US11919236B2
A method of separating excess resin from at least one object includes: (a) stereolithographically producing at least one object, each object having at least one retention feature (32) formed thereon, each object carrying excess resin on a surface thereof; then (b) mounting each object on at least one transfer frame (21), each transfer frame having at least one retention member (22) that mates with the retention feature; (c) connecting each transfer frame to a rotor with the at least one object carried thereon; (d) centrifugally separating excess resin from each object by spinning the rotor with each transfer frame connected thereto while the at least one object remains connected to each transfer frame by the retention feature; then (e) removing each transfer frame from the rotor, with excess resin separated from each at least one object thereon.
US11919234B2
Three-dimensional printing system with at least one positioning system and at least one end effector
A three-dimensional printing system including at least one positioning mechanism, and at least one end effector movably connected to the at least one positioning mechanism. The at least one end effector includes at least one mixing head configured to dispense a material, and at least one subtractive tool configured to subtract at least a portion of the material such that a desired design is achieved.
US11919233B2
Various embodiments provide a method of additively manufacturing a part including depositing a layer of a powder on a working surface, depositing a binder solution on the layer of the powder at first locations, and depositing a sintering aid solution on the layer of the powder at second locations. The sintering aid solution comprises a sintering aid in a solvent. In various embodiments, the sintering aid enables an increased brown strength as compared to parts containing unbound powder. The method enables binders that provide high green strength to be used at the edges of the part, while also balancing a shortened debind time with an increased brown strength. Embodiments in which binder solution is deposited according to a predetermined pattern at second locations are also described.
US11919232B2
The present invention relates to a process for moulding a polymeric object, the process comprising the steps of: (a) providing a substantially flat horizontally positioned layer of a material, the layer being a film or sheet; (b) providing a layer of a thermoplastic powder onto the layer provided under (a); (c) subjecting a pre-defined part of the thermoplastic powder to irradiation to heat the pre-defined part of the thermoplastic powder to a temperature at which the thermoplastic fuses or sinters onto at least a part of the flat layer of material; (d) terminating the exposure to irradiation; (e) providing a further layer of the thermoplastic powder onto the layer provided under (b); (f) subjecting a pre-defined part of the thermoplastic powder of the layer provided under (e) to irradiation to heat the pre-defined part of the thermoplastic powder to a temperature at which the thermoplastic fuses or sinters onto at least a part of the flat layer of the material fused under (c); (g) terminating the exposure to irradiation; (h) repeating steps (e)-(g) for as many cycles as required to complete the shape of the desired polymeric object; (i) removing the fraction of thermoplastic powder that has not been fused or sintered; and (j) optionally removing the substantially flat layer as provided under (a) from the polymeric object; wherein the surface area of the substantially flat layer of material is at least 200% of the surface area of that layer produced under steps (c)-(h) having the largest surface area. Such process allows for the production of small series or uniquely designed objects at low energy consumption wherein the objects exhibit high dimensional stability.
US11919226B2
A method of printing a three-dimensional object. The method includes: supplying a print material to a plurality of ejector conduits arranged in an array, the ejector conduits comprising first ends configured to accept the print material and second ends comprising ejector nozzles; advancing the print material in one or more of the ejector conduits of the array until the print material is disposed in the ejector nozzle of the one or more ejector conduits; heating the print material positioned in at least one of the ejector nozzles using radiant energy, the heating causing at least a portion of the print material to be ejected from the at least one of the ejector nozzles and onto a print substrate; and repeating both the advancing the print material and the heating the print material to form a three-dimensional object on the print substrate.
US11919224B2
A system for additive metal manufacturing, including a deposition mechanism, a translation mechanism mounting the deposition mechanism to the working volume, and a stage. A method for additive metal manufacturing including: selectively depositing a material carrier within the working volume; removing an additive from the material carrier; and treating the resultant material.
US11919216B2
The invention provides a roll of a white heat-shrinkable polyester-based film containing titanium oxide which can suppress occurrence of a processing trouble of a label or the like cut out from the roll, even when widening the roll. The roll of the white heat-shrinkable polyester-based film satisfies the following requirements: (1) the length of the film is 1,000-20,000 m and the width of the film is 400-10,000 mm, (2) the heat-shrinkage ratio in a main shrinkage direction is 50-85%, (3,4) the difference between the maximum and minimum heat-shrinkage ratio in the main shrinkage direction is 0-3% among samples which are sampled in each of the width and longitudinal directions of the film, and (5,6) the difference between the maximum and minimum apparent specific gravity is 0-0.01 g/cm3 among samples which are sampled in each of the width and longitudinal directions of the film.
US11919204B2
Provided is a method for making a mold of a gap between components, the method comprising: a step for preparing a curable composition by mixing a resin material with a curing agent that promotes curing of the resin material; a step for cooling the curable composition (M) to a predetermined temperature at which curing of the curable composition is not initiated, so as to manufacture a mold-making kit; a step for placing the mold-making kit in a gap between a first member and a second member so as to fill the gap; a step for curing the mold-making kit between the first member and the second member to mold the mold-making kit into the shape of the gap; and a step for removing the cured mold-making kit from the gap.
US11919199B2
A cutting and dust or slurry collecting assembly that comprises: a) a circular saw blade (4) b) a blade guard (5) c) a cover device (6), and the cover device (6) has a front end (31), a rear end (32), a top surface (34), a bottom surface (36), elongated sidewalls (35), and a longitudinal passage (45,46) for the saw blade, d) the blade guard (5) and the cover device (6) being pivotally connected or connectable to one another via a hinge (40) in or adjacent to a lower rear corner of the blade guard (5), such that the cover device and the blade guard can be turned in relation to each other, e) a discharge member (52) is provided at the rear of said hinge and has an outlet (58) which can be connected to a vacuum source, f) a connection member (12) connects the discharge member (52) with at least one of the longitudinal passage (45, 46) and the cut created rear of the longitudinal passage, g) that the direction of rotation of the saw blade (4) is such that a circumferential part of the blade which has passed beyond the bottom surface of the cover device will move in a direction upwards-rearward towards the bottom surface In particular a rear arm distance (LR) between the hinge (40) and the rear end (32) is bigger than 0.2 R and preferably bigger than 0.25 R, thereby enabling a turning of the cover device (6) by pressing the rear end (32) towards the structure to be cut.
US11919196B2
A manufacturing system includes a tape advancing through the manufacturing system and a station of the manufacturing system. The tape includes a first portion having grains of an inorganic material bound by an organic binder. The station of the manufacturing system receives the first portion of the tape and prepares the tape for sintering by chemically changing the organic binder and/or removing the organic binder from the first portion of the tape, leaving the grains of the inorganic material, to form a second portion of the tape and, at least in part, prepare the tape for sintering.
US11919192B2
The invention discloses a bamboo chip integrated material. The bamboo chip integrated material is formed by a plurality of lengthened bamboo chips which are glued and overlaid; each lengthened bamboo chip is formed by a plurality of bamboo chip units which sequentially and continuously mesh and are butted; sharp teeth and grooves are formed in the two ends in the length direction of the bamboo chip units, wherein the sharp tooth of each bamboo chip unit and the groove of the corresponding bamboo sheet unit are matched to form a meshing butt-joint part, and the meshing butt-joint parts of the adjacent lengthened bamboo chips are arranged in a staggered mode; and each bamboo chip unit has a thickness of 4-12 mm and a width of 15-50 mm.
US11919181B2
The invention relates to a comb (100) for being attached to a hair-cutting device (115). The comb includes two surfaces (103, 104) to be in contact with the skin of the user. Each surface includes a slot (105, 106) for attaching the comb to the hair-cutting device, and both surfaces have a common edge (107). When the hair-cutting device is attached to the slot of the first surface, the second surface is in contact with the skin, and when the hair-cutting device is attached to the slot of the second surface, the first surface is in contact with the skin. An asymmetric arrangement of the two slots allows for two cutting lengths of hair with one double-sided comb.
US11919180B2
Disclosed herein is a cutting device. The cutting device includes a first subassembly, a second subassembly, and a fastener. The first subassembly has a first blade and a handle. The first blade includes a circular opening. The second subassembly has a second blade and a handle. The second blade includes an elongated opening. The fastener is connected between the circular opening and the elongated opening.
US11919172B1
Provided is a mobile robotic device, including at least: a plurality of sensors; a processor; and a tangible, non-transitory, machine readable medium storing instructions that when executed by the processor effectuates operations comprising: selecting, by the processor, one or more actions to navigate through a workspace, wherein each action transitions the mobile robotic device from a current state to a next state; actuating, by the processor, the mobile robotic device to execute the selected one or more actions; detecting, by the processor, whether a collision is incurred by the mobile robotic device for each action executed; and, assigning, by the processor, each collision to a location within a map of the workspace wherein the location corresponds to where the respective collision occurred.
US11919167B2
A method for specifying a velocity of a robot manipulator, including: providing a database that has a data record for each of selected surface points on the manipulator, wherein each data record indicates, for each of possible stiffnesses and/or masses of an object in an environment of the manipulator, a safe normal velocity of each surface point, wherein the normal velocity is a component of the velocity vector of each surface point perpendicular to a surface of each surface point, detecting an actual stiffness and/or an actual mass of the object in the environment, assigning the actual stiffness and/or the actual mass to a normal velocity of a given data record for each surface point, and specifying a velocity for each surface point on a current or planned path of the manipulator, such that the velocity at each surface point is less than or equal to an assigned normal velocity.
US11919166B2
The present disclosure provides an industrial Internet of things for monitoring a collaborative robot and a control method, a storage medium thereof, wherein the control method comprises: obtaining position data of the workpiece to be processed as first monitoring data through the sensing network platform; selecting, based on the first monitoring data, a benchmark working parameter matching the first monitoring data from a working parameter library; obtaining, via the sensing network platform, a working parameter of the target collaborative robot as second monitoring data; comparing the second monitoring data with the benchmark working parameter to determine a working state of the target collaborative robot.
US11919157B2
In a conveyance system, an object is conveyed by use of a conveyance robot. The conveyance robot includes: an arm including a shaft portion extensible and retractable in an axial direction of the shaft portion, and a protruding portion extending from the shaft portion in a direction different from the axial direction so as to be engaged with a groove formed on the object; a drive mechanism configured to rotate the arm around the axial direction as a rotating axis; and a detecting portion configured to detect an abnormality in the rotation angle of the arm.
US11919152B2
The invention relates to an automated vacuum gripper, a feed unit and a method for conveying flat components (3). The vacuum gripper (1) comprises a support part (5), at least one support part element (7), a plurality of first suction elements (4′), which are arranged at the at least one support part element (7) and define a first suction plane; at least one bearing assembly (28) and at least one actuating assembly (29), wherein the at least one support part element (7) is pivotably mounted at the support part (5) by means of the at least one actuating assembly (29) about the at least one bearing assembly (28). The plurality of second elements (4) is arranged at the support part (5) and defines a second suction plane (19). The at least one support part element (7) with its first suction plane defined by the plurality of first suction elements (4′) is pivotable from a standby position that is at an angle relative to the second suction plane into a working position that is congruous with the second suction plane, and vice versa.
US11919149B2
An autonomous solar module installation platform can be used for solar module installation onto a solar tracker. The autonomous solar module installation platform can include an autonomous ground vehicle and a robotic arm for the solar module installation onto the solar tracker. The autonomous ground vehicle can autonomously drive itself to the solar tracker using a global positioning system and align itself with the solar tracker using at least a vision system in order to place one or more solar modules onto the solar tracker.
US11919145B2
The use of a load transporter for transporting loads, preferably tool cases, as a rack system, the load transporter being fastened on a wall by at least one adjustable fastening device arranged on the wall.
US11919138B2
An impact tool (1) includes: a motor (10); an impact mechanism (15), which is rotatable about an output rotational axis (BX) and is driven by the motor; an anvil (16) having an anvil shaft (113) disposed forward of the impact mechanism; and at least one anvil projection (114) protruding radially outward from a rear-end portion of the anvil shaft and configured to be impacted by the impact mechanism in a rotational direction; a hammer case (6) housing the impact mechanism; a main-body housing (2) disposed rearward of, and fixed to, the hammer case; a grip housing (3) having at least a portion disposed rearward of the main-body housing, the grip housing being coupled to the main-body housing so as to be movable relative to the main-body housing; and at least one vibration-isolating member (138, 139) disposed between the main-body housing and the grip housing.
US11919133B2
A quick-release captive clamping pin that uses a ball-lock pin and an endcap assembly to provide a tooling assembly with both holding and clamping action with a quick-release function. The captive clamping pin may include an adjustable-length ball-lock pin inserted through the tool and workpiece, where the length adjustment is used to apply clamping force.
US11919130B2
The present invention is directed to a tool for handling pitot tube covers, which are configured in a general cylindrical shape. This tool includes a threaded post configured to receive an external extension. The bottom of the tool is constituted by two parallel support arms with a slot therebetween.
US11919129B2
A power tool and method of detecting impacts of a power tool that includes a motor driving a hammer to impact an anvil. A motor control unit is configured to determine a motor characteristic indicative of a speed of the motor. When the motor characteristic indicates that the speed of the motor is below a speed threshold, the motor control unit employs an acceleration-based technique to detect a first impact based on a change in motor acceleration and generate a first impact indication in response to detecting the first impact. When the motor characteristic indicates that the speed is above the speed threshold, the motor control unit employs a time-based technique to detect a second impact based on an elapsed time and generates a second impact indication in response to detecting the second impact.
US11919121B2
Controlling a polishing system includes receiving from an in-situ monitoring system, for each region of a plurality of regions on a substrate being processed by the polishing system, a sequence of characterizing values for the region. For each region, a polishing rate is determined for the region, and an adjustment is calculated for at least one processing parameter. Calculation of the adjustment includes minimizing a cost function that includes, for each region, a difference between a current characterizing value or an expected characterizing value at an expected endpoint time and a target characterizing value for the region, and optimization of the cost function is subject to at least one constraint.
US11919120B2
A polishing system includes a platen having a top surface to support a main polishing pad. The platen is rotatable about an axis of rotation that passes through approximately the center of the platen. An annular flange projects radially outward from the platen to support an outer polishing pad. The annular flange has an inner edge secured to and rotatable with the platen and vertically fixed relative to the top surface of the platen. The annular flange is vertically deflectable such that an outer edge of the annular flange is vertically moveable relative to the inner edge. An actuator applies pressure to an underside of the annular flange in an angularly limited region, and a carrier head holds a substrate in contact with the polishing pad and is movable to selectively position a portion of the substrate over the outer polishing pad.
US11919112B2
A machine tool includes a bed including a bottom surface and legs arranged at three positions of the bottom surface. The bed includes two oblique sides arranged such that the bottom surface has a triangular shape. The machine tool also includes a first support surface arranged on the bed and extending along a substantially horizontal first axis, a work table supported by the first support surface so as to move along the first axis, a second support surface arranged on the bed and extending along a substantially horizontal second axis, which is perpendicular to the first axis, and a machining unit supported by the second support surface so as to move along the second axis. The second support surface is located higher than the first support surface.
US11919106B2
A system for making a build using directed energy deposition is provided. The system includes a primary heat source; a processing nozzle movable relative to the build for delivering a metal powder, a carrier gas for the metal powder, and a shield gas to the build; a melt pool sensor for providing information regarding a temperature of a melt pool of the build; a secondary heat source separate from the primary heat source positionable relative to the build for delivering heat to a selected area of the build; a cooling source positionable relative to the build for delivering a cooling fluid to a selected area of the build; and a control system for operating the primary heat source, the secondary heat source and the cooling source to maintain a desired temperature profile for the build. The system preferably includes a temperature sensor for providing a temperature profile of the build. The temperature control system preferably includes a programmable controller configured to control the secondary heat source and the cooling source to conform the temperature of the build to the desired temperature profile. In one embodiment, the programmable controller is pre-programmed with a dynamic thermal model of a thermal history of the build for each time step.
US11919103B2
Systems and methods of a laser welding device are disclosed. The laser welding device includes a laser generator configured to generate welding-type lasing power. A lens focuses the welding-type lasing power at a focal point on a workpiece to generate a puddle during a welding-type operation. A wire feeder is configured to feed wire to the puddle generated by the laser generator. A laser scanner controls the lens to move the focal point of the welding-type lasing power in multiple dimensions over the workpiece during the welding-type operation. In some examples, the feed wire is used in an additive manufacturing process.
US11919102B2
A method for the manufacture of an assembly of at least two metallic substrates spot welded together through at least one spot welded joint, such method including two steps, the assembly obtainable according to this method and the use of this assembly for the manufacture of automotive vehicle.
US11919097B2
A reciprocating saw includes a housing assembly and a motor positioned within the housing assembly. The motor includes a pinion. A drive mechanism is positioned within the housing assembly and includes a gear driven by the pinion, a hub coupled to the gear, a spindle, and a connecting rod. A clutch assembly is coupled to the drive mechanism to selectively transmit drive force form the gear to the hub. The clutch assembly includes a first disk coupled to the gear, a second disk coupled to the hub, a biasing member, and a threaded fastener. The biasing member is positioned between the hub and the gear to bias the first and second disks into frictional engagement. The threaded fastener extends through the gear and threadably engages the hub to couple the hub to the gear. Tightening the threaded fastener pulls the hub toward the gear to preload the biasing member.
US11919091B2
A coating for carbide substrates employs a nanostructured coating in conjunction with a non-nanostructured coating. The nanostructured coating is produced by the addition of a refining agent flow, particular hydrogen chloride gas, during deposition, and may be produced as multiple individual titanium and titanium-based nanostructured layers varying functional materials in a series. The combination of a nanostructured coating and non-nanostructured coating is believed to produce a cutting tool insert that exhibits longer life. Pre-treating the substrate with a mixture of compressed air and abrasive medium prior to coating the substrate and post-treating the coated substrate with a mixture of water and abrasive medium after the coating process is believed to further enhance the wear resistance and usage life of the cutting tool.
US11919090B2
A weld bead cutting device is configured such that, a liner made as liner portions are abutted on and welded to each other is rotated around a rotation axis extending in a direction along an abutting direction, and a weld bead is cut with a cutting tool arranged among rollers in a state where the rollers are pressed against an outer peripheral surface of the liner, the rollers being arranged on both sides of the weld bead on the liner in a direction along an extending direction of the rotation axis.
US11919089B2
The invention relates to a method for splitting an electrically conductive liquid, in particular a melt jet, comprising the steps providing the electrically conductive liquid which moves in a first direction (12) in the form of a liquid jet (10); and generating high-frequency travelling electromagnetic fields surrounding the liquid jet (10) which travel in the first direction (12) and accelerate the liquid jet (10) in the first direction (12), thereby atomizing the liquid jet (10).
US11919088B1
Methods of pressure assisted melt infiltration of fiber preforms are provided. The fiber preform is provided inside of a pressure vessel. The pressure vessel projects into a molten material contained in a crucible. The pressure vessel has an opening located below a surface of the molten material through which the molten material enters the pressure vessel. An end of the fiber preform contacts the molten material within the pressure vessel. The pressure vessel and crucible are located in a furnace. The molten material is pulled within the pressure vessel by increasing a first pressure at a first port of the furnace so the first pressure is higher than a second pressure at a second port of the pressure vessel. The second port is located above the molten material located within the pressure vessel. The fiber preform is infiltrated with the molten material.
US11919078B2
A method of forming a near-net shape structure comprises forming a structure comprising non-stoichiometric metal oxide comprising at least one metal and less than a stoichiometric amount of oxygen, and electrochemically reducing the non-stoichiometric metal oxide in an electrochemical cell to form a structure having a near-net shape and comprising the at least one metal having less than about 1,500 ppm oxygen. Related methods of forming a non-stoichiometric metal oxide by sintering, annealing, or additive manufacturing, and forming a near-net shape structure from the non-stoichiometric metal oxide, as well as related electrochemical cells are also disclosed.
US11919075B2
According to an aspect of the present invention, a method for producing an oxide-dispersed strengthened alloy using organic-inorganic kneaded composition is provided. The method, comprises: a feedstock preparing step of preparing the organic-inorganic kneaded composition prepared by kneading, pulverizing and granulating ODS mixed powders and a polymer binder; a molding step of forming a semi-finished product having a predetermined shape using the organic-inorganic kneaded composition; a debinding step of removing the polymeric binder from the semi-finished product molded in the molding step; and a sintering step of extracting a final product having a predetermined shape by sintering and cooling the semi-finished product in which the polymeric binder has been removed in the debinding step.
US11919071B2
Disclosed herein are embodiments of systems and method for processing feedstock materials using microwave plasma processing. Specifically, the feedstock materials disclosed herein pertain to metal powders. Microwave plasma processing can be used to spheroidize the metal powders and form metal nitride or metal carbide powders. The stoichiometry of the metal nitride or metal carbide powders can be controlled by changing the composition of the plasma gas and the residence time of the feedstock materials during plasma processing.
US11919069B2
Drive device for a stopper closure on a metallurgical vessel, including a housing arranged on the vessel in a removable manner, an adjustment system mounted in the housing so as to be height-displaceable and has a drive which can be coupled to the housing, and an upper connection element for a support arm carrying the fire-proof stopper. The adjustment system for the stopper is mounted so as to be height-displaceable on at least one bearing shaft fastened in the housing. This design of the adjustment system permits an increase in the stiffness of the drive device and hence of the fire-proof stopper suspended by the drive device on the support arm during pouring.
US11919068B2
A core (1) for producing castings (100) in a modular mold; each casting (100) having at least one thermally activatable portion (102) shaped so that it can face a heat source (HS); each casting (100) having at least one duct (106) contained inside the portion (102); the duct (106) being fluid tight so that a fluid can flow through it; the core (1) having a suitable shape to form, in negative, the duct (106); the core (1) including at least one insert (20)(20′)(20″) shaped so as to define at least two passages (200)(200′) for the fluid inside the duct (106).
US11919065B2
Described herein are methods for producing a hot forged material in air using a Ni-based superalloy for the die. Also described herein are methods for producing a hot forged material, by placing on a lower die a material for hot forging, of which part or all of the surface is coated with a glass-based lubricant, and pressing the material for hot forging with the lower die and an upper die, to form a hot forged material, wherein one or both of the lower die and the upper die are made of a Ni-based superalloy, and wherein the surface of the die in contact with the material for hot forging is coated with a glass-based lubricant containing SiO2 as a main component, in which the total content of alkali metal oxides is 0 to 10.0% in mass %.
US11919058B2
The invention relates to a method for microbial remediation of underground water petroleum hydrocarbon contamination by regulating soil buffer capability, which comprises detecting the soil particle size of contaminated site soil, dividing the contaminated site soil into coarse-grained soil and fine-grained soil; dividing the contaminated site soil into high buffer capacity soil and low buffer capacity soil; and adjusting the composition and ratio of a biostimulant solution added to the contaminated site soil based on the classification of the contaminated site soil. The detecting step includes classifying soil with a particle size between 0.075 mm and 60 mm and a mass greater than or equal to 50% of the total mass as coarse-grained soil; and classifying soil with a particle size not greater than 0.075 mm and a mass greater than or equal to 50% as fine-grained soil.
US11919057B1
A method of feeding a contaminated soil to a remediation apparatus to generate a clean soil and mixing the contaminated soil with an aqueous cleaning solution to generate a soil solution. The method also includes subjecting the soil solution to vortical flow in a first direction and subjecting the soil solution to vortical flow in a second direction in an opposite lateral direction from the first direction. The clean soil can then be separated from a dirty aqueous solution. A remediation apparatus used to clean the contaminated soil that includes a chamber having a soil inlet for receiving a contaminated soil and a soil outlet. The chamber is angled downward from the soil inlet to the soil outlet to facilitate the flow of the soil solution through the chamber. The remediation apparatus also includes a first set of nozzles to inject an aqueous cleaning solution to create a first vortical flow zone in the chamber in a first direction and a second set of nozzles to inject the aqueous cleaning solution to create a second vortical flow zone in the chamber in the second direction.
US11919052B2
In one embodiment, systems and methods include using an automated laser system to remove a portion of a coating for nutplate installation. An automated laser system comprises a laser scanner and a laser head, wherein the laser head is coupled to the laser scanner. The laser head comprises a containment unit and a vacuum connector wherein the vacuum connector is disposed on a first side of the containment unit. The laser head further comprises a camera system, a light source, a first actuator, and a second actuator all disposed on a top surface of the containment unit. The laser head further comprises an end piece, wherein the second actuator is configured to displace the end piece.
