US11679347B2
A filter support element for a candle filter is provided. Methods of making and using the filter support element are provided.
US11679346B2
A floating liquid intake for a liquid suction removal system, the liquid intake comprising housing defining an internal cavity. The housing has a hollow and buoyant annular body, an upper cover and a lower cover. The internal cavity is formed between the upper and lower covers. A substantially annular inlet is formed in the annular body for ingress of liquid into the cavity. The annular body has a buoyancy sufficient for the liquid intake to float in a liquid with the annular inlet submerged below the surface of the liquid in which the liquid intake is floating. A pipe extends into the cavity and the pipe includes an inlet that in use is open below the surface of the liquid within the cavity. The pipe extends outside of the cavity for connection to a liquid suction removal system.
US11679337B2
The wheelchair accessible seating locations provide new immersive experiences to people using wheelchairs in viewing an event at a venue while being ADA-compliant. These wheelchair accessible seating locations can be moved along one or more principal axes, such as the x-axis, the y-axis, and/or the z-axis of the Cartesian coordinate system to provide some examples, as the people using wheelchairs is viewing the event. These wheelchair accessible seating locations can oscillate along the one or more principal axes to generate vibrations to create the experience of touch to the people using wheelchairs to provide these new immersive experiences to the people using wheelchairs in viewing the event. These movements of the wheelchair accessible seating locations can coincide with, for example, be synchronized to, the event to provide the people using wheelchairs with a substantially similar immersive experience as other spectators of the event that are seated in the seats within the venue.
US11679335B2
Systems and related methods related to structures with large-scale rotatable elements. Some of the present systems comprise: a tower defining a plurality of human-habitable spaces; a tower hub coupled to the tower and having a transverse dimension of at least 50 feet; an observation wheel rotatably coupled to the tower and having a central wheel hub; and one or more bearings disposed between the tower hub and the wheel hub to rotatably support the observation wheel relative to the tower.
US11679330B2
The disclosed systems and methods track and continuously monitor data about a player or a multiple players and create a non-playing character (NPC) and/or modify an existing NPC that replicates the player(s) play style. The disclosed systems implement an artificial intelligence engine that monitors how a real player responds to one or more events in a game and correlates game outcomes with real player actions, with the actions or reactions of third players, and/or with an amount or extent of engagement. The engine may be used to generate, host, or otherwise provide data representative of one or more NPCs to multiple different games, being hosted by one or more servers, concurrently.
US11679322B2
An interactive bowling system using scoring systems and/or other computer infrastructures which interact with visual and/or audio effects within the bowling center. The system includes a management system having stored therein instructions to provide special effects associated with one or more events to one or more special effects components. Upon an occurrence of an event, the management system: determines that the occurrence of the event is associated with one or more special effects; and provides the instructions to the one or more special effects components to effectuate the special effects associated with the one or more events.
US11679321B1
Method and apparatus directed to cushioned concave pads, cushioned traction pads, and/or grip tape for self-balancing vehicles. The method and apparatus includes front cushioned pads and/or front cushioned traction pads having top surfaces and bottom surfaces; attaching the bottom surfaces of the front cushioned pads and/or the front cushioned traction pads to a first deck portion disposed at a first end of a frame; selecting rear cushioned pads and/or rear cushioned traction pads having top and bottom surfaces. The top surfaces of the rear cushioned pads and/or rear cushioned traction pads can have a rear kicktail extending integrally upwardly and rearwardly. The method and apparatus further include attaching the bottom surfaces of the rear cushioned pads and/or the rear cushioned traction pads to a second deck portion disposed at a second end of the frame.
US11679320B2
The present steerable wheel assembly incorporates a lean-to-steer mechanism into an inner race of a roller bearing, while a wheel is mounted to an outer race of the roller bearing. A shaft extending from the mechanism is attached to a body, and the mechanism acts to steer the outer race and the wheel about a vertical steering axis when the shaft is tilted about a horizontal axis. The mechanism can be a pivot joint, providing a linear steering response, or can be a lean-to-steer mechanism that provides a non-linear response where the steering action is not proportionally responsive to tilting over the expected range of tilting.
US11679314B2
A golf club head with improved striking face performance is disclosed herein. More specifically, a golf club head includes a striking face with a thickened central region surrounded by transition region that reduces radially in thickness as it extends away from the central region is disclosed. The striking face geometry results in more uniform characteristic time measurements across a large percentage thereof.
US11679312B2
A putter-chipper golf club may include: a body 110 including a coupling groove portion 110a having a through-hole formed therein; a variable face 120 disposed on one side of the body 110 and configured to function as a putter face or a chipper face; a spring 130 disposed on the circumference of a part of the coupling protrusion portion 120a; and a face cap 150 disposed adjacent to the spring 130. When the coupling groove portion 110a of the body 110 and the coupling protrusion portion 120a of the variable face 120 are disengaged from each other by pulling the variable face 120 from the body 110 toward one side, the golf club may be switched to a putter or a chipper through rotation of the variable face 120.
US11679310B1
A golf club head includes a body defining an exterior surface having a forward-most point and a rearward-most point that define a horizontal club head length therebetween that extends parallel to a ground plane. The body includes a face, a sole, and a crown. A front weight assembly having a first weight is secured with at least one fastener and defines a first center of gravity, and a rear weight assembly having a second weight is coupled with the body and defines a second center of gravity. A sole gap formed between an underside of the first weight and the sole defines a height of between 0.5 millimeters and 6 millimeters, the first center of gravity and the second center of gravity define a horizontal weight system length, and a ratio between the horizontal weight system length and the horizontal club head length is between 80% and 99%.
US11679309B2
A head 2 includes a head body h1, a face part Fp1, and a connecting part Cn1. The face part Fp1 includes a face surface f1 and a face back surface f2. The connecting part Cn1 connects the face back surface f2 of the face part Fp1 and the head body h1 to each other. The connecting part Cn1 may be provided at a position separated from a peripheral edge of the face back surface f2. The peripheral edge of the face back surface f2 may be separated from the head body h1. The face part Fp1 may include a face middle region R1 and a face peripheral region R2. The connecting part Cn1 may be provided only in the face middle region R1.
US11679293B2
The invention relates to a method for treating emergency spill or leak of halogen which is bromine or chlorine, comprising contacting an aqueous solution of quaternary ammonium halide with the halogen.
US11679284B2
A topical skin care composition including an effective amount of palmitoyl tetrapeptide 7, retinol, and a base that includes botanical oils is disclosed. The botanical oils include sesame oil, Helianthus annuus seed oil, jojoba oil, and Macadamia ternifolia nut oil. The topical skin care composition is anhydrous.
US11679282B2
A treatment system can include a treatment instrument with an operation input element that has a magnet; and a sensor that detects a parameter that changes with a movement of the magnet together with the operation input element based on an operation of the operation input element. The treatment system can also include a control apparatus that can control the supply of electrical energy to the treatment instrument for operation of the treatment instrument. The control apparatus includes a processor that can determine a relationship between a change in a distance between the sensor and the magnet and a change in the parameter, and to set, based on the relationship, a threshold for switching between an ON state and an OFF state of the supply of the electrical energy to the treatment instrument.
US11679279B2
The disclosure relates to a system and method for adapt a treatment plan. The method may include: obtaining an initial treatment plan of a region of interest, wherein the initial treatment plan includes a first initial treatment fraction and a second initial treatment fraction; causing a radiation treatment device to deliver the first initial treatment fraction; obtaining a treatment record related to the first initial treatment fraction; and generating an updated second treatment fraction based on the second initial treatment fraction and the treatment record.
US11679273B2
These teachings provide for accessing optimization information comprising at least one isocenter that corresponds to a body outline for a particular patient, field geometry information for a particular radiation treatment platform, and dosimetric data. The optimization information can further comprise a model of a body outline for the patient. A control circuit optimizes a radiation treatment plan as a function of the optimization information to provide an optimized radiation treatment plan where radiation dose levels delivered to the particular patient from a particular field depends on the relative volume magnitude of field path intersections to thereby reduce radiation dose delivery to healthy patient tissue in regions having relatively more overlapping fields.
US11679268B2
Techniques are disclosed for a multi-tier system for predicting cardiac arrhythmia in a patient. In one example, a computing device processes parametric patient data and provider data for a patient to generate a long-term probability that a cardiac arrhythmia will occur in the patient within a first time period. In response to determining that the cardiac arrhythmia is likely to occur within the first time period, the computing device causes a medical device to process the parametric patient data to generate a short-term probability that the cardiac arrhythmia will occur in the patient within a second time period. In response to determining that the cardiac arrhythmia is likely to occur within the second time period, the medical device performs a remediative action to reduce the likelihood that the cardiac arrhythmia will occur.
US11679264B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for generating burst waveforms. An implantable neurostimulation system includes an implantable stimulation lead including a plurality of contacts, and an implantable pulse generator communicatively coupled to the stimulation lead. The pulse generator is configured to generate a waveform including a burst that includes a leading anodic pulse followed by alternating cathodic pulses and anodic pulses, each cathodic pulse in the burst having a greater amplitude than the previous cathodic pulse.
US11679259B2
Apparatus is provided that includes a retinal stimulator, which includes an electrode array including electrodes, which are configured to be coupled to a retina of a subject's eye; and driving circuitry, configured to drive the electrodes to apply currents to the retina. The retinal stimulator further includes an elastic anchor that is coupled to the retinal stimulator and is configured to anchor the electrodes to the retina without the elastic anchor penetrating the retina. Other embodiments are also described.
US11679248B2
A valve comprises a first housing including a first lumen extending therethrough and defining a first disk-facing surface and a second housing including a second lumen extending therethrough and defining a second disk-facing surface, the second housing being mated to the first housing so that the second disk-facing surface faces the first disk-facing surface in combination with a flexible disk gripped between gripping portions of the first and second disk-facing surfaces, the disk including a slit extending therethrough which, when acted upon by a fluid pressure of at least a predetermined threshold level opens to permit fluid flow between the first and second lumens and which, when acted upon by a fluid pressure less than the threshold level remains sealed preventing fluid flow between the first and second lumens and a relief well between opposing portions of the first and second housings radially outside the gripping portions, a width of the relief well exceeding a width of a radially outer portion of the flexible disk so that the radially outer portion of the disk is free to move therewithin.
US11679236B2
An intravascular device delivery system has an elongated member with a flexible hypotube. The hypotube can be rotationally keyed to a steerable catheter. The flexible hypotube includes one or more cuts to allow bending of the flexible hypotube within a first plane. The steerable catheter is steerable to bend the flexible hypotube within the first plane, and longitudinally movable relative to the flexible hypotube to allow distal movement of the steerable catheter relative to a distal end of the flexible hypotube.
US11679225B2
Disclosed is a respirator which comprises an electronic control device and a pneumatic main line in which the following are connected pneumatically: a respiratory gas source, a valve, a mixing chamber, a gas-dosing unit, and a supply line. The gas-dosing unit is configured to convey external air and/or oxygen and/or anesthetic gas into the mixing chamber, the respiratory gas source is configured to deliver respiratory gas to the supply line, the mixing chamber is configured to make available respiratory gas, the supply line is configured to supply the patient with respiratory gas, and the valve is configured to at least temporarily reduce a stream of respiratory gas to a patient.
US11679216B2
A process for operating a ventilator (12) and a ventilator (12) operating according to the process are provided. A pressure target value (pz) is determined during a phase of exhalation (48) as a function of a compliance (C) determined in relation to the lungs (14) of a patient being ventilated by means of the ventilator (12).
US11679210B2
A nasal dispensing device and pharmaceutical composition includes a container; a dispenser head having at least a pump, a dispensing channel, and a dispensing orifice; a dip tube; and a pharmaceutical composition comprising mometasone, an ester thereof (e.g., mometasone furoate), or a salt thereof and olopatadine or its salt (e.g., olopatadine hydrochloride). The container can have a conically shaped internal bottom, angled downwardly toward a center, and a further angularly deepened well, centrally located, with the dip tube extending into the well. An optional cap is provided that includes a sealing sleeve communicating in a seal tight manner with a perimeter of a lateral wall of the dispenser head.
US11679208B2
Systems and methods encourage users to rotate injection sites and avoid lipodystrophy. Sleeves and/or lost-tooth gear dials and/or microswitches in or on injection pens or their caps, on vials, and on other portable devices manually adjust an indicator before or after an injection to show a current or next injection site in accordance with a site rotation plan. Injected medicine packaging and related printed indicia encourage site rotation. Optical devices employing optical mouse or projection technology help locate and/or distribute injection sites within a body area. A mobile phone app tracks injections and locations to select next injection site, and can use imaging to locate a target injection site and optionally diagnose lipodystrophic conditions and record them. Tactile and print media educational tools are presented to help users palpate and identify lipos in body areas having injection sites.
US11679207B2
An injection device adapted for injecting a durable or pre-filled pen device along an injection direction defining an injection axis. The injection device is provided with a certain holder and locking mechanism for fixing and holding a pen device in a correct position for injection into human skin.
US11679194B2
Aspiration systems and methods for controlling blood loss during thrombus removal are disclosed herein. The systems include an aspiration catheter, an aspiration tubing, a receptacle for collecting aspirated blood, a vacuum line coupled to the receptacle, and a sensor configured to measure a flow parameter associated with a liquid within an aspiration lumen. The systems further include a regulator configured to adjust a vacuum pressure within the vacuum line, and a vacuum controller operably coupled to the sensor and the regulator. The vacuum controller is configured to receive the flow parameter from the sensor, compare the flow parameter to a target range for the flow parameter, and send an automatic control signal to the regulator based on a comparison of the flow parameter to the target range. The automatic control signal causes the regulator to adjust the vacuum pressure within the vacuum line.
US11679189B2
A method and apparatus are provided for use with a pump. The method includes, (a) placing liquid in a tube coupled to the pump, (b) injecting an air bubble into the tube in a manner that does not increase pressure within the tube, and such that there is a predetermined volume of liquid between the air bubble and the pump, (c) using the pump to advance the air bubble along the tube to the bubble detector of the pump, (d) using the pump, assessing accuracy of the pump by automatically measuring the volume of liquid pumped to advance the air bubble to the bubble detector, and (e) using the pump to continue advancing the air bubble along the tube, past the bubble detector, and using the pump to measure a volume of the air bubble. Other applications are also described.
US11679186B2
The invention relates to a testing system and related methods for detecting peritonitis or infection in peritoneal dialysate removed from a patient. The testing system can include a fluid sensor apparatus in a fluid line of a peritoneal dialysis cycler through which spent peritoneal dialysate can be pumped. The fluid sensor apparatus can detect one or more markers associated with peritonitis or infection.
US11679180B2
This document provides methods and materials for performing retinal pigment epithelium transplantation. For example, methods and materials for using fibrin supports for retinal pigment epithelium transplantation are provided.
US11679179B2
The invention relates to a method for predicting or diagnosing a risk of bioprosthetic valve degeneration. Further, the invention relates to a medical device, in particular a bioprosthetic valve coated with EPCR less prone to degeneration and/or calcification once implanted.
US11679172B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and system for disinfecting surfaces within a volumetric space by forming peracids in a reaction layer in situ directly on the surfaces to be disinfected. Particularly, a peroxide compound and an organic acid are sequentially dispersed into the volumetric space, preventing peracids from being formed until the two reactants contact each other on the surface to be disinfected. In some embodiments, any of the dispersed aqueous compositions can optionally be electrostatically charged. Additionally, a system for sequentially dispersing the peracid reactant compounds by electrostatic spraying is provided.
US11679171B2
A disinfecting apparatus includes a pipe configured to allow disinfecting light to penetrate therein to disinfect powder, liquid, or other substances. In some examples, the pipe has a window with a disinfecting light coupled to the exterior of the pipe and positioned to shine disinfecting light through the window so as to expose the substances passing therethrough. Because the disinfecting light is external to the pipe, repair and replacement of the disinfecting light is quickly and easily performed. Additionally, the disinfecting light may be retrofitted to current pipes.
US11679167B2
An ophthalmic composition comprising Indigo Carmine, or Indigo Carmine and Trypan Blue, for identification of intraocular structures and membranes within the eye, and methods of delivering and using the same, for surgical treatments of the eye, including glaucoma and cataract surgery.
US11679163B2
The disclosure provides nanoemulsion compositions and methods of making and using thereof to deliver a bioactive agent such as a nucleic acid to a subject. The nanoemulsion composition comprises a hydrophobic core based on inorganic nanoparticles in a lipid nanoparticle that allows imaging as well as delivering nucleic acids. Methods of using these particles for treatment and vaccination are also provided.
US11679161B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to complexes comprising a muscle-targeting agent covalently linked to a molecular payload. In some embodiments, the muscle-targeting agent specifically binds to an internalizing cell surface receptor on muscle cells. In some embodiments, the molecular payload inhibits expression or activity of DUX4. In some embodiments, the molecular payload is an oligonucleotide, such as an antisense oligonucleotide or RNAi oligonucleotide.
US11679160B2
The present invention relates to a polyplex for use in the treatment of castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) comprising a double stranded RNA (dsRNA) and a polymeric conjugate, wherein said polymeric conjugate consists of a linear polyethyleneimine (LPEl), one or more polyethylene glycol (PEG) moieties, one or more linkers and one or more targeting moieties, wherein said LPEl is covalently bound to one or more PEG moieties and each of said one or more PEG moieties is conjugated via one of the one or more linkers to one of the one or more targeting moieties, wherein each of said one or more targeting moieties is capable of binding to a cancer antigen, and wherein said cancer antigen is prostate surface membrane antigen (PSMA). Further, the invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for use in the treatment of CRPC.
US11679147B2
A method of eliciting an immune response in a patient who has a cancer includes administering to said patient a composition containing a population of activated T cells that selectively recognize the cancer cells in the patient that aberrantly express a peptide consisting of the amino acid sequence of GVLPGLVGV (SEQ ID NO: 56), in which the peptide is in a complex with an MHC molecule.
US11679137B2
The present invention relates to Myoviridae bacteriophage Vib-PAP-4(Accession No. KCTC 13168BP), isolated from nature, which possesses ability to specifically kill Vibrio parahaemolyticus bacteria and has the genome represented by SEQ ID No: 1, and a method for preventing infection of Vibrio parahaemolyticus bacteria and treating infection of Vibrio parahaemolyticus baceteria, using a composition containing the bacteriophage as an effective ingredient.
US11679136B2
The present invention provides a composition comprising a co-culture of at least two distinct bacterial families, having differing growth and/or proliferative conditions. In some embodiments, the composition comprises a plurality of bacterial genera with high similarity to microbial flora.
US11679129B2
The present disclosure is broadly concerned with the field of cancer immunotherapy. For example, the present invention generally relates to an immune cell comprising a genetically engineered antigen receptor that specifically binds to a target antigen and a genetic disruption agent that reduces or is capable of reducing the expression in the immune cell of a gene that weakens the function of the immune cell.
US11679120B2
Disclosed herein are circular RNAs and transfer vehicles, along with related compositions and methods of treatment. The circular RNAs can comprise group I intron fragments, spacers, an IRES, duplex forming regions, and/or an expression sequence, thereby having the features of improved expression, functional stability, low immunogenicity, ease of manufacturing, and/or extended half-life compared to linear RNA. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising such circular RNAs and transfer vehicles are particularly suitable for efficient protein expression in immune cells in vivo. Also disclosed are precursor RNAs and materials useful in producing the precursor or circular RNAs, which have improved circularization efficiency and/or are compatible with effective circular RNA purification methods.
US11679116B2
Topical pharmaceutical compositions comprise a combination of a corticosteroid a retinoid; and methods for treating psoriasis with same.
US11679105B1
Pharmaceutical compositions are provided, which comprise cabozantinib or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, wherein the inventive compositions exhibit enhanced bioavailability compared to the currently marketed or commercially available formulations. The present invention also provides manufacturing processes thereof and use of the said inventive compositions for the prevention, treatment or prophylaxis of disorders in human patients in need thereof. The present invention relates to oral pharmaceutical compositions of cabozantinib, methods for their administration, processes for their production, and use of these compositions for treatment of diseases treatable by cabozantinib.
US11679103B2
The disclosure provides for multi-targeting agents that assist in the targeted removal of amyloid beta plaques from the brain and surrounding vasculature of subjects with Alzheimer's disease, and methods of treatment thereof.
US11679101B2
Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for topical delivery of mTOR inhibitors. In one embodiment, an anhydrous composition includes one or more mTOR inhibitors, one or more solvents, one or more gelling agents, and one or more antioxidants. Also disclosed herein are methods to treat skin disorders using such compositions.
US11679099B2
The present disclosure relates a method of treating chondrosarcoma or suppressing metastasis or recurrence thereof by regulating HIF-2α. The present method can be effectively used for treating chondrosarcoma or suppressing metastasis or recurrence thereof by inhibiting HIF-2α during the development and metastasis of chondrosarcoma, particularly dedifferentiated chondrosarcoma.
US11679095B2
Described herein are methods of treating neuron inflammation conditions, for example, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, ischemic stroke, and prion disease, comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of cromolyn or a cromolyn derivative compound.
US11679085B2
Proposed is a patch for the alleviation and prevention of acne, in which anti-acne activity of a biodegradable metal represented by MgaZnbXc (in which a, b and c are wt % of individual components, a+b+c=100 wt %, 0≤a≤100, 0≤b≤100, and 0≤c≤10, among which a or b is the greatest, and X is at least one selected from the group consisting of Ca, Fe, Mn, Si, Na, Zr, Ce, and P) is demonstrated, thus exhibiting novel use thereof as a patch for the alleviation and prevention of acne.
US11679081B2
The invention relates to a chewing gum comprising at least a gum core comprising nicotine polacrilex, at least a one outer coating covering the core, comprising at least one sugar alcohol or mixtures of sugar alcohols and, at least a one portion fused onto the outer coating, wherein the portion comprises nicotine bitartrate or nicotine ditartrate dihydrate and at least one sugar alcohol or a mixture of sugar alcohols and at least one buffer present in the coating and/or in a portion fused to the coating.
US11679077B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for applying an fragment of a neurotoxin such as the active light chain (LC) of the botulinum toxin (BoNT), such as one of the serotype A, B, C, D, E, F or G botulinum toxins, via permeabilization of targeted cell membranes to enable translocation of the botulinum neurotoxin light chain (BoNT-LC) molecule across the targeted cell membrane to the cell cytosol where a therapeutic response is produced in a mammalian system. The methods and apparatus include use of catheter based delivery systems, non-invasive delivery systems, and transdermal delivery systems.
US11679075B2
There is disclosed a method for administration of a formulation of resiniferatoxin (RTX) to provide cardiac sympathetic afferent denervation when applied in an amount and concentration sufficient to chemically denervate vanilloid 1 receptor (TRPV1)-expressing CSAR (cardiac sympathetic afferent reflex) afferents. There is further disclosed a method for treating heart failure or hypertension and its related indications selected from the group consisting of increased sympatho-excitation, cardiac hypertrophy, increased left ventricular end diastolic pressure (LVEDP), lung edema, and combinations thereof, comprising administering an effective amount of RTX directly to a tissue site selected from the group consisting of epicardium, a T1-T4 dorsal root ganglion and intrathecally to the T1-T4 region of the spinal column.
US11679073B2
A hair care composition providing improved in-use wet feel. The composition can contain from about 20% to about 45%, by weight, of a detersive surfactant, from about 0.01% to about 2.5%, by weight, of a cationic synthetic polymer, and from about 0.01% to about 2.5%, by weight, of a cationic guar polymer. The hair care composition can produce a final rinse friction of from about 600 gf to about 2000 gf and a delta final to initial from about 100 gf to about 600 gf. The hair care composition can be applied to the hair when it is dispensed from an aerosol foam dispenser as a foam.
US11679068B2
Ultraviolet radiation sun protective compositions are reported which feature micronized metal oxide inorganic particles selected from zinc oxide, titanium dioxide and mixtures thereof, the inorganic particles being coated with an adduct of a hydroxy cinnamate and a silanol, amounts of the adduct to the inorganic particles being in a relative weight ratio of 1:200 to 1:4.
US11679065B2
The present invention is directed to a personal care composition comprising from about 10% to about 25% of one or more surfactants; from about 0.1% to 10% of sulfur; wherein the sulfur has a mean particle size (D50) of from about 5 μm to about 150 μm; from about 0.05% to about 10% of one or more stabilizing polymers; and from about 0.01% to about 4% of a suspending wax.
US11679058B2
A universal tip adapter for a handheld massage therapy product is disclosed. The universal adaptor comprises a rigid body having a first end and a second end. The first end is formed with an internally threaded cavity for screwing with an external thread on the end of a handheld massage therapy product via a universal hub. The second end is formed with external threads for screwing with an internal threading of a massager head and/or consumer accessories, thereby enabling a user to securely and simply connect the universal adaptor to different massage heads and other consumer accessories to the massage therapy product. The second end of the universal adaptor is an external threaded section. The second end is configured to securely connect to the massager head and/or consumer accessories via the external threads. The universal adaptor is further configured to securely and simply connect to sexual pleasuring accessories.
US11679041B2
A patient transport apparatus transports a patient over a surface. The patient transport apparatus comprises a base and support wheels coupled to the base. An auxiliary wheel assembly is coupled to the base and comprises one or more auxiliary wheels that influence motion of the patient transport apparatus over the surface to assist caregivers. An actuator system is operatively coupled to the auxiliary wheels to move the auxiliary wheels relative to the base from a stowed position to a first deployed position, and further to a second deployed position.
US11679040B2
The present disclosure invention relates to a disposable absorbent article (100) comprising a liquid-pervious topsheet (10), a liquid-impervious backsheet (20) and an absorbent assembly (30) between the topsheet (10) and the backsheet (20). The absorbent assembly (30) comprises an absorbent core (40), an upper core wrap (50) and a lower core wrap (60). The absorbent core (40) comprises at least two cavities (70) free of absorbent material wherein the upper core wrap (50) and the lower core wrap (60) are permanently attached to each other, said cavities (70) being interconnected via at least one connecting line (80) comprising absorbent material. The absorbent core (40) has a first basis weight in the zone out of the cavities (70) and the connecting lines (80) and a second basis weight in the connecting lines (80), the first basis weight being greater than the second basis weight. in the cavities (70). The resulting absorbent assembly (30) may show all together a very good integrity, a very good distribution of fluids and a quick rate of absorption.
US11679037B2
An absorbent article comprises first and second substrates and one or more elastic elements disposed at least partially intermediate the substrates. The second substrate is attached to the first substrate and/or to portions of the elastic elements. The absorbent article comprises an adhesive having a first and second pattern of elements disposed on first substrate, and first and second texture zones. The first texture zone comprises a first portion of the substrates, a first portion of the elastic elements, and the first pattern of elements of the adhesive and forms a background pattern in the first portion of the substrates. The second texture zone comprises a second portion of the substrates, a second portion of the one or more elastic elements, and the second pattern of elements of the adhesive and forms a macro pattern in the second portion of the substrates.
US11679033B2
A frameless goggle with a lens that is structurally self-supporting without any external support from a frame, chassis, or other, similar components. The resulting goggle is more streamlined and has fewer parts to manufacture and assemble. In some embodiments, the goggle lens includes an integral support portion that improves the stiffness and strength of the lens.
US11679025B2
A system and method for providing Anal Perineal Prostate Vaginal Pelvic Floor contrast therapy are presented. The system may comprise a human interface device, fluid tubing, a pump, and a reservoir. The system may be operable to apply any combination of heat, cold, and pressurized compression to a therapy recipient and demonstrates particular utility for treating anal-prostate-perineal and vaginal areas. The system may be operable to impart a desired therapy temperature to the human interface device and to expand a membrane containing a therapy fluid. The expanded membrane may conform to the contours of a therapy site. Operation of the human interface device may be controlled using a remote-control device. The therapy recipient may be able to control the temperature of the fluid circulating through the membrane and may be able to control the pressure of the fluid within the membrane.
US11679002B2
A bone graft loading device includes a syringe comprising a nozzle at a distal portion of the syringe and an opening at a proximal portion of the syringe, and a plunger configured to force bone graft material from the reservoir through the nozzle. The plunger comprises a plunger body positioned at least partially within the syringe and defining a lumen. A tamp is positioned within the lumen of the plunger body and is configured to protrude distally of the plunger through the nozzle. The plunger mates with an inner wall of the syringe and the tamp to block passage of the bone graft material into the lumen of the plunger body. The plunger can be rotated to guide the bone graft material into the cannula, and the tamp can be periodically actuated to clear clogs that form at or near the nozzle.
US11678999B2
An intervertebral implant with two opposite contact surfaces configured to bear regionally on vertebral bodies and are spaced apart from each other along a vertical axis and are each arranged on support elements which are adjustable relative to each other. The support elements are guided adjustably relative to each other along a circular arc contour oriented on a longitudinal axis extending perpendicular to the vertical axis in such a way that, by adjustment of the two support elements relative to each other along the circular arc contour, a spacing of the two contact surfaces with respect to the vertical axis and/or an angle setting of the two contact surfaces relative to each other can be predefined and/or modified.
US11678996B2
An angled fixation device, such as an angled screw. This angled fixation device may be used by the surgeon to secure a spacer to a spinal disc space. The proximal end portion of the angled fixation device is driven perpendicular to the anterior wall of the spacer, and so is parallel to the vertebral endplates and in-line with the inserter. The distal end portion of the angled fixation device is oriented at about a 45 degree angle (plus or minus 30 degrees) to the vertebral endplate it enters.
US11678984B2
A system for repairing a valve leaflet in minimally invasive surgery includes: a delivery device comprising: an operating handle; an outer delivery tube coupled to the operating handle; a delivery needle coupled to the operating handle; and a pushing tube coupled to the operating handle. The system further comprises a repair component comprising an anchor and a connection wire. The delivery device is configured to perform, in response to a trigger operation, a linkage release operation that includes actuating the delivery needle and releasing the repair component.
US11678980B2
An apical pad for securing a prosthetic heart valve within a native valve annulus. The apical pad includes a first collar, a second collar and plurality of struts extending between the first collar and the second collar. The plurality of struts has a delivery condition in which the plurality of struts collectively form a first cross-section and a deployed condition in which the plurality of struts collectively form a second cross-section greater than the first cross-section. The apical pad may be coupled to a tether extending from a prosthetic heart valve and may transition from the delivery condition to the deployed condition by tensioning the tether.
US11678974B2
The invention relates to a method for producing an intraocular lens, including the steps of providing a container which is transparent to electromagnetic radiation and in which a liquid that is curable by the electromagnetic radiation is arranged; irradiating the liquid with a set of images formed by the electromagnetic radiation, which each depict an intraocular lens, with each of the images of the set being radiated into the liquid at a different angle of incidence with respect to a reference plane that extends through the liquid, as a result of which the liquid is cured and the cured liquid forms the intraocular lens, an actuator, a solar module and/or a sensor being arranged in the liquid and the intraocular lens being formed around the actuator, the solar module and/or the sensor.
US11678973B2
A corneal implant injector system includes an injector including a plunger slidable in a plunger housing, and a distal cartridge grabbing member engageable with an implant-holding cartridge.
US11678960B2
A dental implant is provided, wherein the dental implant includes a dental root implant. The dental root implant forms a columnar body, and two ends thereof have a tubular portion and a joint portion, respectively, wherein the tubular portion is provided with a plurality of through holes. A central groove is formed inside the tubular portion and communicates with the through holes, wherein an inner diameter of the central groove tapers from approaching the joint portion to away from the joint portion. The joint portion can be coupled to a dental crown, and the tubular portion can be coupled to a human alveolar bone. The through holes can facilitate an osseointegration of the dental root implant in the alveolar bone.
