingerprint, a photograph, and/or a hardware identifier.
US11671533B1
Certain aspects of the disclosure are directed to programming of a data-communications system. According to a specific example, a data-communications (e.g., VoIP) server is configured to identify, in response to received calls from endpoint devices, a set of scripts written in a programming language that includes call flow commands. The server is further configured to execute the set of scripts to retrieve data from the data sources and control, in response to the data, call flow for the calls.
US11671526B2
A double smart phone case assembly includes a first case that has a first camera opening extending through the first case. A first smart phone can be positioned in the first case such that a camera on the first smart phone is aligned with the first camera opening. A second case is provided and the second case has a second camera opening extending through the second case. A second smart phone is positionable in the second case such that a camera on the second smart phone is aligned with the second camera opening. Moreover, the second case is positioned on the first case such that the first camera opening is offset from the second case and the second camera opening is offset from the first case.
US11671524B2
A mobile device driven based on electric power includes a connection section configured to be electrically coupled to an all-solid-state battery having a solid electrolyte, and an obtaining section configured to obtain unique information of the all-solid-state battery electrically coupled to the connection section.
US11671521B2
Disclosed embodiments relate, generally, to improved data reception handling at a physical layer (PHY). Some embodiments relate to end of line systems that include legacy media access control (MAC) and PHY that implement improved data reception handling disclosed herein. The improved data reception handling improves the operation of the end of line systems, and the MAC more specifically, and in some cases to comply with media access tuning protocols implemented at the physical layer.
US11671515B2
A first network node, a client device and methods therein, for enabling acquisition and delivery of a resource to the client device in a communications network. When receiving from the client device a meta interest request indicating an interest for a wanted resource, the first network node extracts from the meta interest request one or more filter parameters related to desirable characteristics of the wanted resource. The first network node then obtains identifiers of resources available in the communications network, based on the one or more filter parameters, and sends the obtained identifiers of resources to the client device in response to the received meta interest request. Thereby, a user of the client device can see which resources with the desirable characteristics are available in the network and acquire one of the resources identified in this way, without having to specify the supplier nor the resource in the initial request.
US11671513B2
A device determines that a policy is to be executed. The device retrieves rules, resource identifiers, and data provider identifiers associated with the policy. The device asynchronously retrieves resources from data providers that are called for by the rules, and executes each of the rules as their corresponding resources are retrieved. The device identifies a group of rules that have failed. The device calculates a risk score for each rule of the group and generates an alert for each rule of the group. The device outputs a report including each alert, each of the alerts being prioritized in the report based on the risk score of their corresponding rule.
US11671511B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed including means for identifying to identify a first request having a first source port number, from a device, determine whether a second request, having a second source port number, is within a threshold number of ports from the first source port number, group the first and the second requests as a first session when the second source port number is within the threshold number of ports from the first source port number, and means for classifying to generate session windows, the session windows including the threshold number of ports, wherein the session windows are applied to lowest and highest source port numbers associated with a current session.
US11671507B2
A service profile discovery and connection management method for interworking with an IoT device. According to example embodiments, a remote device discovery method for service interworking includes an operation of receiving, from a local device, a discovery profile request message for discovering a device profile of a target local device for service interworking, an operation of searching for a service profile based on a first device profile of the local device included in the discovery profile request message, an operation of searching for, as the device profile of the target local device, a second device profile including one or more functions excluding a function of the local device by matching the searched service profile with device profiles stored in a database, and an operation of transmitting a discovery profile response message including an ID of the second device profile.
US11671504B2
Collecting and distributing information related to recent content publication activity of an instant messaging (IM) user provides other users in a network with timely, relevant information about people known to the user or within the same social network. A user participating in a social network can quickly and efficiently perceive new information related to other users (referred to as co-users) in a social network by reviewing the co-users' recent content publication activity. A user may be made able to do so without requiring the co-user to send a communication directly to the user regarding the new facts or new content, and also without requiring the user to actively browse or request information about the co-user.
US11671496B2
A storage system is provided. The storage system includes a first storage cluster, the first storage cluster having a first plurality of storage nodes coupled together and a second storage cluster, the second storage cluster having a second plurality of storage nodes coupled together. The system includes an interconnect coupling the first storage cluster and the second storage cluster and a first pathway coupling the interconnect to each storage cluster. The system includes a second pathway, the second pathway coupling at least one fabric module within a chassis to each blade within the chassis.
US11671492B2
Described herein are technologies directed to multipart upload. A cluster coherent unique identifier for a multipart upload can be generated by creating a leaf in a B-tree. The leaf in the B-tree can comprise a key, and the key can comprise an upload identifier and a group identifier associated with a group of multipart uploads. A parts directory can be created for the multipart upload, wherein elements of the parts directory can be identified using the group identifier and the upload identifier. Upload parts can be transmitted from a client device to a server device, and stored in the parts directory. To complete the multipart upload, the upload parts can be concatenated and stored at a target location.
US11671483B2
A method for offloading services of a sewer application in a network system. The method includes receiving, by a first in-network computation offload instance, a first request packet from a client application, wherein the first request packet includes a first application payload for processing by the server application; generating, by the first instance, a modified request packet that includes the first application payload and first offload information that describes the first instance for use by the server application in coordinating offloading processing to one or more in-network computation offload instances; and transmitting, by the first instance, the modified request packet to the next device in the traffic flow between the client application and the server application, wherein the next device is either (1) a second in-network computation offload instance in the traffic flow between the client application and the server application or (2) the sewer application.
US11671481B2
Disclosed are systems, servers and methods for a multi-tenant framework that manages and controls operations of software as a service (SaaS) applications and services, and the data and metadata (e.g., files) created, updated and interacted with therefrom. The disclosed framework provides a centralized approach to managing the entitlement and provisioning of SaaS applications on client devices across a variety of channels on a network. The disclosed SaaS framework is configured for management, control, deployment and synchronization between devices, applications, systems and platforms both on-premises (on-prem or local devices/storage) and/or hosted on a network (e.g., a cloud platform, service or platform).
US11671479B2
A mobile device is coupled to a computer system configured to access media content sources and play media content items provided thereby on a media device. The mobile device receives a first control specification that includes a plurality of first information items each associated with one of the media content sources and a first action definition. The first information items are concurrently displayed on a remote control user interface of the mobile device. In accordance with a selection of one of the first information items corresponding to a first content source, the mobile device transmits a command of a first action definition corresponding to the selected first information item to the computer system, and receives a second control specification that includes a plurality of second information items. Each second information item is associated with a respective content item provided by the first content source and a second action definition.
US11671467B2
The technology disclosed herein enables an absent participant to participate in a communication session. In a particular embodiment, a method includes identifying a meeting for an automated attendee to attend on behalf of a user. At a time for the meeting, the method includes joining the automated attendee to a communication session for the meeting. In the automated attendee, the method provides monitoring, in real-time, user communications exchanged between two or more other users over the communication session. During the monitoring, upon identifying a portion of the user communications that is relevant to the user, the method provides notifying the user about the portion.
US11671452B2
A system and method for cryptographically securing data communications between a group of networked devices establishes and maintains an overlay network at the Application Layer, on top of a unicast routing service provided at the Internetworking Layer. The overlay network provides first, the routes that are used to deliver multicast datagrams and second, the cryptographic keys used to secure multicast datagrams. A common cryptographic key is established between all members of each group, and end-to-end encryption ensures that multicast datagrams can be accessed only by authorized group members. In other embodiments, keys are established between pairs of adjacent devices in the overlay network, and hop-by-hop encryption ensures that multicast datagrams can be accessed only by overlay network members.
US11671438B2
Techniques for using traceroute with tunnels and cloud-based systems for determining measures of network performance are presented. Systems and methods include receiving a request, from a client, for a trace of the tunnel; causing the trace inside the tunnel; obtaining results of the trace inside the tunnel; and sending the results of the trace inside the tunnel to the client so that the client aggregates these details with details from one or more additional legs to provide an overall view of a service path between the client and a destination.
US11671419B2
Methods, systems, and storage media for multi-cloud data connections for white-labeled platforms are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: receive an indication of a plurality of applications to be accessed; receive authentication information for the plurality of applications; establish a plurality of data connections to the plurality of applications, if authenticated with the authentication information; receive application data received from the plurality of data connections; normalize the application data to provide normalized data; generate a customizable feed with display parameters and displaying the normalized data according to the display parameters; and generate a visualization dashboard with visualization parameters and displaying the normalized data according to the visualization parameters.
US11671418B2
A client application requesting to access a resource may be issued an access token and a refresh token. Instead of revoking the client application access to a resource by revoking the refresh token, allowing the access token to expire, and forcing a user associated with the client application to re-login, authentication for the client application to access the resource may be obtained from the user. The authentication may be obtained from the user while the client application, without notification of the concurrent authentication, may continue attempts to access the resource, for example, via an invalid access token. Once authentication is obtained, the client application may be provided access to the resource, for example, via a valid access token.
US11671414B2
A method and system of authenticating a device within a network of connected devices that share a ledger of transactions between them under the form of exchanged blockchain messages and comprising: computing a PoK chain (70) based on the enhanced blockchain, receiving an authentication request from an application or a device, the authentication request including one or more PoKs (71), retrieving from the PoK database the PoK chain (70) corresponding to the application or device identified in the authentication request; computing a PoK (71) based on the PoK chain (70) retrieved from the PoK database, comparing it with the PoK (71) included in the authentication request, and if they match, validating the authentication request.
US11671411B2
A streaming one time Pad cipher using a One Time Pad (OTP) provides secure data storage and retrieval. The data that is encrypted using the one time pad is stored in a repository that is separate from the generation and/or storage for the one time pad.
US11671410B2
A computer-implemented method and a system are provided for providing enrichment information using Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS). The method includes: extracting and storing enrichment information received in a client handshake initiator packet for negotiating an encryption protocol for a network session of a Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) packet stream at a termination of a security protocol in a network; and obtaining one or more Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) requests by decrypting the Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) packet stream of the network session, and adding the enrichment information as a header to at least the first HTTP request being routed towards a server.
US11671404B2
The disclosure provides an approach for network security. Embodiments include receiving, by a kernel of a first machine, via a hook in a protocol stack of the first machine, one or more packets of a connection between the first machine and a second machine Embodiments include generating a metadata object for the connection based on at least a subset of the one or more packets. Embodiments include adding the one or more packets to a queue accessible by a security component of the first machine. Embodiments include determining, based on the metadata object, whether to continue capturing additional packets of the connection. Embodiments include receiving, from the security component, a security determination regarding the connection based on the one or more packets. Embodiments include performing an action with respect to the connection based on the security determination.
