US11919646B2
An aircraft passenger seat is proposed, comprising a structural component, on which a tray table of the aircraft passenger seat is held via a hinge assembly, the tray table being pivotable about a pivot axis of the hinge assembly. According to the invention, a connection assembly for detachably fitting the tray table on the structural component is provided, the connection assembly comprising an adjustment mechanism for adjusting a mounting position for the tray table relative to the structural component, the adjustment mechanism being designed such that the mounting position can be selected from a plurality of different mounting positions for the tray table relative to the structural component.
US11919642B2
A large-load unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for plant protection with adjustable spraying swath and pesticide application amount is provided, relating to the technical field of pesticide application of unmanned aerial vehicles. The large-load unmanned aerial vehicle for plant protection comprises a large-load unmanned aerial vehicle, a pesticide box, a variable pesticide application system, and adjustable spraying swath mechanisms, wherein the pesticide box is fixed to landing gears of the unmanned aerial vehicle and is positioned below a control platform of the unmanned aerial vehicle; the adjustable spraying swath mechanisms are arranged on the landing gears, the variable pesticide application system is connected with the pesticide box and the adjustable spraying swath mechanisms, the variable pesticide application system and the adjustable spraying swath mechanisms are electrically connected with the control platform, and the control platform is in communication connection with a remote control handle.
US11919637B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to the technical field of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), and specifically discloses an automatic return method, device and UAV. By means of the foregoing technical solutions, the embodiments of the present invention can estimate a minimum power consumption required for the UAV to return from the current position to the return point in a more accurate way, so as to avoid forced landing of the UAV due to an excessively low battery level during a flight or a return.
US11919632B2
An air mobility device improves propulsion due to the Coandă effect when flying so as to increase a flying range and reduces noise when flying.
US11919627B2
A method of modifying a rotor blade is provided for a rotor blade including a spar having an inboard portion with a substantially constant overall height, the inboard portion further including a top layer having a substantially constant first thickness and a bottom layer having a substantially constant second thickness. The method includes removing a root portion of the inboard portion to thereby modify the rotor blade and installing a cuff configured to couple to the rotor blade to an aircraft.
US11919622B1
In an aspect, a cockpit assembly is presented. A cockpit assembly includes at least a door. A cockpit assembly includes an inceptor stick. An inceptor stick includes a sheath movably connected thereon. An inceptor stick includes an actuator communicatively connected to a sheath. An actuator is configured to move a sheath between at least a door of a cockpit and an inceptor stick.
US11919617B2
Systems and methods are provided for splicing airframe components. One embodiment is a method for assembling an airframe of an aircraft. The method includes forming a first skin of a first circumferential section of fuselage, the first skin including a distal portion comprising a lip and a shoulder, aligning a second skin of a second circumferential section of fuselage with the shoulder such that the lip overlaps the second skin, and affixing the first skin and the second skin together via a circumferential splice.
US11919611B2
An assembly includes an object with a vertical height of at least 30 metres placed on a bearing frame and a motion compensation platform including a base attached to a vessel. The platform includes an x-y actuator system for rotating the bearing frame with respect to the base about an x-axis and a y-axis, a sensor system configured to detect an x-axis rotating movement, and a y-axis rotating movement, and to generate a corresponding sensor signal, as well as an x-y control system configured to adjust the position of the bearing frame with respect to the base, depending on the sensor signal. The bearing frame is supported at a vertical distance above the base by means of a three-point support having a hinged, fixed first support and hinged second and third supports which are telescopic in the longitudinal direction of the z-axis.
US11919586B2
The application relates to a method for operating an actuator for a motor vehicle, the actuator having an actuating drive and a signal input. The actuating drive is operated as a function of a setpoint value received via the signal input and a threshold value stored in the actuator for setting an actual value of the actuator to the setpoint value, wherein the threshold value is set equal to the setpoint value when the actuator leaves an operating range of the actuator defined by the threshold value of the setpoint value. The application further relates to an actuator for a motor vehicle and a method for operating an arrangement of an actuator and a control unit for a motor vehicle.
US11919585B2
A track tension system including a hydraulic cylinder coupled between a drive frame and idler of a track system, an accumulator and a hydraulic valve that controls flow between the cylinder and accumulator. The cylinder extends and retracts to change the distance between the drive frame and idler which increases and decreases, respectively, tension on the track system. The hydraulic valve can be opened to allow flow between the cylinder and accumulator, and closed to block flow between the cylinder and accumulator. Control factors can be monitored to control valve position. An overload pressure relief can allow flow between the cylinder and accumulator when the hydraulic valve is closed and pressure in the cylinder reaches overload pressure. An orifice can allow constricted flow between the cylinder and accumulator when the hydraulic valve is closed. A check valve can connect the track tension system to a vehicle hydraulic system.
US11919583B2
An omniwheel track system comprising a frame comprising at least one supporting plate, an endless drive mechanism mounted to the frame, and a plurality of segment assemblies mounted to the frame and drivable by the endless drive mechanism, the plurality of segment assemblies forming an endless track rotatable about the frame, each segment assembly comprising a housing adapted to receive at least one load wheel, each load wheel mounted to a corresponding segment assembly and rotatable about an axis, each axis forming an angle with a side of the housing. There is also provided an omniwheel track system platform comprising a plurality of the omniwheel track systems described above arranged on a main frame such that the omniwheel track system platform is movable omnidirectionally.
US11919582B2
In various embodiments, methods, systems, and vehicle apparatuses are provided. A method for lateral control of a steering system includes identifying at least one parameter of at least one lateral control feature that results in an optimized value in an outcome of control for a lateral control feature enabling robustness to an uncertainty; adaptively adjusting an output control signal generated by a vehicle trajectory controller coupled to the steering controller, by quantifying the uncertainty of an uncertain value in a lateral control feature; and sending a control command including at least a torque control or a wheel angle control to compensate for the uncertainty of the at least one uncertain value in the configuration of components of an electronic power steering (EPS) system associated with the vehicle variant by correcting at least one parameter of the at least one lateral control feature.
US11919580B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed. An example vehicle disclosed herein includes a steering assist system, a steering wheel, and a steering controller to detect a request to move the steering wheel of the vehicle to a first rotational position, the steering wheel having a second rotational position, actuate, via the steering assist system, the steering wheel towards the first rotational position, determine, based on a relationship between a first parameter and a second parameter, a third rotational position, the third rotational position having an angular offset from the first rotational position, the first parameter corresponding to a position of the steering system, the second parameter corresponding to a load on the steering system, and in response to reaching the third rotational position, disengage the steering assist system, the disengagement causing the steering wheel to rotate to the first rotational position.
US11919576B2
Various disclosed embodiments include illustrative panel systems, structures, and vehicles. In an illustrative embodiment, a panel system includes a panel configured to rotatably connect to a structure and a panel cable assembly. The panel cable assembly includes a first cable having a first end and a second end, a first connector couplable to the first end of the first cable and the panel or the structure. The panel cable assembly also includes a second connector couplable to the second end of the first cable and the panel or the structure. The second connector is configured to have a predefined number of orientations. The second connector includes an outer portion coupled to the first cable and an inner portion received within the outer portion in one of the predefined number of orientations. Each of the predefined number of orientations results a different distance value between the panel and the structure responsive to full extension of the cable.
US11919565B2
Disclosed is an electric steering column, and the electric steering column includes: a telescopic motor; a telescopic screw unit having one side connected to the telescopic motor, and reciprocating linearly while being rotated by a driving force provided by the telescopic motor; a tube bracket provided on a tube surrounding the column shaft and connected to the other side of the telescopic screw unit; and a positioning member provided in the tube bracket to which the other side of the telescopic screw unit is coupled, and for adjusting the position of the other side of the telescopic screw unit so that the center of the telescopic motor and the central axis of the telescopic screw unit are positioned on a virtual straight line.
US11919564B2
A steering column sleeve includes (i) a translationally movable outer tube and inner tube, and (ii) an adjusting system for adjusting the relative position of the tubes. The adjusting system includes a screw for adjusting the axial position of the two elements. The adjusting system further includes an adjusting device for adjusting a resistance force opposing the relative movement between the tubes. The adjusting device has a friction pad and a clamping surface against which the friction pad moves between operating and adjustment positions. The adjusting system also includes a kinematic chain so that, beyond a threshold resistance torque transmitted by the screw to a single motor that it drives, its torque is transmitted to the adjusting device so as to move the friction pad from its operating position to its adjustment position.
US11919561B2
A vehicle steering wheel comprising a central part; a movable structure comprising at least a portion of a rim pivotally mounted with respect to the central part (120, 16) between: a locked position and at least one retracted position; an actuator for pivoting the movable structure between its locked position and its retracted position; a locking device which is movably mounted between an engaged position for locking the movable structure in its locked position, and a disengaged position allowing the pivoting of the movable structure, wherein the locking device comprises a hinge portion, a locking portion arranged to lock the movable structure, a locking arm connecting the hinge portion and the locking portion, wherein the locking arm comprises a resilient inner hinge to allow recovery of mechanical play between the locking portion and the movable structure.
US11919558B2
The shopping cart of the present disclosure may be used to carry and transport goods. The cart includes a basket and a chassis wherein the chassis includes legs rotatable from an open position to a closed position. The basket is rotatably affixed to the chassis such that the cart may be placed in a vehicle trunk while the basket maintains a horizontal position.
US11919556B2
A cart for medical equipment includes a base having one or more wheels, a column supported by the base, and a platform supported on the column and opposite the base. The platform is configured to mount a piece of medical equipment to the cart. The cart also includes an adapter plate securable to the piece of medical equipment and configured to releasably couple to the platform. The adapter plate includes a locking assembly having one or more handles that upon actuation releases the adapter plate from the platform.
US11919554B2
A mobile transport system for transporting objects in a technical system, includes a vehicle frame, a first wheel pair, a second wheel pair, and a third wheel pair, each having two wheels rotatable relative to the vehicle frame, and a swing frame pivotable about a swing axis extending in a transverse direction relative to the vehicle frame. The first wheels of the first wheel pair are attached to the vehicle frame, and the second wheels of the second wheel pair are attached to the swing frame. The third wheels of the third wheel pair are attached to a tilt frame pivotable relative to the swing frame about a tilt axis extending approximately in the longitudinal direction.
US11919553B1
A railroad switch position indicator configured for direct attachment to switch points which guide a train from one track to another. The indicator has first and second rotating reflector signals spring biased into a neutral position signaling caution. The first rotating reflector signal rotates in response to movement of the switch points against the spring bias while the second rotating reflector signal remains in neutral position when the switch points are lined for a first direction. The second rotating reflector signal rotates in response to movement of the switch points against the spring bias while the first set of reflectors remain in neutral position when the switch points are lined for a second direction.
US11919547B1
A vehicle control device includes a driving controller controls one of or both steering and acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle, and a mode determinator determines any of a plurality of driving modes including a first driving mode and a second driving mode as a driving mode of the vehicle, in which tasks imposed on a driver in the second driving mode are less significant than in the first driving mode and one of or both steering and acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle are controlled by the driving controller, the driving controller controls the vehicle in the second driving mode, and the driving mode is changed to the first driving mode when an abnormality occurs in a combination switch, combination switch related equipment which is connected between the driving controller and the combination switch via a communication line, or communication which is performed by the combination switch and the driving controller.
US11919543B2
Multi-mode personal transportation and delivery devices and methods of use are disclosed herein. A device can include a communications interface, the communications interface configured to provide vehicle-to-everything communications, a device controller comprising: a processor; and a memory for storing instructions, the processor executing the instructions to: receive a first message from a service provider that the transportation device is to relocate to a location based on user demand; and activate a redistribution mode to cause the transportation device to autonomously navigate to the location.
US11919540B2
At least one processor of a vehicle is configured to execute at least one program to: generate a speed plan for a first travel route from a blind spot elimination position to a position specified by a control standby condition, the speed plan specifying a speed of the vehicle for a position on the first travel route so as to meet a requirement that the vehicle be decelerated at a predetermined allowable deceleration or less for a predetermined time from the blind spot elimination position to satisfy the control standby condition; and instruct, for a second travel route from a current position of the vehicle to the blind spot elimination position, the vehicle to travel along the second travel route by autonomous driving so as to cause the vehicle to reach a speed specified by the speed plan at the blind spot elimination position.
US11919536B2
The present disclosure relates to an evaluation method and system for steering comfort in a human machine cooperative take-over control process of an autonomous vehicle, and a storage medium, thereby avoiding a defect that most comfort evaluation methods are applicable only in laboratory conditions, and also solving a problem that most comfort evaluation methods do not consider non-traditional control characteristics of a driver in a take-over control process. The method of the present disclosure includes: acquiring vehicle data information in a current driving cycle, and preprocessing the vehicle data information to form preprocessed vehicle data information; and using the preprocessed vehicle data information as an input to a well-trained comfort model library, and performing log probability matching calculation on the basis of the comfort model library, to form a comfort recognition result corresponding to comfort.
US11919533B2
An alert apparatus starts alerting a driver of a host vehicle, when an oncoming vehicle, that is an other vehicle traveling in an oncoming lane with respect to a traveling lane in which the host vehicle is traveling so as to approach the host vehicle and that is predicted to pass through on a specific direction side with respect to a current position of the host vehicle, is present, a turn signal indicator of the host vehicle corresponding to the specific direction side is being operated, and it is likely that the host vehicle starts turning to the specific direction side.
US11919529B1
Techniques are disclosed for evaluating an autonomous vehicle (“AV”) control system by determining deviations between data generated using the AV control system and manual driving data. In many implementations, manual driving data captures action(s) of a vehicle controlled by a manual driver. Additionally or alternatively, multiple AV control systems can be evaluated by comparing deviations for each AV control system, where the deviations are determined using the same set of manual driving data.
US11919526B1
Techniques are discussed herein for detecting and measuring faults within vehicle drive systems. In various implementations, actuator feedback monitors and/or vehicle performance monitors are used individually or in combination to determine faults within acceleration systems, braking systems, and/or steering systems of a vehicle. Different monitors may use different algorithms, models, and input data from the vehicle during operation, to compare a predicted drive system output to a corresponding measured output. Additionally, monitors may include associated sets of disable conditions used to distinguish drive system faults from other driving conditions. The outputs from actuator feedback monitors, vehicle performance monitors, and disable conditions may be analyzed to detect drive system faults and control the vehicle to address the faults and control the safe operation of the vehicle.
US11919524B2
A vehicle is provided including an electronic power steering system, an electronic throttle control system, and a stability control system.
US11919511B2
A driving support control device for a vehicle includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from a first detector which detects change of a brightness value of an object which occurs in accordance with displacement of the object, information indicating change of a brightness value of a partially shielded object partially shielded by an obstacle which occurs in accordance with displacement of the partially shielded object, as a first detection signal, and a control unit configured to, in a case where it is determined, by using the first detection signal, that the partially shielded object is moving, cause a driving support execution device to execute collision prevention support for preventing a collision with the partially shielded object.
US11919508B2
Technologies and techniques for vehicle perception. A first contour of a current image a dna second contour of a next image are determined relative to an optical center. The current image is scaled to the next image relative to the optical center, wherein the scaling includes applying a scale vector to the first contour. A frame offset vector is determined, and the second contour is translated, based on the frame offset vector and the scale vector, to align the translated second contour to a focus of expansion. An image velocity is determined, based on the first contour and the translated second contour, wherein the image velocity is used to determine object movement from the image data.
US11919501B2
A brake device for a vehicle includes: a brake pedal having a pedal part and a lever part that rotates about a rotation shaft when the pedal part is operated; a housing that rotatably supports the lever part; a reaction force generator connected to the housing and the lever part to generate a reaction force against the lever part according to a stroke amount of the brake pedal; and a stopper configured to stop the lever part by being in contact with the lever part such that the lever part is restricted from rotating in a direction opposite to a rotation direction when the pedal part is operated.
US11919485B1
And angularly adjustable object support rack or bicycle support rack for a vehicle is constructed with a first rod and a second rod connected by an adjustment structure that enables the first rod and the second rod to be adjusted to a folded over configuration that occupies less space when storing the bicycle rack. The adjustment structure also enables the first rod and second rod to be adjusted to a right angle orientation that reduces the extent the support rack extends from the rear of a vehicle to which it is attached. The adjustment structure enables the first rod and second rod to be adjusted to where the second rod is aligned with the first rod for attaching bicycles on the support rack. The adjustment structure further enables the second rod to be adjusted to a downward tilted orientation providing clearance between the vehicle and the attached support rack.
US11919475B2
In an exemplary embodiment, a system is provided that includes a sensor, a computer memory, and a processor. The sensor is configured to be disposed on a vehicle, and is configured to obtain sound or vibration data for the vehicle. The computer memory is configured to store a plurality of known signatures pertaining to a plurality of different types of vehicle theft events. The processor is configured to: compare a signature of the data with the plurality of known signatures stored in the computer memory; and determine whether a vehicle theft event is occurring based on the comparing of the signature of the data with the plurality of known signatures.
US11919472B2
A side airbag that is to be inflated and deployed to a side of an occupant, includes: a first chamber that is positioned in an upper portion and is to be inflated to a side of a shoulder part of the occupant; and a second chamber that is on a lower side of the first chamber, and a thickness regulating member for reducing an inflation thickness is provided at an upper portion of a front portion of the second chamber.
US11919470B2
An airbag arrangement for a vehicle includes a housing, an airbag cushion and a guide arrangement. The housing is mountable to a roof of the vehicle. The airbag cushion is normally stored within the housing and deployable from the housing. The guide arrangement guides the airbag cushion from a stowed position within the housing to a deployed position and includes a continuous cord having a first end attached to a first point on the airbag cushion and a second end attached to a second point on the airbag cushion. The guide arrangement further includes a plurality of mounting member for attachment to the roof. The plurality of mounting members slidably receive the continuous cord, The mounting members and the continuous cord cooperate to fix the airbag cushion in free space upon deployment with only the roof as structural support. One of the mounting members may be a unidirectional device to prevent bidirectional movement of the continuous cord and limit slack in the continuous cord upon deployment of the airbag cushion.
US11919466B2
A passenger restraint device of a fairground ride passenger unit, which has a passenger space, includes a position-adjustable restraint element and a lockable hydraulic adjuster which acts on the restraint element and has a cylinder-piston unit and a hydraulic accumulator. The hydraulic accumulator and the cylinder-piston unit of the hydraulic adjuster form a structural unit in that the cylinder of the cylinder-piston unit and a cylinder of the hydraulic accumulator arranged next to and parallel to the cylinder are part of an integrated cylinder assembly. The integrated cylinder assembly has a connection block with a switching plate on an axial end face, wherein the hydraulic accumulator is configured as a single unit and is detachably mounted on the switching plate.
US11919460B2
A vehicle includes a rolling chassis structure and a working component coupled to the rolling chassis structure. The rolling chassis structure includes a chassis, a non-working component, and a control interface. The non-working component is coupled to the chassis and is configured to facilitate transit operations for the rolling chassis structure. The control interface is disposed in a cab area of the chassis. The control interface is communicably coupled to the non-working component and is configured to control operation of the non-working component. The working component is configured to move relative to the chassis and is communicably coupled to the control interface. The control interface is configured to control movement of the working component.
US11919456B2
A sound absorbing and insulating member alternately brought into contact with a first partition member and a second partition member. The sound absorbing and insulating member has a plurality of hollow protrusions protruding so as to traverse a gap between the partition members. There is a first and second space between the first and second partition member. The first space is formed in each protrusion and is closed by the first partition member. The second space is provided between adjacent protrusions and is closed by the second partition member. The first and second spaces communicate with each other through a communication part formed as a part of the protrusion. The communication part is configured to communicate an inside of the protrusion with an outside. An opening of the communication part opened to the second space is provided at a side wall of the protrusion.
US11919455B2
A trunk structure for a vehicle improves retainment performance of goods to a vehicle body in a cargo net, and improves flexibility of the layout of a trunk board. The trunk structure includes a trunk board, a hook member attached to the trunk board to which a cargo net covering goods can be locked, an interior member which constitutes an inside surface of a trunk, and an engaged portion of the interior member which the hook member can engage, the engaged portion restraining movement of the trunk board in an up-down direction when the engaged portion is engaged with the hook member. The hook member is switchable between an engaged state where the hook member engages the engaged portion and a non-engaged state where the engagement is released, and retains the engaged state by locking the cargo net to the hook member.
US11919450B2
A rear-view mirror and modular monitor system and method include an interior mirror that embeds a modular monitor behind see-through mirror glass. In some embodiments, the system includes multiple cameras, some in the vehicle, bus and/or truck, as well as some cameras outside the vehicle, bus and/or truck, advantageously providing the driver an opportunity to view what is happening, for example, in the back rows of the bus and/or cabin, while also using the mirror to look at objects in the bus and/or cabin that are visible using the mirror. The rear-view mirror and modular monitor system is configured to be easily assembled and/or disassembled when necessary for maintenance and/or to replace parts.
US11919447B2
The invention disclosed in this application is design to detect and alarm if any of the vehicles being transported on a vehicle carrier shift in such a manner that the vehicle on the carrier might impact the underside of a highway overpass. The invention also includes a continuous measurement of the carrier height relative to the roadway.
US11919443B1
A light system including: a light source; and a light guide aligned with the light source so that light from the light source directs light into the light guide, wherein the light guide has a concave region that light extends through so that the light extending from the concave region homogeneously illuminates an article of manufacture within an interior of a vehicle.
US11919441B2
A lamp control device comprises a first input terminal, a second input terminal, an output terminal that is configured to be connectable to a lamp via an external switch and outputs a drive current for the lamp, an internal switch provided on a first path connecting the first input terminal and the output terminal, a constant current section provided on a second path connecting the second input terminal and the output terminal, a voltage monitoring section that monitors a voltage applied to the output terminal, and a control section that controls the internal switch on the basis of a monitoring result from the voltage monitoring section.
US11919434B2
Provided is a wheelchair fixing device for a vehicle including: a lashing belt that has, at one end, a part-to-be-engaged that is configured to be able to engage with an engaging part exposed through a floor surface of a vehicle cabin; a hook that is provided at the other end of the lashing belt and configured to be able to engage with a frame of a wheelchair; and a hook cover that is formed by an elastic body into a tubular shape and fitted on an engaging region of the hook that is a region engaging with the frame.
US11919430B2
A leather product such as a leather covering for a vehicular part includes a segment of leather with a base coat applied to a hide side and a color coat applied to the base coat to create an intermediate stage leather segment. A foil transfer is embossed into and secured with an adhesive to the intermediate stage leather segment. A top coat is then applied to the foil transfer and a surrounding portion of the intermediate stage leather segment after the foil transfer is secured to complete the leather product. A system and method of making the leather product is also disclosed.
US11919418B2
A power control system includes: an ECU configured to control (i) charging from a power facility to a vehicle and (ii) discharging from the vehicle to the power facility; and a user terminal configured to allow a user to separately set a charging power setting value and a discharging power setting value. When the charging from the power facility to the vehicle is performed, the ECU is configured to control power charged to the vehicle per unit time to correspond to the charging power setting value set by the user using the user terminal. When the discharging from the vehicle to the power facility is performed, the ECU is configured to control power discharged from the vehicle per unit time to correspond to the discharging power setting value set by the user using the user terminal.
US11919415B2
Provided is a vehicle-mounted charging device in which a charging circuit subjects power supplied from an external power supply to power conversion and supplies power to a battery and a PTC heater in parallel. The vehicle-mounted charging device is provided with a control device which, when temperature adjustment of the battery by the PTC heater and charging of the battery are carried out at the same time, controls an output current of the charging circuit so as to approach a total value of an allowable value of charging current for the battery and a current consumption of the PTC heater at each time point during charging. The allowable value of charging current for the battery and the current consumption of the PTC heater are specified on the basis of battery characteristic information of the battery and heater characteristic information of the PTC heater which are stored in advance.
US11919413B2
This application is directed to an apparatus for providing electrical charge to a vehicle. The apparatus can comprise a generator, a hardware controller, a capacitor, and a battery. The controller can control whether the capacitor is electrically coupled with the battery based on one or more conditions. The controller can control whether the generator is electrically coupled with the capacitor and/or the battery.
US11919403B2
The present disclosure provides a battery compartment and a handle for use in a transportation vehicle. The battery compartment includes: a battery mount having at least two battery mounting grooves spaced apart from each other; a connection electrode on the battery mount and between adjacent battery mounting grooves; a battery compartment cover detachably connected to the connection electrode; and a pushing-out assembly on the connection electrode, wherein the pushing-out assembly is configured to provide a force for moving the battery compartment cover away from the connection electrode.
US11919388B2
A motor vehicle includes at least one camera capturing images of an environment outside of the motor vehicle. A proximity sensor detects an object disposed adjacent to the motor vehicle. An electronic processor receives the images captured by the at least one camera, and receives a proximity signal from the proximity sensor. The proximity signal is indicative of whether an object is disposed adjacent to the motor vehicle. The electronic processor determines, based upon the images captured by the at least one camera and the proximity signal, whether the motor vehicle is disposed within an enclosure. The electronic processor receives an engine start request signal that has been wirelessly transmitted by a user. In response to receiving the engine start request signal, the electronic processor causes the engine start system to start an engine of the motor vehicle when the motor vehicle is not disposed within an enclosure.
US11919381B2
An electric vehicle includes a battery pack for driving the electric vehicle; and a vehicle body reinforcing structure member having at least a cross connection structure, wherein a left side and a right side of the vehicle body reinforcing structure member are fixed to a left side and a right side of a vehicle body respectively, and at least a portion of the vehicle body reinforcing structure member is fixed to the battery pack.
US11919379B2
A tonneau cover comprising: (a) a plurality of panels; (b) one or more hinges between each panel of the plurality of panels so that the plurality of panels are rotatably connected together, wherein some or all of the one or more hinges include: (i) a plurality of expansion links that are movably interconnected together, some of the plurality of expansion links including: (1) one or more expansion projections; (2) one or more pockets that receive all or a portion of the one or more expansion projections from an adjacent one of the plurality of expansion links; and (3) one or more expansion stops that restricts movement of the one or more expansion projections from the adjacent one of plurality of the expansion links that extend within the one or more pockets.
US11919378B2
A tonneau cover comprising: (a) a plurality of panels; (b) one or more hinges between each panel of the plurality of panels so that the plurality of panels are rotatably connected together, wherein some or all of the one or more hinges include: (i) a plurality of expansion links that are movably interconnected together, some of the plurality of expansion links including: (1) one or more expansion projections; (2) one or more pockets that receive all or a portion of the one or more expansion projections from an adjacent one of the plurality of expansion links; and (3) one or more expansion stops that restricts movement of the one or more expansion projections from the adjacent one of plurality of the expansion links that extend within the one or more pockets; wherein the one or more hinges rotate so that the one or more hinges form of angle of about 90 degrees or more and about 225 degrees or less.
US11919373B2
An assembly for a vehicle includes a first door and a second door movable from an open position to a closed position. The assembly includes a first anchor supported by the first pillar movable along an axis to an engaged position. The assembly includes a first rod supported by the first door movable along an axis to an engaged position. The assembly includes a second rod supported by the second door movable along the axis to an engaged position. The first anchor is lockingly engaged with the first rod when first anchor is in the engaged position. The first rod is lockingly engaged with the second rod when the first rod is in the engaged position and the first anchor is in the engaged position.
US11919367B2
A computer includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to receive data indicating that an electric vehicle is in an enclosed space; in response to receiving the data, instruct window actuators of the electric vehicle to open windows of the electric vehicle; and in response to receiving the data, instruct a heater of the electric vehicle to generate heat.
US11919366B2
A target thermal sensation setter sets target thermal sensations for a finite number of parts into which the occupant is virtually divided. A cabin temperature controller individually controls a cabin air-conditioning unit and an auxiliary heater so that the thermal sensations of the respective parts of the occupant estimated by an occupant thermal sensation estimator fall within a range of the target thermal sensations.
US11919365B2
A method of operating a vehicle climate system when an ambient temperature is below a threshold temperature is provided. In response to an ambient temperature being less than a threshold temperature, a controller is adapted to operate a blower motor at a voltage that depends on whether the vehicle is in charge sustain mode or charge deplete mode. In response to an ambient temperature being greater than a threshold temperature, the controller is adapted to operate the blower motor at a voltage that does not depend on whether in the charge sustain or charge deplete modes.
US11919359B2
A mobile crane drive assembly axle includes mutually independent suspensions of wheel carriers arranged on both sides of the drive assembly frame of the mobile crane. The suspensions each include at least one transverse control arm which couples the wheel carrier onto the drive assembly frame and is connected to the drive assembly frame such that it can be rotated about an axis which extends substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the drive assembly frame.
US11919353B2
A control unit configured to control a control force generating device configured to generate a control force for damping a sprung portion of a vehicle controls the control force generating device based on a target control force Fcit for damping the sprung portion when a wheel passes through a predicted wheel passing position. The control unit acquires an unsprung displacement z1i at the predicted wheel passing position, and calculates the target control force as a value proportional to an unsprung displacement z1ai that is the unsprung displacement z1i having a phase that has been advanced to advance a phase of a transfer function from the unsprung displacement z1i to the target control force by a phase advance amount larger than 0 degrees and smaller than 180 degrees.
US11919352B2
A method of optimizing a suspension system to avoid pitch resonance may include determining pitch characteristics of a vehicle for a terrain profile and speed range via a model associated with the vehicle, decoupling front and rear axles by removing pitch inertia from the model, and determining optimized damping for a main damper of a position sensitive damper over a linear range of wheel travel in a bounce control zone based on the pitch characteristics. The method may further include recoupling the front and rear axles by adding the pitch inertia back into the model, and selecting a secondary damper associated with a compression zone or a secondary damper associated with a rebound zone as a selected damper for adjustment based on which of the front and rear axles is limiting. The method may also include performing a damping adjustment to the selected damper and cyclically repeating selecting the secondary damper and performing the damping adjustment until pitch resonance is suppressed.
US11919345B2
An Amphibious Vehicle (AV) is capable of planing with less power than prior similar size amphibious vehicles and using mostly off-the-shelf part. The AV uses an outdrive and propellor instead of a pump, and also include leading rear wheel well flaps which are spring biased forward against the hull bottom for on-road use, and pivot back to fill a gap between the hull and rear tire, reducing drag during in-water use. The combination of the propellor and wheel well flap allows planing with less horse power. An engine faces to the rear and either reversing differentials to reversing carrier and hubs provide correct wheel rotation. A reversing gear box attaches to an engine front and reverses rotation providing correct rotation for an outdrive and propellor.
US11919344B2
An ice anchoring system includes a tether that is elongated and has a first end and a second end. An anchor is attached to the second end of the tether. The anchor has length dimension extending from a first lateral edge to a second lateral edge and a width dimension extending from a front side to a rear side. The length dimension is elongated with respect to the width dimension. The tether is secured to the anchor such that a longitudinal axis of the anchor extending through the first and second lateral edges forms an angle with a horizontal plane between 0° and 45° when the anchor is hung freely from the tether.
US11919342B1
A gooseneck ball extender is designed to mate with a center socket and receivers mounted to a towing vehicle and provide a gooseneck bell that is offset from the center socket. The extender has a cylindrical shaft with captured balls that can be moved between a retracted position and an extended position through a spring-loaded locking shaft that moves between an unlocked and locked position. The locking shaft is biased towards the locked position where the captured balls are extended. The extender has an outrigger portion that has puck locks. The puck locks are rotatable between a locked position and an unlocked position. As attached to the towing vehicle, the outrigger portion provides additional support to the gooseneck ball.