US11678959B2
A method and a system for determining a tooth trajectory for a given tooth of a subject are provided. The method comprises: generating, by executing an optimization algorithm, based on a 3D model of the given tooth, a plurality of segments defining a tooth trajectory of the given tooth from its initial position to its target position. The executing comprises: determining, based on the stress values range, an initial force to be applied to the given tooth, the initial force causing a maximum displacement of the 3D model of the given tooth from the start position associated with the given segment towards the target position associated with the given tooth, thereby identifying an end position associated with the given segment. The method further comprises determining a respective force applied to at least one other 3D model by the maximum displacement of the 3D model of the given tooth.
US11678946B2
An apparatus for calibration of a robotic arm having an end effector of a robot includes a magnetic coupler having a body, a receiving face, a mounting member, and a magnetic portion. The mounting member is configured to fixedly connect to the end effector of the robotic arm. A mechanical digitizer probe having a ball and a handle are provided, where the ball is fixedly attached to a distal end of the handle and the ball is removably coupled to the magnetic coupler via the magnetic portion on the receiving face to form a rotatable ball and socket connection, and where a proximal end of the handle is adapted to be attached to a mechanical digitizer associated with the robot. A method for calibration of the robotic arm of a robot is also detailed.
US11678942B2
The application provides a device, method and system for registration. The registration device includes a fixing member; a frame connected to the fixing member, at least one trackable element mounted on the frame; and a collection device connected to the fixing member, wherein the collection device is configured to simultaneously collect multiple point data from an object to be registered. The registration method includes obtaining simultaneously, by a registration device, a point cloud data from a surface of a cartilage of an object to be registered; and performing surface fitting based on the point cloud data to obtain a fitted surface of the cartilage of the object to be registered. The registration system includes the registration device; a first point cloud data acquisition module, configured to receive the point cloud data from the collection device; and a surface fitting module, configured for surface fitting with the point cloud data.
US11678932B2
Apparatus comprises: (a) a longitudinal member (32), having a distal portion (34); (b) a plurality of electrodes (38) disposed on the distal portion of the longitudinal member, such that a first electrode (38a) of the plurality of electrodes is disposed distally along the longitudinal member from a second electrode (38b) of the plurality of electrodes; and (c) a controller (40). The controller comprises an actuator, and circuitry (42) electrically connected to the electrodes via the longitudinal member. The actuator is configured to move the longitudinal member in discrete incremental movements such that for each incremental movement, (i) before the incremental movement the first electrode is disposed in a starting position, (ii) during each incremental movement the actuator moves second electrode toward the starting position, and (iii) at the end of each incremental movement the second electrode is stationary at the starting position.
US11678927B2
An ultrasonic device may include an electromechanical ultrasonic system defined by a predetermined resonant frequency and include an ultrasonic transducer coupled to an ultrasonic blade. A method of delivering energy to the device may include applying energy to the blade at a first power level via the transducer coupled to the blade, measuring a complex impedance of the transducer, receiving a complex impedance feedback data point, comparing the complex impedance feedback data point to a reference complex impedance characteristic pattern, and determining that the blade is contacting a vessel based on the comparison. The method may also include disabling the power applied to the transducer and switching to a lower power level. The method may further include generating a warning that the blade is contacting a vessel, such as a light or a sound. An ultrasonic surgical instrument may effect the method.
US11678919B2
Instrumentation and methods are provided for orthopedic surgery, including bone distraction. The application describes a bone distraction system that can be used to both distract and retract, or increase and decrease, a gap between first and second bone segments. The instrumentation can include any one of, or any combination of, a distractor, a ratchet, a first footplate, a second footplate, a first torque application instrument, and a second torque application instrument.
US11678918B2
The present disclosure relates to single tooth or full arch dental restoration. In cases where patients have insufficient bone stock for conventional root-form dental implants, current solutions often fail to restore function. The present disclosure describes a transalveolar dental implant for single tooth or full arch dental restoration. The transalveolar dental implant is comprised of a post and a bone plate, the bone plate having a contoured portion fabricated to match the topography of a bony surface of the facial skeleton. Through primary fixation of the contoured portion of the bone plate, the transalveolar dental implant improves function and outcomes in affected patients.
US11678914B2
A screw insertion instrument includes a handle, a driving assembly, and a stylet. The driving assembly extends distally from the handle and includes a knob, a tubular body extending distally from the knob, and a driver including an elongated body extending through the knob and the tubular body. The elongated body has a proximal region operably coupled to the handle and a distal region extending distally beyond the tubular body and engageable with a pedicle screw. The stylet includes an elongated body positionable through first and second longitudinal bores defined through the handle and the driver, respectively. A proximal portion of the stylet is positionable adjacent the handle and a distal portion of the stylet extends distally beyond the driver and is positionable through a third longitudinal bore defined through the pedicle screw such that the distal portion of the stylet extends distally beyond the pedicle screw.
US11678908B2
A lead removal system includes a lead removal device comprising a sheath. The sheath includes a distal separating member configured to separate an implanted lead from adjacent tissue. The sheath also includes a sheath lumen configured to receive a lead engagement device and the implanted lead. A traction applying device is coupled to the lead removal device. The traction applying device is configured to be secured to the lead engagement device and apply traction to the lead engagement device and the implanted lead as the distal separating member of the sheath separates the implanted lead from adjacent tissue.
US11678907B2
A device selected from microelectrode, temperature sensor, optical sensor, optical fibre, temperature control element, and microdialysis probe for insertion into soft tissue comprises a body with a distal terminal section and a layer of an agent such as gelatin capable of forming a gel with aqueous body fluid on the terminal section. The terminal section and the gel-forming layer have a temperature of more than 30° C. below body temperature during a period of time prior and up to insertion. Also disclosed is method of insertion, an insertion assembly and a use of the device.
US11678906B2
A multi-portal method for treating a subject's spine includes distracting adjacent vertebrae using a distraction instrument positioned at a first entrance along the subject to enlarge an intervertebral space between the adjacent vertebrae. An interbody fusion implant can be delivered into the enlarged intervertebral space. The interbody fusion implant can be positioned directly between vertebral bodies of the adjacent vertebrae while endoscopically viewing the interbody fusion implant using an endoscopic instrument. The patient's spine can be visualized using endoscopic techniques to view, for example, the spine, tissue, instruments, and implants before, during, and after implantation, or the like. The visualization can help a physician throughout the surgical procedure to improve patient outcome.
US11678904B2
The present disclosure discloses a control end of a surgical instrument, which comprises a housing and a power assembly, the housing comprises a first body and a second body, a first cavity for accommodating the power assembly is provided between the first body and the second body, and the power assembly is detachably mounted in the first cavity.
US11678903B2
An apparatus comprises a body assembly and a shaft extending distally therefrom. The shaft defines a longitudinal axis. The apparatus further comprises an acoustic waveguide and an articulation section coupled with the shaft. A portion of the articulation section encompasses a flexible portion of the waveguide. The articulation section further comprises first member and a second member that is longitudinally translatable relative to the first member. The apparatus further comprises an end effector including an ultrasonic blade in acoustic communication with the waveguide. A distal portion the ultrasonic blade is disposed in a first direction away from the longitudinal axis at a bend angle. The end effector also includes a clamp arm that is coupled with the first member and the second member, and an articulation drive assembly operable to drive articulation of the articulation section to thereby deflect the end effector from the longitudinal axis in the first direction.
US11678895B2
A system including a bone punch tool and a needle guide. The bone punch tool can include a support arm having a support arm proximal portion and a support arm distal portion, a pivot arm having a pivot arm proximal portion and a pivot arm distal portion, and an arcuate punch configured to punch through bone. The pivot arm distal portion can be pivotably coupled to the support arm distal portion, such that the pivot arm proximal portion is configured to be moved away from the support arm proximal portion to extend the arcuate punch into a punch position to punch an arcuate hole through bone. The needle guide can be configured to guide a needle through the arcuate hole.
US11678893B2
An engagement mechanism for a driver instrument (24) can comprise a mobile shaft (121, 221), a collet (122, 222) and an angled engagement interface (124; 136A-D). The mobile shaft comprises a first shaft portion (128, 228) located at a proximal end of ON the mobile shaft, a driver portion (126, 226) located at a distal end of the mobile shaft, and an internal passageway (180, 280) extending from the proximal end to the distal end. The collet comprises a second shaft portion (134, 234) disposed within the passageway at co the first shaft portion, and flexible arms (132A-D, 232A-D) extending from the second shaft portion within the driver portion. The angled engagement interface is positioned between the driver portion and the flexible arms, and is configured to permit the driver portion to push or deflect the flexible arms radially inward when the first shaft portion is slid along the second shaft portion. The angled engagement interface can include bearings (224A-D) and a frusto-conical contact surface (124; 282A-D).
US11678890B2
A thigh compression device and technique to control, time, delay and/or prevent excessive early venous enhancement relative to arterial enhancement and thereby improve and/or enhance MRA images, including peripheral MRA images, is disclosed. In one embodiment, the present invention uses a curved strip of material which is longer on the superior edge and shorter along the inferior edge. When wrapped around the conical shape of the thigh of a subject, for example, a human, the thigh compression device more uniformly conforms to and/or fits around the thigh, providing more even/uniform compression as well as reducing, minimizing and/or eliminating significant movement of the thigh compression device towards the knees of the subject. A snug fit on the thighs may also enable the thigh compression device to be inflated with less fluid, which is faster and less cumbersome for the operator.
US11678889B2
A system for treating tissue includes an applicator having a bushing and a control member and a clip assembly having a capsule with a channel extending therethrough. The channel includes proximal and distal portions. The distal portion extends distally from the proximal portion and flaring outward in a single plane to form opposing flared sections. The assembly also includes clip aims include proximal ends slidably received within the channel to move the arms between tissue receiving and tissue clipping configurations. The assembly further includes a yoke including a distal portion connected to the arms and a proximal portion configured to be connected to the control member so that longitudinal movement of the control member relative to the capsule moves the arms between the tissue receiving and clipping configurations. The yoke is positioned in the capsule so that the yoke is deformable in the plane in which the capsule flares outward.
US11678885B2
A circular stapling device is described that is particularly suited for creating stomas. The circular stapling device includes two tool assemblies. The first tool assembly is adapted to create a reinforced incision in tissue, e.g., the rectus sheath, through which a vessel portion, e.g., colon, small intestine, etc. can be pulled through during a surgical procedure. The second tool assembly is adapted to attach a stomal sleeve within the vessel portion such that the stomal sleeve extends from the stoma.
US11678884B2
There are shown and described embodiments of a closure device for closing holes in tissue, for example in the right atrial appendage. The closure device in particular embodiments includes first and second mesh closure members and a tether or stem connecting them. Embodiments of a delivery device for the closure device are also described.
US11678882B2
A loading unit for use with a surgical stapling instrument is disclosed. The loading unit comprises a shaft and an end effector extending from the shaft. The end effector comprises a first jaw that comprising an anvil, and a second jaw. At least one of the first jaw and the second jaw is movable relative to the other to grasp tissue. The second jaw comprises an elongated channel comprising retaining features, and a staple cartridge insertable into the elongated channel for assembly therewith. The staple cartridge comprises a cartridge pan, and a sled translatable relative to the cartridge pan from a first position toward a second position. The retaining features are configured to resist a movement by the sled beyond the first position up to a predetermined force.
US11678880B2
A surgical instrument insertable through a trocar comprising a shaft including a frame, an end effector, and an articulation joint, wherein the end effector is rotatable about the articulation joint. The shaft further comprises an outer housing slidable relative to the shaft frame including a distal non-round housing portion adjacent the articulation joint and a longitudinal round housing portion extending proximally from the distal housing portion, wherein the longitudinal round housing portion comprises a first diameter, and wherein the distal housing portion comprises a second diameter which is less than the first diameter. The surgical instrument further comprises an articulation lock configured to prevent the rotation of the end effector, wherein the articulation lock is positioned within the distal non-round housing portion.
US11678877B2
A surgical instrument that includes an elongate channel that is configured to operably support a surgical staple cartridge therein. In at least one form, an anvil is pivotally coupled to a proximal end of the elongate channel such that the anvil is pivotal about a discrete, non-movable anvil axis defined by the elongate channel. A firing member is configured for axial travel within the elongate channel in response to an application of firing motions thereto. The firing member is configured to movably engage the anvil and the elongate channel to space the anvil relative to the elongate channel at a desired spacing as the firing member is axially driven through the elongate channel. A closure member is configured to move the anvil from an open position to closed positions relative to the elongate channel upon application of closure motions to the closure member.
US11678874B1
The double “J” laparoscopic fascial closure device has a fixed jaw and a movable jaw pivotally attached to the fixed jaw. An elongated hollow tube or cannula extends from the fixed jaw. The end of the elongated cannula distal from the jaws has two needles mounted thereon defining a double “J” configuration. A spring mechanism or cable guide is attached to the hollow tube, and a cable extends between the fixed jaw and the movable jaw. The other end of the cable extends through the elongated hollow tube, through the spacer arms, and back towards the needles at the ends of the needle mount arms. A suture thread is attached to both needles so that the thread bridges the gap between fascia on opposite sides of the laparoscopic port incision when the needles are draw back through the fascia towards the incision.
US11678868B2
A urine collecting and sample kit includes a self-standing urine collecting bag and an evacuated test tube. The collecting bag includes a female connector fitment adapted to connect to a sample end of the evacuated test tube to enable taking a urine sample from urine deposited in the bag using the evacuated test tube. The female connector fitment is sealed by means of a sealing technique to a front and/or back panel of the self-standing urine collecting bag, at a height above a bottom panel of the bag, such that the insert opening of the fitment faces outward and the sample end of the test tube can be inserted into the recess and be removed from the recess while the bag is in its standing position.
US11678853B2
Systems and methods for automated assessment of a vessel are provided. One or more input medical images of a vessel of a patient are received. A plurality of vessel assessment tasks for assessing the vessel is performed using a machine learning based model trained using multi-task learning. The plurality of vessel assessment tasks are performed by the machine learning based model based on shared features extracted from the one or more input medical images. Results of the plurality of vessel assessment tasks or a combination of the results of the plurality of vessel assessment tasks are output.
US11678845B2
A harness comprising a patient module connector, an extremity hub; a cable branch including a plurality of channel pairs. The cable branch includes a first end coupled to the patient module connector and a second end coupled to the extremity hub. The harness comprises a monitoring cable configured to attach and detach from the extremity hub.
US11678833B2
This brain activity feature amount extraction method includes acquiring a combination of a plurality of data items in order of higher effectiveness for discriminating whether a subject is a healthy person or a non-healthy person, among the plurality of data items, on the basis of the index value serving as the index indicating effectiveness or non-effectiveness for discriminating the group of healthy persons and the group of non-healthy persons from each other, and displaying the acquired combination of the plurality of data items in order of higher effectiveness.
US11678831B2
Systems and methods are provided for analyzing electrocardiogram (ECG) data of a patient using a substantial amount of ECG data. The systems receive ECG data from a sensing device positioned on a patient such as one or more ECG leads/electrodes that may be integrated in a smart device. The system may include an application that communicates with an ECG platform running on a server(s) that processes and analyzes the ECG data, e.g., using neural networks, to detect and/or predict various abnormalities, conditions and/or descriptors. The system may also determine a confidence score corresponding to the abnormalities, conditions and/or descriptors. The processed ECG data is used to generate a graphic user interface that is communicated from the server(s) to a computer for display in a user-friendly and interactive manner with enhanced accuracy.
US11678828B2
A stick-on biosensor capable of acquiring satisfactory biological information is provided. The stick-on biosensor includes a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and an electrode part, said pressure-sensitive adhesive layer having a stick-on surface to be attached to a subject; a base material layer provided on the side opposite the stick-on surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer; and an electronic device provided on the base material layer and configured to process a biological signal acquired through the electrode part. A structure, which includes the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, the electrode part, and the base material layer, has a flexural rigidity of 0.010 [MPa·mm3/mm] or higher, and an adhesive strength of the electrode part to adhere to the subject is greater than 0.6 [N/cm2] and less than or equal to 5.0 [N/cm2].
US11678826B2
The present disclosure provides a cuboid magnetometer with high fluorescence collection efficiency, used for cardiac magnetic field measurement, and based on nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond, and a cardiac magnetic field measurement system. The cardiac magnetic field measurement system includes a magnetic shielding chamber, a non-magnetic bed, an array probe for cardiac magnetic field measurement, a three-axis displacement platform, a high-speed data collection card, a fiber laser source, a microwave source, and a computer. The array probe for cardiac magnetic field measurement includes a non-magnetic shell, a stepping motor, a porous rotary fiber coupling apparatus, a fiber bundle set, a special photodetector (PD) set, a filter set, a ring-shaped antenna, and special diamond.
US11678825B2
Methods and systems for sampling blood components in a photopheresis procedure are disclosed. The methods include collecting samples at selected times during a photopheresis procedure.
US11678818B2
The present disclosure generally relates to the field of blood glucose monitoring. A device for determining a blood glucose level includes a first light emitting unit configured to emit a first light; a second light emitting unit configured to emit a second light, wherein one of the first light and the second light is configured to be insensitive to glucose content in blood; a first light receiving unit configured to generate a first signal based on the first light; and a second light receiving unit configured to generate a second signal based on the second light.
US11678816B2
The present disclosure describes devices, systems, and methods that can be used to collect sensor data from, for instance, a sensor device that has been embedded in an article of apparel. The sensor device can be used, for instance, to monitor the athletic activity of an individual wearing the apparel into which the electronic device has been embedded. Embodiments of the sensor device include a memory, a wireless interface, and one or more processor. With these elements, the sensor device may receive instructions indicating what sensor data to collect, collect the sensor data, store the sensor data, and transmit the stored sensor data to the remote device upon completion of the activity.
US11678813B2
A method and medical system for estimating the deformation of an anatomic structure that comprises generating a first model of at least one anatomical passageway from anatomical data describing a patient anatomy and determining a shape of a device positioned within the branched anatomical passageways. The method and medical system also comprise generating a second model of the plurality of branched anatomical passageways by adjusting the first model relative to the determined shape of the device.
US11678808B2
A system and method for deriving information on disease in vascular segments for example mean pressure, drop in mean pressure and/or hydraulic resistance, from such measured waveforms is described. The waveforms can, for example, be measured non-invasively using Doppler ultrasound or magnetic resonance techniques. Form Factors (Vff, Pff) for the velocity waveform and the central arterial pressure are determined. Lesions may be detected and located using the estimated non-invasive hemodynamic information.
US11678800B2
A method of administering insulin includes receiving subcutaneous information for a patient at a computing device and executing a subcutaneous outpatient program for determining recommended insulin dosages. The subcutaneous outpatient program includes obtaining blood glucose data of the patient from a glucometer in communication with the computing device, aggregating blood glucose measurements to determine a representative aggregate blood glucose measurement associated with at least one scheduled blood glucose time interval, and determining a next recommended insulin dosage for the patient based on the representative aggregate blood glucose measurement and the subcutaneous information. The method also includes transmitting the next recommended insulin dosage to a portable device associated with the patient. The portable device displays the next recommended insulin dosage.
US11678799B2
A subcutaneous and cutaneous electrocardiography monitor configured for self-optimizing ECG data compression is provided. The monitors include a housing, an electrocardiographic front end circuit, a memory, and a micro-controller configured to: obtain a series of electrode voltage values based on the sensed electrocardiographic signals; use a plurality of selection schemes to choose one or more of a plurality of compression algorithms associated with each of the selection scheme for testing; test the selected compression algorithms including applying the compression algorithms chosen using each of the selection schemes to a segment of the electrode voltage series; analyze results of the testing; select one or more compression algorithms chosen using one of the selection schemes for compressing at least a portion of the electrode voltage series based on the analysis; obtain a compression of at least the portion of the electrode voltage series; and store the compression within the memory.
US11678796B2
A controller included in a blood flow measurement apparatus controls a scanner to iteratively scan one or more cross sections of an interested blood vessel. An image forming unit forms a phase image that represents chronological change in phase difference in the one or more cross sections based on data acquired through iterative scan. An image processor outputs a predetermined signal based on the chronological change in phase difference represented by the phase image. Upon receiving the predetermined signal, the controller controls the scanner to start scan for acquiring blood flow information on the interested blood vessel.
US11678791B2
A stereo imaging system comprises an observation instrument having an image acquisition unit for detecting first image data and second image data, which can be combined for stereo observation. There is provided at least one position sensor for detecting an orientation of the instrument in relation to a position reference. There is provided a control device that is operable in a first representation mode and a second representation mode, depending on the orientation of the instrument. The control device is configured for outputting an image signal, which comprises a stereo signal that is based on the first image data and the second image data in the first representation mode, and a mono signal that is based on the first image data or the second image data in the second representation mode. The control device is configured to erect images that are output with the image signal in the second representation mode, depending on the orientation.
US11678784B2
A scraper sponge for cleaning and scraping away unwanted substances from an object or surface comprising a sponge body defining a first surface, first layer, second layer, third layer, second surface opposite the first surface, a continuous side surface around the perimeter; and the back of a scraper attachment that is inserted through an aperture in layers two and three then rests firmly against the first layer where it borders the second layer and a smaller cylinder shaped part on the back of the scraper attachment is inserted through a smaller aperture approximately through the middle of the first layer and first surface and held in place by a scraper cap and fixedly secured with adhesive. The entire surface area of the scraper, on its front surface, is covered with pyramid shaped points extending outwardly in the direction of the second surface of the sponge body and is made level with the second surface of the sponge body when forces are applied to the top surface of the scraper cap and subsequent back of scraper attachment to manipulate the rigid scraper on a hard surface. The sponge body has three surfaces available for cleaning and scouring: the first surface, front scraper attachment surface and second surface. The seamless second layer, third layer, and continuous side surface of the second and third layer are made of the same sponge-like cellulose material. As an alternative, the second layer, third layer, second surface, and the continuous side surface of the second and third layer are not made of the same material and the sponge body has at least four surfaces adapted for cleaning and scouring; the first surface, scraper attachment front surface, the continuous side surface of layer two and the second surface.
US11678783B2
The present disclosure discloses a cleaning base station. The cleaning base station includes a base and a vibration device. The vibration device includes a driving mechanism and a cleaning element. The driving mechanism is fixed to the base. The cleaning element is connected to the driving mechanism. The cleaning element is configured to contact a part-to-be-cleaned of a cleaning robot. The driving mechanism drives the cleaning element to vibrate so as to clean the part-to-be-cleaned of the cleaning robot. The present disclosure also discloses a cleaning robot system using the cleaning base station described above. The present disclosure has the advantages of reducing a user's burden of manual cleaning and avoiding contamination of a floor surface by the part-to-be-cleaned of the cleaning robot.
US11678775B2
Embodiments of the innovation relate to a wipe dispensing system that includes a wipe supply, a drive assembly disposed in operational communication with the wipe supply, a fluid dispensing assembly, and a wipe dispensing controller disposed in electrical communication with the drive assembly and the fluid dispensing assembly. The wipe dispensing controller is configured to receive a wipe criterion which defines a characteristic of a wipe to be provided by the wipe dispensing system, dispose a portion of the wipe supply between a first position and a second position relative to the fluid dispensing assembly via the drive assembly and based upon the wipe criterion, and apply a fluid to the portion of the wipe supply via the fluid dispensing assembly based upon the wipe criterion to generate the wipe.
US11678771B2
A food processing appliance includes a bowl to contain the food, with a side wall, a rotary work accessory arranged in the bowl, a lid arranged on the bowl, the lid including a manually operated motor to cause a drive shaft to spin the work accessory around a rotation axis A by pulling on a cord transversely to the axis A. The lid includes: a first dynamic gasket arranged between the lid and the side wall to fill the space therebetween; a second dynamic gasket, arranged between the lid and the drive shaft to fill the space therebetween; each gasket having an inner wall, a connecting part arranged on the lid, an annular lip and a groove; the lip movable and deformable with a displacement angle α extending outwards relative to the axis A, so as to ensure a watertight seal when the lid is connected to the bowl.
US11678767B2
A solid-fuel grilling device comprises a direct-current power source. A direct-current sensor is in communication with the direct-current power source. The direct-current sensor is configured to gather power characteristic data in relation to the direct-current power source. A solid-fuel grilling component is in communication with the direct-power source. The direct-power source provides power to the solid-fuel grilling component. A processor, in communication with the direct-current sensor, is configured to analyze the power characteristic data and determine operational health of solid-fuel grill components.
US11678754B2
A cup developed for tremor patients, which provides for the tremor patients to carry out their dietary activities in an easy way, suitable for long-term usage, the cup including a body, an upper body, a central body, a lower body, a valve, a button, a plane, a wire, an under-button spring, a cup handle spring, a spring at the back of the pin, a spring at the back of magnet-c, a body sheath, pockets, a handle sheath, a magnet housing, a magnet-a, a magnet-b and a magnet-c.
US11678752B2
A pillow system for use by a user laying on their back, such as for use after a mastectomy or other surgery. The pillow system provides a cushioning and supportive system. In one particular implementation, the pillow system has two elongate side pillows for placing under and extending from at least a user's shoulders to the user's knees. The two side pillows have an inner edge that includes two concave regions, thus when the two pillows are placed next to or alongside each other, two generally void areas are formed. The pillow system may include a head pillow and/or a support pillow(s), such as a wedge-shaped pillow.
US11678751B2
The present application provides a fabric layer, comprising: an outer layer on which a plurality of first connecting portions are arranged; and, an inner layer on which a plurality of second connecting portions are arranged, wherein the first connecting portions on the outer layer are bonded to the corresponding second connecting portions on the inner layer by dotted sol to form fabric layer connecting portions, so that a chamber is formed by every two adjacent fabric layer connecting portions, the outer layer and the inner layer to accommodate a stuffing. The present application further provides a sleeping bag comprising the fabric layer. With such an arrangement, windproof, waterproof and down-proof effects can be achieved.
US11678750B2
A display case includes multiple walls that define an inner volume, a door, a door actuator, a gesture sensor, and a controller. The door is transitionable between an open position for access to the inner volume and a closed position. The door actuator is configured to transition the door between the open position and the closed position. The gesture sensor is configured to detect a gesture performed by a user. The controller includes a processing circuit configured to obtain sensor data from the gesture sensor that indicates the gesture performed by the user. The processing circuit is further configured to determine if the user has performed a reference gesture using the sensor data. The processing circuit is further configured to operate the door actuator to transition the door between the open position and the closed position in response to determining that the user has performed the reference gesture.
US11678746B2
A chair foot attachment for improving focus is a flexible hollow member having a height with side walls defining bottom edges of the hollow member and having an upper wall with a cavity extending downwardly into the hollow member from the upper wall. The cavity extends only partially into the hollow member and defines a cavity height that is less than the height of the hollow member. The cavity has an upwardly facing bottom surface for abutting a bottom of a chair foot when the chair foot is installed in the cavity. When a chair foot is positioned in the cavity, it permits an associated chair to wobble.
US11678737B2
A method of cleaning a surface includes positioning a brush in contact with the surface. The method further includes rotating the brush about a second axis relative to a drum. The method also includes rotating the drum about a first axis relative to a bracket, connected to a handle and rotatably supporting the drum, such that the brush orbitally revolves about the first axis. The first axis is parallel to the second axis.
US11678736B2
A belt adapter for attaching objects to a belt includes a holding system for attaching the belt adapter to the belt, an opening extending along a vertical axis of the belt adapter, through which opening a carrier element can be inserted into the belt adapter, and a securing element which can be moved between an unlocked position, in which the carrier element can be inserted into and removed from the belt adapter, and a locked position for securely holding a carrier element inserted into the belt adapter in a locked position. A holding system comprises a belt adapter and a carrier element. The belt adapter ensures that the carrier element is reliably and securely held in place in that the securing element is designed to receive at least part of the carrier element and is movably guided along the vertical axis between the unlocked and locked positions.
US11678720B2
A shock absorption shoe, having a sole and at least one shock absorption module each having an outer shell, an inner core, an air cushion cylinder and a bottom cover, and each being connected to an air tube. The inner core is sleeved into a cavity of the outer shell from the top. A position limiting structure is provided between the inner core and the cavity. The air cushion cylinder is sleeved within the cavity. The bottom cover covers the bottom of the cavity. The shoe has a bottom layer, a middle layer and a top layer; the middle layer contains at least one mounting hole for mounting the at least one shock absorption module. The air tube is in an air tube groove on the middle layer, and one end of which is connected to the air cushion cylinder while another end is connected with a nozzle.
US11678719B2
A sole structure for an article of footwear includes a forefoot region disposed adjacent an anterior end, a heel region disposed adjacent a posterior end, and a mid-foot region disposed intermediate the forefoot region and the heel region. The sole structure further includes fluid-filled bladder having a first segment extending along a medial side in the heel region, a second segment extending along a lateral side in the heel region, and a web area disposed between the first segment and the second segment. Additionally, the sole structure includes an outer sole member having an upper portion extending from a first end in the forefoot region to a second end in the heel region. The second end of the outer sole member is received on a first side of the web area. The outer sole member also includes a rib extending downwardly from the upper portion and defining a cavity.
US11678713B2
Presented are intelligent electronic footwear and apparel with controller-automated features, methods for making/operating such footwear and apparel, and control systems for executing automated features of such footwear and apparel. A method for operating an intelligent electronic shoe (IES) includes receiving, e.g., via a controller through a wireless communications device from a GPS satellite service, location data of a user. The controller also receives, e.g., from a backend server-class computer or other remote computing node, location data for a target object or site, such as a virtual shoe hidden at a virtual spot. The controller retrieves or predicts path plan data including a derived route for traversing from the user's location to the target's location within a geographic area. The controller then transmits command signals to a navigation alert system mounted to the IES's shoe structure to output visual, audio, and/or tactile cues that guide the user along the derived route.
US11678702B2
An off-the-face mask including a mask body comprising one or more layers and having a surface area defined by a plurality of zones, wherein at least two of the plurality of zones have different stiffness levels; and one or more straps coupled to the mask body and configured to hold the mask on a wearer of the mask.
US11678689B2
A peeling method includes a first decompression step, a pressure-heating step, and a second decompression step. In the first decompression step, an object with a skin to be peeled is placed in a pressure chamber being sealed, and an inside of the pressure chamber is decompressed to a predetermined first negative pressure state. In the pressure-heating step, the inside of the pressure chamber is pressure-heated to a predetermined pressure-heating state after the first decompression step. In the second decompression step, the inside of the pressure chamber is decompressed to a predetermined second negative pressure state after the pressure-heating step.
US11678688B2
The present invention addresses the problem of developing a fat-processed starch which is excellent in terms of all of three properties, i.e., “workability during the preparation of a coating material for fries,” “function required of coating materials for fries (adhesion to ingredients)” and “moderate slurry viscosity.” The fat-processed starch of the present invention is produced by a process comprising the steps: adding a fat with which an emulsifying agent has been mixed to a starch having a water content adjusted to 25 to 45 mass %, in an amount of 0.02 to 0.4 mass % in terms of the weight of the fat excluding the emulsifying agent relative to the weight of dry matter of the starch, and mixing the fat and the starch; adjusting the water content of the mixture is 0.2 to 0.5 time that of the starch before the addition of the fat; and aging the starch having the adjusted water content.
US11678681B2
A system and methodology for rehydrating perishable items (e.g., flowers, fresh food items, such as fruits, vegetables, other produce, and nuts) during storage and transportation thereof. The osmotic rehydration apparatus includes a pressurized chamber, a humidifier, an ozone generator, an electrostatic sprayer, a reservoir containing saline, and an air compressor. The perishable items are placed in the osmotic chamber under positive pressure. A film of saline solution is applied to the surface of the perishable items via an electrostatic sprayer. The saline/chlorine film on the perishable items is dried, and the osmotic chamber is saturated with ozone gas via an ozone generator. The osmotic chamber is then saturated with tiny pure water droplets via a humidifier or an electrostatic sprayer. The pressure within the chamber is raised to a pressure above atmospheric pressure. The osmotic chamber is then placed inside a cooler at a temperature slightly above freezing.