US11671399B2
In general, in one aspect, the disclosure describes a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Remote Access Server (RAS) to provide a communication channel between UPnP Remote Access Clients (RACs) connected thereto. The UPnP RAS maintains local discovery information for UPnP devices connected to a local network and remote discovery information for remote UPnP devices communicating therewith. The UPnP RAS provides the remote UPnP devices communicating therewith with the local discovery information and the remote discovery information. The remote discovery information is utilized by a first remote UPnP device to discover a second UPnP device and vice versa. After discovery, a first remote UPnP device can communicate with a second UPnP device and vice versa.
US11671396B2
Systems, methods, and devices for communication are described. A communication system includes a first communication device configured to communicate with a backup device and a destination; and a first tapping device for monitoring messages sent over a first communication link between the first communication device and the backup device. The first communication device includes at least one processor configured to: before sending a first message destined for the destination, send a backup message corresponding to the first message over the communication link for backup at the backup device; and upon confirmation of a tap copy of the backup message from the first tapping device, send the first message to the destination.
US11671394B2
A system described herein may provide for the prioritization of Session Initiation Protocol (“SIP”) messages, transmitted by a User Equipment (“UE”), based on a priority class indicator included in the SIP messages by the UE. A Universal Integrated Circuit Card (“UICC”) may store information indicating the priority class (e.g., in an Access Control Class (“ACC”) Elementary File (“EF”)). One or more network components, such as a Call Session Control Function (“CSCF”) and/or a Messaging Application Server (“MAS”) may prioritize the SIP message based on the priority class indicator included in the SIP message by the UE.
US11671389B2
Systems and methods for mobile communication platforms are described. In one embodiment, a method for distributing contextual information over a network to a first remote subscriber computer comprises receiving contextual information at a transmission server sent from a data source over a network, storing the remote subscriber's preferences relating to defined communication aspects, configuring the contextual information accordingly, and providing a configurable viewer application to the first remote subscriber for installation on the remote subscriber computer, the configurable viewer application including an interactive graphical user interface for viewing the configured contextual information. In a further aspect, the method includes sending a first encoded short URL for downloading the configurable application in a message to the first remote subscriber's computer.
US11671385B1
Methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing automated communication exchange programs for attended robotic process automation are provided herein. A computer-implemented method includes invoking, during a user communication associated with an attended robotic process automation context, at least one automated communication exchange program in response to at least one user input; determining, using the at least one automated communication exchange program, information directed to the at least one user input; carrying out, using the at least one automated communication exchange program, at least a portion of the user communication subsequent to determining the information directed to the at least one user input; and performing one or more automated actions in connection with automatically carrying out the at least a portion of the user communication.
US11671377B2
A method of reducing the bandwidth usage of a network comprises intercepting traffic between a TCP server and a TCP client using TCP protocols that use client acknowledgements; identifying client acknowledgements from the TCP protocols; identifying the sequence number of a last received client acknowledgements from the intercepted traffic; identifying the sequence number of a last sent client acknowledgement from the intercepted traffic; calculating an unacknowledged byte value based on the difference between the last received client acknowledgement sequence number and the last sent client acknowledgement sequence number; comparing the calculated unacknowledged byte value with a predetermined threshold value, to determine whether the calculated unacknowledged byte value is at least as great as the predetermined threshold value; and transmitting the identified client acknowledgements into the network when the compared unacknowledged byte value is at least as great as the predetermined threshold value.
US11671375B2
Disclosed is a system comprised of different points-of-presence (“PoPs”) that provide software defined hybrid private and public networking for different entity sites. A system PoP may establish and/or maintain different network circuits for accessing different destinations or services. The system PoP may receive a tunnel creation request from a particular site, may obtain entity-defined policies that are specified for the particular site, and may establish a particular network tunnel to the particular site. The system PoP may then route egress traffic with a first classification through a first network circuit with a different quality of service (“QoS”) than egress traffic with a second classification according to the policies. Similarly, the system PoP may route ingress traffic arriving over the first network circuit through the particular network tunnel with a different QoS than ingress traffic arriving over the second network circuit according to the policies.
US11671372B2
A service function chain including service functions which process user plane packets is controlled by providing (S21) a shared context comprising rules and policies for processing the user plane packets, the shared context being shared between the service functions of the service function chain, reading (S22) the shared context, and adjusting (S23) traffic flow across the service function chain based on the rules and policies associated with the read shared context.
US11671371B2
There is disclosed in one example a method of a work node synchronously load balancing to a multi-node service having an expected maximum of n work nodes, including: provisioning a flow table having m bucket groups, m≥1, the bucket groups including n slots each; enumerating a static integer self-identification id0; initializing the flow table with id0 in each slot; performing a discovery iteration, including: discovering a peer device; enumerating a static integer identification idx for the peer device; assigning idx to each slot corresponding to a home position for the peer device; and load balancing slots not assigned to a home position according to a deterministic algorithm; and discovering additional nodes and performing discovery iteration for the additional nodes.
US11671366B1
A method may include (1) identifying a set of prefixes that (A) facilitate forwarding traffic within a network and (B) are organized as a tree data structure in connection with a table stored on a network device, (2) identifying, in the set of prefixes organized as the tree data structure, a parent prefix and a child prefix that corresponds to the parent prefix, (3) determining that the parent prefix and the child prefix share a certain number of most-significant bits in common with one another, (4) determining that the parent prefix and the child prefix share a forwarding behavior in common with one another and then, in response to determining that the parent prefix and the child prefix share the certain number of most-significant bits and the forwarding behavior in common with one another, (5) compressing the table stored on the network device by merging the child prefix with the parent prefix within the table. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
US11671365B2
Route tables may be associated with ingress traffic for logically isolated networks. A routing device at the edge of a logically isolated network may receive a route to include in a route table that is associated with ingress traffic to the logically isolated network to forward the ingress traffic to a network appliance hosted in the logically isolated network. Network packets received at the edge routing device may have a destination of a computing resource hosted in the logically isolated network. The edge routing device may identify the route in the route table to override the destination in the network packet with the network appliance and forward the network packet to the network appliance according to the route.
US11671336B2
There is provided a method for adaptive bitrate (ABR) adjustments in an IP network before making upshift of ABR level of media streams like video for live Over the Top (OTT) distribution. Example methods may include initiating, at a first time interval, probing of the IP network to determine if a first candidate bitrate is applicable, where the first candidate bitrate is greater than a preset bitrate of a client device data stream, determining that the candidate bitrate is applicable, increasing a transfer bitrate of the client device data stream, and initiating, at a second time interval, probing of the IP network to determine if a second candidate bitrate is applicable, where the second candidate bitrate is greater than the first candidate bitrate.
US11671333B2
A system and method for software defined network (SDN) management. Route information is received from a customer edge (CE) device. The route information is parsed to identify at least one virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) instance for which the route information is intended. The route information is imported into the VRF instance.
US11671330B2
An interconnect as a switch module (“ICAS” module) comprising n port groups, each port group comprising n-1 interfaces, and an interconnecting network implementing a full mesh topology where each port group comprising a plurality of interfaces each connects an interface of one of the other port groups, respectively. The ICAS module may be optically or electrically implemented. According to the embodiments, the ICAS module may be used to construct a stackable switching device and a multi-unit switching device, to replace a data center fabric switch, and to build a new, high-efficient, and cost-effective data center.
US11671329B2
Techniques described herein relate to a method for computation of network flooding topologies. A flooding topology may refer to a subset of a network which can be utilized by a network device to limit the flooding of link state updates. The flooding topology may be determined by an area leader (i.e., a designated network device) of the network. Computation of the flooding topology may entail the iterative incorporation (or absorption) of nodes and edges of a first connected graph, representing network devices and interconnections of a network topology of the network, into a second connected graph representing the flooding topology.
US11671328B2
Systems and methods for managing network devices include performing clustering operations for network devices based on attributes of the network devices. By comparing the results of subsequent clustering operations, changes in network device attributes can be readily identified and any network devices for which attributes have changed may be subject to further investigation or remedial action (e.g., blocking traffic to/from the network device). Clustering may also be used to conduct an inventory of network devices by identifying groups of network devices that have similar attributes.
US11671322B2
In some implementations, a first network device may receive an advertisement from a second network device. The advertisement may be associated with indicating that the second network device is configured to support a particular flex-algorithm. The first network device may identify, in the advertisement, an address of the second network device. The first network device may configure a routing table of the first network device to indicate that the second network device is capable of receiving traffic associated with the particular flex-algorithm based on the address. The first network device may perform, using the routing table, an action associated with routing the traffic associated with the particular flex-algorithm.
US11671316B2
The technologies described herein are generally directed to provisioning services from a network. For example, a method described herein can include facilitating receiving a provisioning request for a network provisioning task. Further, the method can include, based on the network provisioning task, selecting a logical provisioning template to facilitate a performance of the network provisioning task. Further, based on the logical provisioning template, the method can include identifying a programming object comprising logical commands for the performance of the network provisioning task. The method can include, executing the logical commands of the programming object to control service implementation equipment to perform the network provisioning task.
US11671305B1
Precision synchronization is key to reliable communications at the high frequencies planned for 5G and 6G. A timing reference signal can provide a compact, resource-efficient, low-complexity phase noise mitigation while also providing an amplitude noise calibration. The timing reference signal is a QAM (quadrature amplitude modulation) signal with an I branch multiplexed with an orthogonal Q branch, in which one of the branches is modulated according to a maximum amplitude level of the modulation scheme, and the other branch has zero amplitude as-transmitted. When received, the amplitude and phase may be altered by noise. The receiver can measure the overall magnitude of the received I and Q signals to mitigate amplitude noise, and can also calculate a phase rotation angle according to a ratio of the I and Q branch signals as-received, and thereby correct for phase noise in the message.
US11671302B2
To appropriately select a beam used in communication in an environment in which massive-MIMO beamforming is performed, there is provided a base station including: a communication unit configured to form multiple beams and perform communication with a terminal apparatus; and a control unit configured to transmit, to the terminal apparatus, first identification information of a group that is used in communication with the terminal apparatus among the first identification information allocated to groups each of which includes multiple beams to be formed.
US11671300B2
A discrete Fourier transform spread orthogonal time frequency space modulation method comprises the steps of performing DFT preceding processing and delay-Doppler domain mapping processing on the transmit data symbols, OTFS modulator, and performing delay-Doppler domain demapping processing and IDFT decoding processing on a received signal to realize demodulation; compared with the existing waveforms, including OFDM and DFT-s-OFDM, the proposed DFT-s-OTFS can reduce the bit error rate under high Doppler spread and the peak-to-average power ratio of the transmitted signal at the same time.