US11919048B2
The present invention relates to a method of cleaning an optical film-thickness measuring system used for measuring a film thickness of a substrate, such as a wafer, while polishing the substrate. The method includes: cleaning an optical sensor head (7) by supplying a rinsing liquid into a through-hole (51) formed in a polishing pad (2) on a polishing table (3) before or after polishing of a substrate (W) with use of slurry, the optical sensor head (7) being located below the through-hole (51); and discharging the rinsing liquid from the through-hole (51) through a drain line (54).
US11919045B2
An optical inspection machine for the quality control of parts, in particular gaskets, comprises a rotary table on which parts to be inspected are placed and, above the rotary table, at least one viewing unit for inspecting one or more outer and/or inner surfaces of a part, a first part ejection station that is activatable to eject a part from the rotary table to a first external conveyor for compliant parts, and a second part ejection station that is activatable to eject a part from the rotary table to a second external conveyor for rejected parts. The viewing unit and part ejection stations are positioned on the rotary table with an angular distance between them, and are connected to a central mounting member that is coaxial to the axis of the rotary table and is movable vertically in relation to the rotary table.
US11919037B2
The present invention relates to a process for leather edge painting. More particularly, the present invention relates to the process [200] wherein the liquid edge paint is converted to solid colour sticker film [205]. More particularly, the present invention relates to the process wherein the liquid edge paint is converted to solid colour sticker film on a transparent film [205], and transferring [207] from the transparent paper to the edges of a substrate material. Further, the process of the present invention provides liquid edge paint transferred to the substrate edge for one or more applications.
US11919026B1
A system (100), apparatus (110), and method (900) for creating a particle stream (70) that is deflected with a secondary gas (518) such as air before coming into contact with the treated substrate surface (80). The system (100) can be implemented as an improvement to a prior art PTWA (plasma transferred wire arc) thermal spraying apparatus (50) by using a non-symmetrical passageway configuration (549). Such a configuration can be an attribute of a nozzle (220) or a secondary gas director (576) such as an air baffle (578).
US11919015B2
A gas-filled resilient body and uses thereof are described. The gas-filled resilient body may be used as a valve member, as a spring or as a gas-propelled dispenser.
US11919009B2
A magnetic debris level measuring device for a magnetic filter is disclosed. The magnetic debris level measuring device includes a magnetometer and a temperature sensor. The temperature measured by the temperature sensor is used to calculate a corrected magnetometer reading, which in turn can be used to determine the amount of captured magnetic debris held within the filter. The device has a stored threshold for the corrected magnetometer reading, and when the corrected magnetometer reading crosses the stored threshold a notification is issued that the filter is full. If it is detected that debris continues to be captured after the ‘full’ notification has been issued, the stored threshold will be updated accordingly.
US11919006B2
A generic point of care based portable device and method thereof as a platform technology for detecting pathogenic infection via nucleic acid based testing achieving sample-to-result integration, comprising the following interconnected stand-alone modules: a thermal unit for executing piece-wise isothermal reactions in a pre-programmable concomitant fashion without necessitating in-between operative intervention; a colorimetric detection unit seamlessly interfaced with smartphone-app based analytics for detecting the target analyte. The said platform technology is thus capable of detecting targeted pathogen-associated RNA by coupling additional complementary DNA probe hybridization combined with isothermal reaction purposed for reverse transcription of RNA followed by amplification of the resulting c-DNA as well as subsequent specific binding of the same in a single user-step in a concomitant fashion and its smartphone-enabled interpretation, in a generic modular format that renders operative suitability outside controlled laboratory environment in a user-friendly manner, with predictive accuracy favorably comparable with gold standard RT-PCR tests.
US11919003B2
Disclosed is a device for moving a liquid in a substantially loss-free operation, the device made of at least a photothermal film; a pyroelectric crystal over the photothermal film; and a superomniphobic surface over the pyroelectric crystal, wherein the device is configured to move the liquid in the substantially loss-free operation with a beam of light.
US11918997B2
A sampling device comprises a receptacle having an inner material receiving space defined by a side wall portion and a bottom wall portion and having a receptacle opening; and a sample container being adapted to close the receptacle opening when collocated with the receptacle. The sample container includes: a sample receiving portion which, when collocated with the receptacle is located in liquid communication with the inner material receiving space; a sample well positioned radially outside of the sample receiving portion in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis, the sample well having a well opening; a liquid passageway for directing liquid from the sample receiving portion towards the well opening; a container having a container opening; and a liquid impermeable barrier for preventing liquid entering the container opening from the sample receiving portion).
US11918993B2
Zero emission nested-loop (ZEN) reforming provides a scalable, eco-friendly process to produce high quality hydrogen at a relatively low operating cost. In one embodiment, a ZEN system comprises a reactor, a regenerator, and a photocatalytic reformer. During operation, the reactor receives a gas mixture and outputs hydrogen and catalyst adsorbed with carbon dioxide. The gas mixture is methane, steam, or hydrogen. Next, the regenerator receives the catalyst adsorbed with carbon dioxide and outputs carbon dioxide and desorbed catalyst. Next, the photocatalytic reformer receives carbon dioxide output by the regenerator and outputs methane and oxygen. The reactor receives at least some of the methane output by the photocatalytic reformer. By recycling methane in this way, the need for additional methane to fuel the system is reduced. The ZEN reforming system provides a novel technique to convert greenhouse gas emissions and carbon dioxide into oxygen and reusable methane gas.
US11918988B2
A method for manufacturing a catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation reaction, a catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation reaction, and a method for manufacturing butadiene using the same.
US11918985B2
The invention is directed to ruthenium-based metathesis catalysts of the Grubbs-Hoveyda type. The new 2-aryloxy-substituted ruthenium catalysts described herein reveal rapid initiation behavior. Further, the corresponding styrene-based precursor compounds are disclosed. The catalysts are prepared in a cross-metathesis reaction starting from styrene-based precursors which can be prepared in a cost-effective manner. The new Grubbs-Hoveyda type catalysts are suitable to catalyze ring-closing metathesis (RCM), cross metathesis (CM) and ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP). Low catalyst loadings are necessary to convert a wide range of substrates including more complex and critical substrates via metathesis reactions at low to moderate temperatures in high yields within short reaction times.
US11918974B2
Functionalized zeolites, including a zeolite substrate and a self-assembled monolayer of a phosphonic acid on a surface of the zeolite substrate, are disclosed, as are methods of making and using the functionalized zeolites. The disclosed methods and compositions have various applications, including in the use of molecular sieves to separate small-molecule gases from mixtures thereof. Gas adsorption selectivities and diffusion rates of the functionalized zeolites may be tuned or selected according to the disclosed methods.
US11918973B1
Provided is a heavy metal adsorbent consisting of a zeolite with a median diameter on a volume basis of 10.0 μm or more and a pore volume measured in a pore volume calculation range of 10 nm to 1000 nm by a mercury intrusion method of 0.1000 cm3/g or less.
US11918970B2
A method of treating a metal carbonate salt includes hydrolyzing a metal halide salt to form a hydrohalic acid and a hydroxide salt of the metal in the metal halide salt. The metal includes an alkaline earth metal or an alkali metal. The method includes reacting the hydrohalic acid with the metal carbonate salt, wherein the metal carbonate salt is a carbonate salt of the alkaline earth metal or alkali metal, to form CO2 and the metal halide salt. At least some of the metal halide salt formed from the reacting of the hydrohalic acid with the metal carbonate salt is recycled as at least some of the metal halide salt in the hydrolyzing of the metal halide salt to form the hydrohalic acid and the hydroxide salt.
US11918969B2
Animal litter comprising composite particles including powdered sodium bentonite and powdered activated carbon, agglomerated together into the composite particles, wherein the animal litter has a particle size distribution of 16/50 mesh (i.e., 300 μm to 1180 μm in size). The litter may include non-composite, granular clay particles (e.g., granular sodium bentonite) having the same particle size distribution (16/50 mesh). Such particle size characteristics significantly reduce dusting, without the need for a de-dusting agent, reduce clump depth and/or reduce clump width at the bottom of the clump (both acting to reduce risk of clumps sticking to the bottom of the litter box) and result in more efficient use of the litter in clumping (reduced clump weight) by increasing absorbency.
US11918949B2
Disclosed are a pollutant capturer and mobilizer and method of mobilizing a polluted gaseous substance from one location towards another location and capturing one or multiple types of polluting substances, such as CO2, from an atmospheric body of polluted gaseous substance or from exhaust of vehicles, chimneys, or stacks and thereby combat the negative health, environmental, and economic impacts of the of the polluting substances on communities. Wet or dry embodiments of the pollutant capturer and mobilizer utilize wet or dry pollutant capturing components, respectively, to capture one or multiple types of polluting substances from a body of polluted gaseous substance. Flow-establishing devices can be used to set the body of polluted gaseous substance in motion through the pollutant capturing component. The pollutant capturer and mobilizer may also be mounted on any type of vehicle, with or without using flow-establishing devices.
US11918947B2
An improved isolation ward structure includes a top portion further comprising a space, a fresh-air pipe, a communication pipe and a an exhaust-connected pipe wherein the space is furnished with an air filtration unit (FFU); an end of the communication pipe is communicated with the fresh-air pipe while its other end is communicated with the air filtration unit (FFU), an end of the exhaust-connected pipe is communicated with the fresh-air pipe; a bedroom being positioned under the air filtration unit (FFU) will let the air which is filtered through the air filtration unit (FFU) enter the bedroom; a bottom portion being positioned under the bedroom has a semi-hermetic space formed by the plurality of elevated honeycomb floors; the air within the bedroom will enter the semi-hermetic space which will let the pathogenic air within the bedroom (10) flow therein via the plurality of honeycomb floors (22) and re-circulate through the air filtration unit (FFU) to be filtered; and a backflow circulation portion being positioned above the semi-hermetic space and below the space with its upper end communicates with the other end of the exhaust-connected pipe; the backflow circulation portion is adjacent to the bedroom for re-circulating the air waited to be filtered within the semi-hermetic space to the fresh-air pipe therein.
US11918944B2
A particle discharge device for a filter assembly has a housing with a valve seat, wherein the valve seat surrounds at least partially a symmetry axis of the housing. One or more particle discharge flaps embodied as one piece together with the housing are provided. The one or more particle discharge flaps are moveable from a closed state into an open state for discharging particles from the filter assembly. The one or more particle discharge flaps are resting against the valve seat in the closed state. A filter assembly is provided with a filter housing having a particle discharge socket in which the particle discharge device is arranged.
US11918934B2
An oil filtration system includes an oil chamber inlet. Also included is a first screen defining a first chamber volume that receives an oil flow from the oil chamber inlet, the first screen having a first mesh coarseness. Further included is a second screen surrounding the first screen to define a second chamber volume surrounding the first chamber volume, the second screen having a second mesh coarseness that is greater than the first mesh coarseness. Yet further included is at least one exit nozzle having an exit cross-sectional area that is greater than or equal to a cross-sectional area of apertures of the second screen. Also included is a bypass valve disposed in a first position during a first pressure condition within the first chamber volume and in a second position during a second pressure condition within the first chamber volume.
US11918924B2
A carousel ride system includes a first rotatable platform and multiple second rotatable platforms. Each second rotatable platform of the multiple second rotatable platforms is positioned within a respective opening in the first rotatable platform. A first drive system is configured to drive rotation of the first rotatable platform and multiple second drive assemblies are configured to drive rotation of the multiple second rotatable platforms. Multiple figures extend over the multiple second rotatable platforms and multiple figure drive assemblies are configured to independently lift and rotate the multiple figures relative to the multiple second rotatable platforms. One or more processors are configured to coordinate operation of the first drive system, the multiple second drive assemblies, and the multiple figure drive assemblies to maintain the multiple figures in a forward-facing orientation relative to a direction of travel of the first rotatable platform during operation of the carousel ride system.
US11918919B2
A board game apparatus is disclosed. The board game apparatus has a support assembly, a first member rotatably supported by the support assembly, a second member rotatably supported by the support assembly and covering part of the first member, a board member rotatably supported by the support assembly and including a plurality of apertures, the board member covering the first member and the second member, and a raised member rotatably supported by the support assembly above the board member and forming a gap between the raised member and the board member. A first portion of the first member and a second portion of the second member are visible from above the board member through the plurality of apertures.
US11918916B2
A method of recommending an unplayed game application to a user includes obtaining a game history associated with a user profile, wherein the game history includes at least one game record of a game application the user profile has been used to play, and evaluating the game history to obtain a plurality of game events associated with a game application of the game history. The method further includes accessing a table of tags associated with the plurality of game events associated with the game application, aggregating a plurality of tags in a tag list in the user profile based at least partially on the table of tags and the plurality of game events, and presenting to the user a recommendation of an unplayed game application based at least partially on the plurality of tags.
US11918910B1
A system and method for receiving an ordered set of images and analyzing the images to determine at least one position in space and at least one motion vector in space and time for at least one object represented in the images is disclosed. Using these vectors, a four dimensional model of at least a portion of the information represented in the images is formulated. This model generally obeys the laws of physics, though aberrations may be imposed. The model is then exercised with an input parameter, which, for example, may represent a different perspective than the original set of images. The four dimensional model is then used to produce a modified set of ordered images in dependence on the input parameter and optionally the set of images, e.g., if only a portion of the data represented in the images is modeled. The set of images may then be rendered on a display device.
US11918907B2
A first game process that proceeds independently of a second game process related to opponents for a user is performed. State data indicating a second game state of the second game process related to each of a plurality of the opponents is sequentially acquired, and a display image including a first image reflecting a first game state of the first game process and a plurality of second images reflecting the second game states indicated by the state data is sequentially generated. The display image is sequentially generated such that the first image is arranged in a first area located at a center of the display image, a second area is located at a position at each of right and left sides of the first area, and the second images are arranged in the respective second areas at the right and left sides. An instruction that changes a game state of the target is made if a game state of the user satisfies a predetermined condition.
US11918904B2
A system for wagering including a server computing device including a processor; and a memory including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to cause a virtual representation of a region of a golf course to be displayed on a user device; determine one or more virtual shapes; determine a value associated respectively with each of the one or more virtual shapes; cause the user device to display the one or more virtual shapes over the virtual representation; cause the user device to display the one or more values associated respectively with the one or virtual shapes; and receive a bet selection from the user device.
US11918893B2
Methods and systems for managing processing resources of an online game include executing the online game for one or more users. Each user is provided access to virtual locations in a gaming world of the online game. A compute is assigned for processing gaming interactivity of the one or more users in the gaming world. A number of users accessing a region within a virtual location are determined. When the number of users exceeds a predefined limit for the compute assigned to the users in the region, the region is divided into a plurality of sub-regions and additional compute is assigned for the region so that the compute and the additional compute can process gaming interactivity for the users in each of the sub-regions defined in the gaming world.
US11918873B2
A golf club includes a golf club head, a shaft adapter secured within a hosel of the golf club head, and a shaft secured within the shaft adapter. The golf club shaft is formed from a fiber reinforced polymer and extends along a longitudinal axis between a tip end and a grip end. The golf club shaft includes a tip end section, a grip end section, and a tapered section between the tip end section and the grip end section. The tapered section of the shaft includes a reference portion within the upper half that has a frustoconical shape with a near-constant taper rate, and a narrowed portion within the lower half. The narrowed portion is recessed relative to a reference surface extrapolated from the frustoconical shape.
US11918868B2
The invention is a golf club head with a ball striking face including a plurality of recesses, a plurality of first grooves, and a plurality of second grooves that extend between a heel edge and a toe edge of the club head. The ball striking face includes a first material, for example a metal material, and the plurality of recesses are filled with a fill material, for example a polymer material. The depth of the grooves, the height of the grooves, the fill material, and the positioning of the grooves can all affect the performance of the club head. In some embodiments, the club head is a putter-type club head.
US11918862B1
A ball holder for holding apertured plastic sporting balls having a plurality of apertures through the sporting balls, the ball holder including a frame and a plurality of projections extending outwardly from the frame. Each of the projections is configured to support one of the plastic sporting balls by being positioned to penetrate into one of the apertures of the plastic sporting ball for releasably supporting and retaining the apertured plastic sporting ball on the ball holder.
US11918858B2
A mechanical apparatus for human balance training includes a cross bar whose center is attached to a pivotable protrusion extending from a leg having a base. The apparatus also includes a slidable sheath surrounding a portion of the leg proximate to the pivotable protrusion. The slidable sheath has a plurality of allowed positions relative to the leg, each position limiting tilt of the cross bar to a respective angular range. In some embodiments, each allowed position limits tilt of the cross bar by controlling an extent by which the pivotable protrusion extends out from the sheath. In some embodiments, the sheath is threaded relative to the leg and the allowed positions are a continuous range adjusted by twisting the sheath relative to the leg. In some embodiments, the allowed positions are predefined locking positions. Each locking position limits tilt of the cross bar to a respective predefined angular range.
US11918854B2
A system for transitioning from a first footwear type to a second footwear type is usable with an article of footwear including a sensor system with a plurality of force sensors engaged with an article of footwear and configured to sense force exerted by a foot of a user and an electronic module configured to collect data based on force input from the sensors and to wirelessly transmit data generated by the sensor system. An electronic device includes a processor that receives the data from the electronic module, compares the data to a footstrike template corresponding to a desired footstrike pattern of a footwear transitional program, determines whether a deviation from the footstrike template exists, and generates an indication to the user when the deviation from the desired footstrike pattern is determined to exist. The desired footstrike pattern corresponds to a preferred footstrike of the second type of footwear.
US11918845B2
A rowing exercise machine includes a base frame, a paddle unit, a first rotating shaft, a paddle linkage unit, a resistance unit, a pull bar unit, a second rotating shaft, and a pull bar linkage unit. When a first operating force is applied to the paddle unit, a paddle one-way driving wheel and the first rotating shaft are driven to rotate in a first rotational direction. When the first operating force disappears, the paddle one-way driving wheel is idling on the first rotating shaft in a second rotational direction. When a second operating force is applied to the pull bar unit, the pull bar linkage unit is driven to rotate in the first rotational direction. When the second operating force disappears, a second return force drives a pull bar one-way wheel to be idling on the second rotating shaft in the second rotational direction.
US11918843B2
A weight rack attachment apparatus, comprising: a front hook portion, where the hook is J-shaped; a rear connecting portion including a connecting pin along a centerline of the weight rack attachment apparatus, wherein the front hook portion is offset from the centerline.
US11918833B2
A method of treating skin is disclosed. The method can include topically applying to skin in need thereof a composition comprising Hylocereus undatus fruit extract, Aloe barbadensis leaf extract, and methyldihydrojasmonate or panthenol, wherein topical application of the composition treats the skin.
US11918830B2
The invention comprises a method and apparatus for tuning a charged particle beam path of a charged particle beam system used to treat a tumor of a patient, comprising the steps of: positioning a two-dimensional charged particle detector in a beam line downstream from a magnet pair; operating windings of the magnet pair at a first power level to generate a first magnetic field; measuring a beam position with the first two-dimensional charged particle detector; adjusting a correction magnetic field by driving voltage of a correction coil at a second power level, the second power level less than five percent of the first power level, where the first magnetic field and the correction magnetic field combine to yield an operational magnetic field; and the steps of measuring and adjusting the correction magnetic field changing the operational magnetic field to adjust a measured beam position toward a target beam position.
US11918824B2
A laser-based system and method for treatment of hard tissue enhances remineralization and fluoride uptake to improve resistance to demineralization. The system can include a laser source, an optic, and a controller for controlling the laser source and/or the optic to deliver radiation to a treatment region with desirable characteristics (e.g., to remove carbonate without damaging the tissue surface). In some cases, the system includes a handpiece having an optical element (e.g., a lens) mounted within a replaceable cartridge and adapted to modulate a laser beam to render the beam non-ablative, prior to the laser beam's delivery to the treatment region. In some embodiments, treatment with the laser can be combined with a fluoride treatment for enhanced therapeutic effect.
US11918820B2
A leadless biostimulator, such as a leadless cardiac pacemaker, having a header assembly that includes overmolded components, is described. The header assembly includes a helix mount overmolded on a flange of an electrical feedthrough assembly. A fixation element is mounted on the helix mount. The overmolded helix mount fills a recess in an outer surface of the flange to robustly join the header assembly components. The electrical feedthrough assembly includes an electrode contained within the flange to deliver electrical impulses to a target anatomy, and an insulator that separates the electrode from the flange. The overmolded helix mount can conform or adhere to the outer surfaces of the flange and the insulator to electrically isolate the electrode from the flange. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US11918819B2
Techniques for facilitating communication between an implantable medical device and an external device are provided. In one example, a method comprises broadcasting, via communication circuitry of an implantable device, a first set of advertisements at a first advertising rate according to a communication protocol. The method further comprises determining that detection circuitry of the implantable device detected voltage induced by an electromagnetic field at an interface between tissue of a patient and electrodes of the implantable device and in response to the detection of voltage induced by the electromagnetic field, broadcasting, via the communication circuitry, a second set of advertisements at a second advertising rate according to the communication protocol. The second advertising rate is greater than the first advertising rate.
US11918815B2
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 a representative signal based on the cardiac signal, the representative signal having a single polarity, and determine an end of a T-wave of the cardiac signal based on an area under the representative signal.
US11918811B2
Apparatus and methods for managing pain uses a multiplexed modulation/stimulation signal to provide pain relief during spinal cord stimulation or peripheral nerve stimulation.
US11918809B2
A system and method for the automatic stimulation of a vagus nerve for post-stroke rehabilitation is disclosed. The system includes an application subsystem having an electrode positioned to stimulate the vagus nerve and coupled to a user outside of a surgical setting. The system also includes a waveform generator communicatively coupled to the electrode, and a triggering subsystem including a receiver configured to detect the presence of a tag. The triggering subsystem is communicatively coupled to waveform generator and is configured to automatically trigger the stimulation of the vagus nerve upon detecting the presence of the tag. The tag is located proximate a rehabilitation context such that the tag is detected when the user is using the rehabilitation context, resulting in the vagus nerve of the user being automatically stimulated by the electrode in response to the user's post-stroke rehabilitation training.
US11918808B2
An implantable medical device, including a magnet and a body encompassing the magnet, wherein the implantable medical device includes structural components in the body configured to move away from one another upon initial rotation of the magnet relative to the body when the magnet is subjected to an externally generated magnetic field, thereby limiting rotation of the magnet beyond the initial rotation.
US11918781B2
An infusion flow regulator includes: a main body having an inlet through which fluid is introduced and an outlet through which the fluid is discharged; and a rotary dial rotatably coupled to the main body, with a sealing member interposed therebetween, so as to regulate a flow rate of the fluid, in which the rotary dial includes a regulating flow path having a shape of a recessed groove in cross section with a first width and a first height, and the regulating flow path includes a first region in which the first width is constant and the first height is decreased, and a second region in which both the first width and the first height are decreased. By the aforementioned configuration, the infusion flow regulator for the fluid can accurately regulate the flow rate even in a region where the flow rate of the fluid is very small.
US11918775B2
An assembly for retaining a pressure jacket (134) and a syringe (132) on a fluid injector, the assembly including a base plate (1902) comprising a body (1904); at least a first retaining arm (1910a) and a second retaining arm (1910b) operatively mounted on the body of the base plate, the first retaining arm having a first retaining surface at a distal end thereof and the second retaining arm having a second retaining surface at a distal end thereof, wherein the first retaining surface and the second retaining surface are configured for abutting a distal surface of at least one of the pressure jacket and the syringe; a linkage assembly operatively connected to at least one of the first retaining arm and the second retaining arm, wherein the linkage assembly is configured to move at least one of the first retaining arm and the second retaining arm between at least a first open position and a closed position.
US11918774B2
A connector which couples to an outlet conduit to decrease an outlet conduit passageway pressure differential between outlet conduit opposing first and second ends, whereby the connector includes a mixing chamber having a first inlet port in fluidic communication with a connector first open end and the mixing chamber; an outlet port in fluidic communication with the mixing chamber and a connector second open end; and a second inlet port in fluidic communication with the connector second open end and the mixing chamber. Additionally, a connector including a connector internal surface defining a connector passageway which communicates between connector first and second open ends; and a sensor module operatively coupled to the connector passageway to sense a parameter of a first fluid flowing in a first fluid flow path through the connector passageway.
US11918769B2
A transdermal delivery apparatus for delivering specific desired quantities of cream-base medicament or any flowable composition is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a revolving platform, a threaded screw-complex, a house, an applicator pad, and a safety cap. The revolving platform produces audible and tactile sensations upon interaction with projections from the house. The threaded screw-complex interacts with an elevator to transport the medicament upwards. The house confines an inner chamber to store the medicament. The applicator pad comprises a center outlet where the composition exits the chamber.
US11918768B2
Medical devices and methods for delivering fluid. The medical devices include one or more needles for delivering fluid. The methods may optionally include expanding an expandable member such as an inflatable member to expand an expandable scaffold outward toward a lumen wall. The devices may include one or both of one or more spine securing members or one or more needle alignment members.