US11678677B2
A method for decolorization and deodorization of egg yolk oil comprises at least: adding a first ether solution to a crude egg yolk oil, and performing a first stirring process, to produce a first egg yolk oil mixture; adding activated carbon to the first egg yolk oil mixture, performing a second stirring process, and removing the activated carbon, to produce a second egg yolk oil mixture; adding a second ether solution and distilled water to the second egg yolk oil mixture, and performing a third stirring process, to produce a third egg yolk oil mixture; and removing distilled water, part of the first ether solution, and part of the second ether solution from the third egg yolk oil mixture by a distillation process, and removing the remaining first ether solution and the remaining second ether solution by a vacuum process to produce a decolorized and deodorized egg yolk oil.
US11678672B2
A machine is configured to make a food roll, wherein a strip of dough is spirally wrapped around a food product elongated along an axis between two ends. The machine comprises a feed means for conveying a plurality of strips of dough that are spaced apart from each other along a forming path and a wrapping station for wrapping each strip of dough around a food product. The wrapping station comprises a positioning area, which is configured to position the strip of dough obliquely with respect to the axis of the food product, and a rolling area for the strip of dough, which is configured to wrap the strip of dough spirally around a food product starting from one of the ends of the food product. The rolling area comprises two spindles that are rotatable about an axis of rotation and each one having an attachment portion for retaining a food product at the ends thereof. The wrapping station comprises a distributor of food products configured to direct one food product at a time towards the rolling area so as to be gripped and retained by the spindles.
US11678669B2
Process for conferring a protection against a pathogen upon a plant by elicitation by an aqueous composition, the active agents of which are extracted from edible fungi (parasol mushroom, pleurotus, button mushroom). An alkaline extraction is carried out, then an enzymatic hydrolysis, to obtain a fraction less than 100 kDa. The process consists in spraying the aerial parts of the plant with the composition obtained in this way; this thereby acts to combat cryptogamic diseases of plants such as vines, fruit trees, vegetable crops and cereals.
US11678664B2
Methods and systems for temperature-controlled, on-site generation of peracids, namely peroxycarboxylic acids and peroxycarboxylic acid forming compositions are disclosed. In particular, methods for using an adjustable biocide formulator or generator system overcome the limitations of temperature on the kinetics of the peracid generation and/or peracid decomposition inside an adjustable biocide formulator or generator system. The methods include the controlling of the temperature of at least one raw starting material, namely water, to improve upon methods of on-site generation of peracids. The methods allow for the generation of user-selected chemistry without regard to the ambient temperatures of the raw starting materials and/or the biocide formulator or generator system.
US11678660B2
Drift reduction adjuvant composition and agricultural sprays containing such agricultural compositions contain water, a rheology modifier (e.g., guar gum or polyacrylamide), an emulsifier such as a polyoxyethylene sorbitan emulsifier, and an oil. When the agricultural spray containing the drift reduction adjuvant composition and a pesticide is delivered from an agricultural nozzle, it produces fewer droplets less than 150 μm in diameter and either reduces, maintains or increases (e.g., by up to 30 percentage points) the number of ultra-coarse droplets above 622 μm in diameter compared to an agricultural spray of the pesticide without the drift reduction adjuvant composition sprayed under the same conditions.
US11678654B1
A trap door rodent trap rests on a bucket and including bait for attracting rodents to climb entry ramps reaching up to the trap. Blue colored entries visible to the rodents creates confidence to continue onto the trap. A center trap door opens from the weight of the rodent and the rodent falls into a bucket supporting the trap. Euthanasia of the trapped rodents is delayed to avoid noxious odors preventing trapping additional rodents, and the bucket may contain food and water for sustain the rodents for a period of time before euthanizing.
US11678653B1
A base assembly has an upward plate, a downward plate, a side wall, a front, a back, and laterally spaced sides. A drive assembly has drive wheels extending downwardly from the downward plate, a caster wheel, and proximity sensors. A vacuum assembly has a vacuum slit in the downward plate between the lateral sides and a vacuum-generating source capable of pulling a vacuum through the vacuum slit. A tower assembly is adapted to attract and kill insects while the base assembly and the tower assembly are being optionally driven by the drive assembly and the vacuum assembly is vacuuming up insects.
US11678651B1
An on-board chumming system and vessel using same include a generally vertically oriented downtube that connects a feed portion at the top with a comminution chamber at the bottom. A water inlet at the top of the downtube facilitates the bait falling into the comminution chamber to be pulverized and mixed with water to create the chum, which flows out of the comminution chamber through an outlet that passes through a side of the vessel.
US11678642B2
A carrier for an animal includes a plurality of panels, a wire frame, a clip and an iso clip. The plurality of panels are configured to form a hollow enclosure for housing the animal. The wire frame supports at least one of the panels so as to maintain the shape of the enclosure. The clip is on a front surface of the carrier, and configured to receive a belt portion of a seat belt of a vehicle. The iso clip is on at least one of a rear surface and a bottom surface of the carrier, and configured to couple to an iso anchor of the vehicle.
US11678641B2
A hinge locking system is provided for locking pivotable hinge parts at a desired angular position relative to one another. The hinge locking system includes a locking pin, a plate with a locking pin receiver, a movable pin receiver defining an axial bore for receiving the locking pin, and a pair of spaced-apart limit stops along the plate. The movable pin receiver is movable relative to the plate, and the limit stops are selectively contacted by the movable pin receiver to limit the maximum relative movement of the movable pin receiver. When the axial bore of the movable pin receiver aligns with the plate's locking pin receiver, the locking pin is insertable through the locking pin receiver and the axial bore in the movable pin receiver, to thereby lock the movable pin receiver and the hinge parts against further movement.
US11678636B2
A soybean cultivar designated 04070428 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 04070428, to the plants of soybean cultivar 04070428, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 04070428, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 04070428. 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 04070428. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 04070428, 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 04070428 with another soybean cultivar.
US11678620B2
An irrigation pipe that extends along an axis and has a pipe wall with a base portion (55) and a plurality of bulge members (1, 2) that extend away from the base portion.
US11678617B2
A mycelium growth bed for growing a solid substrate-bound mycelium through which the mycelium composite is easily and readily removed. This is achieved through the use of a perforation layer embedded between the mycelium substrate and the mycelium composite so as to create a uniform structural weakness and thereby enhancing harvesting abilities of the ex-substrate mycelium via a greatly reduced and uniform tear strength. The perforation layer, through which the mycelium grows, allows for the gated and controlled extrusion of a matrix of colonial cells that may be easily and uniformly delaminated from the underlying mycelium substrate.
US11678610B2
A reel for a harvesting header has a tine paddle mounted to a tine so as to engage the crop materials as the tine rakes through the crop materials. The tine paddle has a collar portion for at least partially wrapping around a tine tube to which the tine is mounted and an elongate plate member with a distal end spaced inwardly from the outer finger tip of the tine to which the at least one paddle is mounted. One side of the plate member has first and second detents arranged to partially wrap around and engage the finger to hold the tine paddle on the tine. Each detent has an inwardly extending catch that is received in a notch in a side portion of the finger.
US11678608B2
The invention provides a lawn mower, which comprises a power assembly, a cutting blade driven by the power assembly, and a cover, wherein the cover comprises a main body, a rear cover pivotally connected to the rear of the main body, and a partition portion dividing the main body into a cutting cavity and a grass-collecting cavity, the partition portion comprising a baffle, the rear cover is selectively pivotal between an open position and a closed position. The baffle is driven by the rear cover.
US11678597B2
A downforce control system for an agricultural ground engaging unit provides individual control of each agricultural ground engaging row unit by providing a proportional pressure control valve connected to the retracting chamber of a double acting cylinder which varies the upward force produced by the retracting chamber of the cylinder against a constant counteracting downward force produced by an extending chamber of the cylinder, the valve control based on a comparison of a sensed resultant downward force on the agricultural ground engaging row unit and a predetermined target downward force.
US11678595B2
A three-point hitch for an agricultural tractor includes a hydraulically actuatable lifting arm, a vertically pivotable lower link, and a lifting strut arranged between the lifting arm and the lower link. The lifting strut transmits to the lower link a pivoting movement on the lifting arm. The lifting strut includes a first fastening portion articulated to the lifting arm and a second fastening portion articulated to the lower link. The second fastening portion includes first and second fastening segments which encompass the lower link in a fork-shaped manner. A bearing pin disposed between the two fastening segments extends through a slot formed in the lower link. By pivoting the lower link, the bearing pin is displaced inside the slot between a first working position and a second working position. In each position, the bearing pin is secured inside the slot by a blocking arrangement.
US11683997B2
A superconducting article includes a substrate and a superconducting metal oxide film formed on the substrate. The metal oxide film including ions of an alkali metal, ions of a transition metal, and ions of an alkaline earth metal or a rare earth metal. For instance, the metal oxide film can include Rb ions, La ions, and Cu ions. The superconducting metal oxide film can have a critical temperature for onset of superconductivity of greater than 250 K, e.g., greater than room temperature.
US11683995B2
Techniques regarding lithographic processes for fabricating Josephson junctions are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can comprise a method that can include depositing a first resist layer onto a second resist layer. The first resist layer can include a bridge portion that defines an opening for forming a Josephson junction. The method can also comprise depositing a third resist layer onto the bridge portion. The third resist layer can shield the opening from an angled deposition of a superconducting material during fabrication of the Josephson junction.
US11683990B2
Some embodiments relate to an integrated circuit including a semiconductor substrate and an interconnect structure disposed over the semiconductor substrate. The interconnect structure includes a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of metal layers that are stacked over one another in alternating fashion. The plurality of metal layers include a lower metal layer and an upper metal layer disposed over the lower metal layer. A bottom electrode is disposed over and in electrical contact with the lower metal layer. A dielectric layer is disposed over an upper surface of the bottom electrode. A top electrode is disposed over an upper surface of the dielectric layer and is in direct electrical contact with a lower surface of the upper metal layer.
US11683986B2
A thermoelectric conversion device includes: a thermoelectric module layer, in which a thermoelectric conversion chip is surrounded by a thermal insulation rubber containing a rubber component and a hollow filler forming a plurality of air gaps that are independent from one another; an insulation base layer and an insulation intermediate layer, which are thermal-conductive insulation sheets and sandwiches the thermoelectric module layer; a heat diffusion layer, which has a higher thermal conductance than those of the insulation base layer and the insulation intermediate layer and is stacked on the insulation intermediate layer; and a thermal radiation layer, which has thermal conductivity and is stacked on the heat diffusion layer. And at least one pair among the adjacent layers is bonded through chemical bonds.
US11683983B2
An organic light emitting diode includes a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; and an emitting material layer including a first compound and a second compound and positioned between the first and second electrodes. An energy level of the first compound and an energy level of the second compound satisfy a pre-determined condition. Further, an organic light emitting device may include the organic light emitting diode.
US11683981B2
A compound comprising a ligand LA, having a structure of Formula I, is provided. In Formula I, A1 to A8 are each independently CR or N; at least two adjacent ones of A1 to A8 are CR and the Rs are joined together to form a six-membered ring fused to ring A or ring C; X is O, S, or Se; each R and RB is independently hydrogen or a substituent; any adjacent substituents are optionally joined or fused into a ring; the ligand LA is coordinated to a metal M; the metal M is bonded to ring A through a M-C bond; the metal M can be coordinated to other ligands; and the ligand LA is optionally linked with other ligands. Formulations, OLEDs, and consumer products containing such compounds are also disclosed.
US11683972B2
The present disclosure discloses a method for manufacturing a light-emitting device using laser etching including: a first light-emitting layer forming step for depositing a first light-emitting layer on an surface of a hole transport layer deposited on an upper surface of an anode substrate; a first light-emitting device forming step for etching the first light-emitting layer to form a first light-emitting device; a second light-emitting layer depositing step for depositing a second light-emitting layer on a region including the upper surface of the hole transport layer; a second light-emitting device forming step for etching the second light-emitting layer to form a second light-emitting device; a third light-emitting layer depositing step for depositing a third light-emitting layer on a region including the upper surface of the hole transport layer; and a third light-emitting device forming step for etching the third light-emitting layer to form a third light-emitting device.
US11683969B2
An electronic apparatus has a through module hole defined in an active area and includes a first sensing pattern and a second sensing pattern spaced apart from each other in one direction with the module hole disposed therebetween. A third sensing pattern and a fourth sensing pattern are spaced apart from each other in a direction crossing the one direction with the module hole disposed therebetween. A first connection line extends along a portion of the module hole and connects the first sensing pattern acid the second sensing pattern to each other. A second connection line extends along a portion of the module hole and connects the third sensing pattern and the fourth sensing pattern to each other. The first connection line and the second connection line are disposed on the same layer and are spaced apart from each other.
US11683967B2
Provided is a tiled display device including a first sub-display panel on which a plurality of unit pixels is formed, and a second sub-display panel on which a plurality of unit pixels is formed, and located adjacent to the first sub-display panel, wherein each of the unit pixels includes a display element for emitting colored light, and a plurality of sub-pixels having a pixel circuit for driving the display element, and wherein an arrangement order of sub-pixels in the unit pixels corresponding to a current row, and an arrangement order of the sub-pixels in the unit pixels corresponding to a previous row or a next row, are different from each other.
US11683963B2
An anisotropic conductive film includes a conductive layer; a first resin insulating layer over a first surface of the conductive layer; and a second resin insulating layer over a second surface of the conductive layer, wherein the conductive layer comprises a plurality of conductive particles and a nano fiber connecting the plurality of conductive particles to each other, each of the plurality of conductive particles comprising a plurality of needle-shaped protrusions having a conical shape, and wherein the first resin insulating layer and the second resin insulating layer comprise a same material and have different thicknesses.
US11683962B2
A display device includes: a base layer including an active area and a non-active area adjacent to the active area; a display circuit layer including a pixel circuit at the active area of the base layer, and a driving circuit at the non-active area, the driving circuit to supply a driving signal to the pixel circuit; and a display element layer on the display circuit layer and including light emitting elements to emit light. The non-active area includes a valley area formed by removing a portion of an organic insulation layer at the display circuit layer, the driving circuit includes a buffer transistor to output the driving signal, and the buffer transistor includes a control electrode and a semiconductor layer overlapping the valley area in a plan view.
US11683961B2
A transparent display device may optimize arrangement areas of a plurality of signal lines and circuit areas, and may prevent a luminance difference from occurring between subpixels for emitting light of the same color. The transparent display device comprises a substrate provided with transmissive areas, a first non-transmissive area provided between the transmissive areas in a first direction, and a second non-transmissive area provided between the transmissive areas in a second direction, first signal lines provided along the first non-transmissive area in the first non-transmissive area and extended from an overlapping area, in which the first non-transmissive area and the second non-transmissive area cross each other, in a direction crossing the first direction, and second signal lines provided along the second non-transmissive area in the second non-transmissive area and extended from the overlapping area in a direction crossing the second direction. Two adjacent first signal lines are symmetrical with each other with the transmissive area interposed therebetween, and two adjacent second signal lines are symmetrical with each other with the transmissive area interposed therebetween.
US11683960B2
A display apparatus includes a thin film transistor disposed in a display area of a substrate and a display device in the display area that is electrically connected to the thin film transistor, an encapsulation layer that protects the display device, at least one through portion formed in the display area that vertically penetrates the substrate and a plurality of layers stacked on the substrate, and a first groove and a second groove that are spaced apart from each other and that surround the at least one through portion. A flow-restriction portion is disposed in a region between the first groove and the second groove that protrudes upwards from the substrate and confines an organic encapsulation layer of the encapsulation layer.
US11683958B2
A display device includes: a substrate; a polycrystalline semiconductor layer which includes a first electrode, a channel, and a second electrode of a driving transistor disposed on the substrate; a first gate insulating layer disposed on the polycrystalline semiconductor layer; a gate electrode of the driving transistor which is disposed on the first gate insulating layer and overlaps the channel; a lower first scan line disposed on the first gate insulating layer; a second gate insulating layer disposed on the gate electrode and on the lower first scan line; a first lower boost electrode disposed on the second gate insulating layer; a first interlayer-insulating layer disposed on the first lower boost electrode; an oxide semiconductor layer disposed on the first interlayer-insulating layer and including a first upper boost electrode overlapping the first lower boost electrode; and a first connection electrode connecting the gate electrode and the first upper boost electrode.
US11683931B2
The semiconductor memory device includes a stack structure including first material films stacked, but spaced apart from each other, in a slimming region, the first material films being stacked in a step structure in the slimming region, a contact hole exposing a portion of the first material films formed in different layers in the slimming region, and a plurality of material films that are applied and etched to electrically connect one of the material layers to a peripheral circuit.
US11683930B2
The present disclosure provides a method of fabricating a semiconductor device. The method includes: providing a semiconductor substrate comprising a memory region and a logic region; forming a memory gate in or on the memory region; forming a plurality of first poly-silicon gates on the memory region and surrounding the memory gate; and forming a plurality of second poly-silicon gates on the logic region simultaneously with the formation of the first poly-silicon gates.
US11683927B2
A method used in forming integrated circuitry comprises forming conductive line structures having conductive vias laterally between and spaced longitudinally along immediately-adjacent of the conductive line structures. First insulating material is formed laterally between immediately-adjacent of the conductive vias. Second insulating material is formed directly above the first insulating material and directly above the conductive vias. The second insulating material comprises silicon, carbon, nitrogen, and hydrogen. A third material is formed directly above the second insulating material. The third material and the second insulating material comprise different compositions relative one another. The third material is removed from being directly above the second insulating material and the thickness of the second insulating material is reduced thereafter. A fourth insulating material is formed directly above the second insulating material of reduced thickness. A plurality of electronic components is formed above the fourth insulating material and that individually are directly electrically coupled to individual of the conductive vias through the fourth and second insulating materials. Other embodiments, including structure, are disclosed.
US11683924B2
A static random access memory device includes a first gate of a write port circuit disposed in a standard threshold voltage region of a substrate and a second gate of a read port circuit disposed in a low threshold voltage region, abutting the standard threshold voltage region, of the substrate. A distance between a first edge, corresponding to an edge of the first gate, and a boundary, between the standard threshold voltage region and the low threshold voltage region, is different from a distance between the boundary and a second edge, corresponding to an edge of the second gate.
US11683913B2
A system includes a central supply line and a central return line connected to a fluid source of cooling liquid. A rack supply manifold is connected to the central supply line. A rack return manifold is connected to the central return line. A liquid cooling loop assembly may be coupled to at least one cooling device connected to a circuit board. Multiple inlet connectors may be connected to the rack supply manifold. Multiple outlet connectors may be connected to the rack return manifold. The multiple inlet connectors provide a passageway for the cooling liquid from the central supply line into the liquid cooling loop assembly for distribution to the at least one cooling device. The multiple outlet connectors provide a passageway to the rack return manifold for the cooling liquid exiting the at least one cooling device.
US11683896B2
A combination mounting bracket for an information handling system includes a main bracket and an adjustable bracket. The main bracket is securely mounted on a display device of the information handling system. The adjustable bracket includes a mounting surface and multiple standoffs. The mounting surface is configured to be placed in physical communication with a stand for the display device. The standoffs are in physical communication with the mounting surface and with the main bracket. The standoffs are configured to transition between an extended position and a compressed position.
US11683890B2
A reflowable grid array (RGA) interposer includes first connection pads on a first surface of a body and second connection pads on a second surface of the body. Heating elements within the body are adjacent to the second connection pads. First interconnects within the body connect some of the second connection pads to the first connection pads. Second interconnects within the body connect pairs of the second connection pads. A motherboard assembly includes first and second components (e.g., CPU with co-processor and/or memory) and the RGA interposer. The first connection pads are in contact with motherboard contacts. The second connection pads are in contact with the first and second components. The first component passes signals directly to the motherboard by the first interconnects. The second component passes signals directly to the first component by the second interconnects but does not pass signals directly to the motherboard by the first interconnects.
US11683889B2
An interposer for a processor includes: an electrically insulating material having a first main side and a second main side opposite the first main side; an electrical interface for a processor substrate at the first main side of the electrically insulating material; and a power device module embedded in the electrically insulating material and configured to convert a voltage provided at the second main side of the electrically insulating material to a lower voltage. The power device module has at least one contact configured to receive the voltage provided at the second main side of the electrically insulating material. Distribution circuitry embedded in the electrically insulating material is configured to carry the lower voltage provided by the power device module to the first main side of the electrically insulating material.
US11683885B2
Provided is a sheet-like device suitable for a flexible electrical product that is robust, highly flexible, and operates stably. The sheet-like device includes a first part where a first film layer, a first conversion unit, and a second film layer overlap, a second part where the first film layer is absent and the second film layer is present, and a third part where the first film layer, a second conversion unit, and the second film layer overlap. The first part the second part, and the third part are arranged side by side in this order in a first direction. A first region including the first part the second part, and the third part has an elongation per unit length greater than an elongation per unit length of the first film layer alone when a same force is applied in the first direction at 20° C.
US11683882B2
A device for manufacturing a stretchable substrate structure according to an embodiment includes a carrier substrate receiving portion configured to receive a carrier substrate therein, a stretchable substrate receiving portion configured to receive a stretchable substrate in a direction facing the carrier substrate, and a diaphragm configured to be deformed by air pressure provided on one surface, wherein the diaphragm comes in contact with an entire surface of the stretchable substrate in a plane direction when deformed, such that the stretchable substrate is combined to the carrier substrate by deforming according to the deformed shape of the diaphragm.
US11683872B2
A lighting apparatus includes a light source, a bridge circuit, a voltage node, a filter circuit, a dimmer check circuit and a control circuit. The light source includes a LED module. The bridge circuit generates a DC power at a voltage node by converting an AC power. The filter circuit is connected to the voltage node for converting the DC power to a driving current to the LED module. The dimmer check circuit is coupled to the voltage node for generating a dimmer check signal by detecting whether a wall dimmer is electrically coupled to the lighting apparatus. The control circuit adjusts a setting of the filter circuit according to the dimmer check signal.
US11683871B2
An image formation device is provided which includes a variable resistor of which a resistance value changes in accordance with a user operation, an A/D converter that outputs information relating to a voltage applied to the variable resistor, and a pulse width modulation (PWM) controller that outputs a PWM signal having a duty ratio determined based on the information output by the A/D converter. The PWM controller outputs the PWM signal that has the duty ratio determined based on the information input with reference to a timing for inverting a logic state of the PWM signal.
US11683869B2
A light-emitting diode (LED) light string control system using carrier signal control includes a control module and an LED light string coupled to the control module. The control module converts a DC voltage into a lighting drive signal according to a lighting command. The LED light string includes at least one LED module, and the at least one LED module includes a detection circuit, a logic circuit, and an oscillator. The detection circuit generates a detected signal corresponding to the lighting drive signal. The logic circuit determines a first level being a first logic signal, a second logic signal, or a latch signal according to a time duration of the detected signal at the first level. The oscillator provides a clock signal to the logic circuit for calculating the time duration according to the first level.
US11683868B2
A lighting apparatus includes a driver, a light source, and a controller. The driver is used for converting an external power to generate multiple driving currents. The light source includes a package holder integrating multiple LED modules having different output light parameters. The package holder has multiple terminals for separately receiving the driving currents to control the multiple LED modules independently in the package holder. The controller is used for controlling the driver for adjusting a relative ratio among the multiple driving currents to render an output light of the light source corresponding to predetermined optimized settings for at least an object illuminated by the light source.
US11683867B2
A microwave treatment device includes a plurality of radiation parts, a transmission line, and a plurality of feeding parts. The plurality of radiation parts includes first, second, and third radiation parts, and radiates a microwave. The transmission line has a loop line structure provided with a plurality of branch parts including first, second, and third branch parts, and transmits the microwave to the first, second, and third radiation parts respectively connected to the first, second, and third branch parts. The plurality of feeding parts includes the first feeding part and the second feeding part arranged in the transmission line at an interval of ¼ or less of the wavelength of the microwave, and transmits the microwave to the transmission line. According to this aspect, a radiation part that radiates the microwave can be selectively switched. This enables the intended heating distribution to be achieved.
US11683866B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of kitchen appliances, and has disclosed a microwave oven, which comprises a cabinet and a door, a damper assembly is mounted on one side of the cabinet facing the door in a way that it produces damping force for preventing the door from closing when the door approaches to a closed position. In the present disclosure, a damper assembly is arranged on one side of the cabinet facing the door; thus, the damper assembly can effectively decrease the speed of collision of the door with the cabinet in the closing process when the door approaches to a closed position, and thereby greatly reduce the noise generated when the door is closed. In that way, not only the grade of the product is improved, but also the user experience and satisfaction is improved.
US11683860B2
Methods and devices for a home power networking system including a first wireless access point (AP) configured to perform wired communications over a first circuit connected to the first wireless AP. The first wireless AP further performs wireless communications with a second wireless AP, wherein the second wireless access point is connected to a second circuit and is not connected to the first circuit. The first wireless AP provides wireless transport through the second wireless AP to bridge communications between the first circuit and the second circuit.
US11683854B1
Providing a data traffic session over a wireless network using service-aware traffic session timers includes: receiving, from a user equipment (UE), at a wireless network node, a session message for the data traffic session; based on at least content within the session message, determining a data traffic session type; based on at least the data traffic session type and a stage of the data traffic session, selecting a timer value from a set of timer values, the set of timer values each specific to a type of data traffic session; and based on a timer at the wireless network node reaching the selected timer value, performing a predetermined timer expiration action for the data traffic session. In some examples, the data traffic session type may be a non-emergency voice call, an emergency call, a video call, a wireless customer service call, or a messaging session.
US11683843B2
The disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The disclosure provides method and apparatus for determining channel access procedure type for Msg3 transmission. The method includes transmitting, to a terminal, a random access response (RAR) including an uplink grant for a transmission of a message 3 (MSG3) associated with a random access procedure and first information associated with a type for a first channel access procedure for the transmission of the MSG3; transmitting, to the terminal, downlink control information (DCI) scheduling a retransmission of the MSG3 in case that the MSG3 is not received, the DCI including second information associated with a type for a second channel access procedure for the retransmission of the MSG3; and receiving, from the terminal, the MSG3 based on the second channel access procedure, which is based on the type identified by the second information.
US11683841B2
A method and system for dynamically controlling random-access-request transmission in a cell provided by an access node, the access node supporting access attempts by user equipment devices (UEs). An example method includes (i) determining an extent to which the cell has experienced access blocks due to connection-request communication failure after successful random-access transmission and (ii) using the determined extent as a basis to dynamically set a physical random access channel (PRACH) format of the cell, wherein the PRACH format defines one or more configuration settings for random-access-request transmission by UEs in the cell and correlates with an effective radius of the cell.
US11683840B2
The present disclosure relates to procedures for random access channel (RACH) type selection and random access response (RAR) monitoring. Specifically, the present disclosure may configure a user equipment (UE) and network entity to perform RACH type selections, determine mapping ratios, perform mapping procedures for orphan PRACH resources, monitor one or multiple RAR messages within an extended RAR window, and facilitate RAR type differentiation.
US11683837B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communications, and more specifically to random access procedures and/or prioritization of broadcast transmissions in machine type communications (MTC) devices and enhanced MTC (eMTC). An example method generally includes determining a plurality of subframes in which the UE may transmit a bundled random access channel (RACH) message to a base station (BS), determining, within the subframes, at least one narrowband region for transmitting the bundled RACH message, determining a bundling size for the bundled RACH message, the bundling size indicating a number of the plurality of subframes in which the bundled RACH message is transmitted, and transmitting the bundled RACH message in the narrowband region of the plurality of subframes, based at least in part on the determined bundling size.
US11683827B2
The present disclosure provides a method and a device in a node used for wireless communication. A first node receives a first signal to determine a first channel quality; determines a first speed; and determines whether a first resource pool comprises a first time-frequency resource block; selects a target time-frequency resource block from the first resource pool; and transmits a second signal in the target time-frequency resource block; herein, the first speed is a speed of mobility of the first node; the first resource pool comprises multiple time-frequency resource blocks, whether the first resource pool comprises the first time-frequency resource block is dependent on the first speed. The present disclosure takes into account the speed of mobility of a user in resources sensing, thus ensuring that the channel quality which autonomously selects resources meets the current transmission requirements.
US11683824B2
In an embodiment, a radio resource manager device is provided. The radio resource manager device may include a receiver configured to receive an application applying for radio resources; an interference allowance determiner configured to determine whether interference of signal transmission during radio communication using radio resources is allowed; and a radio resource assigner configured to assign radio resources based on the determined interference allowance.
US11683823B2
A control device in a communication system including base station devices and terminal devices includes a processor configured to: calculate a needed radio resource amount of each slice classified based on requested quality; estimate an amount of interference between the base station devices, an amount of interference between the base station devices and the terminal devices, and an amount of interference between the terminal devices; allocate, in radio resources of a first base station device, a first resource for a first slice, a second resource for a second slice, and a restricted resource to which restrictions are imposed on use, based on a result of the estimation; and allocate a resource other than the second resource and the restricted resource as the first resource, and allocates a resource that is allocated in a second base station device and has influence on interference with the second slice.
US11683822B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for selection of a scheduling user equipment. One embodiment of a computer-readable storage device storing machine readable code, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to receive first information from a plurality of user equipments, wherein the first information indicates at least one sidelink user equipment in communication with each user equipment of the plurality of user equipments. In some embodiments, the code further causes the processor to select a scheduling user equipment from the plurality of user equipments based on a quality of a first connection interface and a second connection interface of each user equipment of the plurality of user equipments indicated in the first information. In some embodiments, the code further causes the processor to transition to a fallback mode in response to mode 2d resource allocation being unavailable and occurrence of a radio link failure or a handover.
US11683819B2
Dynamic configuration of multiple radios of an access point is described. An example of an access point includes a processor; a memory; hardware filters; and a first set of radio chains and antennas, the access point including a first radio mode for operation as a single radio on a first channel to service a first BSS and a second radio mode for operation as a first radio on the first channel and a second radio on a second channel to perform an additional service, wherein the access point is to provide dynamic configuration of the radios including, upon determining that operation of the first channel to service the first BSS is not compatible with a particular hardware filter of the first radio, migrating the first BSS from the first radio to the second radio to service on the second channel, and providing the additional service on the first channel.
US11683809B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a detecting method, a transmitting method and an apparatus for a common control channel. The detecting method includes: determining a candidate resource set within virtual downlink resources of a current cell. The candidate resource set can include at least one candidate resource carrying a common control channel of the current cell. A detection is performed on at least one candidate resource in the candidate resource set, so as to acquire the common control channel of the current cell. In the embodiments of the present invention, a selection range of resources for transmitting a common control channel is extended, so that inter-cell interference of the common control channel can be coordinated, and a detection performance of the common control channel can be improved.
US11683808B2
Systems and techniques for transmitting a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) carrying a scheduling request (SR) in a wireless communication system. In some implementations, a method performed by a terminal includes the steps of: receiving, from a base station, a first message related to configuration of an uplink (UL) resource; receiving, from the base station, a second message related to resource configuration of a PUCCH carrying the SR; determining a resource for transmission of the PUCCH carrying the SR; and transmitting, to the base station, the PUCCH carrying the SR on the determined resource.
US11683796B2
Communication equipment communicating in a licensed frequency band identifies unused unlicensed communication resources within an unlicensed frequency band. The communication equipment uses the identified unlicensed communication resources to communicate within the unlicensed frequency band. In some circumstances, the unused unlicensed communication resources are identified based on resource information received from a base station where the resource information identifies unlicensed communication resources that will be used by the base station. In other circumstances, the unused unlicensed communication resources are identified based on frequency band measurements of the unlicensed frequency band over an observation time duration longer than a sensing time duration used by unlicensed equipment using the unlicensed frequency band.