US11671299B1
An apparatus that communicates in a mobile radio communications network, comprises signal-processing circuitry for provisioning a consecutive series of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) subcarriers for uplink or downlink communications; provisioning a plurality of different selectable subcarrier spacings for the consecutive series of OFDM subcarriers; performing discrete Fourier transform (DFT) coding on a plurality of data symbols to produce DFT coded symbols; and performing an inverse-DFT on the coded symbols to produce a single-carrier frequency division multiple access signal that comprises a sum of the consecutive series of OFDM subcarriers. The single-carrier frequency division multiple access signal is provided with a particular one of a set of different symbol periods by selecting one of the plurality of different selectable subcarrier spacings.
US11671298B2
Methods and apparatuses for a User Equipment (UE) to receive signaling of UE-common Downlink Control Information (DCI) in a set of Physical Resource Blocks (PRBs) over a Transmission Time Interval (TTI) are provided. The method includes receiving, from a transmission point, a broadcast signal; determining a first set of PRBs for a first PDCCH based on the broadcast signal; determining a second set of PRBs for a second PDCCH based on a higher layer signaling; receiving, from the transmission point, first DCI on a first PDCCH in the first set of PRBs; and receiving, from the transmission point, second DCI on a second PDCCH in the second set of PRBs. A CRC of the first DCI is associated with an SI-RNTI, a CRC of the second DCI is associated with a C-RNTI, an RS is determined based on an identity of the transmission point, in a case that the RS is received in the first set of PRBs, and the RS is determined based on the higher layer signaling, in a case that the RS is received in the second set of PRBs.
US11671292B2
A circuit for processing an N-level pulse amplitude modulation (PAM-N) signal according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: an input unit receiving an input signal; a main amplifier connected to the input unit to amplify the input signal with a first gain; and an output unit outputting an output signal of the main amplifier, and the circuit further comprises an auxiliary amplifier connected in parallel with the main amplifier between the input unit and the output unit to variably amplify at least a portion of the input signal and apply the signal to the output unit according to a linearity improvement control signal corresponding to the output signal.
US11671258B1
An apparatus and method for contingent assignment actions is disclosed. The apparatus includes a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the processor. The processor receives assignment data. An assignment is assigned to a user. The processor generates a contingent action. The processor receives a cryptographic proof. The cryptographic proof is validated. The contingent action is executed by the processor, conditionally, based on the validation of the cryptographic proof.
US11671255B2
A method of sharing a secret value is disclosed. The method comprises distributing respective first shares of a first secret value, known to a first participant (Pi), to a plurality of second participants (Pj≠i), wherein said first shares are encrypted by means of at least one private-public key pair comprising a private key and a public key being an elliptic curve generator point multiplied by the private key and wherein a first threshold number of first shares is required in order to enable a second participant to determine the first secret value. At least one second share of a respective second secret value is received from each of a plurality of second participants, wherein the second shares are encrypted by means of at least one private-public key pair comprising a private key and a public key being an elliptic curve generator point multiplied by the private key, and a second threshold number of second shares is required in order to enable a participant other than that second participant to determine the second secret value. A third share of a third secret value is formed from a plurality of second shares, wherein a third threshold number of third shares is required in order to enable the third secret value to be determined.
US11671245B2
Disclosed herein are a system on chip, a method of operating the system on chip, and an electronic device including the system on chip that execute artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms and/or machine learning algorithms in a 5G environment connected for Internet of Things in order to prevent an artificial intelligence product from being surreptitiously used, replaced, or modified by an attacker. The method for operating the system on chip may include a step of the system on chip receiving an encoded artificial intelligence product, a double-encoded asset key, and a private key distributed using a key exchange scheme, a step of receiving, from an electronic device including the system on chip, a unique key of the electronic device, a step of decoding the double-encoded asset key using the unique key of the electronic device in order to extract an encoded asset key, a step of decoding the encoded asset key using the private key in order to extract an asset key, a step of decoding the encoded artificial intelligence product using the asset key in order to extract an artificial intelligence product, and a step of performing artificial intelligence operation using the artificial intelligence product. It is possible to prevent an artificial intelligence product made by an individual, a company, or an organization from being reproduced and surreptitiously used, replaced, or arbitrarily modified by an attacker.
US11671243B2
An apparatus is described. The apparatus comprises: communication circuitry configured to receive from a submitter, over a network, a data item of a first data type, wherein the data item comprises a plurality of components and the apparatus further comprises: processing circuitry configured to: sequentially receive the plurality of components of the data item and for each component in succession in the sequence, the processing circuitry is configured to: remove non-significant content from the component of the data item; generate a data item of a second data type from the sequentially received plurality of components; generate a hash of the generated data item; and provide the hash for signing.
US11671238B2
A line card of a network box receives a SYNC input signal and generates a first time stamp based on receipt of the SYNC input signal. The line card generates a system clock signal in a phase-locked loop and generates a SYNC output signal by dividing the system clock signal in a divider circuit. The SYNC output signal is fed back to an input terminal as a SYNC feedback signal. A time stamp is generated based on receipt of the SYNC feedback signal. The line card determines a time between the SYNC input signal and the SYNC feedback signal based on the first time stamp and the second time stamp. The timing of the SYNC output signal is adjusted based on the time difference using a coarse time adjustment by adjusting a divide ratio of the divider circuit and using a fine time adjustment in the phase-locked loop based on a residue of a remainder of the time difference not accounted for by the coarse time adjustment.
US11671236B2
The present invention provides a receiver including a sampling circuit, a data sampling point selection circuit and a determination circuit. The sampling circuit is configured to use a clock signal to sample an input signal to generate a sampled signal, wherein a frequency of the clock signal is greater than a frequency of the input signal. The data sampling point selection circuit is configured to filter start point data to generate a filtered start point data, and to generate a data sampling point by adding an offset to the filtered start point data, wherein the start point data corresponds to a time point that a sampled value of sampled signal starts to change. The determination circuit is configured to refer to a sampled value corresponding to the data sampling point in the sampled signal to determine a logical value of a digital output signal corresponding to the input signal.
US11671214B2
According to one embodiment, a wireless communication apparatus includes transmitter circuitry, receiver circuitry and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to determine, based on a first acknowledgement frame and a second acknowledgement frame, a first data frame received by a first wireless communication apparatus and not received by a second wireless communication apparatus among data frames. The processing circuitry is configured to determine that the transmitter circuitry transmits at least one of the first data frame and a second data frame to the second wireless communication apparatus, and the first wireless communication apparatus transmits the first data frame to the second wireless communication apparatus.
US11671209B2
Methods and apparatuses for determining HARQ timing in a communication system supporting Carrier Aggregation (CA) are provided. A method for receiving, at a BS, a HARQ feedback from a UE in a communication system supporting CA of a Pcell and at least one Scell is provided. The Pcell and Scell support either FDD or TDD. The method comprises: transmitting a downlink physical channel through one of the Pcell and Scell; receiving the HARQ feedback corresponding to the downlink physical channel of the Pcell at a first timing predetermined for the Pcell; and receiving the HARQ feedback corresponding to the downlink physical channel of the Scell at a second timing. The second timing is determined according to one or more of duplex modes of the Pcell and the Scell, a scheduling mode of the Scell, and predefined rules.
US11671207B2
Provided are a method for implementing an automatic retransmission function and a related station. The method includes that a first station sends a first message. The first message carries automatic retransmission enable information. The automatic retransmission enable information is used for instructing that the automatic retransmission function be enabled or disabled.
US11671205B2
A wireless may determine an initial timing of a first HARQ feedback and a first timing of second HARQ feedback(s). The wireless device may determine to defer the first HARQ feedback from the initial timing to the first timing. The wireless device may transmit, in the first timing, a HARQ feedback codebook comprising the first HARQ feedback and the second HARQ feedback(s). Based on the first HARQ feedback being deferred, a first position of the first HARQ feedback in the HARQ feedback codebook may be after second position(s) of the second HARQ feedback(s).
US11671179B2
Example fiber amplifiers and gain adjustment methods for the fiber amplifiers are described. One example fiber amplifier includes a first power amplifier, a wavelength level adjuster, and a controller, where the first power amplifier is connected to the wavelength level adjuster. The controller includes a first input end and a control output end. The first input end is configured to receive an input optical signal, and the control output end is configured to output a first amplification control signal to the first power amplifier, and output an adjustment control signal to the wavelength level adjuster. The wavelength level adjuster is configured to perform power adjustment on each wavelength in a separate manner based on the adjustment control signal.
US11671161B2
A system and method for performing beam management is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes: determining a relationship between a first reference signal and a second reference signal, wherein the first and second reference signals share a same or similar one or more of the following properties: a channel property, a transmission property and a reception property; and transmitting the first and second reference signals to a wireless communication node.
US11671159B2
A method is described of selecting, by a multi-antenna base station of a wireless communications system, at least one transmission beam to transmit data to at least one terminal. The method can include determining a grid of N2 transmission beams intended to cover a portion of the space served by the base station and generated by using N1 antennas of the base station, where N1 and N2 designate integers such as N2>N1, and selecting one or more non-adjacent beam(s) of the grid to transmit data to at least one terminal during at least one given time interval.
US11671157B2
The described technology is generally directed towards indicating to a receiver (e.g., a user equipment) which antenna ports are assigned for channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS). The indicator can be sent as radio resource control configuration data and/or by physical layer signaling such as in downlink control information. The receiver computes CSI based on the assigned antenna port or ports, and the reported (e.g., joint) CSI helps avoid mismatched joint CSI used for scheduling when multiple transmit and receive points (TRPs) are communicating with the user equipment.
US11671154B2
A method and a device for sending parameters of a precoder in a wireless communication system are disclosed. According to one aspect, the method comprises: sending, to a network node, an indication of a subset of beams selected from a plurality of orthogonal beams and an indication of power levels of the selected subset of beams, for a first frequency granularity; and sending, to the network node, an indication of phases of the selected subset of beams, for a second frequency granularity, wherein the indication of the selected beams, the indication of the power levels of the selected subset of beams and the indication of the phases of the selected subset of beams are part of the parameters of the precoder.
US11671153B2
All data symbols used in data transmission of a modulated signal are precoded by switching between precoding matrices so that the precoding matrix used to precode each data symbol and the precoding matrices used to precode data symbols that are adjacent to the data symbol along the frequency axis and the time axis all differ. A modulated signal with such data symbols arranged therein is transmitted.
US11671148B2
The disclosure relates to a communication technique for convergence of IoT technology and a pre-5th generation (5G) or 5G communication system for supporting higher data transmission rates beyond a 4th generation (4G) system such as long term evolution (LTE), and a system therefor. The disclosure is applicable to intelligent services (for example, smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, healthcare, digital education, retail businesses, security and safety related services, etc.) based on 5G communication technology an IoT-related technology. According to various embodiments, a method and apparatus for transmitting or receiving multiple pieces of data in a wireless cooperative communication system may be provided.