US11919332B2
Assembly (1) comprising at least one vehicle wheel (2), adapted to rotate about a vehicle wheel axis (X2) and adapted to perform a rolling movement on an advancement surface for the vehicle; at least one further rotating member (4), which can be operatively connected to said vehicle wheel (2); at least one transmission (6) adapted to transmit kinetic power between said vehicle wheel (2) and said at least one further rotating member (4); wherein said transmission (6) achieves a transmission ratio other than +1; at least one braking device (18) acting on said at least one further rotating member (4) in order to brake said vehicle wheel (2) by means of a braking action acting on said at least one further rotating member (4) which is transmitted to the vehicle wheel (2) by means of said transmission (6).
US11919325B2
An enclosing-sealing apparatus includes a flap opener that opens a flap of an envelope while the envelope is conveyed to an enclosing position. A first envelope detector is disposed upstream from the flap opener in an envelope conveyance direction and detects both ends of the envelope in the envelope conveyance direction. A second envelope detector is disposed downstream from the flap opener in the envelope conveyance direction and detects both ends of the envelope in the envelope conveyance direction in an open state in which the flap opens. A controller determines the open state of the flap based on a first detection result sent from the first envelope detector and a second detection result sent from the second envelope detector. The controller performs troubleshooting for enclosing the enclosure into the envelope if the controller determines that the open state of the flap is faulty.
US11919315B2
The cartridge includes a liquid containing portion containing a liquid, a liquid supply portion, an arrangement portion having a bottom wall in which an opening through which the liquid introduction portion is inserted is formed, and a film peelably attached to the arrangement portion while covering the opening portion, in which the arrangement portion further has a mounting element cooperating with the printing apparatus, and the film is arranged at a position where the film is interposed between the printing apparatus and the mounting element when a mounting process is performed in a state in which the film is attached to the arrangement portion.
US11919310B2
Some embodiments of a device comprise a cleaning-fluid-supply reservoir; a cleaning-fluid-supply conduit; one or more electrical connectors that are configured to be attached to a printhead and supply electrical signals to the printhead; one or more memories; and one or more processors that are in communication with the one or more memories. Also, the one or more processors cooperate with the one or more memories to cause the device to perform operations that include supplying cleaning fluid from the cleaning-fluid-supply reservoir, through the cleaning-fluid-supply conduit, to the printhead, and while supplying the cleaning fluid to the printhead, sending a signal to the printhead, through the one or more electrical connectors, to activate one or more piezo-electric actuators of the printhead.
US11919305B2
A liquid ejecting head with a sealing member includes: a liquid ejecting head including a liquid ejecting surface configured to eject ink; a fixing member configured to be attachable to and detachable from the liquid ejecting head; and a sealing member configured to seal the liquid ejecting head and the fixing member. When the liquid ejecting head to which the fixing member is joined is mounted on a cover, the sealing member seals the liquid ejecting head and the cover.
US11919304B2
A drive-waveform determination method determines a waveform of a first drive pulse to be applied to a drive element included in a first liquid discharging head that discharges liquid. The drive-waveform determination method includes: a first step of obtaining second waveform information regarding a waveform of a second drive pulse to be applied to a drive element included in a second liquid discharging head that discharges liquid; and a second step of determining the waveform of the first drive pulse, based on the second waveform information.
US11919300B2
An inkjet printing apparatus adopting short pulse heating is designed to output a uniform image without unevenness. To this end, in a serial inkjet printing apparatus, a print head is subjected to a short pulse heating treatment before each print scan is carried out. In a case where a print medium is a first print medium, the print head is heated to a first target temperature before carrying out each of the print scans. In a case where the print medium is a second print medium, the print head is heated to a second target temperature lower than the first target temperature before carrying out each of the print scans.
US11919293B2
A recording device includes: a recording unit configured to perform recording by liquid to a recording medium; a support unit configured to support the recording medium subjected to printing and transported in a transport direction; a drying mechanism including a heated air blower including a heat source and a blowing unit; a number of rotations detecting unit configured to detect a number of rotations of the blowing unit; and a control unit configured to control the drying mechanism. The support unit and the heated air blower are disposed sandwiching a transport path of the recording medium at a position downstream of the recording unit in the transport direction. The control unit controls the number of rotations of the blowing unit based on an output of the number of rotations detecting unit in a state in which a constant power is applied to the heat source.
US11919281B2
A fluid impervious wall skin provides an interstitial space. The wall is formed from a composite material, the composite material comprising a plurality of layers including:, a first layer of flexible material having adhesive on at least one surface thereof for attachment to a structural wall; a layer comprising a spacer; and a second layer of flexible material; the layers of the composite material are attached a structural wall and one to the other by adhesive between adjacent layers, and the spacer provides the interstitial space N between the said first and second layers of flexible material within the said composite material. The second flexible layer comprises heavier than the second weight, wherein the each overlapping sheet presents a free edge, and the tape is positioned over the free edge is attached to the overlapping and the overlapped sheet of woven fibreglass fabric of the first weight, and a solvent free epoxy coating applied to the surface of the second flexible layer that is distal from the structural wall, which coating cures to form a hard fluid impervious layer.
US11919277B2
A method for repairing window laminates in which two plies have become separated to create a void, and wherein moisture may have entered through an edge of the window laminate and into the void. The method includes the steps of: placing the window laminate in a vacuum bag and inserting the vacuum bag containing the window laminate into an oven or autoclave for a minimum of ten minutes at a minimum temperature of 120 degrees Fahrenheit to remove the moisture between the plies; removing the vacuum bag and window laminate from the oven, and removing the window from the vacuum bag; forcing a needle on a syringe through the edge of the window laminate in the area of the void; and injecting an adhesive in the syringe into the void to fill the void with the adhesive.
US11919267B2
A press machine for forming a part comprises a moveable press ram, an actuator, a first motor, and a second motor. The moveable press ram is for holding a tool that forms the part. The actuator moves the moveable press ram. The actuator includes a first male-female thread mechanism for producing a first linear movement of the moveable press ram and a second male-female thread mechanism for producing a second linear movement of the movable press ram. The first linear movement is a high-force linear movement condition and the second linear movement is a high-speed linear movement condition. The first motor drives the first male-female thread mechanism to produce the first linear movement. The second motor drives the second male-female thread mechanism to produce the second linear movement.
US11919262B2
The present application relates to a method for post-processing a powder-based additively manufactured part. The method comprising the steps of providing a powder-based additively manufactured part, the additively manufactured part comprising a material having a melting point, providing a fluid for processing the additively manufactured part in order to improve the surface finish of the additively manufactured part, wherein the fluid comprises at least one solvent selected from an organic ester, an aromatic organic compound or an acetal, a heating step, wherein the fluid is heated; and an application step, wherein the heated fluid is applied to a surface of the additively manufactured part. It has been found this process can help to improve the surface finish of the additively manufactured part, e.g. resulting in a less rough (i.e. smoother) surface finish.
US11919256B2
A manufacturing system includes a cutting machine, an adhesion machine, and a pick-and-place system. The cutting machine sequentially cuts a continuous length of a unidirectional prepreg into prepreg segments. Each prepreg segment has an opposing pair of segment cut edges that are non-parallel to a lengthwise direction of the unidirectional prepreg. The adhesion machine has a conveyor belt and an adhesion station. The pick-and-place system sequentially picks up the prepreg segments from the cutting machine, and places the prepreg segments in end-to-end relation on the conveyor belt, and in an orientation such that the segment cut edges are generally parallel to a lengthwise direction of the conveyor belt. The conveyor belt feeds the prepreg segments to the adhesion station. The adhesion station adheres the prepreg segments to a continuous length of a backing material, thereby resulting in a continuous length of a backed cross-ply prepreg.
US11919240B2
A method for the production of an object by additive manufacturing includes inputting a boundary shape and desired mechanical properties for said object, subdividing said boundary shape into a plurality of adjacent work cells, providing a plurality of lattices in a database, each lattice of the database including a geometry and a mechanical property, filling a first one of said work cells with a lattice from the database, the lattice selected based on the correspondence of the mechanical properties of said lattice to said desired mechanical properties of said object, filling the remaining ones of said work cells with lattices from said database to produce a filled boundary shape, each said lattice selected based on: the correspondence of the mechanical properties of said lattice to the desired mechanical properties of the object, and the compatibility of adjacent lattices in adjacent work cells with one another.
US11919237B2
A three-dimensional (3D) bioprinter includes: a case, a printing chamber surrounded by wall surfaces, a moving unit including a horizontal moving unit installed in a space under a bottom surface of the printing chamber and a vertical moving unit installed outside a side surface of the printing chamber, a bed disposed above a bottom surface opening of the bottom surface of the printing chamber, a first bellows which covers a space between the bed and an inner circumferential surface of the bottom surface opening, a first print module provided in the printing chamber and installed to be vertically movable by the vertical moving unit in a Z-axis direction, a second print module provided at one side of the first print module in the printing chamber and installed to be vertically movable by the vertical moving unit in the Z-axis direction, and a controller.
US11919235B2
According to some aspects, techniques that address one or more drawbacks of laser-based optical systems in additive fabrication devices are described. In some aspects, an additive fabrication device may include one or more variable focus lenses that may be operated (e.g., actuated) during fabrication to adjust the focus, and thereby the spot size, of a laser beam. In some aspects, an additive fabrication device may comprise a laser array, such as a plurality of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs), that may be operated to direct light into a build region, rather than using a single laser beam, such as a single diode laser. In some aspects, an additive fabrication device may comprise a container that includes a flexible display film, such as a flexible LCD screen, which may be operated to direct light into the container to thereby cure a liquid photopolymer therein.
US11919230B2
A three-dimensional (3D) printing system includes a resin vessel containing photocurable resin, an imaging system, a build plate with a plate upper surface, a vertical positioner, a volume compensator (VC), and a controller. The controller is configured to: (a) operate the VC to maintain a resin upper surface proximate to a build plane, (b) operate the imaging system and the vertical positioner to generate a plurality of base layers upon the plate upper surface, (c) receive a first signal responsive to vertical motion of the resin upper surface, (d) analyze the first signal to determine a metric that is related to an extent of immersion of the plate upper surface below the resin upper surface during formation of the base layers, and (e) operate the imaging system and the vertical positioner to begin generation of the 3D article after the metric has reached a predefined threshold.
US11919228B2
According to some aspects, techniques are provided to mitigate challenges with additive fabrication devices that utilize a film. These techniques include: improvements to an additive fabrication device build platform to more evenly apply forces onto the film; techniques for inhibiting adhesion between a pair of films and for removing dirt or dust therein; techniques for detecting and/or mitigating the effects of scratches or dust on films; and techniques for detecting film punctures, detecting an imminent film puncture, and/or reducing the impact on the device when punctures occur.
US11919220B2
Systems and methods of indicating to a line worker when there is a defective zipper profile extruded onto a generally flat plastic web while moving in a feed direction in a re-sealable container production line. The system includes a sensor for detecting the defective zipper profile and a web distortion device that actuates in response to the sensor detecting the defect. The web distortion device keeps the web bunched together while it spools onto a roll support device located downstream thereby making it readily apparent to a line worker that the bunched segment contains the defective segment.
US11919218B2
The present invention relates to an external cooling system for a molten film tube produced by a blown film tubular extrusion process, comprised of a divergent cooling element with a divergent cooling interface containing a cooling gas deflector spaced adjacent to the molten film tube and providing an expelled cooling gas (i) in a path opposing the flow of the molten film tube toward a first exit gap and (ii) in a path with the flow of the molten film tube toward a second exit gap. A minimum gap between the divergent cooling interface and the molten film tube occurs at the first exit gap and/or the second exit gap. Advantageously, the divergent cooling interface is provided with one or more compound angles to maximize stability and cooling efficiency. Additionally, multiple cooling elements can preferably be arranged in a stackable configuration to achieve higher throughput rates. Operation is characterized by improved film holding forces without the presence of high noise levels or detrimental vibration, flutter, and drag. Additionally, employing simplified single air delivery channels, and a stackable design, significantly reduces complexity and manufacturing costs.
US11919213B2
A method for producing injection-molded parts by a two-component injection-molding technique in which a first material component is injected into a mold cavity and is displaced into peripheral regions of the mold cavity by injecting a second material component. The first material component is injected into a partial region of the mold cavity at a first gating point and the second material component is injected into the mold cavity at a second gating point and, as a result, the first material component is acted upon by the second material component and displaced in the direction of the regions of the mold to be filled with the first material component. The first material component is thereby displaced into regions of the mold at the wall, and the second material component is introduced in those regions of the mold as a core material and completely into other regions of the mold.
US11919208B2
A method of manufacturing a medical component includes molding a first member of the medical component from an elastomeric material. The first member includes a first end defined by a closed base wall, an opposing second end which is an open end, a sidewall extending between the first and second ends, and an internal recess to receive at least one electronic device. The method further includes positioning the electronic device within the recess of the first member to form an assembly, such that the electronic device is received in an inverted open cavity defined by the sidewall. The method further includes applying a protective film on the second end of the first member, such that the protective film covers an exposed surface of the electronic device. In addition, the method includes overmolding the assembly with the elastomeric material to form the medical component having the electronic device embedded therein.
US11919207B2
A wearable accessory capable of communicating data to actuators or from sensors is disclosed. The wearable accessory includes a conductor wire disposed in a moldable medium according to a predetermined pattern, the moldable medium being an electrically insulating material, the conductor wire terminating at an input and an output.
US11919203B2
A mold for manufacturing a wind turbine blade, including: a lower mold component, and an upper mold component, wherein the lower mold component and the upper mold component form a mold cavity in the shape of a wind turbine blade, and the upper mold component includes at least two upper mold parts is provided. The required floor-to-ceiling height of a production hall is decreased and the required lifting capacity of a crane is lowered.
US11919202B2
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a pellet in a pellet mill, which method comprises the steps of (A) pressing a mixture for compaction by a roller through a nozzle to obtain a strand, and (B) comminuting the strand to obtain the pellet, wherein the mixture for compaction comprises (i) 87 to 97 wt. % of a polymer stabilizer, which is tris(2,4-ditert-butylphenyl) phosphite (CAS-No. 31570-04-4), and (ii) 3 to 13 wt. % of a processing aid, which is a propylene-ethylene copolymer and which possesses a melting enthalpy below 100 J/g at 101.32 kPa. The pellet is useful for a dust-free handling of its polymer stabilizer at a manufacturing of the stabilized polymer. Furthermore, a method for stabilizing a polymer, which is a polyolefin, a polystyrene or a mixture thereof, is disclosed, which comprises the dosing of the pellet to the polymer.
US11919198B2
An apparatus for punching an anchor bolt insertion hole is disclosed. The apparatus enables punching work for forming the anchor bolt insertion hole, of which the bottom side is wider than an inlet, on a panel surface for constructing a concrete structure to be performed regardless of the skill of a worker. During operation, the apparatus provides the movement direction of a hammer drill into the vertical direction and the inclination direction so as to enable precise punching work, and doubly arranges springs, which are elastic devices for adjusting the movement range of the hammer drill, so as to uniformly maintain the angle and size for cutting a wall such that a cross-sectional diameter is large at a portion adjacent to the bottom of the anchor bolt insertion hole.
US11919197B2
The invention concerns an apparatus for furnishing a liner with a layer of stucco slurry, comprising at least: a conveying device (24) for conveying a liner (7), said conveyor device defining a transport direction (31); a stucco slurry feeder device (26) for casting stucco slurry onto the liner (7); a stucco slurry distribution device (27) for distributing stucco slurry cast onto the liner (7); and at least one stripper device (28) for stripping stucco slurry from lateral portions of the liner. The invention further concerns a method for furnishing a liner with a layer of stucco slurry of defined width and a method for producing a gypsum plasterboard.
US11919193B2
The present application presents novel systems and methods for tracking reinforcement member placement in an additively manufactured structure that are simple, accurate, non-labor-intensive, and cost-effective. The present application also presents a novel method of manufacturing a tower structure comprising: depositing, via an additive printing system, a first printed layer of a wall with a printhead assembly, the wall at least partially circumscribing a vertical axis of the tower structure; positioning a first reinforcement member on the first printed layer; depositing, via the additive printing system, a second printed layer of the wall with the printhead assembly on the first reinforcement member, the second printed layer configured to hold a second reinforcement member thereon; and determining, via an optical sensor of the additive printing system, a position for placing the second reinforcement member based on the first reinforcement member positioning.
US11919187B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a cutting geometry running in the circumferential direction, in particular for producing a locking ring, in a shell of a closure cap for a container, comprising the steps of providing the closure cap and transporting the closure cap by means of a transport device along a transport path. The closure cap is fed to a machining section of the transport path, in which machining section a stationary cutter having a cutting blade extending along a cutting section is arranged, and a cutting process is carried out in the machining section by rolling of the shell on the cutting blade of the stationary cutter to produce the cutting geometry. The closure cap is fed to the machining section with a predeterminable orientation of a rotational position relative to a centre axis of the closure cap, and a driver of the transport device which rotates about an axis of rotation is made to engage with a stop of the closure cap and a movement of the rotating driver is controlled in such a way that, when the closure cap enters the machining section, the driver has a rotated position corresponding to the predeterminable orientation of the closure cap. The invention further relates to an apparatus for carrying out the method.
US11919186B1
A retractable cutter comprises a plunger that can be pressed to an on-position for pushing a thrust device of the cutter to guide a blade via a cam piston cartridge through a blade guide and partially outside a bottom retainer to expose the tip of the blade from a housing of the retractable cutter. In this on-position, a spring mechanism of the retractable cutter is engaged between the bottom retainer and the cam piston cartridge to provide a spring force for preventing the blade from extending any further. When the plunger is pressed to an off-position, the thrust device is positioned in such a way to enable the spring mechanism to rebound to its original position for retracting the blade back into the housing.
US11919177B1
A tracking measurement method, apparatus and device for a pose of a tail end of a manipulator. The method comprises: shooting a first calibration board mounted at the tail end of the manipulator by a monocular measurement camera, acquiring multiple sets of first transformation matrices, and mounting the monocular measurement camera on a pitch axis of a pan-tilt; shooting a second calibration board by a global camera, and acquiring multiple sets of second transformation matrices; when a calibration center of the first calibration board is in a center of a field of view of the monocular measurement camera, calculating a measured pose of the tail end of the manipulator; and when the calibration center of the first calibration board deviates from the center of the field of view of the monocular measurement camera, calculating a direction deviation angle, and adjusting the pitch axis and a horizontal axis of the pan-tilt.
US11919174B2
A lab system identifies a set of steps associated with a protocol for a lab meant to be performed by a robot within the lab using equipment and reagents. The lab system renders, within a user interface, a virtual representation of the lab, a virtual robot, and virtual equipment and reagents. Responsive to operating in a first mode, the lab system simulates the identified set of steps identify virtual positions of the virtual robot within the lab as the virtual robot performs the steps and modifies the virtual representation of the lab to mirror the identified positions of the virtual robot in real-time. Responsive to operating in a second mode, the lab system identifies positions of the robot within the lab as the robot performs the identified set of steps and modifies the virtual representation of the lab to mirror the identified positions of the robot in real-time.
US11919173B2
Spatial regions potentially occupied by a robot (or other machinery) or portion thereof and a human operator during performance of all or a defined portion of a task or an application are computationally estimated. These “potential occupancy envelopes” (POEs) may be based on the states (e.g., the current and expected positions, velocities, accelerations, geometry and/or kinematics) of the robot and the human operator. Once the POEs of human operators in the workspace are established, they can be used to guide or revise motion planning for task execution.
US11919170B2
The present teaching relates to a method and system for path planning. Information of a current pose of a robotic arm having a plurality of operable segments is obtained. The information includes a plurality of values, each of which corresponds to an angle formed between consecutive operable segments of the robotic arm. A desired pose where the robotic arm needs to reach is also obtained. An angle step-value is computed for the current pose of the robotic arm based on a function of a distance between the current pose and the desired pose, wherein the angle step value is to be used to determine a plurality of candidate next poses of the plurality of operable segments. One or more of candidate next poses is selected based on at least one criterion, and a trajectory is determined from the current pose to the desired pose based on the selected next poses.
US11919169B2
An example computer-implemented method includes receiving, from one or more vision components in an environment, vision data that captures features of the environment, including object features of an object that is located in the environment, and prior to a robot manipulating the object: (i) determining based on the vision data, at least one first adjustment to a programmed trajectory of movement of the robot operating in the environment to perform a task of transporting the object, and (ii) determining based on the object features of the object, at least one second adjustment to the programmed trajectory of movement of the robot operating in the environment to perform the task, and causing the robot to perform the task, in accordance with the at least one first adjustment and the at least one second adjustment to the programmed trajectory of movement of the robot.
US11919164B2
A robot system (1) includes the robot (10), a motion sensor (11), a surrounding environment sensor (12, 13), an operation apparatus (21), a learning control section (41), and a relay apparatus (30). The robot (10) performs work based on an operation command. The operation apparatus (21) detects and outputs an operator-operating force applied by the operator. The learning control section (41) outputs a calculation operating force. The relay apparatus (30) outputs the operation command based on the operator-operating force and the calculation operating force. The learning control section (41) estimates and outputs the calculation operating force by using a model constructed by performing the machine learning of the operator-operating force, the surrounding environment data, the operation data, and the operation command based on the operation data and the surrounding environment data outputted by the sensors (11 to 13), and the operation command outputted by the relay apparatus (30).
US11919163B2
The invention describes a robot (5) and/or robot controller (17) and a method for validation of programmed workflow sequences or teaching programs (20) of a robot (5) preferably with a robot controller (17), wherein the robot (5) is preferably mounted on or next to a processing machine, in particular an injection molding machine (4), and serves for the extraction, handling, manipulation or further processing of injection-molded parts (3) which have just been produced. The travel parameters, equipment features and functionalities of the physical robot (5) are stored in a configuration file (27) on the control side. The robot controller (17) creates a virtual robot model (21) from these stored data. For validation of a workflow sequence, the robot controller (17) uses the current teaching program (20) in the robot controller (17) whereby the visualization of the workflow sequence is displayed directly on an output unit of the robot controller (17).
US11919158B2
A joint unit that is reduced in size including a plurality of angle detection mechanisms. A joint unit including an input-side support member for a rotationally driven input shaft, a decelerator that decelerates the input shaft to provide a deceleration output shaft, an output rotating body coupled to the deceleration output shaft including a strain generating portion that generates strain due to rotation transmitted by the deceleration output shaft, and an associated rotating body that is coupled to a output-side portion of the strain generating portion of the output rotating body to rotate together with the output rotating body disposed in a space between the input-side support member and an input-side portion of the strain generating portion of the output rotating body.
US11919155B2
Autonomous or automated mobile robots can be configured for transport and logistics applications. Systems for docking of such robots with wheeled carts can be used in methods for operation of such robots.
US11919154B2
A method includes moving a stabilization device comprising a stabilization surface relative to a base of a surgical cart, wherein the moving comprises moving the stabilization device from a retracted position in which the stabilization surface is spaced from the ground surface to a deployed position in which the stabilization surface is in contact with the ground surface, and wherein the moving comprises overcoming a biasing force biasing the stabilization device toward the retracted position.
US11919144B2
An industrial device including a portable tool and a support for this tool. The tool is provided with a motor driving a mechanism in rotation, an electrical energy store to power the tool during operation and a controller to control the motor. The support includes a line, one extremity of which is affixed to the tool, a receiving element defining a location for the grasping of the tool and a winding apparatus of said line exerting a vertical tension to the tool so as to lighten its weight when it is no longer at its grasping location. The industrial device further includes a transmission of an electrical energy to charge the energy store when the tool is positioned in the receiving element. The tool is light weight tool while at the same time highly maneuverable in charging supercapacitors or a battery only when the tool is on the support.
US11919139B2
A power tool fall protection device comprises a sleeve dimensioned to pass over one end of the tool. The sleeve has cheeks projecting from opposite sides of the sleeve to engage a substrate and tabs on the sleeve to inhibit movement of the sleeve along the tool.
US11919132B2
A shower base installation system including a shower base and shower base installation tool. The shower base includes one or more recesses on the bottom surface. The installation tool includes a handle, a strap, and a hook. The tool is used to lift and maneuver a shower base into position by engaging the hook into one of the recesses in the shower base.
US11919122B2
A substrate processing apparatus includes: a conveyor belt configured to have an outer surface on which a bottom surface of a substrate is seated; and a polishing head unit configured to face an upper surface of the substrate, wherein the polishing head unit includes: a polishing head connected to a driver; a polishing pad configured to face the polishing head; a polishing pad fixing ring disposed between the polishing head and the polishing pad; and a temperature sensor configured to overlap the polishing pad fixing ring and to be spaced apart from the polishing pad fixing ring.
US11919118B2
A method for joining or machining, in particular a friction stir welding method, using an apparatus, in which a tool, in particular a friction stir welding tool, is driven via a spindle with a spindle axis. To achieve high process reliability, even when the method is applied in poorly accessible positions, an adapter, in particular an angle head, is arranged between the spindle and the tool so that the tool axis about which the tool rotates does not coincide with the spindle axis. A force acting on the spindle is measured and the method is controlled depending on the force measured at the spindle. The apparatus for joining or machining, in particular for friction stir welding, includes a headstock with a spindle, which can be rotated about a spindle axis and a tool, in particular a friction stir welding tool, which can be driven about a tool axis by the spindle.
US11919116B1
A mechanical assembly to precisely position large objects and align them to be joined with other objects with precision. The assembly does not require power to operate and can therefore be used in a variety of remote and harsh locations.
US11919115B2
The present invention discloses a flexible dot matrix bonding apparatus and an adaptive clamping method for a disk-type planar component. The apparatus mainly comprises three components: a substrate, connecting rods and an auxiliary support. The threaded holes in a circumferential array are uniformly distributed in the substrate, and the connecting rods are fixed at different circumferential positions of the substrate in a threaded connection manner, which play a role in bonding and supporting the disk-type planar component. The auxiliary support is matched with the substrate, so that a workpiece after turning can be taken out without damage. According to detection results of machining deformation of the disk-type planar component, the installation positions of the connecting rods on the substrate are adjusted accordingly, thus changing bonding positions of the disk-type planar component. Finally, an adaptive clamping method aiming at reducing the machining deformation of the disk-type planar component is formed.
US11919110B2
A method includes monitoring a submerged arc welding (SAW) operation in real-time; determining, based on the monitoring and in real-time, a discrepancy between a desired weld parameter and an actual weld parameter of a weld resulting from the SAW operation; and in response to determining the discrepancy, controlling a power supply, which provides power for the SAW operation, to modify at least one of balance or offset of an alternating current (AC) welding power signal supplied for the SAW operation to compensate for the discrepancy.
US11919109B2
There is described a modular welding device having a welding torch assembly defining a welding axis and having a welding torch rotatable about the welding axis. The welding device further includes a drive assembly releasably attachable to the welding torch assembly and operable to linearly translate the welding torch assembly along an axis of translation. When the drive assembly is attached to the welding torch assembly in a first orientation relative to the welding torch assembly, the drive assembly is detachable from the welding torch assembly and re-attachable to the welding torch assembly so as to be disposed in a second orientation relative to the welding torch assembly.
US11919108B2
A Mobile Electric Flash-Butt (EFB) Welding apparatus that incorporates an automated geometry system which creates field/mobile EFB welds with proper vertical alignment, within a definable distance. The system has a first pair of adjustable reference points on a left side of a mobile welding apparatus. The system has a second pair of adjustable reference points on the right side of the welding apparatus. The system has a first lifting mechanism positioned between the first pair of adjustable reference points and a second lifting mechanism positioned between the second pair of adjustable reference points. The welding line is positioned between the first and second pair of adjustable reference points and is the location of the weld. The system allows for comparatively shorter inserts than previously utilized.
US11919099B2
A blade includes an attachment portion having a mounting aperture, the attachment portion configured to couple with an oscillating power tool. The blade also includes a body extending from the attachment portion in a direction defining a longitudinal axis. The body includes a cutting edge having teeth and a distal end generally opposite the attachment portion. The cutting edge is recessed from the distal end.
US11919093B2
A machine tool includes a plurality of modules, and a control means for controlling operation of the modules, wherein the plurality of modules include a fixed module and two movable modules. The control means includes a restriction means for restricting the movement of the two movable modules for allowing only one of the movable modules to be moved to a facing position facing the fixed module; and a determination means for determining the movable module to be moved to the facing position. The control means is configured to control the operation of the plurality of modules so that, when the operation under cooperation of the fixed module and one of the movable modules has been completed, the restriction means releases the restriction of the movement of the other movable module to the facing position.
US11919084B2
An electronic component includes an element body made of a composite material of a resin material and metal powder. A plurality of particles of the metal powder are exposed from the resin material and make contact with one another on the outer surface of the element.
US11919077B2
Systems and methods for manufacturing sintered materials are disclosed. Metal nano- and microparticles can be sintered to form thin films. The metals are sintered in the presence of a binder such as a tar, e.g., steam cracker tar (SCT), which has strong absorbing and antioxidant properties that allow the metal particles to retain heat. Retention of heat by the binder can allow the sintering to occur at ambient temperatures. In some embodiments, the mixture and/or the resulting films can be used in additive manufacturing processes to build various components from the layers of thin film manufactured from the presently disclosed methods.
US11919072B2
The present invention discloses a preparation process of multi-component spherical alloy powder, which adopts a plasma rotation electrode process (PREP) method to prepare the multi-component spherical alloy powder. The multi-component alloy includes at least one of refractory metals and compounds thereof, specifically including tungsten, molybdenum, tantalum, niobium, rhenium, tungsten carbide, tantalum carbide and the like. The present invention adopts the PREP method to prepare the multi-component spherical alloy powder containing the refractory metals or compound thereof, and the prepared multi-component spherical alloy powder has high sphericity, good fluidity and high tap density, and is low in content of impurity elements and output of hollow powder and satellite powder; compared with other preparation methods, the prepared alloy powder has better performance and is an ideal material for metal 3D printing; and the present invention further solves the problem of difficulty in preparing a round rod with the refractory metals or compound thereof as a base material used in the PREP method, and provides a spatial structure meshing method, a direct element mixing method or a porous framework method to prepare a multi-component alloy rod.
US11919066B2
A self-piercing rivet escapement mechanism for a rivet setting machine includes a self-piercing rivet track in which self-piercing rivets are receivable. A first resiliently biased jaw is biased towards a closed configuration in which the first resiliently biased jaw retains self-piercing rivets in the self-piercing rivet track. The first resiliently biased jaw is moveable to an open configuration in which a self-piercing rivet can escape the self-piercing rivet track. The first resiliently biased jaw is configured to move from the closed configuration to the open configuration upon exertion of a load upon the first resiliently biased jaw.
US11919055B2
Air rinsing apparatus and systems for rinsing containers are disclosed. An example air rinsing apparatus includes: a first enclosure having a first inlet port and a first output port; a second enclosure within the first enclosure, the second enclosure comprising a second inlet port and a second output port, the second output port disposed on a same face of the first enclosure as the first inlet port; and one or more air movers configured to: urge first air into the second inlet port, the second enclosure configured to direct the first air from the second inlet port to the second output port; and pull second air from the first output port, the first enclosure configured to direct the second air from the first inlet port to the first output port.