US11918763B2
Apparatus and associated methods relate to a catheter manipulation handle with user interface controls for steering a catheter in situ while providing an augmented (e.g., motorized, powered and tunable precision steering, and perforation safeguards) control and feedback user experience. In an illustrative example, the catheter manipulation handle may provide motor assisted operation to automatically rotate and/or deflect a distal tip of the catheter to steer and guide the distal tip to a target location in the patient's vasculature system. The augmented feedback may include, for example, haptic feedback via the handle. Haptic, audible, and/or visual feedback via the handle may indicate, for example, proximity or engagement of the distal tip with sensitive tissue. In some examples, the handle's augmented operation may advantageously amplify feedback signals to enhance the user's perception of the patient's safety with respect to the safe passage of the distal tip through the patient's vasculature.
US11918752B2
A method of manufacturing an elongate shaft for delivery of a medical device may include disposing a polymeric sheath having a lumen extending therethrough over a mandrel; sliding a proximal portion of the polymeric sheath into a lumen of a metallic tubular member; placing a polymeric tubular member over the distal portion of the polymeric sheath and a distal portion of the metallic tubular member; fixedly attaching a proximal coupler to a distal end of a longitudinal support filament; inserting a proximal end of the longitudinal support filament between the polymeric sheath and the polymeric tubular member to position the longitudinal support filament alongside the distal portion of the metallic tubular member and a distal portion of the polymeric sheath; and reflowing the polymeric tubular member to secure the longitudinal support filament relative to the polymeric sheath and the metallic tubular member.
US11918745B2
Medical tubes and methods of manufacturing medical tubes are disclosed, such as in positive airway pressure (PAP), respirator, anaesthesia, ventilator, and insufflation systems. The tube may be a composite structure made of two or more distinct components spirally wound to form an elongate tube. One of the components may be a spirally wound elongate hollow body, and the other component an elongate structural component spirally wound between turns of the spirally wound hollow body. Alternatively, the tube need not be made from distinct components. For instance, an elongate hollow body formed (e.g., extruded) from a single material may be spirally wound to form an elongate tube. The elongate hollow body itself may in transverse cross-section have a thin wall portion and a relatively thicker or more rigid reinforcement portion. The tubes can be incorporated into a variety of medical circuits or have other medical uses.
US11918743B1
A protective oxygen mask is disclosed herein. The mask includes a main body defining an exterior surface and an interior portion. At least one attachment structure defines a first loop extending from a first side of the main body and a second loop extending from a second side of the main body. At least a portion of one of the loops includes a hollow tube section communicative with an oxygen source. An interior tube communicative with the hollow tube section of the first loop extends at least partially into the interior portion of the main body. Accordingly, oxygen flows from the oxygen source, through said hollow tube section of one of the loops, into the interior hollow tube section, and finally, into the interior portion of the main body via a plurality of openings.
US11918742B2
The present disclosure relates to a filter apparatus for filtering liquid from a gas, the apparatus having a first housing having a gas inlet and a gas outlet; a first filter media disposed in the first housing; a second filter media disposed in the housing; and a second housing forming a first collection basin disposed in the flow path between the first filter media and the second filter media, so that a path is defined for the gas flowing from the inlet, through the first filter media, past the collection basin, through the second filter media, and to the outlet. The present disclosure also relates to a method of passing a gas through a coalescing filter media and through a hydrophobic filter media.
US11918741B2
A patient interface includes: a plenum chamber; a seal-forming structure; a positioning and stabilising structure; a plenum chamber insert configured to be positioned and retained within the plenum chamber; and a vent structure; wherein the plenum chamber insert has a plenum chamber insert port; wherein the plenum chamber insert has an exterior surface configured to be positioned adjacent to an interior surface of the plenum chamber; wherein when the plenum chamber insert is positioned and retained within the plenum chamber, a radial channel is formed by the interior surface of the plenum chamber and the exterior surface of the plenum chamber insert such that gas is able to pass between a patient-proximal side of the plenum chamber insert and a patient-distal side of the plenum chamber insert via the radial channel during use.
US11918740B2
A system for controlling and monitoring flow in a cuffed endotracheal tube device is disclosed. The system comprises: a connector panel having at least three connectors adapted for establishing fluid communication with proximal ends of at least a first fluid line, a second fluid line and a cuff inflation line of the endotracheal tube device. The system can further comprise a processing unit and a control unit, wherein the processing unit is configured to instruct the control unit to execute various operations, including at least a rinsing procedure, a suctioning procedure, a cuff inflation procedure, a leak detection procedure and a venting procedure, and to select any of the first and the second fluid lines for any of the rinsing, suctioning, leak detection and venting procedures. In some embodiments, the system exploits the cuff as sensor to sense pulmonary data.
US11918739B2
A breathing gases supply apparatus 1 can comprise a blower 103/105 and breathing circuit for delivering breathing gases to a patient. The apparatus also can comprise a first controller 109, the controller 109 configured to receive input from at least one sensor 110-112 indicative of patient breathing, and a transmitter 201 configured to communicate with the controller 109 and transmit control signals to an electronic apparatus 203. The controller 109 can be configured to determine sleep in a patient based on the occurrence of a breathing pattern indicative of sleep, detected from the input received from the sensor 110-112 and upon determining sleep, operate the transmitter 201 to send a control signal to control an electronic apparatus 203.
US11918734B2
An electronic vapor provision system includes a control unit configured to provide power from a battery in the control unit to components of the system, and including a controller configured to control components of the system; and an aerosolizable substrate material carrying portion separably connectable to the control unit to obtain power from the battery, and including a first electrical circuit including a characteristic-carrying element; and a second electrical circuit including a vapor generating element configured to generate an inhalable vapor from an aerosolizable substrate material; wherein: the second electrical circuit can be selectively provided with power from the battery when power is supplied to the aerosolizable substrate material carrying portion; and the controller is configured to operate in a first mode in which a characteristic of the characteristic-carrying element is determined by providing power from the battery to the first electrical circuit, and in a second mode in which the vapor generating element is operated by providing power from the battery to the second electrical circuit.
US11918733B2
A medical instrument with an aerosol outlet, which is fluidically connected—via an aerosol line—to a generation device. The generation device is adapted to generate aerosol for dispensing by means of the medical instrument. In addition, a generation device is stated, which, in embodiments of the generation device, for example can be used in a device with the instrument according to the invention. The generation device comprises a mixing unit for mixing a liquid and a gas together, which mixing unit is connected to a liquid container for supplying the mixing unit with a liquid, in which case the generation device is adapted to utilize the gas pressure of a gas under pressure subjecting the liquid to a pressure in order to press the liquid out of the liquid container to the mixing unit.
US11918731B2
An aerosol delivery system that includes an aerosol generator that aerosolizes a fluid for delivery to a patient as a patient inhales. The aerosol delivery system includes a pump coupled to the aerosol generator that pumps the fluid to the aerosol generator, and a breath sensor that emits a signal as the patient breathes. A controller couples to the aerosol generator, the pump, and the breath sensor. In operation, the controller receives the signal from the breath sensor, controls a flow of fluid to the aerosol generator in response to the signal, and controls the aerosol generator to start aerosolizing the fluid before the patient inhales.
US11918729B2
Methods, devices, and systems for laser eye surgery generally make use of a console that interchangeably accepts multiple types of eye treatment cassettes. The cassettes enable one or both of displacement-based or vacuum-based aspiration. The console and the cassette may communicate to establish the functionality of the installed cassette by utilizing a component indigenous to the operation of the cassette. A dual-mode cassette may include a separable holding tank for enabling vacuum-based aspiration. A displacement-based pump may be provided to drain the holding tank while the vacuum system continues to aspirate fluids. A vacuum sensor for controlling the flow of aspirated fluids may have three ports for communicating with a handpiece, a displacement-based pump, a vacuum-based pump, or an irrigation source. The handpiece may be vented during vacuum-based aspiration by opening a vent valve interposed between the handpiece and the vacuum source.
US11918728B2
A method comprising obtaining a bodily fluid from a subject; contacting the bodily fluid with an adsorbent material comprising a synthetic carbon particle (SCP) to produce a first filtrate having a level of disease mediators (y); contacting the first filtrate with an adsorbent material comprising the SCP and an anion exchange resin where the ratio of SCP to anion exchange resin is from about 0.1:100 to 100:0.1 to produce a second filtrate; contacting the second filtrate with an adsorbent material comprising the SCP and a cation exchange resin where the ratio of SCP to cation exchange resin is from about 1:100 to produce a third filtrate; and administering the third filtrate to the subject.
US11918724B2
This disclosure relates to a method for temporarily interrupting an extracorporeal treatment of blood of a patient by use of a blood treatment apparatus. The method comprises activating or controlling a control device provided and configured to bring the blood treatment apparatus into a state in which the blood treatment of the patient can be interrupted with the intention to continue the blood treatment. This disclosure further relates to a control device, a blood treatment apparatus, a digital storage means, a computer program product as well as a computer program.
US11918702B2
Described herein are new methods for making lung bud organoids (LBOs) that have the capacity of developing into branching airways and alveolar structures that a least partially recapitulate human lung development from mammalian, preferably human, pluripotent stem cells including embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and induced pluripotent stem cells (IPSC), either by culturing branched LBO in a 3D matrix or by transplanting the LBO under the kidney capsule of immune deficient mice. Branched LBOs contain pulmonary endoderm and mesoderm compatible with pulmonary mesenchyme, and undergo branching morphogenesis. Also described are LBOs harboring certain mutations that induce a fibrotic phenotype, and methods of making same. The mutated (B)LBOs can be used for screening agents that may treat pulmonary fibrosis.
US11918698B2
A disinfection platform for at least partially disinfecting a proximal surface is provided. A disinfection apparatus includes a housing defining an aperture, a UV light source enclosed in the housing configured to project a UV illumination pattern toward a target disinfection area where the disinfection apparatus is disposed above one end and oriented at a downward angle. The illumination pattern output from the disinfection apparatus at least partially defined by louvers and an occlusion nose with reflective fins positioned at the aperture such that the illumination pattern at the target disinfection surface has improved intensity distribution. Multiple sensors cooperate with a control circuit operating the UV light source to provide intelligent and automated control with pattern detection, event based disinfection, and validation. Dual passive infrared sensors enable improved pattern detection for presence detection, accelerometer improves touch detection, and gyroscope provides attitude installation configuration.
US11918692B2
The present invention relates to solid oral fixed dose compositions of metformin, atorvastatin, and valsartan, or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, processes for the preparation thereof, and the use of the composition to treat certain diseases.
US11918690B2
Compositions for the immediate release of one or more cannabinoids, in which the compositions comprise a population of particles. Each particle may comprise the one or more cannabinoids and one or more intra-granule excipients. Alternatively, each particle may comprise the one or more cannabinoids and a porous bead core. The composition may be prepared by a method that involves combining the one or more cannabinoids with the one or more intra-granule excipients, and then granulating the combination, such as through fluid bed granulation, shear-induced wet granulation, or spray granulation. The composition may also be prepared by a method that involves mixing the one or more cannabinoids with a population of porous bead cores.
US11918689B1
An oral clonidine dosage unit providing a twenty-four hour extended release profile following a single dose administration is provided. The dosage unit comprises a pharmaceutically effective amount of a coated complex comprising clonidine bound to a cationic exchange resin, which is characterized by a twenty-four hour release profile. Dosage units may also provide an immediate release component.
US11918686B2
A submicron structure comprising a silica body defining a plurality of pores that are suitable to receive molecules therein, and having a surface, and a phospholipid bilayer coating the surface, wherein said submicron structure has a maximum dimension of less than one micron, and wherein the phospholipid bilayer stably seals the plurality of pores; and wherein the submicron structure is a member of a monodisperse population of submicron structures.
US11918656B2
The present invention relates to an antibody-drug-conjugate. From one aspect, the invention relates to an anti-body-drug-conjugate comprising an antibody capable of binding to a Target, said antibody being conjugated to at least one drug selected from derivatives of dolastatin 10 and auristatins. The invention also comprises method of treatment and the use of said anti-body-drug-conjugate for the treatment of cancer.
US11918654B2
The present specification discloses solid solution pharmaceutical compositions comprising therapeutic compound comprising a phytocannabinoid in an amount of less than about 55%, one or more pharmaceutically-acceptable hard fats in an amount of at least 25% by weight of the pharmaceutical composition, and one or more pharmaceutically-acceptable liquid lipids in an amount of 1% to 50% by weight of the pharmaceutical composition, methods of preparing such pharmaceutical compositions, and methods and uses of treating a chronic inflammation and/or an inflammatory disease in an individual using such pharmaceutical compositions.
US11918652B2
An acoustic wave medical treatment of a body part of an individual in which nanoparticles are administered to the body part of the individual and the acoustic wave is applied on the body part. The acoustic wave is sequentially applied on the body part, and/or the nanoparticles are magnetosomes. Also, compositions that include these nanoparticles.
US11918648B2
The present disclosure describes combination therapies comprising an antagonist of Programmed Death 1 receptor (PD-1) and a Toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) agonist that is a CpG-C type oligonucleotide, and the use of the combination therapies for the treatment of cancer.
US11918646B2
Described herein are dry immunogenic compositions and methods of freezing aluminum-containing vaccines such that when converted into a dried powder, the dry composition can be readily administered without loss of activity. Also described are methods of intranasal administering dry immunogenic compositions comprising antigens and aluminum adjuvants.
US11918642B2
Disclosed are compositions for generating an immune response against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and their methods of uses.
US11918637B2
The invention relates to compositions and methods for treating or preventing diseases caused by Porcine circoviruses. The invention particularly discloses methods for controlling PCV infection or disease in a pig herd, comprising (i) vaccinating sows against PCV at weaning, and (ii) vaccinating piglets against PCV at an age of between 2 to 7 weeks.
US11918636B2
An oral vaccine for immunization against ETEC-induced diarrhea, comprising inactivated Escherichia coli cells expressing an ETEC colonization factor antigen and dmLT protein adjuvant, wherein the vaccine preferably comprises less than 1013 cells per unit dose.
US11918635B2
A method and a platform for detecting an immunogenicity of a tumor neoantigen are provided. Specifically, the detection method includes the following steps: culturing human peripheral blood monocytes ex vivo for 13 days, adding an antigenic peptide fragment of human influenza virus and stimulating and activating cytokines, antigenic peptides, and immunoadjuvants during the 13 days, and finally conducting enzyme-linked immunospot (ELISPOT) chromogenic reaction and instrument-based scanning, counting, and analysis to detect the immunogenicity of tumor neoantigen. An application of the detection method and platform in biomedicine is provided. Compared with the prior art, the detection method and platform have advantages and characteristics of a short detection period, high convenience, low consumption of experimental cells, and low detection cost. Therefore, the detection method and platform can be used for ex vivo high-throughput assay for the immunogenicity of the tumor neoantigen.
US11918627B2
Improved and effective administration regimen of aviptadil in order to reduce and eliminate the risks of nebulization treatment and to protect both patient relatives and healthcare workers especially in pandemic conditions such as Covid-19 is described. The dosage frequency of aviptadil for use in the treatment of lung diseases in a subject in need by thereof is administered at least 2 times in a day and the period between the administrations does not exceed 200 minutes.
US11918623B2
A composition of tirzepatide, comprising an agent selected from NaCl and propylene glycol; and dibasic sodium phosphate is provided.
US11918621B2
Provided herein are methods of mitigating and/or preventing side effects from chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy in a subject by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a toll-like receptor 2/6 (TLR 2/6) ligand, including fibroblast-stimulating lipopeptide 1 (FSL-1). Methods of treating and/or preventing gastrointestinal disorders are also disclosed. Additionally, methods of increasing granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) production in a subject undergoing a medical treatment, including administering FSL-1 compositions, are provided.
US11918616B1
A beverage for equines, livestock (e.g., pigs, sheep, cattle, goats), or other hooved animals that encourages the animals to drink, providing hydration and electrolytes. The beverage is a combination of desired flavoring, e.g., a dry or powdered blend of alfalfa leaf powder or alfalfa meal; a sweetener, e.g., sugar; and one or more desired electrolytes, that is added to a liquid, e.g., water. Other desired flavoring can be mint, alfalfa mint, apple, peppermint.
US11918613B2
The subject invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising: (i) at least one bacteriophage strain(s) capable of producing a lytic infection in an adherent-invasive Escherichia coli strain; and (ii) a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier; for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease. The subject invention further provides a method of treating inflammatory bowel disease comprising administering to a subject in need thereof at least one bacteriophage strain capable of producing a lytic infection in an adherent-invasive Escherichia coli strain thereby treating the subject. The subject invention also provides new bacteriophage strains.
US11918605B1
The current invention provides monocytic cells transfected with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) to selectively home to tumors and upon homing differentiate into dendritic cells capable of activating immunity which is inhibitory to said tumor. In one embodiment of the invention, monocytic cells are transfected with a construct encoding an antigen binding domain, a transcellular or structural domain, and an intracellular signaling domain. In one specific aspect of the invention, the antigen binding domain interacts with sufficient affinity to a tumor antigen, capable of triggering said intracellular domain to induce an activation signal to induce monocyte differentiation into DC.
US11918604B2
The current invention provides monocytic cells transfected with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) to selectively home to tumors and upon homing differentiate into dendritic cells capable of activating immunity which is inhibitory to said tumor. In one embodiment of the invention, monocytic cells are transfected with a construct encoding an antigen binding domain, a transcellular or structural domain, and an intracellular signaling domain. In one specific aspect of the invention, the antigen binding domain interacts with sufficient affinity to a tumor antigen, capable of triggering said intracellular domain to induce an activation signal to induce monocyte differentiation into DC.
US11918602B2
Methods for reducing cholesterol in a subject can include: providing a superabsorbent material that includes a porous network structure formed from a mixture of a plurality of water soluble polysaccharides that are not chemically crosslinked together; and administering the superabsorbent material to a subject in an effective amount to reduce cholesterol in the subject. The reduction of cholesterol includes at least one of: reducing total cholesterol of the subject; reducing a rate of total cholesterol increase in the subject; or increasing a rate of total cholesterol decrease in the subject. The reduction of cholesterol includes at least one of: reducing cholesterol intake into the subject; reducing cholesterol absorption by the gut of the subject; or absorbing cholesterol material from the gut of the subject into the superabsorbent material. The reduction of cholesterol is by reduction of low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol or high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol.
US11918601B2
This disclosure provides mixtures of beta-cyclodextrin molecules substituted at one or more hydroxyl positions by hydroxypropyl groups, the mixture optionally including unsubstituted beta-cyclodextrin molecules, for use as a pharmaceutically active ingredient; methods of making such mixtures; methods of qualifying such mixtures for use in a pharmaceutical composition suitable for intrathecal or intracerebroventricular administration; pharmaceutical compositions suitable for intrathecal or intracerebroventricular administration comprising such mixtures; and methods of using the pharmaceutical compositions for treatment of Niemann-Pick disease Type C.
US11918597B2
The present approach effectively eradicates senescent cells and cells carrying the hallmarks associated with aging, through inhibiting mitochondrial biogenesis during induced mitochondrial oxidative stress, without inhibiting normal cells. Embodiments may include a therapeutic agent that inhibits mitochondrial biogenesis and targets the large mitochondrial ribosome, a therapeutic agent that inhibits mitochondrial biogenesis and targets the small mitochondrial ribosome, and a therapeutic agent that behaves as a pro-oxidant or induces mitochondrial oxidative stress. Some embodiments include sub-antimicrobial antibiotic concentrations, thereby minimizing antibiotic resistance concerns.
US11918595B2
Methods, agents, and devices to treat medical conditions through local chemical neuromodulation of the autonomic nervous system are described. Drug formulations may be injected at or near ganglia, nerve plexi, ganglionated plexi, and nerves to treat different diseases. Target sites for the treatment of cardiac and other disease conditions may include extrinsic stellate (cervicothoracic) and cervical ganglia of the sympathetic chain, and intrinsic cardiac nerves and ganglionated plexi innervating the myocardium.
US11918594B2
Disclosed are novel multi-substituent psilocybin derivative compounds and pharmaceutical and recreational drug formulations containing the same. The compounds may be produced by reacting a reactant psilocybin derivative with a substituent containing compound.
US11918591B2
This invention related to a pharmaceutical composition which can be used as an anti-infective on enveloped pathogens and their various complications.
US11918586B2
The present invention is relates to a compound of formula (I), wherein X1, X2 and X3 are, independently of each other, N or CH; with the proviso that at least two of X1 X2 and X3 are N; Y is N or CH; W is H or F; with the proviso that when W is F, then X1, X2 and X3 are N; R1 and R2 are independently of each other (i) a morpholinyl of formula (II) wherein the arrow denotes the bond in formula (I); and wherein R3 and R4 are independently of each other H, C1-C3alkyl optionally substituted with one or two OH, C1-C2fluoroalkyl, C1-C2alkoxy, C1alkoxyC1-C3alkyl, CN, or C(O)O—C1-C2alkyl; or R3 and R4 form together a bivalent residue —R5R6— selected from C1-C3alkylene optionally substituted with 1 to 4 F, —CH2—O—CH2—, —CH2—NH—CH2—, or any of the structures wherein the arrows denote the bonds in formula (II); or (ii) a saturated 6-membered heterocyclic ring Z selected from thiomorpholinyl and piperazinyl, optionally substituted by 1 to 3 R7; wherein R7 is independently at each occurrence C1-C3alkyl optionally substituted with one or two OH, C1-C2fluoroalkyl, C1-C2alkoxyC1-C3alkyl, C3-C6cycloalkyl; or two R7 substituents form together a bivalent residue-R8R9— selected from Ci-C3alkylene optionally substituted with 1 to 4 F, —CH2—O—CH2— or —O—CH2CH2—O—; with the proviso that at least one of R1 and R2 is a morpholinyl of formula II; and prodrugs, metabolites, tautomers, solvates and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, for use in the prevention or treatment of a skin lesion in a subject.
US11918582B2
Disclosed herein are pyrazole pyrimidine compounds that modulate and/or inhibit hematopoietic progenitor kinase 1, as well as methods of making such compounds and therapeutic methods of using same.
US11918576B2
The invention relates to a combination of a first compound selected from N-(3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-N′-(1-methylethyl)-N-[3-(1-methyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)quinoxalin-6-yl]ethane-1,2-diamine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a solvate thereof, and N-(2-fluoro-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-N-(1H-imidazol-2-ylmethyl)-3-(1-methyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)pyrido[2,3-b]pyrazin-6-amine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a solvate thereof; and a second compound which is a cMet inhibitor. The combination is for use in the treatment of a proliferative disorder, in particular for use in the treatment of cancer. The FGFR inhibitor (N-(3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-N-(1-methylethyl)-N-[3-(1-methyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)quinoxalin-6-yl]ethane-1,2-diamine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a solvate thereof, and N-(2-fluoro-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-N-(1H-imidazol-2-ylmethyl)-3-(1-methyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)pyrido[2,3-b]pyrazin-6-amine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a solvate thereof) and the cMet inhibitor can be administered simultaneously, separately or sequentially. The invention further relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and a combination according to the invention.
US11918572B2
A pharmaceutical composition can include a lipophilic oil. The pharmaceutical composition can further include an analgesic agent, anesthetic agent, anti-inflammatory agent, or a mixture thereof dispersed in the lipophilic oil. The pharmaceutical composition can further include a structuring agent at least a portion of which is not dissolved in the lipophilic oil and forms a gel.
US11918571B2
The present invention is directed to, in part, fused heteroaryl compounds and compositions useful for preventing and/or treating a disease or condition relating to aberrant function of a voltage-gated, sodium ion channel, for example, abnormal late/persistent sodium current. Methods of treating a disease or condition relating to aberrant function of a sodium ion channel including neurological disorders (e.g., Dravet syndrome, epilepsy), pain, and neuromuscular disorders are also provided herein.
US11918560B2
The disclosure is directed to WX-671, as (L)- or (D)-enantiomers, and as E- or (Z)-isomers or (E/Z)-mixtures, and as free bases or as salts thereof, in preparing medicines for treating coronavirus infection or preventing diseases caused by coronavirus infection, and a medicine for preventing coronavirus infection or preventing diseases caused by coronavirus infection.
US11918559B2
Oral dosage forms of metaxalone having improved bioavailability in the fed and fasted states, including dosage forms that employ a reduced dose based on such improved bioavailability.
US11918558B2
T-PLL Therapy There is provided tinostamustine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for use in the treatment of T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL) in a patient in need thereof.