US11671136B2
Cascode power amplifier bias circuits suitable for operating across multiple power supply domains are provided. In certain embodiments, a power amplifier system includes a cascode power amplifier and a multi-domain bias circuit that generates at least a first cascode bias voltage for the cascode power amplifier. The multi-domain bias circuit includes a coarse regulator that generates a regulated voltage based on a power supply voltage that is operable with multiple voltage levels associated with different power supply domains, a bandgap reference circuit that is powered by the regulated voltage and outputs a bandgap reference voltage, a bias voltage generator that generates multiple selectable bias voltages based on the bandgap reference voltage, and a bias voltage selector that chooses the first cascode bias voltage from amongst the selectable bias voltages.
US11671127B2
An antenna module for a terminal includes an antenna and a Radiated Spurious Emission (RSE) improvement component. The antenna includes a feed source, a ground point, and at least one radiation arm. The RSE improvement component is coupled to the antenna for suppressing high order harmonics generated by the antenna when the antenna operates in a target frequency band, and includes a filter circuit configured to suppress the high order harmonics, and a control switch configured to control a working state of the filter circuit. The filter circuit can be a band stop filter circuit. The band stop filter circuit can be connected in series into the at least one target radiation arm of the antenna; or, a terminal of the band stop filter circuit is connected to the at least one target radiation arm of the antenna, and another terminal is connected to the feed source.
US11671126B2
An antenna module for a terminal includes an antenna and a Radiated Spurious Emission (RSE) improvement component. The antenna includes a feed source, a ground point, and at least one radiation arm. The RSE improvement component is coupled to the antenna for suppressing high order harmonics generated by the antenna when the antenna operates in a target frequency band, and includes a radio frequency switch having a terminal connected to the at least one target radiation arm, and another terminal connected to the ground point; or, the radio frequency switch is connected in series into the at least one target radiation arm of the antenna. The at least one target radiation arm is a radiation arm by which the antenna radiates the high order harmonics outward.
US11671122B2
Radio frequency front-end systems with filter reuse. In certain embodiments, a front-end system includes a filter, a low noise amplifier (LNA), and a switch interposed between the filter and an input to the LNA. In a first state of the switch, the filter serves to filter a radio frequency signal that is amplified by the LNA. The front-end system further includes a power amplifier that is coupled to the switch. Additionally, in a second state of the switch, the filter serves to filter an amplified radio frequency transmit signal provided by the power amplifier. Accordingly, a filter along a receive path of the front-end system is reused for transmit.
US11671118B2
A bit interleaving method involves applying a bit permutation process to bits of a QC-LDPC codeword made up of N cyclic blocks each including Q bits, and dividing the codeword after the permutation process into a plurality of constellation words each including M bits, the codeword being divided into F×N′/M folding sections (N′ being a subset of N selected cyclic blocks and being a multiple of M/F), each of the constellation words being associated with one of the F×N′/M folding sections, and the bit permutation process being applied such that each of the constellation words includes F bits from each of M/F different cyclic blocks in a given folding section associated with a given constellation word.
US11671114B2
Reduced complexity decoders with improved error correction and related systems, methods, and apparatuses are disclosed. An apparatus includes an input terminal and a processing circuitry. The input terminal is provided at a physical layer device to receive, from a network, a low density parity check (LDPC) frame including bits. The bits correspond to log-likelihood ratio (LLR) messages indicating probabilities that the bits have predetermined logic values. The processing circuitry is to saturate LLR values of a portion of the LLR messages corresponding to known bits of the LDPC frame to a highest magnitude value represented by the LLR messages, and pass the LLR messages between check nodes and message nodes. The message nodes correspond to the bits. The check nodes correspond to parity check equations of a parity check matrix.
US11671112B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for unified significance map coding. An apparatus includes a video encoder (400) for encoding transform coefficients for at least a portion of a picture. The transform coefficients are obtained using a plurality of transforms. One or more context sharing maps are generated for the transform coefficients based on a unified rule. The one or more context sharing maps are for providing at least one context that is shared among at least some of the transform coefficients obtained from at least two different ones of the plurality of transforms.
US11671107B2
An analog-to-digital converter, configured to convert an input signal into an n bits digital output signal, includes a capacitor module, a control signal generation unit, a comparator, and a register. The capacitor module is configured to receive the input signal at a sampling phase in a normal mode, and to generate a first sampling signal and a second sampling signal according to the input signal in a conversion phase. The control signal generation unit is configured to adjust the first sampling signal or the second sampling signal in the conversion phase. In the normal mode, the comparator is configured to compare the first sampling signal and the second sampling signal in the conversion phase to generate n comparison signals. The register is configured to store the n comparison signals as the digital output signal, and output the digital output signal in the normal mode.
US11671101B2
Disclosed herein is a memory-type camouflaged logic gate using transistors having different threshold voltages. The camouflaged logic gate may include two or more candidate logic gates, memory, the output signal of which is adjusted based on two or more transistors having different threshold voltages, and a multiplexer for selectively outputting the output of one of the two or more candidate logic gates depending on the output signal of the memory.
US11671094B1
Driver circuits to invert an input signal and to generate an output signal based on the inverted input signal are presented. The voltage level of the logical high value of the output signal is adjustable. The driver circuit has a high side switching element coupled between a supply terminal and the output terminal of the driver circuit. The driver circuit has a low side switching element coupled between the output terminal of the driver circuit and a reference potential. The driver circuit has a regulation transistor, wherein a controlled section of the regulation transistor is coupled in series with the high side switching element and the low side switching element between the supply terminal and the reference potential. The driver circuit has a feedback circuit to regulate the output voltage by generating a regulation voltage at a control terminal of the regulation transistor.
US11671092B2
Various embodiments relate to a receiver, including: a first bias circuit configured to bias a first and second transistor based upon an bias enable signal and a receive enable signal; a first node between the first transistor and a third transistor; a second node between the second transistor and a fourth transistor; and a second bias circuit configured to bias the first node and the second node based upon the bias enable signal, wherein the third transistor is connected to a first differential output and the gate of the third transistor is connected to a first differential input, and wherein the fourth transistor is connected to a second differential output and the gate of the fourth transistor is connected to a second differential input.
US11671089B2
Even when a large current is intentionally flowed during a high-temperature conduction of a semiconductor element, there is a problem in that an overcurrent state is detected to stop current. In the present invention, an overcurrent detector 4 detects overcurrent when an input voltage Vin reaches a threshold voltage Vth, and outputs an overcurrent detection signal c to a gate driving unit 3. On the other hand, when a temperature detection signal a and a current control signal b are input, a transistor 52 is conducted, and the input voltage Vin of the overcurrent detector 4 becomes zero. In this case, the input voltage Vin of the overcurrent detector 4 does not reach the threshold voltage Vth. Therefore, the output of the drive signal output from the gate driving unit 3 is not stopped. For this reason, a large current can flow in a drain current Ids.
US11671084B2
An integrated circuit includes a first metal-insulator-semiconductor capacitor, a second metal-insulator-semiconductor capacitor, and a metal-insulator-metal capacitor. A first terminal of the first metal-insulator-semiconductor capacitor is configured to receive a first reference voltage for a higher voltage domain, while a first terminal of the second metal-insulator-semiconductor capacitor is configured to receive a second reference voltage for the higher voltage domain. A second terminal of the first metal-insulator-semiconductor capacitor is conductively connected to a first terminal of the metal-insulator-metal capacitor, while a second terminal of the second metal-insulator-semiconductor capacitor is conductively connected to a second terminal of the metal-insulator-metal capacitor. The first terminal of the metal-insulator-metal capacitor is configured to receive a first supply voltage for a lower voltage domain, and the first terminal of the second metal-insulator-semiconductor capacitor is configured to receive a second supply voltage for the lower voltage domain.
US11671082B2
A quantum controller comprises a first quantum control pulse generation circuit and a second quantum control pulse generation circuit. The first quantum control pulse generation circuit and a second quantum control pulse generation circuit are operable to operate asynchronously during some time intervals of a quantum algorithm and synchronously during other time intervals of the quantum algorithm.
US11671075B2
Techniques are disclosed for forming high frequency film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR) devices having multiple resonator thicknesses on a common substrate. A piezoelectric stack is formed in an STI trench and overgrown onto the STI material. In some cases, the piezoelectric stack can include epitaxially grown AlN. In some cases, the piezoelectric stack can include single crystal (epitaxial) AlN in combination with polycrystalline (e.g., sputtered) AlN. The piezoelectric stack thus forms a central portion having a first resonator thickness and end wings extending from the central portion having a different resonator thickness. Each wing may also have different thicknesses. Thus, multiple resonator thicknesses can be achieved on a common substrate, and hence, multiple resonant frequencies on that same substrate. The end wings can have metal electrodes formed thereon, and the central portion can have a plurality of IDT electrodes patterned thereon.
US11671073B2
A vibrator device includes a semiconductor substrate, a base, a vibrating element, and a lid. The semiconductor substrate has a first surface and a second surface which is in a front-back relationship with the first surface. The base includes an integrated circuit disposed on a first surface or a second surface. The vibrating element is electrically coupled to the integrated circuit and is disposed on the first surface side. The lid is joined to the base at a joining portion of the base to accommodate the vibrating element. The integrated circuit includes a passive element, and the passive element is disposed such that at least a part of the passive element overlaps with the joining portion in a plan view from a direction orthogonal to the first surface.
US11671069B2
The disclosure concerns a signal aggregator component designed to couple with an antenna element to form an antenna system, wherein the resulting antenna system can achieve one-hundred percent or greater efficiency in receiving mode. In addition, the antenna system can achieve specific polarization and gain in different sectors of the antenna radiation pattern. The signal aggregator functions to dynamically enable or disable any number of its RF ports to select the RF input signal to aggregate.
US11671064B2
Equalizer circuitry includes a differential target voltage input, an equalizer output, a first operational amplifier, and a second operational amplifier. The differential target voltage input includes a target voltage input node and an inverted target voltage input node. The first operational amplifier and the second operational amplifier are coupled in series between the differential target voltage input and the equalizer output. The first operational amplifier is configured to receive a target voltage signal and provide an intermediate signal based on the target voltage input signal. The second operational amplifier is configured to receive the intermediate signal and an inverted target voltage signal and provide an output signal to the equalizer output. The first operational amplifier and the second operational amplifier are interconnected with one or more passive components such that a transfer function between the differential target voltage input and the equalizer output is a second-order complex-zero function.