US11683795B2
A communications device includes a transmitter configured to transmit signals to one or more other communications devices via a wireless access interface, the one or more communications devices configured to perform device-to-device communications. A receiver is configured to receive signals from the one of the other communications devices via the wireless access interface, and a controller controls the transmitter and receiver to transmit or to receive the signals via the wireless access interface to transmit or to receive data represented by the signals. The wireless access interface provides a scheduling region including plural predetermined sections of communications resources, and plural sections of shared communications resources. Transmission of a scheduling assignment message in a section of the scheduling region informs other devices of a group that a communications device will transmit signals representing data in a corresponding section of the shared communications channel.
US11683792B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A transmitting device (such as a user equipment (UE)) may receive an indication of an allocation of resources for sidelink communication on a set of directional beams. The transmitting device may transmit, to a receiving device (e.g., base station), a capability of the transmitting device to support a beam change. In some examples, the transmitting device may identify a beam change condition for the set of directional beams based on a beam change condition configuration. In some cases, the beam change condition configuration may be based on the capability of the transmitting device. In some cases, the transmitting device may perform a resource reselection procedure for updating the allocation of resources for sidelink communication based on the beam change condition and the beam change condition configuration.
US11683778B2
A method in a wireless device (WD) is described. The method is at least for determining a geo-location of a target station using round-trip times (RTTs) of a plurality of signals transmitted by the WD and a plurality of response signals received from the target station corresponding to the plurality of signals transmitted by the WD. The method includes determining an expected response signal, and, for each transmitted signal of the plurality of signals, determining that a response signal type matches an expected response signal type, cross-correlating a set of samples of the response signal, searching for a predetermined characteristic of the expected response signal, and correlating at least a subset of bits of the set of bits of the received response signal with the set of expected bits of the expected response signal. Further, a peak rolling sum correlation and the RTTs are determined.
US11683776B2
A method and system for automatically associating an Internet addressable endpoint device of an end-user with an account of the end-user at a remote system supporting a plurality of Internet addressable endpoint devices each associated with a respective end-user.
US11683766B2
A base station and terminal use methods of obtaining synchronization and system information in a wireless communication system. An operation of a base station includes generating a synchronization signal to be transmitted through a Synchronization Channel (SCH), generating a broadcast signal to be transmitted through a Broadcast Channel (BCH), and transmitting repetitively the SCH and the BCH by performing beamforming on the channels with different transmission beams.
US11683765B2
Provided are a wireless communication terminal device and a power allocation method, wherein transmission channel quality information, regarding a Pcell having a high probability that UCI is multiplied therein, can be accurately estimated by an SRS having high priority in power allocation, and an eNB can instruct appropriate transmission power to an UL channel which transmits the subsequent UCI. A power scaling detection unit detects whether or not a total transmission power value of the UL channels transmitted by the plurality of CC exceeds the maximum transmission power specific to the UE. When a plurality of SRS are simultaneously transmitted using a Pcell and a Scell, and power scaling occurs, a power scaling control unit performs power allocation so that transmission power of the SRS of the Pcell has the higher priority than that of the SRS of the Scell.
US11683760B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for detecting power consumption conditions to trigger transmission of user equipment (UE) assistance information (UAI) for a reconfiguration request. For example, an example method by a UE generally includes detecting one or more conditions associated with at least one metric related to UE power consumption; and transmitting UAI to a network entity, in response to the detection, to request a reconfiguration of the UE to operate according to a set of one or more parameters selected based on a value of the at least one metric.
US11683759B2
Techniques for extending battery life in a mobile device are provided. An example of a mobile device according to the disclosure includes at least one external motion detect sensor, a mobile device management module operably coupled to the at least one external motion detect sensor, the mobile device management module comprising at least one processor configured to detect a motion interrupt, load a partial image state into the mobile device management module, detect a motion that meets or exceeds while in the mobile device management module is in the partial image state, load a full image state into the mobile device management module, and enable the mobile device management module in a full active state.
US11683756B2
A communication device that reduces power consumption is realized by appropriately setting a transmission output power value for DSC communication. A communication device (1) includes: an AIS receiving section (11) for receiving information related to an AIS; a DSC communication section (12) for performing DSC communication; and a transmission output power setting section (15c) configured to set a transmission output power value for communication performed on a conversation channel by the DSC communication section to a value corresponding to a distance, which is calculated based on the information, between the communication device and a communication target vessel.
US11683755B2
The present disclosure discloses a bandwidth part switching method, a terminal device, and a computer storage medium. The method includes: obtaining a timer; and determining, based on the timer, whether to switch from a currently activated first bandwidth part (BWP) to a second BWP, where the first BWP is not the second BWP.
US11683749B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses. The method can include receiving, at a user equipment (UE), system information broadcast from a base station which may be shared by one or more PLMNs and SNPNs, the system information including an indication of whether accessing an SNPN using home service provider (HSP) subscription of a HSP network is supported. The UE can be configured with subscription information of the HSP network. The subscription information can include the HSP subscription and a home SP selection list that includes one or more candidate networks each represented by an SNPN identifier. The method can further include responsive to the system information, selecting a network from the home SP selection list according to a priority order of the candidate networks, and accessing the network selected from the home SP selection list using the HSP subscription.
US11683747B2
In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a user equipment (UE). The UE may be configured to transmit a message indicating an identifier (ID) associated with an application to a first edge computing system; receive first information associated with the application in response to transmitting the message, the first information indicating whether at least one second edge computing system configured to provide the application is accessible through at least one cell; and determine a set of cells through which the at least one second edge computing system is accessible based on the first information.
US11683743B2
A wireless device may receive first configuration parameters, of a first uplink carrier and a second uplink carrier of a first cell, and may receive second configuration parameters, of a third uplink carrier and a fourth uplink carrier of a second cell. The second uplink carrier may be a licensed carrier, and the fourth uplink carrier may be an unlicensed carrier. The wireless device may receive a first downlink control information (DCI) indicating switching from the first uplink carrier to the second uplink carrier and a second DCI indicating switching from the third uplink carrier to the fourth uplink carrier. The wireless device may determine whether to transmit a confirmation for uplink carrier switching based on the uplink carrier switching being to the licensed carrier or the unlicensed carrier. Based the determining, the wireless device may, or may not, transmit the confirmation.
US11683740B2
Described herein are techniques for implementing intelligent network slicing. Such techniques may include receiving data usage information associated with at least one user and generating, using the data usage information, a predicted usage model for the at least one user. Upon identifying an upcoming predicted usage event from the predicted usage model, the techniques may further include determining a current status of a core network and upon determining, based on the current status of the core network, that the core network is inadequate to handle the upcoming predicted usage event, instantiating a new network slice within the core network configured to handle the upcoming predicted usage event. Upon identifying network traffic associated with the upcoming predicted usage event, the techniques comprise routing that network traffic through the new network slice.
US11683738B2
Systems and methods for handover of 5G location sessions for an NG-RAN location management component
A RAN location server function (e.g. for 5G New Radio), referred to as Location Management Component (LMC), may be included in a gNB and connected to a gNB Central Unit (gNB-CU). The gNB-CU may receive a location request for a UE (e.g. from an AMF) and may initiate a location session for the UE, including selecting an LMC for the location session. The gNB-CU may handover the UE to a new serving gNB during the location session. The LMC for the location session may then remain unchanged after the handover or may be changed to a new LMC to suit the new serving gNB. The location session may then continue using the original LMC if not changed or the new LMC if changed.
US11683736B2
The present application discloses a method and eNB equipment for supporting seamless handover. The method comprises the following steps of: receiving, by a target eNB, random access information or an RRC connection reconfiguration completion message from a UE; transmitting, by the target eNB, a data transmission stopping indication message to a source eNB; and, stopping, by the source eNB, transmitting downlink data to the UE, and/or stopping, by the source eNB, receiving uplink data from the UE. The present invention further provides several other methods and eNB equipments for supporting seamless handover. By the methods for supporting seamless handover provided by the present invention, the delay of data transmission and the unnecessary data transmission or unnecessary data monitoring of a source eNB can be avoided, the waste of resources and the power consumption can be reduced, and the missing and duplication transmission of data can be avoided.
US11683731B2
A method, performed by a network node. The method is for handling a switch of a wireless device from a source to a target link. The network node and the device operate in a wireless communications network. Given a configuration of the target link indicating resources to perform random access to the network node during the switch, the network node, transmits, prior to the switch, an indication to the device. The indication indicates an update to the configuration. The network node changes the configuration of the target link, based on the update. The changing is performed only after receiving a confirmation of at least one of: i) from the device, that the device has received the indication, and ii) from a first network node operating in the wireless communications network, that it has transmitted the indication to the device.
US11683714B2
Presented herein are embodiments that provide mobile edge computing (MEC) with low latency traffic segregation within a packet data network (PDN) using dedicated bearers. Techniques are provided that are performed at an edge user plane entity and a control plane entity to coordinate the directing of low latency traffic over a dedicated bearer broken out at the edge, and to communicate normal latency traffic over a default bearer that is centrally broken out.
US11683713B2
A method for wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving a reference signal (RS) configuration from a first base station. The RS configuration indicates an RS identifier (ID) of an RS associated with a second base station. The method also includes receiving the RS from the second base station based on receiving the RS configuration. The method further includes transmitting, to the first base station, an interference measurement report associated with receiving the RS from the second base station. The interference measurement report indicates the RS ID associated with the RS from the second base station.
US11683710B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for controlling interference measurement by an interference measurement control device, the method comprising the steps of: calculating distance information between a transmission side transmitting a reference signal for interference measurement and a reception side receiving the reference signal; calculating, on the basis of the distance information, signal delay information related to a delay time required until the reference signal transmitted from the transmission side arrives at the reception side; and determining control information for the transmission side or the reception side on the basis of the signal delay information.
US11683701B2
Provided are a method and apparatus for monitoring a PDCCH, and a base station and a user equipment. On a base station side, the method comprises: configuring an association relationship between a notification signal or signaling and a PDCCH; and sending the notification signal or signaling associated with the PDCCH to a user equipment to notify the user equipment to start monitoring the PDCCH. On a user equipment side, the method comprises: receiving a notification signal or signaling which is associated with a PDCCH and sent by a base station; and starting to monitor the PDCCH according to the notification signal or signaling associated with the PDCCH. By means of the present invention, the signaling overhead and the power consumption of a user equipment can be reduced.
US11683700B2
A security system generates a digital signature for a small cell of a wireless network and assigns the digital signature to the small cell for connecting to the wireless network. The digital signature can be generated based on a connectivity schedule for the small cell. When the security system obtains a connection request from the small cell to connect to the wireless network, the security system compares an instance of the digital signature included in the connection request with an expected digital signature and compares the point in time when the connection request was communicated with an expected time indicated in the connectivity schedule. The security system detects an anomaly when the instance of the digital signature deviates from the expected digital signature or the point in time deviates from the expected time, and causes performance of an action based on a type or degree of the anomaly.
US11683687B2
Systems, methods, and devices for forming networks of interconnected devices are provided. Individual devices of the network are configured to utilize multiple wireless communication standards which may include wireless LAN communication standards, short-range wireless communication standards, and low-power wireless communication standards. User utilize access devices to monitor and control the devices of the network. Communications transmitted to devices of the network may be routed through a server located remotely relative to the network as well as through other devices of the network.
US11683677B2
A transmitter is configured to communicate with a multiplicity of receivers, and is configured to transmit first data, the first data including a non-unique addressing information addressing a subset of the multiplicity of receivers, the subset including at least two receivers, the transmitter further being configured to transmit second data, the second data including a further addressing information or transmitted according to a further addressing information, the addressing information addressing one receiver (or one group of receivers) of the subset of the multiplicity of receivers.
US11683675B2
User equipment is capable of connecting to a first core network and a second core network through a base station apparatus. The user equipment includes a controller that connects to, upon selecting or visiting a cell of a base station apparatus that does not support the first core network while connecting to the first core network or visiting the first core network, the second core network through a connection in the cell.
US11683673B2
Systems and methods of the present disclosure are directed to a method for facilitating pairing of multiple entities. The method can include obtaining a vehicle pairing request for an autonomous vehicle of a vehicle provider comprising vehicle identification data. The method can include determining a temporary pairing code associated with the autonomous vehicle. The method can include providing the temporary pairing code to the vehicle provider. The method can include obtaining a device pairing request via an application executed by a user device, the device pairing request comprising the temporary pairing code and an operational certificate, the operational certificate comprising device identification data associated with the user device. The method can include pairing the user device and the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the device pairing request.
US11683670B2
In response to a vehicle being switched from an IGN OFF state (non-operating state) to an IGN ON state (operating state) in a state in which a mobile terminal has been activated, the use of wireless communication (Wi-Fi communication) by the mobile terminal via a network using an in-vehicle device as a base station can be started. In response to the vehicle being switched from the IGN ON state (operating state) to the IGN OFF state (non-operating state) in the state in which the mobile terminal has been activated, the use of wireless communication (Wi-Fi communication) by the mobile terminal via the network using the in-vehicle device as the base station is stopped.
US11683667B2
Various communication systems may benefit from appropriate handling of messages. For example, certain fifth generation communication systems may benefit from short message service over non-access stratum with a home-routed model. A method can include receiving a request, at a short message service function, to associate an access management function to the short message service function. The method can also include accepting the request.
US11683662B2
A storytelling system includes location-based content (LBC) servers and LBC effects databases for use in a real-world story venue, and a computing platform communicatively coupled to those LBC servers and databases. A processor of the computing platform executes software code to receive story selection data from a user device, obtain a story template including story arcs each associated with one or more LBC effect(s) that corresponds to the story selection data, and determine, using a location of the user device, one of the story arcs as an active story arc. The software code also identifies an LBC interaction zone for the LBC effect(s), designates one LBC server and one LBC effects database for supporting the active story arc, and distributes one or more of the LBC effect(s) to the designated database. The designated server enables instantiation of the one or more of the LBC effect(s) at the LBC interaction zone.
US11683661B2
In an embodiment, a first node (e.g., a UE or a BS) performs a channel response measurement on a reference signal for positioning (e.g., UL reference signal such as SRS for positioning, or a DL PRS). The first node determines, for each of a plurality of peaks detected within the channel response measurement, peak-specific information comprising at least peak magnitude data that is based on a peak magnitude relative to a reference value. The first node reports the peak-specific information for the plurality of peaks to a second node (e.g., a BS, UE, or LMF). The second node receives the peak-specific information, and determines a positioning estimate for a UE based on the peak-specific information.
US11683660B2
There is provided a method, apparatus and system for determining a location of a mobile device operatively coupled to a wireless network such that the mobile device can locally calculate its location information with high accuracy. The method includes receiving, by a mobile device from each of one or more transmission points, a respective location information message. The transmission points belong to a wireless network and each location message is sent via broadcast transport channel designated for transmission of location information. Each location information message contains an indication of geographic location of its corresponding transmission point. The method further includes determining, by the mobile device, a location of the mobile device based on content of the location information message. The apparatus and system perform any or all of operations of the above methods and features explicitly or implicitly described.
US11683659B2
Provided is a method for controlling a moving agent group platooning within a building, the method comprising: a sensing step in which a first moving agent among a plurality of moving agents senses an occurrence of a predetermined event during the plurality of moving agents are platooning, wherein the first moving agent leads the platooning of the plurality of moving agents; and a transferring step in which the first moving agent transfers a group control authority to a second moving agent among the plurality of moving agents, wherein the second moving agent just follows the first moving agent; wherein the second moving agent having the group control authority leads movement of remaining moving agents following the second moving agent.
US11683638B2
A modular speaker system, comprising an exoskeleton, configured to mechanically support and quick attach and release at least one functional panel and an electrical interface provided within the exoskeleton, configured to mate with a corresponding electrical connector of the functional panel. An optional endoskeleton is provided to support internal components. The system preferably provides a digital electronic controller, and the electrical interface is a digital data and power bus, with multiplexed communications between the elements of the system. The elements of the system preferably include at least one speaker, and other audiovisual and communications components. Multiple modules may be interconnected, communicating through the electrical interface. A base module may be provided to provide power and typical control, user and audiovisual interface connectors.
US11683637B2
A signal converter includes a chamber, a first diaphragm, a second diaphragm, and a first converter. The chamber has a first opening at one end and a second opening at a second end opposite the first end. The first diaphragm is disposed so as to cover the first opening. The second diaphragm is disposed so as to cover the second opening. The first converter is disposed in the chamber and configured to generate a first signal based on a vibration of the first diaphragm.
US11683635B2
The present invention relates to a loudspeaker array comprising: a high frequency driver and a midrange driver forming a unitary assembly and configured to direct acoustic waves towards a listener in front of the loudspeaker array along an axis in a forward direction; at least one low frequency driver located generally rearwardly of the unitary assembly, and a woofer volume extending along and perpendicular to the axis between the at least one low frequency driver and the unitary assembly, in which the rear of the unitary assembly is configured and acoustically open so as to allow sound from the rear of the midrange driver to radiate rearwardly into the woofer volume.
US11683633B1
A mouth piece to transmit sound through vibration may include a front portion and a rear portion, which are connected through a connecting unit with each other to form a U-shaped apparatus. In one embodiment, the mouth piece can be disposed traversing the lower lip. More specifically, the front portion is disposed in front of the lower lip and the rear portion is disposed between the lower lip and the gum behind the lower lip, while the connecting unit is located between the upper lip and lower lip. The mouth piece may further include an extending piece extending from the rear portion into the mouth for the upper tooth and lower tooth to bite on.
US11683632B2
An automatic speech recognition (ASR) triggering system, and a method of providing an ASR trigger signal, is described. The ASR triggering system can include a microphone to generate an acoustic signal representing an acoustic vibration and an accelerometer worn in an ear canal of a user to generate a non-acoustic signal representing a bone conduction vibration. A processor of the ASR triggering system can receive an acoustic trigger signal based on the acoustic signal and a non-acoustic trigger signal based on the non-acoustic signal, and combine the trigger signals to gate an ASR trigger signal. For example, the ASR trigger signal may be provided to an ASR server only when the trigger signals are simultaneously asserted. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US11683622B2
The present invention is provided with a fabric (11) for covering an ear pad (101) and a ring-shaped member (15) that is formed separately from the fabric (11) and acts in a direction towards the inner peripheral surface of the ear pad (101) from a recessed space (105) formed between the ear pad (101) in order to fix a portion of the fabric (11) to the inner peripheral surface of the ear pad (101) or its vicinity. The ear pad (101) is covered with the fabric (11) in a state in which the opening peripheral edge portion of the fabric (11) is fixed by elastic webbing (13) to the outer peripheral surface of the ear pad (101) or a housing (102), while a portion of the fabric (11) is fixed to a bottom portion of the inner peripheral surface of the ear pad (101) by the ring-shaped member (15). As a result, the recessed space (105) in the middle of the ear pad (101) is not closed by the fabric (11) even in a state in which the ear pad (101) is covered by the fabric (11), and a headphone (100) can be used with a sense of use similar to that of an around ear type.
US11683614B2
Footwear systems include an article of footwear and a data transmission system engaged with the article of footwear. The transmission system transmits data to a remote system, such as a display system, another data transmission system, a processing system, etc. Such footwear systems further may include activation systems for activating the transmission and/or display systems. The transmitted data may be used for various purposes, such as: (a) identifying a user of the article of footwear; (b) activating targeted advertising or product information; (c) confirming the user's presence at a specific location and/or at a specific time; (d) determining start, finish, and/or intermediate split times for specific user; (e) confirming athletic equipment usage; (f) providing data for a game or reward program; (g) registering the user for an event or competition; or the like.
US11683603B2
An image sensor includes: a pixel array including pixels and reference pixels; an analog sensing circuit configured to sense signals from the pixels and the reference pixels; and a digital logic circuit configured to receive the sensed signals from the analog sensing circuit and configured to compensate signals corresponding to the pixels from among the sensed signals by using signals corresponding to the reference pixels from among the sensed signals, wherein each of the reference pixels is at least partially surround by the pixels.
US11683599B2
An image sensor may include a photoelectric device configured to selectively absorb light associated with a first color of three primary colors, a semiconductor substrate stacked with the photoelectric device and including first and second photo-sensing devices configured to sense light associated with second and third colors of the three primary colors, respectively, a first color filter corresponding to the first photo-sensing device and configured to selectively transmit light of the first wavelength spectrum, a second color filter corresponding to the second photo-sensing device and configured to selectively transmit light associated with a mixed color of the first color and the third color, and a first insulating layer between the photoelectric device and the semiconductor substrate and corresponding to the second photo-sensing device, and configured to selectively reflect light of a part of visible light.
US11683597B1
Systems and methods for multi-directional imaging in coupling with an indentation device are provided. The systems and methods can enable in situ multi-directional and full-field interfacial force response on soft matter. With more than two two-dimensional (2D) plane videos and/or images, the in situ nano-, micro-, and meso-scale time-dependent damage responses at the three-dimensional (3D) level can be constructed. Based on the obtained 2D and 3D videos and/or images, the underlying dynamic force response and fatigue mechanisms can be observed using a digital image correlation technique.
US11683593B2
A system for HDR image capture is configurable to perform a split long exposure operation by applying a first set of long exposure shutter operations to configure each sensor pixel of the image sensor array to enable photon detection and applying a second set of long exposure shutter operations to configure each sensor pixel to enable photon detection. A time period intervenes between the first and second sets of long exposure shutter. The system is configurable to perform a short exposure operation by applying a set of short exposure shutter operations to configure each sensor pixel to enable photon detection. The short exposure operation occurs during the time period that intervenes between the first and second sets of long exposure shutter operations. The system is also configurable to generate an image based on the split long exposure operation and the short exposure operation.
US11683589B2
An automatic camera head for panning and tilting a video camera, comprising at least one ring actuator arranged to act on a ring control of an objective of the camera, wherein said ring control is one of: zoom, iris, and focus; and said ring actuator includes a torque measurement unit delivering a signal indicative of the torque applied to the ring control.
US11683555B2
A multi-window user interface (UI) is presented in various configurations and operational uses to leverage the relatively large display canvas afforded by large screen display devices such as 4K or 8K displays. Along with the various “Multiview” aspects, content delivery techniques, content selection techniques, and level of service techniques also are presented.
US11683550B2
For example, an apparatus may include a video encoder configured to encode video data into a parallel plurality of encoded video streams, the parallel plurality of encoded video streams including the video data encoded according to a respective plurality of different video bitrates; a selector configured to select, based on one or more parameters corresponding to a condition of a wireless communication link, a selected encoded video stream from the parallel plurality of encoded video streams; and a radio to transmit the selected encoded video stream over the wireless communication link.
US11683542B2
Systems and methods for performing adaptive bitrate streaming using alternative streams of protected content in accordance with embodiments of the invention are described. One embodiment of the invention includes a processor, and memory containing a client application. In addition, the client application configures the processor to: request a top level index file identifying a plurality of alternative streams of protected content, where each of the alternative streams of protected content are encrypted using common cryptographic information; obtain the common cryptographic information; request portions of content from at least the plurality of alternative streams of protected content; access the protected content using the common cryptographic information; and playback the content.
US11683540B2
An apparatus and method for delivering a spatially enhanced live streaming experience for virtual reality or 360 degree live streaming of video is disclosed. A live streaming video signal is encoded into multiple streams at varying resolutions. A portion of the high resolution video stream, corresponding to a field of view within the entire 360 degree view, is merged with a low resolution video stream. The resulting video stream is referred to as a spatial adaptive video stream. Multiple spatial adaptive video streams are generated to provide a high resolution field of view across the entire 360 degrees. As the viewer looks in different directions, the video player plays back one of the spatial adaptive video streams according to the direction in which the viewer is looking.
US11683538B2
The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for accurately, flexibly, and efficiently broadcasting public combined live video streams from multiple participant devices, which change over the course of the live broadcast, as well as generating dynamic user interfaces that streamline adding, removing, and swapping participant devices from the public combined live video stream. In particular, a live video streaming system facilitates compositing live video streams from multiple participant devices into a public combined live video stream within a digital room before broadcasting the public combined live video stream to viewer devices. In addition, the live video stream smoothly and efficiently transitions new participant devices from a digital waiting room to the public combined live video stream as well as switches current participant devices from the public combined live video stream to a digital waiting room, all while maintaining live video stream of the participant devices.
US11683535B2
Systems and methods for capturing and distributing a live audio stream of a live event in real-time to a plurality of mobile computing devices are described. The system comprises at least one memory configured to store computer-executable instructions and processing device(s) coupled to the at least one memory and at least one audio input device configured to receive the live audio stream. Upon receipt of the live audio stream, the processing device(s) generate, in real-time, a plurality of discrete audio data packets from the live audio stream, and transmit that respective discrete audio data packet over a first network for receipt by the mobile computing devices. In respect of each one of the discrete audio data packets, a copy of the discrete audio data packet is transmitted for receipt by each one of the mobile computing devices prior to transmitting another one of the discrete audio data packets.
US11683524B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide methods, apparatuses, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium for point cloud compression and decompression. In a method, syntax information of a point cloud is decoded from a coded bitstream. The syntax information indicates that parallel decoding is to be performed on occupancy codes of nodes in a range of one or more partitioning depths in an octree partitioning structure of the point cloud is determined. The parallel decoding is performed on the occupancy codes of the nodes. The point cloud is reconstructed based on the occupancy codes of the nodes.
US11683523B2
Methods and apparatuses of encoding a video stream encoded using video point cloud coding include obtaining a plurality of frames including a first frame and remaining frames, wherein each frame of the plurality of frames is packed with a corresponding plurality of patches; grouping the remaining frames into a first group and a second group, wherein frames grouped into same group are temporally neighboring; processing the first frame; parallel processing frames in the first group after the first frame is processed; and generating an encoded video stream based on the processed first frame and the processed frames in the first group, wherein at least one frame of the first group depends from the first frame.
US11683522B2
Innovations in adaptive encoding and decoding for units of a video sequence can improve coding efficiency. For example, some of the innovations relate to encoding/decoding that includes adaptive switching of color spaces between units within a video sequence. Other innovations relate encoding/decoding that includes adaptive switching of color sampling rates between units within a video sequence. Still other innovations relate encoding/decoding that includes adaptive switching of bit depths between units within a video sequence.
US11683520B2
The present invention relates to the performance of motion vector refinement in a search space for multi-reference inter-prediction. Two or more reference pictures are selected, one of those used for motion vector refinement. Based on an initial estimate of a motion vector to the reference picture for motion vector refinement, a search space in this reference image is constructed. Using template matching, the first motion vector is refined. The second motion vector to another reference picture is calculated using its initial estimate, the initial estimate of the first motion vector and the refined first motion vector.
US11683511B2
A method and a device for processing a video signal are disclosed. In particular, a method for decoding a video signal includes parsing a first syntax element indicating a primary transform kernel applied to a primary transform of a current block; determining whether a secondary transform is applicable to the current block based on the first syntax element; if the secondary transform is applicable to the current block, parsing a second syntax element indicating a secondary transform kernel applied to a secondary transform of the current block; deriving a secondary inverse-transformed block, by performing a secondary inverse-transform for a top-left specific region of the current block using a secondary transform kernel indicated by the second syntax element; and deriving a residual block of the current block, by performing a primary inverse-transform for the secondary inverse-transformed block using a primary transform kernel indicated by the first syntax element.
US11683509B1
Techniques for detecting skipped prediction units in an encoder are disclosed. Control information associated with a prediction unit of a video frame is received at a node of a video encoding pipeline used to compress the video frame. A skip decision for the prediction unit is made by analyzing transform units comprising the prediction unit. The skip decision indicates whether or not the prediction unit comprises a skipped prediction unit during encoding. The skip decision for the prediction unit is provided to a downstream node of the video encoding pipeline.
US11683508B2
In a conventional art, an output layer set having no output layer is sometimes defined. Consequently, even if the decoder decodes a bit stream to obtain each layer in the output layer set without the output layer, there is no picture to be outputted. There is a possibility that such coded data causes the decoder expecting an output to operate unexpectedly. Output layer sets having the same configuration may be defined. Consequently, the amount of code pertaining to the output layer sets defined in an overlapping manner is redundant. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a specification of a bit stream conformance pertaining to the output layer set prevents occurrence of an output layer set without an output layer and a redundant output layer set.
US11683490B2
Systems and methods for coding and decoding of a coded bitstream is provided. A method comprises decoding a block of a picture from a coded bitstream. The decoding includes selecting a transform set based on at least one neighboring reconstructed sample from one or more previously decoded neighboring blocks or from a previously decoded picture and inverse transforming coefficients of the block using a transform from the transform set.
US11683486B2
An apparatus for decoding video data includes a decoder configured to decode, from a bitstream, a syntax element indicating an intra-prediction type of a current block of the video data, and an intra-predictor configured to generate a prediction block for the current block by selectively performing matrix based intra-prediction (MIP) or regular intra-prediction based on the intra-prediction type of the current block indicated by the syntax element.
US11683483B2
Image decoding of decoding a sequence of coded pictures on a block-by-block basis is provided. The image decoding incudes decoding a first high-level syntax element from a bitstream to determine, at a sequence level, whether affine motion prediction is allowed. A second high-level syntax element is extracted for each of at least one coding tool from the bitstream depending on the first high-level syntax element. At a picture level, the method determines whether each of the at least one coding tool is allowed. The coding tool includes sample-by-sample adjustment of affine motion prediction samples.
US11683481B2
Image decoding of decoding a sequence of coded pictures on a block-by-block basis is provided. The image decoding incudes decoding a first high-level syntax element from a bitstream to determine, at a sequence level, whether affine motion prediction is allowed. A second high-level syntax element is extracted for each of at least one coding tool from the bitstream depending on the first high-level syntax element. At a picture level, the method determines whether each of the at least one coding tool is allowed. The coding tool includes sample-by-sample adjustment of affine motion prediction samples.
US11683479B2
An example method of video processing includes determining, for a conversion between a current block of a current picture of a video and a bitstream of the video, whether to disable a coding tool for the current block; and performing the conversion based on the determining, wherein the coding tool is disabled when a dimension of a reference picture of one or more reference pictures of the current block is different from a dimension of the current picture, or a dimension of a scaling window in a reference picture of one or more reference pictures of the current block is different from a dimension of a scaling window in the current picture.
US11683476B2
A method for video processing is described. The method comprises: making a decision, for a conversion between a current video block of a video picture of a video and a coded representation of the video, regarding a size of a reference region of the video picture from which reference samples are used for predicting the current video block, based on a size of a virtual pipeline data unit (VPDU), a size of a coding tree block (CTB), or a size of a coding tree unit (CTU); and performing the conversion based on the decision.
US11683471B2
An information processing device includes: a displacement information acquisition unit that acquires displacement information corresponding to 3-dimensional displacement of a predetermined portion of an object that a user mounts in accordance with a body motion on the basis of positional information of the predetermined portion and an output control unit that performs control such that an output unit performs a predetermined output on the basis of the acquired displacement information. The object has, for example, a seatback on which a user can sit. The displacement information acquisition unit acquires a change in a position in at least one of front and rear directions, right and left directions, or upward and downward directions of a seatback.
US11683467B2
A lens unit includes: a resin lens including a flange forming an outer peripheral portion of the resin lens and a fitting portion having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the outer peripheral portion of the flange; a lens barrel including a lens housing chamber and an abutting surface, the lens housing chamber housing the resin lens with the fitting portion facing the abutting surface; and a pressing member pressing the resin lens against the abutting surface along an optical axis of the resin lens. The fitting portion being fit into the lens housing chamber over an entire circumference of the fitting portion with clearance between the entire circumference and the lens housing chamber to position the resin lens in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis of the resin lens.
US11683462B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, causes a processor to perform operations to display a three-dimensional (3D) space. The methods may include, with an imaging device, capturing a first series of frames as the imaging device travels from a first location to a second location within a space, and capturing a second series of frames as the imaging device travels from the second location to the first location. The method may also include determining a first segment in the first series of frames that matches a second segment in the second series of frames to create a segmentation dataset, generating video clip data based on the segmentation dataset, the video clip data defining a series of video clips, and displaying the series of video clips.