US11919054B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a cleaning device and a method of cleaning a nozzle, and relate to the technical field of semiconductor manufacturing. The cleaning device includes: a body configured to surround the nozzle, where the body includes a body inlet and a body outlet; and at least one row of first runners configured to introduce a cleaning agent, where the first runners are arranged along an outer circumference of the body, an outlet of each of the first runners communicates with the body, and a cleaning position is formed at the outlet of the first runner.
US11919044B2
The present invention is related to methods and systems for collected item information for stored items. In one embodiment, a networked food storage system comprises a first sensor configured to read information from item tags coupled to items, wherein the items are stored or intended to be stored in a storage unit. A data store is configured to store food preferences for at least a first user. Instructions, stored in computer readable memory, are configured to: cause a first user interface to be displayed to the first user via which the first user can request a meal suggestion; retrieve preference information for the first user from computer readable memory; retrieve information read from at least a first item tag; and provide a meal suggestion based at least in part on preference information for the first user and item tag information.
US11919027B2
A spray gun cup lid is disclosed comprising a modular lid base and a modular liquid outlet that is formed independently of the modular lid base and is connected at an interface to the modular lid base. The modular liquid outlet comprises an outlet connection member to allow connection to a compatible spray gun.
US11919025B2
A method and apparatus for applying a foamed mixture of paints on a structural surface. A continuous stream of high velocity gas moves through a nozzle and is directed toward the structural surface, and two or more paints may be intermittently moved into the gas stream of the nozzle and aerated and mixed with each other and moved with the gas stream to form a foam that is applied to the structural surface. The components of the foamed mixture may include single component or plural component materials such as polyurethane foam, adhesive, and polyurea formulations, and may be moved through a volumetric metering device consisting of material heaters, a heated hose, and an applicator gun. The nitrogen gas stream fluidizes the mixture as it passes through and out of the nozzle and forms the mixture into a foam that is applied to the structural surface.
US11919012B2
A device for directing high pressure fluid includes: a spindle having a rigid body defining a fluid passageway therein; a spindle mount configured to mount the spindle to a fluid source; and a fluid distributer coupled to the spindle and including a plurality of spaced-apart fluid dispensers formed therein that are each fluidly coupled to the fluid passageway and configured to dispense fluid outside the device.
US11919011B2
In at least one embodiment, the invention provides a retrofit for existing water treatment systems where the retrofit includes a particulate separator with a connection member and a discharge module. In a further embodiment, the invention includes a water treatment system combined with at least one of the following: a particulate separator, a supplementary inlet, and a waveform disk-pack turbine.
US11919007B2
An agitator ball mill comprising a grinding chamber having a cylindrical wall, and further having a rotatably mounted agitator shaft extending into the grinding chamber and on which at least one agitator element is arranged inside the grinding chamber. The mill further comprises an inlet for supplying to the grinding chamber material to be ground and grinding bodies, an outlet for removal of the ground material, and an induction heater for the material to be ground located in the grinding chamber, the induction heater comprising an inductor and a susceptor. The at least one agitator element comprises a susceptor material which forms the susceptor of the induction heater, wherein the inductor comprises at least one coil which is arranged outside the cylindrical wall of the grinding chamber and encompasses the grinding chamber, and wherein the cylindrical wall of the grinding chamber consists of an electrically and magnetically non-conductive material.
US11919000B2
Provided are methods and systems useful for screening large libraries of effector molecules. Such methods and systems are particularly useful in microfluidic systems and devices. The methods and systems provided herein utilize encoded effectors to screen large libraries of effectors.
US11918998B2
A separation container for extracting a portion of a sample for use or testing and method for preparing samples for downstream use or testing are provided. The separation container may include a body defining an internal chamber. The body may define an opening, and the body may be configured to receive the sample within the internal chamber. The separation container may further include a seal disposed across the opening, such that the seal may be configured to seal the opening of the body, and a plunger movably disposed at least partially inside the internal chamber. The plunger may be configured to be actuated to open the seal and express the portion of the sample.
US11918994B2
Sample contamination is suppressed by strengthening the air barrier of a work opening portion. A safety cabinet includes: a work room; a front surface door covering a part of a front opening portion of the work room; and a work opening portion on a lower side of the front surface door allowing a worker to work with his or her hand in. An intake port suctions air in the work room and outside air through the work opening portion on a front surface side of a workbench in a lower portion of the work room. A straightening plate drawing an air flow and a linear light source are provided on the work room side of the front surface door and above a front portion of the work room.
US11918991B2
A reformer furnace is provided for use in converting a hydrocarbon feed into a synthesis gas stream. The reformer furnace includes at least one bayonet reformer tube located at least partly within an enclosed volume. The reformer furnace includes a first support arranged to support the second end portion of the at least one bayonet reformer tube against the second endwall of the reformer furnace.
US11918981B2
The present invention relates to a perovskite metal oxide catalyst substituted with metal ions for reducing carbon deposition, a method for producing the same, and a process for performing a methane reforming reaction using this catalyst. According to the present invention, a novel type of catalyst is produced in which Ni, iron or cobalt in ionic form is substituted at a portion of the Ti site (B-site) of SrTiO3, MgTiO3, CaTiO3 or BaTiO3, which is a multicomponent metal oxide having a perovskite (ABO3) structure. Then, various methane reforming reactions (e.g., steam-methane reforming (SMR), dry reforming of methane (DRM), catalytic partial oxidation of methane (CPOM), etc.) may be efficiently and economically performed using this catalyst. The nickel-substituted perovskite metal oxide catalyst according to the present invention has a structure in which Ni2+, Co2+, Fe2+, Co3+ or Fe3+ is substituted in the perovskite lattice structure. Thus, the metal oxide catalyst has advantages in that carbon deposition thereon does not occur, and thus the catalyst has a high catalytic stability and may be used for a long time.
US11918976B2
An electrostatic adsorption mask is provided. The mask comprises two straps, a mask body, a filtering layer and a tiny power. The filtering layer is located in the mask body and comprises a first carbon nanotube layer, a second carbon nanotube layer and an insulated porous layer. The insulated porous layer is located between the first carbon nanotube layer and the second carbon nanotube layer. The first carbon nanotube layer and the second carbon nanotube layer are electrically coupled with the tiny power. An electric field is existed between the first carbon nanotube layer and the second carbon nanotube layer.
US11918968B2
An object is to provide a light irradiation apparatus irradiating a light to a sample in a reaction vessel while stirring the sample more efficiently. A rotating stage can rotate around a first axis that is a central axis thereof. A holding mechanism holds reaction vessels whose longitudinal directions are a direction of the central axis on a circumference around the first axis on the rotating stage at equal intervals. Rotation mechanisms hold bottoms of the reaction vessels and rotate the reaction vessels around second axes that are central axes of the reaction vessels, respectively. A light irradiation mechanism is disposed on the rotating stage and irradiates a light emitted from at least one light emitting diode to the reaction vessels from a predetermined direction.
US11918964B2
A system for recalculating a formula previously used in preparing a mixture made from adding at least two components. The system includes a control system and salon management software. The control system has a processor, a computer-readable memory, and a display. The memory contains software configured to receive a formula defining instructions for blending a hair dye mixture using one or more blending materials and amounts recommended for the hair dye mixture. The salon management software is stored in the computer-readable memory and executed by the control system. The salon management software is in communication with the control system to exchange information on customers and formulas of hair dye mixtures associated with the customers.
US11918961B2
A device for generating bubbles or droplets may include a cavity comprising a first pressurized phase, at least one input capillary of a second phase, and an output capillary coaxially aligned with the at least one input capillary. The opening of the tip of the at least one input capillary has an internal diameter of less than half the internal diameter of the output capillary. The cross section of the cavity may be selected so that, in use, the average speed field in the cavity is quasi-static.
US11918960B2
A system and method for dosing SO2 into wine barrels is achieved with a device including a compressed gas cylinder containing compressed liquefied SO2 under its own vapor pressure, a dosing wand fluidly connected to the cylinder via a hose that is adapted and configured to allow a flow of gaseous SO2 from the source to the dosing wand. The dosing wand includes a hollow needle dispensing nozzle and a SO2 batch flow controller in fluid communication between the hose and the hollow needle. The hollow needle dispensing nozzle is adapted and configured to pierce through a bung opening of a wine barrel and has at least one aperture at a terminal end thereof to allow gaseous SO2 to be dispensed into an interior of the wine barrel.
US11918958B2
The present invention discloses a Fe—Al-based metal porous membrane and a preparation method thereof, which relate to the technical field of industrial gas-solid and liquid-solid separation and purification, and mainly address problems in the prior art, such as cracking-prone and peeling of a membrane layer of an existing Fe—Al-based metal porous membrane during its preparation and use. The preparation method of the present invention comprises the steps of: adding a Fe—Al-based metal powder and a metal fiber powder into an organic-additive-added water-based solvent, and mixing them into a slurry; casting the slurry, through a casting machine, to form a membrane green body on a metal substrate layer, and letting it dry; and placing the dried membrane green body in a sintering furnace, to remove organic substances and perform high-temperature sintering and predetermined-temperature reaction synthesis.
US11918943B2
A turbine engine having a compressor section, a combustor section, a turbine section, and a rotatable drive shaft that couples a portion of the turbine section and a portion of the compressor section. A bypass conduit couples the compressor section to the turbine section while bypassing at least the combustion section. At least one particle separator is located in the turbine engine having a separator inlet that receives a bypass stream, a separator outlet that receives a reduced-particle stream flows, and a particle outlet that receives a concentrated-particle stream comprising separated particles. A conduit, fluidly coupled to the particle outlet, extends through an interior of at least one stationary vane.
US11918940B2
The invention relates to an apparatus (1, 1′) for filtering a fluid, in particular a Bernoulli filtering apparatus (1, 1′), comprising: a housing (3, 3′), a plurality of filter elements (55), arranged in the housing (3, 3′), for filtering the fluid, an inlet (5) for admitting fluid to be filtered into the housing (3, 3′), and an outlet (7) for discharging the filtered fluid from the housing (3, 3′). The invention solves the stated problem by providing the housing (3, 3′) with a plurality of housing segments (23) which can be connected to adjacent housing segments (23), and by a filter element (55) being arranged at least partially inside each housing segment (23), and by the housing segments (23) and filter elements (55) together forming a modularly assembled filter module (9). The invention also relates to apparatuses of the kind initially specified which further comprise: at least one housing cover (25) for closing the housing, at least one filter cleaning mechanism (11) for cleaning the filter element (55) of residues from the filtered fluid, and at least one backflushing system (13, 13′) in fluid communication with the filter element (55), for conducting and discharging the residues from the filtered fluid. The invention solves the stated problem by the filter cleaning mechanism (11) being associated with the housing cover (25) and in particular being fixed thereto, and by the backflushing system (13, 13′) being associated with the housing (3, 3′), in particular with housing segments (23).
US11918931B2
A device that creates micro or small-sized bubbles that resemble snow. The microbubble-producing device includes a shaft with a microbubble-producing solution reservoir connected to one end and a housing connected to a second end. The housing contains a motor, a pump, and an air-producing device, which are electrically connected to a power source. An air duct is connected on one end to the air-producing device and another end to a microbubble emitter. The emitter is hollow and includes an exterior wall. Secured to an inner surface of the wall is a shelf, which contains at least one orifice. A microbubble-producing solution input channel is a tubular structure with a first end submerged within the microbubble-producing solution reservoir and a second end connected to the shelf through the wall of the emitter.
US11918930B2
A connection structure for toy tents having a first connection component, a second connection component and a connection buckle, the first connection component and the second connection component are clamped together, the connection buckle is clamped with the first connection component and the second connection component, an outer hemisphere of the first connecting assembly is clamped with an outer hemisphere of the second connecting assembly and an inner hemisphere of the first connecting assembly is clamped with the inner hemisphere of the second connecting assembly.
US11918927B1
Provided herein is a string shooting device having a string capable of emitting light absorbed from a light source. A string shooting device described herein includes: a body; a housing attached to the body; a pair of wheels disposed at least partially within the housing, where at least one of the pair of wheels is a driven wheel; a string, where the string includes at least one of phosphorescent particles or phosphorescent fibers, and where the string is propelled along a path by the pair of wheels; and a light source, where the light source is configured to project illumination to the path along which the string travels within the housing.
US11918925B2
A ride vehicle includes a riding assembly configured to carry a rider, a base configured to couple to the riding assembly, and a control system configured to control the coordination of movements of the ride vehicle with movements of separate ride vehicles. The base includes a surface movement system configured to move the ride vehicle along a surface, a vertical movement system configured to move the riding assembly vertically relative to the base, and a roll system configured to move the riding assembly angularly relative to the base.
US11918917B2
A game control method, game server, and program can increase variations on methods for acquiring items, increase the predictability of acquisition of an item with a high rarity value or the like, and heighten interest in the game. Included are the steps of presenting a communication terminal, connected over a communication line, with acquirable item information that, for each item type, includes a total count and an acquisition count or a non-acquisition count of items when receiving, from the communication terminal, a request to present information related to items acquirable by the communication terminal, determining an item to provide to the communication terminal when receiving an item acquisition request from the communication terminal, and changing the acquirable item information when receiving a reset request from the communication terminal.
US11918912B2
A process to track and provide positional information for display on a remote device includes receiving, on a first recurring basis, time-stamped position information of participant(s) in a competition. The time-stamped position information is captured by a telemetry tracking system during the competition and describes a time-stamped position of each of one or more corresponding participants in a predetermined spatial region. The process includes communicating at least a subset of time-stamped position information to the remote device on a second recurring basis. The remote device uses the time-stamped position information to overlay a representation of one or more of said participants onto a first virtual reproduction of at least a relevant portion of the predetermined spatial region to produce and display an instance of a compiled virtual scene that shows a respective position of each of the participant(s) on the first virtual reproduction of the predetermined spatial region.
US11918900B2
This application discloses a scene recognition method and apparatus, which may be applied to game scene recognition. The method includes: obtaining one or more drawing instructions, and determining a to-be-drawn target object based on a description parameter carried in the one or more drawing instructions. Based on a particular relationship between scenes and an object inside scenes, a corresponding target scene may be determined based on the target object.
US11918898B2
Embodiments include a system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, detecting a current trigger during a video game and determining a group of players involved in the current trigger. Further embodiments include recording a trigger clip of game content for each player in the group of players resulting in a group of trigger clips. Each trigger clip of the group of trigger clips is a portion of game content that includes the current trigger from a perspective of each player of the group of players. Additional embodiments include providing the group of trigger clips to a group of gaming devices over a communication network. Each gaming device of the group of gaming devices is associated with one player of the group of players. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US11918895B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for video transmission. According to one example, computer-readable instructions, cause a computer to: generate motion data; distribute, toward terminal devices of a plurality of viewers via a communication line, the motion data; receive a webpage; receive operation data from a user interface; generate a second video related to a computer-implemented game on the basis of the operation data by using the received web page; distribute the second video toward the terminal devices of the plurality of viewers via the communication line; receive at least one of distribution related data; extract a selected game object out of a plurality of game objects to be used in the game; calculate a control parameter related to the selected game object on the basis of the distribution related data; generate the second video including the selected game object; and distribute the second video toward the terminal devices of the plurality of viewers.
US11918892B2
A gaming system and an operation method of a gaming server thereof are provided. The gaming system includes multiple player devices and the gaming server. The gaming server establishes a network connection with the player devices. In response to one of the player devices initiating a game, the gaming server sends a game notification to the player devices according to a player list. The gaming server determines a common throughput between the player devices based on a response of each of the player devices to the game notification.
US11918889B2
A device comprising at least one controller handset possessing a housing and at least one control element that is arranged so as to protrude from the housing and to be movable with respect to the housing so as to allow a user to control at least one movement of at least one object that is external to the device, and a contactless transponder having at least one antenna that is housed in the at least one control element.
US11918888B2
Systems, methods, and computer readable media directed to multi-user visual experiences such as interactive gaming experiences and artistic media experiences. A viewing electronic device includes a camera configured to capture images, a display, and a processor coupled to the camera and the display. The processor is configured to capture, with the camera, images of a rotating marker where the rotating marker is presented on a monitor of a remote device and to present, on the display, a visual experience where the visual experience has an adjustable feature. The processor detects a parameter of the rotating marker from the captured images that corresponds to the adjustable feature and updates the visual experience responsive to the detected parameter. The parameter may be one or more of an angle, speed of rotation, direction of rotation, color, or pattern of the rotating marker.
US11918882B2
An interactive exercise apparatus for guiding a user to perform an exercise includes a display device and a detecting device. The display device is configured to display video imagery which shows an instructor image and at least one motion check image. The motion check image corresponds to a predetermined one of a plurality of body parts of the user, which has a motion guide track and a motion achievement evaluation. The detecting device is configured to detect displacement of the body parts. The motion guide track is displayed on a predetermined position of the video imagery with a predetermined track pattern, corresponding to a movement path of the predetermined body part when the user follows movements demonstrated by the instructor image to perform the exercise. The motion achievement evaluation indicates a matching degree determined according to the displacement of the predetermined body part detected by the detecting device.
US11918879B2
There are numerous tools a golfer can buy that will increase or decrease the weight or moment of inertia of a club to increase swing speed, but none of these tools accurately represent the center of mass of a standard golf club. The differences in the center of the mass between the standard club and the trainer club can create problems with the swing including improper alignment of the club face through contact and improper swing path. A swing trainer that increases or decreases the moment of inertia of the trainer by 10-12% while still maintaining the same center of mass as a standard club can solve this issue.
US11918874B2
A damper is provided within the cavity of a golf club head and spans substantially the full length of the striking face from heel-to-toe of the golf club head. One or more cutouts and/or other relief is provided in the damper to reduce the surface area of the damper that contacts the rear surface of the striking face. By reducing the surface area that the damper contacts the rear surface of the striking face, the full length damper improves the sound and feel of the golf club head at impact and only minimally reduces performance of the golf club head. For example, the one or more cutouts and/or other relief maintains face flexibility, characteristic time (CT) and coefficient of restitution (COR) of the striking face.
US11918871B2
Embodiments of golf club heads having adjustable weighting systems with a plurality of discrete attachment locations capable of receiving one or more weights are described herein. The golf club heads described herein provide user adjustability of club head center of gravity to adjust ball flight while maintaining a high moment of inertia and low and back center of gravity position.
US11918870B2
Golf clubs having weighting systems with movable weights are disclosed. In one embodiment, the golf club head includes: a main body having a periphery; and a weighting system including a movable weight, wherein the weighting system is configured to allow the weight to move between: a first position inward of the periphery of the main body; and a second position wherein at least a portion of the weight is located outward of the periphery of the main body. In other cases, the movable weight need not be movable to a position that is outward of the periphery of the main body.
US11918869B2
Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head may include a body portion having a face portion for striking a golf ball and an enclosed interior cavity. A filler material may be disposed in the interior cavity and may reinforce the face portion. The filler material may include a low-density polymer material to enable discretionary mass placement to other areas of the golf club head. The golf club head may also include a hosel portion configured to adjust certain mass properties of the golf club head. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
US11918863B1
A method and system for determining concentricity of a multiple layer golf ball are disclosed herein. One or more images of a golf ball are generated using an X-ray source, a camera or a digital detector, and an image intensifier. An edge detection algorithm is preferably utilized. The method also includes calculating Y,Z center coordinates of the a best fit diameter or ellipse of the inner edge layer and outer edge layer of the multiple layer golf ball.
US11918857B2
The present disclosure generally relates to navigating, viewing, and sharing activity and workout data and interacting with workout and/or activity applications. In some examples, scrolling of activity data is based on the content being displayed. In some examples, friends' activity data may be viewed. In some examples, a notification and workout data for a friend's completed workout is received and displayed. In some example, the activity data received from friends is viewed and managed. In some examples, workout data for a multi-segment workout is displayed in a three-dimensional stack on a map. In some examples, a workout application operates in a limited mode until a touch input is received with a characteristic intensity that is greater than a threshold intensity.
US11918856B2
A fitness tracking system for generating movement variables corresponding to movement of a user includes a monitoring device, a personal electronic device, and a remote processing server. The monitoring device is configured to be worn or carried by the user and includes a movement sensor configured to collect movement data. The personal electronic device is operably connected to the monitoring device. At least one of the personal electronic device and the monitoring device is configured to calculate feature data by applying a set of rules to the movement data, to calculate raw speed data corresponding to a speed of the user from the subset of the movement data, and to calculate raw distance data corresponding to a distance moved by the user from the subset of the movement data. The remote processing server includes a machine learning model for processing at least the feature data.
US11918850B2
A stationary exercise bike for use within a correctional facility is disclosed. The stationary bike having a frame portion, an adjustable seat portion, an adjustable handle portion, a drive mechanism, a display portion, and a housing portion comprising a locking system. In accordance with an embodiment, the housing portion encloses at least a portion of the frame portion, and cannot be opened unless the locking system is unlocked. The stationary exercise bike also comprises a retention portion for securely attaching at least a portion of frame portion to a wall or a floor.
US11918849B2
An exercise machine creates a simulated continuous resisted climbing motion. The machine includes a floor- or ground-contacting base frame and two or more substantially vertically oriented uprights, wherein at least one upright is rigidly connected to the base frame. The machine further includes two handles and two foot pedals, each handle and each foot pedal being movably engaged with an upright for linear reciprocating motion along the upright. The handles and foot pedals are interconnected so that they move concurrently. An adjustable resistance mechanism may be operatively connected to the interconnection of the handles and foot pedals to provide adjustable resistance for the simulated continuous climbing motion.
US11918847B2
An auto lock system for a manual treadmill, the auto lock system having a locking mechanism comprising a movable arm having a distal end facing one of the front axle or the rear axle, a locking device at the distal end of the movable arm configured to engage the one of the front axle or the rear axle to inhibit rotation of respective front wheels or rear wheels, and an actuator configured to move the movable arm. A controller is in communication with a sensor configured to detect a user on the tread. The controller is configured to, in response to the sensor detecting no user on the manual treadmill, actuate the actuator to move the movable arm such that the locking device engages the one of the front axle or the rear axle.
US11918844B2
A training device includes a backpack having a pair of shoulder straps, a rigid backbrace having at least two arms, a pair of lower support members coupled to ends of the rigid backbrace, and a resistance band coupled to each of the pair of lower support members and terminating in a handle.
US11918840B2
A fitness bar that houses free-moving weights and a flow impeder. The speed and the movement of the weights are controlled by the flow impeder and the angle of which the bar is positioned. The outer layer of the tube is covered with a material that improves the grip of the fitness bar. When performing exercises with the fitness bar, you will develop a more defined, flexible and stronger body.
US11918838B2
Disclosed is a fire suppressant system for a cargo container, the system having: a pressure vessel disposed within the cargo container, an exterior surface of the pressure vessel defining a fire suppressant-opening; a seal member that covers the fire suppressant-opening; and a connection feature connects the seal member to the pressure vessel, wherein the connection feature that releases the seal member when exposed to a predetermined minimum temperature.
US11918835B2
A powered air-purifying respirator (PAPR). The PAPR comprises an air pump comprising an electric motor, an eccentric venturi communicatively coupled to an air channel of the air pump, wherein the eccentric venturi comprises a first sensor port and a second sensor port, a differential air pressure sensor mechanically coupled to the first sensor port and the second sensor port, and a controller that is communicatively coupled to an electrical output of the differential air pressure sensor and to the electric motor, wherein the controller is configured to control the speed of the electric motor to maintain a predefined rate of flow of purified air based on the electrical output of the differential air pressure sensor.
US11918832B2
Systems and methods for applying ultrasound sonication to temporarily disrupt a patient's blood-brain barrier (BBB) include storing threshold values of an acoustic response level, an acoustic response dose and a tissue response dose associated with a target BBB region and its surrounding regions based on anatomical characteristics thereof; causing the ultrasound transducer to transmit one or more pulses/waves; measuring the acoustic response level, the acoustic response dose, and/or the tissue response dose associated with the target BBB region and/or its surrounding regions; comparing the measurement with a corresponding stored threshold value; and operating the transducer based at least in part on the comparison.
US11918831B2
The invention comprises a method and apparatus for treating a tumor of a patient with positively charged particles, comprising the steps of transporting the positively charged particles along a beam transport path passing sequentially from an accelerator, through a beam transport line, through a nozzle, and toward a position of the patient, the step of transporting further comprising the steps of: (1) terminating a first Bragg peak, of a first set of the positively charged particles, in a position of the tumor and (2) flash treating the tumor with a second Bragg peak, of a second set of the positively charged particles, the second Bragg peak terminating post-patient relative to the nozzle. Optionally the second set of particles are delivered at a rate exceeding one MHz. Optionally, particles in common are used to both treat the tumor and image the tumor.
US11918821B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems, and methods that may include a connector port subassembly. The connector port subassembly may include one or more connector blocks configured to interference fit within a connector bore, one or more windows through the core subassembly to the one or more connector blocks, and one or more seal rings configured to interference fit within the connector bore and eliminate adulterant entry into the connector bore through the one or more windows.
US11918801B2
An example device for repairing a tissue is described herein. The device can include a flexible carrier layer, and a support member including a plurality of micro-protrusions extending therefrom. The support member can be at least partially integrated with the flexible carrier layer. Additionally, the flexible carrier layer can be configured to cover at least a portion of the tissue, and the micro-protrusions can be configured to mechanically interface with the tissue.
US11918789B2
One or more embodiments of the disclosure are related, generally, to a reusable accessory for a manual medication delivery device. Such a reusable accessory may include a wireless communication interface, a detection circuitry, and a recommendation system. In one or more embodiments, an adapter may be configured to reversibly couple such a reusable accessory to a manual medication delivery device. Dosing events may be detected that are associated with dosing at the manual medication delivery device. Dose recommendations may be provided responsive to analyte measurements and/or dosing events.
US11918788B2
An optical decoding system including an optical sensor integral with or attachable to a housing of a drug delivery device and configured to be directed at first and second rotatable components of a dose setting and dispensing mechanism of the drug delivery device and a processor configured to: (i) cause the optical sensor to capture images of the first and second rotatable components at least at the beginning and end of a medicament dose dispensing process; (ii) determine a rotational position of both the first and second rotatable components in each of the captured images; and (iii) determine from the rotational positions of the first and second rotatable components an amount of medicament delivered by the dose setting and dispensing mechanism of the drug delivery device.
US11918784B2
A medical liquid injection device includes a base body, a needle assembly mounted on the base body, a reservoir fluidly connected to the needle assembly and having a plunger therein, a driving unit that linearly moves the plunger, and an encoder unit disposed at an end of the driving unit to measure rotation of the driving unit.
US11918782B2
Method and system for providing an integrated analyte monitoring system and on-body patch pump with multiple cannulas and a sensor combination is provided.
US11918778B2
A compact and smart wearable device is configured to automatically inject medicines into the wearer. Because hypodermic needles are only deployed when triggered, infection risks are eliminated. Necessary medicines are automatically deployed based on physiological or other data without human intervention to save lives.
US11918777B2
Disclosed herein is a syringe pump module with a non-decoupling drive mechanism and motor actuation mechanism to configured to bidirectionally move the non-decoupling drive mechanism.
US11918771B2
A vaporization capsule including a liquid active agent absorbed in or adsorbed to a substrate, which may be operated so as to vaporize the liquid active agent. The vaporization capsule includes a capsule body defining a first volume and a second volume. A first cover sealingly engages the capsule body at a first end thereof. The first cover includes an exterior perimeter, an interior wall including a hollow defined between the exterior perimeter and the interior wall portion, and at least one indentation disposed in the interior wall portion, fluidly connecting the first volume and the second volume via the hollow.
US11918766B2
The disclosure provides a flexible, narrow medical device (such as a micro-catheter or a guidewire) that is controllably moved and steered through lumens of a body. The medical device may include an electrically-actuatable bendable portion at a distal end, which may be provided by a polymer electrolyte layer, electrodes distributed about the polymer electrolyte layer, and electrical conduits coupled to the electrodes, such that the polymer electrolyte layer deforms asymmetrically in response to an electrical signal through one or more conduits. The disclosure further includes a controller for moving the device into and out of bodily lumens and for applying the electrical signal for steering the device. The device further includes methods of preparing the polymer electrolyte layer in tubular shape.
US11918762B2
A uni-directional, plunger-type electrophysiology catheter handle is designed to reduce the input force a user must apply to deflect the distal end of the catheter. A force amplifier is operatively coupled to a deflection actuator of the handle. The force amplifier can be a pulley or a system of gears. The force amplifier can increase the output force of deflection actuator by the same factor as that by which the user input force is reduced. A variable-friction autolocking system can also be used to reduce the input force a user must apply during initial deflection as compared to later deflection of the catheter.
US11918760B2
A catheter may include an inner liner, at least one support structure over the inner liner, and an outer jacket over the at least one support structure. In some examples, the catheter includes a tip jacket positioned over a distal portion of the outer jacket and extend beyond a distal-most part of the inner liner and a distal-most part of the outer jacket to define a single-layer catheter tip. In some examples, the at least one support structure may include a braid and a coil. The catheter may include a marker band over a distal portion of one of the braid or the coil. The other of the braid or the coil ends proximally of a proximal end of the marker band, such that the catheter includes a location with lower radial and/or flexural stiffness proximal of the marker band.
US11918753B2
A flexible, elongated catheter tube having distal and proximal ends and a laser cut section there between. The laser cut section makes up a majority of the catheter length and is cut in a continuous helical pattern forming interlocking teeth which can be sinusoidal, triangular, square or like shapes, preferably sinusoidal. The interior of the tube has a polymeric layer which forms the internal lumen of the catheter. The exterior of the tube has a polymer coating. A short portion of the distal end is uncut and is followed by a narrower terminal section which can be tapered for better blockage penetration. The interlocking teeth disengage and reengage in a fish-scale manner without undergoing plastic deformation of the metal tube and without substantial polymer separation from the tube exterior.
US11918751B2
A method is used to manufacture a surgical instrument. The surgical instrument includes a catheter and an end effector extending distally from the catheter. The method includes forming at least one electrode, sensor, or thermocouple onto the catheter or the end effector of the surgical instrument by etching or vapor depositing a three-dimensional structure onto a non-conductive material that is layered over a super elastic material.
US11918735B2
An inhaler having first and second user-operable controllers configured to independently meter first and second amounts of a physiologically active substance and a pressurized gas, respectively, to a user is disclosed. A regulator is configured to release a dose to the mouthpiece in some embodiments. Triggering can be activated by one or more of (1) the user drawing a breath through the mouthpiece, and (2) the user operating a trigger.
US11918730B2
A porous conduit may be suitable for use in treating a tissue site, and may include a central lumen and a porous wall positioned substantially concentric about the central lumen. The porous wall may have an open porous structure that may define a plurality of interconnected pores in fluid communication with one another. As part of a system, the porous conduit may be used with a manifold adapted to be positioned at a tissue site, a sealing drape adapted to cover the manifold to provide a sealed space relative to the tissue site, and a therapy device including a reduced-pressure source. The porous conduit may be disposed in the sealed space and in fluid communication between the sealed space and the reduced-pressure source.