US11671051B2
A slim solar module (1) is proposed. It comprises a solar laminate (3) comprising plural solar cells (9) interposed between front and rear cover sheets (13, 15), a frame (5) enclosing the solar laminate (3) and at least one reinforcement strut (7) arranged at a rear surface of the solar laminate (3). A ratio between a frame surface and a frame thickness shall be between 45000 and 70000. For example, the frame may have a thickness of less than 35 mm. Specifically, the frame may have a length of 1665 mm, a width of 991 mm and a thickness of 30 mm. Due to the reduced thickness, the solar module has a reduced volume being beneficial during transport to a destination location. However, the thickness has been optimized to, with the reinforcement struts, still providing for sufficient mechanical stability for the solar module.
US11671042B2
Disclosed are implementations, including a method that includes obtaining measurement samples relating to electrical operation of an electric motor drive providing power to an electric motor, deriving, based on the samples, instantaneous estimates for parameters characterizing speed and/or position of the motor according to an optimization process based on a cost function defined for the samples, and applying a filtering operation to the instantaneous estimates to generate filtered values of the motor's speed and/or position. The filtering operation includes computing the filtered values using the derived instantaneous estimates in response to a determination that a computed convexity of the cost function is greater than or equal to a convexity threshold value, and/or applying a least-squares filtering operation to the derived instantaneous estimates and using at least one set of previous estimates derived according to the optimization process applied to previous measurement samples.
US11671031B1
A split DC (Direct Current) bus inverter architecture includes a positive DC bus, a negative DC bus, and a neutral node. It further includes a first capacitor between the positive DC bus and the neutral node. It further includes a second capacitor between the negative DC bus and the neutral node. It further includes a split phase output. A first output of a DC-DC converter is connected to the neutral node and a second output of the DC-DC converter is connected to one of the positive DC bus or the negative DC bus.
US11671027B2
A method includes providing a transformer with primary and current injection windings, a primary switch connected to the primary winding, a parasitic capacitance reflected across the primary switch, a secondary rectifier means, and a current injection circuit including a current injection switch connected to the current injection winding, and a unidirectional current injection switch connected to the current injection winding. The method includes switching on the current injection switch to start a current injection flowing from a controlled voltage source, through the unidirectional current injection switch and further through the current injection winding. The current injection reflects into the primary winding, thereby discharging the parasitic capacitance reflected across the primary switch. The method includes turning on the primary switch with a delay time after the current injection switch turns on and turning off the current injection switch after the current injection reaches zero amplitude.
US11671025B2
Electrical power distribution systems and methods of operating electrical power distribution systems are provided. One electrical power distribution system comprises: an electrical power storage unit; a transformer; a first bidirectional converter circuit connected between the electrical power storage unit and a first winding of the transformer; a first DC bus; a second DC bus; a second bidirectional converter circuit connected between the first DC bus and a second winding of the transformer; a third bidirectional converter circuit connected between the second DC bus and a third winding of the transformer; and a controller connected for control of the first, second and third converter circuits to distribute electrical power between the electrical power storage unit, the first DC bus and the second DC bus.
US11671024B2
A switched mode power supply includes a power circuit and a control circuit coupled to the power circuit for regulating its output voltage. The control circuit is configured to generate a control signal for at least one power switch of the power circuit using a reference voltage, determine if a duty cycle of the control signal is within a defined range, sense one or more output parameters of the power circuit including the output voltage of the power circuit, and in response to determining the duty cycle of the control signal is outside the defined range, adjust the reference voltage to adjust the duty cycle of the control signal. The reference voltage is adjustable over time to thereby linearly adjust the output voltage of the power circuit. Other example switched mode power supplies, control circuits, and methods for regulating output voltages of switched mode power supplies are also disclosed.
US11671015B2
A three-level Boost circuit is provided. The three-level Boost circuit includes: an input capacitor, an inductor, a first switch, a second switch, a first freewheeling diode, a second freewheeling diode, a flying capacitor, a balance capacitor, a charging diode, a clamp diode, a discharging diode and an output series capacitor bank. The output series capacitor bank includes multiple output capacitors connected in series, and has a first node and a second node; a potential of the first node is higher than a potential of a cathode of the charging diode, and a potential difference between a cathode of the second freewheeling diode and the second node does not exceed a withstand voltage of the second freewheeling diode.
US11671013B2
An IC controller for USB Type-C device includes an error amplifier (EA), which includes an EA output coupled to a PWM comparator of a buck-boost converter; a first transconductance amplifier to adjust a current at the EA output, the first transconductance amplifier operating in a constant voltage mode; and a second transconductance amplifier to adjust the current at the EA output, the second transconductance amplifier operating in a constant current mode. A first set of programmable registers is to store a first set of increasingly higher transconductance values. A second set of programmable registers is to store a second set of increasingly higher transconductance values. Control logic is to: cause the first transconductance amplifier to operate while sequentially using transconductance values stored in the first set of programmable registers; and cause the second transconductance amplifier to operate while sequentially using transconductance values stored in the second set of programmable registers.
US11671010B2
A semiconductor structure includes a first substrate. A first die and a second die are disposed over the first substrate and are adjacent to one another. A plurality of first conductive bumps are disposed between the first substrate and the first die and between the first substrate and the second die. A second substrate is disposed below the first substrate. A plurality of second conductive bumps is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. An in-package voltage regulator (PVR) chip is disposed over the second substrate. A molding material is disposed over the first substrate and surrounds the first die, the second die, the plurality of first conductive bumps, the plurality of second conductive bumps, and the PVR chip.
US11670999B2
A magnetic coupling device includes a driving magnet array having multiple annular sector-shaped, circumferentially arranged first permanent magnets, and a driven magnet array having multiple circular sector-shaped, circumferentially arranged second permanent magnets with pole surfaces facing pole surfaces of the first permanent magnets. The driven magnet array is rotated by the driving magnet array being rotated. A repulsion zone where a repulsive force acts is designed to have an area that is 5% to 15% of that of an attraction zone where an attractive force acts between a specific first permanent magnet and a specific second permanent magnet, with a radial first centerline of the specific first permanent magnet overlapping a radial second centerline of the specific second permanent magnet so that opposite poles face each other, including between first and second permanent magnets respectively adjacent the specific first and second permanent magnets with overlapping the centerlines.
US11670996B2
A rotor core is provided for a step-skewing motor that includes rotor core segments mutually staggered by a preset angle. Each of the rotor core segments includes magnet slots along a circumferential direction, with a magnet provided in the magnet slot. An outer circular surface of each of the rotor core segments is provided thereon with a number of auxiliary grooves extending across the segment in an axial direction, and positions and/or cross-sectional shapes of the auxiliary grooves on the rotor core segments are not completely same so as to suppress torque ripple and vibration noise when the motor rotates.
US11670995B2
There is provided a system including a dual rotor electrical machine. The dual rotor electrical machine comprises a stator, an inner rotor including a first number of permanent magnet pole pairs, and a modulator including a second number of modulating segments. The system includes a controller configured to execute non-transitory machine readable instructions that, when executed by the controller, cause the system to determine a virtual position of an electromagnetic field of the stator based on a weighted sum of an angular position of the inner rotor and an angular position of the modulator, wherein weights in the weighted sum are based on the first number and the second number.
US11670994B2
A rotor manufacturing method comprises an arranging step for arranging a rotor core, which is formed by stacking electromagnetic steel plates, to direct the stacked electromagnetic steel plates toward a vertical direction, a guide inserting step for inserting a rod-like guide into a magnet insertion hole formed to extend in the stacked direction of the rotor core after the arranging step, a sheet inserting step for inserting a plurality of sheets from above the rotor core into the magnet insertion hole along different side surfaces of the guide after the guide inserting step, a guide pull-out step for pulling out the guide from the magnet insertion hole after the sheet inserting step, and a magnet inserting step for inserting a permanent magnet between the plurality of sheets within the magnet insertion hole after the guide pull-out step.
US11670988B2
A rotating electrical machine includes a rotor and a magnet unit. The rotating electrical machine also includes a cylindrical stator and a housing. The stator is equipped with a stator winding made up of a plurality of phase windings. The stator is arranged coaxially with the rotor and faces the rotor. The housing has the rotor and the stator disposed therein. The rotor includes a cylindrical magnet retainer to which the magnet unit is secured and an intermediate portion which connects between a rotating shaft of the rotor and the magnet retainer and extends in a radial direction of the rotating shaft. A first region located radially inside an inner peripheral surface of a magnetic circuit component made up of the stator and the rotor is greater in volume than a second region between the inner peripheral surface of the magnetic circuit component and the housing in the radial direction.
US11670945B1
A common reference signal is used by a plurality of serially-connected power optimizers to manage a plurality of photovoltaic panels. It is determined whether an individual voltage output exceeds an individual limit. If so, a corresponding photovoltaic panel in the plurality of photovoltaic panels is adjusted to reduce the individual voltage output and the combined voltage output, where the combined voltage output is based at least in part on (a) the individual voltage output and (2) at least one other individual voltage output associated with another power optimizer. It is determined whether the combined voltage output relative to the common reference signal exceeds a maximum offset. If so, the corresponding photovoltaic panel in the plurality of photovoltaic panels is adjusted to reduce the individual voltage output and the combined voltage output.
US11670944B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, embodiments detecting and correcting load imbalance on power supply phases within a managed scope using a software controlled power switch matrix that is resident in each power distribution unit supplying power in the managed scope. Managed scope could include a plurality of power distribution units supplying a plurality of circuit or equipment loads in a plurality of premises. On each PDU, the software controlled switch matrix maintains and changes physical coupling of power supply phases to circuit and equipment loads. Further embodiments include correcting power supply phase load imbalances through software commands to adjust the coupling of power supply phases to circuit or equipment loads. Embodiments are intended to help power administrators maintain power supply phase load balance effectively in a managed scope. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11670936B2
An apparatus for managing a plurality of electric power generators is configured to receive measurements of a plurality of parameters related to performance of one or more of a plurality of generators and detect, based on the measurements, that values of at least two of the plurality of parameters measured for a first generator of the one or more generators do not match respective predetermined values of the at least two parameters for the first generator. In response to the detecting, the apparatus determines that the first generator is faulty and generates a signal to perform at least one of shutting down the first generator or disconnecting the first generator from at least one second generator of the plurality of generators, in response to determining that the first generator is faulty.
US11670934B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide for a circuit. In some examples, the circuit includes a first current source having a terminal coupled to a first node and a second terminal, a first switch coupled between the second terminal of the first current source and a second node, a first resistor coupled between the second node and a ground terminal, a second current source having a terminal coupled to the first node and a second terminal, a second switch coupled between the second terminal of the second current source and a third node, a second resistor coupled between the third node and the ground terminal, a third current source having a terminal coupled to the first node and a second terminal, a third switch coupled between the second terminal of the third current source and a fourth node, and a third resistor coupled between the fourth node and the ground terminal.