US11683459B2
An object feature visualization system is disclosed. The system may include a computing device that generates video-mapped images to project onto physical objects. The video-mapped images may include features to be projected onto the objects. The projection of a video-mapped image onto the physical object allows for the visualization of the feature on the object. In some examples, the computing device receives a feature selection for a particular object, and generates a video-mapped image with the selected feature to provide to a projector to project the video-mapped image onto the physical object. In some examples, a user is able to select one or more features for one or more objects of a room display via a user interface. The system then projects video-mapped images with the selected features onto the physical objects. The system may allow a user to save feature selections, and to purchase or request additional information about objects with selected features.
US11683457B2
An optical device includes an optical device including, a movable frame configured to hold an optical member, and a coupling frame to be coupled to the movable frame via an oscillation axis, and a stationary frame to which the coupling frame is fixed via a vibration absorbing member. The stationary frame has a shaft part to which the vibration absorbing member is attached, and a first surface and a second surface opposed to each other outside the shaft part, the coupling frame is disposed so as to be separated from the shaft part, the first surface, and the second surface with the vibration absorbing member, and a thickness of the vibration absorbing member existing between the coupling frame and the first surface and/or the second surface is thicker than a thickness of the vibration absorbing member existing between the coupling frame and the shaft part of the stationary frame.
US11683454B2
An in-cabin monitoring system includes a camera which captures an image of an inside of a cabin of a vehicle, a light source which irradiates the inside of the cabin with light, and a controller which controls the camera and the light source. The light source is capable of emitting first light which is light to be emitted when checking whether a person is present using the camera and second light which is stronger than the first light. The controller captures an image of the inside of the cabin using the camera while causing the light source to emit the second light, before the person gets in the vehicle and after the person gets out of the vehicle.
US11683432B2
A job management server, which is connected to a Web application server and a job processing apparatus via a network, comprises: a registration unit which registers, when a job received from the Web application server is added with information indicating that a request source of the job is the job processing apparatus, the job in a first job queue, and to register, when the job is not added with the information, the job in a second job queue having a lower priority than the first job queue; and a transmission unit which transmits the job registered in the first job queue in response to a request from the job processing apparatus while a user utilizes a Web application via the job processing apparatus.
US11683422B2
An image processing system includes an image processing device configured to process an image, a microphone configured to acquire sound, a display configured to display information, and one or more controllers. The one or more controllers are configured to function as a unit configured to acquire text information based on voice information acquired via the microphone, and a unit configured to cause the image processing device to execute image processing in response to an execution command being acquired from the text information, and to cause the display to display, in response to an execution command related to the image processing being not acquired from the text information and a setting command related to the image processing being acquired, a screen for waiting for an execution instruction to execute image processing that is based on at least the setting command.
US11683417B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure include computer-implemented systems and methods for routing incoming customer requests or inquiries in a customer service center. The system may include at least one processor configured to execute instructions to perform steps. The steps may include receiving a plurality of incoming customer calls and a plurality of incoming customer chat sessions. The steps may include blending the received plurality of customer calls and the received plurality of customer chat sessions into a total queue for presentation to at least one user device. The steps may additionally include determining a respective priority for each of the blended plurality of customer calls and the blended plurality of customer chat sessions and sending, based on the determined priority, to the at least one user device at least one of the blended plurality of customer calls or the blended plurality of customer chat sessions.
US11683413B2
A number management unit (11) of a number management system (1) generates a transaction using number portability information including a hashed telephone number and connection destination information, newly generates and approves a block using multiple transactions, and stores the block in a number database (13) as a blockchain. A number resolution unit (12) hashes a telephone number that is a query target using a hash function, searches transactions in a blockchain using the hashed telephone number as a key, and sends connection destination information corresponding to the telephone number that is the query target as a response.
US11683404B2
A network system includes at least one server device and at least one terminal device that accesses any of the at least one server device. The terminal device authenticates a network address between the terminal device and any of the at least one server device and communicates data with any of the at least one server device. When the server device receives a request from the terminal device, it provides a service in accordance with the authenticated network address held by the terminal device that has issued the request.
US11683394B2
Systems and methods for isolating applications associated with multiple tenants within a computing platform receive a request from a client associated with a tenant for running an application on a computing platform. Hosts connected to the platform are associated with a network address and configured to run applications associated with multiple tenants. A host is identified based at least in part on the request. One or more broadcast domain(s) including the identified hosts are generated. The broadcast domains are isolated in the network at a data link layer. A unique tenant identification number corresponding to the tenant is assigned to the broadcast domains. In response to launching the application on the host: the unique tenant identification number is assigned to the launched application and is added to the network address of the host; and the network address of the host is sent to the client associated with the tenant.
US11683388B2
Systems and methods are provided herein for supplying localized weather information to a user. This may be accomplished by a system receiving a request to generate a weather report for a location. The system may identify weather information sources within a threshold distance of the location, wherein one or more of the weather information sources is a mobile weather information source. The device may generate a weather report for the location based on the weather information received from the weather information sources.
US11683384B2
Disclosed herein is a method, performed by a repository network entity within a telecommunications network, for providing notifications for a subscription to monitor changes of a NF profile of a monitored network entity. The method comprises: receiving, from a subscribing network entity, a subscription request to subscribe to monitor changes to a NF profile of at least one monitored network entity, the request comprising a notification preference that identifies a subset of attributes in the NF profile to be monitored or to be excluded from monitoring; and providing to the subscribing network entity, notifications of changes to the identified subset of attributes of the NF profile of the at least one monitored network entity.
US11683377B1
An electronic network, such as an autonomous vehicle, an Internet of Things (IoT) network, a medical device system, or a network security system, is accessed. The electronic network contains a plurality of electronic modules, such as electronic sensors, that each have a predefined functionality. Data associated with the electronic modules is collected over a predefined period of time. A matrix is constructed based on the collected data. Based on the matrix, a redundant electronic module is detected from the plurality of electronic modules. A functionality of the redundant electronic module is replicated collectively by one or more other electronic modules of the plurality of electronic modules. A value added by the redundant electronic module to the electronic network is evaluated. Based on the evaluated value, a determination is made as to whether the redundant electronic module should be removed from the electronic network.
US11683368B2
Disclosed herein are embodiments of a production system. The production system includes at least one production unit configured to produce at least one first product. The production unit has at least one processing tool configured to process at least one starting material supplyable to the production unit in order to produce the first product. The production unit also has at least one peer-to-peer module configured to communicate with at least one peer-to-peer application of at least one peer-to-peer network. The peer-to-peer application is configured to cause transmitting of at least one first control data set to the production unit, and the processing tool is controllable in accordance with the received first control data set.
US11683367B2
A computing environment includes a computing service provider and an edge computing network that has computing and storage devices that extend computing resources of the computing service provider to remote users. An edge platform is configured to execute industry specific PaaS services and industry specific third-party applications. The edge platform communicates with an IoT edge service, inference engine, and IoT edge gateway that performs protocol conversion. The industry edge platform provides a standardized platform for enabling execution of the industry specific PaaS services and industry specific third-party applications.
US11683363B1
When a user exploits virtualization software and navigates through or to a redirected client drive in a remote session then the file management application may refresh the directory/folder content very slowly, spending significantly more time than expected according to the amount of data, network speed and latency. Whilst this refreshing is being performed no actions with the file management application can be performed by the user. Accordingly to address this a system or method are provided that cache metainformation for files, folders, and subfolders, e.g. upon a network resource, in a driver which responds to a query directory and other related requests by filling a provided buffer with the cached data. Further, this driver may filter out some particular files from the results if a filtering option is selected to further reduce latency.
US11683351B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may transmit, to a user equipment (UE), a control message that includes an identification of a set of protection levels corresponding to different degrees of physical layer security for securing communications between the UE and the base station. The base station may transmit, to the UE, an indication of an identified protection level of the set of protection levels to be used by the UE for securing the communications between the UE and the base station. The UE may communicate with the base station in accordance with the identified protection level.
US11683346B2
The present application is directed to a non-transitory computer readable medium. The medium includes program instructions that, upon being executed by a processor, effectuate detecting a virtual private network (VPN) provider in a network. The program instructions also effectuate receiving, from the VPN provider, server credentials for a VPN. The program instructions further effectuate generating a security policy based upon a type or pattern of network traffic associated with the VPN. The program instructions even further effectuate converting the security policy to a table interpretable by a node in the network.
US11683344B2
This disclosure relates to systems and methods for managing connected devices and associated network connections. In certain embodiments, trust, privacy, safety, and/or security of information communicated between connected devices may be established in part through use of security associations and/or shared group tokens. In some embodiments, these security associations may be used to form an explicit private network associated with the user. A user may add and/or manage devices included in the explicit private network through management of various security associations associated with the network's constituent devices.
US11683337B2
The system inhibits malware, which has infected user equipment (UE), from establishing a communication channel between to the UE and a malware command and control (C2) website. A malware threat detector detects traffic generated by user equipment generated by malware. The system extracts the logs of these detections and processes the packet capture and extracts the fully qualified domain name (FQDN). The FQDN is then transmitted to a malware information sharing platform and added to the domain name system response policy zone (DNS RPZ). The DNS RPZ can block subsequent access to the malware C2 website due to the inclusion of the FQDN on the DNS RPZ.
US11683328B2
Techniques for visualizing IoT device management are disclosed. A system utilizing such techniques can include an IoT device risk assessment system and an IoT device management visualization system. A method utilizing such techniques can include grouping IoT devices into an IoT device dimension group based on IoT device dimensions defining the group and controlling presentation of management data for the IoT devices based on the grouping of the IoT devices into the IoT device dimension group.
US11683320B2
The present disclosure is generally directed to a data processing system for customizing content in a voice activated computer network environment. With user consent, the data processing system can improve the efficiency and effectiveness of auditory data packet transmission over one or more computer networks by, for example, increasing the accuracy of the voice identification process used in the generation of customized content. The present solution can make accurate identifications while generating fewer audio identification models, which are computationally intensive to generate.
US11683316B2
A method for communication between microservices, performed by a first host machine node, includes: obtaining a first microservice instance located on the first host machine node, determining a first microservice to which the first microservice instance belongs, and determining a list of triples corresponding to the first microservice according to the first microservice. The list of triples corresponding to the first microservice includes at least one triple, each triple of the at least one triple includes a visitor of the microservice, a visited party of the microservice, and an access port, and the visitor of the microservice of each triple included in the list of triples corresponding to the first microservice is the first microservice. The method also includes determining, by the first host machine node, an access policy of the first microservice instance according to the list of triples corresponding to the first microservice.
US11683296B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage devices to enable virtual API technology embodied in an SDK for use within a mobile application, a mobile payment wallet, or a mobile operating system.
US11683289B2
A device, system, and method, according to various embodiments, can include, for example, a hybrid cloud network, one or more personal cloud virtual LANs, and a home area network. The hybrid cloud network can be configured to provide public access and private access. The one or more personal cloud virtual LANs are provided at an overlapping segment of the hybrid cloud network to provide privacy within the hybrid cloud network. The home area network can include a single purpose computer configured as a gateway for the hybrid cloud network and configured to establish a site-to-site secure connection with the one or more personal cloud virtual LANs.
US11683286B2
Techniques for using Network Address Translation (NAT), Mobile Internet Protocol (MIP), and/or other techniques in conjunction with Domain Name System (DNS) to anonymize server-side addresses in data communications. Rather than having DNS provide a client device with an IP address of an endpoint device, such as a server, the DNS instead returns a virtual IP (VIP) address that is mapped to the client device and the endpoint device. In this way, IP addresses of servers are obfuscated by a virtual network of VIP addresses. The client device may then communicate data packets to the server using the VIP address as the destination address, and a virtual network service that works in conjunction with DNS can convert the VIP address to the actual IP address of the server using NAT and forward the data packet onto the server.
US11683283B2
The present disclosure relates to a method comprising receiving an electronic message. Message intents of the received electronic message and one or more related intents may be determined. An electronic message may be generated according to a selected subset of the message intents or according to the related intents. The generated electronic message may be provided.
US11683279B2
Example embodiments provide a system that uses a conversational agent to collect information and publish the information on a network. A computer-implemented conversational agent establishes a communication session with a user and receives conversational information via a simulated conversation between the user and the computer-implemented conversational agent via the communication session, whereby the conversational information comprises information to be published. The computer-implemented conversational agent also receives, via a graphical user interface, an upload of an image that is associated with the information to be published. The computer-implemented conversational agent then causes publication of the information to be published and the uploaded image.
US11683275B2
An interconnection device for interconnecting two sub-networks, on which UPnP devices are connected: determines actual IP addresses and port numbers of servers of the UPnP device; allocates a port number to each server, establishes a connection with a UPnP device of the femtocell and a connection with a UPnP device of the local area network; replaces, in frames received via one of said connections, each actual server IP address and port number allocated by the interconnection device to said server; and replaces, in frames received via one of said connections, each actual IP address and port number with an IP address of the interconnection device to said server; and replaces, in said received frames, each IP address of the interconnection device and port number allocated by the interconnection device to a server with the IP address and port number of the corresponding server.
US11683274B2
System and method for supporting multi-tenancy in an application server, cloud, or other environment
In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for supporting multi-tenancy in an application server, cloud, on-premise, or other environment, which enables categories of components and configurations to be associated with particular application instances or partitions. Resource group templates define, at a domain level, collections of deployable resources that can be referenced from resource groups. Each resource group is a named, fully-qualified collection of deployable resources that can reference a resource group template. A partition provides an administrative and runtime subdivision of the domain, and contains one or more resource groups. Each resource group can reference a resource group template, to bind deployable resources to partition-specific values, for use by the referencing partition. A tenant of the application server or cloud environment can be associated with a partition, or applications deployed therein, for use by that tenant.
US11683273B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to registering one or more endpoint devices to receive a notification and detecting a congestion event related to a storage area network. The storage area network includes the one or more endpoint devices. The notification is sent regarding the congestion event to the one or more endpoint devices that have been registered for the notification.
US11683265B2
A network node receives a data packet. In response to receiving the data packet, the network node performs a lookup on a label stack of the data packet to determine a next hop for the data packet. The network node scans the label stack to identify a Structured Entropy Label (SEL). The SEL includes a Path Tracing Indicator (PTI). The network node computes Midpoint Compressed Data (MCD) as a result of the PTI being set to a pre-defined value. The network node records the MCD in a MCD stack of the data packet by shifting the MCD stack and stamping the MCD on top of the MCD stack. The network node transmits the data packet to the next hop with the recorded MCD stack. The network sink node encapsulates the received data packet to generate an encapsulated data packet and transmits the data packet.
US11683262B2
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a data packet from a first host located in the first site, where the data packet may be destined to a second host located in a second site that may be different from the first site, determining that an identifier of a second group to which the second host belongs is not available at the first network apparatus, sending a request for an identifier of the second group to a second network apparatus, where the request may comprise an address of the second host, receiving a response comprising the identifier of the second group from the second network apparatus, determining that the second group is a destination group, applying one or more policies associated with the destination group to the data packet, and causing the data packet to be routed to the second host.
US11683261B2
A semiconductor chip for implementing load-aware equal-cost multipath routing includes a number of ports and several pipes, each pipe being coupled to a portion of ports on the semiconductor chip, and a central unit consisting of a state machine and multiple databases. The databases contain information regarding a communication network including an overlay network and an underlay network, and the state machine is implemented in hardware and can determine at least one feature of the overlay network and a corresponding group of paths within the underlay network.
US11683252B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a method, system and apparatus for centralized session management in an aggregated application environment. In one embodiment, a centralized session management method can include aggregating a set of applications in a host aggregation environment. Subsequently, each of the applications can be centrally kept alive so as to avoid a time out condition in any one of the applications so long as interactivity is detected within any one of the applications or within the host aggregation environment. In one aspect of the invention, the aggregating step can include aggregating a set of portlets in a portal environment.
US11683243B1
A client computer executes a client agent that determines the time between when an input is transmitted from a client computer to a remote server and when updated graphics are received from the remote server in response. The client agent interacts with a server agent that executes on the remote server. The client agent transmits an emulated keystroke to the server agent. In response, the server agent modifies a graphics object and composites the modified graphics object with a currently rendered frame. The client computer receives the frame and identifies the modified graphics object, indicating that the emulated keystroke was received by the remote server. The client agent then computes the time difference between when the emulated keystroke was transmitted to the remote server and when the modified graphics object was detected and/or displayed at the client computer. This time difference indicates the responsiveness of the remote desktop implementation.
US11683235B2
A control device may be configured to delay an attachment procedure while attachment messages are being transmitted over the network. The control device may be configured to initiate an attachment procedure with a router device on a network at the end a back-off period of time. The attachment procedure may include transmitting attachment messages (e.g., parent request messages) that enable the control device to transmit and receive messages over the network through the router device. During the back-off period of time, the control device may determine an attachment message is received from another control device on the network. And, if an attachment message (e.g., a parent request messages and/or a link request message) is received from another control device, the control device may increase the back-off period of time (e.g., delaying when the control device initiates its attachment procedure).
US11683227B2
A network element is herein disclosed. The network element comprises an embedded device having one or more property affecting a function of the embedded device and one or more status; a first computing system having a first processor and a first memory, the first memory being a first non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a device microservice and a hardware entity microservice, the hardware entity microservice in communication with the embedded device; a second computing system having a second processor and a second memory, the second memory being a second non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a core framework microservice; and a communication device in communication with the first computing system and the second computing system.
US11683218B2
An improved core network that includes a network resilience system that can detect network function virtualization (NFV)-implemented nodes that have been compromised and/or that are no longer operational, remove such nodes from the virtual network environment, and restart the removed nodes in a last-known good state is described herein. For example, the network resilience system can use health status messages provided by nodes, intrusion data provided by intrusion detection agents running on nodes, and/or operational data provided by the nodes as applied to machine learning models to identify nodes that may be compromised and/or non-operational. Once identified, the network resilience system can delete these nodes and restart or restore the nodes using the last-known good state.
US11683215B2
A method for operating an access node includes generating a configuration message including information specifying a set of reference signals of a first reference signal type and a set of reference signals of a second reference signal type used to identify a new beam, and information specifying random access channel resources allocated for transmitting preamble sequences, wherein each random access channel resource is associated with a reference signal of the first reference signal type, sending, to one or more user equipments (UEs), the configuration message, receiving, from a UE, a preamble sequence on one of the random access channel resources, and determining an identity of the UE in accordance with the preamble sequence and the one of the random access channel resources.
US11683202B2
Transmitters and communication systems are disclosed. In one example, a transmitter includes first to third serializers that generate first to third serial signals; a first output section configured to set a voltage of a first output terminal; a first output control circuit configured to control an operation of the first output section on the basis of the first serial signal and the second serial signal; a second output section configured to set a voltage of a second output terminal; a second output control circuit configured to control an operation of the second output section on the basis of the third serial signal and the first serial signal; a third output section configured to set a voltage of a third output terminal; and a third output control circuit configured to control an operation of the third output section on the basis of the second serial signal and the third serial signal.
US11683192B2
Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for updating element properties based on distances between elements in a virtual conference. The program and method provide, in association with designing a room, an interface for specifying how a first element in the room affects at least one property value of a second element, based on distance between the two elements; receive user selection of parameter values specifying how the first element affects the at least one property value of the second element based on the distance; provide a virtual conference between plural participants within the room including the first and second elements; update the at least one property value of the second element based on a change in distance between the first and second elements, and on the parameter values; and provide for updated display of the second element.
US11683190B2
In one embodiment, a method includes transmitting power in a power and data distribution system comprising at least two pairs of wires, negotiating a power level between Power Sourcing Equipment (PSE) and a Powered Device (PD) in the power and data distribution system, transmitting the power at a power level greater than 100 watts, periodically checking each of the wires for a fault, and checking for an electrical imbalance at the wires.
US11683188B2
A method for representing certificate expiration includes obtaining, from a root certificate authority, a root digital certificate and generating a chain of intermediate certificate authorities. Each intermediate certificate authority includes a respective intermediate certificate digitally signed by the intermediate certificate authority that is immediately higher in the chain and a respective validation time period indicating a range of times when the intermediate certificate authority is permitted to digitally sign certificates. The respective validation time period includes the validation time period of each intermediate certificate authority that is lower in the chain. The method includes generating a certificate revocation list and generating, from the lowest intermediate certificate authority in the chain, a plurality of end entity certificates. The method includes, after the respective validation time period of the lowest intermediate certificate authority in the chain has elapsed, adding, to the certificate revocation list, one or more of the plurality of end entity certificates.
US11683176B2
The instant disclosure illustrates how the privacy and security of activities occurring on distributed ledger-based networks (DLNs) can be enhanced with the use of zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) that can be used to verify the validity of at least some aspects of the activities without private information related to the activities necessarily being revealed publicly. Methods and systems that are directed at facilitating the tracking and recovery of assets stolen on ZKP-enabled DLNs while preserving the confidentiality of the tokens are presented herein.
US11683165B2
The concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to quantum key distribution (“QKD”) networking as a service. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a microservices controller can establish a plurality of quantum connections with a plurality of virtual quantum connection managers (“vQCMs”) deployed in association with a set of quantum user nodes (“QUNs”) in a QKD network. The microservices controller can receive a request to initialize the QKD network. The microservices controller can coordinate with the plurality of vQCMs to handle initialization of the QKD network. The microservices controller can receive a QKD service request from a QKD network operator. The microservices controller can invoke a plurality of microservices to handle the QKD service request.
US11683162B2
A network can operate a WiFi access point with credentials. An unconfigured device can support a Device Provisioning Protocol (DPP), and record bootstrap public keys and initiator private keys. The network can record bootstrap public and responder private keys and operate a DPP server. A responder proxy can establish a secure and mutually authenticated connection with the network. The network can (i) derive responder ephemeral public and private keys, (ii) record the initiator bootstrap public key, and (iii) select a responder mode for the responder. The network can derive an encryption key with at least the (i) recorded the initiator bootstrap public key and (ii) derived responder ephemeral private key. The network can encrypt credentials using at least the derived encryption key and send the encrypted credentials through the responder proxy to the initiator, which can forward the encrypted credentials to the device, thereby supporting a device configuration.
US11683153B2
There is provided a method including receiving a playback system identifier corresponding to a playback system, generating a blockchain corresponding to a content identifier identifying a content, wherein the blockchain is uniquely associated with the content identifier, establishing, in the blockchain, a block corresponding to the playback system identifier, sending an encrypted version of the content to the playback system, and in response to one or more updates to the blockchain by the playback system, providing a content encryption key to the playback system for decrypting the encrypted version of the content.
US11683151B2
Disclosed are methods and systems to provide distributed computation within a Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) system by using g-adic properties to separate a ciphertext into multiple ciphertexts for each Hensel digit level. A number t of computation units may individually perform addition and/or multiplication of each Hensel digit level on each of the computation units and then reconstruct the resulting value from the result ciphertext of each computation unit using p-adic and g-adic operations. Accordingly, computation burdens may be distributed to several computation units.
US11683148B2
Disclosed are a method and a receiving device for clock frequency synchronization. The method includes the following. A user datagram protocol (UDP) packet is obtained by a receiving device. A value of the data volume of the UDP packet in the cache and a first value are performed, by the receiving device, an operation to obtain the absolute value of the difference between the value of the data volume and the first value. When the absolute value is greater than the preset threshold, a clock frequency of the crystal oscillator in the receiving device is adjusted to obtain a target clock frequency, where after the clock frequency of the crystal oscillator is adjusted, the absolute value of the difference is less than or equal to the preset threshold. The receiving device maintains clock frequency synchronization between the receiving device and the transmitting device based on the target clock frequency.
US11683147B2
A scheduling entity receives, from a half-duplex frequency division duplex (HD-FDD) UE, an initial attach request on a first uplink carrier of a primary cell. It enters into an RRC connected state with the HD-FDD UE and determines an amount of data waiting for uplink in a buffer of the HD-FDD UE. It determines a target uplink carrier and a grant of time for the HD-FDD UE to upload the buffered data. It then transmits downlink control information (DCI) allocating the target uplink carrier for the determined time to the HD-FDD UE. The HD-FDD UE communicates with the scheduling entity via the first uplink carrier, receives the DCI, and switches from the first uplink carrier to the target uplink carrier. It then transmits, over the target uplink carrier, the buffered data to the scheduling entity for the determined time.
US11683146B2
A method of operating a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes obtaining resource allocation indication information from a base station through a control channel, determining a UE operation mode based on the resource allocation indication information, transmitting an uplink signal by allocating physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) resource based on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) demodulation reference signal (DMRS) received from the base station, when the UE operation mode is a full duplex multiplexing radio (FDR) mode, performing self-interference channel estimation based on a PUSCH DMRS resource location, and performing reception channel estimation based on the PDSCH DMRS and demodulating data.
US11683145B2
Embodiments of dynamic multiplexing are described, including the transmission of preemption indication (PI) to indicate preemption of time-frequency resources. In some embodiments, a next Generation NodeB (gNB) is configured to transmit PIs in signaling to preempt an enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB) communications transmission with an ultra-reliable and low latency communications (URLCC) transmission. In some embodiments, a user equipment (UE) is configured to monitor a region of time-frequency resources, within a bandwidth part (BWP), for a PI. The PI indicates to the UE a portion of time-frequency resources that omit transmissions intended for the UE. In some embodiments, the gNB transmits the PI to the UE within preemption indication downlink control information (PI-DCI) in a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in a control resource set (CORESET). In some embodiments, the BWP is defined according to a frequency domain location, a bandwidth, and a subcarrier spacing for a given numerology.
US11683138B2
Disclosed are techniques for transmitting reference signals (RS) for positioning. A method comprises transmitting or providing an instruction to transmit a first set of RS to a user equipment (UE) in accordance with a first set of RS transmission parameters, receiving a report containing information indicating whether a measurement performed by the UE is limited by a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the first set of RS or a bandwidth of the first set of RS, determining a second set of RS transmission parameters using the received report, wherein the second set of RS transmission parameters is different from the first set of RS transmission parameters, and transmitting a second set of RS to the UE in accordance with the second set of RS transmission parameters, or providing the second set of RS transmission parameters to a base station.
US11683133B2
When transmitting signals from a plurality of base stations (broadcasting stations), the base stations include at least a first base station having a first antenna with a first polarization and a second base station having a second antenna with a second polarization that is different from the first polarization. Then, when the first base station transmits a signal from the first antenna having the first polarization, the second base station transmits the same signal as the first antenna of the first base station from a second antenna having the second polarization, at the same time.
US11683132B2
A system and method of scheduling transmissions. A wireless device such as an eNodeB (eNB) may schedule a transmission of a wideband (WB) signal on a micro-frame selected from a plurality of WB micro-frames of a WB carrier. A narrowband (NB) subframe may span a portion of the selected WB micro-frame in the frequency-domain, and the selected WB micro-frame may overlap at least a portion of the NB subframe in the time-domain. The WB signal and an NB signal may be transmitted over the WB micro-frame and the NB subframe in accordance with a first numerology and a second numerology, respectively. A WB subframe may be divided into a plurality of micro-frames. The transmission direction of the WB micro-frame may be scheduled according to a transmission rule based on the contents of a payload in the NB subframe.
US11683127B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for communication of downlink control information (DCI) piggybacked on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) configured using semi persistent scheduling (SPS). A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving a message having a configuration for semi persistent scheduling (SPS) of data channels, receiving an indication associated with at least one first downlink control information (DCI) for transmission in at least one of the data channels, and monitoring for the data channels in accordance with the configuration for SPS.
US11683118B2
A message transmission method and device relating to the field of communications technologies are described that improve an anti-interference capability in message transmission. The method includes generating a scrambling code according to a scrambling code initialization seed, wherein the scrambling code initialization seed meets the following expression: cinit=R·2a7+P·(nf mod k+1)·2b7 and then scrambling a message according to the scrambling code. The method further includes sending the scrambled message to a terminal on a physical downlink shared channel. Because the first time parameter has different values at at least two different moments, scrambling codes determined at the at least two corresponding different moments are different. Therefore, a possibility at which the base station uses a same scrambling code to scramble a same system message repeatedly in a time period is reduced, so that an anti-interference capability in system message transmission is improved.
US11683117B2
A decoding method includes: receiving a plurality of subcarrier signals each including encoded data; acquiring a predetermined amount of data from each of the plurality of subcarrier signals; correcting errors in the plurality of subcarrier signals by performing decoding arithmetic processing on the respective predetermined amounts of data acquired from the plurality of subcarrier signals in a time-division manner; and causing the decoding arithmetic processing to be consecutively performed on each of the predetermined amounts of data a predetermined number of times.
US11683106B2
A method performed by a user equipment (UE) configured with a plurality of antenna panels. Each antenna panel is configured to beamform over a millimeter wave (mmWave) frequency band. The method includes identifying a predetermined condition corresponding to a first antenna panel of the plurality of antenna panels, selecting a second antenna panel of the plurality of antenna panels based on identifying the predetermined condition corresponding to the first antenna panel and transmitting a beam via the second antenna panel based on the selection.
US11683100B2
A method and system for multipulse-pulse position modulation optical transmission that includes selecting a multipulse-pulse position modulation having a symbol alphabet having an upper-bound symbol alphabet size, and determining, based on at least one transmission characteristic associated with a transmitter, a subset of symbols of the selected symbol alphabet capable of being transmitted by the transmitter, the subset of symbols having a set of binary codewords. The method and system may include identifying two-symbol concatenation of binary codewords in the set of binary codewords, calculating a cross correlation of binary codeword in the set of binary code words through every two-symbol concatenation, determining a set of one or more acceptable codeword combinations by eliminating a portion of two-symbol concatenation of codewords corresponding to overlapping peaks in the respective calculated cross correlations, and transmitting, by the transmitter via an optical communication channel, information encoded based on the determined acceptable codeword combinations.
US11683099B1
At a controller of an optical module including optical transmitters and optical receivers coupled to the controller and coupled to first and second optical fibers: responsive to a first command, first configuring the optical module to operate in a normal mode in which the optical module operates at a maximum communication capacity by transmitting and receiving a maximum number of wavelengths, that the optical module is capable of transmitting and receiving, on each of the first optical fiber and the second optical fiber; and responsive to a second command, second configuring the optical module to operate in a backward compatible legacy mode in which the optical module operates at a reduced communication capacity compatible with a legacy optical module by transmitting and receiving a reduced number of wavelengths, that is less than the maximum number of wavelengths, on each of the first optical fiber and the second optical fiber.
US11683087B2
Systems and methods for providing mobile services are disclosed. In one implementation, an access point (AP) is provided, which may include a set of one or more base-station functions for use by a user equipment (UE) connected to the AP over a wireless communication interface. The one or more base-station functions may be configured to receive information from the UE. The AP may further include a set of one or more core-network functions configured to receive the information from the set of one or more base-station functions and a distributed portion of a service. The distributed portion of the service may be configured to receive the information from the one or more core-network functions and communicate the information to a corresponding cloud portion of the service running on a cloud platform. The service may be provided by a combination of the distributed portion and the cloud portion of the service. The distributed portion of the service may be further configured to receive a response from the cloud portion of the service based on processing performed by the cloud portion on the cloud platform.
US11683082B2
There are provided measures for enabling/realizing enabling/realizing beam failure detection with different indication intervals, e.g. beam failure detection in a higher layer such as a MAC entity of a user equipment element or base station element. Such measures exemplarily comprise that a beam failure detection procedure is performed on the basis of beam failure instance indications from a lower layer using abeam failure detection timer, and application of the beam failure detection timer in the beam failure detection procedure is controlled in view of indication intervals which are applicable for the beam failure instance indications from the lower layer in the beam failure detection procedure.