US11918722B2
The present disclosure relates to an insert piece for a blood tubing set. The insert piece includes at least a first connection site for connecting a first tubing portion of the blood tubing set to the insert piece, and a second connection site for connecting a second tubing portion of the blood tubing set to the insert piece. The insert piece also includes a third connection site for connecting a third tubing portion of the blood tubing set to the insert piece, and a main line for forwarding a first liquid through the insert piece. The main line is in fluid communication with the first connection site and with the second connection site. The insert piece also includes a secondary line for forwarding a second liquid into the main line. The secondary line is in fluid communication with the third connection site.
US11918719B2
Described is a blood processing apparatus with a blood flow path and a heat exchanger fluid flow path overlapping the a heat exchanger chamber, in which the blood flows generally from a first end to a second end of the blood processing apparatus, and the heat exchanger fluid flows generally from the second end to the first end. Such “counter” or “countercurrent” flow improves heat transfer between the blood and the heat exchanger fluid. The blood processing apparatus includes a housing, a blood inlet, a heat exchanger fluid inlet and a heat exchanger fluid outlet, a heat exchanger core, a cylindrical shell having an annular shell aperture, a blood flow distributor, and a central chamber in fluid communication to a fluid flow distributor.
US11918712B2
A bacteria treatment mechanism and a bacteria treatment method capable of reliably sterilizing an exterior of an article are provided. A bacteria treatment mechanism includes: a bacteria treatment unit that has a space for performing bacteria treatment; a radiation irradiation unit that irradiates the bacteria treatment unit with radiation for performing the bacteria treatment; an air supply duct that supplies air to the bacteria treatment unit; a decontamination treatment fluid supply unit that supplies a decontamination treatment fluid to the air supply duct during initial decontamination of the air supply duct; and an exhaust duct that exhausts molecules in the bacteria treatment unit.
US11918711B2
An aerogel carrying an active material, and a composite of a hydrogel and the aerogel are provided. The method for preparing the composite according to the present invention comprises the steps of preparing a plurality of aerogel particles having an active material in the pores, preparing a polymer solution in which a polymer is dissolved in a water-soluble solvent, preparing an aerogel/polymer dispersion by homogenizing after mixing the aerogel particles in the polymer solution, and preparing an aerogel/hydrogel composite carrier by mixing the dispersion with a crosslinking agent solution. According to the present invention, by producing a hydrogel composite in which a plurality of aerogel particles is distributed, a complex carrier in which oil and moisture can be carried simultaneously without any surfactant can be provided. Furthermore, a composite carrier having improved properties such as low density, high strength, high component content and stable desorption can be prepared.
US11918710B2
A scent dispenser may comprise a vial retaining mechanism, a heating element, vial sensor, and a controller. The vial retaining mechanism includes a vial coupling that removeably retains a vial containing a scented solution. The includes a wick extending from a cavity of the vial through an opening of a neck of the vial. The heating element is shaped to receive and heat the wick of the vial. The vial sensor includes an array of sensor pads that are arranged in alignment with the vial retained by the vial coupling. The controller is electrically coupled to the heating element and electrically coupled to the array of sensor pads. The controller regulates a temperature level of the heating element, and receives signals from the array of sensor pads and processing the signals to determine a fluid level of the vial.
US11918709B2
Disclosed herein is a medical device, comprising a covalently-bonded heparin coating on a substrate, where the covalently bonded heparin coating is the reaction product of (a) an isocyanate-bearing material on or covalently bonded to the substrate and (b) a heparin molecule selected from one of the formulae in the claims. The current invention also relates to a method of forming the medical device, which may be useful as heart stent or intravascular stent that is hemocompatible for preventing the formation of blood clots.
US11918705B2
A method of making an electron beam irradiated osteoinductive implant is provided. The method comprises exposing an osteoinductive implant containing demineralized bone matrix (DBM) fibers to electron beam radiation at a dose of from about 10 kilograys to 100 kilograys for a period of time. The electron beam irradiation reduces microorganisms in the osteoinductive implant, and the electron beam irradiated osteoinductive implant retains osteoinductive properties. Methods of implantation and an irradiated osteoinductive implant are also disclosed.
US11918704B2
A method of making infused non-demineralized cartilage fibers employs the following steps: cutting or shaving cartilage tissue into cartilage long aspect ratio fibers, washing the fibers, and infusing the fibers with a supernatant of biologic material or a polyampholyte cryoprotectant or a combination of both to create infused fibers.
US11918701B2
Disclosed herein is a bio-resistant article comprising a porous metal substrate; a self-assembled monolayer disposed on the substrate; wherein the self-assembled monolayer comprises a coupling agent that has a first end that is reactively bonded to the porous metal substrate and a second end that is reactively bonded to a zwitterionic polymer. Disclosed herein too is a method comprising disposing upon a porous metal substrate a self-assembled monolayer; and bonding the zwitterionic polymer to the self-assembled monolayer.
US11918700B2
A skin compatible component attachable to mammalian skin. The component is formed as a silicone matrix comprising a polyorganosiloxane derived silicone polymer and a moisture control particulate and permeability modifying polymer distributed within the polymer network. The skin compatible component may be utilised as an ostomy wafer or flange to secure an ostomy appliance to the skin and in particular peri-stomal skin.
US11918699B2
A method includes providing an exercise mat having first and second ends, first and second sides, and first and second major surfaces, providing a pliant substrate including an oligodynamic material having a biocidal or antimicrobial effect, forming a prepared exercise mat by overlying the pliant substrate over the first major surface, the pliant substrate extending across the first major surface between the first side and the second side and between the first end and the second end, and rolling up the prepared exercise mat into a spiral roll including the pliant substrate spiraled between the first major surface and the second major surface, the oligodynamic material contacting, and exerting the biocidal or antimicrobial effect on organisms on or carried by, the first major surface and the second major surface over a period of time while maintaining the prepared exercise mat in the spiral roll.
US11918694B2
The invention includes an orally ingestible delivery system for releasing a therapeutic agent within an intestine of a mammal, where the system includes the therapeutic agent and a differentially permeable capsule system containing the therapeutic agent within a therapeutic agent compartment, with the differentially permeable capsule system dimensionally adapted for oral ingestion and for passage into a stomach of the mammal and thence into the intestine, wherein the differentially permeable capsule system comprises an acid-resistant shell and a dispersible acid barrier, wherein the dispersible acid barrier forms while the orally-ingestible delivery system is in the stomach; and wherein the dispersible acid barrier is dispersed in the intestine, thereby permitting enzymes in the intestine to reach the therapeutic agent compartment. The invention also includes methods of manufacturing the system and methods for its use.
US11918693B2
The present invention provides novel compositions, methods of treatment and methods of manufacture of large scale, commercially viable ibuprofen and acetaminophen tablets. The unique characteristics and synergistic effects resulting from the disclosed compositions, methods of treatment and methods of manufacture demonstrate a product with optimal analgesia, anti-pyresis, safety profiles and large-scale manufacturability. The inventions described herein surprisingly show the unique composition and method of manufacturing for a large-scale commercial batch of a novel ibuprofen and acetaminophen tablet.
US11918681B2
Oral care compositions with an anticaries or anticavity effect. Oral care compositions that have one or more hops beta acids, such as from an extract from a species in the Humulus family, and one or more amino acids. Oral care compositions having one or more amino acids and an extract from Humulus lupulus. Methods of us of the disclosed compositions to disrupt biofilm in the oral cavity of a patient in need of treatment.
US11918680B2
Described herein, are personal care compositions comprising a surfactant system; an amino acid, e.g. taurine; and a deposition aid comprising a PVM/MA copolymer having a M.W. of from about 30,000 to about 1,000,000, or a vinylimidazolium vinyl pyrrolidone copolymer. Methods of making and using these compositions are also described.
US11918677B2
A composition for improved oral care includes fibrillated material and friction elements for removal of plaque biofilm, and additional ingredients useful in oral care compositions. The composition also may include particulate SuperAbsorbent Polymer, which may be surface cross-linked. Certain ingredients may be minimized or avoided to reduce the lubricity of the composition. The composition may be a viscoelastic fluid having a desired viscosity, yield stress and elastic modulus. The efficacy can be characterized by its removal of biofilm due to flow inside tubes. Also useful are standard rheological and tribological measurements. Also disclosed are apparatus for administering the composition, and methods.
US11918676B2
A colloidal dispersion is disclosed comprising poly alpha-1,3-glucan or poly alpha-1,3-1,6-glucan and a solvent. The colloidal dispersion has utility in various applications, including food, oil field, pharmaceutical, personal care and specialty industries.
US11918665B2
Processes for dyeing keratinous material, in particular human hair, are provided including the following steps: applying an agent (a) to the keratinous material, wherein the agent (a) includes: (a1) at least one organic silicon compound selected from the group of silanes having one, two or three silicon atoms, and (a2) at least one coloring compound including at least one effect pigment which includes α) a substrate platelet and β) a coating, wherein the coating has at least one layer which is (i) a metal oxide and/or metal oxide hydrate and (ii) a coloring compound from the group of pigments, and applying an agent (b) to the keratinous material, wherein the agent (b) comprises: (b1) at least one sealing reagent.
US11918663B2
Disclosed herein are methods for creating opalescence in dental materials and restorations, compositions used in such methods, and the resultant dental materials and restorations. More particularly, the opalescence may be created by directly embedding opalescent particles into a matrix material. In some embodiments, photonic crystals are embedded in the dental material to achieve the opalescent effect. Photonic crystal particles may be embedded in dental materials matrices such as ceramics, composites, and polymers, and can generate opalescence in the materials. Some embodiments disclose compositions for applying the opalescence to a dental restoration.
US11918651B2
Formulations of peptide agents, such as antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof, that bind dengue viruses, and methods of their use, are provided.
US11918650B2
The present invention provides an improved pharmaceutical composition for storage and administration comprising (a) a bispecific antibody construct comprising a first domain binding to a target cell surface antigen and a second domain binding to a second antigen, wherein the bispecific antibody construct is present at a concentration in the range from about 0.5 μg/ml to 20 mg/ml, (b) a preservative at a concentration effective to inhibit the growth of microbes, and (c) a diluent wherein bispecific antibody construct is stable and recoverable.
US11918647B2
The present invention relates to peptides that bind with high specificity and which functionally interact with the transferrin receptor (“TfR”) and which may be used in making molecular vehicles that carry biomolecules across membranes, including, e.g., across the blood brain barrier or the gastrointestinal tract. TfR specific binding moieties may also be used alone or as components in specific molecules that target the transferrin/transferrin receptor transport system. The invention relates more specifically to VNAR single chain antibodies derived from nurse shark that bind to TfR, compounds and compositions comprising a TfR specific VNAR binding moiety, methods for preparing them, diagnostic and therapeutic methods of use in vitro or in vivo, e.g., to diagnose, treat and/or prevent a pathological condition, disorder or disease in which it is beneficial to deliver a heterologous biomolecule across the blood brain barrier by association with a TfR specific VNAR binding moiety. Other uses for TfR specific VNAR binding moieties of the invention include, e.g., regulating the interaction of iron-charged transferrin with TfR (receptor cycling or cell surface presentation), such as may be therapeutic in treatment of certain cancer cells and tumors of various tissue types.
US11918645B2
A pharmaceutical composition comprising at least two peptides of from 15 to 60 amino acids in length, selected from peptides comprising a sequence of at least 15 contiguous amino acids of one of the sequences shown in SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 4 or of a sequence having at least 80% identity to one of the sequences shown in SEQ ID NOs: to 4, wherein each peptide comprises at least one CD8+ T-cell epitope and/or at least one CD4+ T-cell epitope and wherein each peptide elicits a response in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from at least one chronically infected HBV individual in an 10 in vitroassay.
US11918640B2
Disclosed are methods of preparing an isolated population of human papillomavirus (HPV)-specific T cells comprise dividing an HPV-positive tumor sample into multiple fragments; separately culturing the multiple fragments; obtaining T cells from the cultured multiple fragments; testing the T cells for specific autologous HPV-positive tumor recognition; selecting the T cells that exhibit specific autologous HPV-positive tumor recognition; and expanding the number of selected T cells to produce a population of HPV-specific T cells for adoptive cell therapy. Related methods of treating or preventing cancer using the T cells are also disclosed.
US11918629B2
Provided herein are kits comprised of a first container including a solution of fibrinogen-containing component that includes fibrinogen at a concentration range of about 5 mg/ml to about 30 mg/ml, and having a total protein concentration range of about 15 mg/ml to about 40 mg/ml; and a second container that includes a solution of thrombin-containing component. Further provided are mixtures comprised of fibrinogen and thrombin, calcium ions, and albumin, the mixture being comprised of total protein in a range of about 2.5 mg/ml to about 30 mg/ml, fibrinogen in a range of about 50% to about 80% of total protein, and albumin in a range of more than 0.65 mg/ml to about 3 mg/ml. Further provided herein are methods for preventing or reducing tissue adhesion, and hydrogel materials made of fibrin.
US11918617B2
The present invention relates to a composition comprising α-lipoic acid, Salvia miltiorrhiza extract and Curcumin, optionally further comprising γ-linolenic acid or borage oil. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of such composition for treating neuropathies.
US11918615B2
A botanical extract that exhibits anti-inflammatory activity, wherein the botanical extract is at least an extract from the leaf of Vaccinium macrocarpon.
US11918610B2
Methods for preventing, treating or diagnosing Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) are described. Amyloid-producing bacteria within microbiota are inactivated. Amyloid-producing bacteria are inactivated in microbiota, gastrointestinal tract, bodily fluids or tissues. Type-1 Diabetes associated microbial product production or release by microbiota is prevented. Also described is inactivation of bacteria-derived T1DAMP present in microbiota, bodily fluids or tissues of a mammal. Release of bacteria-derived T1DAMP from biofilm or bacteria to gastrointestinal tract is inhibited. Entry of bacteria-derived T1DAMP to microbiota, gastrointestinal tract, bodily fluids or tissues of a mammal is inhibited.
US11918609B2
The present invention provides a method for treating wounds by applying cells as described in this application. In one aspect the method provides treatment for cutaneous wounds. In general embodiments the cells are delivered to the wound without being attached to a functionalized substrate in the delivery vehicle.
US11918596B2
The present invention relates to certain SGLT-2 inhibitors for treating and/or preventing oxidative stress, for example in patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, as well as to the use of such SGLT-2 inhibitors in treatment and/or prevention of cardiovascular diseases in patients, for example type 1 or type 2 diabetes patients. The present invention further relates to certain SGLT-2 inhibitors for treating and/or preventing a metabolic disorder and preventing, reducing the risk of or delaying the occurrence of a cardiovascular event in patients, for example patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes.
US11918590B2
Disclosed are stable extended release formulations and pharmaceutical compositions of Clozapine that exhibit improved stability under a variety of conditions, as well as processes for the preparation of such formulations and compositions.
US11918587B2
Provided herein are compositions and methods for the treatment of a cancer. Said compositions comprise a RAF inhibitor. Some embodiments comprise combination therapy featuring the RAF inhibitor with at least one oncology therapeutic agent.
US11918580B2
The present disclosure relates to methods of treating cancer and pharmaceutical compositions for use in the treatment of cancer, including LSD1-inhibitor-resistant cancers, comprising administering to a subject an effective amount of a cell cycle inhibitor, such as a CDK4/6 inhibitor or a p21 enhancer, and an effective amount of a LSD1 inhibitor.
US11918577B2
The invention relates to dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors, including saxagliptin and sitagliptin, for use in the topical eye treatment and/or prevention of retinal neurodegenerative diseases, in particular diabetic retinopathy and its associated microvascular impairment. The invention also encompasses pharmaceutical topical eye compositions for use in the topical treatment and/or prevention of these diseases.
US11918574B2
Disclosed herein are methods of treating a cancer characterized by expressing a mutant form of a RAS protein. Some embodiments relate to treatment of cancer by administering Plinabulin to a subject in need thereof.
US11918565B1
Provided herein are methods of administering to a peroneal and a tibial nerve of a patient, wherein the methods include: (a) selecting an entry point of an injection needle in a leg of a patient; (b) inserting the injection needle into the patient at the entry point; (c) administering to a sciatic nerve of the patient via the injection needle saline and a pharmaceutical composition; wherein the pharmaceutical composition comprises multivesicular liposomes comprising: at least one amphipathic lipid, at least one neutral lipid, and bupivacaine phosphate, wherein the bupivacaine phosphate is encapsulated within the multivesicular liposome.
US11918550B2
Methods are provided for the treatment of cancer by administering a mitochondrial uncoupler in a dose effective to increase differentiation of the cancer cells, which may be provided in a combination with a retinoic acid to differentiate the cancer cells. The effect on the targeted cancer cell is enhanced relative to a regimen in which a single agent is used; and the effect may be synergistic relative to a regimen in which a single agent is used. The cancer may be resistant to retinoic acid.
US11918549B2
A wound irrigation system includes a first fluid including an ion rich compound having free available ions; and a second fluid including an oxidation-reduction potential increasing compound, the second fluid housed separately from the first fluid. Mixing the first and second fluids in a charging area forms an ionically charged fluid with an oxidation-reduction potential higher than a wound site oxidation-potential. The ionically charged fluid increases antimicrobial activity of the wound upon application.
US11918541B2
A device and a method for mixing a fluid in a specimen bag is provided herein. In one embodiment, the device includes a mechanism for creating a first vortex and a second vortex. The first vortex is on a first side of a bag containing the fluid, and the second vortex is on a second side of the bag. The mechanism includes a first inflatable airbag and a second inflatable airbag. The first inflatable airbag is configured to create the first vortex when inflated and the second inflatable airbag is deflated. The second inflatable airbag is configured to create the second vortex when inflated and the first inflatable airbag is deflated.
US11918539B2
A wearable health management system includes a flexible member configured to be worn on an affected area by a patient. At least one actuator is operably coupled to the flexible member. The at least one actuator is configured to be adjusted between a deployed state and a non-deployed state. At least one of a photoplethysmogram sensor and a bioimpedance sensor is coupled to the flexible member to obtain one or more health metrics from the patient. A controller is in communication with the at least one actuator. The controller is configured to adjust the at least one actuator to the deployed state to provide a selected pressure to the affected area.
US11918532B2
A roller assembly includes a roller body having a rounded outer surface, an end opening, and an internal cavity extending inwardly along an axial direction from the end opening and configured to receive a weight assembly including one or more weights, a weight holder received within the cavity and configured for holding the weight assembly within the cavity, and a retaining structure engaged with the roller body to retain the weight holder and the weight assembly within the cavity. The weight holder includes first and second engaging members to engage first and second ends of the weight assembly that are spaced in the axial direction, to limit movement of the weight assembly along the axial direction. At least one of the first and second engaging members is positionable in different axial positions relative to the other, such that the engaging members can accommodate changes in size of the weight assembly.
US11918524B2
A bed is provided. The bed may include a lift system which raises and lowers a support deck of the bed. The lift system may include multiple individually actuatable lift systems. The bed may include an expandable support deck. The bed may include a powered caster braking system.
US11918521B2
A foldable ramp according to an embodiment is configured to assist a movement of means of transportation which may be used by disabled people, such as a wheelchair. The foldable ramp may be used as a stand for a billboard, and the foldable ramp may be unfolded to be used as a ramp.
US11918520B2
Rotation unit (16) for connecting to an operating table for rotation of a patient's leg about its longitudinal axis, wherein the rotation unit (16) comprises: an interface (24) for attachment of the foot of the patient's leg on the rotation unit (16); a rotor, to which the interface (24) is connected in a torsionally resistant manner and which is used for rotation of the interface (24) and thus of the patient's leg about the longitudinal axis; a stator (42), on which the rotor is rotatably mounted, such that the rotor can rotate relative to the stator; a rotary handle (22) for rotation of the rotor; and a locking assembly (26) for blocking the rotation of the rotor relative to the stator. The locking assembly (26) can be actuated by means of an action on the rotary handle.
US11918508B1
An ostomy appliance that comprises a ring member and a rib member. The ring member has an interior surface and an engagement portion encircling a centrally-located input opening. The engagement portion comprises a plurality of spaced-apart flexible tabs extending radially inward into the input opening. The flexible tabs have an opening centrally located between opposing side edges. A plurality of spaced-apart teeth extend radially inward from the ring member. The teeth are in alignment with spaces between the plurality of flexible tabs. The rib member has a curved body portion, a dowel, pins and a notched section in the body portion. The rib member is removably securable to the ring member whereby the pins are insertable into openings of adjacent flexible tabs and one of the plurality of spaced-apart teeth is received within the notched section such that the notched section is seated on the inside surface of the tooth.
US11918507B2
A monitor device and an ostomy system comprising a monitor device (6) and an ostomy appliance (2) is disclosed, the ostomy appliance including a base plate (4), the base plate having a first adhesive layer with a proximal side configured for attachment of the base plate to the skin surface of a user, the first adhesive layer having a stomal opening (18) with a center point, the monitor device comprising a processor and a sensor unit comprising a first sensor with a first sensor surface accommodated in a monitor device housing, the monitor device housing having a sensor opening in a proximal surface of the monitor device, the sensor opening forming at least a part of a sensor path from surroundings of the proximal surface to the first sensor surface.
US11918503B2
A structure includes a first frame having a shape to fit around, or over, a body part, the first frame further comprising a first surface configured to dock with a docking surface of a second frame configured to receive and support the body part. The structure also includes a material attached to the first frame for fitting to the body part; and at least one attachment mechanism coupled to the first frame and configured to attach the first frame to the second frame when the first surface of the first frame is docked with the docking surface of the second frame, wherein the at least one attachment mechanism is configured to flex or pivot, relative to a lateral edge of the first frame, to attach the first frame to the second frame when the first surface of the first frame is docked with the docking surface of the second frame.
US11918502B2
A bi-flow nasal stent comprising: first and second tube-like elements; and a bridge connecting the first and second tube-like elements; wherein each of the first and second tube-like elements comprises a distal end, a proximal end, and a lumen extending therebetween, and further wherein each of the first and second tube-like elements comprises top side, a medial side, a bottom side, and a lateral side collectively forming the tube-like element; wherein the bridge connects the proximal end of the medial side of the first tube-like element to the proximal end of the medial side of the second tube-like element; and wherein each of the first and second tube-like elements comprises first and second V-shaped cutouts at the distal end of the tube-like element, with the first V-shaped cutout extending proximally in the top side of the tube-like element and the second V-shaped cutout extending proximally in the bottom side of the tube-like element, with the first and second V-shaped cutouts being diametrically opposed to one another so as to divide each of the tube-like elements into a medial side portion and a lateral side portion, with the medial side portion and the lateral side portion being connected together by a pair of diametrically-opposed connecting elements.
US11918493B2
Prosthetic liner apparatus for improving suspension and rotation control between a residual limb and a socket of a prosthesis include a liner body having a shape configured to receive the residual limb and having an outer surface that fits within the socket. The liner body may have a plurality of raised elastomeric grips located on its outer surface and a proximal end of the outer surface of the liner body includes at least an exposed smooth elastomeric region that fits within and seals with the socket. Further disclosed is a prosthetic sock having raised elastomeric grips on its inner and outer surfaces which is for use with a liner body that is smooth or textured and that may or may not include raised elastomeric grips, and that when used together with the liner body ay form a liner apparatus.
US11918491B2
A force and rotation sensing device can be suitable for measuring a force within a knee joint. A force sensor can measure a force exerted between opposing surfaces of a housing. A force display positioned on the housing can visually represent a value of the measured force, such as with a dual-sided light-emitting diode display that is visible from opposing sides of the housing. A first rotation sensor can measure a flexion/extension position of the housing. A flexion/extension display can visually represent a value of the measured flexion/extension position. In some examples, a zero button can set a reference orientation of the housing, so that the first rotation sensor can measure the flexion/extension position as a relative rotation with respect to the reference orientation. In some examples, circuitry can wirelessly transmit data corresponding to the value of the measured flexion/extension position.
US11918490B2
A workstation having a pair of posts on either side of a clamping plate where a donor bone may be placed on sequentially cut in three separate cutting paths. Cutting gates are attached to the posts and used to provide cutting paths that can be precisely oriented with respect to the meniscus of the donor bone part using visual alignment without any manual measurements. The graft is affixed to a machining clamp and shaved to appropriately shape the sides and form a radius on the bottom of the graft. A tibia is then prepared by using a drill guide to form a pilot hole and then to drill out a large hole for the graft. The drilled hole is expanded and shaped using a rod guide and chisel and then a rasp. The shaped graft may then be implanted into the shaped hole and sutured in place.
US11918488B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure includes method and devices for minimally invasive spinal fusion surgery. A method for minimally invasive spinal fusion surgery can include accessing a spinal column through a working channel device, wherein the working channel has a proximal end and a distal end, advancing the working channel so that the distal end pierces an outer layer of a vertebral disc, inserting a disc extractor through the working channel device and into the vertebral disc to cut the vertebral disc into pieces, inserting a disc blade through the working channel device and into the vertebral disc to cut the vertebral disc into pieces, using a disc rake to remove the pieces of the vertebral disc, inserting a disc shaver to clean a number of surfaces of vertebra adjacent to the vertebral disc, and inserting and implanting a disc implant in a space from where the vertebral disc was removed.
US11918485B2
Piezoelectric osteotomy devices and corresponding systems and methods for removing an acetabular cup or shell from a patient's acetabulum are disclosed. In one embodiment, the piezoelectric osteotomy device includes a piezoelectric element to actuate a cutting tip on an armature. In some such embodiments, the cutting tip may be extended and/or retracted to facilitate cutting of bone around an acetabular cup. The armature may include a fluid output port located proximate the cutting tip to mitigate heat generated by the cutting tip. In one embodiment, the piezoelectric osteotomy device is arranged and configured to provide constant current adjustment.
US11918483B2
Apparatus and methods for providing spinal percutaneous delivery of an implant that can rigidly fixate the spinous process of a first superior bone and a second inferior bone of a functional spinal unit. In one aspect, the device comprises two bone abutment members connected via an interconnecting member. In another aspect, the method comprises implanting at least two spinal implant apparatus within a target disc space via an implantation apparatus. In another aspect, a placement instrument comprising an implant delivery segment, an anchor segment, and an articulating arm is disclosed.
US11918474B2
A method of forming an implant having a porous tissue ingrowth structure and a bearing support structure. The method includes depositing a first layer of a metal powder onto a substrate, scanning a laser beam over the powder so as to sinter the metal powder at predetermined locations, depositing at least one layer of the metal powder onto the first layer and repeating the scanning of the laser beam.
US11918471B2
The invention relates to a device for testing the functioning of an aortic valve by placing the device on the free end of a cylindrical tubular prosthesis inserted into the aorta, said tubular prosthesis being connected, with its other end, to the aortic wall in the region of the aortic valve. According to the invention, the device consists of a multi-part housing provided with at least one through-flow channel for a control liquid, the housing being provided, on its lower side facing the free end of the tubular prosthesis, with a peripheral sealing device that can be placed around the edge of the tubular prosthesis, and at least one pressure-measuring sensor and at least one optical sensor element for video recording being arranged on the lower side.
US11918470B2
A mitral valve leaflet repair system may include a delivery catheter having at least one lumen extending proximally from a distal end of the delivery catheter, a plurality of anchor elements disposed within the at least one lumen, each of the plurality of anchor elements being configured to extend through one layer of mitral valve leaflet tissue, and a securing element configured to secure at least two of the plurality of anchor elements together on one side of the mitral valve leaflet tissue. The at least one lumen may include a suction lumen configured to grasp a mitral valve leaflet prior to extending the plurality of anchor elements through one layer of mitral valve leaflet tissue.
US11918428B2
A custom oral device is provided that fits on the maxillary or mandibular arch of a wearer. The oral device comprises a tray that corresponds with the shape and size of a wearer's oral anatomy. A soft liner is disposed within an occlusal channel of the tray having an upper surface that comprises an impression having features that correspond to at least a portion of the wearer's dentition and in which the wearer's teeth align. An apparatus and a method for making the custom oral device are provided.
US11918427B2
A computer-implemented method of generating a reduction coping includes receiving a digital model comprising a virtual preparation tooth, determining one or more virtual reduction regions on the virtual preparation tooth, and generating a virtual reduction coping comprising one or more exposed regions corresponding to the one or more virtual reduction regions. A method of generating a physical reduction coping includes receiving a 3D digital model of a virtual reduction coping and performing additive manufacturing to generate a physical reduction coping from the virtual reduction coping.
US11918417B2
An ultrasound probe 11 includes a transducer array 15, a housing body 13 having a battery accommodation portion 18, a battery 16 that is accommodated in the battery accommodation portion 18, a battery cover 14 that is attachably and detachably mounted on the housing body 13 to cover the battery accommodation portion 18 and has a cover rib CL1 protruding toward the battery accommodation portion 18, and an elastically deformable waterproof packing P1 that is disposed between a side surface of the cover rib CL1 and the housing body 13. The waterproof packing P1 is elastically compressed between the side surface of the cover rib CL1 and the housing body 13, and restrains water from entering the battery accommodation portion 18 from between the housing body 13 and the battery cover 14.
US11918409B2
The present disclosure provides using ultrasound technology and artificial intelligence to enhance MSR assessment by making the assessment more objective, reproducible, and recordable to allow a more precise and/or personalized approach to the medical practice of individual patients via using multiple ultrasound functions and artificial intelligence to improve the accuracy and consistency of assessing reflexes and allowing MSR data to be combined with other patient medical information for improved diagnosis and management of a patient's condition.
US11918400B2
A control device including: at least one processor that is configured to detect whether or not compression of a breast by a compression member in a mammography apparatus is completed and perform control to direct an image projection unit, which projects a projection image onto a projection surface of the compression member, to stop the projection of the projection image onto the projection surface in a case in which it is detected that the compression is completed.
US11918397B2
Provided herein is technology relating to radiology and radiotherapy and particularly, but not exclusively, to apparatuses, methods, and systems for multi-axis medical imaging of patients in vertical and horizontal positions.
US11918381B2
This relates to a monitoring system capable of measuring a plurality of vital signs. The monitoring system can include a plurality of sensors including, but not limited to, electrodes, piezoelectric sensors, temperature sensors, and accelerometers. The monitoring system can be capable of operating in one or more operation modes such as, for example: capacitance measurement mode, electrical measurement mode, piezoelectric measurement mode, temperature measurement mode, acceleration measurement mode, impedance measurement mode, and standby mode. Based on the measured values, the monitoring system can analyze the user's sleep, provide feedback and suggestions to the user, and/or can adjust or control the environmental conditions to improve the user's sleep. The monitoring system can further be capable of analyzing the sleep of the user(s) without directly contacting or attaching uncomfortable probes to the user(s) and without having to analyze the sleep in an unknown environment (e.g., a medical facility).
US11918378B1
Embodiments of a personal safety monitoring system this disclosure include a wristband that includes a two-way security screw having a non-standard drive recess and sized for insertion into adjustment holes of the wristband; a security key having a non-standard drive configured for insertion into the non-standard drive recess of the two-way security screw; and a designed fail point located along at least one of the first and second lengths of the wristband, the designed fail point configured to fail at a predetermined pull force on the wristband. A monitor may receive signals from the wristband and sound an alert when the wristband exceeds a maximum allowable distance from the monitor.
US11918375B2
A system, according to various embodiments, includes eyewear (or any other suitable wearable device) that includes at least one environmental pollution monitoring sensor (e.g., at least one light pollution, air pollution, radioactive pollution, thermal pollution, and/or noise pollution sensor) that may be used to monitor the presence of environmental pollution adjacent a wearer of the eyewear. The system may further include one or more health monitoring sensors to determine the health effects of the environmental pollution on the wearer. In certain circumstances, the system may alert the user to potentially harmful environmental conditions, or convey preventative healthcare advice to the wearer.