US11670930B2
Devices are described that support, house, and protect an electrical cable monitoring system that is electrically coupled to an electrical cable. An example support structure includes an elongate body including an interior surface extending along and concentric to an axis of the electrical cable. The body is configured to engage a cable accessory disposed on the electrical cable. The support structure includes a first electrode attached to the interior surface and configured to operatively couple to the cable accessory. The support structure includes a second electrode attached to the body and configured to operatively couple to the shielding layer. The support structure includes a monitoring device attached to the interior surface and operatively coupled to the first and second electrodes. The monitoring device is configured to monitor one or more conditions of the electrical cable or the cable accessory.
US11670925B2
An example threaded cable connector for a cable with a conductor and a surrounding shielding braid, comprising a base element, a first tightening nut and a first clamping element is presented herein. The base element includes a base for fastening the base element to a housing and a passage opening for the passage of the cable about which an encircling first thread is oriented. On a side facing away from the housing, the base element has a contact surface encircling the passage opening. The first tightening nut comprises a second thread for operatively connecting the first tightening nut to the first thread of the base element. The first clamping element has a first clamping surface and, in the mounted state, is arranged between the contact surface and the first tightening nut. The first clamping element, in the mounted state, presses the shielding braid against the contact surface.
US11670909B2
The invention relates to a photonic component (1) having at least one semiconductor laser amplifier (200), which has at least one first mirror surface (210a) for coupling and/or decoupling optical radiation (S). The first mirror surface (210a) of the semiconductor laser amplifier (200) is coupled to a photonically integrated chip (100), wherein the chip (100) is arranged such that the chip can emit optical radiation (S) from the chip top side (O100) thereof in the direction of the first mirror surface (210a) and couple said radiation in the semiconductor laser amplifier (200), and wherein the emitting of the radiation (S) away from the chip top side (O100) occurs in the direction of the first mirror surface (210a) at an angle of 90°±20°, in particular perpendicular, to the chip top side (O100).
US11670906B2
The present disclosure provides a narrow-pulse-width pulse laser, including a circuit substrate, a laser chip, one or more capacitors, and a field effect transistor. Each of the field effect transistor, the capacitor, and the laser chip is electrically connected to the circuit substrate. The capacitors are arranged between the field effect transistor and the laser chip along an extension direction of a gap between the field effect transistor and the laser chip. The circuit substrate may include a first conductor layer; a second conductor layer; and an insulating layer arranged between the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer, wherein the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer are electrically connected through a via hole in the insulating layer.
US11670901B2
An electrical contact device includes a high electric potential-side contact and a low electric potential-side contact having a lower electric potential than the high electric potential-side contact. The high electric potential-side contact and the low electric potential-side contact are configured to be brought into and out of contact with each other. At least one of the high electric potential-side contact and the low electric potential-side contact is formed of a low-boiling point material whose boiling point is lower than 2562° C. or a mixed material that contains the low-boiling point material.
US11670898B1
An electrical receptacle including a body having a first cavity and a second cavity, a plurality of first electrical connections in the first cavity and a plurality of second electrical connections in the second cavity, at least one electrical plug sensing device in the first cavity, and wherein electrical continuity to the plurality of first electrical connections from the plurality of second electrical connections only occurs when the at least one electrical plug sensing device senses a presence of an electrical plug in the first cavity.
US11670891B2
A connector and a connector device that are small and have a drainage function are provided. A connector includes: a contact; a first insulator; a first shield member; a second shield member having a tubular portion; and a second insulator. A first communicating portion that is in communication with the outside is formed in a lower wall of the tubular portion of the second shield member, the lower wall facing the second insulator. A second communicating portion that is in communication with the outside and the first communicating portion is formed in the second insulator. The first shield member has a facing wall that faces the first communicating portion, and a bent wall that is bent toward the second insulator from an end portion of the facing wall on an opposite side to the opening side.
US11670887B2
The present disclosure discloses a protection cover device for socket, which includes a housing, a protection cover which is arranged in the housing, and a torsion spring which is configured to reset the protection cover, the housing includes a bottom plate and a faceplate spaced apart from the bottom plate, the faceplate is provided with a first insertion hole and a second insertion hole, the bottom plate is provided with a first through hole and a second through hole; the protection cover is provided with a first driving slope and a second driving slope that guide the protection cover to translate along a distribution direction of the first insertion hole and the second insertion hole, the protection cover is further provided with a probe hole, and the torsion spring includes a spring body, a first swinging arm and a second swinging arm.
US11670880B2
Electric device with electric connection means suitable for connecting it to an electric power source, comprising a supporting surface for a textile electrically conductive band and retention means for retaining the textile electrically conductive band on supporting surface. Electric connection means comprise piercing means for piercing the textile electrically conductive band which are suitable for conducting an electric current. Textile electrically conductive band is made of double weaving and comprises two mutually parallel electrically conductive guides extending along the band. Each of the electrically conductive guides is located between two layers of textile material of said double weaving.
US11670875B2
A streetlight-mountable small cell includes a housing having one or more external surfaces exposed to atmospheric conditions when the small cell is deployed on a streetlight. The small cell also includes one or more internal chambers formed in the housing, power supply circuitry, and cellular-band transceiver circuitry. A standardized connector is arranged to pass power to the power supply circuitry when the small cell housing is deployed on the streetlight. At least one antenna-containment structure visually appears integrated with the one or more external surfaces. Each antenna-containment structure is arranged to contain at least one antenna positioned external to the one or more internal chambers, and at least one sub-structure is arranged to route a signal conduit from the at least one antenna to the cellular-band transceiver circuitry.
US11670872B2
A movable device and a block-type millimeter wave array antenna module thereof are provided. The block-type millimeter wave array antenna module includes an antenna carrying substrate, an antenna signal transmitting group, an antenna signal receiving group, and a dummy antenna group. The antenna carrying substrate includes a plurality of block-shaped carrier bodies that are divided into a plurality of first, second, third, and fourth antenna carrier blocks. The antenna signal transmitting group includes a plurality of signal transmitting antenna structures respectively carried by the first antenna carrier blocks. The antenna signal receiving group includes a plurality of signal receiving antenna structures respectively carried by the second antenna carrier blocks. The dummy antenna group includes a plurality of first dummy antenna structures respectively carried by the third antenna carrier blocks, and a plurality of second dummy antenna structures respectively carried by the fourth antenna carrier blocks.
US11670860B1
Provided herein are various enhanced antenna structures for radio frequency communications. In one example, an antenna includes a single-arm spiral antenna having an antenna element configured to couple to a radio frequency link at a central node of the spiral. A ground element is disposed proximate to the central node of the spiral and configured to couple to a ground reference for the radio frequency link.
US11670855B2
Systems and methods are provided for a digital beamformed phased array feed. The system may include a radome configured to allow electromagnetic waves to propagate; a multi-band software defined antenna array tile; a power and clock management subsystem configured to manage power and time of operation; a thermal management subsystem configured to dissipate heat generated by the multi-band software defined antenna array tile; and an enclosure assembly. The multi-band software defined antenna array tile may include a plurality of coupled dipole array antenna elements; a plurality of frequency converters; and a plurality of digital beamformers.
US11670848B2
The present disclosure provides an anti jamming system for a wireless communication system an antenna array comprising N antenna elements. At least two multiphase filters being connected to the antenna array and configured to receive an antenna element signal from each one of the N antenna elements. An anti-jamming system for a wireless communication system comprising an antenna array comprising N antenna elements and a filter configured to attenuate jamming signals from sources that is greater than, less than, or equal to N. An anti-jamming system for a wireless communication system comprising a multiphase filter connected to the antenna array to receive an antenna element signal from each antenna element of the antenna array, the multiphase filters comprising a first phase and a second phase, wherein the first phase of the multiphase filter executes a Frost's algorithm and the second phase of the multiphase filter executes a Maximin algorithm.
US11670845B2
An electronic device includes a base, a connection device, a body, an antenna assembly, and a shield member. The body rotates to a first operating state and a second operating state relative to the base through the connection device. The shield member moves in the base to a shielding state and a non-overlapping state. When the body is in the first operating state, the body is not overlapping with the antenna assembly in a first direction, the shield member is in the non-overlapping state, and the shield member is not overlapping with the antenna assembly in the first direction. When the body is in the second operating state, the body overlaps at least a portion of the antenna assembly in the first direction, the shield member is in the shielding state, and the shield member shields between the antenna assembly and the body.
US11670844B2
Radio devices for wireless transmission including an integrated adjustable mount allowing mounting to a pole or stand and adjustment of the angle of the device (e.g., the altitude). The device may include a compact array antenna having a high gain configured to operate in, for example, the 5.15 to 5.85 GHz band and/or the 2.40-2.48 GHz band. The antenna emitters may be arranged in a separate plane from a plane containing the antenna feed connecting the emitting elements and also from a ground plane. The antenna array may be contained within a protective weatherproof housing along with the radio control circuitry.
US11670843B2
Methods for manufacturing implantable electronic devices include forming an antenna of the implantable electronic device by delivering an antenna trace within a dielectric antenna body. The antenna trace includes a first trace portion disposed in a first transverse layer and defining a first trace path and a second trace portion disposed in a second transverse layer longitudinally offset from the first transverse layer and defining a second trace path. If projected to be coplanar, the first trace path defines a trace boundary and the second trace path is within the trace boundary.
US11670838B2
An apparatus and associated method are provided involving a housing having a periphery configured to operate as a second antenna, a third antenna, and a fourth antenna. The periphery includes a top wall having a first slot formed therein, a first side wall having a second slot formed therein, and a second side wall having a third slot formed therein. The top wall is arranged between the first side wall and the second side wall, and a top portion of the periphery is defined between the second slot and the third slot. The top portion is divided into a first top side portion and a second top side portion via the first slot. Further, the first top side portion operates as the second antenna, and the second top side portion operates as both the third antenna and the fourth antenna.
US11670812B1
The invention provides a thermal management device for energy storage system, a method for controlling the thermal management device for energy storage system, and an energy storage system, wherein the thermal management device for energy storage system comprises a heat dissipation system, a temperature transducer, a data acquisition module, a management module and a data interaction module; the heat dissipation system comprises refrigerant circulating heat exchange components for heat dissipation of energy storage system, wherein the refrigerant circulating heat exchange components perform heat exchange through phase change of refrigerant; the data acquisition module is connected with the temperature transducer, and is used for acquiring the external environment temperature and the working environment temperature of energy storage system; the management module is used for conducting heating value analysis of energy storage system, and then performing heat dissipation control and management according to the heating value analysis and the external environment temperature; the data interaction module is used for connecting the network for data interaction. The energy storage system comprises battery packs, a battery management system, a bidirectional converter, an energy management system and the above thermal management device for energy storage system. During the control of thermal management, data are acquired in real time to determine and control the refrigerant quantity required for refrigerant circulation and thus realize efficient heat dissipation of energy storage system.