US11918555B2
The disclosure provides compositions and methods of treating diseases and conditions associated with phospholipase D (PLD) toxin. In particular, the methods include administering to a subject in need a pharmaceutical composition comprising a dicarboxylic acid ester.
US11918551B2
Methods of treating a seizure disorder with (1S,3S)-3-amino-4-(difluoromethylidene)cyclopentane-1-carboxylic acid, or (S)-3-amino-4-(difluoromethylenyl)cyclopent-1-ene-1-carboxylic acid (KT-II-115), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of any of the preceding, are provided. The methods provide therapeutic compositions that may be used to improve one or more symptoms of a seizure disorder. Methods of treating Prader-Willi syndrome with (1S,3S)-3-amino-4-(difluoromethylidene)cyclopentane-1-carboxylic acid, or (S)-3-amino-4-(difluoromethylenyl)cyclopent-1-ene-1-carboxylic acid (KT-II-115), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of any of the preceding, are provided. The methods provide therapeutic compositions that may be used to improve one or more symptoms of Prader-Willi syndrome.
US11918548B2
The invention relates to vascular disrupting agent (VDA) such as combretastatins for treating avascular or hypovascular micro-tumors with a diameter below 20 mm.
US11918546B2
The invention pertains to the use of therapeutically effective amounts of (a) (i) vitamin C and/or selenium and (ii) at least one of docosahexaenoic acid (22:6; DHA), eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5; EPA) and docosapentaenoic acid (22:5; DPA), or esters thereof; or (b) (i) vitamin C and/or selenium and (iii) one or more of uridine and cytidine, or salts, phosphates, acyl derivatives or esters thereof; or (c) a combination of (i), (ii) and (iii); wherein (a), (b) or (c) optionally further comprises vitamin E, in the manufacture of a product for therapeutically improving synaptic connectivity and/or therapeutically supporting memory and/or cognitive function in a human subject in need thereof
US11918535B2
Systems and methods for a powered, robotic exoskeleton, or exosuit, for a user's limbs and body are provided. The exosuit may be equipped with airbag devices mounted at various locations on the suit. The exosuit may include on-board computing equipment that can sense, compute control commands in real-time, and actuate limbs and airbags to restore stability (fall prevention) and minimize injuries due to falls, should they happen (fall protection).
US11918530B2
A water flosser is provided that may include a base, a reservoir positioned above the base, a lid, and a handle in fluid communication with the reservoir such as by a hose. The reservoir of the water flosser may include a recess formed in a reservoir wall for receipt of a hose support structure. An input device (e.g., a power button) may be positioned adjacent an upper portion of the water flosser, such as in or adjacent the lid. Actuation of the input device may include application of a force downward toward the base. The water flosser may include a motor having a dual output shaft, with one end of the shaft being associated with a rotary encoder or other sensing device to determine an operational characteristic of the motor. The motor may be driven by a power source such as a rechargeable battery.
US11918529B2
A fluid-driven actuator 100 includes a bending actuator 200 including a first wall portion 201, a second wall portion 203 cooperating with the first wall portion 201 to define an undulating actuator profile. The bending actuator 200 also includes an inner fluid bladder 202 disposed between the first and second wall portions 201,203 and following the undulating actuator profile. The fluid-driven actuator 100 further includes a restraint member 300 arranged to cooperate with the bending actuator 200 to produce a plurality of motions in response to fluid supplied to the inner fluid bladder 202.
US11918526B2
A sheet assembly includes a sheet having an edge and a pocket extending longitudinally along the edge. A plurality of loops are arranged along the edge and extend from openings formed in the pocket of the sheet. An adjustment webbing is slidably positioned within the pocket. At least a portion of each loop of the plurality of loops is anchored to the adjustment webbing such that sliding the adjustment webbing along the pocket pulls the plurality of loops into the pocket and reduces an exposed length of the plurality of loops.
US11918518B2
A patient support apparatus for supporting a patient in a prone position during a surgical procedure is provided, including an open patient support frame suspended above a floor and a base for supporting and suspending a the frame during a surgical procedure, the base including a pair of spaced vertically translatable subassemblies reversibly attachable to the frame by a pair of fail-safe rotatable connector attachment mechanisms to prevent inadvertent uncoupling of a first and second outer end of the frame from the base structure.
US11918512B2
Certain aspects are directed to an ophthalmic specialty instrument configured to allow patients to treat MGD and other dry eye conditions themselves which is easy to operate and more effective. The ophthalmic specialty instrument comprises a main body of two arms with a distal end and a proximal end; wherein the two arms are pivotably coupled to a common connection point at the proximal end and a pair of angled and slightly wedged pressure plates are attached to the distal end of the two arms; wherein an exfoliating member is also attached to the proximal end; and wherein the pressure plates are angled downwardly and outwardly from the longitudinal planes of the arms and have gentle radius of curvature that match the curvature of eyelids to facilitate a substantially 90° approaching angle to the eyelid margin as opposed to making contact with the eyelids tangentially.
US11918494B2
Provided are a stent that has guaranteed high bonding strength between a strut and an opaque member and has high reliability to prevent the opaque member from coming off in a luminal structure; and a method for inspecting such a stent. A stent according to the invention includes: a leg portion provided with protrusions; and an opaque member that is provided along the longitudinal direction of the protrusions to cover the protrusions, the opaque member being highly opaque to radiation, the opaque member having: sparse areas with a spacing ratio higher than a predetermined spacing ratio; and a dense area with a spacing ratio lower than the predetermined spacing ratio, the opaque member being fixed on or to the protrusions with adhesives in the sparse areas.
US11918484B2
An intervertebral scaffolding system is provided having a laterovertically-expanding frame operable for a reversible collapse from an expanded state into a collapsed state, the laterovertically-expanding frame having a stabilizer that slidably engages with the distal region of the laterovertically-expanding frame and is configured for retaining the laterovertically-expanding frame from a lateral movement that exceeds the expanded state. The expanded state, for example, can be configured to have an open graft distribution window that at least substantially closes upon the reversible collapse.
US11918482B2
An expandable interbody implant adapted for insertion at least into a disc space, between two adjacent vertebrae of a spine. An upper member and a lower member are pivotally connected at least by a drive link. A bone graft storage portion packed with a selected volume of bone growth material. A translational wall is provided between the bone graft storage portion and a trailing end of the implant. An actuator engages the bone graft storage portion, pushing it forward into engagement with the drive link, which pivots upward, moving the upper member upward away from the lower member. Upward movement of the upper member raises the translational wall to a position to assist in retention of the selected volume bone graft material within the hollow portion of the bone graft storage portion. Upward rotation of the drive link brings a face thereof into contact with a front of the bone graft storage portion, thereby retaining near constant volume of the bone graft material.
US11918479B2
A prosthetic system for implantation between upper and lower vertebrae having an upper joint component and a lower joint component. The joint is adapted for implantation within a disc space between the upper and lower vertebrae, allowing the upper and lower vertebrae to move relative to one another. The system further includes a bridge component extending posteriorly from the lower joint component and from the disc space, with the bridge component having a lower contact surface configured for engaging a resected bone surface of a pedicle of the lower vertebrae. The distal end of the bridge component comprises a connection component adapted to receive a fastener.
US11918476B1
A glenoid replacement system, that is securable to a scapula of a patient, may include a glenoid implant. The glenoid implant may further include a prosthetic glenoid articular surface configured to articulate with one of the following: a natural humeral articular surface; an anatomic prosthetic humeral articular surface; and/or a reverse prosthetic humeral articular surface. The glenoid implant may also include a scapular tunnel anchoring feature positioned such that, with the glenoid implant implanted on the scapula, the scapular tunnel anchoring feature is aligned with a scapular tunnel of the scapula to facilitate retention of the glenoid implant on the scapula with a scapular tunnel fastener inserted into the scapular tunnel.
US11918475B2
An orthopaedic prosthetic system includes a plate having one or more flanges and an acetabular shell component. Each flange includes a surface configured to engage a patient's bone. The plate also includes a central ring that engages a lip extending from an outer surface of the shell component. The ring may be mechanically attached to the lip using multiple fasteners. The system may include multiple plates each having a different configuration from other plates, and may also include multiple shell components each having a different configuration from other shell components. Methods for assembling and using the prosthetic system are also disclosed.
US11918466B2
A medical device delivery system can include a dilator including a tip having a taper in a distal direction, a coupler, and a flap that radially protrudes from the tip. The flap can be configured to bend against a body lumen to cover at least a portion of the delivery system when the dilator is tracked through the body lumen. A medical device delivery system can include a dilator including a tip having a lumen and a coupler having a lumen. The coupler can be configured to securely connect to the tip such that the lumen of the tip is aligned with the lumen of the coupler to allow a guide wire to pass therethrough. Methods for loading a medical device into a delivery catheter are also disclosed.
US11918464B2
A cassette is disclosed for use in a prosthetic suturing device. The cassette has a base. The base has a pair of pivots, a pair of alignment tabs, and at least one retention latch. The cassette also has a cover coupled to the base. The cover has at least one retention latch. The cover also defines one or more ferrule holders. The cassette further has one or more needles guided by the base and the cover. A surgical suturing device is also disclosed for use with a cassette. The suturing device has a cassette receiver and one or more needle drivers, each needle driver having a needle receiver positioned within the cassette receiver.
US11918452B2
A covered stent (100) includes a first wave ring (20) provided on at least one end of the covered stent (100), wherein the first wave ring (20) is formed of braided wires by means of braiding; each of the braided wires has wire heads (21) and a wire rod (22), with the wire heads (21) being located at two ends of the wire rod (22); and the wire heads (21) of the braided wire are wound around the adjacent wire rod (22); and the covered stent (100) further includes a limiting unit (40), with the limiting unit (40) being arranged on the wire head (21) and the wire rod (22) adjacent to the wire head (21), and the limiting unit (40) limiting the range of axial and/or radial movement of the wire head (21) relative to the wire rod (22).
US11918439B2
Apparatus for powder-free intra-oral 3D imaging by using a projected texture pattern. A projector projects a random texture pattern of light to teeth to be imaged, and a digital image sensor receives the projected texture pattern from the teeth. The reflected pattern of light reflects and scatters from the teeth. The texture pattern can be a grid having clusters of bright and dark blocks in a pseudo-random arrangement and can provide for powder-free intra-oral 3D imaging by using the pattern to optically simulate powder applied to the teeth. Polarizers can be used in the optical path to transmit the directly reflected light to the image sensor and suppress or discard some of the unwanted scattered light.
US11918435B2
A method for producing an adaptive element for dental implantation includes: creating a 3D virtual model including a crown part and a root part; obtaining a boundary curve between the crown part and the root part; defining a boundary plane on the root part perpendicular to a vertical axis of the 3D virtual model and spaced apart from the boundary curve; projecting the boundary curve on the boundary plane in a direction parallel to the vertical axis; generating a tubular model having a predetermined thickness based on the boundary curve, a virtual surface connected from the boundary curve to the cutting plane, and the cutting plane; and producing the adaptive element according to the tubular model.
US11918432B2
Apparatus and methods for endodontic treatment of teeth provide effective cleaning of organic material (such as pulp and diseased tissue) from the root canal system. In an embodiment, a compressor system generates high pressure liquid (e.g., water) that flows through an orifice to produce a high-velocity collimated jet of liquid. The high-velocity jet is directed toward a surface of a tooth, for example, an exposed dentinal surface, and impingement of the jet onto the surface generates an acoustic wave that propagates throughout the tooth. The acoustic wave effectively detaches organic material from dentinal surfaces and tubules. The detached organic material is flushed from the root canal system by the liquid jet and/or by additional irrigation.
US11918425B2
Aerosol containment apparatus and methods of use are provided herein. The apparatus provides for creating an interior rest space for a person. The apparatus includes a self-sealable cover which is configurable to seal the interior rest space for use in dental care, cosmetic care or other procedures. Access to the person is provided by arm ports located on the apparatus. These arm ports are flexible and allow for vertical, horizontal and angular arm movement procedures. The apparatus includes a partially or substantially transparent cover for visual access to the client and an internal utility tray for tool storage. The apparatus, also includes, an air filtration port equipped with a replaceable air filter.
US11918422B2
A system and method for a teleoperational medical system is provided is provided that can include one or more processors, conductors can extend through a shaft with an interface positioned at a proximal end of the shaft and a sensor(s) positioned at a distal end of the shaft, and the conductors can electrically couple the sensor(s) to the processor via the interface. Signals can be transmitted over the conductors between the sensor(s) and the processor(s). The signals can include power and control signals transmitted in one direction over the conductors and sensor data transmitted in an opposite direction over the same conductors.
US11918419B2
According to one embodiment, an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus can be connected with an ultrasound probe including a plurality of elements adapted to transmit ultrasound signals and to receive reflected wave signals from a subject or from the air. The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry diagnoses states of the elements based on a feature value of the reflected wave signal. The processing circuitry also prepares, based on the states, deterioration degree information indicative of the deterioration degrees of the elements. The processing circuitry superimposes the deterioration degree information onto an ultrasound image of the subject and causes a display to display a resultant image.
US11918410B2
An echogenic needle may have at least one V-shaped spiral groove formed at its distal portion adjacent to its patient end. The walls of the groove are orthogonal to each other. The groove is titled at a given angle from a neutral position toward the proximal end of the needle so that when the needle is inserted into the patient at an insertion angle under ultrasound imaging, the ultrasound wave emitted from the ultrasound transducer is reflected in a substantially reverse direction back to the transducer by at least one wall of the spiral groove. A pair of crisscrossing grooves may be spirally wound about the distal portion of the needle with each groove being tilted to the given angle to enhance echogeneity. The echogeneity of the needle may also be enhanced by increasing the pitch density of each groove while maintaining the crisscrossing groves at their neutral position.
US11918407B2
Described is a method of providing an estimate of radiation dose received by a patient during an imaging scan performed by an imaging system. The method includes receiving patient information about the patient, receiving scan data generated during the imaging scan of the patient by the imaging system, creating a virtual dose model of the patient based upon the patient information and the scan data, receiving a selection of a region of interest of the patient, performing a dose simulation on the virtual dose model of the patient or a portion thereof, and determining, based upon an outcome of the dose simulation, an estimate of the radiation dose received within the region of interest. The imaging scan can be a partial imaging scan of a portion of the patient. Also provided is a system and software for carrying out this method.
US11918402B2
An imaging condition acquisition unit acquires an imaging condition in a case in which a subject is imaged in a state in which an object is interposed between the subject and a radiation detector. A body thickness derivation unit derives a body thickness distribution of the subject based on the radiation image and the imaging condition. A characteristic acquisition unit acquires a radiation characteristic of the object in accordance with the body thickness distribution. A ray distribution unit derives a primary ray distribution and a scattered ray distribution of the radiation detected by the radiation detector by using the imaging condition, the body thickness distribution, and the radiation characteristic. A calculation unit updates the body thickness distribution such that an error between a sum of the primary ray distribution and the scattered ray distribution and a pixel value at each position of the radiation image is smaller than a predetermined threshold value, and repeats the derivation of the radiation characteristic based on the updated body thickness distribution and the derivation of the primary ray distribution and the scattered ray distribution.
US11918394B2
Disclosed herein is a detector, comprising: a radiation absorption layer comprising an electric contact; a filter electrically connected to the electric contact and configured to attenuate signals from the electric contact below a first cutoff frequency; an integrator electrically connected to the filter and configured to integrate signals from the filter over a period of time.
US11918391B2
One or more embodiments of the present invention relates to an energy supply circuit for a CT system. The energy supply circuit comprises a stationary energy distribution device, a co-rotating bias voltage supply device, a standard energy supply path having an energy transmission device between the stationary energy distribution device and the co-rotating bias voltage supply device and an alternatively connectable service energy supply path having a voltage protection device. A computed tomography system is also described. Further, a production method for producing an energy supply circuit for a CT system is described. In addition, a method for operating a CT system is described.
US11918386B2
Novel tools and techniques are provided for physiological monitoring. A method includes receiving, with a computing system, physiological data of a user, analyzing, with the computing system, the received physiological data of the user to identify at least one of one or more body states or one or more transitions between body states of the user, and determining, with the computing system, at least one physiological state of the user, based at least in part on an analysis of the identified at least one of the one or more body states or the one or more transitions between body states of the user. The method further includes sending, with the computing system and to a user device, the determined at least one physiological state of the user, and displaying, on a display screen of the user device, the determined at least one physiological state of the user.
US11918384B2
In various embodiments, a first classification assigned to a periodic component of an electrical waveform that represents electrical activity in a patient's heart may be identified. A corresponding periodic component of a hemodynamic waveform that represents hemodynamic activity in the patient's cardiovascular system may be analyzed. The corresponding periodic component may be causally related to the periodic component of the electrical waveform. Based on the analysis, the previously-assigned classification may be assigned to the corresponding periodic component of the hemodynamic waveform in response to a determination, based on the analyzing, that the previously-assigned classification also applies to the corresponding periodic component. In a database of hemodynamic templates, a hemodynamic template associated with the previously-assigned classification may be updated to include one or more features of the corresponding periodic component of the hemodynamic waveform.
US11918370B2
Many embodiments of the invention include systems and methods for evaluating motion from a video, the method includes identifying a target individual in a set of one or more frames in a video, analyzing the set of frames to determine a set of pose parameters, generating a 3D body mesh based on the pose parameters, identifying joint positions for the target individual in the set of frames based on the generated 3D body mesh, predicting a motion evaluation score based on the identified join positions, providing an output based on the motion evaluation score.
US11918368B1
Provided herein are systems, kits, and methods for monitoring brain activity. In some implementations, a system includes a plurality of wearable sensors having a housing with an extended, rounded shape are removably attached to the scalp of a patient and monitor electroencephalogram (EEG) signals. Approaches for instructing a user to position and active that wearable sensors are disclosed. Approaches for facilitating collection, synchronization, and processing of EEG signals are disclosed. Approaches for handing off control of the wearable sensors between portable computing devices are disclosed.
US11918365B2
An electrocardiogram (ECG) measurement device for a vehicle is provided. The ECG measurement device includes an impedance compensator that corresponds to an electrode in contact with a body of a driver and configured to compensate an impedance of each of electrode signals received from the electrode. An electrode selector sequentially selects the electrode signals in response to receiving the electrode signals from the electrode. A differential amplifier differentially amplifies the electrode signals. In particular, each electrode signal has the compensated impedance. Additionally, a signal quality evaluator evaluates quality of an ECG signal output from the differential amplifier and a compensation controller then adjusts an impedance compensation value of each of the impedance compensators as a result of evaluating the quality of the ECG signal.
US11918354B2
Systems and methods of use involving sensors having a particle-containing domain are provided for continuous analyte measurement in a host. In some embodiments, a continuous analyte measurement system is configured to be wholly, transcutaneously, intravascularly or extracorporeally implanted.
US11918346B2
In particular embodiments, a method includes accessing, by a computing device, sensor data from a sensor of a client device corresponding to a user. The method further includes determining one or more segments of sensor data and selecting at least one segment of sensor data. The method further concludes determining, based at least on the selected segments of sensor data, one or more features corresponding to the user's pulmonary condition. The method further includes determining, based at least on the determined features, an assessment of the user's pulmonary condition.
US11918342B2
Ingestible devices are disclosed that provide very high localization accuracy for the devices when present in the GI tract of a body. Related systems and methods are also disclosed.
US11918340B2
A medical system comprises a probe comprising a coil and a terminal distal end. The medical system further comprises a guide instrument comprising a terminal distal end, a sensor, and a lumen sized to receive the probe. The probe is configured to be inserted through the lumen to reach a worksite. At the worksite, the terminal distal end of the probe is configured to reach at least the terminal distal end of the guide instrument. The medical system further comprises processing hardware configured to receive a first signal from the coil and to receive a second signal from the sensor.
US11918339B2
Systems and methods for confirming the tip location of a static endovascular device are disclosed. The system can include an ivECG acquisition module for receiving ECG data from an implanted endovascular device and a notification module. The system can calculate P×I and distance parameters to determine the location of the tip of the implanted endovascular device relative to a predetermined location such as the cavoatrial junction. The system can use chaos theory and the concept of self-organized criticality (SOC) to determine parameters where P-waves are absent or atypical. The notification module can include one or more of an audio signal, a video signal, and a tactile signal. Also disclosed are systems and methods of establishing an electrical pathway within a previously positioned, endovascular device, including saline columns and electrically conductive guidewires.
US11918325B2
A system and method is disclosed for measurement of pulse wave velocity of a vessel. An intravascular device comprises a first and a second marker provided at different locations along the length of the intravascular device of which positions are localizable by a tracking apparatus. The intravascular device provides plurality of measurements along the length of the vessel, while the intravascular device is moved from a first position to a second position, corresponding to a first and a second time. At the second time the position of the first marker in the vessel corresponds to the position of the second marker at the first time. The pulse wave velocity value of the vessel is ascertained based on measurements associated for the first time and the second time from the plurality of measurements and based on the distance between the locations of the two markers along the length of the intravascular device.
US11918321B2
The invention provides a body-worn monitor that measures a patient's vital signs (e.g. blood pressure, SpO2, heart rate, respiratory rate, and temperature) while simultaneously characterizing their activity state (e.g. resting, walking, convulsing, falling). The body-worn monitor processes this information to minimize corruption of the vital signs by motion-related artifacts. A software framework generates alarms/alerts based on threshold values that are either preset or determined in real time. The framework additionally includes a series of ‘heuristic’ rules that take the patient's activity state and motion into account, and process the vital signs accordingly. These rules, for example, indicate that a walking patient is likely breathing and has a regular heart rate, even if their motion-corrupted vital signs suggest otherwise.
US11918317B2
A surgical apparatus includes a surgical device and a surgical controller. The surgical device is configured to be manipulated by a user to perform a soft tissue cutting procedure on a patient. The surgical controller is programmed to create a virtual object representing an anatomy of the patient based upon data acquired during a pre-operative scan and associate the virtual object with the anatomy of the patient. The surgical controller is also programmed to identify a plurality of soft tissue attachment points on the virtual object which correspond to a plurality of soft tissue attachment points on the anatomy of the patient. The surgical controller is also programmed to determine the location of the surgical device in relation to the anatomy of the patient and provide real-time visualization on the virtual object of the location of the surgical device in relation to the anatomy of the patient.
US11918309B2
A system for imaging a robotically moved medical object has a movement device for robotic movement of the medical object, a medical imaging device, and a processing unit. The processing unit is configured to receive a data set that maps a vessel structure of an examination object and is registered with the medical imaging device, and to determine an object path along the vessel structure toward a target region in the data set. The movement device is configured to move the medical object along the object path and provide an object parameter relating to a movement state of the medical object. The processing unit is further configured to control a positioning of the medical imaging device relative to the examination object as a function of object parameter and object path such that a predefined section of the medical object is mapped in image data acquired by the medical imaging device.
US11918303B2
A catheter navigation system may be configured to produce a plurality of location signal sets indicating a three-dimensional location of a portion of a catheter in a bodily cavity and a plurality of contact signal sets indicating degrees of detected-transducer-to-tissue contact within the bodily cavity. The catheter navigation system may be configured to, based on the location signal sets and the contact signal sets progressively visually represent in a progressively enlarging manner at least a portion of an envelope representing an interior volume of the bodily cavity, concurrently with a visual representation of transducer graphical elements representing transducers that produce the location signal sets, the contact signal sets, or both, of the portion of the catheter. The visual representation of the at least the portion of the envelope, the transducer graphical elements, or both, may respectively visually represent historical and/or presently detected degrees of transducer-to-tissue contact.
US11918296B1
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for performing custom surgical implant design are disclosed. The disclosed apparatus designs and installs customized surgical implants to minimize the recovery of the patient. The system uses imaging data to identify the least invasive installation path, and determines the maximum dimensions of the surgical implant components. The system virtually segments the surgical implant into subcomponents, and modifies the subcomponents such that they can be inserted following the identified least invasive path.
US11918291B2
A computing system (118) includes a computer readable storage medium (122) with computer executable instructions (124), including: a biophysical simulator (126) configured to simulate coronary or carotid flow and pressure effects induced by a cardiac valve device implantation, using cardiac image data and a device model (212). The computing system further includes a processor (120) configured to execute the biophysical simulator to simulate the coronary or carotid flow and the pressure effects induced by the device implantation with the cardiac image data and the device model. The computing system further includes a display configured to display results of the simulation.
US11918289B2
Disclosed is a headset for monitoring periocular humidity, the headset including a housing configured to be positioned on a user's face and defining a periocular air space. The headset includes a humidity sensor configured to measure a humidity of air within the periocular air space, and an ophthalmic testing unit configured to measure a physiological parameter of an eye of the user. The headset further includes a processor coupled to the humidity sensor and the ophthalmic testing unit. The processor is configured to receive the measured humidity and the measured physiological parameter, and determine an ophthalmic condition based on the measured humidity and the measured physiological parameter.