US11918374B2
A system for monitoring organ health during treatment for cancer and the like makes use of physiological imaging of the kind used for treatment monitoring and organ-specific processing to provide a comprehensive assessment of treatment side-effects.
US11918367B2
An example device for detecting one or more parameters of a cardiac signal is disclosed herein. The device includes one or more electrodes and sensing circuitry configured to sense a cardiac signal via the one or more electrodes. The device further includes processing circuitry configured to determine an R-wave of the cardiac signal and determine whether the R-wave is noisy. Based on the R-wave being noisy, the processing circuitry is configured to determine whether the cardiac signal around a determined T-wave is noisy. Based on the cardiac signal around the determined T-wave not being noisy, the processing circuitry is configured to determine a QT interval or a corrected QT interval based on the determined T-wave and the determined R-wave.
US11918364B2
An extended wear electrocardiography patch is provided. A flexible backing is formed of an elongated strip of stretchable material. An electrocardiographic electrode is affixed to and conductively exposed on a contact surface of each end of the elongated strip. A flexible circuit is affixed on each end of the elongated strip. A non-conductive receptacle is adhered on one of the ends of the elongated strip on a surface opposite the contact surface and removably receives an electrocardiography monitor operable to obtain electrocardiographic signals. A physiological sensor is provided with the electrocardiography monitor or on the flexible backing. Memory is provided on the flexible backing and is programmed with a sampling rate to instruct the physiological sensor to obtain readings of physiological data. A battery is positioned on one end of the flexible backing to provide power to one or more of the physiological sensors and the electrocardiography monitor.
US11918361B2
An apparatus for measuring isometric muscle strength and dynamic strength when a limb is fixed, wherein the apparatus comprises: an attachment assembly for releasably attaching the apparatus to a support frame of an item of exercise equipment; a strain gauge configured to measure compressive or tensional forces; and a connection assembly for releasably connecting the strain gauge to a moveable component (e.g. barbell) of the exercise equipment wherein when connected makes the component immoveable such that forces exerted on the formerly moveable component require isometric muscle contraction or dynamic contraction while the limb is fixed that can be measured by the strain gauge.
US11918356B2
A transcutaneous sensor configured to measure one or more physiological conditions of a patient. The transcutaneous sensor includes a substrate and first and second working electrodes on the substrate. The first working electrode includes a first active sensing area and the second working electrode includes a second active sensing area. The first active sensing area of the first working electrode is longitudinally offset along the substrate from the second active sensing area of the second working electrode.
US11918352B2
A method for non-invasively determining a physiological state of interest in a subject is described. The method involves, placing a body part in contact with a receptor, and directing a source of electromagnetic radiation (EMR) over a range of wavelengths onto body part so that the EMR reaches the blood and interstitial fluid within the body part. The EMR that is absorbed by, reflected by, or transmitted through, the blood and interstitial fluid of the body part is measured, and a spectrum over the range of wavelengths obtained. The spectrum is analyzed to determine an amount of two or more than two analytes within the blood and interstitial fluid of the body part and a biochemical profile is derived. The biochemical profile is used to determine the physiological state of interest in the subject. The physiological state of interest in the subject may be selected from the group of intoxication arising from cannabis, alcohol, a combination of cannabis and alcohol, opiates, fentanyl, amphetamines, phencyclidine, sedatives, anxyolytics, cocaine, caffeine, and nicotine consumption.
US11918348B2
Medical devices configured for in vivo assays of one or more analytes can sometimes be problematic if left inserted in a tissue, such as skin, for an extended time. Certain medical device surface profiles may aid in alleviating this issue. Accordingly, medical devices may comprise a base surface having a tissue-facing surface profile defined thereon, and a sensor extending through the base surface and at least a portion of the tissue-facing surface profile. The tissue-facing surface profile deviates from the base surface, and the tissue-facing surface profile is also configured to undergo a change in shape, hardness, or a combination thereof after contacting a tissue for a length of time. A dynamic material may be present in at least a portion of the tissue-facing surface profile.
US11918341B2
A medical apparatus includes a probe configured for insertion into a body of a patient. The probe includes electrodes configured to contact tissue within the body. The apparatus further includes a display screen, a position-tracking system configured to acquire position coordinates of the electrodes, and a processor. The processor is configured to acquire electrophysiological signals from a group of the electrodes in a sequence of time intervals, extract electrophysiological parameters from the signals, and for each time interval, compute a measure of consistency of the parameters extracted from the signals. The processor is further configured to render to the display screen a three-dimensional map of the tissue while superimposing on the map a visual indication of the extracted parameters for which the measure of consistency satisfied a consistency criterion, and automatically discarding from the map the parameters for which the measure of consistency did not satisfy the criterion.
US11918337B2
The present invention is to perform appropriate noise reduction processing on an image having different signal levels or noise levels depending on an imaging condition or a reconstruction condition. A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to the invention includes: a measurement unit that receives a nuclear magnetic resonance signal generated in a subject by a receiving coil; an image reconstruction unit that processes the nuclear magnetic resonance signal received by the receiving coil and reconstructs an image of the subject; an SNR spatial distribution calculation unit that calculates spatial distribution of a signal-to-noise ratio of the image using spatial distribution of a noise level and spatial distribution of the signal of the image; and a noise reduction unit that reduces noise from the image based on the spatial distribution of the signal-to-noise ratio.
US11918335B2
A magnetic resonance imaging method includes: obtaining three-dimensional under-sampling data of a target object based on a first three-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging sequence; obtaining a three-dimensional point spread function based on the three-dimensional under-sampling data or a two-dimensional mapping data of the target object; obtaining a sensitivity map of the target object based on the data collected by three-dimensional low-resolution complete sampling; performing imaging reconstruction to the three-dimensional under-sampling data based on the three-dimensional point spread function and the sensitivity map to obtain a reconstructed magnetic resonance image. The first three-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging sequence has a first sinusoidal gradient field on a phase direction and a second sinusoidal gradient field on a layer selection direction. 0-order moments of the first and the second three-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging sequences are 0. A phase difference between the first and the second three-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging sequence is π/2.
US11918332B2
An inductive sensing device comprises first (16) and second (24) loops, the first loop (16) being coupled with a capacitor to form a resonator circuit (20), and the resonator circuit and second loop being coupled via an active buffering component (28). The active buffering component provides voltage to current amplification, and an output of the buffering component drives a current in the second loop. Conductive lines forming each of the first and second loop parts are radially spaced apart.
US11918307B1
One example method for improving the efficiency of robotic surgical procedures by integrating applications into the surgeon console user interface is presented. The method includes generating and displaying a first graphical user interface at a surgeon console associated with a robotic surgical device during a robotic surgical procedure, and detecting a combination of user actions through control devices of the surgeon console. The method further includes responsive to detecting the combination of the user actions, causing surgical tools of the robotic surgical device to be locked and generating and displaying a second graphical user interface at the surgeon console which includes user interfaces of applications and is configured to be interactive through the control devices. The method further includes detecting a user action to exit the application mode, causing the surgical tools to be unlocked, and updating and displaying the first graphical user interface at the surgeon console.
US11918299B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable medium tracks locations of one or more surgical instruments. The method includes detecting a plurality of markers disposed on a distal end of a first surgical instrument within a field of view of a camera, calculating a position of the first surgical instrument based on a location of the plurality of markers within the field of view of the camera, determining the position of the first surgical instrument in relation to a second surgical instrument.
US11918298B2
In one embodiment, a probe apparatus includes a shaft having a distal end, a tube containing separate powder granules of a ferrite, the tube being fixed to the distal end of the shaft, a coil disposed around the tube, and electrical wires connected to the coil so as to read out a signal generated across the coil due to an externally-applied magnetic field.
US11918287B2
Disclosed are methods and devices useful in the field of image processing and display Disclosed are also methods and devices useful in the field of ophthalmology and, in some particular embodiments, useful for the non-invasive treatment and/or prevention of refractive errors.
US11918285B2
A medical device may include an elongated body having a distal elongated body portion and a central longitudinal axis. The medical device may include a balloon positioned along the distal elongated body portion. The balloon may be configured to receive a fluid to inflate the balloon such that an exterior balloon surface contacts a calcified lesion within a patient's vasculature. The medical device may include one or more pressure wave emitters positioned along the central longitudinal axis of the elongated body. The one or more pressure wave emitters may be configured to propagate at least one pressure wave through the fluid to fragment the calcified lesion. At least one pressure wave emitter may include an optical fiber configured to transmit laser energy into the balloon. The laser energy may be configured to create a cavitation bubble in the fluid.
US11918282B2
An apparatus includes a catheter shaft assembly and an end effector positioned at a distal end of the catheter shaft assembly. The end effector includes a balloon, one or more electrodes on the balloon, and a tip assembly at a distal end of the balloon. The balloon defines an interior configured to receive a fluid to inflate the balloon. The balloon is sized and configured to fit within a cardiovascular anatomical structure. The tip assembly includes a pressure relief valve that is configured to transition between a sealing state and a pressure-relieving state. In the sealing state, the pressure relief valve is configured to prevent fluid from leaking out from the interior of the balloon via the pressure relief valve. In the pressure-relieving state, the pressure relief valve is configured to provide a path for fluid to leak from the interior of the balloon via the pressure relief valve.
US11918276B2
A system is configured to delivering radiofrequency power to the endometrial lining tissue of a uterine cavity, including modulating the delivered power so that a measured impedance of the endometrial lining tissue tracks a target impedance as a function of time, wherein the target tissue impedance is derived from a function that approximates a preferred endometrial lining tissue ablation impedance curve that is determined based upon a measured impedance of the endometrial lining tissue after RF power has been delivered for a predetermined initial time period.
US11918271B2
High-voltage pulses ablation systems and methods are used to ablate tissue and form lesions. A variety of different electrophysiology devices, such as catheters, surgical probes, and clamps, may be used to position one or more electrodes at a target location. Electrodes can be connected to power supply lines and, in some instances, the power to the electrodes can be controlled on an electrode-by-electrode basis. High-voltage pulse sequences provide a total amount of heating that is typically less than that which is observed with thermally-based radiofrequency energy ablation protocols.
US11918269B2
Aspects of the present disclosure are presented for systems and methods for identifying characteristics of a return pad in a monopolar electrosurgical system using contact quality monitoring (CQM) and near field communication (NFC) signals. In some aspects, resistance or impedance materials are sensed that may help identify what kind of return pad is being used, including what is the structure of the pad. In some aspects, NFC signals are used to identify characteristics of the return pad. In some aspects, the grounding or return pad may include two separate materials that form an interconnecting or interwoven mesh and both act as non-active electrodes when both contact the patient. A non-zero impedance may separate conductive lines connecting the two separate materials that may be analyzed to obtain a defining signature about that is linked to structural characteristics about the return pad.
US11918260B2
A monopedicular targeting system for posterior spinal surgery includes a first joint component, a fastener for affixing the first joint component to a single pedicle, a positioning arm having a second joint component for mating with the first joint component to form a first joint having three rotational degrees of freedom, and a connector for coupling the spinal surgery device to the positioning arm. The connector has a third joint component that mates with a fourth joint component of a spinal surgery device to form a second joint having three rotational degrees of freedom. A monopedicular targeting method for posterior spinal surgery includes affixing a fastener to a single pedicle and adjusting three translational degrees of freedom and three rotational degrees of freedom of a posterior spinal surgery device with respect to a pedicle of a vertebra by manipulating joints of a manipulator connecting the spinal surgery device to the fastener.
US11918259B2
For treating a fracture in a pars interarticularis, methods and apparatus provide for: (i) coupling a spinous process plate to a lateral side of a spinous process of a spine of a patient, the spinous process plate extending substantially parallel to a sagittal plane through the spine, the spinous process plate including a first fixation element configured to attach the spinous process plate to the lateral side; (ii) coupling a laminar plate to a laminar on the lateral side, the laminar plate extending transversely from the spinous process plate and transversely to both the sagittal plane and a coronal plane through the spine, the laminar plate including a second fixation element configured to attach the laminar plate to the laminar on the lateral side; (iii) engaging a sub-laminar hook to the laminar on the lateral side, the sub-laminar hook extending transversely from the laminar plate and substantially parallel to a transverse plane through the spine, the sub-laminar hook configured to extend and hook beneath the laminar on the lateral side; (iv) extending a rod toward a pedicle on the lateral side, the rod having proximal and distal ends and extending substantially perpendicular to a length of the fracture, from the laminar plate toward the pedicle; and (v) anchoring the rod in a configuration that prohibits movement of first and second parts of the fractured pars interarticularis relative to one another, by coupling the proximal end to the laminar plate, and the distal end to the pedicle on the lateral side.
US11918256B2
A polyaxial bone screw assembly includes a threaded shank body having an integral upper portion receivable in a receiver, the receiver having an upper channel for receiving a longitudinal connecting member and a lower cavity cooperating with a lower opening. The shank upper portion expands a retaining member in the receiver cavity to capture the shank upper portion in the receiver. The retaining member and attached shank are pivotable with respect to the receiver until locked in place with respect to the receiver. A pre-assembled receiver, retaining member and compression insert may be popped-on or snapped-on to the shank upper portion prior to or after implantation of the shank into a vertebra.
US11918255B2
A system includes a first pedicle screw, a second pedicle screw, and an adjustable rod having an outer housing coupled to one of the first pedicle screw and the second pedicle screw, the outer housing having a threaded shaft secured to one end thereof extending along an interior portion thereof. The system farther includes a hollow magnetic assembly disposed within the outer housing and having a magnetic element disposed therein, the hollow magnetic assembly having an internal threaded surface engaged with the threaded shaft, the magnetic assembly being coupled to the other of the first pedicle screw and the second pedicle screw, wherein the hollow magnetic assembly rotates in response to an externally applied magnetic field to thereby lengthen or shorten the distance between the first pedicle screw and the second pedicle screw.
US11918250B2
Deployment devices include a locking mechanism configured to secure a medical device to the deployment device. Methods of operating a deployment device include securing a medical device positioned at least partially within at least one cannula of the deployment device with a locking mechanism and releasing the medical device and securing at least a portion of the at least one cannula of the deployment device with the locking mechanism.
US11918245B2
An ultrasonic surgical handpiece has a motor having a torsional transducer assembly along a central axis of the surgical handpiece, the motor being configured for operative connection to a power source. A surgical attachment has a proximal end detachably connected to the motor and a distal end defining a working plane for engagement with biological tissue. The motor is configured to create a standing wave along the central axis in response to the application of an electrical current and voltage from the power source. The standing wave defines an alternating pattern of nodes and anti-nodes along the central axis, wherein a position of one of the anti-nodes along the center axis corresponds with the position of the working plane.
US11918233B2
A tool for use with a surgical robotic manipulator that comprises an energy applicator including a shaft extending along an axis between a proximal end and a distal end. The shaft has an axial-force receiving surface. A tool assembly comprises a support structure to support the energy applicator, an axial connector assembly arranged to engage and releasably lock the energy applicator to the support structure in a locked state, a drive system coupled to the support structure to rotatably drive the shaft of the energy applicator about the axis, a collet assembly cooperating with the axial connector assembly and configured to apply a force to the axial-force receiving surface of the energy applicator in the locked state, and a reference surface. The force includes an axial component directing the energy applicator proximally into continuous contact with the reference surface in the locked state.
US11918228B2
A left atrial appendage (LAA) occluder includes a sealing portion and a fixing portion connected to the sealing portion, and one or more sealed seed sources encapsulated with radioactive particles. The sealed seed sources are arranged on the sealing portion and/or the fixing portion (20) and configured for forming an annular isolation band on an inner wall of an LAA after the radioactive particles are released. The annular isolation band is configured for blocking the electrical signal conduction between the LAA and a left atrium. In the LAA occluder, the annular isolation band is formed on the inner wall of the LAA by the release of the radioactive particles in the sealed seed sources arranged on the sealing portion and/or the fixing portion.
US11918218B2
An end effector for use with a surgical stapler includes a staple cartridge assembly movable relative to an anvil assembly. The staple cartridge assembly defines a plurality of retention slots and a cavity. The staple cartridge assembly includes a plurality of staples, a plurality of pushers, an actuation sled, a surgical buttress material, a suture, and an anchoring button. The actuation sled is configured for movement along a length of the staple cartridge assembly to sequentially engage the plurality of pushers to eject the plurality of staples through the respective plurality of retention slots. The anchoring button is configured to be received in the cavity of the staple cartridge assembly such that a portion of the suture is supported in the cavity to be severed by a knife blade of the actuation sled when the actuation sled is advanced distally.
US11918213B2
Surgical end effectors and fastener cartridges having firing lockout arrangements for preventing or limit a firing stroke when a cartridge has not been operably installed in the end effector or a spent cartridge has not been replaced.
US11918208B2
A surgical instrument including an end effector that has a selectively reciprocatable implement movably supported therein. The implement is selectively advanceable in a distal direction upon application of a rotary actuation motion thereto and retractable in a proximal direction upon application of a rotary retraction motion thereto. An elongate shaft assembly is coupled to the end effector and is configured to transmit the rotary actuation motion and rotary retraction motion to the reciprocatable implement from a robotic system that is configured to generate the rotary actuation motion and said rotary retraction motion.
US11918205B2
An improvement to devices and methods for suturing tissue in various applications, such as percutaneous closure of arterial and venous puncture sites and the like, providing a self-locking or self-securing suture that does not require manual knot-tying to hold in apposition the tissue of the vessel wall on opposite sides of the puncture.
US11918199B2
A surgical tissue connector system for moving a first internal body tissue to a position away from a second internal body tissue and then holding the first internal body tissue in the position. Tissue connectors are secured to cords such that the length of cord between the tissue connectors can be easily adjusted in a laparoscopic work space.
US11918196B2
Systems and methods are disclosed that include a guide catheter apparatus insertable through an external body passage of a subject. The guide catheter apparatus includes a substantially rigid shaft and a handle. The shaft has a proximal opening, a distal opening, and a lumen extending between the proximal opening and the distal opening. The handle has a structure to allow a position of the guide catheter to be controlled by some or all of three fingers of one hand of an operator of the handle. The structure of the handle is adapted to permit the operator to position a thumb and index finger of the hand to manipulate a working device inserted into the lumen of the guide catheter, where the working device is manipulable via a portion of the working device immediately adjacent to the handle.
US11918192B2
A medical apparatus having an elongate tubular body with a proximal end, an opening at the proximal end, and a distal end defining an interior space therebetween and the distalmost end of the elongate tubular body is configured to matingly engage a filter assembly; a filter assembly configured to matingly engage the distal portion of the elongate tubular body and to provide a seal with the interior space thereof, the filter assembly comprising a filter membrane and a border that is sectionable for mounting on a slide for analysis on a microscope; and a base member configured to releasably engage the distalmost end of the elongate tubular body and to receive the filter assembly therein.
US11918190B2
The present invention relates to expandable sleeves, expandable sleeve systems, and their methods of use. In certain aspects, the expandable sleeves are compatible with commonly used speculums to enhance visualization and access of an orifice. The expandable sleeves sheathe over the blades of a speculum and form a taut barrier when the blades are opened to hold back the walls of a tissue orifice and cavity. The expandable sleeves include inflatable pouches that further push back the walls of the orifice. In certain aspects, the expandable sleeves are useful in performing pelvic exams, such as in patients having lax vaginal walls or excess surrounding tissue.
US11918185B2
A method of preparing a robotic surgery apparatus for a medical procedure can include covering a manipulator unit of the robotic surgery apparatus with a first sterile barrier by coupling a drape coupler of the first sterile barrier to a bottom surface of the manipulator unit and wrapping a drape of the first sterile barrier around side and top surfaces of the manipulator unit. The drape can be coupled to the drape coupler. The drape can be made of material that is more flexible than material of the drape coupler. The method can include covering an arm of the robotic surgery apparatus supporting the manipulator unit with a second sterile barrier that is distinct from the first sterile barrier by coupling the second sterile barrier to the arm and wrapping the second sterile barrier around the arm.
US11918181B2
An endoscope is provided in which an attachment/detachment operation of the proximal end of a wire is easily performed to/from an erecting operation mechanism. An endoscope 10 according to the present invention includes an operation section 22 provided with an erecting operation lever 20; an insertion section 24 provided on a distal end side of the operation section 22; an erecting base 30 provided at a distal end part 26 of the insertion section 24; a movable member 96 that is arranged to be exposed to outside of the operation section 22 and that moves in association with an operation of the erecting operation lever 20; a wire 60 that is coupled to the erecting base 30 at a distal end side thereof, that is coupled to the movable member 96 at a proximal end side thereof, and that is pushed/pulled in accordance with a movement of the movable member 96 to move the erecting base 30; and an attachment member 98 that is provided at a proximal end of the wire 60 and that is engaged with the movable member in an attachable/detachable manner by a one-touch operation.
US11918173B2
A dust collection guide structure (10) arranged at the bottom (11) of a shell of a dust collection mechanism comprises an air duct suction opening (12) formed in the bottom (11) of the shell and at least one groove (13) formed in the surface of the bottom (11) of the shell. One end of each of the at least one groove (13) communicates with the air duct suction opening (12) to form a dust guide air duct for guiding dust into the air duct suction opening (12), and the other end is in smooth transition connection with the edge of the bottom (11) of the shell.
US11918168B2
A surface cleaning apparatus comprises a hand vacuum cleaner, a rigid air flow conduit and a surface cleaning head. The hand vacuum cleaner has a body, which houses a suction motor, and a cyclone unit provided on a front end of the body. The cyclone unit has a cyclone with a cyclone axis of rotation that extends between the front and rear ends of the first stage cyclone. Air enters the cyclone unit through a cyclone unit air inlet that is centrally positioned on a front end wall of the cyclone. A front electrical connector is positioned adjacent the cyclone unit air inlet. When the hand vacuum cleaner is mounted to the rigid air flow conduit, the rigid air flow conduit is concurrently connected in air flow communication with the cyclone unit air inlet and the outlet end electrical connector is electrically connected to the front electrical connector.
US11918157B2
An electronic dispensing system for promoting effective use of a hand cleanser includes a dispensing device and a remote software. The dispensing device senses and records human activity over periods of time before and after dispensing an amount of cleanser, prompts human participation, and reports performance for remote display. One or more sensors detect human presence within a perimeter around the dispensing device and within an immediate area nearer the device. A trigger sensor detects the presence of a hand below a dispensing mechanism, and an electronic controller dispenses an amount of cleanser and starts a timer and an alert system that issues prompts, including a timer display, light, other visual display, speaker, or vibrating alert. An ID reader may read user identification codes. Settings and performance may be paired with a specific user. Sensors of multiple dispensing devices may work together as an array for more accurate sensing.
US11918154B2
A portable restroom system includes plural individual restrooms connected as a pod structure and supported by a chassis. Each restroom includes: a lockable door that opens to outside the pod structure; and a tank having a toilet with a toilet opening, a urinal with a urinal opening, a cleaning port, and two vent holes, all as part of a unitary tank body that defines an interior volume.
US11918152B1
A touchless food dispenser. The touchless food dispenser includes one or more types of food stored therein, one or more removable nozzles, and one or more nozzle replacement mechanisms. The touchless food dispenser is configured to dispense the food through the one or more removable nozzles. The one or more nozzle replacement mechanisms are configured to remove the one or more removable nozzles and replaces the one or more removable nozzles with a different removable nozzle.
US11918144B2
A grill stove includes a kettle, legs, and a lid. The kettle includes an outer wall with a ventilation aperture, an inner wall, and a top collar extending between the inner wall and the outer wall and connecting the top portion of the outer wall to the top portion of the inner wall to form a dual-walled kettle. A base pan may be attached to the outer wall and may form a bottom of the kettle. A nest pan may have an edge and a ventilation aperture. The edge of the nest pan may be attached to the bottom portion of the inner wall and disposed above the base pan. The nest pan and the base pan being spaced apart to form a gap therebetween. The ventilation aperture of the nest pan may be in fluid communication with the ventilation aperture of the outer wall. An ash pan may be removably positionable above the nest pan.
US11918139B2
The present invention refers to a semiautonomous apparatus (1) for preparation and distribution of edible products, such as for example beverages, that presents a subsystem of preparation of edible products based upon portions (2) of edible substances, for example capsules of roasted and ground coffee for preparing coffee of the espresso type, and comprising at least one brewing device (4), and a subsystem of propulsion and locomotion (5), and further presenting a control device (8) provided so that can control said systems and so that the operation of said brewing device (4) and of said propulsion and locomotion means (5) is mutually exclusive, so that said semiautonomous apparatus (1) does not provide edible products while being moved by respective propulsion and locomotion means (5).
US11918135B2
Pivotably connected upper and lower cushions may be sized and shaped to protect chest and lower abdomen areas of a patient, respectively. The cushion structure may be held against the chest and/or abdomen areas of a patient by a combination of an adjustable and disconnectable neck strap attached to an upper portion of the upper cushion, and an adjustable length and resilient strap, such as an elastic belt binder, which may be positioned around the user's waist and the upper cushion. The lower cushion may pivotably move with the patient's legs, allowing the cushion structure to be comfortably used when moving between standing and seated positions, and providing improved protection from automotive seat belts. Pockets may be provided for positioning ice packs proximate the patient's body and for inconspicuously placing a negative-pressure wound therapy vacuum pump or other items.
US11918134B2
An article for use with an associated vertically oriented, generally planar surface may include a generally horizontal top member supported by first and second planar supporting members, which selectively receive the associated vertically oriented, generally planar associated surface therebetween.
US11918114B2
A drawer assembly includes a member having a first locking element. A drawer includes a frame and a handle having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is coupled to the frame. The second portion is coupled to the first portion. A drawer release includes a first end and a second end and is rotatably coupled to the drawer. The first end includes a second locking element. The second portion is rotatable relative to the first portion to move the drawer release between a first orientation in which the second locking element directly engages the first locking element to prevent the drawer from translating relative to the member and a second orientation in which the second locking element is spaced apart from the first locking element to allow the drawer to translate relative to the member.
US11918113B2
A sink is provided. The sink includes a basin having a front wall. The sink includes a rim supported at and extending outwardly from an upper end of the front wall in a substantially horizontal orientation. The sink includes an apron extending from the rim. The apron extends vertically between a top wall and an opposing bottom wall and laterally between a first side wall and an opposing second side wall. The apron is coupled to the basin only at the top wall of the apron by the rim. The apron extends laterally outward past the rim such that a first rear edge of the first side wall and a second rear edge of the second side wall are spaced apart from the rim.
US11918108B2
A modular shelving unit includes a base plate that is planar in an expanded configuration. A first foldable wall is connected to a first side of the base plate. A second foldable wall is connected to a second side of the base plate. The first foldable wall has a first segment and a second segment, and the second foldable wall has a third segment and a fourth segment. The second and fourth segments are rotatable about a respective hinge to define an interior surface with its respective first or third segment when in the expanded configuration. Shelves extend from the interior surfaces in the expanded configuration. In the collapsed configuration, the second and fourth segments are rotated about their respective hinges out of planar with their respective first and third segments. Other embodiments of modular shelving units are described herein.
US11918107B2
A cabinet may include a front wall attached to a front proximal supporting leg and a front distal supporting leg, a back wall attached to a back proximal supporting leg and a back distal supporting leg, a first foldable side wall attached to the front proximal supporting leg and the back proximal supporting leg, and a second foldable side wall attached to the front distal supporting leg and back distal supporting leg. The first foldable wall may include a first panel connected to a second panel by at least a first double pivot connection, and the second foldable wall may include a third panel connected to a fourth panel by at least a second double pivot connection.
US11918096B2
Provided are a color change module using a reflective display, and an independent type color change control apparatus providing an electrical signal for changing a color of the color change module. The color change module can include a module base, the reflective display, a first external electrode and a second external electrode. The module base has a shape corresponding to an object for attachment. The reflective display is provided on an upper surface of the module base, and displays information in a manner wherein light coming from outside is reflected. The first external electrode and the second external electrode are provided to be connected to the reflective display and to be exposed to outside for receiving the information to be displayed on the reflective display from the independent type color change control apparatus.
US11918092B2
The invention is directed to a Nordic walking/running/exercise pole, which is equipped with a handle flexing towards the pole shaft.
US11918084B2
A measurement device that allows all users to conveniently and discreetly determine appropriate general footwear measurements at any age is disclosed. The device may include a housing having a contact edge configured to receive the heel or a first side edge of the user's foot, a retractable tape configured to extend outwardly from the housing, and a toe flange proximate the distal end of the retractable tape that is configured to receive the toe or a second side edge of the user's foot. The retractable tape may have indicia of barleycorn units of measurement that can easily be used to determine footwear sizes (length and width) in English speaking countries.
US11918081B1
This disclosure represents a novel article of footwear that has a built-in toe drying system. The footwear is preferably in the form of a sandal having a sole and a strap attached to opposite sides of the sole and fastened to the top of the sole near forefoot region. More specifically, the footwear has a pair of micro fans releasably mounted in openings disposed in the strap. One micro fan is connected to a duct integrated in strap and the other micro fan is connected to a duct positioned along the side of the sole. The airflow generated by the micro fans are directed towards respective connected ducts such that the airflow is expelled through holes to dry moisture and water on foot of a wearer of the footwear. The sole has a plurality of ripples on top surface thereof and the ripples facilitate drainage of water.
US11918076B2
A method for manufacturing an article of footwear includes arranging a three-dimensional upper on a last and placing a plurality of elongated support structures on the three-dimensional upper arranged on the last using an automated placement assembly. The method further includes heating the plurality of elongated support structures to secure the plurality of elongated support structures to the upper.
US11918064B2
A protective glove includes a primary yarn that forms the palm, thumb and finger sections of the glove. The primary yarn has an interior surface forming the interior surface of the glove, and an exterior surface forming the exterior surface of the glove. A plaiting yarn can be plaited to portions of the exterior surface of the primary yarn to form a plurality of enhanced sections on the exterior surface of the glove. The enhanced sections can have at least one substantially enhanced physical characteristic in relation to the primary layer.
US11918062B2
A clothing article having a support member is provided. The clothing article includes an outer shell, a portion of the outer shell being dimensioned to fit loosely on a body of a wearer. A support structure has a support member supporting the body of the wearer when positioned thereon, and fits snugly on the body of the wearer, At least one tether portion extends between the support member and at least one connection region that is secured to the outer shell. At least a part of the at least one tether portion is dimensioned to enable the outer shell to move substantially freely relative to the support member when the clothing article is worn by the wearer.
US11918056B2
There is described a male garment having a body including a front portion and leg openings for a wearer's legs. A resiliently elastic stretch panel is attached to an interior of the body and includes an opening for receiving therethrough the wearer's genitalia. A pouch is defined between the stretch panel and the front portion for receiving therein the wearer's genitalia. A padded member is attached to the interior of the body for cushioning one or more areas of the wearer, such as their crotch and buttocks.
US11918053B2
A method of manufacturing a vapour generating product includes positioning non-liquid vapour generating material in a space defined by one or more walls configured to prevent movement of the vapour generating material by more than 2 mm in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the vapour generating material, the one or more walls extending substantially in the axial direction of the vapour generating material. The method further includes aligning an axis of a rigid insertor with the axial direction of the vapour generating material and inserting the rigid insertor into the vapour generating material from a first end of the vapour generating material. An apparatus for manufacturing a vapour generating product is also disclosed.