US11670806B2
A battery management apparatus configured to manage a battery to be reused, including an electronic control unit including a microprocessor and a memory connected to the microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform acquiring a battery information including an information on a failure and repair history of the battery before the battery is reused, the memory is configured to store the battery information, and the microprocessor is configured to further perform determining a restriction imposed on the battery when the battery is reused, based on the battery information stored in the memory.
US11670805B2
A battery pack comprises a pair of physically separate battery cells share a single protection circuit module (PCM). Each further saw comprises a respective pair of electrodes, with both pairs of electrodes being connected to a single, common protection circuit board (PCB) of the PCM. The common PCM may be located in a spacing between adjacent ends of the batteries such that a widthwise dimension of the PCB has an upright orientation between the two batteries.
US11670804B2
A lithium-based energy storage system includes an electrolyte and an electrode. The electrode has a conformal coating of parylene. The parylene forms an artificial solid electrolyte interface (SEI). The electrode may include a material chosen from silicon, graphene-silicon composite, carbon-sulfur, and lithium. The use of parylene to form a conformal coating on an electrode in a lithium-based energy storage system is also disclosed.
US11670801B2
The electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery includes: a lithium salt; a solvent; and an anode additive including 1-benzyl-5-(4-nitrophenyl)-1H-1,2,3-triazole-4-carbonitrile represented by Chemical Formula 1 below:
US11670798B2
The invention relates to a compound of the formula Li7-xPS6-xXx-z(BH4)z, in which x is selected from the group comprising Cl, Br, I, F and CN, 0≤x≤2, 0≤z≤0.50. This compound can be used as a solid electrolyte of a lithium-ion electrochemical element.
US11670797B2
A metal-ion deposition regulator to regulate the flux and deposition of metal ions in an electrochemical cell. The regulator containing two membranes made of a polymer and a plurality of two-dimensional porous nanosheets sandwiched between the two membranes. The regulator is capable of distributing flux of metal ions passing through the metal-ion deposition regulator and regulating the deposition of the metal ions onto the cathode or anode thereby suppressing dendrite growth in the electrochemical cell. An electrochemical cell containing an anode, a cathode, a liquid electrolyte, and a metal-ion deposition regulator. A method of making a metal-ion deposition regulator. The method includes fabricating two-dimensional porous nanosheets utilizing graphene oxide as an expendable template, and sandwiching the porous nanosheets between two membranes made of a polymer such that the nanosheets are in contact with the two membranes.
US11670785B2
A method of operating a fuel cell system which has a plurality of fuel cell stacks, and includes a first refrigerant passage, a second refrigerant passage, a first temperature acquisition unit, a second temperature acquisition unit, a first refrigerant circulation passage, a first refrigerant pumping unit, a first heat exchanger and a first flow rate adjusting valve includes: after the plurality of fuel cell stacks are stopped, until a predetermined condition is satisfied, driving the first refrigerant pumping unit; and causing the first flow rate adjusting valve to adjust the flow rate of the refrigerant flowing through the first refrigerant passage and the flow rate of the refrigerant flowing through the second refrigerant passage, on the basis of the temperature of the refrigerant flowing through each of the first refrigerant passage and the second refrigerant passage acquired by the first temperature acquisition unit and the second temperature acquisition unit.
US11670783B2
A fuel cell vehicle includes a battery disposed in a first space, a radiator disposed in a second space formed adjacent to the first space in a second direction intersecting a first direction, which is a direction in which the vehicle travels, and at least one fuel cell unit disposed in a third space formed adjacent to the first space in the second direction while being spaced apart from the second space in the second direction, with the first space interposed therebetween.
US11670774B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are a pitch-based negative electrode material for a sodium-ion battery and related methods and applications. The method comprises: placing a pitch recursor into a muffle furnace to allow the pitch precursor to experience pre-oxidation for 2 to 6 hours at a temperature ranging from 200° C. to 350° C., to obtain pre-oxidized pitch; placing the pre-oxidized pitch into a high-temperature carbonization furnace, and increasing the temperature to 1300° C. to 1600° C. at a temperature increase speed of 0.5° C./min to 5° C./min, and carrying out thermal treatment on the pre-oxidized pitch in an inert atmosphere for 1 to 10 hours, to allow the pre-oxidized pitch to experience carbonization reactions, oxygen in the pre-oxidized pitch being used for breaking an ordered structure of the pitch during the carbonization of the pre-oxidized pitch, so as to form a wedge-shaped voids disordered structure.
US11670769B2
A lithium cobalt-based oxide cathode active material powder comprising particles having a median particle size D50 of greater than or equal to 20 μm, preferably 25 μm, and less than or equal to 45 μm, said particles having an averaged circularity of greater than or equal to 0.85 and less than or equal to 1.00, said particles having a general formula Li1+aCo1-x-y-zAlxM′yMezO2, wherein M′ and Me comprise at least one element of the group consisting of: Ni, Mn, Nb, Ti, W, Zr, and Mg, with −0.01≤a≤0.01, 0.002≤x≤0.050, 0≤y≤0.020 and 0≤z≤0.050, said lithium cobalt-based oxide particles having a R-3m structure and (018) diffraction peak asymmetry factor AD(018) of greater than or equal to 0.85 and less than or equal to 1.15, said diffraction peak asymmetry factor being obtained by a synchrotron XRD spectrum analysis with an emission wavelength λ value equal to 0.825 Å.
US11670768B2
A nickel-based active material precursor for a lithium secondary battery includes: a secondary particle including a plurality of particulate structures, wherein each particulate structure includes a porous core portion and a shell portion, the shell portion including primary particles radially arranged on the porous core portion; and the secondary particle has a plurality of radial centers. When the nickel-based active material precursor is used, a nickel-based positive active material having a short lithium ion diffusion distance, in which intercalation and deintercalation of lithium are facilitated, may be obtained. A lithium secondary battery manufactured using the positive active material may exhibit enhanced lithium availability, and may exhibit enhanced capacity and lifespan due to suppression of crack formation in the active material during charging and discharging.
US11670767B2
Embodiments of inorganic electrode materials that utilize nanostructure surface modifications via functionalization via carbonate/carboxylate to achieve superior electrochemical performance and methods of producing same.
US11670762B2
Disclosed are a negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same. The negative active material includes: a silicon particle core comprising a silicon particle having a particle size in a micrometer range; an oxide layer having a thickness in a range of about 65 nm to about 450 nm, on the silicon particle core; and a conductive layer on the oxide layer.
US11670758B2
An alkaline secondary battery negative electrode and a composition forming the negative electrode, containing an active material, a binder resin, and an electrically conductive agent containing an electrically conductive carbon material. When a value of D50 is defined to be an average particle size X and a value of D20 is defined to be a particle size Y in a cumulative particle size distribution obtained by measuring the active material using a laser diffractometry particle size distribution meter, the average particle size X is 10 μm or less, and the particle size Y is in the range of 30% to 70% of the average particle size X.
US11670736B2
A semiconductor light-emitting device includes a buffer structure, a first-type semiconductor layer on the buffer structure, an active layer on the first-type semiconductor layer, and a second-type semiconductor layer on the active layer. The buffer structure includes a nucleation layer, a first dislocation-removing structure on the nucleation layer, and a buffer layer on the first dislocation-removing structure. The first dislocation-removing structure includes a first material layer on the nucleation layer and a second material layer on the first material layer. The second material layer has a lattice constant different from a lattice constant of the first material layer. A roughness of a top surface of the first material layer is higher than a roughness of a top surface of the nucleation layer and higher than a roughness of a top surface of the second material layer.
US11670716B2
A semiconductor device includes an active region extending in a first direction on a substrate, channel layers on the active region and spaced apart vertically, a gate structure intersecting the active region and the channel layers, the gate structure extending in a second direction and surrounding the channel layers, and a source/drain region on the active region at a side of the gate structure, the source/drain region contacting the channel layers, the source/drain region including first epitaxial layers having a first composition and including first layers on side surfaces of the channel layers and a second layer on the active region at a lower end of the source/drain region, and a second epitaxial layer having a second composition different from the first composition, the second epitaxial layer being between the first epitaxial layers in the first direction and being between the first epitaxial layers vertically in a third direction.
US11670715B2
A semiconductor device is described. The semiconductor device includes a substrate and a metal layer disposed on the substrate. A seed layer is formed on the metal layer. A ferroelectric gate layer is formed on the seed layer. A channel layer is formed over the ferroelectric gate layer. The seed layer is arranged to increase the orthorhombic phase fraction of the ferroelectric gate layer.
US11670705B2
A semiconductor device that can be miniaturized or highly integrated is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first conductor, a second conductor over the first conductor, a first insulator covering the second conductor, a first oxide over the first insulator, and a second oxide over the first oxide, an opening overlapping with at least part of the first conductor is provided in the first oxide and the first insulator, and the second oxide is electrically connected to the first conductor through the opening.
US11670697B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate comprising a semiconductor fin, a gate structure over the semiconductor fin, and source/drain structures over the semiconductor fin and on opposite sides of the gate structure. The gate stack comprises a high-k dielectric layer; a first work function metal layer over the high-k dielectric layer; an oxide of the first work function metal layer over the first work function metal layer; and a second work function metal layer over the oxide of the first work function metal layer, in which the first and second work function metal layers have different compositions; and a gate electrode over the second work function metal layer.
US11670685B2
A method for manufacturing a SiC-based electronic device, that includes implanting, at a front side of a solid body of SiC having a conductivity of N type, dopant species of P type, thus forming an implanted region that extends in depth in the solid body starting from the front side and has a top surface co-planar with said front side; and generating a laser beam directed towards the implanted region in order to generate heating of the implanted region at temperatures comprised between 1500° C. and 2600° C. so as to form an ohmic contact region including one or more carbon-rich layers, for example graphene and/or graphite layers, in the implanted region and, simultaneously, activation of the dopant species of P type.
US11670682B2
An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a FINFET device having a channel. The channel is composed of a first semiconductor material that is epitaxially grown on a subfin structure beneath the channel. The subfin structure is composed of a second semiconductor material that is different than the first semiconductor material. The subfin structure is epitaxially grown on a substrate composed of a third semiconductor material that is different than the first and second semiconductor materials. The subfin structure has a doped region to substantially impede leakage currents between the channel and the substrate.