US11683078B2
A user equipment (UE) transmits over multiple antenna ports and receives a control message from a base station in a wireless communication network. The control message comprises a precoding matrix indication field configurable to a first, second, and third configuration. The first configuration identifies precoding matrices in both a first set of precoding matrices and a second set of precoding matrices. The second configuration identifies precoding matrices in the second set of precoding matrices but not in the first set of precoding matrices. The third configuration identifies precoding matrices in a third set of precoding matrices in addition to the first and second sets. The precoding matrices in the sets are precoding matrices for transmissions from the UE. Each set of precoding matrices corresponds to a respective coherence capability. For a maximum of four spatial layers, the first, second, and third configurations occupy 5, 4, and 6 information bits, respectively.
US11683073B2
Provided is a human body communication (HBC) apparatus for a near field communication (NFC) signal, the HBC apparatus including: a first communicator configured to receive a first NFC signal from an NFC reader through a body in proximity to the body; and a second communicator configured to transmit a signal to a user device, wherein first data included in the first NFC signal received from the NFC reader through the body by the first communicator is transmitted to the user device by the second communicator.
US11683070B2
Methods and apparatus for gathering research data indicating exposure to media are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first wireless receiver to receive a first modulated audio signal via a wireless data connection from a media device using a wireless communication protocol, the first modulated audio signal associated with the media, the first wireless receiver to output a baseband audio signal corresponding to the first modulated audio signal. The example apparatus includes a first wireless transmitter to modulate the baseband audio signal to form a second modulated audio signal, the first wireless transmitter to transmit the second modulated audio signal to wireless headphones using the wireless communication protocol. The example apparatus includes a monitoring device to receive the baseband audio signal, and to generate research data identifying the media, the media device including a second wireless transmitter to transmit the first modulated audio signal to the first wireless receiver, and the wireless headphones including a second wireless receiver to receive the second modulated audio signal from the first wireless transmitter.
US11683069B2
A communication system includes one or more chargers and a server capable of communicating with the one or more chargers. The server obtains first information from a first vehicle via a first charger included in the one or more chargers, during charging of the first vehicle by the first charger, and supplies second information based on the first information to a second vehicle via a second charger included in the one or more chargers, during charging of the second vehicle by the second charger.
US11683063B2
Portable electronic devices are provided. Each device may be formed from two parts. A first part may be provided with components such as a display, a touch screen, a cover glass, and a frame. A second part may be provided with a plastic housing, circuit boards containing electrical components, and a bezel. Engagement members may be connected to the first and second parts. The engagement members may be formed from metal clips with holes and springs with flexible spring prongs that mate with the holes in the clips. The metal clips may be welded to frame struts on the frame and the springs may be welded to the bezel. During assembly, the first part may be rotated into place within the second part. Retention clips attached to the frame may be used to secure the two parts together. Assembly instructions and associated connector numbers may be provided within the devices.
US11683056B2
A peak detector includes an asymmetrical latch having a first input and a second input; and a CMOS converter having a first input coupled to a first output of the asymmetrical latch, a second input coupled to a second output of the asymmetrical latch, and an output.
US11683047B2
A switch-mode power supply includes a pair of input terminals, a pair of output terminals, and at least one switch coupled between the input terminals and the output terminals. The power supply further includes an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) for converting a sensed analog current value at the output terminals to an output digital value, an interface for receiving a user configurable current setting, and a control circuit coupled with the interface, the ADC and the at least one switch. The control circuit is configured to determine a raw digital value of the ADC that corresponds to the received current setting by processing an iterative loop, and turn on and turn off the at least one switch according to the determined raw digital value and the output digital value of the ADC, to supply an output current at the pair of output terminals that corresponds to the received current setting.
US11683045B2
A high resolution analog to digital converter (ADC) with improved bandwidth senses an analog signal (e.g., a load current) to generate a digital signal. The ADC operates based on a load voltage produced based on charging of an element (e.g., a capacitor) by a load current and a digital to analog converter (DAC) output current (e.g., from a N-bit DAC). The ADC generates a digital output signal representative of a difference between the load voltage and a reference voltage. This digital output signal is used directly, or after digital signal processing, to operate an N-bit DAC to generate a DAC output current that tracks the load current. In addition, quantization noise is subtracted from the digital output signal thereby extending the operational bandwidth of the ADC. In certain examples, the operational bandwidth of the ADC extends up to 100s of kHz (e.g., 200-300 kHz), or even higher.
US11683034B2
A system and method for high speed switching comprises receiving voltage inputs at a bridge rectifier, generating a control signal from a transistor, and driving a gate of a field effect transistor (FET) via the control signal of the transistor, wherein a source of the FET is connected to a negative output of the bridge rectifier and a drain of the FET is connected to a positive output of the bridge rectifier through a load. The system and method further comprises limiting current flowing to the gate of the FET through first and second resistors and first and second diodes connecting the voltage inputs to the gate of the FET and limiting voltage to the gate of the FET below a maximum voltage rating of the FET by a Zener diode connected to the gate of the FET.
US11683030B2
Driver circuitry for driving a power semiconductor switch having a control input and main terminals is described. The driver circuitry includes control terminal driver circuitry coupled to the control input and configured to provide a drive signal, a sense terminal coupled to the main terminal, a current mirror coupled to the sense terminal to mirror a current input into the sense terminal during turn-off, a first current comparator configured to compare a current signal received from the current mirror to a first current threshold and output a first signal representative of the comparison, and a second comparator configured to compare a signal received from the sense terminal to a turn-on threshold and output a second signal representative of the comparison. The turn-on threshold represents a highest voltage of the main terminal during turn-on. The first current threshold represents a highest voltage of the main terminal during turn-off.
US11683029B1
A transmission gate includes a first P-type transistor and a second P-type transistor coupled in series between a first signal node and an internal node. The transmission gate is enabled by turning on the first P-type transistor and the second P-type transistor to communicate signals between the first signal node and the internal node. The transmission gate is disabled by turning off the first P-type transistor and the second P-type transistor to stop communicating signals between the first signal node and the internal node. While the transmission gate is disabled, a third P-type transistor having a first current electrode coupled to a circuit node between the first and second P-type transistors and a control electrode coupled to the first signal node is used to track voltage of the first signal node and, in response to the tracking, control a voltage level at the circuit node to limit a gate-to-source voltage of the first P-type transistor.
US11683023B1
A programmable delay device that provides delays of more than 100 ns over a broad bandwidth is disclosed. The device includes an input stage that employs M sampling switched capacitor elements such that each sampling switched capacitor element samples at a rate of only 1/M of the fundamental sampling rate. The device includes a programmable delay stage with M programmable switched capacitor banks, each programmable switched capacitor bank having N delay switched capacitor storage elements. Thus, the programmable delay stage includes a total of M×N delay switched capacitor storage elements, thereby reducing the sampling rate by a factor of M×N. This reduced sampling rate permits much smaller sampling switches, resulting in reduced leakage current and enabling far longer programmable delay times. Lastly, the device includes an output reconstruction stage that reconstructs a delayed version of the input RF signal by combining signals from the programmable delay stage.
US11683020B2
A method for packaging chips includes: flip-chip bonding a plurality of filter chips to be packaged on a substrate to be packaged; applying a first mold material layer on the filter chips to be packaged; applying a second mold material layer on a side of the first mold material layer away from the filter chip to be packaged, the first mold material layer and the second mold material layer forming a first mold layer; thinning the first mold material layer and the second mold material layer to expose substrates of the filter chips to be packaged, and thinning the substrates of the filter chips to be packaged to a preset thickness; applying a second mold layer on the exposed substrates of the filter chips to be packaged to obtain a mold structure; and cutting the mold structure into a plurality of particle chips.
US11683017B2
According to one embodiment, a class-D amplifier including: a PWM modulator that outputs a PWM modulation signal in response to an input signal; and a drive circuit that amplifies the PWM modulation signal, and supplies it to an output end. The drive circuit includes: a first output transistor whose main current path is connected between a power source supplying end and the output end; a second output transistor having a size larger than a size of the first output transistor; and a resistance element that is connected between the main current path of the first output transistor and the output end.
US11682996B2
An inverter is provided for driving a motor. A first capacitor, and a second capacitor including capacitors connected in series, are connected in parallel to a DC power supply. A switch circuit having switching elements is connected between the inverter and the second capacitor. A control circuit is provided for controlling the inverter and the switch circuit. The control circuit performs control to switch the switch circuit so as to supply current from the second capacitor to the inverter during 3-level operation, and supply current from both of the first capacitor and the second capacitor to the inverter during 2-level operation.
US11682988B2
A method is described for controlling an electric motor having a rotor. The method is carried out after a shutdown of the motor has been initiated. The method includes starting a timer in a motor controller, performing regenerative braking to recapture kinetic energy from the rotor as electrical energy, and using the recaptured electrical energy from the regenerative braking to power the motor controller. If the timer in the motor controller exceeds a predetermined timer value, a flag is set in memory in the motor controller to indicate that the motor has stopped.
US11682986B2
A piezoelectric drive device includes a substrate, a convex portion coupling to the substrate and transmitting drive power to a driven member, first drive piezoelectric elements placed on the substrate and vibrating the substrate in Y directions in which the substrate and the convex portion are arranged, second drive piezoelectric elements placed on the substrate and vibrating the substrate in Z directions orthogonal to the Y directions, a reference piezoelectric element placed on the substrate, receiving the vibration in the Y directions, and outputting a detection signal, and a concave portion placed side by side with the reference piezoelectric element in the Z directions in a plan view from an X direction orthogonal to the Y directions and the Z directions.
US11682981B2
A rectifying element includes a MOS transistor series-connected with a Schottky diode. A bias voltage is applied between the control terminal of the MOS transistor and the terminal of the Schottky diode opposite to the transistor. A pair of the rectifying elements are substituted for diodes of a rectifying bridge circuit. Alternatively, the control terminal bias is supplied from a cross-coupling against the Schottky diodes. In another implementation, the Schottky diodes are omitted and the bias voltage applied to control terminals of the MOS transistors is switched in response to cross-coupled divided source-drain voltages of the MOS transistors. The circuits form components of a power converter.
US11682978B2
Disclosed is a converter circuit having high power in an ultra-wide range, which includes a transformer module, a first and second primary input modules, an output module, a high and low voltage mode control module, and a load output module. The first primary input module includes a first primary voltage equalization network, a first switch module and a first LC module, the second primary input module includes a second primary voltage equalization network, a second switch module and a second LC module. The first primary voltage equalization network is connected between a first input capacitor and the second switch module, and the second primary voltage equalization network is connected between a second input capacitor and the first switch module. In this disclosure, it is surprisingly found that through arranging resonant voltage equalization network, a designated primary voltage deviation problem, which is caused by a change of a pulse control of an LLC resonant converter under a light load, is solved.
US11682976B2
In one embodiment, a power supply circuit has a power source, an inductor in series with a switching transistor connected to the power source, a pair of isolation capacitors connected across the switching transistor, a load connected to the isolation capacitors such that they isolate the load from low frequency energy from the power source, and a resonance circuit configured to amplify resonant ringing connected at least one of in parallel to the inductor or in parallel to the switching transistor.
US11682974B2
A multi-phase current mode hysteretic modulator implements phase current balancing among the multiple power stages using slope-compensated emulated phase current signals and individual phase control signal for each phase. In some embodiments, the slope-compensated emulated phase current signals of all the phases are averaged and compared to the slope-compensated emulated phase current signal of each phase to generate a phase current balance control signal for each phase. The phase current balance control signal is combined with the voltage control loop error signal to generate a phase control signal for each phase where the phase control signals are generated for the multiple phases to control the phase current delivered by each power stage.
US11682970B2
The present invention relates to a multi-path converter, which adds a current transfer path using a capacitor to a current transfer path using an inductor to supply a current that is output to an output end (load) to a plurality of parallel paths, thereby reducing a total RMS current flowing through the inductor, and a control method therefor.
US11682964B2
A driving circuit and a driving method are provided. The driving circuit includes an energy-storage capacitor, a first power converter and a bidirectional converter. An output port of the first power converter is coupled to a load and the energy-storage capacitor. The energy-storage capacitor is connected in parallel with the load. The bidirectional converter is coupled between the load and the energy-storage capacitor. The first power converter supplies power to the load during a light load interval. During at least a part of the light load interval, the first power converter charges the energy-storage capacitor via the bidirectional converter. During a heavy load interval, the first power converter supplies power to the load and the energy-storage capacitor supplies power to the load via the bidirectional converter. The driving circuit is applicable to drive a load requiring low average power and high peak power.
US11682962B2
This disclosure includes systems, methods, and techniques for controlling a semiconductor device of a power converter. For example, a circuit includes first control circuitry configured to receive an indication of a first voltage which represents a voltage output from a power source to the power converter. Additionally, the first control circuitry is configured to output a control signal to second control circuitry in order to control, based on the first voltage and the second voltage, the semiconductor device so that a second voltage is lower than the first voltage, wherein the second voltage represents a voltage output from the power converter to a load.
US11682958B2
A VCM is disclosed, the VCM including a rotor including a bobbin arranged at an upper surface of a base formed with an opening, and a driving coil wound on the bobbin, a stator including a driving magnet opposite to the driving coil, and a yoke secured by the driving magnet at an inner surface of a lateral plate, and a tilting unit including a tilt magnet arranged at an outer surface of the lateral plate, a housing fixing the tilt magnet, and a tilt coil unit opposite to the tilt magnet.
US11682954B2
A motor includes a rotor assembly and a stator assembly that accommodates the rotor assembly. The stator assembly includes a stator core including tooth portions corresponding to first to third phase currents, respectively, and a coil wound around the tooth portions and defining a Y connection of the first to third phase currents, a neutral point terminal defining a neutral point of the Y connection, and power terminals configured to communicate each phase current with the Y connection. The coil includes a primary winding and a secondary winding that are wound around each of the tooth portions, that are electrically connected parallel to each other, and that are connected to each of the power terminals.
US11682948B2
A control device for controlling an electric motor of an electrical device may include a flat plate and a power electronics. The plate may extend in a plate plane. The power electronics may include a plurality of electronic components arranged and interconnected on the plate. The power electronics may have at least one electronic power component that produces waste heat during operation. The at least one electronic power component may be arranged such that a body of the at least one electronic power component penetrates the plate plane. A plurality of power connections, via which the at least one electronic power component may be interconnected to the plurality of electronic components, may be arranged at an edge of the plate.
US11682942B2
A drive assembly having an electric motor, having a stator housing, a stator accommodated therein and having at least one winding, a stator insulation which has a lower part and an upper part, wherein the lower part rests against at least one bearing surface in the stator housing, terminal contacts for the winding, wherein the terminal contacts are held in a contact carrier, which is provided on the lower part of the stator insulation, and a printed circuit board, which rests on at least one supporting surface in the stator housing, wherein the terminal contacts are in contact with associated conductor tracks of the printed circuit board.
US11682939B2
To reduce the time for producing slot insulators, a method for producing slot insulators for winding slots of a component of an electrical machine, includes supplying a strip of insulating material, cutting off an insulator strip portion from the strip, molding the insulator strip portion for adjustment to the mold of the winding slot, and inserting the molded insulator strip portion into the winding slot, wherein at least the molding and inserting steps are carried out in parallel for at least two insulator strip portions to be inserted into different winding slots. Moreover, a device for carrying out the method is described.
US11682938B2
A stator of an electric motor having a stator core with a plurality of salient stator poles, an insulating cap, a stator winding consisting of a winding wire, and an interconnection unit with a plurality of winding-wire receptacles having an inside, wherein the winding wire is surrounded by a material constituting the winding-wire receptacle and connected and welded thereto on the inside. The stator is of an electric motor which is of a very high quality and precision so that high-current applications are possible. Without any major adjustments, the stator is combinable with different winding connections and is flexibly adaptable to the rest of the motor and possibly to the electronics design. The manufacturing method is capable of being flexibly adapted to different wire diameters.
US11682936B2
Provided is a motor capable of suppressing reduction of the torque of the motor even if the amount of use of the permanent magnets embedded in the rotor core is reduced. A motor includes a rotor with permanent magnets embedded in a rotor core, and a stator positioned on an outer circumference of the rotor. The rotor includes magnetic poles formed around a rotation axis of the rotor, the magnetic poles having the permanent magnets arranged therein. The permanent magnets in adjacent magnetic poles are arranged such that positions of a north pole and a south pole of the permanent magnet in one magnetic pole are inverted from those of the permanent magnet in a magnetic pole adjacent to the one magnetic pole. The permanent magnets each have a residual magnetization that decreases as it moves from the north pole toward the south pole.
US11682934B2
A rotor of a rotary electric machine includes a first magnet and a fourth magnet whose magnetic fields are oriented in radial directions of a stator, and a second magnet and a third magnet whose magnetic fields are oriented in circumferential directions of the stator. In the stator, slots are formed between adjacent ones of teeth portions. An electromagnetic coil is provided in the slots. A distal end on an inner circumferential side of the electromagnetic coil is offset from an inner circumferential side end part of a base portion, which is a part of the teeth portion, toward a yoke portion.
US11682919B2
An intelligent control system, an emergency starting power supply, and an intelligent battery clip are provided. The intelligent control system a microcontroller unit (MCU), a load-detection module, a switch-control module, an emergency starting power supply, a load, and a power-supply output port. The power-supply output port is electrically coupled with the load. The switch-control module includes a first terminal coupled with an internal battery pack of the emergency starting power supply, a second terminal electrically coupled with the load via the power-supply output port, and a control terminal configured to receive a control signal from the MCU. The load-detection module is configured to detect a state of the load and includes a non-isolated member. The MCU is configured to control, according to the state of the load, the switch-control module to be in a switched-on state or a switched-off state.
US11682891B2
A circuit breaker includes an electromechanical switch, a current sensor, a voltage sensor, and a processor. The electromechanical switch is serially connected between a line input terminal and a load output terminal of the circuit breaker, and configured to be placed in a switched-closed state or a switched-open state. The current sensor is configured to sense a magnitude of current flowing in a path between the line input and load output terminals and generate a current sense signal. The voltage sensor is configured to sense a magnitude of voltage at a point on the path between the line input and load output terminals and generate a voltage sense signal. The processor is configured to receive and process the current sense signal and the voltage sense signal to determine operational status information of the circuit breaker and determine power usage information of a load connected to the load output terminal.
US11682884B2
An external racking device for remotely racking in and racking out an electrical circuit breaker from a cabinet. The racking device includes a motor head equipped with an electric motor, the electric motor being provided with a rotating shaft ended with an adaptor, and arranged to be coupled with a racking mechanism of an electrical circuit breaker, so that when driven in rotation, the shaft, depending of rotation, trigger either the racking in or the racking out of the circuit breaker from the cabinet. The external racking device further includes monitoring means intended to enable or to disable the operation of the electric motor depending on the status of a circuit breaker to be racked in or racked out from a cabinet.
US11682881B2
A broad-spectrum laser for use in a MEMS laser scanning display device is provided. In one example, the broad-spectrum laser includes a laser diode emitter with plural quantum wells each having a different spectral peak. In another example, the broad-spectrum laser includes a laser diode emitter with a tunable absorber to achieve a broadened emissions spectrum. In another example, the broad-spectrum laser includes a laser diode emitter array having plural individual emitters with different spectral peaks.
US11682876B2
A wire feeding and bonding tool and method for attaching wires to a component having first and second spaced-apart wire attach structures. Wire from a supply is fed through a capillary having at least a linear end portion with a feed opening. The capillary is positioned with respect to the component to locate a first portion of the wire extending from the feed opening adjacent to the first wire attach structure, and the wire is attached to the first attach structure. The capillary is moved with respect to the component along a wire feed path to feed the wire from the first wire attach structure to the second wire attach structure and to locate a second portion of the wire extending from the feed opening adjacent to the second attach structure. The wire is attached to the second wire attach structure, and cut from the supply.
US11682875B2
Pressing jaws for opposite arrangement in crimping pliers, the pressing jaws having ribs, which extend in a rib longitudinal direction and move into each other during pressing. A guide surface extending transversely to the rib longitudinal direction outside of a working region of the ribs is formed, which guide surface interacts with a guide protrusion extending from the opposite pressing jaw. In another version, the pressing jaws have ribs, which are designed to mesh with each other and which have a rib longitudinal direction. Crimping pliers comprise two plier jaws, which are provided with oppositely arranged pressing jaws having ribs, which extend in a rib longitudinal direction and which, during pressing, move into each other and delimit a pressing jaw opening.
US11682862B2
An apparatus includes an electrical plug insertable into a power outlet of a receptacle, where the electrical plug includes a ground pin with an indent. The apparatus further includes a retention mechanism enclosed by the receptacle includes a rod configured to interact with the indent of the ground pin, where the rod seated within the indent of the ground pin prevents a removal of the electrical plug from the power outlet.
US11682859B2
A connector, a bayonet-style connector, and methods for using the connector or bayonet-style connector are provided. At least one connector includes a receiver having an inner volume to receive a connector, and having a pawl; and a pushbutton or actuator that operates to move or unlock the pawl so that a user can insert and lock and/or unlock and remove the connector using only a single hand of the user. At least one bayonet-style connector includes a connector portion having an opening; a receptacle portion that operates to slidingly accept the connector portion and that has a pawl that operates to engage with the opening to lock the connector portion in place; and an actuator that operates to impart force on the pawl to unlock the connector portion so that a user can remove the connector portion using only one hand of the user.
US11682857B2
An electrical connector assembly includes a first electrical contact device and a second electrical contact device. The first electrical contact device includes at least one first electrical contact and an actuator movable between a first position and a second position. The second electrical contact device includes at least one second electrical contact device and an interlock feature to engage the actuator when the actuator is in the first position. The actuator is in the first position when the first electrical contact is in electrical communication with a power source, and the actuator is in the second position when the electrical communication between the first electrical contact and the power source is disconnected. When the actuator is in the first position and the second electrical contact engage the first electrical contact, the interlock feature engages the actuator, thereby securing the first electrical contact device and the second electrical contact device against disconnection.
US11682852B2
A plug connector adapted for connecting corresponding wires includes an insulative body integrally formed with two rows of plug contacts in a lateral direction and a transverse bar. The plug contacts are categorized with differential-pair contacts and grounding contacts alternately arranged with each other in a longitudinal direction. The transverse bar extends along the longitudinal direction perpendicular to the lateral direction and is unitarily linked to rear ends of all the grounding contacts of each row of plug contacts while being isolated from the differential-pair contacts. All the contacts and the transverse bar are stamped from a same sheet metal initially, and the differential-pair contacts are successively disconnected from the transverse bar after the plug contacts are integrally formed with the insulative body.
US11682851B2
A display device is disclosed. The display device includes: a first substrate having a first surface and a second surface; a second substrate having a third surface and a fourth surface; and a connection module connected between the first substrate and the second substrate. The connection module further includes: a first connection section having two ends respectively connected to a first connection portion and a second connection portion, wherein the first connection portion is connected to the first surface of the first substrate, and the second connection portion is connected to the third surface of the second substrate; a second connection section having two ends respectively connected to the first connection portion and a third connection portion, wherein the third connection portion is connected to the second substrate.
US11682848B2
A radio frequency (RF) circuit connection assembly comprises a RF circuit board and a RF connector. The RF circuit board has a first side and a second side opposite the first side. A RF circuit is located on the first side and an aperture extends through the RF circuit board from the first side to the second side. The RF connector comprises a barrel having a socket configured to receive a RF bullet, a flange having a mounting surface, and a RF connector pin extending laterally from the barrel. The barrel of the RF connector extends through the aperture of the RF circuit board such that the mounting surface of the flange is seated against the first side of the RF circuit board, and the RF connector pin is electrically coupled to the RF circuit on the first side of the RF circuit board.
US11682842B1
A low-profile, ultra-wideband, conformal antenna is actively driven by a four-port quadrature feed circuit for both cardioid and monopole radiation patterns. The quadrature four-port and differential two-port driven radiating elements are organized into a log periodic array that is driven without frequency dispersion. The log periodic array may produce circularly polarized beams. For radiating elements that do not operate via a ground plane, stepped artificial magnetic conductors isolate the drive circuitry.
US11682831B2
Disclosed is a combo antenna module in which an accommodation groove is formed in a coil pattern and a connection pattern connected to a coil pattern disposed on another surface is disposed in the accommodation groove so as to minimize a mounting space and provide antenna performance greater than or equal to that of a conventional antenna module. The disclosed combo antenna module comprises a coil pattern for short-range communication and a coil pattern for wireless power transmission. The coil pattern for wireless power transmission has the accommodation groove formed by varying the line width of the coil pattern disposed on one surface, and the connection pattern for connecting the coil patterns disposed on the other surface is disposed in the accommodation groove so as to minimize a mounting space and provide antenna performance greater than or equal to that of a conventional antenna module.
US11682824B2
An antenna assembly according to the present disclosure includes a dielectric substrate, and antenna elements configured as conductive patterns on the dielectric substrate to radiate radio signals. The antenna elements may include a first radiation structure and a second radiation structure. The first radiation structure includes a first conductive pattern electrically connected a first feeding portion, a second conductive pattern and a third conductive pattern electrically connected a ground. The second radiation structure includes a fourth conductive pattern electrically connected a second feeding portion and a fifth conductive pattern and a sixth conductive pattern electrically connected the ground. The first conductive pattern may be disposed between the second conductive pattern and the third conductive pattern.
US11682823B2
The present disclosure describes an antenna mount kit. The antenna mount kit includes pivotally coupled mounting brackets, at least one adjustment bracket, and at least one locking plate. One of the mounting brackets and the at least one adjustment bracket each include a plurality of phase adjustment holes configured to lock an antenna at a desired tilt angle that is adjustable at 1 degree steps for different length antennas. Antenna mount kit assemblies and methods of adjusting the downtilt of an antenna are also provided.
US11682813B1
Disclosed are a battery cell and a manufacturing method thereof, and a battery using the battery cell. The battery cell comprises a plurality of laminated plate sets, and each plate set is formed by laminating a positive plate, a separator and a negative plate; the positive plate is provided with a positive tab extending outwardly along the plate, and the positive tab is provided with a positive tab bend; or, the negative plate is provided with a negative tab extending outwardly along the plate, and the negative tab is provided with a negative tab bend; and a plurality of positive tab bends and/or negative tab bends of the plurality of laminated plate sets are laminated to form a bent book page-shaped structure.
US11682806B2
A battery stack structure includes a battery stack, a passage, a junction box, and a bus bar. The battery stack includes spaced battery cells. The passage is adjacent to a first side of the battery stack. The passage allows air to flow in the passage before the air cools the battery stack. The junction box is adjacent to a second side of the battery stack. The junction box allows the air to flow in the junction box after the air has cooled the battery stack. The junction box contains an electronic device. The bus bar is contained in the junction box and is electrically and thermally coupled to the electronic device. The bus bar allows passing of current. The direction of the flow of the air flowing from the battery stack faces a major surface of the bus bar.
US11682803B2
A sulfide all-solid-state battery which is capable of absorbing heat by a heat absorbing layer at abnormal heat generation and maintaining capacity of a battery at a high level for a long time use is provided. The sulfide all-solid-state battery contains at least one unit cell, at least one heat absorbing layer, a battery case which accommodates the unit cell and the heat absorbing layer, the unit cell contains sulfide solid electrolyte, the heat absorbing layer contains at least one organic heat absorbing material selected from the group consisting of sugar alcohols and hydrocarbons, and the heat absorbing layer does not contain an inorganic hydrate.
US11682799B2
A battery monitoring system for a battery pack having battery cells including a test cell and a reference voltage. The battery monitoring system includes built-in-test circuitry associated with the test cell. The built-in-test circuitry has a monitoring control operable to permit electric current between the reference voltage and the test cell and an enabling control operable to permit electric current between the reference voltage and the test cell. The battery monitoring system also includes battery monitoring circuitry having cell monitoring voltage interfaces configured to receive cell voltages associated with the battery cells and a built-in-test interface operable upon actuation by the battery monitoring circuitry to operate the monitoring control. A method for operating circuitry associated with the battery monitoring system is also provided.
US11682796B2
An integrated switching device in which a contactor unit which is capable of controlling a continuity state of an electric circuit, a blocking unit which is capable of cutting a contactor and blocking a current when abnormality is generated in the contactor or a current having a size exceeding a permitted current range of the contactor is generated, and a current measuring unit which is capable of measuring a current by using shunt resistor are integrated into one device, thereby performing various functions only with one device.
US11682793B2
A single-ion polymer electrolyte has formula (I): R—[SO2N(M)SO2—X—]m—SO3Li (I). In formula (I), X may be an electron withdrawing group such as an aromatic group, substituted aromatic group, —(CF2)n—, —(CCl2)n—, —C6H4—, or —C6H3(NO2)—. R may be a fluorinated alkyl, LiSO3(CF2)3—, or an aromatic group, and M may be a metal cation. For the single-ion polymer electrolyte with formula (I), m may be an integer from 2 to 2000, and n may be an integer from 1 to 4.
US11682778B2
A fuel cell system for supplying anode gas and cathode gas to a fuel cell and causing the fuel cell to generate power according to a load includes a component that circulates discharged gas of either the anode gas or the cathode gas discharged from the fuel cell to the fuel cell. The fuel cell system includes a power generation control unit that controls a power generation state of the fuel cell on the basis of the load, a freezing prediction unit that predicts the freezing of the component on the basis of a temperature of the fuel cell system. The fuel cell system includes an operation execution unit that executes a warm-up operation without stopping the fuel cell system or after the stop of the fuel cell system in the case of receiving a stop command of the fuel cell system when the freezing of the component is predicted.
US11682771B2
An electrochemical cell according to an embodiment includes a hydrogen electrode, an electrolyte laminated on the hydrogen electrode, a barrier-layer laminated on the electrolyte, and an oxygen electrode laminated on the barrier-layer. The barrier-layer has a porous structure having a thickness of greater than 20 μm and a porosity of greater than 10%.
US11682764B2
The present disclosure provides a cathode material which has improved charge/discharge efficiency; and a battery using the same. The cathode material includes a cathode active material and a first solid electrolyte material; and the first solid electrolyte material contains Li, M and X; however, does not include sulfur. M represents at least one element that is selected from the group consisting of metalloid elements and metal elements other than Li. X represents at least one selected from the group consisting of Cl and Br, and I. The cathode active material includes lithium iron phosphate.
US11682761B2
A nickel hydroxide includes stacked nickel hydroxide layers. Each of the nickel hydroxide layers includes Ni2+ and OH−. At least one of the nickel hydroxide layers further includes a type of polyatomic anions. The polyatomic anions include a type of anions that are not SO42− or CO32−.
US11682759B2
An anode active material, an anode including the anode active material; and a lithium secondary battery including the anode, the anode active material including a core including a carbonaceous material; and a polycyclic compound on a surface of the core, the polycyclic compound being represented by Formula 1:
US11682754B2
An apparatus for forming an electrode film mixture can have a first source including a polymer dispersion comprising a liquid and a polymer, a second source including a second component of the electrode film mixture, and a fluidized bed coating apparatus including a first inlet configured to receive from the first source the dispersion, and a second inlet configured to receive from the second source the second component.
US11682748B2
A light-emitting diode (LED) includes a first semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second semiconductor layer that are sequentially stacked, and includes a first electrode pad, a second electrode pad and a third electrode pad disposed on the second semiconductor layer in a direction from a corner of the second semiconductor layer to an opposite corner of the second semiconductor layer. An LED includes a first electrode pad disposed at a center of the LED and in contact with a P-type semiconductor layer and a second electrode pad in contact with an N-type semiconductor layer, wherein the second electrode pad is disposed a maximum distance away from the first electrode pad on the same surface.
US11682741B2
An electromagnetic wave detector includes a light-receiving element, an insulating film, a two-dimensional material layer, a first electrode part, and a second electrode part. The light-receiving element includes a first semiconductor portion of a first conductivity type and a second semiconductor portion. The second semiconductor portion is joined to the first semiconductor portion. The second semiconductor portion is of a second conductivity type. The insulating film is disposed on the light-receiving element. The insulating film has an opening portion. The two-dimensional material layer is electrically connected to the first semiconductor portion in the opening portion. The two-dimensional material layer extends from on the opening portion onto the insulating film. The first electrode part is disposed on the insulating film. The first electrode part is electrically connected to the two-dimensional material layer. The second electrode part is electrically connected to the second semiconductor portion.