US11918052B2
A control unit for an inductive heating apparatus configured to inductively heat a susceptor of an aerosol forming body includes the susceptor and an aerosol source, the control unit is configured to in a case where the susceptor ceases to be detected while the inductive heating is being executed, stop the inductive heating or notifying an error.
US11918050B2
A method of controlling a hot wire anemometer (HWA) of a non-nicotine e-vaping device includes controlling, by a first PID controller, a level of power applied by the non-nicotine e-vaping device to the HWA based on a temperature of a heated element of the HWA and a temperature setpoint; generating a puff detection signal indicating whether or not a puff is currently occurring with respect to the non-nicotine e-vaping device; and while the puff detection signal indicates that a puff is not currently occurring with respect to the non-nicotine e-vaping device, detecting, by a second PID controller, a change in an ambient temperature of the HWA, and controlling, by the second PID controller, the temperature setpoint such that the temperature setpoint changes in response to the detected change in the ambient temperature of the HWA.
US11918043B1
The present invention provides a pipe having a bowl with a smoking material processing element. The bowl can be removable and replaceable with bowls of different sizes. The bowl and mouthpiece are more easily cleaned when separated than when combined. Further, the processing element can include cutting elements to prepare smoking material as part of the bowl loading process.
US11918042B2
A combined storage container and pipe apparatus for convenient storage and smoking of a smokable substance includes a tube and a lid. The tube defines an interior space and has a top that is open. The top allows reversible addition of a smokable substance into the interior space. The tube has an indentation positioned in a sidewall thereof proximate to a bottom thereof. A portion of the smokable substance can be positioned in the indentation. The indentation has an aperture centrally positioned therein. The lid is selectively engageable to the tube to close the top and has a hole positioned therethrough around which a user can position their lips. The user is positioned to light the portion of the smokable substance that is positioned in the indentation and to draw smoke through the aperture and the interior space into at least one of a mouth and lungs of the user.
US11918038B2
A shisha device comprises a cooling element (13) disposed along an airflow channel to cool an aerosol. The cooling element unit utilizes active cooling and may additionally utilize passive cooling. The cooling element may comprise a conduit (21) comprising a thermally conductive material. The cooling element may be integrally formed with an accelerating element (14) disposed along the airflow channel. Cooling may occur before or during acceleration of the aerosol by the accelerating element. The cooling may contribute to the condensation in the aerosol.
US11918030B2
Certain embodiments include a screen assembly of a vessel, where the screen assembly includes a plurality of fixed elements and a retainer, and the retainer includes a ring, a plurality of wedges disposed about the ring, and a plurality of keyholes at spaced locations about the ring. Each keyhole includes a bore and a slot extending from the bore into an adjacent wedge of the plurality of wedges, the slots have a width less than the bores, and the retainer may receive the fixed elements through the bores and may be rotated in a relation with the plurality of fixed elements to bring the plurality of fixed elements into simultaneous engagement with the wedges.
US11918026B2
An aerosol generating article (10) for use with an aerosol generating device includes an aerosol forming substrate (20) an aerosol cooling element (40) and an acid. The article may optionally include one or both of a filter and a support element (30). The aerosol cooling element, the filter, if present, and the support element, if present, are downstream of the aerosol forming substrate. The acid is downstream of the aerosol forming substrate and is positioned to interact with aerosol from the aerosol forming substrate when the aerosol generating article is used with the aerosol generating device. The acid may be in or on one or more of the aerosol cooling element, the filter, and the support element. The acid may selectively remove ammonia from aerosol generated by the article during use.
US11918022B2
Apparatus, system and method for cold pressing juice from a food including a food delivery chute, a food grinder, and a pressing chamber which may removably fit together as a single, stand-alone unit.
US11918019B2
Provided is food component comprising cells of at least one bacterium, said cells comprising a crude protein concentration of at least 60 wt % of a total dry weight of said cells and nucleic acid at a concentration of less than about 5 wt % of a total dry weight of said cells, wherein at least 50% of a total number of said cells are dead cells. Further provided are food and beverages comprising such food components and methods of manufacture thereof.
US11918016B2
Provided is a storage and delivery system that includes a container containing a stable liquid composition therein for increasing the viscosity of an aqueous liquid or aqueous liquid solid mixture foodstuff and having a viscosity of less than 2000 cP and a water activity of greater than 95%, wherein the composition comprises one or more thickening agents and one or more polysaccharides, and a pump dispenser sealingly attached to the container and having a valve for inhibiting or preventing drying of the composition in the container. Further provided is a method of delivering a stable liquid composition to an aqueous liquid or aqueous liquid solid mixture foodstuff by use of the storage and delivery system. A method for increasing the viscosity of an aqueous liquid or aqueous liquid solid mixture foodstuff by adding the stable liquid composition thereto is also provided.
US11918013B2
There are provided compositions for inactivation of Gram-positive bacteria and bacterial spores, and methods of making and using such compositions. The compositions may contain 7-alpha-acetoxyhardwickiic acid, crolechinic acid, hardwickiic acid, kolavenic acid and copalic acid.
US11918012B2
In some aspects, the present disclosure provides an advantageous process for preparing meat curing agents. In some embodiments, a process for continuous conversion of plant-based nitrates to nitrites includes: inoculating a source material liquid comprised of nitrates with a bacterial culture capable of converting nitrates to nitrites; when nitrites in the source material liquid reach a desired concentration, harvesting a first harvest volume of the source material liquid at a harvest rate; and replenishing the harvested volume of the source material liquid with source material liquid comprising additional nitrates at a feed rate, wherein the harvest rate is higher than the feed rate.
US11918008B2
A method for production of a cocoa powder substitute includes: drying a spent coffee ground material, previously utilized in a coffee brewing process, to a moisture content of less than 10% by mass to produce a dried spent coffee ground material; extracting oil from the dried spent coffee ground material to produce a coffee flour material characterized by a fat content of less than 5% by mass; milling the coffee flour material to an average particle size of less than 250 microns; and flavoring the coffee flour material to produce a cocoa-homologous flavor in the coffee flour material.
US11918004B1
The present disclosure provides anticaking agents for cheese, comprising an botanical extract from Sorbus, such as Sorbus aucuparia. Also provided are anticaking agents for cheese, comprising 15-30 wt. % reducing sugar, 0.2-0.8 wt. % glucose oxidase, 0-2 wt. % salt chosen from sodium chloride, calcium chloride, and magnesium chloride, and 0.5-10 wt. % botanical extract. The present disclosure further provides food products comprising these anticaking agents and methods of treating divided cheese for anticaking with these anticaking agents.
US11918000B2
The present disclosure relates to fungi, a culture filtrate thereof and a polysaccharide and their applications in inducing or priming plant resistance to viruses. Aspects of the present disclosure provides a cultured filtrate, derived from a fungus belonging to the genus Trichosporon, induces strong resistance to various viruses on different plants.
US11917998B2
The invention relates to a stable disinfectant composition and the use of said composition for spraying hatching eggs prior to in ovo vaccination, for disinfecting vaccination equipment including vaccination needles, and for flushing vaccination equipment post vaccination cycles.
US11917995B2
The present invention relates to fungicidal compositions comprising, as active components, mefentrifluconazole and one or more of the following compounds: (Z)-N-allyloxy-1-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-2-imidazol-1-yl-ethanimine, 3-chloro-4-(2,6-difluorophenyl)-6-methyl-5-phenyl-pyridazine, N′-(2,5-dimethyl-4-phenoxy-phenyl)-N-ethyl-N-methyl-formamidine, methyl (E)-2-[2-[(5-cyano-2-methyl-phenoxy)methyl]phenyl]-3-methoxy-prop-2-enoate, methyl (E)-2-[2-[(2,5-dimethylphenoxy)methyl]phenyl]-3-methoxy-prop-2-enoate, N-ethyl-2-[(3-ethynyl-8-methyl-6-quinolyl)oxy]butanamide, N-ethyl-2-[(3-ethynyl-8-methyl-6-quinolyl)oxy]-2-methylsulfanyl-acetamide, 2-[(3-ethynyl-8-methyl-6-quinolyl)oxy]-N-(2-fluoroethyl)butanamide, 2-[(3-ethynyl-8-methyl-6-quinolyl)oxy]-N-(2-fluoroethyl)-2-methoxy-acetamide, 2-[(3-ethynyl-8-methyl-6-quinolyl)oxy]-N-propyl-butanamide, 2-[(3-ethynyl-8-methyl-6-quinolyl) oxy]-2-methoxy-N-propyl-acetamide, 2-[(3-ethynyl-8-methyl-6-quinolyl)oxy]-2-methylsulfanyl-N-propyl-acetamide, 2-[(3-ethynyl-8-methyl-6-quinolyl)oxy]-N-(2-fluoroethyl)-2-methylsulfanyl-acetamide, N′-(5-bromo-6-indan-2-yloxy-2-methyl-3-pyridyl)-N-ethyl-N-methyl-formamidine, N′-[5-bromo-6-[1-(3,5-difluorophenyl)ethoxy]-2-methyl-3-pyridyl]-N-ethyl-N-methyl-formamidine, N′-[5-bromo-6-(4-isopropylcyclohexoxy)-2-methyl-3-pyridyl]-N-ethyl-N-methyl-formamidine, N′-[5-bromo-2-methyl-6-(1-phenylethoxy)-3-pyridyl]-N-ethyl-N-methyl-formamidine, methods for controlling harmful fungi and or plant health using such compositions, agrochemical compositions and preparation thereof, and plant propagation material comprising such compositions.
US11917992B2
The present invention relates to organ perfusion systems that can be used at room temperature. The organ perfusion systems do not comprise a temperature controller. In some embodiments, the organ perfusion systems do not comprise a cleaning device for cleaning the perfusion fluid. The perfusion fluid can comprise Williams' medium E. The organ perfusion systems can be portable and can be used to preserving an organ, preventing ischemic damage in an organ, or recovering an ischemically damaged organ.
US11917986B2
L-serine, L-serine precursors, L-serine derivatives and L-serine conjugates for treatment, amelioration and/or prevention of protein aggregation/tangles/plaques and diseases associated with protein aggregation/tangles/plaques. In particular, treatments and uses for L-serine, L-serine precursors, L-serine derivatives and L-serine conjugates include Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), and Huntington disease (HD).
US11917985B2
An artificial beehive includes at least one artificial hive chamber for storing a bee colony and/or honey produced by a bee colony; with at least one removable frame stored in the hive chamber, the frame serving as a supporting base for the production of a honeycomb, and being removable from the hive chamber for extraction of honey from the honeycomb; and at least one cover that closes the hive chamber from an external environment. The hive chamber includes at least one interior surface having grooves extending therealong, the grooves having a depth of between about 1 mm and about 6 mm, and arranged in a predetermined and repeatable pattern.
US11917981B2
The invention relates to a device for identifying an animal comprising an image recording device for recording images of an animal located in proximity to the device, a database, in which database reference images of typical procedures of approach of the first animal are stored, wherein a degree of matching between the images and the reference images and/or between features of the images and features of the reference images is determined and wherein, depending on the degree of matching, a drive for opening a door is actuated and/or a signalling unit for issuing an alert tone or a signalling unit for issuing a luring sound is activated and/or an issuing unit for issuing feed is activated via a control device.
US11917974B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01091792. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01091792. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01091792 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01091792 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US11917973B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01091785. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01091785. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01091785 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01091785 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US11917971B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01091703. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01091703. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01091703 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01091703 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US11917966B2
The invention discloses a soybean plant, or a part of said plant comprising the transgenic event CIGBDt-Def1 or the transgenic event CIGBIs-Def5, as well as a method for the detection of those events in soybean samples. It also provides a seed from a soybean plant comprising said transgenic events, and products obtained from a plant, or from soybean seeds, comprising one of said events. In addition, the invention is related to a method for the production of soybean plants resistant to glyphosate, and to diseases caused by fungi or oomycetes, comprising the introduction of one of the mentioned transgenic events in the genome of said plants. The increase in the yield of a soybean crop in the field can be achieved with the transgenic events of the invention.
US11917960B2
The invention provides an improved method for transformation of sorghum and the production of genetically modified sorghum. In particular, methods and means are described for the production of high quality, transformable sorghum plant cells which are maintained in culture for longer duration without losing their regenerative potential and their use for genetic transformation. The method also describes the use of improved media for efficient plant regeneration from transformed plant cells, thereby providing significant improvement in the stable transformation frequency of sorghum.
US11917953B2
An irrigation system with transient state speeds of movement achieves and maintains substantial straight alignment of multiple interconnected spans with continuous movement over a range of speeds in a forward and reverse movement direction. A variable-speed drive controller monitors and processes the output of the corresponding alignment detector and, based on the output of the alignment detector, selects from memory and continuously furnishes to the corresponding span motor a predetermined progressively increasing speed profile or a predetermined progressively decreasing speed profile.
US11917943B2
Harvesting apparatus (10), namely merger or pickup swather with pickup members (18) designed as pickups for picking up harvested crop, with at least one transverse conveyor device (19) designed as belt conveyor for conveying the picked-up harvested crop in a transverse conveying direction running transversely with respect to a harvesting direction or direction of travel, wherein each pickup member (18) designed as a pickup is mounted pivotably on a respective transverse conveyor device (19) designed as belt conveyor, namely centrally with respect to the respective pickup member (18) via a respective joint (22).
US11917942B2
Mower (1), has a plurality of mowing elements (2), forming a mower bar (3), a roller conditioner (4), behind the mower bar (3), and an upper conditioning roller (5) and a lower conditioning roller (6), the lower conditioning roller (6) is rotatable about a lower, positionally fixed axis of rotation (8), wherein the upper conditioning roller (5) is rotatable about an upper, shiftable axis of rotation (9) that, as a result of shifting the upper axis of rotation (9), a gap (7) between the conditioning rollers (5, 6) is changeable, wherein the lower conditioning roller (6) and the upper conditioning roller (5) are coupled to each other via a scissors-like transmission (10), and wherein first and second transmission parts (11,12) are coupled to the lower conditioning roller (6) and the upper conditioning roller (5) respectively and are operatively connected to each other and are shiftable in a scissors-like manner.
US11925126B2
Technologies for tuning a resistance of tunnel junctions such as Josephson junctions are disclosed. In the illustrative embodiment, a Josephson junction is heated to 85 Celsius, and an electric field is applied to the Josephson junction. The heat and the electric field cause the resistance of the Josephson junction to increase. Monitoring the Josephson junction during the application of the electric field allows for the resistance of the Josephson junction to be adjusted to a particular value.
US11925124B2
A magnetic structure, a magnetic device incorporating the magnetic structure and a method for providing the magnetic structure are described. The magnetic structure includes a magnetic layer, a templating structure and a resistive insertion layer. The magnetic layer includes a Heusler compound and has a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy energy exceeding an out-of-plane demagnetization energy. The templating structure has a crystal structure configured to template at least one of the Heusler compound and the resistive insertion layer. The magnetic layer is on the templating structure. The resistive insertion layer is configured to reduce magnetic damping for the Heusler compound and allow for templating of the Heusler compound.
US11925116B2
Provide are a compound capable of improving the light-emitting efficiency, stability, and lifespan of an element, an organic electronic element using same, and an electronic device thereof.
US11925114B2
The present invention provides an indenocarbazole compound characterized by having hole transporting properties, being used as a constituent material of an organic electroluminescence device, and being represented by the following general formula (1), and an organic electroluminescence device having a pair of electrodes and at least one organic layer sandwiched therebetween is characterized in that the indenocarbazole compound is used as a constituent material of at least one organic layer. The indenocarbazole compound according to the present invention has (1) excellent hole transporting properties, (2) excellent electron blocking properties, (3) a stable thin film state, and excellent heat resistance. The organic electroluminescence device according to the present invention has a high light-emitting efficiency and high brightness.
US11925112B2
The present invention provides a novel compound that can improve the luminous efficiency, stability and life span of the element, an organic electronic element using the same, and an electronic device thereof.
US11925104B2
Provided are an organometallic compound represented by Formula 1 and an organic light-emitting device including the same. The organic light-emitting device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode; an organic layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the organic layer including an emission layer and the organometallic compound represented by Formula 1.
US11925096B2
Provided is a display panel. The display panel includes: a substrate, including a display region, a periphery region, and a pad region, wherein the periphery region surrounds an outer periphery of the display region, and the pad region is disposed on a side, distal from the display region, of the periphery region; and a touch layer, disposed on the substrate and including a touch electrode and a touch trace, wherein the touch electrode is at least partially disposed in the display region, the touch trace is disposed in the periphery region and is electrically connected to the touch electrode, the touch trace is electrically connected to a pad disposed in the pad region, the touch trace includes at least two line layers laminated in a thickness direction of the substrate.
US11925092B2
A method of manufacturing a display apparatus includes: forming a display element layer above a lower substrate, where the display element layer includes first to third display elements; forming an encapsulation layer on the display element layer; forming first partition walls on the encapsulation layer to define first to third color regions, where the first to third color regions overlap the first to third display elements, respectively, in a view in a direction perpendicular to the lower substrate; forming second partition walls on the first partition walls; forming a quantum dot layer, which includes forming a second color quantum dot layer in the second color region and forming a third color quantum dot layer in the third color region; and removing the second partition walls.
US11925089B2
An electro-optical device comprising a plurality of pixels. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a first sub pixel and a second sub pixel that are arrayed in the first direction, a third sub pixel and a fourth sub pixel that are arrayed in the first direction, and a color filter corresponding to each of the first sub pixel, the second sub pixel, the third sub pixel, and the fourth sub pixel. Each of the first sub pixel, the second sub pixel, the third sub pixel, and the fourth sub pixel including a light-emitting element includes a light-emitting region, a supply circuit for supplying current to the light-emitting element, and a contact region in which a contact for electrically connecting the light-emitting element to the supply circuit is disposed.
US11925076B2
Provided are a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a base substrate as well as, at a side of the base substrate, a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in an array, a power bus, a plurality of first power lines extending along a column direction and a plurality of second power lines extending along a row direction, where each of the plurality of first power lines is electrically connected to the plurality of the sub-pixels arranged along the column direction, and the plurality of first power lines and the plurality of second power lines are electrically connected in overlapping regions of vertical projection on the base substrate. The display panel further includes a plurality of connection units.
US11925070B2
Disclosed is a display panel. The display panel includes a semiconductor structure; the semiconductor structure includes a substrate and a partition structure, disposed on the substrate and arranged to partition a film layer disposed on the substrate; the partition structure includes at least a base film layer and a partition film layer that are stacked in sequence; the partition film layer covers the base film layer, and at least one side of the partition film layer extends beyond a corresponding side of the base film layer; and the partition film layer warpage has a warpage structure located at an end portion thereof.
US11925066B2
Disclosed is a display device that with low power consumption. The display device includes a first thin film transistor having a polycrystalline semiconductor layer in an active area and a second thin film transistor having an oxide semiconductor layer in the active area, wherein at least one opening disposed in a bending area has the same depth as one of a plurality of contact holes disposed in the active area, whereby the opening and the contact holes are formed through the same process, and the process is therefore simplified, and wherein a high-potential supply line and a low-potential supply line are disposed so as to be spaced apart from each other in the horizontal direction, whereas a reference line and the low-potential supply line are disposed so as to overlap each other, thereby preventing signal lines from being shorted.
US11925056B2
The embodiments of the present application provide a package cover plate and a manufacturing method thereof, a display panel and a display device. The package cover plate includes a cover plate structure layer, a spacer structure on a side of the cover plate structure layer, the spacer structure includes a first spacer, and the first spacer includes a water absorbing structure, and an auxiliary electrode layer on a side of the spacer structure facing away from the cover plate structure layer.
US11925055B2
An organic light-emitting diode display is disclosed. In one aspect, the display includes a display unit located on the substrate and including a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area, and a thin film encapsulation layer sealing the display unit. The display also includes a voltage line formed in the non-display area and surrounding the display area, a metal layer formed of the same material as the voltage line, and a dam surrounding the display area and contacting the voltage line. The voltage line includes a first voltage line disposed in one side of the display area. The first voltage line includes a pair of first end portions and a pair of first connectors respectively connected to the pair of first end portions and extending away from the display area. The metal layer is disposed between the pair of first connectors. The dam contacts the metal layer.
US11925052B2
A display panel includes: a substrate including an opening penetrating from an upper surface to a lower surface of the substrate; a light emitting diode in a display area around the opening and including: a pixel electrode; an opposite electrode; and an intermediate layer between the pixel electrode and the opposite electrode; and a thin film encapsulation layer on the light emitting diode and including an organic encapsulation layer and at least one inorganic encapsulation layer, wherein the opposite electrode and at least one organic material layer of the intermediate layer extend toward the opening, wherein a portion of the opposite electrode facing the opening protrudes further toward the opening than the at least one organic material layer and includes a burr covered by the organic encapsulation layer.
US11925042B2
The present disclosure relates to an organic electroluminescent device, in which co-host materials with a specific P:N ratio are used, and the energy level and mobility of the materials of the functional layers are adjusted to be within specific ranges, so that good device performances could be produced under a plurality of P:N ratios, thereby providing more possibilities for the selection of devices.
US11925039B2
The present disclosure provides an optical-sensing device, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display panel. The optical-sensing device includes a sensor TFT disposed on a substrate and a switch TFT connected with the sensor TFT. The sensor TFT and the switch TFT include a first active layer and a second active layer, the first active layer comprises a first IGZO layer and a perovskite layer disposed on the first IGZO layer, and the second active layer comprises a second IGZO layer.
US11925037B2
Methods for forming microelectronic devices include forming lower and upper stack structures, each comprising vertically alternating sequences of insulative and other structures arranged in tiers. Lower and upper pillar structures are formed to extend through the lower and upper stack structures, respectively. An opening is formed through the upper stack structure, and at least a portion of the other structures of the upper stack are replaced by (e.g., chemically converted into) conductive structures, which may be configured as select gate structures. Subsequently, a slit is formed, extending through both the upper and lower stack structures, and at least a portion of the other structures of the lower stack structure are replaced by a conductive material within a liner to form additional conductive structures, which may be configured as access lines (e.g., word lines). Microelectronic devices and structures and related electronic systems are also disclosed.
US11925036B2
An example three-dimensional (3-D) memory array includes a substrate material including a plurality of conductive contacts arranged in a staggered pattern and a plurality of planes of a conductive material separated from one another by a first insulation material formed on the substrate material. Each of the plurality of planes of the conductive material includes a plurality of recesses formed therein. A second insulation material is formed in a serpentine shape through the insulation material and the conductive material. A plurality of conductive pillars are arranged to extend substantially perpendicular to the plurality of planes of the conductive material and the substrate and each respective conductive pillar is coupled to a different respective one of the conductive contacts. A chalcogenide material is formed in the plurality of recesses such that the chalcogenide material in each respective recess is formed partially around one of the plurality of conductive pillars.
US11925032B2
A memory device includes an array of memory cells overlying a substrate and located in a memory array region. Each of the memory cells includes a bottom electrode, a vertical stack containing a memory element and a top electrode, and dielectric sidewall spacers located on sidewalls of each vertical stack. The bottom electrode comprises a flat-top portion that extends horizontally beyond an outer periphery of the dielectric sidewall spacers. The device also includes a discrete etch stop dielectric layer over each of the memory cells that includes a horizontally-extending portion that extends over the flat-top portion of the bottom electrode. The device also includes metallic cell contact structures that contact a respective subset of the top electrodes and a respective subset of vertically-protruding portions of the discrete etch stop dielectric layer.
US11925027B2
A semiconductor structure includes a memory array including first and second bit lines and a sense amplifier circuit. The sense amplifier circuit includes a first sense amplifier array containing first active sense amplifier transistors that each have an active region having a first width, where the first active sense amplifier transistors are electrically connected to the first bit lines, and a second sense amplifier array including second active sense amplifier transistors that each have the active region having the first width, where the second active sense amplifier transistors are electrically connected to the second bit lines, and dummy active regions which are electrically inactive located between columns of the second active sense amplifier transistors.
US11925025B2
An occupied area of the switch circuit electrically connected to a memory cell is reduced to reduce the size of a semiconductor device. A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a memory cell on a semiconductor substrate and a semiconductor chip in which a switch circuit electrically connected to the memory cell is formed, wherein the switch circuit includes a second transistor electrically connected to the memory cell, and the second transistor includes a second word gate formed on the semiconductor substrate through a third gate insulating film, and a second coupling gate formed on the semiconductor substrate through a fourth gate insulating film having a thickness greater than that of the third gate insulating film, wherein a voltage higher than a voltage applied to the second word gate is applied to the second coupling gate of the second transistor when a current is applied to the memory cell.
US11925023B2
A three-dimensional semiconductor device includes a stacked structure including a plurality of conductive layers stacked on a substrate, a distance along a first direction between sidewalls of an upper conductive layer and a lower conductive layer being smaller than a distance along a second direction between sidewalls of the upper conductive layer and the lower conductive layer, the first and second directions crossing each other and defining a plane parallel to a surface supporting the substrate, and vertical channel structures penetrating the stacked structure.
US11925020B2
A vertical semiconductor device may include a stacked structure and a plurality of channel structures. The stacked structure may include insulation layers and gate patterns alternately and repeatedly stacked on a substrate. The stacked structure may extend in a first direction parallel to an upper surface of the substrate. The gate patterns may include at least ones of first gate patterns. The stacked structure may include a sacrificial pattern between the first gate patterns. The channel structures may pass through the stacked structure. Each of the channel structures may extend to the upper surface of the substrate, and each of the channel structures may include a charge storage structure and a channel. Ones of the channel structures may pass through the sacrificial pattern in the stacked structure to the upper surface of the substrate, and may extend to the upper surface of the substrate.
US11925012B2
A method for forming a capacitor array structure includes the following steps: providing a substrate, a capacitor contact being exposed on a surface of the substrate, and the substrate including an array region and a peripheral region; forming a bottom supporting layer covering the substrate and the capacitor contact, the bottom supporting layer having a gap therein; forming a filling layer filling the gap and covering the capacitor contact and the surface of the bottom supporting layer, a thickness of the filling layer located at the peripheral region being larger than that of the filling layer located at the array region; forming supporting layers and sacrificial layers alternately stacked in a direction perpendicular to the substrate; forming a capacitor hole; sequentially forming a lower electrode layer on an inner wall of the capacitor hole.
US11925011B2
Fin-based well straps are disclosed for improving performance of memory arrays, such as static random access memory arrays. An exemplary integrated circuit (IC) device includes a FinFET disposed over a doped region of a first type dopant. The FinFET includes a first fin having a first width doped with the first type dopant and first source/drain features of a second type dopant. The IC device further includes a fin-based well strap disposed over the doped region of the first type dopant. The fin-based well strap connects the doped region to a voltage. The fin-based well strap includes a second fin having a second width doped with the first type dopant and second source/drain features of the first type dopant. The second width is greater than the first width. For example, a ratio of the second width to the first width is greater than about 1.1 and less than about 1.5.
US11925002B2
A casing structure with functionality of effective thermal management is disclosed, which consists of a casing member, a low thermal conductivity medium, a second heat spreader, and a first heat spreader. When a user operates the electronic device, heat generated from CPU and/or GPU is transferred to the second heat spreader via the first heat spreader, and then is two-dimensionally spread in the second heat spreader. Consequently, the heat is dissipated away from the casing member to air due to the outstanding thermal radiation ability of the casing member. The low thermal conductivity medium is adopted for controlling a heat transfer of heat transferring paths from the heat source and ends to the casing member. By applying the casing structure in an electronic device by a form of a top casing and/or a back casing, an outer surface temperature of the casing member can be well controlled.
US11924993B2
An apparatus (1) comprising hardware equipment (3) having hardware components (10) enclosed by a chassis (2) having a front side (2A) and a rear side (2B), and auxiliary equipment (5) movable within the chassis (2) along at least one transportation rail (7) with a non-linear trajectory extending in horizontal plane between a first position at the front side (2A) of the chassis (2) and a second position behind the hardware equipment (3) at the rear side (2B) of the chassis (2), wherein a part of the hardware components (10) is at least temporarily removable from the chassis (2) or movable within the chassis (2) to provide space (11) for moving the auxiliary equipment (5) within the chassis (2) along the at least one transportation rail (7) between the first and second position.
US11924990B2
A protective cover for a portable electronic device includes a support with a support element that includes a slot bounded by a forward surface and an opposed rear surface. The forward surface and the opposed rear surface are planar surfaces oriented parallel to one another and spaced apart a distance that enables the slot to receive peripheral edges of any of a plurality of differently configured devices from different manufacturers and having different capabilities. The forward surface and the opposed rear surface are located a single fixed distance apart from one another, enabling the slot to self-support the plurality of differently configured devices from different manufacturers and having different capabilities. The protective cover may include a keyboard.
US11924973B2
A clamping mechanism providing automatically accurate placement includes a pillar, a first clamping plate fixed to a first end of the pillar, and a second clamping plate movably coupled to a second end of the pillar and opposite to the first clamping plate. The first clamping plate includes a base plate. The base plate includes a first surface facing the second clamping plate and two opposite side faces connected to the first surface. The first surface is concave and defines two first positioning slots on opposite sides. Each first positioning slot passes through the two side faces. The first positioning slots are configured to position a carrying frame on a transferring apparatus accurately. A transferring apparatus including the clamping mechanism is also disclosed.
US11924958B2
A hard disk drive flexible printed circuit (FPC) includes a plurality of fingers extending from a main portion, with each finger having a first wiring layer including a first electrically conductive trace layout, a second wiring layer including a second electrically conductive trace layout, and a base film interposed between the first and second wiring layers, where the first conductive trace layout includes at least one thermally conductive protective island overlaying a respective portion of the second trace layout to provide a protective thermal barrier to the base film. Hence, maximum temperatures across various layers of the FPC laminate can be reduced, damage to the FPC prevented, and manufacturing yields improved.
US11924951B2
This application relates to a wireless power transmission system. In one aspect, the wireless power transmission system includes a power transmitting module that provides wireless power to a power receiving module. The power receiving module can include transparent heat generating elements that are heated by power wirelessly received from the power transmitting module. The power receiving module can include a first coil pattern. The power transmitting module can include a battery and a second coil pattern that can wirelessly transmit power supplied from the battery to the first coil pattern of the power receiving module. The wireless power transmission system can be included in a head mount device such as a fire mask, a gas mask, or a helmet.
US11924944B1
A voice-activated light system that includes a microphone for receiving one or more voice commands (which may be referred to as a “voice microphone”), one or more light sources (such as LEDs) coupled to a controller and a light driver. The light driver is for driving the light sources and the controller is for detecting a voice command in order to control the mode of operation of the one or more light sources. The controller can have multiple control commands each for selecting a different mode of operation of the light source(s). The modes can be controlled by a common voice input term followed by a second voice command corresponding to a mode of operation of the light source. The system may include a second microphone which may be referred to herein as a “music microphone”. The commands can include “light show,” “slow pulse,” “steady on,” “blinking,” or “off”.
US11924942B2
One example described herein includes a light-emitting diode (LED) driver system. The system includes an error amplifier configured to compare an input voltage with a reference voltage to generate a control voltage. The system further includes an amplifier output stage configured to control an output current through a first current path and a shunt current through a second current path based on the control voltage. The amplifier output stage comprises a slew-rate controller configured to control a slew-rate of the shunt current. The shunt current can be provided through a shunt resistor in the second current path and added to the output current to provide a total current through an LED string.