US11670678B2
An integrated circuit (IC) structure includes a first cell and a second cell abutting the first cell. The first cell includes a first fin-like field-effect transistor (FinFET). The first FinFET includes a first channel region in a first fin extending along a first direction, and a first gate electrode extending across the first channel region in the first fin along a second direction different from the first direction. The second FinFET includes a second channel region in a second fin aligned with the first fin along the first direction, and a second gate electrode extending across the second channel region in the second fin along the second direction. The second fin has a smaller width than the first fin.
US11670677B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate; a 1st transistor formed above the substrate, and having a 1st transistor stack including a plurality of 1st channel structures, a 1st gate structure surrounding the 1st channel structures, and 1st and 2nd source/drain regions at both ends of the 1st transistor stack in a 1st channel length direction; and a 2nd transistor formed above the 1st transistor in a vertical direction, and having a 2nd transistor stack including a plurality of 2nd channel structures, a 2nd gate structure surrounding the 2nd channel structures, and 3rd and 4th source/drain regions at both ends of the 2nd transistor stack in a 2nd channel length direction, wherein the 3rd source/drain region does not vertically overlap the 1st source/drain region or the 2nd source/drain region, and the 4th source/drain region does not vertically overlap the 1st source/drain region or the 2nd source/drain region.
US11670671B2
In a described example, an integrated circuit includes a capacitor first plate; a dielectric stack over the capacitor first plate comprising silicon nitride and silicon dioxide with a capacitance quadratic voltage coefficient less than 0.5 ppm/V2; and a capacitor second plate over the dielectric stack.
US11670656B2
The present disclosure relates to an imaging element, a fabrication method, and electronic equipment by which an image having higher picture quality can be imaged. The imaging element includes a first light absorbing film formed in an effective pixel peripheral region, the effective pixel peripheral region being provided so as to enclose an outer side of an effective pixel region in which a plurality of pixels is disposed in a matrix, so as to cover a semiconductor substrate, a microlens layer provided as an upper layer than the first light absorbing film and having a microlens formed so as to condense light for each of the pixels in the effective pixel region, and a second light absorbing film provided as an upper layer than the microlens layer and formed in the effective pixel peripheral region. The present technology can be applied, for example, to a CMOS image sensor.
US11670655B2
Implementations of semiconductor packages may include: a digital signal processor having a first side and a second side and an image sensor array, having a first side and a second side. The first side of the image sensor array may be coupled to the second side of the digital signal processor through a plurality of hybrid bond interconnect (HBI) bond pads and an edge seal. One or more openings may extend from the second side of the image sensor array into the second side of the digital signal processor to an etch stop layer in the second side of the digital signal processor. The one or more openings may form a second edge seal between the plurality of HBI bond pads and the edge of the digital signal processor.
US11670643B2
A driving backplane, a display panel and a display device are disclosed. The driving backplane includes: a base substrate; a plurality of pixel driving circuits located on the base substrate; an electrode located on a side of each of the pixel driving circuits facing away from the base substrate and coupled with the pixel driving circuits; and a potential wire located between the electrode and the base substrate and coupled with the pixel driving circuits. Every at least two pixel driving circuits are coupled with a same signal line through a multiplexing controller, an orthographic projection of the controller on the base substrate completely falls into a range of a corresponding micro light emitting diode bonding region, and an orthographic projection of a control wire coupled with the controller on the base substrate completely falls into a range of an orthographic projection of the potential wire on the base substrate.
US11670638B2
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of active fins extending in a first direction, and spaced apart from each other in a second direction, the plurality of active fins having upper surfaces of different respective heights, a gate structure extending in the second across the plurality of active fins, a device isolation film on the substrate, a source/drain region on the plurality of active fins, and including an epitaxial layer on the plurality of active fins, an insulating spacer on an upper surface of the device isolation film and having a lateral asymmetry with respect to a center line of the source/drain region in a cross section taken along the second direction, an interlayer insulating region on the device isolation film and on the gate structure and the source/drain region, and a contact structure in the interlayer insulating region and electrically connected to the source/drain region.
US11670628B2
A display device comprises an emission area and a sub area disposed on a side of the emission area and spaced apart from the emission area, electrodes disposed in the emission area and spaced apart from each other in a first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction, the electrodes extending in the second direction, and light emitting elements having ends disposed on the electrodes spaced apart in the first direction. The emission area comprises a first area where some of the electrodes are spaced apart from each other in the second direction, and first dummy patterns disposed in the first area and spaced apart from the electrodes in the second direction.
US11670603B2
A micro-component comprises a component substrate having a first side and an opposing second side. Fenders project from the first and second sides of the component substrate and include first-side fenders extending from the first side and a second-side fender extending from the second side of the component substrate. At least two of the first-side fenders have a non-conductive surface and are disposed closer to a corner of the component substrate than to a center of the component substrate.
US11670600B2
A panel-shaped metal wall grids array for panel level IC packaging and associated manufacturing method. Each metal wall grid in the metal wall grids array has a continuous and closed metal wall of a predetermined wall height. The metal wall grids are connected to form a monolithic panel through a plurality of metal connecting portions. When the panel-shaped metal wall grids array is used for panel level IC packaging, at least one IC chip/IC die is disposed in each metal wall grid with a top surface of each IC chip/IC die facing downwards, and a panel-shaped metal layer matching with the panel-shaped wall grids array may be further formed on the entire back side of the panel-shaped metal wall grids array so that the panel-shaped metal layer is bonded to the metal wall of each metal wall grid.
US11670591B2
A semiconductor device includes; a semiconductor substrate including a first region and a second region, a first interlayer insulating layer on the second region, a capping layer disposed on the first interlayer insulating layer, an upper surface of the capping layer includes a first trench, conductive patterns spaced apart on the capping layer, side surfaces of the conductive patterns are aligned with inner side surfaces of the first trench, and a peripheral separation pattern disposed in the first trench to cover the side surfaces of the conductive patterns. The peripheral separation pattern has a first thickness on the side surfaces of the conductive patterns and a second thickness greater than or equal to the first thickness on a lower surface.
US11670586B2
A semiconductor device includes transistors and a resistor. The transistors are connected in series between a power terminal and a ground terminal, and gate terminals of the transistors being connected together. The resistor is overlaid above the transistors. The resistor is connected between a source terminal of the transistors and the ground terminal.
US11670583B2
A low-resistance thick-wire integrated inductor may be formed in an integrated circuit (IC) device. The integrated inductor may include an elongated inductor wire defined by a metal layer stack including an upper metal layer, middle metal layer, and lower metal layer. The lower metal layer may be formed in a top copper interconnect layer, the upper metal layer may be formed in an aluminum bond pad layer, and the middle metal layer may comprise a copper tub region formed between the aluminum upper layer and copper lower layer. The wide copper region defining the middle layer of the metal layer stack may be formed concurrently with copper vias of interconnect structures in the IC device, e.g., by filling respective openings using copper electrochemical plating or other bottom-up fill process. The elongated inductor wire may be shaped in a spiral or other symmetrical or non-symmetrical shape.
US11670569B2
Disclosed herein are channeled lids for integrated circuit (IC) packages, as well as related methods and devices. For example, in some embodiments, an IC package may include a die between a lid and a package substrate. A bottom surface of the lid may include a channel that at least partially overlaps the die.
US11670566B2
A thermal interlace material for transferring heat by interposing between two materials may include a graphite film. The graphite film may have a thickness T of 200 nm to 3 μm, and a ratio Ra/T of an arithmetic average roughness Ra on a surface of the graphite film to the thickness T of the graphite film, may be 0.1 to 30.
US11670564B2
A heat sink comprising a heat exchange device having a large-scale morphology over a scale range and a small-scale texture over a scale range, wherein at least one of the large-scale morphology and the small scale texture has a fractal-like self-similarity over a scale range. The large-scale morphology and small-scale texture may be defined and implemented independently, or be provided with a transitional range. The large-scale morphology may be algorithmically optimized according to a set of geometrically constraints. The small-scale texture may be optimized according to aerodynamic parameters and constraints. The heat sink may be dynamically varying, and/or operated in conjunction with a dynamically varying heat transfer medium supply.
US11670556B2
A semiconductor package includes a frame having a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a through-hole, a first semiconductor chip in the through-hole of the frame, a second semiconductor chip on the frame, a first connection structure on the first surface of the frame and including a first redistribution structure electrically connected to the first semiconductor chip and having a third surface contacting the first surface of the frame, the first redistribution structure including a first redistribution layer and a first redistribution via, a first pad on a center portion of a fourth surface of the first redistribution structure opposite the third surface, a second pad on an edge portion of the fourth surface, a second connection structure on the second surface and comprising a second redistribution structure electrically connected to the second semiconductor chip and including a second redistribution layer and a second redistribution via, and an electrical connection metal on the first pad on the fourth surface, wherein the electrical connection metal is not on the second pad.
US11670554B2
A method for co-integrating finFETs of two semiconductor material types, e.g., Si and SiGe, on a bulk substrate is described. Fins for finFETs may be formed in an epitaxial layer of a first semiconductor type, and covered with an insulator. A portion of the fins may be removed to form voids in the insulator, and the voids may be filled by epitaxially growing a semiconductor material of a second type in the voids. The co-integrated finFETs may be formed at a same device level.
US11670544B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a via-first process for connecting a contact to a gate electrode. In some embodiments, the contact is formed extending through a first interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer to a source/drain region bordering the gate electrode. An etch stop layer (ESL) is deposited covering the first ILD layer and the contact, and a second ILD layer is deposited covering the ESL. A first etch is performed into the first and second ILD layers and the etch stop layer to form a first opening exposing the gate electrode. A series of etches is performed into the second ILD layer and the etch stop layer to form a second opening overlying the contact and overlapping the first opening, such that a bottom of the second opening slants downward from the contact to the first opening. A gate-to-contact (GC) structure is formed filling the first and second openings.
US11670534B2
A semiconductor process transport apparatus including a drive section with at least one motor, an articulated arm coupled to the drive section for driving articulation motion, a machine controller coupled to the drive section to control the at least one motor moving the articulated arm from one location to a different location, and an adapter pendant having a machine controller interface coupling the adapter pendant for input/output with the machine controller, the adapter pendant having another interface, configured for connecting a fungible smart mobile device having predetermined resident user operable device functionality characteristics, wherein the other interface has a connectivity configuration so mating of the fungible smart mobile device with the other interface automatically enables configuration of at least one of the resident user operable device functionality characteristics to define an input/output to the machine controller effecting input commands and output signals for motion control of the articulated arm.