US11918283B2
A neutral electrode (12) is formed on the patient (11) in that an electrically conductible mass that can solidify is applied on the skin of the patient (11). An electrically conductible inlay (17) can be arranged on or embedded in the forming electrode body (16) prior, during or after the application of the mass, the inlay (17) is or can be connected with the neutral electrode connection cable (13). The inlay (17) serves to electrically contact the electrode body (16) in a large area that in turn establishes a reliable electrical contact to the patient (11).
US11918267B2
A cylindrical shaft may be gripped with an apparatus including a housing having an axis and an inner surface with multiple asymmetric cam surfaces, a proximal end including a means to rotate the housing, and a distal end having an opening configured to receive the cylindrical shaft, at least two cylindrical gripping members configured to grip the cylindrical shaft, where each cylindrical gripping member contacts a corresponding asymmetric cam surface at a first rest position, and a rotatable frame which holds each pair of cylindrical gripping members at a fixed angular orientation relative to each other. The rotatable frame is configured to rotate upon insertion of the cylindrical shaft into a space defined by the gripping members so that each gripping member moves away from the axis of the housing along a first portion of the corresponding asymmetric cam surface. After insertion of the cylindrical shaft, the housing is configured to rotate so as to cause each gripping member to move toward the axis of the housing along the corresponding asymmetric cam surface.
US11918251B2
A device includes a plurality of rings. Each ring has a first face, a second face, and at least one slot defined by first and second interior edges of the ring on opposing sides of the slot. The at least one slot penetrates from the first face to the second face. The first face of each ring has a first recess adjacent the slot on the first edge and a second recess adjacent the slot on the second edge. A plurality of posts join each one of the plurality of rings to an adjacent one of the plurality of rings.
US11918249B2
An access port is disclosed for use in minimally invasive surgical procedures performed within a patient's abdominal cavity, which includes a body defining a bore configured to guide at least one surgical instrument into the abdominal cavity, and concave and convex anchoring regions for securing the access port relative to the abdominal cavity.
US11918247B2
A catheter for actively scoring or slicing a lesion. A catheter body includes first and second lateral openings. A selectively deployable cutter is connected to the catheter body. The cutter has a retracted configuration in which it does not perform a slicing or scoring function, such as while tracking through the vasculature, and a deployed configuration for slicing or scoring an obstruction. The cutter may include a plurality of retractable blades, such that when deployed, each blade projects in a different direction, such as from one of the lateral openings. Related methods are also disclosed.
US11918241B2
In some examples, a catheter includes an expandable member configured to expand radially outward from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration. The expandable member is configured to be expanded and contracted in a controlled manner, e.g., in response to user actuation or automatically under the control of control circuitry of a device. For example, in some examples, control circuitry of a device can be configured to control the expandable member to expand and contract according to a predetermined expansion frequency or according to an expansion frequency determined based on a cardiac cycle of a patient.
US11918236B2
A surgical drill alignment guide is disclosed that can provide an accurate trajectory for placement of a bone screw along a longitudinal axis of a bone.
US11918220B2
In various embodiments, a compensator can be attachable to an anvil of a fastening instrument. The compensator can comprise a support layer configured to be attached to the anvil and a scaffold attached to the support layer. In at least one embodiment, the scaffold can comprise a plurality of scaffold layers comprised of a biocompatible material and a plurality of cavities, wherein the layers and the cavities can define a matrix favorable to tissue and cellular ingrowth.
US11918216B2
An adapter assembly includes a switch actuator, an actuation bar, and a latch. The switch actuator is movable between a proximal position, in which the switch actuator actuates a switch, and a distal position. The latch is movable between a first position, in which the latch permits proximal movement of the switch actuator, and a second position, in which the latch prevents proximal movement of the switch actuator. The latch is configured to move from the first position toward the second position in response to the actuation bar moving toward a proximal position.
US11918211B2
A surgical instrument for use with a robotic system that has a control unit and a shaft portion that includes an electrically conductive elongated member that is attached to a portion of the robotic system. The elongated member is configured to transmit control motions from the robotic system to an end effector.
US11918210B2
A staple cartridge is disclosed. The staple cartridge can comprise a cartridge body comprising a deck and a bottom surface opposite the deck. The staple cartridge can comprise a plurality of staple cavities, wherein each staple cavity extends into the cartridge body from the deck to the bottom surface. Additionally, a plurality of wells can be defined into the staple cartridge from the deck to a lowermost surface of the well. A plurality of staples can be removably positioned in the staple cavities. The staple cartridge can comprise a tissue thickness compensator releasably secured to the cartridge body, wherein the tissue thickness compensator comprises a compensator body and a plurality of extensions extending from the compensator body into the wells, wherein at least one extension is compressed within one of the wells. Each well can surround at least one staple cavity and/or can extend between at least two staple cavities.
US11918209B2
A surgical system including a surgical instrument, a surgical visualization system, a display, and a feedback controller are presented. The feedback controller is in signal communication with the surgical instrument and the surgical visualization system. The feedback controller is configured to display, on the display, during an operation, live images derived from the surgical visualization system in a first layer and a status of the surgical instrument in a second layer. The status is configured to locate itself in said second layer in relation to a depiction of a feature of the surgical instrument and/or a feature of tissue in the first layer. The surgical instrument can include a surgical stapler, a knife, a robotic surgical instrument, combination thereof, or variation thereof.
US11918200B2
Meniscal extrusion can occur due detachment of the knee capsule from structures of the knee. Disclosed herein are methods to repair the meniscal detachment. Additionally, cadaveric and synthetic models can be used to teach said methods of repair.
US11918197B2
Systems and methods for tissue containment and retrieval are disclosed. The containment system includes a primary chamber interconnected with a secondary channel extending from the primary chamber. A tissue specimen is mobilized inside a body cavity and placed into the primary chamber through a first opening. The first opening is pulled through a first incision or orifice and the narrower secondary channel is placed at a second incision or orifice. A second opening at the end of the secondary channel permits observation via a scope inserted through the second opening of the tissue specimen in the primary chamber undergoing morcellation via the first opening. Other systems and methods for deployment, containment, debulking and sealing of the second opening to create a closed system for the safe retrieval of the tissue specimen are provided.
US11918195B2
A surgical tool comprising a drive housing having a first end, a spline extending from the first end and having a spline pinion gear mounted to the spline, a drive input that rotatably couples the spline to the first end and provides an input pinion gear; a clutch interposing the spline and input pinion gears and defining an internal gear, and an armature. The armature may be operatively coupled to the clutch and operable to shift the clutch from a first position, where the internal gear simultaneously mates with the spline and input pinion gears such that rotation of the drive input correspondingly rotates the spline, to a second position, where the internal gear is disengaged from the input pinion gear such that the spline is rotatable independent of the drive input.
US11918194B2
An osteotomy calibration method, calibration device, and an orthopedic surgery system are provided by present application. Firstly using the osteotomy calibration device to obtain the calculated position information of the current osteotomy plane, and then determining a position error between the calculated position information and a predetermined position information of a planned osteotomy plane, and if the position error exceeds a preset value, calculating and transmitting a relocation information to a robotic arm to control and relocate the robotic arm. By comparing and identifying the position error between the current osteotomy plane formed by the first osteotomy and the planned predetermined osteotomy plane, relocating the robotic arm, and performing a secondary correction of the osteotomy plane. In addition, by relocating the robotic arm and secondary correction of the osteotomy plane, additional bone nails which is to fix the navigation tool to the bone can be avoided.
US11918193B2
A bone marrow aspiration device and related method includes an introducer assembly and an aspiration assembly to couple to the introducer assembly. The introducer assembly includes an introducer cannula having a proximal end and a distal end. The introducer cannula defines a lumen between the distal and proximal ends, the distal end being configured to penetrate bone of a patient. The aspiration assembly includes an aspiration cannula that is receivable in the lumen of the introducer cannula and that extends beyond the distal end of the introducer cannula. The aspiration cannula includes a port to aspirate bone marrow, the port being distal to the distal end of the introducer cannula. The aspiration device further includes a mechanism at the introducer assembly to move the introducer cannula and the aspiration cannula in tandem relative to a distal end of the mechanism when the aspiration cannula is positioned within bone.
US11918184B2
An endoscope adaptor according to an embodiment may include: an endoscope holder configured to hold an endoscope to be rotatable; and a base portion including an attachment portion, a driven member, and a transmission mechanism. The base portion includes a cable holder configured to hold a cable connected to the endoscope.
US11918179B2
An image pickup apparatus for endoscope includes an image sensor, a ferrule which is a rectangular parallelepiped having a front surface, a rear surface, and four side surfaces and includes insertion holes and trenches parallel to the insertion holes on respective two side surfaces orthogonal to each other among the four side surfaces, an optical element in which a light emitting region is disposed in a position opposed to the insertion holes, and optical fibers inserted into the insertion holes.
US11918175B2
A control method for carpet drift in robot motion, a chip, and a cleaning robot are disclosed. The control method includes: performing fusion calculation on a current position coordinate of the robot according to data sensed by a sensor every first preset time, calculating amount of drift, relative to a preset direction, of the robot, according to a relative position relationship between a current position and an initial position of the robot, and accumulating to obtain a drift statistical value; and calculating the number of acquisitions of the position coordinate within a second preset time, averaging to obtain a drift average value, determining a state of the robot deviating from the preset direction according to the drift average value, and setting a corresponding Proportion Integration Differentiation (PID) proportionality coefficient to synchronously adjust speeds of left and right drive wheels of the robot while reducing a deviation angle of the robot.
US11918172B2
This document describes a mobile cleaning robot including a chassis having a forward portion and an aft portion; a blower affixed to the chassis; a bin supported by the chassis and configured to receive airflow from the blower, the chassis enabling evacuation of the bin through a bottom of the robot. The bin includes a top, a bottom, a sidewall, and an internal barrier. The bin includes a first volume and a second volume separated by the internal barrier and a filter unit supported by the internal barrier and removably disposed in an airflow path between the first volume that includes an intake port in the bin and the second volume that includes an exhaust port in the bin.
US11918164B1
A method of determining a position of a diverter of a fluid circulation system in a dishwasher appliance includes determining a total amount of water supplied to the dishwasher appliance; activating a pump at a predetermined speed in response to determining the total amount of water supplied to the dishwasher appliance, the predetermined speed being based on the determined total amount of water; measuring a fluid pressure of an amount of sump water provided within a sump of the dishwasher appliance after activating the pump at the predetermined speed, the amount of sump water being at least part of the total amount of water; and determining a position of the diverter in response to measuring the fluid pressure of the amount of sump water, the position of the diverter being dependent on the measured fluid pressure.
US11918160B2
A turntable structure, a mopping device, and a robot are disclosed. The turntable structure comprises: a cleaning turntable, an adjusting component, and a pressure unit; one side of the cleaning turntable is connected to a cleaning piece; the adjusting component is slidably connected to the cleaning turntable along a target direction, and is located on the side of the cleaning turntable opposite to the cleaning piece, and the side of the adjusting component away from the cleaning piece is connected to a driving mechanism of the robot; the pressure unit is provided between the cleaning turntable and the adjusting component.
US11918159B2
A glass cleaning device including a handle and an attachment adaptor provided to the handle. The attachment adaptor may be affixed to the handle or may be configured to be sold separately and may also be configured to be removable from the handle. The attachment adaptor is configured to attach to a replaceable windshield wiper blade of the type conventionally available for vehicles. In some cases, the glass cleaning device may include a windshield wiper blade together with the handle and/or the attachment adaptor. In some cases, the handle is extendible. The ability to use commercially available windshield wiper blades allows a large selection of easily available replacements or options for the cleaning head of the glass cleaning device.
US11918158B2
A product dispenser holder comprises a dispenser holder body configured to receive a product dispenser that stores a supply of a product to be dispensed, an actuation sensor that senses actuations of the product dispenser, and an actuation button, such that when an actuation force is applied to a pump of the product dispenser, a substantially downward force is applied to the actuation button causing the actuation button to rotate substantially downwardly and actuate the actuation sensor to generate a dispenser actuation signal.
US11918150B2
An automated food making apparatus having a carousel and at least one canister. The at least one canister may include a disposable bag having ingredients therein, with the disposable bag being disposed at an upper portion of the canister. The at least one canister may further include a reusable lower portion configured to be removably attached to the disposable bag. The reusable lower portion may further include a paddle to aid in dispensing ingredients from the disposable bag. The automated food making apparatus may further include a dispensing apparatus that is configured to dispense ingredients from the disposable bag.
US11918140B2
A machine for preparing coffee beverages comprises an infusion unit comprising an infusion chamber suitable to contain a quantity of coffee powder to be subjected to infusion, a grinding unit to grind coffee beans and obtain coffee powder, a water tank connected to the grinding unit, means for feeding and heating the water, and a dispensing unit fluidically connected to the infusion unit and configured to dispense the beverage prepared into a receptacle. The invention also concerns a method to regulate a machine for preparing coffee beverages.
US11918125B2
A modular chair including a support portion to allow the support of a user on it and including a frame and a fabric. The fabric defines a surface suitable to support the user and a perimetral area defined by the edges of the surface. The frame defines, in use, a closed profile and is suitable to support the fabric in tension along at least part of the perimetral area, and comprises at least two parts separate and reciprocally loosely connected by two hinges arranged respectively at the ends of said parts to define a configuration of use in which the parts form the frame and a configuration of rest in which the parts are folded together. The hinges define two respective axes of rotation mutually aligned. The frame tensions the fabric only when the parts are in the configuration of use.
US11918120B2
The present utility model relates to an inflatable bed, comprising: a top sheet provided with at least one through hole; a bottom sheet; a lateral confining sheet, an upper edge of the lateral confining sheet being connected to an outer edge of the top sheet, and a lower edge of the lateral confining sheet being connected to an outer edge of the bottom sheet; and at least one tensioning member, the tensioning member comprising: a upper tensioning part, comprising a upper side wall and a bottom, an upper edge of the upper side wall being connected to a periphery of the through hole of the top sheet, so that the upper side wall fits the through hole of the top sheet, and a lower edge of the upper side wall being connected to the bottom; and a lower tensioning part for connecting the bottom of the upper tensioning part to the bottom sheet to form a tensioning effect at least between the bottom of the upper tensioning part and the bottom sheet; wherein the upper tensioning part of the tensioning member, the top sheet, the bottom sheet, and the lateral confining sheet are enclosed to form an inflatable chamber, and after the inflatable chamber is inflated, a recess is formed on a surface of the inflatable bed. The inflatable bed according to the present utility model has better breathability and higher aesthetic degree, and is easy to produce.
US11918104B2
A height adjustable work surface includes a platform and a height adjustment assembly moveably connected to the platform. A leg assembly is connected to the height adjustment assembly and moveably connected to the platform. The leg assembly is moveable between a raised position, a lowered position, and at least one intermediate position. A locking assembly is moveably connected to the platform. The locking assembly is configured to engage the height adjustment assembly to selectively secure the leg assembly in the raised position, the lowered position, and the at least one intermediate position.
US11918102B2
A hairbrush may include a head portion, a handle extending from the head portion, and a cushion selectively coupleable with the head portion. The cushion is configured to be selectively loaded with one or more bristle bars, and each bristle bar may contain one or more bristles extending therefrom. The cushion may include a plurality of bristle openings arranged in rows. Each row of bristle openings can be loaded with no bristle bars, one bristle bar, or two bristle bars. When a row of openings in the cushion is loaded with two bristle bars, the two bristle bars are interlocked with one another along their respective lengths.
US11918098B2
The present invention is directed to a Hair Pigment Dispensing (“HPD”) device that may be connected to the internet and intended for professional hairstylists to prepare their hair color formulations. Hair dying is a process that can take several hours and requires precise measurements, high attention to detail, and informed decision making. Not to mention, hair dying requires a large inventory of products to be readily available to the hairstylist. The present invention aims to decrease errors in product measurement, inventory size, and time spent mixing hair color ingredients to improve the overall experience for both the hairstylist and the client. Furthermore, the present invention provides the advantage of storing data from various client mixtures either locally or within a cloud server so that a customer can receive uniform coloring.
US11918094B2
Apparatus for curling hair comprises first and second side portions ((12), (14)) which are secured together in a spaced apart relationship via a connector portion (16). The connector portion (16) is positioned substantially centrally with respect to each side portion. The connector portion (16) has a length of not more than 20 mm. The side portions ((12), (14)) are fabricated from a material which is both resilient and thermally conductive. The first side portion (12) is substantially flat and the second side portion (14) is configured such that it is provided with two fixed states: a first state in which the first side portion is convex in shape and bends away from the second plate; and a second fixed state in which the first side portion is concave in shape and folds over to cover both the connector portion and the first side portion. The first side portion is provided with at least one barrier member (18) extending from the first side portion towards the second side portion in substantially the same direction as the connector portion and spaced apart from the connector portion. The at least one barrier member (18) has a height and the ratio of the height of the barrier member to the length of the connector portion is at least 1:3.
US11918083B2
The present disclosure is directed toward a device that can be worn over footwear to provide traction, such as on slick or slippery surfaces, in snow, or on ice. Described embodiments include footwear accessory devices comprising at least one cleat that provides traction but does not add significantly to the profile of the footwear during use. The present disclosure is also directed toward to connecting bodies that can be used to couple objects to a stretchy material.
US11918069B2
A motorcycle helmet which can drastically improve motorcycle driving technique and skill. A motorcycle helmet is provided with a helmet body configured to partially or entirely cover a head of a wearer and having an opening in front of a face surface of the wearer, and a gaze corrector provided in a center of a frame forming the opening in the helmet body to divide the opening and being an angular columnar body and enabling correction of a gaze of the wearer. The gaze corrector has mutually different colors on a facing surface facing the wearer, a right side surface located to the right of the facing surface and a left side surface located to the left of the facing surface, and the gaze corrector divides a field of view of the wearer into a right field of view and a left field of view.
US11918063B2
A strapless face mask device comprised of a hollow plastic frame that is covered by a sleeve or protective covering. The body sleeve or covering protects the face, nose, mouth and chin area of the wearer such that any respiratory droplets from the wearer are prevented from entering into the surrounding environment and potentially infecting other individuals. Further, the personal protection device has at least one and preferably two tightening mechanisms that allow a wearer to tighten or loosen the seal that the frame makes with their face. Each tightening mechanism may receive a cable that runs within the hollow frame via a spool within each mechanism. When each spool is rotated, the cable upon each spool is tightened or loosened which in turn increases or decreases the convex angle of the frame to tighten or loosen the seal of the frame against the face of the wearer.
US11918057B1
An undergarment having an internal pouch for shielding male genitalia from radiation as well as separating the scrotum from the inner thighs, the undergarment providing a crotch gusset defining an anterior opening of the undergarment. An anterior panel depends from the waistband of the undergarment adjacent to the anterior opening. A barrier layer extends downwardly in a sloped configuration between the waistband and a posterior portion of the crotch gusset. A longitudinal slit formed in and centrally located in the barrier layer allows the male genitalia to be received in a phallic pouch defined by the anterior panel. A lateral connection between each of two opposing lateral edges of the barrier layer and the crotch gusset defines a gap between the anterior panel and the barrier layer as well as define a scrotal pouch disposed posterior to pendulous pouch.
US11918054B2
A smoking device can include a tube with an axis, a proximal end, a distal end and a restriction located between the proximal and distal ends. A combustion space is located axially inside the tube between the restriction and the distal end. The combustion space can contain a combustion product. In addition, a sleeve can be removably mounted to an exterior of the tube. The sleeve can be formed from an elastic material and have a storage configuration that can completely encapsulate both the proximal end and the distal end of the tube to seal the tube. The sleeve also can have a use configuration mounted to the proximal end of the tube, and removed from the distal end of the tube to allow air flow through the tube and the sleeve.
US11918051B2
The present disclosure relates to electronic cigarettes, and in particular to an electronic cigarette and a power control method thereof. The power control method is used for controlling an output power of a power device to a heating element, and the method includes: determining a target power; setting an intermediate power according to the target power, the intermediate power being less than the target power; controlling the power device to output a power to the heating element, and enabling the output power of the power device to directly reach the intermediate power at a first stage; adjusting the output power of the power device to gradually reach the target power at a second stage, a duration of the first stage being less than a duration of the second stage; and controlling the power device to constantly output the target power to the heating element at a third stage.
US11918048B2
An electronic atomization device and a control circuit therefor are provided. The control circuit includes an airflow sensor, a power supply capacitor and a control chip including a logic controller, a unidirectional conduction tube and a switch tube, a power supply pin, an atomization pin and a ground pin; the logic controller is connected to a first end of the airflow sensor and a first end of the switch tube; and through the power supply pin, is connected to a first end of the power supply capacitor and a second end of the switch tube; and through the ground pin, is connected to a positive electrode of the unidirectional conduction tube, a second end of the airflow sensor and a second end of the power supply capacitor; a negative electrode of the unidirectional conduction tube, through the atomization pin, is connected to a third end of the switch tube.
US11918045B2
A capsule for an electronic cigarette has a first end for engaging with an electronic cigarette device and a second end configured as a mouthpiece portion having a vapor outlet, the capsule further including a liquid store configured to contain a liquid to be vaporized, a vaporizing unit including a heater and a fluid transfer element, the vaporizing unit being arranged within a vaporizing chamber, a main vapor channel extending from the vaporizing chamber to the vapor outlet in the mouthpiece, and a housing enclosing the liquid store and the vaporizing unit, wherein the housing includes inner and outer housings that are assembled together, wherein the liquid store is located in a void in-between the inner and outer housings, wherein a seal is provided between the inner and outer housings, and wherein the seal has a cross-sectional shape having a cross-sectional height that is larger than a cross-sectional width.
US11918035B2
A stand alone tobacco smoke filter or filter element for use with a smoking article comprising a wrapper engaged around a longitudinally extending core of tobacco smoke filtering material, wherein at least one end of the wrapper extends beyond the end of the core around which it is engaged, to define a cavity at the end of the filter which faces the smoking article in use.
US11918032B2
The technology described herein generally relates to an automated packaging apparatus and system that packages loose particles into a conical container as well as the final folded packages. More specifically, loose plant matter, such as crumbled dried leaves, are supplied to successive paper cones. The apparatus packs the crumbled leaves into the cones, closes the wide top portion of the cone into a precise shape, and then runs a quality control check to ensure that the final filled cone meets preset specifications.
US11918020B2
Provided herein is a composition comprising a solid product of a co-culture of bacteria and fungi, comprising at least 5% protein by dry weight and at least 5% fiber by dry weight. Further provided is a food article formed from a pellicle comprising a solid product of a co-culture of bacteria and fungi, which comprises at least 5% fungal protein by dry weight and at least 5% fiber by dry weight, and which is formed into a shape by cutting or molding. Further provided is a method of making such products by co-culturing bacteria and fungi to form a pellicle, and harvesting and shaping the pellicle. Further provided is a system that optimizes growth and production of a co-culture of bacteria and fungi (co-culture of microorganism) that includes a housing unit that includes stacked trays.
US11918007B2
The present disclosure relates to a foodstuff composition, in particular a spreadable food composition, more in particular an olive oil-based functional spread fat composed by olive oil fortified with a functional ingredient—the olive pomace active ingredient. This functional ingredient is a mixture of bioactive compounds, in particular hydroxytyrosol, tyrosol, sterols, tocopherols, triterpenes, coenzyme Q10, K, Mg and Ca, among others, obtained from olive pomace by mechanical pressing.
US11917996B2
Methods and compositions for controlling undesired vegetation in animal grazelands.
US11917988B2
A hoof block is provided that joins with a livestock hoof via an adhesive. The block can include a body bounded by an interior edge and a curvilinear exterior edge approximating an outer edge of the hoof and multiple shearing polygonal apertures extending through the body. Each of the shearing apertures can have a pointed end and can lay along a reference line that can be disposed at an angle, for example, 30-60 degrees inclusive relative to the interior edge. The apertures can be joined with bridges that shear through the body when the hoof block becomes removed from the hoof and encounters a pump impeller in a livestock facility. The block can break into pieces that do not substantially impair continued operation of the pump impeller, and yet can support the standing and walking loads of the livestock while on the hoof. A related method of use is provided.
US11917987B2
A jig head for fishing, the jig head comprises a head portion comprising a tapered tip and a base, a hook having a point, a shank, and an eye adapted for attachment to a fishing line. A belly weight extending from the base comprises first and second ends defining a space between the shank and the belly weight, the space being adapted to receive a portion of a bait. The belly weight in certain embodiments is flexible such that the belly weight can be bent towards the shank and the belly weight comprises one or more shank facing barbs positioned between the first and second ends of the belly weight. The jig head comprises one or more tapered bells adapted to help secure a plastic bait in place.