US11924941B2
In a first light emission control device, a clock signal is generated, and after a first driving sequence starts to be performed in which the respective states of light-emitting elements in a first light-emitting element array are sequentially switched synchronously with the clock signal, at a particular time point a characteristic of the clock signal is changed from a first characteristic to a second characteristic. After the change, in a second light emission control device, a second driving sequence is performed in which the respective states of light-emitting elements in a second light-emitting element array are sequentially switched synchronously with the clock signal.
US11924936B2
A method for selecting a mode/color on a lighting module, the lighting module having only a single button includes: receiving a first actuation of the single button at the lighting module. The method further includes responsive to the first actuation, turning the device on and displaying a first mode/color. The method further includes detecting that the single button is held down. The method further includes displaying a plurality of modes/colors in a timed sequence, such that each mode/color of the plurality of modes/colors is displayed for a preset period of time. The method further includes detecting that the single button is released. The method further includes displaying a selected mode/color of the plurality of modes/colors that was displayed when the single button was released.
US11924925B2
A 5G enhanced HetNet Gateway (HNG) is presented. In one embodiment the 5G HNG includes at least one non-5G virtual network function (VNF); a 5G Core (5GC) option selection VNF; a 5GC default VNF; a 5G local breakout VNF; at least one interface for any G base station; and at least one interface for any core network. Core functionality is abstracted for the EPC and for the 5GC.
US11924924B2
A location awareness system including a communication network, and a network operating element coupled to the communication network. At least one anchor network gateway is coupled to the communication network, the at least one anchor network gateway configured to generate a wireless anchor network. A plurality of anchors are configured to couple to one of the at least one anchor network gateway via its respective wireless anchor network. A plurality of tags is each configured to communicate with at least one anchor to provide ranging information for determination of a position of the tag within an area covered by the system.
US11924920B2
The described technology is generally directed towards obtaining communication-related operating information of a user equipment, such as via a terminal adapter to a terminal equipment. Communication-related operating information can include component carrier information, frequency band information, MIMO layer information, modulation information, and active user plane (uplink and downlink) information. In one aspect, a terminal equipment can send a communication command (e.g., an AT command) to a terminal adapter requesting return of frequency-related operating information and/or active user plane information, and receive the requested information from the terminal adapter. The terminal equipment provides access to the received information to a program running on the terminal equipment.
US11924919B2
An apparatus of a node of a network comprises one or more baseband processors to process a first user equipment (UE) capability report from a first UE, and to process a second UE capability report from a second UE, wherein the first UE capability report and the second UE capability report include a same UE capability ID for the first UE and the second UE, and wherein the first capability report includes partial UE capability information for the first UE and the second capability report includes partial UE capability information for the second UE. The apparatus can include a memory to store the first capability report and the second capability report.
US11924915B2
Disclosed herein are techniques, devices, and systems for a mobile device to keep track of public land mobile networks (PLMNs) codes from a list(s) of equivalent PLMNs that the mobile device received at a time of performing a past registration procedure(s). For example, memory of the mobile device may store a PLMN code(s) from a list of equivalent PLMNs that the mobile device received from a mobility management entity (MME) or an access and mobility function (AMF) node. During a subsequent registration, the mobile device may send a message to another MME or another AMF node, and may receive a message, such as an ATTACH ACCEPT message or a REGISTRATION ACCEPT message, from the other MME or the other AMF node. In response to receiving the message, the mobile device can maintain the stored PLMN code(s) in the memory.
US11924905B2
A method and apparatus may include receiving, by a user equipment from a first access point which supports a first radio access technology, a radio-resource-control (RRC) reconfiguration message including an RRC configuration information of a second access point, after an initiation of a slave RRC at the second access point has been determined. The second access point supports a second radio access technology, and performing, by the user equipment, a random access procedure with the second access point based on the RRC reconfiguration message. The user equipment is configured to have an RRC connection with the first access point and the first access point is a master node.
US11924897B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first network node may receive, from a first integrated access and backhaul (IAB) donor central unit (CU), information indicating a first resource configuration used by an IAB node that has a first connection with a first parent IAB node that is a child of the first IAB donor CU. The first network node may transmit, to a second parent IAB node that is a child of the first network node, the information. Numerous other aspects are described.
US11924892B2
Techniques for random access (RA) in a cellular internet-of-things (CIOT) are discussed. An example apparatus configured to be employed within a User Equipment (UE), comprises a receiver circuitry, a processor, and transmitter circuitry. The receiver circuitry is configured to receive RA resource allocation information via one of a system information message or a downlink control information (DCI) message. The processor is operably coupled to the receiver circuitry and configured to: select a RA preamble sequence; generate a payload; and spread the payload via a spreading sequence. The transmitter circuitry is configured to transmit, based on the RA resource allocation information, a RA message comprising the RA preamble sequence and the payload, wherein the RA message is transmitted in a RA slot. The receiver circuitry is further configured to receive a response comprising a device identity of the UE and one of an uplink (UL) grant or a RA reject message.
US11924890B2
There is provided a method, performed by a network unit, for enabling management of random access attempts in a wireless communication system by a plurality of devices having wireless communication capabilities. The method comprises obtaining (S1) information representing the load of random access attempts, and determining (S2), based on the information representing the load of random access attempts, control information for controlling a distribution of the random access attempts over time.
US11924884B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, a random access channel (RACH) occasion (RO) configuration that includes information related to ordered preamble resources. The UE may generate a preamble resource index according to various parameters selected based on the RO configuration information that relates to the ordered preamble resources. The UE may generate an uplink RACH message that includes a preamble based at least in part on the preamble resource index and a payload associated with a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) resource unit (PRU) mapped to the preamble resource index. After decoding the uplink RACH message, the base station may send a response message including scrambled downlink control information (e.g., based on a scrambling identifier or payload information associated with the uplink RACH message). Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11924874B2
A method performed by a wireless device (110) includes, for a first transmission of a procedure, selecting a first channel sensing procedure for determining availability of a channel in the unlicensed spectrum. Based on the first channel sensing procedure, it is determined that the channel in the unlicensed spectrum is available. In response to determining that the channel in the unlicensed spectrum is available, a maximum channel occupancy time, MCOT, duration associated with the first channel sensing procedure is determined. The MCOT duration is an amount of time in which the wireless device and a network node are allowed to transmit on the channel in the unlicensed spectrum for the procedure. The wireless device transmits the first transmission during the MCOT duration and receives a second transmission from a network node (160). The second transmission includes a first listen-before-talk, LBT, scheme for a third transmission associated with the procedure.
US11924872B2
Systems and methods implementing prioritization of network resources in an aeronautical satellite network system, which determines network utilization of a beam of the aeronautical satellite system by a plurality of aircraft using network capacity of the beam, where network demand in the beam indicated by the network utilization is greater than capacity of the beam, share network bandwidth of the beam to the plurality of aircraft based on a service priority factor, where the service priority factor may depend on altitude of the plurality of aircraft in the beam.
US11924871B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a next-generation wireless communication system for supporting high data transfer rates beyond the 4th generation (4G) wireless communication system. According to the various embodiments, a method of transmitting and receiving signals in a wireless communication system and apparatus for supporting the same may be provided. In addition, other embodiments may also be provided.
US11924867B2
A method, network node and wireless device for efficient signaling of rate matching patterns are disclosed. According to one aspect, a network node is configured to indicate to a wireless device whether at least one resource element, RE, associated with a reference signal is one of available and not available for physical downlink shared channel, PDSCH-to-RE mapping, the at least one RE associated with the reference signal being at least one RE in a same orthogonal frequency division multiplex, OFDM, symbol as the reference signal; and transmit signaling according to the PDSCH-to-RE mapping, the PDSCH being one of mapped and not mapped to the at least one RE associated with the reference signal based on the indication. According to another aspect, a wireless device is configured to receive the indication from the network node; and receive the PDSCH based on the indication.
US11924858B2
Performing inter-band carrier aggregation based on device capability includes monitoring a dominant type of wireless devices in a wireless sector based on whether or not they are capable of inter-band carrier aggregation, and enabling or disabling inter-band carrier aggregation in the sector based on the dominant type. Enabling/disabling inter-band carrier aggregation can include allowing or preventing usage of usage of a low-frequency carrier as a primary component carrier aggregated with a high-frequency carrier as a secondary component carrier. Carriers using FDD and TDD duplexing modes are included.
US11924857B2
In one embodiment, a method comprises first causing, by a controller device, wireless access points (APs) to allocate first non-interfering wireless channels for a prescribed reliable data service for wireless client devices in a WLAN; second causing the wireless APs to allocate a second shared channel having a bandwidth that is greater than the corresponding bandwidth of any of the first non-interfering wireless channels; allocating for each wireless client device a corresponding location service interval on the second shared channel for transmission of at least a corresponding identifiable wireless data unit for locating the corresponding wireless client device between two or more of the wireless APs; and determining a location of at least one of the wireless client devices based on reception of at least the corresponding wireless data unit between the one wireless client device and the two or more wireless APs during the corresponding location service interval.
US11924854B2
The disclosure relates to a communication technique for combining an IoT technology with a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate than that of a beyond-4G system, and a system therefor. The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail businesses, security and safety related services, and the like) based on 5G communication technologies and IoT-related technologies. A method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system is provided, the method includes receiving configured grant (CG)-physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) configuration information, identifying a plurality of actual repetition PUSCHs based on a PUSCH repetition transmission type B and the CG-PUSCH configuration information, identifying whether 1 symbol actual repetition PUSCH is included in the plurality of actual repetition PUSCHs, and in case that the 1 symbol actual repetition PUSCH is included in the plurality of actual repetition PUSCHs and is related to uplink transmission in an unlicensed band, transmitting the 1 symbol actual repetition PUSCH.
US11924852B2
A system and method for providing both localized and distributed transmission modes for EPDCCH is disclosed, where one EPDCCH comprises of one or multiple CCEs. Localized versus distributed transmission may be defined in terms of the EPDCCH to CCE resource mapping. In a localized transmission CCEs are restricted to be contained within one PRB. In a distributed transmission a CCE spans over multiple PRBs. A UE can be configured to either receive the EPDCCH only in localized or only in distributed transmissions. A UE can also be configured to expect EPDCCH transmissions in both localized and distributed transmissions. In each PRB configured by the higher layer as an EPDCCH resource, 24 REs that may be used for any DMRS transmission are always reserved and not used for EPDCCH transmission.
US11924850B2
Various solutions for autonomous retransmission on configured grant with respect to user equipment and network apparatus in mobile communications are described. An apparatus may start a first timer and a second timer when a transmission is performed on a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process configured for a configured grant. The apparatus may perform an autonomous retransmission using the configured grant when the second timer is expired. The apparatus may cancel restart of the first timer when the autonomous retransmission is performed. The apparatus may restart the second timer when the autonomous retransmission is performed. The apparatus may stop the second timer when the first timer expires. The apparatus may stop the second timer at the activation of a type 2 configured grant.
US11924844B2
Obstacle detection enhancement data are transmitted from a server to at least one moving conveyance embedding an obstacle detection system and an on-board wireless radio unit communicating with the server via wireless link. To do so, downlink transmission resources are allocated to each on-board wireless radio unit in a transmission cycle Cn, by optimizing the difference between a distance travelled by the moving conveyance during a transmission cycle and a distance covered by the obstacle detection enhancement data made available to the obstacle detection system at a next transmission cycle Cn+1, wherein the volume of obstacle detection enhancement data expected to be transmitted during the transmission cycle Cn is determined from volume-to-distance ratio information bk stored in a database and from actual quality of the wireless link.
US11924843B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method performed by a terminal in a communication system is provided. The method includes receiving, from a base station, configuration information on a configured grant for uplink transmission, the configured grant being configured with an autonomous transmission; in case that a previous configured grant for a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process was not prioritized, a transmission of a first medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) obtained for the HARQ process has not been performed, and a size of the first MAC PDU matches a size of a configured grant, identifying that the first MAC PDU has been obtained for the configured grant; and in case that the configured grant is a prioritized uplink grant, delivering the obtained first MAC PDU.
US11924842B2
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 disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method of a terminal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving, from a first cell of a base station, cross carrier scheduling configuration including information indicating that a carrier indicator field (CIF) is included in downlink control information (DCI); receiving, from the first cell of the base station, the DCI for scheduling a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), the DCI including the CIF; if the CIF indicates that a resource assignment of the PDSCH is for the first cell, identifying whether a first offset value between a reception of the DCI and the PDSCH is less than a threshold; and in case that the first offset value is less than the threshold and the terminal supports default beam selection for the PDSCH, receiving, from the first cell of the base station, data on the PDSCH based on quasi co-located (QCL) parameters for a control resource set (CORESET) associated with a search space with a lowest CORESET identifier (ID) within an active bandwidth part (BWP) of the first cell in a latest slot monitored by the terminal.
US11924840B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support feedback for mixed grant types. In a first aspect, a user equipment (UE) is configured to determine a threshold associated with a number of bits for feedback of one or more physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) grant types. The UE is further configured to transmit a feedback message including feedback information for one or more received PDSCHs associated with the one or more PDSCH grant types. A number of bits of the feedback information included in the feedback message for the one or more received PDSCHs associated with the one or more PDSCH grant types is less than or equal to the threshold. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.
US11924810B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communications, and more specifically to managing narrowband regions of system bandwidths for devices with limited communications resources, such as machine type communication(s) (MTC) devices and enhanced MTC (eMTC) devices. An example method generally includes determining a set of downlink (DL) narrowband regions partitioned from a DL system bandwidth, determining a set of uplink (UL) narrowband regions partitioned from an UL system bandwidth, determining a mapping between the set of DL narrowband regions and the set of UL narrowband regions, and communicating with at least a base station (BS) using at least one of the mapped narrowband regions.
US11924799B2
The location of a user equipment may be determined by having the user equipment use a radio carrier and/or a bandwidth part having the highest sub-carrier spacing available to the user equipment. A user equipment may communicate through a plurality of radio carriers, determine a first radio carrier or bandwidth part having a highest sub-carrier spacing, determine a timing advance value associated with the first radio carrier or bandwidth part, and transmit to a location server, the timing advance value.
US11924780B2
Disclosed are a method for receiving a phase tracking reference signal by a terminal in a wireless communication system and an apparatus supporting the same. According to one embodiment applicable to the present invention, a terminal may receive a phase tracking reference signal from multiple demodulation reference signal port groups on the basis of information on whether power boosting is applied to a phase tracking reference signal according to the number of layers of each of the multiple demodulation reference signal port groups from a base station.
US11924776B1
A system and method for minimizing interference between communication systems in an area. A system includes a repeater that is positioned within the area. The repeater includes a donor antenna communicating between the repeater and a wireless base station, a server antenna communicating between the repeater and a user device, a downlink transmission path to boost and repeat signals received by the donor antenna to the server antenna, and an uplink transmission path to boost and repeat signals received by the server antenna to the donor antenna. The system includes an emissions control system having control inputs that are processed to control a total output power level in a passband of the signal transmissions on the uplink transmission path by the repeater, and/or emissions outside the passband of the signal transmissions on the uplink transmission path by the repeater, based on the one or more processed control inputs.
US11924775B2
A power control method includes obtaining, by a first terminal, parameter information required for power control, where the parameter information includes at least one of a first parameter, a second parameter, and a third parameter, and determining, by the first terminal based on the parameter information, uplink transmit power used when uplink transmission is performed on a target beam or a target beam pair; where the first parameter includes a beam reception gain of a network device and/or a beam sending gain of the first terminal, where the second parameter is used to indicate interference caused by a second terminal to the first terminal on the target beam, and where the third parameter includes beam-specific target power and/or terminal-specific target power.
US11924770B2
A UE may calculate an allocation of a transmission power for a first uplink transmission on a first uplink channel and at least one second uplink transmission on at least one second uplink channel, the transmission power being allocated in each symbol of a plurality of symbols in a slot. The UE may detect a transmission power change in the allocation of the transmission power in the slot for at least one of the first uplink transmission or the at least one second uplink transmission. The UE may determine whether to adjust the allocation of the transmission power for the at least one of the first uplink transmission or the at least one second uplink transmission to eliminate the transmission power change in the slot for the at least one of the first uplink transmission or the at least one second uplink transmission.
US11924767B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a transmit power control (TPC) command that is based at least in part on a scheduled transmission of a sidelink communication. The UE may determine, based at least in part on refraining from transmitting the sidelink communication or transmitting the sidelink communication at a power that is lower than a power configured for the scheduled transmission of the sidelink communication, whether to adjust a transmit power of the UE based at least in part on the TPC command. The UE may selectively adjust the transmit power of the UE based at least in part on determining whether to adjust the transmit power. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11924751B2
The disclosure relates to a communication technique of converging a 5th generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates after a 4th generation (4G) system with Internet of things (IoT), and a system therefor. The disclosure provides a method performed by a first network entity managing a packet data network (PDN) session in a wireless communication system supporting interworking between a first and second networks. The method comprises receiving subscription update information of a user equipment (UE) for which a PDN connection associated with a network slice is established in the second network, the network slice being subscribed in the first network, determining whether to release the PDN connection if the subscription update information includes information notifying that network slice related information of the UE is changed, and performing a release of the PDN connection associated with the network slice if the release of the PDN connection is determined.
US11924742B2
Systems and techniques for obtaining system information in a wireless communication system include: receiving a System Information Block Type 1 (SIB1) from a first cell, the SIB1 including information for acquiring an on-demand SI; requesting the on-demand SI to the first cell; based on the on-demand SI being not received from the first cell in a first specific period of time after the requesting the on-demand SI to the first cell is successful, re-requesting the on-demand SI to the first cell; and based on the on-demand SI being not received from the first cell in a second specific period of time after a total number of requesting the on-demand SI to the first cell reaches a maximum value, re-selecting a second cell under assumption that the first cell is a barred cell.
US11924729B2
Disclosed is a lighting control system for directing a show. The system includes at least: a master device; and a plurality of slave devices that receive lighting control signals from the master device. The light control signals correspond to seats of a plurality of audiences in an auditorium. The plurality of slave devices receive position information indicating specific positions at which the plurality of slave devices emit a light, light-emitting status information including preset information to classify the plurality of slave devices into a plurality of groups, and group identification number information. The plurality of slave devices are grouped in accordance with received information. The master device controls the grouped plurality of slave devices to emit a light per group basis by broadcasting the lighting control signals including group light-emitting pattern information for each of the plurality of groups of the plurality of slave devices.
US11924721B2
A system and a method to wirelessly synchronize, monitor, or communicate, or a combination thereof, amongst sensors (e.g., sensors, hubs, sensor controllers, etc.) in a Bluetooth Low Energy-based microlocation system. The system or method, or both, may use the BLE hardware (e.g., transmitters, receivers, antennas, etc.) to interleave a communications protocol within the connection interval gaps of the BLE protocol used to communicate with devices.
US11924717B2
An embodiment of the invention provides a deskless workstation that comprises a network of walkie-talkies connected to a mobile phone that forwards the audio communications to a remote processing device for further processing and to take appropriate actions. The remote device may analyze the audio information to determine what action to perform. An embodiment of the invention may be assembled largely from existing components such as a particular type of audio cable, an Android mobile phone, and a radio application available for Android phones.
US11924715B2
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for the assignment of a common edge application server (EAS) for ad-hoc groups of user equipment (UE). A method may include generating or updating binding information comprising a correlation between a group identifier of an ad-hoc group of user equipment (UE) and an edge application server (EAS) identifier assigned to the ad-hoc group, and storing, updating, and/or deleting the binding information, or causing the binding information to be stored, in a database.
US11924711B1
A listening device for tracking locations of a tracking device in a physical space includes one or more wireless transceivers, one or more sensors, and one or more processors. The processors generate positional indicators associated with the listening device based on signals generated by the one or more sensors, based on communications with an external device, or both. The listening device communicates with the tracking device to receive a tracking signal, based on which the processors identify a position of the tracking device relative to the listening device. The tracking device is located within the physical space based on the identified position of the tracking device relative to the listening device and the positional indicators associated with the listening device.
US11924698B2
A method for a user equipment (UE) for cell selection while the UE is in a radio resource control (RRC) Inactive state is provided. The method receives, via control signaling, a configuration indicating a target frequency carrier and a corresponding target core network (CN) type. The method then causes the UE to transition from an RRC Connected state to the RRC Inactive state based on the received configuration. While the UE is in the RRC Inactive state, the method selects a suitable cell among a plurality of suitable cells that are associated with the target frequency carrier. The method selects the suitable cell irrespective of the received target CN type.
US11924686B2
A computer method and system for analyzing performance of a 5G communication network for determining 4G traffic offload characteristics. Determine relative spectrum efficiency for data downlinks and uplinks in the 5G communication network and determine values for pairs of 4G LTE primary cells and 5G NR primary cells. A heatmap is generated utilizing the determined values for depicting 4G traffic offload characteristics in a 5G communication network wherein the generated heatmap includes a generated line depicting a connection between a LTE PCell to a 5G NR PScell wherein a width of the generated line is scalable relative to a determined percentage of 5G utilized traffic in the 5G communication system.
US11924677B2
A method and apparatus for handling packet duplication based on congestion level of frequency in a wireless communication system is provided. A wireless device configures at least two lower entities associated with an upper entity. A wireless device activates packet duplication in the upper entity for multiple frequencies. A wireless device submits a data unit to at least one lower entity among the at least two lower entities based on a congestion level of at least one frequency among the multiple frequencies. A wireless device performs transmission of the data unit.
US11924675B2
Technology for an Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) node in an IAB network is disclosed. The IAB node can decode, at a distributed unit (DU) of the IAB node, a first resource request received from one of a user equipment (UE) or a child IAB node, wherein the first resource request is associated with the UE. The IAB node can encode, at a mobile terminal (MT) of the IAB node, a second resource request for transmission to the parent IAB node or the IAB donor triggered by receipt of the first resource request, wherein the second resource request is transmitted prior to a receipt of a protocol data unit (PDU) at the DU of the IAB node.
US11924669B2
A slice manager associated with a network access point of a telecommunication network can manage combinations of network slices and bandwidth parts for user equipment (UE). The bandwidth parts can have independently set numerologies, such as subcarrier spacing values. The UE can be configured to use one or more active bandwidth parts at a time, such that the slice manager can instruct the UE to use multiple active bandwidth parts simultaneously with respect to the same network slice or multiple network slices.
US11924664B2
A communication device includes: a communication unit that performs wireless communication; a notification unit that notifies another communication device of first information regarding setting related to measurement of a communication environment with the other communication device transmitting a reference signal, on the basis of predetermined conditions; and an acquisition unit that acquires second information regarding the setting from the other communication device.
US11924658B2
A method and apparatus for Radio Link Monitoring for multiple active bandwidth parts in a wireless communication system is provided. A wireless device receives a BWP configuration including information on (i) multiple BWPs, and (ii) a priority for the multiple BWPs. A wireless device activates a first BWP and a second BWP among the multiple BWPs. A wireless device performs RLM procedure only for the first BWP which has been determined as a primary active BWP. A wireless device determines to change the primary active BWP from the first BWP to the second BWP upon detecting a BWP failure for the first BWP. A wireless device performs RLM procedure for the second BWP which is selected as the primary active BWP.
US11924651B2
The present disclosure relates to a base station that supports self-configuration and self-optimization and a method thereof. A method performed by a target base station in a mobile communication system includes: receiving a radio link failure (RLF) report of a user equipment (UE) from a source base station or a third base station; detecting a reason for an occurrence of a failure based on the RLF report of the UE; and transmitting a message to the source base station based on the detected reason for the occurrence of the failure.
US11924648B1
System, method, and apparatus for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum management and utilization
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum utilization management. The system includes at least one monitoring sensor, at least one data analysis engine, at least one application, a semantic engine, a programmable rules and policy editor, a tip and cue server, and/or a control panel. The tip and cue server is operable utilize the environmental awareness from the data processed by the at least one data analysis engine in combination with additional information to create actionable data.
US11924643B2
Methods, systems and computer readable media for rogue access point detection are described.
US11924641B2
An authorization entity in a communication system comprising a service-based architecture receives a request from a service consumer in the communication system for access to a given service type. The authorization entity obtains an access token that identifies a plurality of service producers for the given service type and sends the access token to the service consumer.
US11924639B2
In some examples, an electronic device receives configuration information relating to network connectivity with a network of a vehicle, the configuration information including a credential. The electronic device establishes, using the configuration information, a connection with the network of the vehicle to access a service, and revokes the credential in response to a termination of the access of the service.
US11924633B2
There is provided a mobile terminal capable of being protected against unauthorized use by a third party without using a dedicated key device. A plurality of mobile terminals are previously registered mutually. When unlocked among them, one mobile terminal communicates with another mobile terminal in a communication range of short-range wireless communications, unlocks the above another mobile terminal, and when out of the communication range, locks it again.
US11924620B2
This disclosure provides a speaker and a terminal device. The speaker includes a speaker housing and a speaker body, where the speaker body is disposed in the speaker housing, the speaker body and the speaker housing form a speaker front cavity and a speaker rear cavity, the speaker housing is provided with a sound output channel, the sound output channel communicates with the speaker front cavity, the speaker rear cavity includes a first sub-cavity, the speaker housing includes a first spacer disposed in the first sub-cavity, the first spacer splits the first sub-cavity into a resonance tube and a resonance cavity, the resonance tube communicates with the resonance cavity, a first connecting hole is provided in a side wall of the speaker front cavity, and the speaker front cavity communicates with the resonance tube through the first connecting hole.
US11924609B2
A display apparatus includes: a display panel configured to be rolled or unrolled, at least one vibration module on a rear surface of the display panel, the at least one vibration module being configured to: be rolled or unrolled with the display panel, and vibrate the display panel, and a partition on the rear surface of the display panel, the partition being spaced apart from and surrounding the at least one vibration module, wherein the at least one vibration module includes: a plurality of first portions having a piezoelectric property, and a plurality of second portions between the plurality of first portions, the plurality of second portions having flexibility.
US11924596B2
A system and method for providing visual and acoustical signals that includes a light emitting display having light sources and a display surface, and perforations extending perpendicularly to the display surface and disposed between the light sources, at least one loudspeaker positioned behind the light emitting display. The perforations have a non-cylindrical shape. The openings on the side of the light sources occupies at least 5% of the area of the light emitting display for sound passing through.
US11924594B2
The present disclosure provides a method, apparatus and system for transmitting OMCI messages. The method includes receiving an OMCI message from a cloud server, wherein the cloud server supports vOMCI; judging whether the received OMCI message is associated with device information of the optical line terminal, if so, obtaining device association information corresponding to the received OMCI message, filling the device association information into the received OMCI message, and sending the filled OMCI message to the optical network terminal, otherwise, sending the received OMCI message directly to the optical network terminal.
US11924579B1
An apparatus for generating FPD-link IV signals in automobiles. The apparatus includes a USB to I2C converter allowing USB interfaced commands and Ethernet interfaced commands to configure and update a single board computer, an FPD-link IV Serializer and the single board computer that produce a video signal to FPD-link IV outputs. The single board computer stores video timing parameters (EDID) for the Device Under Test as well.
US11924572B2
An image sensor includes a first amplifier comparing and amplifying a first voltage signal received from a first column line, and a ramp signal; a second amplifier amplifying an output of the first amplifier; a third amplifier comparing and amplifying a second voltage signal received from a second column line, and the ramp signal; and a fourth amplifier amplifying an output of the third amplifier, wherein the second amplifier and the fourth amplifier output a decision signal at different points in time by dummy switch control split.
US11924565B2
An image sensor includes a pixel array, a row driver, a detector, an analog-to-digital converter and a controller. The pixel array includes a pixel area including a pixel and a dummy area including a monitoring circuit. The dummy area is disposed on a same substrate as the pixel area. The dummy area is disposed adjacent to the pixel area. The row driver is configured to output a driving signal to the pixel and the monitoring circuit. The detector is configured to receive a monitoring signal from the monitoring circuit. The analog-to-digital converter is configured to receive an analog signal corresponding to an incident light from the pixel and to convert the analog signal to a digital signal. The controller is configured to control the row driver and the analog-to-digital converter.
US11924562B2
The present disclosure provides an image sensor, which includes: a pixel collection circuit array including a plurality of pixel collection circuits, each pixel collection circuit being configured to monitor a change in a light intensity in a field of view and enter a triggered state when the change in the light intensity meets a predetermined condition; a global control unit configured to reset the pixel collection circuit array when the image sensor is powered on, and control the pixel collection circuit array in a stable initial state to operate; a photo current detection unit configured to determine whether there is the change in the light intensity, and control an operating state of at least one pixel collection circuit in accordance with the detected change in the light intensity; and a reading unit configured to respond to the pixel collection circuit in the triggered state and output corresponding address information.
US11924557B2
The present disclosure relates to a pinhole camera, an electronic apparatus and a manufacturing method, an electronic apparatus and a manufacturing method by which further reduction in profile can be achieved. The pinhole camera includes a semiconductor substrate on which a pixel array unit on which a plurality of pixels are arranged in an array is formed, a protective substrate stacked on an on-chip lens arranged corresponding to a pixel array unit of the semiconductor substrate through a seal resin, and a light shielding film formed on the protective substrate and configured to block light to be irradiated upon the semiconductor substrate. A pinhole is formed in the light shielding film. The present technology can be applied, for example, to a CMOS image sensor of the stacked type.
US11924552B2
An image pickup apparatus capable of judging that the image pickup apparatus has fallen down unintentionally is provided. The image pickup apparatus comprising a movable unit having an image pickup unit, a fixed unit configured to support the movable unit in a manner being relatively displaceable, a drive unit configured to drive the movable unit so as to be displaced relatively to the fixed unit, a first detector configured to detect an inclination angle of the image pickup apparatus, a second detector configured to detect movement of the image pickup apparatus, and a control unit configured to perform control at the time of falling down of the image pickup apparatus in accordance with the inclination angle detected by first detector and frequency information and amplitude information of the movement detected by the second detector.
US11924545B2
Two-dimensional (2D) color information and 3D-depth information are concurrently obtained from a 2D pixel array. The 2D pixel array is arranged in a first group of a plurality of rows. A second group of rows of the array are operable to generate 2D-color information and pixels of a third group of the array are operable to generate 3D-depth information. The first group of rows comprises a first number of rows, the second group of rows comprises a second number of rows that is equal to or less than the first number of rows, and the third group of rows comprises a third number of rows that is equal to or less than the second number of rows. In an alternating manner, 2D-color information is received from a row selected from the second group of rows and 3D-depth information is received from a row selected from the third group of rows.
US11924543B2
An accessory detachably attached to an electronic apparatus includes an accessory processing unit communicable with an electronic apparatus by a first communication method as communication via a first contact group, and by a second communication method as communication via a second contact group different from the first contact group. The accessory processing unit controls the communication by the second communication method based on information communicated by the first communication method, executes communication via a second contact included in the second contact group in the second communication method, in response to a change in a signal level of a signal via a first contact included in the second contact group from a first signal level to a second signal level, and executes communication by the second communication method based on information on the second signal level included in the information communicated by the first communication method.
US11924529B2
A camera actuator according to an embodiment can comprise: a housing; a prism unit disposed inside the housing; a driving part for tilting the prism unit; and a rotation unit for tilting the prism unit about a first axis or a second axis. The rotation unit can comprise: a rotation housing; a rotation guide disposed inside the rotation housing; and a guide pin member coupled to the rotation guide.