US11682739B2
Electroplating of aluminum may be utilized to form electrodes for solar cells. In contrast to expensive silver electrodes, aluminum allows for reduced cell cost and addresses the problem of material scarcity. In contrast to copper electrodes which typically require barrier layers, aluminum allows for simplified cell structures and fabrication steps. In the solar cells, point contacts may be utilized in the backside electrodes for increased efficiency. Solar cells formed in accordance with the present disclosure enable large-scale and cost-effective deployment of solar photovoltaic systems.
US11682736B2
In some implementations, one or more semiconductor processing tools may deposit a first dielectric layer on a substrate of a semiconductor device. The one or more semiconductor processing tools may deposit a floating gate on the first dielectric layer. The one or more semiconductor processing tools may deposit a second dielectric layer on the floating gate and on the substrate of the semiconductor device. The one or more semiconductor processing tools may deposit a first control gate on a first portion of the second dielectric layer. The one or more semiconductor processing tools may deposit a second control gate on a second portion of the second dielectric layer, wherein a third portion of the second dielectric layer is between the first control gate and the floating gate and between the second control gate and the floating gate.
US11682734B2
A thin-film transistor comprises an annealed layer comprising crystalline zinc oxide. A passivation layer is adjacent to the thin-film transistor. The passivation layer has a thickness and material composition such that when a dose of radiation from a radiation source irradiates the thin-film transistor, a portion of the dose that includes an approximate maximum concentration of the dose is located within the annealed layer. The annealed layer has a thickness and threshold displacement energies after it has been annealed such that: a) a difference between a transfer characteristic value of the thin-film transistor before and after the dose is less than a first threshold; and b) a difference between a transistor output characteristic value of the thin-film before and after the dose is less than a second threshold. The thresholds are based on a desired performance of the thin-film transistor.
US11682733B2
The transistor includes a first gate electrode, a first insulating film over the first gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor film over the first insulating film, a source electrode over the oxide semiconductor film, a drain electrode over the oxide semiconductor film, a second insulating film over the oxide semiconductor film, the source electrode, and the drain electrode, and a second gate electrode over the second insulating film. The first insulating film includes a first opening. A connection electrode electrically connected to the first gate electrode through the first opening is formed over the first insulating film. The second insulating film includes a second opening that reaches the connection electrode. The second gate electrode includes an oxide conductive film and a metal film over the oxide conductive film. The connection electrode and the second gate electrode are electrically connected to each other through the metal film.
US11682731B2
Fin smoothing, and integrated circuit structures resulting therefrom, are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a semiconductor fin having a protruding fin portion above an isolation structure, the protruding fin portion having substantially vertical sidewalls. The semiconductor fin further includes a sub-fin portion within an opening in the isolation structure, the sub-fin portion having a different semiconductor material than the protruding fin portion. The sub-fin portion has a width greater than or less than a width of the protruding portion where the sub-fin portion meets the protruding portion. A gate stack is over and conformal with the protruding fin portion of the semiconductor fin. A first source or drain region at a first side of the gate stack, and a second source or drain region at a second side of the gate stack opposite the first side of the gate stack.
US11682727B2
A SiO2 layer is disposed in the bottom portion of a Si pillar and on an i-layer substrate. A gate HfO2 layer 11b is disposed so as to surround the side surface of the Si pillar, and a gate TiN layer is disposed so as to surround the HfO2 layer. P+ layers are disposed that contain an acceptor impurity at a high concentration, serve as a source and a drain, and are simultaneously or separately formed by a selective epitaxial crystal growth method on the exposed side surface of the bottom portion of and on the top portion of the Si pillar. Thus, an SGT is formed on the i-layer substrate.
US11682707B2
A semiconductor device includes a metal gate structure having sidewall spacers disposed on sidewalls of the metal gate structure. In some embodiments, a top surface of the metal gate structure is recessed with respect to a top surface of the sidewall spacers. The semiconductor device may further include a metal cap layer disposed over and in contact with the metal gate structure, where a first width of a bottom portion of the metal cap layer is greater than a second width of a top portion of the metal cap layer. In some embodiments, the semiconductor device may further include a dielectric material disposed on either side of the metal cap layer, where the sidewall spacers and a portion of the metal gate structure are disposed beneath the dielectric material.
US11682706B2
A semiconductor device including a lower contact pattern including a first metal, an upper contact pattern including a second metal, a first resistivity of first metal being greater than a second resistivity of the second metal, and a metal barrier layer between the lower contact pattern and a lower portion of the upper contact pattern, the metal barrier layer including a third metal, the third metal being different from the first and second metals may be provided. A lower width of the upper contact pattern may be less than an upper width of the lower contact pattern.
US11682705B2
A thin film transistor including a gate electrode, a semiconductor layer, and source and drain electrodes contacting the semiconductor layer. The source and drain electrodes include a metal oxide having a crystal size in a c-axis direction Lc(002) that ranges from 67 Å or more to 144 Å or less.
US11682697B2
A method includes forming isolation regions extending from a top surface of a semiconductor substrate into the semiconductor substrate, and forming a hard mask strip over the isolation regions and a semiconductor strip, wherein the semiconductor strip is between two neighboring ones of the isolation regions. A dummy gate strip is formed over the hard mask strip, wherein a lengthwise direction of the dummy gate strip is perpendicular to a lengthwise direction of the semiconductor strip, and wherein a portion of the dummy gate strip is aligned to a portion of the semiconductor strip. The method further includes removing the dummy gate strip, removing the hard mask strip, and recessing first portions of the isolation regions that are overlapped by the removed hard mask strip. A portion of the semiconductor strip between and contacting the removed first portions of the isolation regions forms a semiconductor fin.
US11682695B2
A semiconductor device includes a layer stack with first semiconductor layers and second semiconductor layers of opposite doping types arranged alternatingly. A first semiconductor region of a first semiconductor device adjoins the first semiconductor layers, and has a first end arranged in a first region of the first semiconductor device and extends from the first end into a second region of the first semiconductor device. Second semiconductor regions of the first semiconductor device adjoin at least one of the second semiconductor layers. A third semiconductor region of the first semiconductor device adjoins the first semiconductor layers. The first semiconductor region extends from the first region into the second region and is spaced apart from the third semiconductor region. The second semiconductor regions are arranged between, and spaced apart from, the third and first semiconductor regions. An average doping concentration along a shortest path between the first and third semiconductor regions in at least one of the first or second semiconductor layers in the first region differs from an average doping concentration along a shortest path between the first and third semiconductor regions of the same layer in the second region.
US11682683B2
A 3D micro display, the 3D micro display including: a first level including a first single crystal layer, the first single crystal layer includes a plurality of LED driving circuits; a second level including a first plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs), the first plurality of LEDs including a second single crystal layer; a third level including a second plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs), the second plurality of LEDs including a third single crystal layer, where the first level is disposed on top of the second level, where the second level includes at least ten individual first LED pixels; and a bonding structure, where the bonding structure includes oxide to oxide bonding.
US11682676B2
Apparatus and circuits with dual threshold voltage transistors and methods of fabricating the same are disclosed. In one example, a semiconductor structure is disclosed. The semiconductor structure includes: a substrate; a first layer comprising a first III-V semiconductor material formed over the substrate; a first transistor formed over the first layer, and a second transistor formed over the first layer. The first transistor comprises a first gate structure comprising a first material, a first source region and a first drain region. The second transistor comprises a second gate structure comprising a second material, a second source region and a second drain region. The first material is different from the second material.
US11682674B2
Stacked nanosheet complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor devices include a lower semiconductor channel sheet on a substrate. An upper semiconductor channel sheet is on the substrate above the lower semiconductor channel sheet. The upper semiconductor channel sheet is a different semiconductor material than the lower semiconductor channel sheet. A dielectric substitute partition sheet is on the substrate between the upper semiconductor channel sheet and the lower semiconductor channel sheet.
US11682671B2
An integrated circuit structure includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a first conductive via, a second conductive via, and a connection line. The first transistor includes a first active region, a first gate electrode over the first active region; and a first channel in the first active region and under the first gate electrode. The second transistor includes a second active region, a second gate electrode over the second active region, and a second channel in the second active region and under the second gate electrode. The first conductive via is electrically connected to the first gate electrode. The second conductive via is electrically connected to the second gate electrode. The connection line electrically connects the first and second conductive vias. The first transistor and the first conductive via and the second transistor and the second conductive via are arranged mirror-symmetrically with respect to a symmetry plane.
US11682670B2
An integrated circuit device including a pair of first fin type active areas protruding from a substrate in a vertical direction and extending in parallel with each other, a gate interposed between the pair of first fin type active areas, spaced apart from each of the pair of first fin type active areas in a first horizontal direction, and longitudinally extending in parallel with the pair of first fin type active areas, a gate insulating layer filling a first space between one of the pair of first fin type active areas and the gate and a second space between the other of the pair of first fin type active areas and the gate, and a pair of source/drain areas at both sides of the gate, respectively, in a second horizontal direction perpendicular to the first horizontal direction and on the pair of first fin type active areas may be provided.
US11682664B2
An integrated circuit structure includes a cell on a metal level, the cell defined by a cell boundary. A plurality of substantially parallel interconnect lines are inside the cell boundary. A first power track and a second power track are both dedicated to power and are located completely inside the cell boundary without any power tracks along the cell boundary on the metal level.
US11682657B2
A semiconductor package includes a package substrate, a die stack having a first sub-stack part and a second sub-stack part, an interface chip, and a bonding wire structure. The bonding wire structure includes a first signal wire connecting first signal die pads included in the first sub-stack part to each other, a first signal extension wire connecting the first signal wire to the interface chip, a second signal wire connecting second signal die pads included in the first sub-stack part to each other, a second signal extension wire connecting the second signal wire to the interface chip, an interpose wire connecting interpose die pads included in the first and second sub-stack parts to each other and electrically connecting the interpose die pads to the interface chip, and a shielding wire branched from the interpose wire.
US11682654B2
A semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor die, an insulating encapsulation, a passivation layer and conductive elements. The semiconductor die includes a sensor device and a semiconductor substrate with a first region and a second region adjacent to the first region, and the sensor device is embedded in the semiconductor substrate within the first region. The insulating encapsulation laterally encapsulates the semiconductor die and covers a sidewall of the semiconductor die. The passivation layer is located on the semiconductor die, wherein a recess penetrates through the passivation layer over the first region and is overlapped with the sensor device. The conductive elements are located on the passivation layer over the second region and are electrically connected to the semiconductor die, wherein the passivation layer is between the insulating encapsulation and the conductive elements.
US11682652B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a method for forming an integrated chip. The method comprises forming a plurality of semiconductor devices over a central region of a semiconductor wafer. The semiconductor wafer comprises a peripheral region laterally surrounding the central region and a circumferential edge disposed within the peripheral region. The semiconductor wafer comprises a notch disposed along the circumferential edge. Forming a stack of inter-level dielectric (ILD) layers over the semiconductor devices and laterally within the central region. Forming a bonding support structure over the peripheral region such that the bonding support structure comprises a bonding structure notch disposed along a circumferential edge of the bonding support structure. Forming the bonding support structure includes disposing the semiconductor wafer over a lower plasma exclusion zone (PEZ) ring that comprises a PEZ ring notch disposed along a circumferential edge of the lower PEZ ring.
US11682648B2
Disclosed are semiconductor devices and methods of fabricating the same. The method comprises providing a carrier substrate that includes a conductive layer, placing a semiconductor die on the carrier substrate, forming an insulating layer to cover the semiconductor die on the carrier substrate, forming a via hole to penetrate the insulating layer at a side of the semiconductor die and to expose the conductive layer of the carrier substrate, performing a plating process in which the conductive layer of the carrier substrate is used as a seed to form a via filling the via hole, forming a first redistribution layer on a first surface of the semiconductor die and the insulating layer, removing the carrier substrate, and forming a second redistribution layer on a second surface of the semiconductor die and the insulating layer, the first surface and the second surface being located opposite each other.
US11682644B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device with a heterogeneous solder joint includes: providing a semiconductor die; providing a coupled element; and soldering the semiconductor die to the coupled element with a first solder joint. The first solder joint includes: a solder material including a first metal composition; and a coating including a second metal composition, different from the first metal composition, the coating at least partially covering the solder material. The second metal composition has a greater stiffness and/or a higher melting point than the first metal composition.
US11682642B2
An integrated circuit chip (die) may include a force mitigation system for reducing or mitigating under-pad stresses typically caused by wire bonding. The IC die may include wire bond pads and a force mitigation system formed below each wire bond pad. The force mitigation system may include a “shock plate” (e.g., metal region), a sealing layer located above the shock plate, and a force mitigation layer including an array of sealed voids between the metal region and the sealing layer. The sealed voids in the force mitigation layer may be defined by forming openings in an oxide dielectric layer and forming a non-conformal sealing layer over the openings to define an array of sealed voids. The force mitigation system may mitigate stresses caused by a wire bond on each wire bond pad, which may reduce or eliminate wire-bond-related damage to semiconductor devices located in the under-pad regions of the die.
US11682620B2
A structure may include an interconnect-level dielectric layer containing a dielectric material and overlying a substrate, and a metal interconnect structure embedded in the interconnect-level dielectric layer and including a graded metallic alloy layer and a metallic fill material portion. The graded metallic alloy layer includes a graded metallic alloy of a first metallic material and a second metallic material. The atomic concentration of the second metallic material increases with a distance from an interface between the graded metallic alloy and the interconnect-level dielectric layer. The graded metallic alloy layer may be formed by simultaneous or cyclical deposition of the first metallic material and the second metallic material. The first metallic material may provide barrier property, and the second metallic material may provide adhesion property.
US11682619B2
A package component, a semiconductor package and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The package component for electrically coupling a semiconductor die includes a functional circuit structure and a seal ring structure embedded in an insulating layer. The semiconductor die disposed on the package component is electrically coupled to the functional circuit structure. The seal ring structure is electrically isolated from the functional circuit structure, the seal ring structure includes a stack of alternating interconnect layers and via patterns, the via pattern at each level of the stack includes first features spaced apart from one another and arranged at neighboring corners of the insulating layer, and the first features are offset lengthwise relative to each other to overlap therewith, and the first features are spaced apart widthwise relative to each other.
US11682617B2
An interlayer interconnect for an integrated circuit includes a first line in a first wiring layer, a first via portion integral to and extending from the first line, and a second line in a second wiring layer that is adjacent to the first wiring layer. The interlayer interconnect also includes a third line in the second wiring layer that is a first distance from the second line, wherein the first distance is a pitch of the second wiring layer, and a second via portion integral to and extending from the second line and in electrical contact with the first via portion at an interface to form a via. The via extends a second distance that is at least one-and-a-quarter times the pitch.
US11682616B2
A semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a plurality of conductive features disposed over the substrate, and an isolation structure between conductive features and separating the conductive features from each other. Each of the conductive features includes a first metal layer and a 2D material layer. Another semiconductor structure includes a first conductive feature, a dielectric structure over the first conductive feature, a second conductive feature in the dielectric structure and coupled to the first conductive feature, and a conductive line over and coupled to the second conductive feature. In some embodiments, the conductive line includes a first 3D material layer, a first 2D material layer, and a second 3D material layer. The first 2D material layer is disposed between the first 3D material layer and the second 3D material layer.
US11682603B2
An electronic system includes a plurality of heat sources. At least two of the plurality of heat sources vary in height and each of the plurality of heat sources includes a first side and a second side. The electronic system also includes a substrate having a first side and a second side. The second side of each of the plurality of heat sources is positioned adjacent to the first side of the substrate. The electronic system further includes a cover member provided above the plurality of heat sources and a sintering thermal interface material provided between the cover member and the first side of one of the at least two heat sources that vary in height.
US11682591B2
According to an aspect of the present inventive concept there is provided a method for forming a first and a second transistor structure, wherein the first and second transistor structures are spaced apart by an insulating wall, and the method comprising: forming on a semiconductor layer of the substrate a first semiconductor layer stack and a second semiconductor layer stack, each layer stack comprising in a bottom-up direction a sacrificial layer and a channel layer, wherein the layer stacks are spaced apart by a trench extending into the semiconductor layer substrate, the trench being filled with an insulating wall material to form the insulating wall; and processing the layer stacks to form the first and second transistor structures in the first and second device regions, respectively, the processing comprising forming source and drain regions and forming gate stacks; the method further comprising, prior to said processing: by etching removing the sacrificial layer of each layer stack to form a respective cavity on either sides of the insulating wall underneath the channel layer of the first and second layer stack, the channel layers being supported by the insulating wall; and depositing a bottom insulating material in said cavities; wherein, subsequent to said processing, the bottom insulating material forms a bottom insulating layer underneath the source region, the drain region and the channel regions on either side of the insulating wall.
US11682586B2
A semiconductor structure is provided. The semiconductor structure includes: a base substrate having an opening; and a first gate layer formed in the opening. In the first gate layer closes a top of the opening and the first gate layer includes at least one void. The semiconductor structure further includes a second gate layer formed on the first gate layer. An atomic radius of the material of the second gate layer is smaller than gaps among atoms of the material of the first gate layer and the void is filled by atoms of one of the material of the first gate layer and the material of the second gate layer.
US11682580B2
An interconnect structure and a method of forming an interconnect structure are disclosed. The interconnect structure includes a lower etch stop layer (ESL); a middle low-k (LK) dielectric layer over the lower ESL; a supporting layer over the middle LK dielectric layer; an upper LK dielectric layer over the supporting layer; an upper conductive feature in the upper LK dielectric layer, wherein the upper conductive feature is through the supporting layer; a gap along an interface of the upper conductive feature and the upper LK dielectric layer; and an upper ESL over the upper LK dielectric layer, the upper conductive feature, and the gap.
US11682570B2
A controller is configured to perform at least a first characterization process prior to at least one discrete backside film deposition process on a semiconductor wafer; perform at least an additional characterization process following the at least one discrete backside film deposition process; determine at least one of a film force or one or more in-plane displacements for at least one discrete backside film deposited on the semiconductor wafer via the at least one discrete backside film deposition process based on the at least the first characterization process and the at least the additional characterization process; and provide at least one of the film force or the one or more in-plane displacements to at least one process tool via at least one of a feed forward loop or a feedback loop to improve performance of one or more fabrication processes.
US11682565B2
An improved fluid delivery system and method that directly controls the concentration of constituent components in a fluid mixture delivered, for example, to a process chamber. Pressure of the fluid mixture can also be directly controlled. A concentration sensor capable of measuring concentration of all of the constituent components in a fluid mixture is used to provide signals used to vary the flow rate of constituent gases under a closed loop feedback system. The signal output of one or more pressure sensors can also be used to provide a signal used to vary the flow rate of constituent gases under a closed loop feedback system. By directly controlling these two extremely important process variables, embodiments of the present invention provide a significant advantage in measurement accuracy over the prior art, enable real-time process control, reduce system level response time, and allow for a system with a significant footprint reduction.
US11682561B2
A retaining ring comprises a generally annular body. The body comprises a top surface, a bottom surface, an outer surface connected to the top surface at an outer top perimeter and the bottom surface at an outer bottom perimeter, and an inner surface connected to the top surface at an inner top perimeter and the bottom surface at an inner bottom perimeter. The inner surface comprises seven or more planar facets. Adjacent planar facets are connected at corners. The inner bottom perimeter comprises straight edges of the planar facets connected at the corners.
US11682558B2
A semiconductor structure includes a set of mandrel lines and a set of non-mandrel lines disposed on a hardmask in an alternating pattern. Spacers are disposed between adjacent mandrel lines and non-mandrel lines. The spacers include a composition which exhibits an etch rate greater than an etch rate of the mandrel lines and the non-mandrel lines.
US11682556B2
A method of forming graphene layers is disclosed. A method of improving graphene deposition is also disclosed. Some methods are advantageously performed at lower temperatures. Some methods advantageously provide graphene layers with lower resistance. Some methods advantageously provide graphene layers in a relatively short period of time.
US11682554B2
Exemplary methods of semiconductor processing may include providing a silicon-containing precursor and a carbon-containing precursor to a processing region of a semiconductor processing chamber. The carbon-containing precursor may be characterized by a carbon-carbon double bond or a carbon-carbon triple bond. A substrate may be disposed within the processing region of the semiconductor processing chamber. The methods may include providing a boron-containing precursor to the processing region of the semiconductor processing chamber. The methods may include thermally reacting the silicon-containing precursor, the carbon-containing precursor, and the boron-containing precursor at a temperature above about 250° C. The methods may include forming a silicon-and-carbon-containing layer on the substrate.
US11682544B2
Semiconductor processing systems according to embodiments of the present technology may include a chamber body having sidewalls and a base. The chamber body may define an internal volume. The systems may include a substrate support assembly having a shaft and a platen coupled with the shaft along a first surface of the platen. The semiconductor processing systems may include a cover plate positioned on the platen of the substrate support assembly along a second surface of the platen opposite the first surface. The cover plate may include a flange extending about an exterior region of the cover plate. The flange may be in direct contact with the platen. The cover plate may include an upper wall vertically offset from the flange. An interior volume may be defined between the upper wall and the platen of the substrate support assembly.
US11682540B2
A system and method for ion implantation is described, which includes a gas or gas mixture including at least one ionizable gas used to generate ionic species and an arc chamber that includes two or more different arc chamber materials. Using the system ionic species are generated in the arc chamber with liner combination, and one or more desired ionic species display a higher beam current among the ionic species generated, which is facilitated by use of the different materials. In turn improved implantation of the desired ionic species into a substrate can be achieved. Further, the system can minimize formation of metal deposits during system operation, thereby extending source life and promoting improved system performance.
US11682539B2
An average mass, an average density, and an average atomic number for a plurality of elements which form a specimen are calculated. A characteristic X-ray generation depth is calculated based on the average values and a minimum excitation energy of an element of interest. When an illumination condition is set, a reference image including a figure indicating a characteristic X-ray generation range, a numerical value indicating the characteristic X-ray generation depth, or the like, is displayed.
US11682536B2
Provided is a particle beam apparatus capable of performing appropriate switching selectively between charged particle beam and neutral particle beam. A particle beam column (19) includes an ion source (41), a condenser lens (52), a charge exchange grid (55), and an objective lens (56). The ion source (41) generates ions. The condenser lens (52) changes focusing of the ion beam so that switching is performed between ion beam and neutral beam as particle beam with which a sample (S) is irradiated. The charge exchange grid (55) converts at least a part of ion beam into neutral particle beam through neutralization. The objective lens (56) is placed downstream of the charge exchange grid (55). The objective lens (56) reduces the ion beam toward the sample (S) when the sample (S) is irradiated with the neutral particle beam as the particle beam.
US11682532B2
A waterproof button structure includes a housing, a cover plate, and a waterproof partition. The housing includes a button switch. The cover plate covers the button switch. The cover plate includes a pressable button. The button switch is in one-to-one correspondence with the button. The waterproof partition is located between the housing and the cover plate. A waterproof film of the waterproof partition is adjacent to the cover plate. A waterproof foam of the waterproof partition is adjacent to the housing. When the button is pressed, the button is abutted by the waterproof film, and the button switch is activated.
US11682529B2
A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a body including a dielectric layer and first and second internal electrodes disposed with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween and disposed in point-symmetry with each other; first and second connection electrodes penetrating the body in a direction perpendicular to the dielectric layer and connected to the first internal electrode; third and fourth connection electrodes penetrating the body in a direction perpendicular to the dielectric layer and connected to the second internal electrode; first and second external electrodes disposed on both surfaces of the body and connected to the first and second connection electrodes; and third and fourth external electrodes spaced apart from the first and second external electrodes and connected to the third and fourth connection electrodes, and the first and second internal electrodes include a region in which an electrode is not disposed.
US11682528B2
A multilayer capacitor includes a capacitor body including dielectric layers and first and second internal electrodes, the capacitor body having first to sixth surfaces, the first internal electrode being exposed through the third, fifth, and sixth surfaces, and the second internal electrode being exposed through the fourth, fifth, and sixth surfaces, a first side portion and a second side portion, respectively disposed on the fifth surface and the sixth surface of the capacitor body, and a first external electrode and a second external electrode, respectively connected to the third surface and the fourth surface of the capacitor body to be respectively connected to the first internal electrode and the second internal electrode. The first and second side portions include an acicular second phase including a glass including aluminum (Al) and silicon (Si), manganese (Mn), and phosphorus (P).
US11682526B2
A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body including a dielectric layer, first and second internal electrodes disposed to face each other with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween in the ceramic body, and first and second external electrodes disposed on external surfaces of the ceramic body and electrically connected to the first and second electrodes. At least one of the first and second external electrodes includes a first electrode layer including a first glass and a second electrode layer disposed on the first electrode layer and including a second glass. The first glass contains a larger amount of barium-zinc (Ba—Zn) than the second glass, and the second glass contains a larger amount of silicon (Si) than the first glass.
US11682521B2
A multilayer electronic component includes a body including dielectric layers and internal electrodes alternately disposed in a first direction, and external electrodes disposed on the body to be connected to the internal electrodes. At least one internal electrode of the internal electrodes includes a plurality of disconnected portions penetrating through a respective internal electrode. A disconnected portion of the plurality of disconnected portions includes at least one of a pore or a dielectric substance disposed to connect adjacent dielectric layers to each other. A dielectric filling ratio, defined as a ratio of an overall length of the dielectric substance to an overall length of the disconnected portion on a cross section in the third and first directions, is more than 20% to 80% or less.
US11682519B2
A coil electrode included in an inductor component includes a plurality of metal pins upper end surfaces of which are exposed to the upper surface of a resin layer and lower end surfaces of which are exposed to a lower surface of the resin layer, and a plurality of wiring patterns that connect the upper end surfaces or the lower end surfaces of the predetermined metal pins, wherein surface roughnesses of the upper surface and the lower surface of the resin layer are larger than surface roughnesses of the upper end surfaces and the lower end surfaces of the respective metal pins, and wiring patterns are respectively formed on the upper and lower surfaces of the resin layer by plating.
US11682518B2
An inductor device includes a first coil and a second coil. The first coil is wound into a plurality of first circles, and the second coil is wound into a plurality of second circles. At least two of the second circles are interlaced with at least two of the first circles on a first side. The at least two of the second circles are disposed adjacent to each other on the first side. At least one of the first circles is only interlaced with at least one of the second circles on a second side. At least another one of the first circles is only interlaced with at least another one of the second circles on the second side.
US11682515B2
An inductor has one or more wires and a multipart magnetic core. The multipart magnetic core has magnetic core parts that are adjacent and magnetically coupled. The inductor provides an inductance of at least 40 nH for currents greater than 1 A and less than 60 A, and at least 20 nH for currents of at least 60 A.
US11682513B1
Electromagnetic actuators are provided, which generate bidirectional linear force output without magnetic bias from current or permanent magnets. Systems and methods based on the electromagnetic actuators are also provided. In particular, an electromagnetic actuator having a shaft, an axial bearing, coil assembly, top and bottom stationary flux returns, and top and bottom magnetic flux sensors to measure flux crossing the respective top and bottom axial air gaps.
US11682512B2
An inner plunger of a solenoid coil assembly for a differential clutch of a vehicle contributes to weight lightening and price reduction of a solenoid assembly, provide various shapes, reduce friction against an inner housing, and improve the function of the solenoid assembly. The inner plunger includes an outer wheel combined with a coil bobbin of a solenoid assembly and an inner wheel combined with an inner housing. The inner wheel is molded of insulator synthetic resin with excellent moldability, magnetic metal as the outer wheel is inserted into the outer circumferential surface of the inner wheel made of the synthetic resin, and an undercut groove is formed on the whole inner surface of the inner wheel made of synthetic resin in order to reduce friction against an inner housing.
US11682510B2
A composite magnetic material includes a powder and a resin. The powder has a main component containing Fe or Fe and Co. An average minor axis length in primary particles of the powder is 100 nm or less. A point satisfying (X, Y)=(σ/Av (%), (Av-σ)) on an XY coordinate plane is present within a region (including a boundary) surrounded by three points α(24.5, 6.7), β(72.0, 1.2), and γ(24.5, 1.2), in which an average of aspect ratios in the primary particles of the powder is set to Av, and a standard deviation of the aspect ratios in the primary particles of the powder is set to σ.
US11682499B2
An aluminum alloy contains at least 0.03 mass % and at most 1.5 mass % of Mg, at least 0.02 mass % and at most 2.0 mass % of Si, and a remainder composed of Al and an inevitable impurity, a mass ratio Mg/Si being not lower than 0.5 and not higher than 3.5. In a transverse section of the aluminum alloy wire, a rectangular surface-layer void measurement region having a short side of 30 μm long and a long side of 50 μm long is taken from a surface-layer region extending by up to 30 μm in a direction of depth from a surface of the aluminum alloy wire. A total cross-sectional area of voids present in the surface-layer void measurement region is not greater than 2 μm2.
US11682498B2
A method for the manufacture of Actinium-225 from a Radium-226 containing material. Radium-226 containing starting target material is shielded with a thermal neutron absorption shield and is subjected to neutron irradiation from a moderated nuclear reactor. Radium-226 is thereby converted into Radium-225 to provide a Radium-225-containing material. The Radium-225 in the Radium-225 containing material is allowed to decay into Actinium-225, and the Actinium-225 is isolated from the Radium-225 containing material. The neutron absorption shield shields the starting target material from neutrons having an energy in the range of 20 eV to 1000 eV.
US11682496B2
An apparatus for treating waste of a nuclear reactor pressure vessel includes: a suction unit inserted into the nuclear reactor pressure vessel through a plurality of through-pipes passing through a lower portion of the nuclear reactor pressure vessel to suck waste inside the nuclear reactor pressure vessel; a waste treatment part connected to the suction unit to treat the waste; and a lower collection part connected to the waste treatment part to be positioned under the nuclear reactor pressure vessel with the suction unit therebetween.
US11682495B2
A system for classifying structured medical data, with each item of structured medical data, the system comprising a processing module that parses items of structured medical data to retrieve values of respective fields of the one or more items of structured medical data, the one or more retrieved values representing a set of medical attributes; a classification module that selects a classifier based at least one of the attributes in the set and applies the classifier to the set of attributes to classify one or more items of structured medical data into a particular risk profile; a user interface that renders one or more controls for input data that confirms one or more of the risk factors of the risk profile; and a transmitter to transmit to a remote medical device, an alert that specifies confirmation of the one or more of the risk factors.
US11682494B2
An apparatus and method is disclosed for generating health indicator data such as behavioral health indicators, de facto health indicators, and composite health indicators. Behavioral health indicators represent a degree to which the one or more persons associated with the payment transaction data make health-conscious decisions and are generated based on payment transaction data. Behavioral health indicators may also be generated using a food behavior health indicator, a lifestyle health indicator, an activity health indicator, and a body metric health indicator. De facto health indicators represent a degree to which the one or more persons are observably healthy and are generated based on health sector data. Composite health indicators represent a holistic and complete picture of current and future health and are generated based on behavioral health indicator and de facto health indicator.
US11682493B2
Techniques regarding autonomously updating the status of a medical procedure are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can comprise a system, which can comprise a memory that can store computer executable components. The system can also comprise a processor, operably coupled to the memory, and that can execute the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise a procedure component that can update a status of a medical procedure regarding an entity based on a trust disposition value derived using machine learning technology. The trust disposition value can be indicative of an expected efficacy associated with the medical procedure.