US11917978B2
A miniature rose plant named ‘MEIBENBINO’ is disclosed. Embodiments include seeds of ‘MEIBENBINO’, plants of ‘MEIBENBINO’, plant parts of ‘MEIBENBINO’, methods for producing a rose plant by crossing ‘MEIBENBINO’ with itself or with another rose plant variety, and methods for producing other rose plant lines or plant parts derived from ‘MEIBENBINO’, and the rose plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. Also disclosed are methods for producing a rose plant containing the genetic material of one or more genes or transgenes and transgenic rose plants and plant parts produced by those methods. In addition, rose varieties, breeding varieties, plant parts, and cells derived from rose plant ‘MEIBENBINO’ are disclosed.
US11917965B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV397329. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV397329, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV397329 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV397329 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV397329.
US11917963B1
A novel maize variety designated X00T027 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X00T027 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X00T027 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X00T027, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X00T027 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X00T027 and methods of using maize variety X00T027 are disclosed.
US11917950B2
A baler for hay, straw, grass, and similar feed materials is provided. The baler communicates compressed material from a vertically inclined compression passage formed in between opposing conveyer belts to a central area of a baling chamber for baling. A plunger within the baling chamber can reciprocate in two directions to form bales which are tied and discharged from both ends of the baling chamber.
US11917941B2
A method for processing harvest yield data includes the steps of receiving load data from a grain cart and receiving harvest yield data from a combine harvester. The load data and harvest yield data are post-processed to generate enhanced harvest yield data. The combine harvester and the grain cart can operate in an on-the-go unloading harvest operation or a stationary unloading harvest operation. Post-processing can include creating a field boundary for a harvest area, determining a start time and start position for the combine harvester within the field boundary, and determining an end time and end position for the combine harvester within the field boundary. The total grain yield weight estimated by a yield monitor can be calibrated to match the grain cart total scale weight.
US11925129B2
The present invention provides a multi-layer selector device exhibiting a low leakage current by controlling a threshold voltage. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the multi-layer selector device comprises: a substrate; a lower electrode layer disposed on the substrate; an insulating layer disposed on the lower electrode layer and having a via hole passing through to expose the lower electrode layer; a switching layer disposed on the lower electrode layer in the via hole, performing a switching operation by forming and destroying a conductive filament, and made of a multi-layer to control the formation of the conductive filament; and an upper electrode layer disposed on the switching layer.
US11925123B2
This spin-orbit torque type magnetization rotational element (10) is provided with: a spin-orbit torque wiring (2); a first ferromagnetic layer (1) that is laminated on the spin-orbit torque wiring; a first nonmagnetic metal layer (3) and a second nonmagnetic metal layer (4) that are connected to the spin-orbit torque wiring at positions flanking the first ferromagnetic layer in a plan view from the second direction, and a first insulating layer (31) surrounding the spin-orbit torque wiring, wherein the gravity center (G) of the first ferromagnetic layer is positioned on a side closer to the first nonmagnetic metal layer or the second nonmagnetic metal layer than is a reference point (S) located at the center between the first and second nonmagnetic metal layers in the first direction, and the first insulating layer is any one selected from the group consisting of silicon nitride, aluminum nitride, aluminum oxide, and magnesium oxide.
US11925122B2
A magnetoresistive structure having two dielectric layers, and method of manufacturing same, includes a free magnetic layer positioned between the two dielectric layers. The method of manufacture comprises at least two etch processes and at least one encapsulation process interposed therebetween wherein the encapsulation is formed on sidewalls of the partially formed magnetoresistive stack between etch processes. For example, an exemplary method of manufacturing a magnetoresistive device includes etching through a second electrode, second dielectric layer and free magnetic layer to provide a sidewall of (i) an unpinned synthetic antiferromagnetic structure, (ii) a second dielectric layer and (iii) a free magnetic layer; thereafter, forming an encapsulation material on the sidewall of the unpinned synthetic antiferromagnetic structure, second dielectric layer and free magnetic layer, and after forming the encapsulation material, etching through a first dielectric layer.
US11925115B2
Disclosed is an organic light-emitting device including an emission layer that includes a compound satisfying conditions 5′ and 6 below: 0 eV<ΔEST2≤0.1 eV Condition 1: ΔEST>0.2 eV Condition 6:
US11925107B2
To provide an organic EL device having low driving voltage, high luminous efficiency, and particularly a long lifetime by combining various materials for an organic EL device having excellent hole and electron injection/transport performances, electron blocking ability, stability in a thin-film state, and durability as materials for an organic EL device having high luminous efficiency and high durability so as to allow the respective materials to effectively reveal their characteristics. In the organic EL device having at least an anode, a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transport layer, and a cathode, in this order, the hole injection layer includes an arylamine compound of the following general formula (1) and a radialene derivative of the following general formula (2).
US11925106B2
A condensed cyclic compound represented by Formula 1, a composition including the same, and an organic light-emitting device including the condensed cyclic compound: wherein R1-R6, L1-L2, Ar1, n1, a1-a2, and b3-b6 are described in the specification.
US11925102B2
Novel ligands for metal complexes containing five-membered ring fused on pyrimidine ring combined with partially fluorinated side chains exhibiting improved external quantum efficiency and lifetime are disclosed.
US11925099B2
A flexible substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, and a flexible display device are provided. The method includes: step S10, forming a first aerogel layer with a cross-linked structure and a nanoporous structure on a substrate; step S20: forming an inorganic layer on the first aerogel layer; step S30, forming a second flexible substrate layer on the first aerogel layer, and allowing the second flexible substrate layer to cover the inorganic layer; and step S40, peeling the first aerogel layer, the inorganic layer, and the second flexible substrate layer from the substrate to form the flexible substrate.
US11925085B2
A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a first panel pad, and a second panel pad and a circuit board including a first substrate pad and a second substrate pad to apply a first power voltage to the first panel pad and the second panel. The display panel further includes a first power line pattern connected to the second substrate pad to apply the first power voltage to the pixels and a second power line pattern connected to the first substrate pad. The circuit board includes a first electrostatic discharge protection circuit connected between the first substrate pad and the second substrate pad, a substrate power pattern electrically connected to the first substrate pad, a ground pattern receiving a ground voltage, and a second electrostatic discharge protection circuit connected between the substrate power pattern and the ground pattern.
US11925081B2
A display apparatus includes: a substrate including a display area and a peripheral area, the display area including a first display area, a second display area on one side of the first display area, and a third display area on another side of the first display area opposing the one side of the first display area; a driving voltage supply line in the peripheral area; a plurality of first driving voltage lines in the display area to be electrically connected to the driving voltage supply line; a driving voltage connection line surrounding the first display area. The driving voltage connection line includes a portion disposed in the peripheral area.
US11925078B2
A display device includes the following: a resin substrate; a TFT layer disposed on the resin substrate, the TFT layer having a stack of, in sequence, a base coat film, a semiconductor film, a gate insulating film, a first metal film, an interlayer insulating film, a second metal film, and a flattening film; a light-emitting element disposed on the TFT layer and forming a display region; and a plurality of TFTs disposed in the TFT layer in the display region. The base coat film includes an amorphous silicon film disposed at least all over the display region.
US11925065B2
A display panel includes a switching transistor and a light-emitting transistor. The switching transistor includes a first gate electrode, a first source electrode, a first active layer, and a first drain electrode. The light-emitting transistor includes a second gate electrode, a second source electrode, a second active layer, a light-emitting layer, and a second drain electrode. The second gate electrode is the first drain electrode of the switching transistor. The switching transistor and the light-emitting transistor may be on a substrate. The switching transistor, the second source electrode, the second active layer, the light-emitting layer, and the second drain electrode are stacked in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the substrate.
US11925064B2
The present disclosure provides a display substrate including: a base substrate, and a thin film transistor, an oxygen supplementing functional layer and an oxygen containing layer formed on the base substrate. The thin film transistor includes: an active layer in direct contact with the oxygen containing layer, and the active layer includes an oxide semiconductor material. The oxygen supplementing functional layer includes a metal oxide material and serves as a first electrode of the display substrate. The oxygen containing layer is between the oxygen supplementing functional layer and the base substrate.
US11925053B2
A display apparatus includes a first substrate including a polymer resin, a protective layer on the first substrate, the protective layer including at least one selected from SiOCH, SiOC, SiOF, aromatic amine, diazonium tetrafluoroborate, and an aromatic diazonium compound, and a buffer layer on the protective layer, the buffer layer including a material different from a material included in the protective layer.
US11925047B2
Disclosed are a light-emitting device and a display device including the same. An emissive layer is formed so as to have a dual-layer structure, the triplet energy level of a dopant of a first emissive layer adjacent to a hole transport layer is greater than the triplet energy level of a first host in the first emissive layer, and the triplet energy level of the first host is greater than the triplet energy level of a second host of a second emissive layer, whereby triplet excitons generated in the first emissive layer are recycled to the second emissive layer so as to be reused for light emission.
US11925045B2
A light emitting device includes a first electrode, a first stack on the first electrode, a first charge generation layer on the first stack, a second stack on the first charge generation layer, and a second electrode on the second stack. The first stack includes a first light emitting layer and a plurality of first organic layers, and the second stack includes a second light emitting layer and a plurality of second organic layers. Among the plurality of first organic layers and the plurality of second organic layers, at least one of organic layers adjacent to the first light emitting layer and the second light emitting layer includes a light emitting material.
US11925043B2
A quantum dot light-emitting device including first electrode and a second electrode, a quantum dot layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, a first electron transport layer and a second electron layer disposed between the quantum dot layer and the second electrode. The second electron transport layer is disposed between the quantum dot layer and the first electron transport layer, wherein each of the first electron transport layer and the second electron transport layer includes an inorganic material. A lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy level of the second electron transport layer is shallower than a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy level of the first electron transport layer, and a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy level of the quantum dot layer is shallower than a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy level of the second electron transport layer. An electronic device including the quantum dot light-emitting device.
US11925026B2
Disclosed are novel structures and methods for 3D NVM built with vertical transistors above a logic layer. A first embodiment has a conductive film under the transistors and serving as a common node in a memory block. The conductive film may be from a semiconductor layer used to build the transistors. Metal lines are disposed above the transistors for connection through 3D vias to underlying circuitry. Contact plugs may be formed between transistors and metal lines. The conductive film may be coupled to underlying circuitry through contacts on the conductive film or through interconnect vias underneath the film. A second embodiment has conductive lines disposed under the transistors. Either of conductive lines and metal lines may serve as source lines and the other as bit lines for the memory. For low parasitic resistances, the conductive lines may be shorted to bypass metal lines residing in underlying logic layer.
US11925022B2
A vertical structure extends through a tiered structure of alternating conductive and insulative materials. The vertical structure includes a channel structure and a tunneling structure. At least one of the conductive materials of the tiered structure provides a select gate tier (e.g., including a control gate for a select gate drain (SGD) transistor). Adjacent the select gate tier of the tiered structure, the tunneling structure consists of or consists essentially of an oxide-only material. Adjacent the word line tiers of the tiered structure, the tunneling structure comprises at least one material that is other than an oxide-only material, such as a nitride or oxynitride. The oxide-only material adjacent the select gate tier may inhibit unintentional loss of charge from a neighboring charge storage structure, which may improve the stability of the threshold voltage (Vth) of the select gate tier.
US11925016B2
A memory array comprising strings of memory cells comprises a conductor tier comprising conductor material. The memory array comprises laterally-spaced memory blocks individually comprising a vertical stack comprising alternating insulative tiers and conductive tiers directly above the conductor tier. Conducting material of a lowest of the conductive tiers is directly against the conductor material of the conductor tier. Channel-material strings of memory cells extend through the insulative tiers and the conductive tiers. Intervening material is laterally-between and longitudinally-along immediately-laterally-adjacent of the memory blocks. The conducting material in the lowest conductive tier is directly against the channel material of individual of the channel-material strings. Conductive material is of different composition from that of the conducting material above and directly against the conducting material. Other embodiments, including method, are disclosed.
US11925015B2
Vertical memory devices, and methods of manufacturing the same, include providing a substrate including a cell array region and a peripheral circuit region, forming a mold structure in the cell array region, forming an opening for a common source line passing through the mold structure and extending in a first direction perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate, forming a first contact plug having an inner sidewall delimiting a recessed region in the opening for the common source line, and forming a common source bit line contact electrically connected to the inner sidewall of the first contact plug.
US11925009B2
A method includes obtaining a base housing for electronic components. The base housing attenuates radiation entering the base housing by a base amount. An inner volume of the base housing defined by an inner surface of the base housing experiences attenuated radiation. The method also includes affixing one or more inserts to the inner surface of the base housing to further attenuate the attenuated radiation in corresponding one or more areas of the inner volume.
US11925007B2
The heat dissipation assembly structure of a power includes a housing having an open upper portion, a power part having one surface supported by the housing, a printed circuit board disposed above the power part and electrically connected to the power part, and a cover member covering the upper portion of the housing and being coupled to the housing, wherein an inner surface of the cover member presses the other surface of the power part in a direction toward the housing to fixedly press the power part between the housing and the cover member.
US11925005B2
Systems and methods. The methods comprise: causing bellows to transition from expanded states to collapsed states by removing a first fluid therefrom (the bellows being coupled to opposing sidewalls of a chassis configured to structurally support at least one circuit card); receiving the at least one circuit card in a cavity of the chassis; causing the bellows to transition from the collapsed states to at least partially expanded states by allowing the first fluid to enter the bellows; applying a pushing force by each said bellow to an intermediary structure disposed between the bellow and the circuit card; and creating a seal between the intermediary structure and the circuit card when the bellow is in the at least partially expanded state.
US11924999B2
A fluid distribution apparatus for servers mounted onto a rack. The apparatus includes one or more pairs of distribution units that are rotationally symmetric and are attached to each other to form the pair. Each of the distribution units includes a main supply port and main return port that are connected to the rack's fluid manifolds. Each of the distribution units also includes plurality of supply and return connectors that connect to the servers. A pump in each of the distribution units delivers fluid from the rack's fluid manifolds to the servers for cooling. Each server is connected to fluid ports on both distribution units, so as to provide full redundancy. A controller receives signals form the servers and sends operation signals to the pumps to control the fluid delivery for cooling the servers.
US11924998B2
The disclosed systems and structures are directed to providing a hybrid liquid-cooling system for at least one rack-mounted immersion case containing at least one electronic assembly submerged in dielectric immersion cooling liquid. The hybrid liquid cooling system comprises a closed-loop fluid distribution arrangement configured to circulate channelized fluid, an external cooling module configured to thermally condition the channelized fluid circulated by the closed-loop fluid distribution arrangement, a serpentine convection coil structured to internally convey channelized fluid to operatively cool ambient temperatures of the dielectric immersion cooling liquid, and one or more fluid cooling blocks arranged to be in direct thermal contact with one or more heat-generating electronic processing components of the at least one electronic assembly.
US11924991B2
An aircraft avionics bay provided with at least one shelf (4) that includes: a support platform (5); retention seats (12) for a rack-mountable electrical module (6) each including a module connector (14); an external connection interface (7); an interconnection platform (9) extending substantially parallel to the support platform (5), on the side opposite the retention seats (12), the interconnection platform (9) supporting conductive connection tracks (28); a plurality of rear printed circuits (15), each rear printed circuit (15) extending opposite a module connector (14); the conductive connection tracks (28) of the interconnection platform (9) extending into each rear printed circuit (15) and to the external connection interface (7) via flexible conductors (18, 19).
US11924986B2
An electronic device and an unlocking cover thereof are provided. The unlocking cover includes a shield, at least one assembling portion, and at least one abutting portion. The shield has a baffle and a shielding board that is connected to the baffle. The at least one assembling portion extends from the baffle. The at least one abutting portion extends from an inner surface of the shield. A distal end of the at least one abutting portion away from the shielding board is spaced apart from an inner surface of the shielding board by a triggering height that is within a range from 3.5 mm to 9 mm.
US11924982B2
A curved display apparatus is provided, including one or more bending portions where the curved display apparatus is bent. At least the one or more bending portions of the curved display apparatus including a stacked structure, which includes a support layer; a display panel on the support layer; and N number of pressure sensitive adhesive layers and M number of flexible base layers between the support layer and the display panel, N is an integer equal to or greater than 3, M is an integer equal to or greater than 2. A first one of the N number of pressure sensitive adhesive layers adheres the support layer and a first one of the M number of flexible base layers together. A last one of the N number of pressure sensitive adhesive layers adheres the display panel and a last one of the M number of flexible base layers together.
US11924972B2
A diagnostic disc includes a disc-shaped body having raised walls that encircle the interior of the disc-shaped body and at least one protrusion extending outwardly from the disc-shaped body. The raised walls of the disc-shaped body define a cavity of the disc-shaped body. A non-contact sensor is attached to each of the at least one protrusion. A a printed circuit board (PCB) is positioned within the cavity formed on the disc-shaped body. A vacuum and high temperature tolerant power source is disposed on the PCB along with a wireless charger and circuitry that is coupled to each non-contact sensor and includes at least a wireless communication circuit and a memory. A cover is positioned over the cavity of the disc-shaped body and shields at least a portion of the PCB, circuitry, power source, and wireless charger within the cavity from an external environment.
US11924968B2
The laminate of the present disclosure is a laminate including multiple glass ceramic layers each containing quartz and a glass that contains SiO2, B2O3, Al2O3, and M2O, where M is an alkali metal. An Al2O3 content of a surface layer portion of the laminate is higher than an Al2O3 content of an inner layer portion of the laminate, and a M2O content of the surface layer portion is lower than a M2O content of the inner layer portion.
US11924967B2
According to one embodiment, a substrate includes a first dielectric substrate with a first through-hole, a second dielectric substrate with a first conductive via, a first signal line provided between the first dielectric substrate and the second dielectric substrate, a third dielectric substrate with a second conductive via, a first planar conductor provided between the second and third dielectric substrates and located away from the first and second conductive vias, a fourth dielectric substrate, and a second signal line provided between the third and fourth dielectric substrates. At least a part of a first inner wall of the first through-hole is not covered with a conductor. The first through-hole and the first conductive via partially overlap in a first direction. The first and second conductive vias partially overlap in the first direction. The second conductive via and the second signal line partially overlap in the first direction.
US11924964B2
Devices and methods are described for reducing etching due to Galvanic Effect within a printed circuit board (PCB) that may be used in an electronic device. Specifically, a contact trace is coupled to a contact finger that has a substantially larger surface area than the contact trace. The contact finger is configured to couple the electronic device to a host device. The contact trace is electrically isolated from the rest of the PCB circuitry during a fabrication process by a separation distance between an exposed portion of the contact trace and an impedance trace. The contact finger and the exposed portion of the contact trace are plated with a common material to reduce galvanic etching of the contact trace during fabrication. The contact trace is then connected to the impedance trace using a solder joint.
US11924946B1
An occupancy sensing system and/or an occupancy sensor including a transmitter arranged and configured to provide a verbal (i.e., audio) notification before changing a state of a load such as, for example, turning OFF a load (e.g., lights, etc.) coupled thereto. In some embodiments, at a predetermined period of time prior to changing the state of the load, the occupancy sensor emits a verbal notification to elicit feedback from any occupant who may be present in the monitored space. In response, the occupant may respond with a verbal confirmation and/or by moving. In some embodiments, the transmitter may be a speaker for transmitting a verbal notification. Alternatively, the transmitter may be a wireless transmitter for communicating with a remote device for relaying the verbal notification.
US11924943B2
A light fixture, comprising a matrix, a plurality of electrical sockets fixedly secured to the matrix and forming a rigid matrix of electrical sockets electrically interconnected in two dimensions. One or more light emitting diode modules are individually removable and replaceable within any individual electrical socket within the matrix. Each individual light emitting diode module includes a base and a light emitting diode, wherein the base is configured and arranged for fitted electrical engagement within the electrical socket.
US11924938B2
An illuminator includes: a light emitter including a light-emitting diode; a temperature sensor configured to detect a current temperature of the light emitter; and an illumination controller configured to adjust a drive voltage being supplied to the light emitter in accordance with the current temperature. The illumination controller includes a reference temperature storage in which a reference temperature is stored in advance and is configured to adjust the drive voltage by detecting the current temperature from the temperature sensor on a constant time cycle and comparing the current temperature with the reference temperature.
US11924922B2
Application mobility is a unique feature of the edge computing to support relocation of application instance across edge computing hosts or between edge computing host and cloud computing over underlying mobile network. With the active-standby mode application instance implementation with support of L2 networks, the application mobility could achieve the service continuity with low latency switching time. An application mobility mechanism can be implemented in the data plane of edge computing host under the control of edge computing platform and management. It can be also implemented in L2 switching function of the User Plane Function in 5G networks.
US11924889B2
Provided are a communication device and a communication method capable of further improving the quality between radio links in a communication system in which a base station device and the communication device communicate with each other. A communication device (50) according to the present disclosure includes a receiver (511a) and a transmitter (512d). The receiver (511a) receives a synchronization signal transmitted from a base station device (20, 30). The transmitter (512d) transmits a physical random access channel (PRACH) including a feature capable of uniquely identifying the synchronization signal received by a receiver (511a) and/or a PRACH resource to the base station device (20, 30).
US11924886B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, devices and computer readable storage medium for transport block size (TBS) configuration. In example embodiments, a terminal device transmits a random access preamble to a network device. The terminal device receives a random access response from the network device. The random access response includes a resource allocated for a reference TBS. Based on the reference TBS, the terminal device determines a TBS for transmitting data to the network device. Then, the terminal device transmits the data to the network device by using the determined TBS and the allocated resource. This TBS configuration is more flexible.
US11924875B2
A transmitter (12) obtains data packets at a higher layer (16A) of a protocol stack (16), and duplicates each data packet at the higher layer (16A) to obtain duplicates of each data packet. The duplicates are transmitted on different respective channels from the higher layer (16A) to a lower layer (16B) of the protocol stack (16). The transmitter (12) generates different transport blocks to include data from the different respective channels, such that the duplicates of each data packet are conveyed by different transport blocks. For each transport block, the transmitter (12) transmits or does not transmit at least a part of the transport block within at least a part of a different respective transmission opportunity on a link (26) to a receiver (14) using unlicensed frequency spectrum (28), depending on whether or not a channel sensing procedure indicates the unlicensed frequency spectrum (28) is clear during that at least part of the transmission opportunity.
US11924873B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A transmitting device may perform a first transmission to one or more receiving devices, the first transmission associated with a transmission type. The transmitting device may determine a feedback response for the first transmission based on monitoring for feedback messages from the one or more receiving devices in response to the first transmission. The transmitting device may select a contention window size for performing one or more subsequent transmissions based at least in part on the feedback response and the transmission type. The transmitting device may perform the one or more subsequent transmissions in accordance with a clear channel assessment procedure using the selected contention window size.
US11924866B2
Embodiments of an Extremely High Throughput Station (EHT STA) (STA1) configured for operating in a next-generation (NG) wireless local area network (WLAN) are described herein. In some embodiments, the EHT STA encodes a common signal field (SIG) (Coex-SIG) of an EHT PPDU to include a TXOP duration field. The TXOP duration field is more than seven bits to indicate an actual TXOP duration of a transmission from the EHT STA comprising the EHT PPDU transmitted to a second station (STA2). Decoding the TXOP duration field of the EHT PPDU by a third-party station (STA4) causes the third-party station (STA4) to defer a transmission until after an end of the transmission from the second station (STA2).
US11924856B2
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for receiving system information in a wireless communication system including a receiver that receives system information configuration information and receives system information in predetermined subframes of a radio interface, and a controller that determines the predetermined subframes according to the received system information configuration information and controls the receiver to receive the system information in the predetermined subframes, wherein the system information configuration information includes a subframe scheduling field with a plurality of bits, each bit being associated with a subframe and representing whether or not system information is to be received in that subframe. The present disclosure further relates to a corresponding apparatus for transmitting system information and to the respective receiving and transmitting methods.
US11924851B2
Disclosed is a base station in which the frequency usage efficiency can be improved when the communication bandwidths are asymmetric in the uplink line and the downlink line. A base station can communicate by using a plurality of downlink unit bands and a smaller number of uplink unit bands. A control unit allocates uplink resource allocation information and downlink resource allocation information to a PDCCH which is arranged in each of the plurality of downlink unit bands, and allocates a response signal to the uplink line data to a PHICH which is arranged in the same number of downlink unit bands from the plurality of downlink unit bands as there are uplink unit bands. A transmit RF unit transmits the resource allocation information or the response signal.