US11924528B2
An image acquisition apparatus includes a first image sensor configured to obtain a first image based on detection of a light of a first wavelength band; a second image sensor configured to obtain a second image based on detection of a light of a second wavelength band that is wider than the first wavelength band; and a processor configured to obtain a third image having a spatial resolution corresponding to the first image and a color gamut corresponding to the second image based on the first image and the second image. The image acquisition apparatus may provide an image with a high spatial resolution and a wide color gamut.
US11924527B2
An optical sensor system operative for receiving, by a processor, a first image captured by a visible light camera, determining a value of a characteristic of the first image, determining an environmental condition in response to the value being less than a threshold, activating an infrared camera in response to the environmental condition, capturing a second image by the visible light camera and a third image by the infrared camera, generating a fused image in response to the second image and the third image, detecting an object in response to the fused image, and controlling a vehicle in response to the detection of the object.
US11924520B2
A method, an apparatus and an electronic device for processing a subtitle beyond scope are provided. In the method, size information of a display device of a terminal is acquired, where the size information indicates a size of the display device. A secure zone is established according to the size information, where the secure zone has a size less than or equal to the size of the display device. A video frame is selected from video images in response to playing the video images by the terminal. A composite frame is generated using parts of the video frame that are beyond the secure zone. It is judged whether the composite frame contains text. It is determined that a subtitle in the video images is beyond scope if the composite frame contains text.
US11924509B2
Methods and apparatus to determine engagement levels of audience members are disclosed. An example apparatus includes means for detecting whether an environment associated with a first device includes a second device with a display that is illuminated. The example apparatus also includes means for calculating an engagement of a user with respect to the first device based on a proximity between the user and the illuminated display.
US11924507B2
A process adapts user-initiated search queries. The process executes at a client device with a microphone. The process downloads audio fingerprints from a remote server for a plurality of video programs, and downloads information that correlates the audio fingerprint to the video programs. The audio fingerprints are preselected according to relevancy criteria, including stored user preferences and prior search queries by the user. The audio fingerprints and correlating information are stored locally. The process detects ambient sound using the microphone and computes one or more sample audio fingerprints from the detected ambient sound. The process matches a sample audio fingerprint to a locally stored audio fingerprint and uses the correlating information to identify a first video program corresponding to the matched sample audio fingerprint. The process then receives user input to initiate a search query. The process provides auto-complete suggestions for the search query based on the first video program.
US11924505B2
Disclosed herein are various embodiments for providing an audio duplication and redirection system. An embodiment operates by determining that a media redirection hardware adapter is connected to an audio port of a host device. Audio content is intercepted from an audio source directed to the host device, wherein the received audio content comprises a first set of one or more audio channels. The received audio content is separated into a second set of two or more audio channels including both a first channel for a first speaker and a second channel for a second speaker. Positional audio for the speakers is determined from the received audio content. The positional audio is provided to the first speaker over the first channel and to the second speaker over the second channel.
US11924504B2
A method and a receiver for receiving a recovery file format file from a provider comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a recovery data table including a RecoveryDataTable element; (b) receiving a contentID field of said RecoveryDataTable element describing a type of content identifier provided in a message having a cardinality of 0 . . . N; (c) receiving a svcInetUrl field of said RecoveryDataTable element describing service information; (d) receiving a URLValue field of said svcInetUrl field describing URL to access Internet signaling files for said service information; (e) decoding elements of said file based upon said recovery data table.
US11924502B2
A digital content operating apparatus, including: a communication unit which communicates with an external device which has a display for displaying the digital content; a user operation interface which receives a user operation to control the digital content which is displayed on the external device; a display which displays either a linear content operation panel or an interactive content operation panel; and a controller which controls the user operation interface corresponding to information on the digital content which is displayed on the external device; wherein either the linear content operation panel or the interactive content operation panel is displayed alternatively as the user operation interface on the display.
US11924496B2
The application provides a channel switching method for a display apparatus, and a display apparatus. The display apparatus includes: a display, a remote control, a communicator, an input interface and a controller, the controller is configured to perform: receiving a channel switch instruction generated from an input number, taking the input number as a digital channel number for a first round of channel search, and determining whether a first channel corresponding to the digital channel number exists in a channel table stored in the display apparatus; in response to the first channel not existing in the channel table, further processing the input number to obtain a processed input number and taking processed input number as a physical channel number for a second round of channel search; and in response to the first channel existing in the channel table, control the display to play content from the first channel.
US11924483B2
A method includes: receiving a script configured to modify the audio-video file; calculating a performance metric based on execution of the script on a set of test files; classifying the script as performant based on the performance metric; defining a metadata store associated with the script and the audio-video file; receiving a playback request specifying a rendition of the audio-video file from a computational device; in response to receiving the playback request: accessing a set of data inputs from the metadata store; executing the script on a frame of the audio-video file based on the set of data inputs to generate a modified frame of the audio-video file; transcoding the modified frame of the audio-video file into the rendition to generate an output frame of the audio-video file; and transmitting the output frame of the audio-video file to the computational device for playback at the computational device.
US11924470B2
In encoding a sequence of frames, a linear transform, such as, for example a wavelet transform, is applied to the sequences of frames on a frame-by-frame basis. At least one portion of a linearly transformed frame thus obtained is encoded in the inter mode on the basis of a differential representation of the linearly transformed frame. The differential representation corresponds with a difference between, on the one hand, the portion of the linearly transformed frame and, on the other hand, a representation of a corresponding portion of at least one other linearly transformed frame. Data compression is then applied to the differential representation of the portion of the linearly transformed frame.
US11924467B2
Mapping-aware coding tools for 360 degree videos adapt conventional video coding tools for 360 degree video data using parameters related to a spherical projection of the 360 degree video data. The mapping-aware coding tools perform motion vector mapping techniques, adaptive motion search pattern techniques, adaptive interpolation filter selection techniques, and adaptive block partitioning techniques. Motion vector mapping includes calculating a motion vector for a pixel of a current block by mapping the location of the pixel within a two-dimensional plane (e.g., video frame) onto a sphere and mapping a predicted location of the pixel on the sphere determined based on rotation parameters back onto the plane. Adaptive motion searching, adaptive interpolation filter selection, and adaptive block partitioning operate according to density distortion based on locations along the sphere. These mapping-aware coding tools contemplate changes to video information by the mapping of 360 degree video data into a conventional video format.
US11924458B2
Embodiments of this application relate to the field of video picture coding technologies, and disclose a bidirectional inter prediction method and apparatus, to improve coding efficiency. The method includes: obtaining indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate that second motion information is determined based on first motion information, the first motion information is motion information of a current picture block in a first direction, and the second motion information is motion information of the current picture block in a second direction; obtaining the first motion information; determining the second motion information based on the first motion information; and determining prediction samples of the current picture block based on the first motion information and the second motion information.
US11924455B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a coefficient coding method, an encoder, and a decoder. The method includes the following. A bitstream is parsed to obtain a video flag. When the video flag indicates that a video satisfies a preset condition, the bitstream is parsed to obtain a last-significant-coefficient position-reverse flag and coordinate information of a last significant coefficient. When the last-significant-coefficient position-reverse flag indicates that a position of the last significant coefficient is reversed for a current block, the position of the last significant coefficient is determined by calculation with the coordinate information of the last significant coefficient. According to a preset scanning order, all coefficients before the position of the last significant coefficient are decoded to determine coefficients of the current block.
US11924453B2
A coding tool setting method and a video decoding apparatus using the same are disclosed. An embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for setting whether or not to use a coding tool, and provides a coding tool setting method comprising the steps of: decoding, from a bitstream, a profile syntax element indicating a target profile among available profiles and a coding tool syntax element for configurable coding tools, the coding tool syntax element indicating whether or not to apply the coding tool; and setting, on the basis of the coding tool syntax element, target coding tools that are coding tools included in the target profile to be on or off.
US11924450B2
A physical adapter receives a data stream comprising data usable to derive a rendition of a signal at a first level of quality and reconstruction data produced by processing a rendition of the signal at a second, higher level of quality and indicating how to reconstruct the rendition at the second level of quality using the rendition at the first level of quality. The physical adapter reconstructs the rendition at the second level of quality and outputs the reconstructed rendition and/or data derived from the reconstructed rendition. The physical adapter is connectable to signal processing equipment that outputs the data usable to derive the rendition at the first level of quality. The physical adapter increases the quality of the rendition of the signal relative to the first level of quality and enhances the functionality of the signal processing equipment.
US11924438B2
Embodiments include a picture reconstruction method and apparatus for a video picture. The picture reconstruction method includes: obtaining a prediction mode of a current coding unit, and/or obtaining a prediction partition mode of the current coding unit, where the current coding unit includes a luma coding block and a chroma coding block, and the prediction partition mode is a mode of splitting the current coding unit into prediction blocks or prediction units; obtaining a transform block of the current coding unit based on the prediction partition mode and/or the prediction mode; and generating a reconstructed picture block of the current coding unit based on the transform block. According to the method in the embodiments, video coding efficiency can be improved.
US11924434B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for mesh coding (e.g., compression and decompression). In some examples, an apparatus for mesh coding includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry decodes a plurality of initial maps in two-dimension from a bitstream carrying a three-dimensional (3D) mesh frame. The processing circuitry determines at least two sampling rates associated with different portions of the plurality of initial maps and recovers from the plurality of initial maps and based on the at least two sampling rates associated with the different portions of the plurality of initial maps to obtain a plurality of recovered maps. A first portion of the plurality of initial maps is recovered based on a first sampling rate, and a second portion of the plurality of initial maps is recovered based on a second sampling rate. The processing circuitry reconstructs the 3D mesh frame based on the plurality of recovered maps.
US11924432B2
Devices, systems and methods for palette mode coding are described. An exemplary method for video processing includes performing a conversion between a block of a video and a bitstream representation of the video. The bitstream representation is processed according to a format rule that specifies a first indication of usage of a palette mode and a second indication of usage of an intra block copy (IBC) mode are signaled dependent of each other.
US11924420B2
A block partitioner includes a quad splitter structured to partition a target block obtained by recursive partitioning in half in both a horizontal direction and a vertical direction to generate four blocks, and a binary/ternary splitter structured to partition the target block obtained by recursive partitioning into two or three in the horizontal direction or the vertical direction to generate two or three blocks, and the binary/ternary splitter disallows partitioning of the target block in the horizontal direction when partitioning of the target block in the horizontal direction causes the target block obtained by partitioning to be located beyond a right side of a picture boundary, and disallows partitioning of the target block in the vertical direction when partitioning of the target block in the vertical direction causes the target block obtained by partitioning to be located beyond a lower side of the picture boundary.
US11924415B2
An apparatus for video coding is provided. The apparatus includes processing circuitry that buffers first boundary pixel values of first reconstructed samples at a first node along a loop filter chain. The first node is associated with a non linear mapping based filter that is applied in the loop filter chain before a loop restoration filter. The first boundary pixel values are values of pixels at a frame boundary. The processing circuitry applies the loop restoration filter on to-be filtered reconstructed samples based on the buffered first boundary pixel values.
US11924406B2
The disclosure discloses a method for processing video signals and an apparatus therefor. Specifically, the method of processing video signals based on history based motion vector prediction, comprising: configuring a merge candidate list based on a neighboring block to a current block; adding a history based merge candidate of the current block to the merge candidate list when a number of merge candidates included in the merge candidate list is smaller than a first predetermined number; adding a zero motion vector to the merge candidate list when the number of merge candidates included in the merge candidate list is smaller than a second predetermined number; obtaining a merge index indicating a merge candidate used for inter prediction of the current block in the merge candidate list; generating a prediction sample of the current block based on motion information of the merge candidate indicated by the merge index; and updating a history based merge candidate list based on the motion information.
US11924405B2
An evaluation method of an image stabilization effect of an imaging device includes calculating an evaluation value of the image stabilization effect on the basis of shutter speed values in case of which each of a reference shake amount theoretically calculated on the basis of a shake waveform applied to the imaging device and a measured shake amount calculated using an image captured in a state in which the imaging device is vibrated becomes a specified shake amount, and setting the specified shake amount. The setting includes calculating an image deterioration amount of the imaging device caused by something other than a shake from the outside, and selecting a determination level that defines the specified shake amount from a plurality of determination levels having different shake amounts on the basis of the image deterioration amount.
US11924403B2
An imaging element of the present disclosure includes a first substrate on which a pixel circuit connected to a light receiving part is formed and a second substrate on which a pixel control part that controls the pixel circuit is formed, the first substrate and the second substrate being stacked. Then, the first substrate includes a first wiring formed corresponding to a first pixel row or pixel column, a second wiring formed corresponding to a second pixel row or pixel column, a first connection part that connects the first wiring and the pixel control part, a second connection part that connects the second wiring and the pixel control part, a switch part that controls connection between the first wiring and the second wiring, a first electrode connected to the first wiring via the switch part, and a second electrode connected to the second wiring via the switch part.
US11924402B2
To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program for restraining a burden on a user who observes a three-dimensional image. Therefore, a display control unit performs display control to cause a three-dimensional image to be displayed so that a first plane surface parallel to a horizontal plane in a real space is observed in an area based on a distance between a lower end and an upper end of a display surface on which a display unit displays the three-dimensional image and an angle between the horizontal plane and the display surface.
US11924401B2
A system and method for displaying a 3D image with depths, which utilize at least one light signal generator to sequentially generate multiple light signals(S100) and at least one optical assembly to receive the multiple light signals from the at least one light signal generator, and project and scan the multiple light signals within a predetermined time period to display the 3D image in space(S200). Each pixel of the 3D image is displayed at a position by at least two of the multiple light signals to a viewer's eye, paths or extensions of the paths of the at least two light signals intersects at the position and at an angle associated with a depth of the pixel, and the predetermined time period is one eighteenth of a second. Accordingly, the advantages of simplified structure, a miniatured size, and a less costly building cost can be ensured.
US11924396B2
A depth camera assembly (DCA) for depth sensing of a local area. The DCA includes a transmitter, a receiver, and a controller. The transmitter illuminates a local area with outgoing light in accordance with emission instructions. The transmitter includes a fine steering element and a coarse steering element. The fine steering element deflects one or more optical beams at a first deflection angle to generate one or more first order deflected scanning beams. The coarse steering element deflects the one or more first order deflected scanning beams at a second deflection angle to generate the outgoing light projected into the local area. The receiver captures one or more images of the local area including portions of the outgoing light reflected from the local area. The controller determines depth information for one or more objects in the local area based in part on the captured one or more images.
US11924394B2
Methods and apparatus for using selective resolution reduction on images to be transmitted and/or used by a playback device are described. Prior to transmission one or more images of an environment are captured. Based on image content, motion detection and/or user input a resolution reduction operation is selected and performed. The reduced resolution image is communicated to a playback device along with information indicating a UV map corresponding to the selected resolution allocation that should be used by the playback device for rendering the communicated image. By changing the resolution allocation used and which UV map is used by the playback device different resolution allocations can be made with respect to different portions of the environment while allowing the number of pixels in transmitted images to remain constant. The playback device renders the individual images with the UV map corresponding to the resolution allocation used to generate the individual images.
US11924385B2
An information processing apparatus includes a controller that executes a job using a destination, and a storage that stores a setting value of the job, as history information. The controller applies the setting value to execution of the job, when the history information of the job in which a destination acquired from a terminal device is a transmission destination is stored in the storage.
US11924383B2
Methods and systems for routing voice over internet protocol (VOIP) are described. A service provider may provide a VOIP infrastructure for routing VOIP calls. One or more other service providers may join the VOIP infrastructure. A computing device may identify the service provider servicing the VOIP calls and may further process the calls accordingly.
US11924381B1
Certain aspects of the disclosure are directed to monitoring user-data communications corresponding to a user-generated message. According to a specific example, user-data communications, which are addressed to a client among a plurality of remotely-situated client entities, are directed to a message recording system. Each of the plurality of remotely-situated client entities are respectively configured and arranged to interface with a data communications server providing data communications services on a subscription basis. During recording of a message associated with the user-data communications and on the message recording system, speech characteristic parameters of the message may be analyzed, and a sentiment score and a criticality score for the message, may be determined. During the recording of the message, the user-data communications may be routed based on the determined sentiment score and criticality score.
US11924376B2
An emergency call is initiated on behalf of a remote user by another software user who determines that the remote software user is experiencing an emergency event. During a real-time communication, a remote emergency alert is received from a first client device associated with a first user. The remote emergency alert identifies a second user associated with a second client device while the first client device and the second client device are in communication via real-time communication software. Based on location information determined for the second client device responsive to the remote emergency alert, an emergency call is initiated with a public safety answering point local to the second client device for indicating an emergency event associated with the second user to the public safety answering point on behalf of the second user.
US11924369B2
Provided is a voice communication system that notifies a terminal device of transmission restriction information when the number of received voice signals reaches a predetermined number. A server device continuously counts the number of simultaneously received voice signals. A first terminal device transmits, to the server device, a voice signal with identification information of a second terminal device. The server device transfers, to the second terminal device, the voice signal transmitted from the first terminal device. However, when the number of simultaneous receptions of the voice signals reaches a predetermined restriction value, the server device transfers, to the second terminal device, the received voice signal with transmission restriction information attached thereto. The second terminal device does not transmit a voice signal, even if a user performs a transmission operation, during reception of the voice signal with the attached transmission restriction information.
US11924365B2
The present disclosure relates to a clinical workflow, method, system and apparatus for performing an remote ocular health examination of a patient using medical equipment adapted to apparatus and emulating software and remote administration tool technology application. According to various embodiments portable medical equipment kit (OEK) can be assembled anywhere in the world connected to a computer. The MCB will have proprietary software to provide indirect to direct connection via layers. In an example embodiment, a method includes instructing a patient to position their eyes onto a camera where the image of the eyes are viewed on computer software. Where an on demand doctor can control the software that controls the cameras and review real time or near realtime the ocular images or videos via a indirect to direct connection to the main control base via a remote administration tool technology and emulating software using an internet connection.
US11924346B2
Various embodiments relate to a data processing system comprising instructions embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium, the instructions for masked sampling of polynomials for lattice-based cryptography in a processor, the instructions, including: determining a number m of random bits to be sampled based upon a sample bound parameter β; producing a plurality of Boolean masked shares of a polynomial coefficient each having the determined number m of random bits using a uniform random function; determining that the polynomial coefficient is within a range of values based upon the sample bound parameter β; converting the plurality of Boolean masked shares of the polynomial coefficient to a plurality of arithmetic masked shares of the polynomial coefficient; and shifting the plurality of arithmetic masked shares based upon the sample bound parameter β.
US11924343B2
The disclosure provides an approach for cryptographic agility. Embodiments include establishing, by a proxy component associated with a cryptographic agility system, a first secure connection with an application. Embodiments include receiving, by the proxy component, via the first secure connection, a communication from the application directed to an endpoint. Embodiments include selecting, by the cryptographic agility system, a cryptographic technique based on contextual information related to the communication. Embodiments include establishing, by the proxy component, a second secure connection with the endpoint based on the cryptographic technique. Embodiments include transmitting, by the proxy component, a secure communication to the endpoint via the second secure connection based on the communication.
US11924341B2
A method for updating a cryptographic key via a computation unit configured with one or more processors and a memory coupled to the one or more processors is disclosed. The method includes loading a base key into a cryptographic storage unit integrated with a cryptographic application. The method includes generating a temporal key based on the base key using a one-way key update algorithm via cryptographic application logic integrated within the cryptographic application. The temporal key is assigned an update count based on the number of updates performed on the temporal key. The method further includes comparing the update count value to a required update count, updating the temporal key if the update count is less than the required update count, and zeroizing the temporal key if the update count is more than the required update count, in which the temporal key may be regenerated with the required update count.
US11924338B2
A computing system may implement a split random number generator that may use a random number generator to generate and store seed values in a memory for retrieval and use by one or more core processors to generate random numbers for secure processes within each core processor.
US11924325B2
Techniques are presented for controlling or influencing use of and/or access to a resource. This resource may be a device, such as an IoT (Internet of Things) device or a process. Techniques include a method comprising generating a blockchain transaction (TxA) indicative of a condition on use of, or access to, the resource for a specified period of time, the blockchain transaction comprising a multi-signature script requiring a plurality of signatures for completion of the blockchain transaction; providing a first subset of the plurality of signatures to the blockchain transaction (TxA) to generate a partially signed signature script to partially complete the blockchain transaction (SI 14); and responsive to the condition on the use of, or access to, the resource being satisfied, providing a second subset of the plurality of signatures (S204) to the blockchain transaction to fully complete the blockchain transaction.
US11924324B2
Described herein is a system in which an electronic record is stored on a distributed environment with respect to an item. In this system, transactions may be conducted for an item in an anonymous fashion. In some embodiments, a first user may input an item identifier associated with an item as well as an indication of an action to be performed with respect to that item. The identifier may be transmitted to a blockchain network, which may use that identifier to locate a blockchain associated with the item. A blockchain may include a series of transaction records associated with the item, each of which is signed using a private key. Upon performance of the indicated action, the blockchain network may generate a new transaction record, append that transaction record to the blockchain, and sign the transaction record.
US11924312B2
An EtherCAT device includes a communications circuit and a wakeup circuit. The wakeup circuit is configured to determine a condition in which to send data to an EtherCAT master node. The wakeup circuit, based on such a condition, is configured to generate a wakeup packet. The communications circuit may be configured to receive an EtherCAT frame originating from the EtherCAT master node. The communications circuit may be configured to populate the EtherCAT frame with the data to be sent to the EtherCAT master node. The communications circuit may be configured to send the EtherCAT frame to the EtherCAT master device.
US11924309B2
A method is disclosed for managing notifications about a resource exposed by a computing device. The method, performed by a node, comprises sending a message to the computing device, the message registering the node for notifications about the state of the resource and specifying, in a message to the computing device, a limitation on a notification payload size, the limitation applicable to notifications about the state of the resource. Also disclosed are a method performed by a computing device, a node, a computing device and a computer program product.
US11924307B2
A method for fetching a content from a web server to a client device is disclosed, using tunnel devices serving as intermediate devices. The client device accesses an acceleration server to receive a list of available tunnel devices. The requested content is partitioned into slices, and the client device sends a request for the slices to the available tunnel devices. The tunnel devices in turn fetch the slices from the data server, and send the slices to the client device, where the content is reconstructed from the received slices. A client device may also serve as a tunnel device, serving as an intermediate device to other client devices. Similarly, a tunnel device may also serve as a client device for fetching content from a data server. The selection of tunnel devices to be used by a client device may be in the acceleration server, in the client device, or in both. The partition into slices may be overlapping or non-overlapping, and the same slice (or the whole content) may be fetched via multiple tunnel devices.
US11924306B2
A method for fetching a content from a web server to a client device is disclosed, using tunnel devices serving as intermediate devices. The client device accesses an acceleration server to receive a list of available tunnel devices. The requested content is partitioned into slices, and the client device sends a request for the slices to the available tunnel devices. The tunnel devices in turn fetch the slices from the data server, and send the slices to the client device, where the content is reconstructed from the received slices. A client device may also serve as a tunnel device, serving as an intermediate device to other client devices. Similarly, a tunnel device may also serve as a client device for fetching content from a data server. The selection of tunnel devices to be used by a client device may be in the acceleration server, in the client device, or in both. The partition into slices may be overlapping or non-overlapping, and the same slice (or the whole content) may be fetched via multiple tunnel devices.
US11924300B2
Controlling operations in a network having multiple multi-access edge computing architectures is disclosed. A method for controlling a service application in a multi-access edge computing network, the network including a plurality of interconnected entities, includes controlling, by a platform module comprised in a first entity of the plurality, an execution of a service application installed in a second entity of the plurality, by means of a proxy function comprised in the second entity, the second entity being distinct from the first entity.
US11924298B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a message pushing method for a virtual gift and an electronic device. The method includes: when a virtual gift is received in a live broadcast room, determining a live broadcast room area to which a notification message is pushed, where the notification message is used to inform all live broadcast rooms in the live broadcast room area that the virtual gift is received; and pushing the notification message to the live broadcast room in the live broadcast room area respectively. The embodiments of the present disclosure implement rich methods for posting notification information about the receipt of the virtual gift, thereby improving user experience.
US11924293B2
A system and method for configuring components added to a network is disclosed. The method includes determining, by a host, that network identifying information of a plurality of networks to which the host is connected is unknown, listening for messages on the plurality of networks to obtain network identifying information for respective networks, receiving a message on a network of the plurality of networks, the message including a network identifier and a set of configuration settings, and configuring a network connection of the host for the network in view of the network identifier and the set of configuration settings from the message.
US11924286B2
An information processing apparatus includes circuitry that detects reception of first data from a connection source apparatus. The first data includes information about establishment of a session for encrypted communication between the source apparatus using a service and a connection destination apparatus providing the service. The circuitry converts the first data into a first message following a communication protocol in the session establishment, and converts a second message from the destination apparatus into second data including at least information for generating a common key for the encrypted communication. Before the session establishment, the circuitry transmits the first message to the destination apparatus and transmits the second data to the source apparatus. After the session establishment, the circuitry transmits service data from the source apparatus to the destination apparatus and from the destination apparatus to the source apparatus in an unconverted state. The service data is used in the service.
US11924278B2
Systems and methods are described for securely monitoring a shipping container for an environmental anomaly using elements of a wireless node network of sensor-based ID nodes disposed within the container and a command node associated with the container. The method has the command node identifying which of the ID nodes are confirmed as trusted sensors based upon a security credential specific to each of the ID nodes; monitoring only the confirmed ID nodes for sensor data broadcast those ID nodes; detecting the anomaly based upon the sensor data from at least one of the confirmed ID nodes; automatically generating an alert notification related to the detected environmental anomaly for the shipping container; and transmitting the alert notification to the external transceiver to initiate a mediation response related to the detected environmental anomaly.
US11924269B1
Various example implementations are directed to circuits, apparatuses, and methods for providing virtual computing services. One example involves a set of computing servers communicatively coupled to the data storage device. The set of computer servers provide a respective virtual data center for each of a plurality of accounts, and the respective virtual data center for each account provides data-communications services specified in a respective settings file for the account. The virtual data center for at least one of the accounts includes a set of virtual desktops and a set of Cloud-based servers.
US11924258B2
Video processing devices, systems and methods are disclosed. A control device, a capture device, and at least one cooperation application are provided. The cooperation application configures the capture device and control device to communicatively pair for cooperation with one another to perform a video processing operation. The cooperation application determines a split of video processing tasks between the capture device and the control device. A first set of video processing tasks are performed by the capture device, and a second set of video processing task are performed by the control device.
US11924255B2
This application discloses data transmission that includes: dividing to-be-transmitted content into a plurality of data units at a session layer; transmitting the data units to the target terminal device by using a first transmission channel as a responsible channel of the to-be-transmitted content; distributing, by the session layer in a case that the session layer switches the responsible channel of the to-be-transmitted content from the first transmission channel to a second transmission channel with a different transmission protocol, the data units to the second transmission channel; and transmitting the data units distributed by the session layer to the target terminal device through the second transmission channel. In data transmission in this application, the session layer controls switching of the channels and distribution of the data units, so that the transmission sequence is free from constraints of protocols and the degree of freedom in data transmission is increased.
US11924254B2
This relates to intelligent automated assistants and, more specifically, to intelligent context sharing and task performance among a collection of devices with intelligent automated assistant capabilities. An example method includes, at a first electronic device participating in a context-sharing group associated with a first location: receiving a user voice input; receiving, from a context collector, an aggregate context of the context-sharing group; providing at least a portion of the aggregate context and data corresponding to the user voice input to a remote device; receiving, from the remote device, a command to perform one or more tasks and a device identifier corresponding to a second electronic device; and transmitting the command to the second electronic device based on the device identifier, wherein the command causes the second electronic device to perform the one or more tasks.
US11924250B2
Disclosed herein is a system for minimizing the amount of time it takes to process and understand an unstructured, text-heavy document that includes important security-related information. The system uses a model that implements natural language processing techniques to semantically analyze an unstructured, text-heavy document, in order to identify notable security features useable to resolve the security issues in a more effective and efficient manner (e.g., without the need for a technical security professional). More specifically, the system receives an unstructured document that includes text which may be provided by multiple different security providers. The system is configured to apply the model to various text segments (e.g., a phrase, a sentence, a paragraph, etc.) included in the unstructured document to identify notable security features. The model can then associate the notable security features with a prescribed set of mitigation actions that can be implemented to resolve a security issue.
US11924245B2
An email phishing detection mechanism is provided that utilizes machine learning algorithms. The machine learning algorithms are trained on phishing and non-phishing features extracted from a variety of data sets. Embodiments extract embedded URL-based and email body text-based feature sets for training and testing the machine learning algorithms. Embodiments determine the presence of a phishing message through a combination of examining an embedded URL and the body text of the message for the learned feature sets.
US11924241B1
Systems, methods, and apparatus related to network security. In one approach, various endpoint devices communicate with a network gateway and/or API mode CASB over one or more networks. All communications by the endpoint devices with remote servers and clouds pass through the network gateway (and/or by cloud service access when using an API mode CASB). The gateway and/or CASB gathers metadata from the endpoint devices and/or network devices. The metadata indicates characteristics of the communications by the endpoint devices on the networks and/or processes running on the endpoint devices. The gateway and/or CASB identifies security risks using at least the metadata, and in response dynamically performs remediation actions for one or more of the networks in real-time to limit or block propagation of a cyber attack associated with one or more of the identified security risks.
US11924235B2
Systems and methods for improving security event classification by leveraging user-behavior analytics are provided. According to an embodiment, a UEBA-based security event classification service of a cloud-based security platform maintains information regarding historical user behavior of various users of an enterprise network. An endpoint protection platform running on an endpoint device that is part of the enterprise network performs an initial classification of the event, based on which the endpoint protection platform blocks activity by the process. The endpoint production platform requests input from the cloud-based security platform which causes the cloud-based security platform performs a reclassification of the event based on contextual information, multiple data feeds and the UEBA-based security event classification service. Based on the reclassification of the event, the cloud-based security platform causes the endpoint protection platform to allow the process to proceed by providing the resulting security event classification to the endpoint protection platform.
US11924229B2
In one embodiment, a method comprises: monitoring, by a first security agent executed within a network device, for real-time detection of a cyber threat in the network device, the network device configured for secure communications in a secure peer-to-peer data network, the monitoring including detecting a detected cyber threat; communicating by the first security agent with at least one notified agent about the detected cyber threat, the at least one notified agent one of a second security agent executed within the network device, or a corresponding first security agent in a second network device having a two-way trusted relationship with the network device in the secure peer-to-peer data network; and executing, by the first security agent, a corrective action to at least mitigate the cyber threat based on the communicating with the at least one notified agent of the detected cyber threat.
US11924228B2
A method includes enabling a messaging server and providing credentials for the messaging server. A computing system is enabled and a malware application is received by the computing system. The malware application is executed by the computing system. The credentials are rendered accessible to the malware application via the computing system, and the malware application is enabled to transmit the credentials via network transmission from the computing system to a computer. An actor is enabled to access the messaging server over a network in response to the actor applying the credentials, and a first electronic message transmitted by the actor is received by the messaging server, the first electronic message including first content.