US11682492B2
Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for an efficient hardware architecture to implement gradient boosted trees for detecting biological conditions. For example, a method of detecting a biological condition includes receiving, by a device, a plurality of physiological signals from a plurality of input channels of the device, selecting, based on a trained prediction model, one or more input channels from the plurality of input channels, converting the one or more physiological signals received from the one or more input channels to one or more digital physiological signals, identifying, by using the plurality of gradient boosted decision trees, the selected characteristic in the one or more digital physiological signals, and determining a presence of a physiological condition based on an addition of the output values obtained from the plurality of gradient boosted decision trees.
US11682491B2
A medical information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured: to evaluate each of a plurality of machine learning models on a basis of an output result from each of the machine learning models obtained by inputting mutually the same medical data to the machine learning models and success/failure judgment results on the output results, the plurality of machine learning models being created from a plurality of pieces of medical data and either created from at least partially mutually-different medical data or created under mutually-different parameter conditions; and to cause results of the evaluation on the machine learning models to be displayed in such a manner that comparison is possible.
US11682488B2
A medication confirmation method and apparatus. The method of an embodiment of the invention includes the steps of capturing one or more video sequences of a user administering medication, storing the captured one or more video sequences, and comparing at least one of the stored video sequences with a corresponding one or more prerecorded video sequences to confirm that the user has properly administered the medication.
US11682476B2
Techniques regarding autonomously updating the status of a prescription are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can comprise a system, which can comprise a memory that can store computer executable components. The system can also comprise a processor, operably coupled to the memory, and that can execute the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise a prescription component that can update a status of a prescription associated with an entity based on a trust disposition value. The trust disposition value can be determined using machine learning technology and can be indicative of an expected effectiveness of the prescription.
US11682473B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for predicting the permeability of a stratum corneum lipid matrix to a compound. The method includes providing a model of the stratum corneum lipid matrix including ceramides, free fatty acids, cholesterol and water. The model includes 25-45% total ceramides, based on the molar concentration of all components except water, whereof more than 90% are in extended configuration, and wherein 0-30% of the total ceramides are O-acyl ceramides and 100-70% of the total ceramides are non-O-acyl ceramides. The model also includes 25-45% fatty acid and 25-40% of cholesterol, wherein 1-40% of the cholesterol is located by the fatty acid moeity of the ceramides, and 0.2-6 water molecules per ceramide molecule. The method includes providing molecular designators of the compound and calculating, via means of computer simulations, the predicted permeability using the model and the molecular designators.
US11682471B2
Provided are embodiments for method of fabricating a dual damascene crossbar array. The method includes forming a bottom electrode layer on a substrate and forming a first memory device on the bottom electrode layer. The method also includes forming a dual damascene structure on the first memory device, wherein the dual damascene structure includes a top electrode layer and a first via, wherein the first via is formed between the first memory device and the top electrode layer. Also provided are embodiments for the dual damascene crossbar and embodiments for disabling memory devices of the dual damascene crossbar array.
US11682466B2
A read-write circuit of a one-time programmable memory, including: an antifuse array including: n*n antifuse units, between a first node and a second node, the control terminals of switching elements in the antifuse units coupled to AND signals of different word line signals and bit line signals; the first switching device and the first capacitor connected in parallel between the second node and the second voltage source; the reference array including reference resistance and reference switching elements connected in series between the first and third nodes, the reference switching element's control end coupled to OR signals of the n*n AND signals; the second switching device and the second capacitor connected in parallel between the third node and second voltage source; a comparison circuit's first input terminal coupled to the second node and second input terminal coupled to the third node. The circuit has simpler connections, smaller area, and higher reliability.
US11682454B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for providing pose estimation in extended reality systems. An example method can include tracking, in a lower-power processing mode using a set of lower-power circuit elements on an integrated circuit, a position and orientation of a computing device during a lower-power processing period, the set of lower-power circuit elements including a static random-access memory (SRAM); suspending, based on a triggering event, the tracking in the lower-power processing mode; initiating a higher-power processing mode for tracking the position and orientation of the computing device during a higher-power processing period; and tracking, in the higher-power processing mode using a set of higher-power circuit elements on the integrated circuit and a dynamic random-access memory (DRAM), the position and orientation of the computing device during the higher-power processing period.
US11682452B2
Aspects of the invention include a first pull-down device and a second pull-down device, wherein a first drain terminal is connected to a second source terminal, and wherein a first gate terminal is connected to a true read local bitline, wherein a second drain terminal is connected to a compliment read local bit line, and wherein a second gate terminal is connected to a true write global bitline, a third pull-down device and a fourth pull-down device, wherein a third source terminal is connected to the voltage supply, wherein a third drain terminal is connected to a fourth source terminal, and wherein a third gate terminal is connected to the compliment read local bitline, and wherein a fourth drain terminal is connected to the true read local bitline, and wherein a fourth gate terminal is connected to a compliment write global bit line.
US11682451B2
The current disclosure is directed to a SRAM bit cell having a reduced coupling capacitance. In a vertical direction, a wordline “WL” and a bitline “BL” of the SRAM cell are stacked further away from one another to reduce the coupling capacitance between the WL and the BL. In an embodiment, the WL is vertically spaced apart from the BL with one or more metallization level that none of the WL or the BL is formed from. Connection island structures or jumper structures are provided to connect the upper one of the WL or the BL to the transistors of the SRAM cell.
US11682449B2
The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for compute in data path. An example apparatus includes an array of memory cells. Sensing circuitry is coupled to the array of memory cells. A shared input/output (I/O) line provides a data path associated with the array. The shared I/O line couples the sensing circuitry to a compute component in the data path of the shared I/O line.
US11682445B2
A system and method for use in dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) comprising entering into a self-refresh mode of operation, exiting the self-refresh mode of operation in response to commands from a self-refresh state machine memory operation (MOP) array, and updating a device state of the DRAM for a target power management state in response to commands from the MOP array.
US11682441B2
According to an embodiment, a magnetoresistive memory device includes a layer stack. The layer stack includes a first ferromagnet, an insulator on the first ferromagnet, and a second ferromagnet on the insulator. A nonmagnet is provided above the layer stack. A first conductor is provided on the nonmagnet. A hard mask is provided above the first conductor. The nonmagnet includes a material that is removed at a first etching rate against a first ion beam. The first conductor includes a material that is removed at a second etching rate against the first ion beam. The first etching rate is lower than the second etching rate.
US11682438B1
A data writing control device includes a control signal generator, a data strobe enable signal generator and a data strobe index generator. The control signal generator receives a write command, a preamble setting value and a latency setting value, and generates an internal write pulse and preamble information according to the write command, the preamble setting value and the latency setting value. The data strobe enable signal generator is coupled to the control signal generator and generates a data strobe pipeline enable signal according to the internal write pulse and the preamble setting value. The data strobe index generator is coupled to the data strobe enable signal generator, and generates a plurality of data strobe indexes according to the data strobe pipeline enable signal and the preamble information.
US11682431B2
A base member serves as a part of a housing of a hard disk drive device. The base member includes a base body being a cast product, a first machined surface obtained by machining a portion formed with a convex portion of the base body, and a coating film covering a surface of the base body. The base body includes a coated surface obtained by covering the first machined surface with the coating film, and a second machined portion obtained by machining a part of the base body other than the first machined surface.
US11682419B2
A magnetic recording head assembly is provided and is configured to read from and write to a magnetic media. The head assembly includes a first module having a first media facing surface (MFS), a first closure, and a first recessed portion disposed between the first MFS and the first closure. The first MFS includes AlTiC. A second module is provided having a second MFS, a second closure, and a second recessed portion disposed between the second MFS and the second closure. The second MFS includes AlTiC. An overcoat disposed within the first and second recessed portions includes an adhesive layer and a protective layer disposed within the first and second recessed portion.
US11682418B2
The present disclosure generally relates to data storage devices, and more specifically, to a magnetic media drive employing a magnetic recording head. The head includes a main pole at a media facing surface (MFS), a trailing shield at the MFS, and a heavy metal layer disposed between the main pole and the trailing shield at the MFS. Spin-orbit torque (SOT) is generated from the heavy metal layer and transferred to a surface of the main pole as a current passes through the heavy metal layer in a cross-track direction. The SOT executes a torque on the surface magnetization of the main pole, which reduces the magnetic flux shunting from the main pole to the trailing shield. With the reduced magnetic flux shunting from the main pole to the trailing shield, write-ability is improved.
US11682415B2
In an approach, a processor extracts an audio signal from a video clip. A processor converts the audio signal into a text sequence. A processor selects a first set of keywords from the text sequence, the first set of keywords corresponding to a first audio segment of the audio signal. A processor tags a target video segment of the video clip with the first set of keywords, the target video segment corresponding to the first audio segment.
US11682412B2
Methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums are provided for information processing. The method may be applied to an electronic equipment. The electronic equipment may collect environmental audio information when the electronic equipment plays multimedia. The electronic equipment may also perform noise detection on the environmental audio information to determine whether the environmental audio information represents a target noise scenario. The electronic equipment may also process a parameter of the multimedia played by the electronic equipment when the environmental audio information represents the target noise scenario.
US11682411B2
Apparatus, methods and computer-readable medium are provided for processing wind noise. Audio input is processed by receiving an audio input. A wind noise level representative of a wind noise at the microphone array is measured using the audio input and a determination is made, based on the wind noise level, whether to perform either (i) a wind noise suppression process on the audio input on-device, or (ii) the wind noise suppression process on the audio input on-device and an audio reconstruction process in-cloud.
US11682408B2
An apparatus for generating an encoded signal includes: a window sequence controller for generating a window sequence information for windowing an audio or image signal, the window sequence information indicating a first window for generating a first frame of spectral values, a second window function and at least one third window function for generating a second frame of spectral values, wherein the first window function, the second window function and the one or more third window functions overlap within a multi-overlap region; a preprocessor for windowing a second block of samples corresponding to the second window function and the at least one third window functions using an auxiliary window function to acquire a second block of windowed samples, a spectrum converter for applying an aliasing-introducing transform; and a processor for processing the first frame and the second frame to acquire encoded frames of the audio or image signal.
US11682403B2
Exemplary embodiments provide encoding and decoding methods, and associated encoders and decoders, for encoding and decoding of an audio scene which is represented by one or more audio signals. The encoder generates a bit stream which comprises downmix signals and side information which includes individual matrix elements of a reconstruction matrix which enables reconstruction of the one or more audio signals in the decoder.
US11682389B2
A voice conversation system for questioning a target person to encourage him/her to perform an action recommended for him/her including a response content determination unit that determines, when the questioning is performed, whether there has been a response assumed in advance from the target person in response to the questioning and ends the questioning when the response content determination unit determines that there has been a response assumed in advance from the target person, and an engagement level determination unit that calculates an engagement level, which indicates how enthusiastic the target person is in continuing a conversation, when the response content determination unit determines that there has been no response assumed in advance from the target person, and when the calculated engagement level is a first threshold or higher, questions the target person again, while when the calculated engagement level is lower than the first threshold, ends the questioning.
US11682385B2
A method for training hotword detection includes receiving a training input audio sequence including a sequence of input frames that define a hotword that initiates a wake-up process on a device. The method also includes feeding the training input audio sequence into an encoder and a decoder of a memorized neural network. Each of the encoder and the decoder of the memorized neural network include sequentially-stacked single value decomposition filter (SVDF) layers. The method further includes generating a logit at each of the encoder and the decoder based on the training input audio sequence. For each of the encoder and the decoder, the method includes smoothing each respective logit generated from the training input audio sequence, determining a max pooling loss from a probability distribution based on each respective logit, and optimizing the encoder and the decoder based on all max pooling losses associated with the training input audio sequence.
US11682378B2
An acoustic lens is presented that redirects high frequency voice sounds over a barrier to improve the intelligibility of speech when a protective barrier is used to isolate people from each other. The acoustic lens includes curved sheets to delay sound to create focal points on each side of a barrier, where the focal points are lower than the top of the barrier.
US11682374B2
A soundproof structure body includes a first tube structure and a second tube structure connected to the first tube structure and having a cross-sectional area different from the first tube structure, in which a structure body having a cross-sectional area smaller than a cross-sectional area of the first tube structure is installed in the first tube structure, and a transmission loss in a case where the structure body is installed in the first tube structure with respect to a case where the structure body is not installed in the first tube structure is positive at two frequencies adjacent to each other and difficult to generate an air column resonance mode in the first tube structure. This soundproof structure body generates a soundproof effect even at frequencies other than air column resonance of a tube structure such as a duct or a muffler, has a small size, and can obtain a high transmission loss in a wide-band.
US11682371B2
To provide an electronic wind instrument capable of accurately detecting the amount of rotation of a transmission member. During an electronic wind instrument performance by a performer, external light (such as light from lighting) may easily shine on the upper surface side of an instrument main body. However, the light-receiving section of an optical sensor faces toward the bottom surface side of the instrument main body therefore external light from the upper surface side of the instrument main body can be prevented from reaching the light-receiving section of the optical sensor. As a result, erroneous detection of the external light by the optical sensor can be suppressed therefore the rotation amount of a transmission member can be accurately detected by the optical sensor.
US11682369B2
A light emitting display can be formed from tiles mounted within a certain distance range with respect to each other and with an established blending region positioned towards the edges of the tiles. A tile can be a matrix of light emitting elements, such as LEDs, OLEDs, quantum dots, or other element that emits light. The tolerance of spacing between tiles can allow for less precision in alignment during installation in a theatre, thereby reducing display assembly cost but still maintaining a display for displaying an image at a high quality with reduced or eliminated appearance of visual artifacts between tiles.
US11682367B2
An electronic device may have a display with an array of pixels configured to display images for a user. The electronic device may have an ambient light sensor for gathering ambient light information. Control circuitry in the electronic device may adjust the brightness level of an image being displayed by the display based on ambient light measurements from the ambient light sensor. The ambient light sensor may be formed from an ambient light sensor module that is aligned with an opening in an opaque masking layer in the display. One or more antireflection layers may be interposed between an inwardly facing surface of the display and an opposing external surface of the ambient light sensor module. The ambient light sensor module may have a light attenuator and other optical structures.
US11682365B2
A method, of reducing display device energy consumption, including: (a) determining lighting conditions ambient to a display device; (b) determining content that a user chooses to view on the display device; (c) calculating the user's perception of display quality using an image appearance model; and (d) adjusting, when the perceived display quality is higher than a target display quality, display device conditions so that the perceived display quality matches the target display quality so as to reduce energy consumption. An apparatus utilizing the method so as to reduce energy consumption while providing an aesthetically pleasing viewing experience to a user.
US11682362B2
An afterimage compensator and a display device having the same are disclosed, and the afterimage compensator includes an image analyzer configured to determine an amount of image variation based on a change of image data, and an image shifter configured to adjust a shift interval, which is an interval between time points at which an image is shifted, according to the amount of image variation.
US11682360B2
A display device includes: a display panel including pixels for displaying a first color, a second color, a third color, and a fourth color; and a signal processor configured to convert an image signal including gradation data of the first to third colors into a first signal including gradation data of the first to third colors and a second signal including a gradation datum of the fourth color and output the first and second signals. When the gradation data of the image signal have the same value, output signals from the signal processor include an output signal in which the gradation data of the first signal and the gradation datum of the second signal have the same value and an output signal in which the gradation data of the first signal and the gradation datum of the second signal have values different from each other by 1.
US11682355B2
The present technology relates to a display apparatus, a display control method, a portable terminal apparatus, and a program capable of representing various states of an apparatus in a limited region. A television receiver includes a display unit that displays a predetermined image, a communication unit that performs communication of image data with another image display apparatus, an indicator unit that is disposed at at least a part of surroundings of the display unit and includes an indicator which is turned on with predetermined luminance, and a control unit that turns on the indicator so as to correspond to a transmission operation of the image data in another image display apparatus. The present invention is applicable to, for example, a display apparatus such as a television receiver.
US11682351B2
A display device includes a display panel, a power integrated circuit, a comparison circuit and a selection circuit. The display panel is configured to receive a system cross voltage. The power integrated circuit is configured to provide the system cross voltage to the display panel and includes a current conversion circuit configured to convert a calibration current outputted by the display panel when displaying a calibration frame into a detection voltage. The comparison circuit is configured to compare the detection voltage with a threshold to generate a comparison result. The selection circuit is configured to determine a magnitude of the system cross voltage according to the comparison result. The power integrated circuit is configured to generate the system cross voltage according to the magnitude of the system cross voltage determined by the selection circuit to provide the system cross voltage to the display panel.
US11682345B2
A display device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is provided. The display device comprises a light emitting diode, a first transistor connected between an initialization power source and an anode of the light emitting diode and having a gate electrode connected to an initialization line, and an initialization driver for supplying an initialization signal to the initialization line. The initialization driver supplies the initialization signal every frame when driven at a first frequency and supplies the initialization signal every set of two or more frames when driven at a second frequency different from the first frequency.
US11682342B2
A light emitting display apparatus, which can sense a characteristic change of a transistor provided in a stage and supply a driving voltage, and which can compensate for the characteristic change, includes stages for supplying gate signals to gate lines provided in the light emitting display panel, and a controller for controlling a magnitude of a driving voltage to be transmitted to the stages by using sensing data received from the stages.
US11682341B2
A light emitting device and a light emitting method are provided. The light emitting device includes a plurality of sub-pixels. Each of the sub-pixels displays a grayscale during a frame. The frame includes N sub-frames. Each of the sub-frames include a scan period and an emission period. Each of the sub-pixels include a pixel circuit and a light emitter. The pixel circuit include a current control circuit and a pulse width modulation (PWM) circuit. The current control circuit receives an analog signal, and outputs a driving current according to the analog signal. The PWM circuit receives M digital signals and M reference pulse signals, and outputs a PWM pulse according to the M digital signals and the M reference pulse signals. The light emitter receives the driving current and the PWM pulse during emission period of each of the N sub-frames.
US11682339B2
A vehicle display control apparatus is equipped with a display device, and a control unit that causes the display device to display a peripheral screen for presenting a driver of an own vehicle with a position of a different vehicle running around the own vehicle with respect to the own vehicle. The control unit is configured to acquire the position of the different vehicle with respect to the own vehicle and a driving manner score as a numerical rating scale representing how good driving manners of the different vehicle are, and display the driving manner score on the peripheral screen in such a manner as to correspond to the position of the different vehicle with respect to the own vehicle.
US11682332B2
Provided is a semiconductor device which can operate stably even in the case where a transistor thereof is a depletion transistor. The semiconductor device includes a first transistor for supplying a first potential to a first wiring, a second transistor for supplying a second potential to the first wiring, a third transistor for supplying a third potential at which the first transistor is turned on to a gate of the first transistor and stopping supplying the third potential, a fourth transistor for supplying the second potential to the gate of the first transistor, and a first circuit for generating a second signal obtained by offsetting a first signal. The second signal is input to a gate of the fourth transistor. The potential of a low level of the second signal is lower than the second potential.
US11682331B2
A wearable display device that is a display device, an information processing device configured to connect to a wearable display device, a first sensor including a first geomagnetic sensor, a second sensor including a second geomagnetic sensor, and a display control part configured to change a display mode of the wearable display device in accordance with a relative positional relationship between the wearable display device and the information processing device on the basis of a detection result are provided.
US11682323B2
Disclosed is a display device. The display device of the present disclosure includes a flexible display panel, a source printed circuit board (S-PCB) located adjacent to a lower side of the flexible display panel and electrically coupled to the flexible display panel, a roller comprising a seating portion accommodating the S-PCB, wherein the seating portion is formed by removing a part of an outer circumferential surface of the roller, wherein the flexible display panel is wound around or unwound from the roller, and a cover extending in a longitudinal direction of the roller to cover the S-PCB.
US11682310B2
A method of verifying aircraft position information based on ADS-B messages includes receiving an ADS-B message indicating an identifier of an aircraft and indicating a position of the aircraft. The method includes accessing a tamper-resistant distributed public ledger of authenticated flight plan data to determine whether flight plan data associated with the identifier is stored in the tamper-resistant distributed public ledger. The method includes, conditioned upon a determination that the flight plan data is stored in the tamper-resistant distributed public ledger, comparing the position to a flight path indicated by the flight plan data. The method includes selecting a characteristic of an icon corresponding to the aircraft based on a determination whether the position corresponds to the flight path. The method further includes displaying, on a display device and based on the characteristic, the icon at a location corresponding to the position.
US11682307B2
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems are described that determine when to automatically transfer telemetry data from a UAV to a ground-based computing device by monitoring one or more context states of the UAV. In some examples, a UAV system includes a UAV; a ground-based computing device; and processing circuitry configured to acquire data from one or more sensors on the UAV; store the data at a local storage device on the UAV; maintain a state machine configured to monitor one or more context states of the UAV system; determine, based on the one or more context states, that a current situation of the UAV system meets minimum criteria for transferring the data from the UAV to the ground-based computing device; and automatically transfer, based on the determination, the data from the UAV to the ground-based computing device.
US11682302B2
A server, a personal mobility communicating with the server and a vehicle are provided. The server includes a transceiver that communicates with vehicles and a plurality of personal mobility. A controller sets a geo-fence area based on a size information of the vehicles and a size information of the plurality of personal mobility during cluster driving. The controller determines driving positions of the vehicles as primary in the set geo-fence area based on the size information of the vehicles, determines driving positions of the plurality of personal mobility as secondary in the set geo-fence area based on the size information of the plurality of personal mobility and adjusts layout information for the driving positions determined as the primary and the secondary to be transmitted to the vehicles and the plurality of personal mobility.
US11682298B2
The present method permits to get real-time traffic data by the mean of pictures took by a series of georeferenced and synchronized high speed cameras installed on the portions of the road. These pictures and these data will be transferable by a secure means such as 5G or any other fast and secure technology on a server and accessible by cloud computing. Picture processing is carried out by photogrammetric, triangulation and picture recognition approaches in order to extract the position of each vehicle, pedestrian, cyclist or any object and identify its x, y, z coordinates in a local or global referencing system. This method permits to count the flow of traffic (vehicles, pedestrians, etc.) passing through these roads portions, to reproduce the real movements of vehicles, pedestrians and any object moving on a road, make simulations with a computer and intervene remotely in real-time to manage traffic.
US11682297B2
Systems and methods for tracking objects though a traffic control system include an image sensor configured to capture a stream of images of scene from an associated real-world position, an object tracker configured to identify an object in the captured images and define an associated object location in the captured images, a three-dimensional stage model system configured to transform the associated object location in the image to three-dimensional coordinates associated with the image sensor, and a three-dimensional world model configured to transform identified objects to real-world coordinates. Embodiments use lens aberration, sensor mounting height and location, accelerometer, gyro-compass and/or global position satellite information to generate a situational map.
US11682291B1
Devices, systems and methods for providing a two-way portable and wearable emergency communicator for allowing users capability to with a press of a button/switch to contact a local 911 dispatch operator instantly without going through a subscriber network and also provide GPS (global positioning system) data to the 911 dispatch operator. The devices can directly and instantly contact local 911 emergency contact numbers. With the press of a button GPS coordinates of the device can also be sent as text messages to the local 911 emergency contact.
US11682288B2
A system for use in a residential property, the system including a first computing system positionable in the residential property and including a first memory and a first processor. The system also includes a second computing system including a second memory and a second processor, the second computing system in communication with the first computing system over a network. The first memory comprises program instructions executable by the processor of the first computing system to: recognize a sound indicative of an unexpected event; retrieve, from a database stored in the first memory, an acoustic profile of the unexpected event; and responsive to the identifying the unexpected event, transmit a notification including an identity of the acoustic profile of the unexpected event to the second computing system over the network.
US11682284B2
For various political, commercial and humanitarian reasons there is a desire to detect intrusion of stowaways into lorries and other freight vehicles. Many traditional intrusion detectors operate on the bases of detecting an increase in carbon dioxide within a space as indicator of presence of a human. A problem arises when the freight vehicle is carrying perishable goods such as fruits and vegetables which give off CO2 as they perish which makes it difficult to reliably attribute the cause of an elevation in CO2 concentration. An embodiment of the invention overcomes this problem by detecting a sudden decrease in CO2 concentration within the freight vehicle from a concentration that is much elevated from a background atmospheric concentration of around 400 ppm. This sudden decrease can be attributed to opening of a door of a trailer allowing the escape of CO2 that has built up as the freight perishes.
US11682272B2
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for a pedestrian crossing warning system that may use multi-modal technology to determine attributes of a person and provide a warning to the person in response to a calculated risk level to effect a reduction of the risk level. The system may utilize sensors to receive data indicative of a trajectory of a person external to the vehicle. Specific attributes of the person such as age or walking aids may be determined. Based on the trajectory data and the specific attributes, a risk level may be determined by the system using a machine learning model. The system may cause emission of a warning to the person in response to the risk level.
US11682256B2
Systems and methods for operating a vending machine and/or kiosk. The methods comprise: detecting a presence of a person in a seat of the vending machine; obtaining a full or partial body heat map for the person that was created based on sensor data generated by at least one sensor of the vending machine or at least one sensor located in proximity to the vending machine (the full or partial heat map showing relative temperatures of different parts of a body of the person); selecting at least one vending service parameter for the vending machine using information obtained based on the full or partial body heat map; and causing the vending machine to provide the person with a vending service in accordance with the at least one vending service parameter that was selected.
US11682254B2
Systems and methods for managing a floating population can be used to obtain a register of a user from a user terminal via at least one terminal interface; receive a fingerprint input instruction from an administrator terminal via the at least one terminal interface; send the fingerprint input instruction to a fingerprint lock via the at least one network interface; obtain at least one fingerprint of the user from the fingerprint lock via the at least one network interface; send a notification to the administrator terminal via the at least one terminal interface after obtaining the at least one fingerprint of the user; and obtain a permission from the administrator terminal via the at least one terminal interface to permit the user associated with the user terminal to open the fingerprint lock using one of the at least one fingerprint.
US11682250B2
Systems and methods for providing a wireless lock system include a locking device wherein the locking device comprises a retractable bolt and a wireless communication transceiver. The systems and methods can also include a bolt catch that is configured to couple with the retractable bolt, wherein, when coupled, the bolt and locking device are locked into a static position relative to the bolt catch. A keypad programmable with a plurality of combination buttons and a wireless communication transceiver can be configured to communicate with the bridge wirelessly. The bolt then protrudes from the locking device to couple with the bolt catch and decouples from the bolt catch and recedes into the locking device in response to one or more wireless signals received from a wireless device. A wireless communication bridge device may also be utilized to provide additional wireless communication links to further devices to expand user reach and interoperability.
US11682247B2
A vehicle control system includes: an operation unit disposed in a vehicle and operable by a driver; an operation detection unit configured to detect an operation on the operation unit, and including a displacement unit that is displaced according to an operation amount of the operation unit, and a detection unit that detects a displacement amount of the displacement unit and that outputs a continuous signal according to the displacement amount; and a control unit that inputs the continuous signal detected by the detection unit and performs a predetermined control corresponding to the continuous signal is provided.
US11682246B2
A system according to the present disclosure includes an identification module, a data recording module, and a data upload module. The identification module is configured to identify at least one of a vehicle and a user of the vehicle. The data recording module is configured to record a location of the vehicle, an acceleration of the vehicle, and data received from a controller area network (CAN) bus of the vehicle during a driving session. The data upload module is configured to upload the vehicle location, the vehicle acceleration, the CAN bus data, and at least one of the vehicle identification and the user identification to a remote server.
US11682244B1
Methods and systems for assessing, detecting, and responding to malfunctions involving components of autonomous vehicles and/or smart homes are described herein. Malfunctions may be detected by receiving sensor data from a plurality of sensors. One of these sensors may be selected for assessment. An electronic device may obtain from the selected sensor a set of signals. When the set of signals includes signals that are outside of a determined range of signals associated with proper functioning for the selected sensor, it may be determined that the selected sensor is malfunctioning. In response, an action may be performed to resolve the malfunction and/or mitigate consequences of the malfunction.
US11682240B2
A liveness test method and apparatus is disclosed. The liveness test method includes detecting a face region in an input image for a test target, implementing a first liveness test to determine a first liveness value based on a first image corresponding to the detected face region, implementing a second liveness test to determine a second liveness value based on a second image corresponding to a partial face region of the detected face region, implementing a third liveness test to determine a third liveness value based on an entirety of the input image or a full region of the input image that includes the detected face region and a region beyond the detected face region, and determining a result of the liveness test based on the first liveness value, the second liveness value, and the third liveness value.
US11682228B2
An ultrasonic sensor includes a two-dimensional array of ultrasonic transducers, wherein the two-dimensional array of ultrasonic transducers is substantially flat, a contact layer having a non-uniform thickness overlying the two-dimensional array of ultrasonic transducers, and an array controller configured to control activation of ultrasonic transducers during an imaging operation. During the imaging operation, the array controller is configured to control a transmission frequency of activated ultrasonic transducers during the imaging operation, wherein a plurality of transmission frequencies are used during the imaging operation to account for an impact of an interference pattern caused by the non-uniform thickness of the contact layer, and is configured to capture at least one fingerprint image using the plurality of transmission frequencies.
US11682224B2
An information processing apparatus includes a memory and a processor configured to acquire an image of a digitized document and execute a first verification process by using image processing using artificial intelligence. The first verification process verifies whether a first requirement is satisfied. The first requirement is a specific requirement among multiple requirements that are required when the acquired image of the document is stored. The processor is also configured to execute a second verification process by using a determination process not using the artificial intelligence. The second verification process verifies whether a second requirement among the multiple requirements is satisfied. The second requirement is other than the first requirement. The processor is also configured to execute the first verification process and the second verification process in parallel and independently from each other and display a processing execution button for executing subsequent processing in response to obtaining a processing result indicating that the first requirement and the second requirement are both satisfied.
US11682221B1
A digital camera processing system with software to manage taking photos with a digital camera. Camera software controls the digital camera. A downloaded software component controls the digital camera software and causes a handheld mobile device to perform operations. The operations may include instructing a user to have the digital camera take photos of a check; displaying an instruction on a display of the handheld mobile device to assist the user in having the digital camera take the photos; or assisting the user as to an orientation for taking the photos with the digital camera. The digital camera processing system may generate a log file including a bi-tonal image formatted as a TIFF image.
US11682196B2
Systems and methods for facilitating communication with autonomous vehicles are provided. In one example embodiment, a computing system can obtain a first type of sensor data (e.g., camera image data) associated with a surrounding environment of an autonomous vehicle and/or a second type of sensor data (e.g., LIDAR data) associated with the surrounding environment of the autonomous vehicle. The computing system can generate overhead image data indicative of at least a portion of the surrounding environment of the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the first and/or second types of sensor data. The computing system can determine one or more lane boundaries within the surrounding environment of the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the overhead image data indicative of at least the portion of the surrounding environment of the autonomous vehicle and a machine-learned lane boundary detection model.
US11682195B2
A computer implemented method of generating at least one shape of a region of interest in a digital image is provided. The method includes obtaining, by an image processing engine, access to a digital tissue image of a biological sample; tiling, by the image processing engine, the digital tissue image into a collection of image patches; identifying, by the image processing engine, a set of target tissue patches from the collection of image patches as a function of pixel content within the collection of image patches; assigning, by the image processing engine, each target tissue patch of the set of target tissue patches an initial class probability score indicating a probability that the target tissue patch falls within a class of interest, the initial class probability score generated by a trained classifier executed on each target tissue patch; generating, by the image processing engine, a first set of tissue region seed patches by identifying target tissue patches having initial class probability scores that satisfy a first seed region criteria, the first set of tissue region seed patches comprising a subset of the set of target tissue patches; generating, by the image processing engine, a second set of tissue region seed patches by identifying target tissue patches having initial class probability scores that satisfy a second seed region criteria, the second set of tissue region seed patches comprising a subset of the set of target tissue patches; calculating, by the image processing engine, a region of interest score for each patch in the second set of tissue region seed patches as a function of initial class probability scores of neighboring patches of the second set of tissue region seed patches and a distance to patches within the first set of issue region seed patches; and generating, by the image processing engine, one or more region of interest shapes by grouping neighboring patches based on their region of interest scores.