US11924849B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for joining an IoT technology with a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate than a 4G system, and a system thereof. The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services (for example, a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car or a connected car, a health care, a digital education, retailing, security and safe-related service, etc.) on the basis of a 5G communication technology and an IoT related technology. The present disclosure relates to a wireless communication system, and to a method and an apparatus for smoothly providing a service in a communication system. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving downlink and uplink control information within a communication system.
US11924841B2
A system and method for allocating network resources are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the system and method are configured to perform: transmitting a first control signal using at least a first one of one or more communication resources via a first communication channel, wherein the first control signal indicates a communication resource of the one or more communication resources that can be used for transmitting data via a second communication channel; and in response to the first control signal indicating that the at least first one of the one or more communication resources can also be used for transmitting data via the second communication channel, transmitting the data using at least part of the at least first one of the one or more communication resources via the second communication channel.
US11924835B2
The invention relates to a control channel signal for use in a mobile communication system providing at least two different scheduling modes. Further the invention relates to a scheduling unit for generating the control channel signal and a base station comprising the scheduling unit. The invention also relates to the operation of a mobile station and a base station for implementing a scheduling mode using the control channel signal. In order to facilitate the use of different scheduling schemes for user data transmission while avoiding an additional flag for indicating the scheduling mode in the control signaling, the invention proposes the use of code points in existing control channel signal fields. Further, the invention proposes a specific scheduling mode for use in combination with the proposed control channel signal. According to this scheduling mode control channel information is only provided for retransmissions, while initial transmissions are decoded using blind detection.
US11924827B2
In some implementations, a method of wireless communication includes receiving, at a user equipment (UE) from a base station, a downlink control information (DCI) scheduling a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH). The PDSCH includes a first transmission occasion and a second transmission occasion following the first transmission occasion during a single slot. The method further includes determining, at the UE, an overall processing time following a last symbol of the PDSCH.
US11924807B2
A wireless network environment includes user equipment. A communication management resource in the user equipment establishes a wireless communication link between the user equipment and a first wireless station. The first wireless station provides the user equipment access to a remote network. Based on operating conditions of the user equipment, the communication management resource initiates execution of a paging notification retrieval function on the user equipment to retrieve paging notifications. Via the executed function (such as an application executed on the user equipment), and one or more request messages for paging notifications, the communication management resource communicates with a remote entity to retrieve the paging notifications.
US11924805B2
The present disclosure provides a positioning method and device, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The positioning method may include obtaining a precise positioning request sent by a service equipment. The precise positioning request may carry rough positioning location information of the service equipment. The positioning method may further include determining, based on the rough positioning location information of the service equipment, a reference positioning point corresponding to the service equipment, and obtaining precise positioning location information of the service equipment by correcting, based on positioning deviation information of the reference positioning point, the rough positioning location information of the service equipment. The positioning deviation information of the reference positioning point may be calculated based on precise positioning location information of the reference positioning point and rough positioning location information of the reference positioning point.
US11924802B2
Techniques are provided for enabling user equipment (UE) positioning based on base station side angle estimation in millimeter wave (mmW) bands. An example method for determining positioning information with a mobile device includes receiving positioning assistance data including beam pattern information for a plurality of reference signals associated with at least two sub-bands, receiving at least one of the plurality of reference signals within a sub-band, and determining an angle of departure value for at least one of the plurality of reference signals based at least in part on the positioning assistance data for the sub-band.
US11924800B2
In a positioning system configured to perform positioning using N mobile terminals, where N is an integer of two or greater, each of the mobile terminals includes a positioning device, a communication device configured to exchange information with another mobile terminal using wireless communication, and a battery configured to supply power to the positioning device and the communication device. Each of first mobile terminals that are some of the mobile terminals activates the positioning device to perform positioning of a first current position, and a second mobile terminal other than the first mobile terminals reduces at least power to be used by the positioning device, and uses information of the first current position positioned by the first mobile terminal, and the information exchanged with the first mobile terminal by the communication device to perform positioning of a second current position.
US11924798B2
A method, apparatus, and computer program product provide enhanced emergency services fallback procedures. The user equipment may indicate the emergency services fallback within the registration request message to a network entity, such as the access and mobility management function. Upon receiving the registration request message the emergency services fallback procedure is triggered. The user equipment receives an indication, such as via an access stratum layer and the received indication is considered, such as by the non-access stratum layer in the user equipment, as the registration response message. The user equipment is configured to respond differently upon receiving differently configured registration response rejection messages or upon expiration of a response timer.
US11924796B2
In an embodiment, a UE establishes, with a peer sidelink UE, at least one sidelink communications link that each comprises one or more hops. The UE determines estimates a propagation delay between the UE and the peer sidelink UE based in part upon a relationship between a propagation time, between the UE and the peer sidelink UE, and Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) irrespective of whether the UE remains synchronized with respect to the network clock.
US11924795B2
Systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support mechanisms for identifying hyper frame number (HFN) desynchronization conditions and/or for triggering HFN resynchronization in a wireless communication system. In aspects, an HFN desynchronization condition is identified based on Ethernet frame validation. For example, aspects of the present disclosure provide mechanisms for validating and Ethernet frame. An HFN desynchronization condition is identified or detected when an Ethernet frame is determined to be corrupt based on the Ethernet frame validation in accordance with aspects herein. In some aspects, such as in Ethernet header compression (EHC) protocol implementations, an HFN desynchronization condition may be identified based on a determination that a deciphered context identification (CID) is not a valid CID (e.g., is not a CID in a set of valid CIDs).
US11924791B2
The present disclosure relates to a user equipment, a centralized unit device, a wireless communication method and a storage medium. The user equipment of the present disclosure comprises a processing circuit, wherein the processing circuit is configured to receive, from a centralized unit (CU) device, selection information related to a selection made by a distributed unit (DU) device; and determine, according to the selection information, a DU device for providing a service for the user equipment. By using the user equipment, the centralized unit device, the wireless communication method and the storage medium of the present disclosure, the user equipment can quickly and accurately find the most suitable DU device with the help of the CU device.
US11924790B2
Provided is a method and apparatus for receiving a reference signal. A wireless user device may determine, based on a synchronization signal (SS) block index and based on an index associated with a time interval, an initialization value associated with a reference signal for a physical broadcast channel (PBCH). The wireless user device may receive, based on the initialization value and based on a frequency domain shift value, the reference signal via at least one resource element (RE). The reference signal may be mapped, based on the frequency domain shift value, to the at least one RE. The wireless user device may receive the PBCH.
US11924789B2
A method, apparatus, and system for transmitting and receiving a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) are provided. A base station may perform a first scrambling process on PBCHs in a time period before a channel coding, and perform a second scrambling process after the channel coding. PHCH payloads and PBCH DMRS may provide information bits to be used in the scrambling processes. A wireless user device may receive one or more PBCHs transmitted from the base station.
US11924785B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for synchronization signal block (SSB) patterns with gaps. A method that may be performed by a network entity (e.g., a BS) generally includes determining a synchronization signal block (SSB) pattern that identifies SSB positions for sweeping a set of SSB beams over multiple SSB bursts with gaps between at least some of the SSB positions, wherein the SSB pattern identifies a subset of the set of SSB beams to use per SSB burst. The method generally includes transmitting SSBs over the multiple SSB bursts in accordance with the pattern.
US11924778B2
Systems and methods may optimize power consumption for RAN devices. A device obtains field data of user equipment (UE) devices for a group of cells during a time interval. The field data includes signal strength measurements. The device computes cell boundaries for each cell based on the field data and predicts signal strength values inside each of the cell boundaries for a future time period. The device computes a cumulative overlap feature and a weighted signal strength feature for each cell of the group of cells during the future time period and generates an energy consumption predictive model that applies the cumulative overlap feature and the weighted signal strength feature for the future time period. The device determines, based on the energy consumption predictive model, optimal cell boundaries that correspond to a reduced energy consumption needed to meet service requirements during the future time period.
US11924772B2
A method for operating a user equipment (UE) includes receiving at least one of a configuration of a first group of one or more downlink (DL) signals, a configuration of a second group of one or more open-loop power control (PC) parameters, a configuration of a third group of one or more closed-loop PC parameters, or a configuration of a fourth group of one or more loop states, receiving a configuration of a PC setting, wherein the PC setting is associated with at least one of a subset of the first group, a subset of the second group, a subset of the third group, or a subset of the fourth group, selecting a transmit power level in accordance with the PC setting and a pathloss, wherein the pathloss is determined in accordance with a DL reference signal (SS) and a synchronization signal (SS).
US11924771B2
Systems and methods relating to transmit power control are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a radio access node for providing transmit power control commands to a wireless device for uplink (UL) transmission on a cell that operates in an unlicensed frequency spectrum is provided. The method comprises indicating, for the cell that operates in the unlicensed frequency spectrum, a dynamic Transmit Power Control (TPC) command using a downlink (DL) control channel which indicates a DL-UL allocation of upcoming subframes in the cell that operates in the unlicensed frequency spectrum. In some embodiments, the DL control channel is a common DL control channel. In some other embodiments, the DL channel is a common Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH).
US11924769B2
Various techniques are provided for a method including receiving, at a network device from a user equipment (UE), an indication of a UE capability to support a per-band maximum power for a radio band combination (BC) used by the UE, determining whether the UE supports per-band maximum power for the radio BC based on the indication of the UE capability, and in response to determining the UE supports per-band maximum power for the radio BC, determining a total UE transmission power based on a sum of a maximum power of each band in the radio BC.
US11924757B2
Systems and methods for implementing power management features while providing a wireless asymmetric network are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a system includes a hub having a wireless control device that is configured to control communications and power consumption in the wireless asymmetric network architecture and sensor nodes each having at least one sensor and a wireless device with a transmitter and a receiver to enable bi-directional communications with the wireless control device of the hub. The wireless control device is configured to determine a scheduled timing of operating each sensor node during a first time period that is close in time with respect to a transmit window of the transmitter and during a second time period that is close in time with respect to a receive window of the receiver for each wireless device to reduce power consumption of the wireless devices of the sensor nodes.
US11924754B2
Systems, methods and computer software are disclosed for providing an energy efficient base station with synchronization. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed, comprising: performing traffic analysis to determine off-peak hours duration when traffic is light; updating downlink and uplink schedulers to transmit a minimum required signaling and control information; and wherein updating downlink and uplink scheduler for minimum required signaling and control information further comprises scheduling, in a downlink direction, at least one of transmitting only reference symbols over selected OFDM symbols, PDCCH on up to a first three OFDM symbols, PSS and SSS on a central six PRB s and PBCH.
US11924753B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. For example, the described techniques provide for wireless device (e.g., wireless repeater, wireless relay device, smart repeater, etc.) operation in a low power state, and base station signaling for triggering of wireless repeater control interface configuration. For example, a wireless repeater may operate in a power saving mode and monitor for control information from a base station according to a low power state or a slow state (e.g., according to a long monitoring periodicity relative to a monitoring periodicity associated with a full power state or fast state). Upon detection of triggering signal from a base station, the wireless repeater may transition to monitoring for control information from the base station according to a fast state (e.g., according to a short, or more frequent, monitoring periodicity relative to a monitoring periodicity associated with a low power state).
US11924750B2
Apparatus and methods for prioritizing spectrum and controlling data traffic steering within a wireless network. In one embodiment, the apparatus and methods provide enhanced wireless services which allow network operators to prioritize utilization of spectrum for their subscribers. In one variant, an enhanced 3GPP UE Route Selection Policy (URSP) framework is provided for a UE connected to 5G wireless network, which allows the UE to use one or more prioritized 3GPP spectrum Band Class(es) based on one or more selection criterion or preconditions. In another variant, UE location information is used to dynamically update a data traffic steering mode or other functionality of an enhanced ATSSS (Access Traffic Steering, Switching, and Splitting) rule framework is described for dynamic control of steering or routing functionality, including between 3GPP- and non-3GPP network accesses for the data traffic.
US11924749B2
Embodiments of this disclosure provide a method for controlling a LAN service and a communications service. The method for controlling a LAN service includes: transmitting LAN-service-related information, where the LAN-service-related information includes at least one of the following: LAN service capability information of a terminal, location information of the terminal, LAN service subscription information, and LAN service request information.
US11924747B2
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 performed by a terminal in a communication system is provided. The method includes receiving, from a first base station, configuration information for a secondary cell group (SCG) including at least one serving cell associated with a second base station, receiving, from the first base station, a first message for activation or deactivation of the SCG, and in case that the SCG is deactivated based on the first message and uplink data arrives on at least one bearer of the SCG, transmitting a second message for activation of the SCG. According to the disclosure, carrier aggregation and dual connectivity can be quickly activated, thereby reducing battery consumption of a terminal.
US11924740B2
A signal forwarding system includes: a plurality of signal forwarding devices forming a plurality of communication routes between a slave station and a master station; and a route control device that determines a communication route, wherein the route control device includes at least: a communication route calculation unit that calculates a communication route in response to a route switching request; and a forward destination setting instruction unit that outputs forward destination setting information based on the communication route, the signal forwarding devices include at least: a forward destination setting instruction acquisition unit that acquires the forward destination setting information; a forward destination set unit that changes a forward destination based on the forward destination setting information; and a forward unit that outputs input traffic based on the forward destination, and any of the route control device and the signal forwarding devices includes: a traffic monitor unit; a non-signal period estimation unit that estimates a non-signal period in which the traffic does not flow; and a switching timing control unit that controls a switching timing to perform route switching in the non-signal period.
US11924738B1
Techniques for managing connections in a mesh network that includes multiple provisioners are described. In an example, a computer system receives, from a first device set up as a first provisioner in the mesh network, a first identifier of a third device of the mesh network. The computer system also receives, from a second device set up as a second provisioner in the mesh network, the first identifier of the third device. The computer system generates an association between the third device and the first device based at least in part on a determination that the third device is to be reached exclusively via the first device. The computer system also generates a message about an action to be performed by the third device and sends, based at least in part on the association, the message to the first device.
US11924732B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for emergency communications (e.g., voice calls and/or SMS messages) for UE's without cellular coverage (e.g., in non-cellular coverage). A UE may establish, while out of range of cellular service, a peer-to-peer communication session with a relay UE using a channel in an unlicensed frequency band. The UE may transmit, using the peer-to-peer communication session, an emergency notification to the relay UE. The emergency notification may include an approximate location of the UE. Further the UE may communicate with a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP), where the communications may be relayed between the UE and the PSAP by the relay UE. The approximate location of the UE may be based, at least in part, on a location of the relay UE and determining the approximate location of the UE may include performing a ranging procedure with the relay UE.
US11924725B2
A method for communication between and/or determination of the movement of at least two vehicles 2a, b, c travelling in succession by means of a communication arrangement 4, wherein the communication arrangement 4 has at least one first communication apparatus 3a for arrangement on a first vehicle 2a and at least one second communication apparatus 3b for arrangement on a second vehicle 2b, is proposed, in which a signal is transmitted via a transmission path between the communication apparatuses 3a, b, c, wherein a main transmission link H of the transmission path runs at least beneath the first and/or second vehicle 2a, b and/or in which the determination of movement is carried out on the basis of the propagation time and/or propagation time differences.
US11924724B2
Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving signals in wireless vehicle communication system
A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving signals in a wireless vehicle communication system. The method, performed by a UE, includes obtaining vehicle communication configuration information, determining, for vehicle communication, at least one of whether data is to be relayed, allocated resources, or a waveform, based on the obtained vehicle communication configuration information, and transmitting or receiving signals to or from at least one other UE based on the determination result.
US11924722B2
An information converting method and a system thereof are configured to convert a first information into a second information. An information obtaining step is performed to obtain the first information corresponding to a first communication protocol and transmit the first information to a converter. The first information includes a first access layer sub-information and an upper-layer protocol sub-information. A first access layer removing step is performed to drive the converter to remove the first access layer sub-information from the first information according to a converting process. A second access layer adding step is performed to drive the converter to add a second access layer sub-information corresponding to a second communication protocol to the first information and combine the second access layer sub-information with the upper-layer protocol sub-information according to the converting process, so that the first information is converted into the second information.
US11924718B2
A method and a system employing an expanded reach rich messaging application (ERRMA) for creating and transmitting a rich message or an equivalent rich message is provided. The ERRMA receives a request to send a rich message on a specified rich messaging channel (SRMC) to a user's mobile number. The ERRMA determines whether the user's mobile number is enabled for receiving rich messages on the SRMC. Upon a successful determination, the ERRMA creates and transmits the rich message on the SRMC to the user's mobile number. Upon an unsuccessful determination, the ERRMA determines whether the user's mobile number is enabled for receiving the rich message on an alternative rich messaging channel. Upon determining that the user's mobile number is enabled for receiving the rich message on the alternative rich messaging channel, the ERRMA creates and transmits the equivalent rich message on the alternative rich messaging channel to a user device.
US11924716B2
A work site equipment grouping system includes a plurality of work machines including a first work machine and a second work machine. Each work machine is configured to wirelessly communicate with other work machines. The system further includes a local area network including a plurality of communicatively connected nodes, the nodes including the first work machine and the second work machine. The system further includes a third work machine configured to detect one of the first work machine or the second work machine within a signal range of the third work machine and, upon detecting one of the first work machine or the second work machine, automatically join the local area network.
US11924708B2
There is provided an information processing device that includes a blocking detection unit to detect blocking of a communication channel to a reproduction device which reproduces content on the basis of content data, a movement calculation unit to calculate, in a case where the blocking of the communication channel is detected, an amount of movement of the reproduction device to a position that escapes the blocking, and a control unit to control generation of the content data on the basis of the amount of movement.
US11924699B2
Method and apparatus for configuring a UE with a relay measurement configuration for measuring one or more candidate relays in preparation of switching to a target relay. The apparatus receives, from a source relay, a candidate relay configuration. The candidate relay configuration including information of candidate relays and a relay measurement configuration. The apparatus measures a reference signal of the source relay and each of the candidate relays based on the candidate relay configuration. The apparatus transmits, to the source relay, a measurement report of the reference signal of the subset of candidate relays. The apparatus establishes a connection with a subset of candidate relays. The apparatus receives, from the source relay, a relay switch command to switch to a target relay from the subset of candidate relays.
US11924689B2
To provide a control device that can prevent an increase in a processing load and that can effectively allocate a radio resource. A control device (30) according the present disclosure includes: a deciding unit (31) configured to decide whether or not an interval between generation of a first flow that is generated when performing radio communication between a communication terminal (10) and a base station (20) and generation of a second flow that is generated after the generation of the first flow exceeds a permissible delay time of the first flow; and a determination unit (32) configured to determine deletion of non-transmitted data related to the communication terminal (10) after lapse of the permissible delay time of the first flow when it is decided that the generation interval exceeds the permissible delay time of the first flow.
US11924685B2
Provided is a wireless communication terminal that communicates wirelessly. The terminal includes: a transceiver; and a processor. The terminal includes a transceiver, and a processor. The processor is configured to receive an Aggregate-MAC Protocol Data Unit (A-MPDU) from an originator using the transceiver, and when receiving all MPDUs included in the A-MPDU, transmit to the originator a block ACK (BA) frame signaling that all MPDUs included in the A-MPDU are received without a bitmap indicating whether each MPDU included in the A-MPDU is received.
US11924678B2
A method for adapting Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) traffic flows at a provider equipment (PE) node and an apparatus implementing the method are described. The PE node provides backhaul services to endpoint devices communicating with the PE node via respective wireless channels. The method performs: at the PE node, in response to a requirement to cease transmitting on wireless channels supporting current TCP connections with the endpoint devices: (i) transmitting messages to the endpoint devices configured to cause the endpoint devices to continue transmitting currently buffered uplink (UL) data to the PE node via respective UL TCP connections using corresponding last successful TCP congestion window (cwin) sizes; and (ii) transmitting currently buffered downlink (DL) data from the PE node to the endpoint devices via respective DL TCP connections using corresponding last successful TCP cwin sizes.
US11924676B2
Embodiments herein provide methods of sidelink communication between nodes including resource selection, congestion control, and/or resource signaling. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US11924668B2
Various embodiments relate to a method performed by a first wireless device for announcing operating capabilities to a second wireless device, wherein the first wireless device and second wireless device support a first protocol and a second protocol, including: announcing by the first device original capabilities to the second device; receiving an announcement of capabilities from the second device; receiving frames from the second device in PHY Protocol Data Units (PPDUs) following the first protocol and the second protocol; announcing by the first device a change in its capabilities to the second device; and receiving frames from the second device in PPDUs transmitted using the changed capabilities following the first protocol and the second protocol, wherein the change in the capabilities includes a change in a one of a puncture parameter, bandwidth parameter, mode and coding scheme (MCS) parameter, and a number of simultaneous streams (Nss) parameter.
US11924663B2
Example aspects include a method, apparatus and computer-readable medium of wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising receiving, from a network device, a synchronization signal block (SSB) configuration scheduling a measurement window having a first duration. The aspects further include receiving, from the network device, at least one SSB during the first measurement window. Additionally, the aspects include selecting a second duration of the measurement window according to the at least one SSB. The second duration being shorter than the first duration.
US11924660B2
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. The disclosure provides a method and a device for a group management that enables addition/deletion/replacement of a group member in a group-based event monitoring method.
US11924657B2
This application provides a minimization of drive tests (MDT) measurement solution, which may be used to implement an MDT measurement of a network device with an architecture in which a central unit (CU) entity and a distributed unit (DU) entity are separated. A centralized unit control plane (CU-CP) determines configuration information, and sends the configuration information to a centralized unit user plane (CU-UP) of the network device. The configuration information is used to perform an MDT measurement on a measurement object. The solution in this application may be applied to a communications system, for example, may be applied to a 5th generation (5G) network.
US11924654B2
The present invention discloses a product (MEDIATOR) and a method facilitating unidirectional broadcast or multicast of any kind of data from a source communication device to a plurality of client communication devices, within a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), using a one-to-many communication by using the MEDIATOR that mediate between the source communication device and clients and gives the option of serving a plurality of clients, more than the limitation of the inherent source communication device AP.
US11924650B2
A system, method and computer program product for content delivery of services in a mobile telecommunication network on the basis of predictions of user and network needs. The method includes collecting and receiving information of the use of services in the network, and analyzing network behavior on the basis of the information received. The traffic load in the network is continuously monitored in real-time by estimating the traffic load locations in the network and the network capacity needs for delivering the services. The analysis is used for deciding the optimal network configuration to be used for supporting the estimated traffic load locations in the network. The network behavior is controlled based on the selections and decisions of the analysis by sending requests to network components for network configuration.
US11924644B2
Secure communication in mobile digital pages is provided. The system receives an electronic document and validates the electronic document for storage in a cache server. The system receives a request for the electronic document and provides it to a viewer component on a client computing device. The viewer component loads the electronic document in an iframe. The viewer component executes a runtime component to receive, via a secure communication channel, a tag from the electronic document. The system receives the tag and selects a data value for transmission to the viewer component. The viewer components provides the data value to cause the runtime component to execute an action with the data value.
US11924637B1
A wireless communications system comprises a subscriber user equipment and a mobile expert user equipment. The subscriber user equipment is configured to log in to a subscription account application installed on the subscriber user equipment using subscriber credentials, wherein the subscriber credentials are pre-registered with a telecommunications service provider associated with a retail store, determine that the subscriber user equipment is located within a coverage area associated with the retail store after logging in to the subscription account application, and transmit an authentication message indicating an identity of a subscriber using the subscriber user equipment and indicating that the subscriber is pre-registered with the telecommunications service provider. The mobile expert user equipment is configured to obtain subscriber data describing a subscriber associated with the subscriber user equipment after the subscriber user equipment transmits the authentication message.
US11924635B2
Disclosed are a security authentication method and an apparatus thereof, and an electronic device. The method includes: sending a verification request to a verification end; receiving a first data packet and acquiring third preset data, fourth preset data, second time data, a control instruction, and fifth preset data, the first data packet being determined by the verification end in response to the verification request; generating a key based on the third preset data, the fourth preset data, the second time data, and the first data packet; encrypting the control instruction and the fifth preset data based on the key to generate first encrypted data; and sending the first encrypted data to the verification end, so that the verification end sends the control instruction and the fifth preset data to an execution end, and the execution end executes the control instruction based on the following method: determining whether the fifth preset data is the same as internal preset data; and if so, executing the control instruction. The present invention can reduce interaction process, improve the time delay experience, and reduce a risk of malicious power consumption due to NFC-Key encryption and decryption behaviors triggered by fake messages of a card reader.
US11924628B1
The present invention relates to a device and a computerized process for creating a virtual surround sound process for loudspeakers systems, which can create an immersive sound experience with a minimal number of loudspeakers from a less immersive sound source. This computerized process is embodied by software that can be used to process a traditional mono, stereo, or multi-channel audio input to create additional audio channels which are then processed by virtualization filters, and finally summed together with the original input source and output to a loudspeaker system, where a listener will experience a more immersive virtual surround sound experience when compared to listening to only the original source. It should be further noted that the software can be customized for each loudspeaker system for optimal calibration and sonic performance.
US11924622B2
A processor device for processing an incoming audio stream, the device including: a configuration element arranged to acquire input parameters having both first characteristics of the incoming audio stream and also second characteristics of the audio playback devices, and to produce configuration parameters on the basis of the input parameters; a master element arranged to define processing sequences from the configuration parameters, each processing sequence being associated with and adapted to a respective playback channel, to apply the processing sequences to the incoming audio stream so as to produce processed audio streams, each adapted to a respective one of the playback channels, and to transmit to each piece of equipment including an audio playback device the processed audio stream is adapted to the playback channel associated with the audio playback device.
US11924618B2
A method for auralizing a multi-microphone device. Path information for one or more sound paths using dimensions and room reflection coefficients of a simulated room for one of a plurality of microphones included in a multi-microphone device is determined. An array-related transfer functions (ARTFs) for the one of the plurality of microphones is retrieved. The auralized impulse response for the one of the plurality of microphones is generated based at least on the retrieved ARTFs and the determined path information.
US11924608B2
The present disclosure provides a microphone, comprising a shell structure, a vibration pickup assembly, a vibration pickup assembly, wherein the vibration pickup assembly is accommodated in the shell structure and generates vibration in response to an external sound signal transmitted to the shell structure, and at least two acoustoelectric conversion elements configured to respectively receive the vibration of the vibration pickup assembly to generate an electrical signal, wherein the at least two acoustoelectric conversion elements have different frequency responses to the vibration of the vibration pickup assembly.
US11924600B1
Disclosed is an open earphone, comprising a sound production component and an ear hook. The ear hook may include a first portion and a second portion connected in sequence. The first portion may be hung between the auricle of a user and the head of the user, the second portion may extend toward a front outer side of the auricle and connect the sound production component, and the sound production component may be located close to the ear canal but not block the opening of the ear canal; wherein the sound production component and the auricle may have a first projection and a second projection on a sagittal plane, respectively, a centroid of the first projection may have a first distance from a highest point of the second projection in a vertical axis direction, a ratio of the first distance to a height of the second projection in the vertical axis direction may be within a range of 0.25-0.6, the centroid of the first projection may have a second distance from an end point of the second projection in a sagittal axis direction, and a ratio of the second distance to a width of the second projection in the sagittal axis direction may be within a range of 0.4-0.7.
US11924599B2
A headset includes: a housing provided at one end portion of a headband; a boom main body attached to the housing; and an ear pad attached to the housing on a side opposite to the boom main body. The ear pad includes a cup portion configured to cover an entire auricle of a wearer when the entire auricle is inserted into an inner diameter portion of the cup portion. In the cup portion, a plurality of through holes allowing the inner diameter portion to be open to an outside are formed closer to the housing than a cup opening of the inner diameter portion.
US11924592B2
A method of operating an optical switch (1) arranged in an optical DCN (2), comprising: providing first and second NIC's (3, 10), having first and second label channel parts (5, 12) and first and second data channel parts (6, 13), configured in a first and second ToR (7, 14) of a first and second server rack (8, 15), arranging an optical switch communicating with the first and second data channel parts via first and second data channels (16, 17), configuring a switch controller (18) communicating with the first and second label channel parts via first and second label channels (19, 20), transmitting destination information of data packets (30) carried by paired label packets (31) to the switch controller, transmitting data packets to the optical switch, generating signals (45) to configure the optical switch, and sending the data packets to a destination port.
US11924588B2
A method includes: accessing a canvas image including; a target left eyebrow geometry arranged on a left side of a facial centerline and including a first set of curvilinear segments; and a target right eyebrow geometry arranged on a right side of the facial centerline opposite the left target left eyebrow geometry and including a second set of curvilinear segments. The method also includes, during an annotation period: via a projection system, projecting the canvas image onto a user's face; centering the facial centerline of the canvas image on the user's face; locating the first set of curvilinear segments of the target left eyebrow geometry, projected onto the user's face, relative to features of the left eyebrow of the user; and mirroring the second set of curvilinear segments of the target right eyebrow geometry, projected onto the user's face, across the vertical face centerline.
US11924586B2
Provided is a control device including a location information reception unit which receives, via a communication device, location information of a user terminal from the terminal in a wireless communication area, a detection device control unit which controls a detection device of a flying object to detect a state of a region including a location indicated by the location information, a detection information reception unit which receives, via the communication device, detection information indicating the state, an unmanned aerial vehicle control unit which controls an unmanned aerial vehicle to capture an image around the location by an image capturing unit of the vehicle based on the detection information, a captured image reception unit which receives a captured image captured by the image capturing unit from the vehicle, and a rescue method decision unit which decides a rescue method of rescuing a user of the terminal based on the image.
US11924585B2
A position and pose determination unit (103) is configured to determine a position and an pose of the video acquisition unit (110) in such a way that a level of hiding caused by overlapping of objects becomes low based on environmental object information indicating an environmental object including a structural object present in the monitored area and a placed object placed in the structural object, and staying characteristic information indicating a staying characteristic of the object determined depending on the environmental object. The analysis and display unit (111) is configured to perform at least one of analyzing a video captured by the video acquisition unit (103) at the position and the pose determined by the position and pose determination unit (110) and displaying the video.
US11924584B2
The disclosure provides a method for identifying a transportation infrastructure condition may comprise disposing a smart camera system on a vehicle and installing the smart camera system to the vehicle. The method may further comprise recording data from transportation infrastructure with the smart camera system, transmitting the data to a remote server with the transmitter, analyzing the data on the server, and accessing the data on the server with device. A system for identifying a transportation infrastructure condition may comprise a smart camera system disposed on a vehicle, wherein the smart camera system comprises a camera and transmitter, as well as a server capable to analyze data. A device may be configured to record and collect transportation infrastructure conditions. The camera system may comprise a camera, an electronic control module, a global positioning system, a single board computer, and a dashboard.
US11924582B2
Exemplary embodiments are directed to an inclusive video conferencing system having one or more input devices configured to receive conversational data according to a first video conferencing mode and data from a remote computing device identifying a second conferencing mode. A processing device configured to activate a video conferencing interface according to the second video conferencing mode of the remote computing device and process the conversational data for presentation in a format compatible with the second video conferencing mode. An output device configured to send the processed conversational data to the remote computing device.
US11924581B2
A system and method are disclosed for generating a teleconference space for two or more initial communication devices using a computer coupled with a database and including a processor and memory. The computer generates a teleconference space and transmits requests to join the teleconference space to the two or more initial communication devices. The computer stores in memory identification information, and audiovisual data associated with one or more users, for each of the two or more initial communication devices. The computer transmits audiovisual teleconference data to each of the two or more initial communication devices. The computer transmits a request to join the teleconference space to a third communication device, stores identification information and audiovisual data from the third communication device, and transmits audiovisual teleconference data that includes audiovisual data from the third communication device to each of the three or more communication devices.
US11924580B2
An example apparatus for generating real-time director's cuts includes a number of cameras to capture videos of a plurality of participants in a scene. The apparatus also includes a number of microphones to capture audio corresponding to each of the number of participants. The apparatus further includes a role-centric evaluator to receive views-of-participants and a role for each of the participants and rank the views-of-participants based on the roles. Each of the views-of-participants are tagged with one of the participants. The apparatus further includes a view broadcaster to display a highest ranking view-of-participant stream.
US11924577B2
A cue light device may comprise one or more connection interfaces configured for electrical coupling to a video switcher via a cable; a microcontroller configured to obtain and analyze data from the video switcher via the cable and the one or more connection interfaces; a multi-position switch configured to selectively permit a segment of the data to be processed by the microcontroller; and a light source electrically coupled to the microcontroller and configured to selectively illuminate based on a configuration of the multi-position switch.
US11924576B2
Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure can help to automatically generate images displaying activity-based information and distribute such images to other users, such as members of a social network. The image may be modified based on activity data associated with other users and/or from other activity sensors.
US11924574B2
Methods, apparatus and systems related to automated production of multimedia contents are described. In one example aspect, an automated production system includes a directing server configured to store production-stage information in a machine-readable script and manage production of a multimedia content according to the script. The system also includes a device management server configured to coordinate one or more shooting locations for the production of the multimedia content. The device management server is configured to receive a portion of the production-stage information extracted from the script based on its location. The system further includes end devices connected to the device management server. The device management server is configured to track activities of the end devices and to provide status of the end devices at a production time to the directing server to enable the directing server to dynamically update the script for subsequent shooting activities at the production time.
US11924573B2
Some embodiments provide a Quanta Image Sensor (QIS) comprising 3D vertically-stacked photosensor array and readout circuitry. In some embodiments, an imaging array comprises a plurality of single-bit or multi-bit jots, and readout circuitry in electrical communication with the imaging array and configured to quantize, for each jot, an analog signal corresponding to the electrical signal of the jot, wherein the imaging system is configured as a 3D vertically integrated circuit with the imaging array stacked vertically above the readout circuitry. The imaging array may be configured as an array of clusters with respect to the readout circuitry, each cluster configured as an array of n by m jots. The imaging array may include a further image processing circuitry layer disposed below the readout circuitry layer. Neighboring layers may be implemented on separate substrates and/or in a common substrate.
US11924571B2
Solid-state imaging elements that prevent deterioration of image quality, and reduce power consumption and AD-conversion time are disclosed. In one example, a solid-state imaging element includes a first comparator that uses a first voltage corresponding to an input voltage received from a first pixel, in reference to a first voltage difference between the input voltage and a first reference voltage, and that outputs a comparison result between the input voltage and the first reference voltage in reference to a second voltage difference, and a second comparator that outputs a comparison result of comparison between the input voltage and the second reference voltage in reference to a fourth voltage difference.
US11924569B2
An image sensor for sampling a pixel signal a plurality of times during a readout time includes an analog comparator configured to compare a signal level of the pixel signal with a signal level of a target ramp signal that is any one of a plurality of ramp signals, a counter configured to output counting data based on a comparison result of the analog comparator, and a digital comparing circuit configured to compare a binary value of a target reference code corresponding to the target ramp signal with a binary value of the counting data and determine whether to output a digital signal corresponding to the counting data to a data output circuit based on a result of the comparison between the binary value of the counting data and the binary value of the target reference code.
US11924566B2
The present disclosure relates to a solid-state imaging device and an electronic device that can be provided with phase difference pixels with a lower degree of difficulty in manufacturing. Provided is a solid-state imaging device including a pixel array unit in which a plurality of pixels is two-dimensionally arrayed, in which the pixel array unit has an array pattern in which a plurality of pixel groups each including neighboring pixels of an identical color is regularly arrayed, and among the plurality of pixel groups arrayed in the array pattern, pixels configuring a light-shielded pixel group are shielded in an identical direction side from light, the light-shielded pixel group being a pixel group including pixels each being shielded in a part of a light incident side from the light. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a CMOS image sensor including pixels for phase difference detection.
US11924563B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for image processing that supports high dynamic range (HDR) photography. In some aspects, a method of generating a full-resolution HDR photograph with in-sensor zoom includes receiving first and second image data corresponding to first and second exposure captures of a scene. First and second full-resolution image frames may be generated from the first and second image data, which are subsequently processed with HDR fusion to obtain an output image frame with higher dynamic range than either the first or second image data. The first full-resolution image frame may be determined from both the first and second image data by compensating the second image data for differences between the first and second exposures. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.
US11924553B2
An orbital camera system has at least two extensions that extend from a hub to rotate a camera about a hub in a balanced and low vibration manner. In addition, the exemplary orbital camera system is versatile in configuration having extensions with hinges to allow variations in the configuration. The hub may be powered by a motor that provides smooth rotation even at low speeds. The hub is coupled to a down rod and the motor may be detachably attached to the down rod. A counterweight may be a battery or a battery station that enables detachable attachment of a battery thereto. An illumination light is coupled to the hub to provide uniform light over the imaging area. A focal element and/or a centering light emitter may be configured along the rotational axis for aid in placing an object to be imaged.
US11924549B2
An imaging apparatus includes an imager, and a controller. The imager is configured to capture a subject image formed via an optical system including a focus lens, to generate image data. The controller is configured to control a focusing operation for adjusting a position of the focus lens along an optical axis in the optical system according to an evaluation value for a focus state. In response to an instruction to reduce or increase a distance to a subject to be focused, the controller is operable to shift a start position to a direction according to the instruction in directions along the optical axis, the start position being a position of the focus lens for starting the focusing operation. The controller is operable to start the focusing operation from the start position after the shift.
US11924546B2
Provided is a reception apparatus that includes an information processing section configured to generate an image at least either in a first mode for reading out a whole captured region or in a second mode for reading out a partial region in the captured region. At the time of readout in the second mode, the image processing section varies a readout rate depending on the region.
US11924539B2
A method for controlling image capture includes: receiving, from a movable device, an image of a target imaging area; adjusting, by a first control apparatus, one or more first imaging parameters for imaging the target imaging area based at least in part on the image to obtain one or more first adjusted imaging parameters; adjusting, by operating on an interactive interface of a second control apparatus, one or more second imaging parameters for imaging the target imaging area based at least in part on the image to obtain one or more second adjusted imaging parameters, the interactive interface being configured to receive user interaction to control an attitude of a gimbal device configured on the movable device, the gimbal device carrying an imaging device for imaging the targeted area; and sending, by the first control apparatus and/or the second control apparatus, an instruction carrying the one or more first adjusted imaging parameters and the one or more second adjusted imaging parameters to the movable device.
US11924537B2
An image signal processor includes a command queue circuit, an image processing engine and an interrupt control circuit. The command queue circuit stores a plurality of commands and sequentially provides the plurality of commands one by one. Each command of the plurality of commands includes an interrupt control value corresponding to each image unit of a plurality of image units. The plurality of commands are received from a control processor. The image processing engine receives the plurality of image units and sequentially processes the plurality of image units based on the plurality of commands sequentially provided from the command queue circuit. The interrupt control circuit receives the interrupt control value from the command queue circuit, determines one or more output interrupt event signals among a plurality of interrupt event signals based on the interrupt control value and generates an interrupt signal based on the output interrupt event signals.
US11924536B2
Provided is an augmented reality device including a variable focus lens, an eye tracking sensor configured to emit light to eyes of a user, receive the light reflected by the eyes of the user, and detect a plurality of feature points based on the light reflected by the eyes of the user, and at least one processor configured to obtain information with respect to eye relief, which is a distance between the eyes of the user and the variable focus lens, based on position information of the plurality of feature points detected by the eye tracking sensor, obtain information with respect to a gaze point at which gaze directions of the eyes of the user converge, and an interpupillary distance of the eyes of the user, based on the plurality of feature points, and determine a position of a focal region of the variable focus lens based on the information with respect to the eye relief, the gaze point, and the interpupillary distance.
US11924534B2
This disclosure provides a lens assembly that has an optical path and includes a lens element and a light-blocking membrane layer. The lens element has an optical portion, and the optical path passes through the optical portion. The light-blocking membrane layer is coated on the lens element and adjacent to the optical portion. The light-blocking membrane layer has a distal side and a proximal side that is located closer to the optical portion than the distal side. The proximal side includes two extension structures and a recessed structure. Each of the extension structures extends along a direction away from the distal side, and the extension structures are not overlapped with each other in a direction in parallel with the optical path. The recessed structure is connected to the extension structures and recessed along a direction towards the distal side.
US11924530B2
A sealable housing for an optical scanner includes at least one surface operable to float with respect to other housing surfaces. An O-ring can be situated about a perimeter of a lid an inserted into a container to define a sealed volume. The lid can serve to remove heat while one or more container surfaces are used to establish optical axis directions for one or more optical systems.
US11924521B2
Methods and apparatus for providing delivery of content to client devices of a network via both multicast and unicast mechanisms. In one embodiment, a system for use in a managed content delivery network is described to bridge multicast to unicast, so that the total network bandwidth consumption is significantly lower than a corresponding unicast-only delivery solution, yet which still provides improved quality of service and user viewing experience as compared to a multicast-only delivery solution. In addition, various exemplary aspects of the present disclosure are readily adapted for real-time multicast to unicast streaming of audio and data to, among other things, minimize network bandwidth usage, while maintaining the guaranteed delivery of unicast streams with little or no modification to the existing client device logic.
US11924516B2
A video interaction method includes receiving a video posting operation for a first video, where the first video is a video shot by a first user by using a target prop, where the target prop is a preset type of shooting prop; in response to the video posting operation, posting the first video; in response to finishing posting the first video, acquiring information about the degree of completion of interaction between the first user and the target prop in the shooting process of the first video; determining a first target object corresponding to the first video according to information about the degree of completion of interaction; and paying the first target object to the account of the first user and displaying a first object information window of the first target object.
US11924514B2
Various embodiments disclosed herein provide for a caller identification (ID) method and system that can provide caller ID information to display on devices other than the wireless equipment device that is receiving the phone call. This can include televisions and other streaming devices associated with the user receiving the phone call. The mobile wireless network associated with the user's wireless user equipment can determine whether the user has an additional device on which caller ID is to be displayed, and then identify a media server associated with the additional device. Once identified, the mobile wireless network can provide the media server with the caller ID information so that it can be displayed on the television or other streaming device.
US11924512B2
A computing entity identifies media streams based at least in part on user profile information corresponding to a user and monitors corresponding stream information. An audio/video device is providing a first media stream for user consumption. Based at least in part on the user profile information, the computing entity determines an interest score for each media stream and, responsive to determining, based at least in part on an analysis of the interest score corresponding to a second media stream and the interest score corresponding to the first media stream, that the interest score corresponding to the second media stream satisfies a configurable criteria, analyzes one or more attributes of the first media stream to determine if the first media stream is eligible for a switch trigger. Responsive to determining that the first media stream is eligible for a switch trigger, the computing entity identifies a stream switch trigger.
US11924511B2
Disclosed herein is a battery operated, audio responsive remote control for controlling a media device. The remote control includes a speaker, microphone and talk button. The remote control is configured to: detect the talk button being pressed; responsive to the detection and within a time period that commences from the detection, analyze audio data received via the microphone to recognize one or more audio commands; and process the recognized audio commands. The remote control is also configured to: determine a volume level of the received audio data; and audibly confirm the recognized audio commands at the determined volume level. According to some embodiments, the remote control also includes a motion sensor, and is configured to: detect motion of the remote control using the motion sensor; determine that the detected motion corresponds to a volume changing motion; and adjust volume of the remote control and/or a media device according to the volume changing motion.
US11924501B1
Computing platforms and methods for dynamic presentation of graphical and video content are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: provide, in a static browsing state, a static image associated with underlying video content; in response to an extended focus on the static image for a first threshold amount of time, expand a visual tile to a widescreen aspect ratio while remaining in the static browsing state; after a second threshold amount of time, initiate a dwell browsing state in which dwell tile content is provided in the expanded visual tile, while other content remains in the static browsing state; in response to a determination that the playback device supports a dwell video mode, play a video asset within the expanded visual tile; and in response to a determination that the playback device does not support the dwell video mode, provide an alternate non-video visual asset within the expanded visual tile.
US11924497B2
Systems, devices and processes are provided to facilitate the delivery of video content in a video streaming system. Specifically, the various embodiments can provide improved responsiveness by reducing the delay that occurs between when a user acts to initiate video streaming and when the video content is transmitted, received and displayed on a display screen. In general, these embodiments reduce delay by preloading video streaming content in response to detecting particular patterns of movement of a remote control. Specifically, these embodiments monitor for movement of the remote control and determining if a detected movement corresponds to a likely initiation of video streaming. When such movements are detected, the embodiments begin preloading the video streaming content at the video player device.
US11924493B2
The hybrid server includes a first server configured to separately receive individual video media streams of an audience from audience terminals as uploads, mix the received individual video media streams as one or more group video media streams, and forward the group video media streams as downloads and a second server configured to receive the group video media streams from the first server as uploads and receive a video media stream of a performer from a performance terminal as an upload. The second server selects any one of the group video media streams and the video media stream of the performer or combines the group video media streams and the video media stream of the performer and forwards the selected video stream or the combined video streams to the audience terminals.
US11924491B2
The techniques herein provide for enhanced overlay network-based transport of traffic, such as IPsec traffic, e.g., to and from customer branch office locations, facilitated through the use of the Internet-based overlay routing infrastructure. This disclosure describes a method of providing integrity protection for traffic on the overlay network.
US11924489B2
Personalized content delivery in a broadband network for an end-user includes a plurality of intelligent edge nodes deployed in the broadband network. Each of the plurality of intelligent edge nodes is capable of computing dynamic scores with respect to any content delivered to a corresponding end-user device connected in the broadband network. Based on a set of preference data, at least one query may be received from at least one authorized user and a corresponding response may be generated based on the preference data and the computed dynamic scores The at least one authorized user analyses the response and tag relevant content to be personalized for the end user. The at least one authorized user thereafter activates a functionality over a UI/UX interface that facilitates the end-user to access the personalized content.
US11924482B2
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.
US11924476B2
A device for restoring a degraded frame resulting from reconstruction of a source frame includes a processor that is configured to receive a compressed bitstream. The compressed bitstream includes a first projection parameter α a second projection parameter β, first restoration parameters comprising a first radius value, and second restoration parameters comprising a second radius value. The processor is further configured to restore at least a portion of the degraded frame using a projection operation that uses the first projection parameter α, the second projection parameter β, and at least two guide tiles.
US11924469B2
Devices, systems and methods for digital video process are described. An exemplary method for video processing includes performing a conversion between a current video block of a video and a coded representation of the video, wherein the performing of the conversion includes determining, based on a width (W) and/or a height (H) of the current video block, an applicability of a secondary transform tool to the current video block, and wherein the secondary transform tool includes applying, during encoding, a forward secondary transform to an output of a forward primary transform applied to a residual of a video block prior to quantization, or applying, during decoding, an inverse secondary transform to an output of dequantization of the video block before applying an inverse primary transform.
US11924466B2
An image decoding method according to this disclosure includes receiving image information including intra matrix-based intra prediction MIP) flag information related to whether an MIP is applied to a current block through a bitstream, deriving an intra prediction type for the current block as the MIP based on the intra MIP flag information, generating intra prediction samples for the current block based on the MIP, and generating reconstructed samples for the current block based on the intra prediction samples.
US11924465B2
A method for luma-based chroma intra-prediction in a video encoder or a video decoder is provided that includes filtering reconstructed neighboring samples of a reconstructed down sampled luma block, computing parameters α and β of a linear model using the filtered, reconstructed neighboring samples of the reconstructed down sampled luma block and reconstructed neighboring samples of a corresponding chroma block, wherein the linear model is PredC[x,y]=α·RecL′[x,y]+β, wherein x and y are sample coordinates, PredC is predicted chroma samples, and RecL′ is samples of the reconstructed down sampled luma block, and computing samples of a predicted chroma block from corresponding samples of the reconstructed down sampled luma block using the linear model and the parameters.
US11924460B2
An image decoding method performed by a decoding device according to the present disclosure comprises the steps of: obtaining motion prediction information relating to a current block from a bitstream; generating an affine MVP candidate list for the current block; deriving CPMVPs for CPs of the current block on the basis of the affine MVP candidate list; deriving CPMVDs for the CPs of the current block on the basis of the motion prediction information; deriving CPMVs for the CPs of the current block on the basis of the CPMVPs and the CPMVDs; and deriving prediction samples for the current block on the basis of the CPMVs.
US11924443B2
A method for coding a video sequence is provided that includes encoding a portion of a picture in the video sequence in lossless coding mode, and signaling a lossless coding indicator in a compressed bit stream, wherein the lossless coding indicator corresponds to the portion of a picture and indicates whether or not the portion of the picture is losslessly coded. A method for decoding a compressed video bit stream is provided that includes determining that lossless coding mode is enabled, decoding a lossless coding indicator from the compressed video bit stream, wherein the lossless coding indicator corresponds to a portion of a picture in the compressed video bit stream and indicates whether or not the portion of the picture is losslessly coded, and decoding the portion of the picture in lossless coding mode when the lossless coding indicator indicates the portion of the picture is losslessly coded.
US11924442B2
An encoder system and computer-implemented method may be provided for generating a video stream for a streaming client. The system and method may determine a part of the video which is or would be occluded during display of the video by the streaming client, for example on the basis of signaling data received from the streaming client. A video stream may be generated by, before or as part of encoding of the video, omitting the part of the video, or replacing video data in the part by replacement video data having a lower entropy than said video data. The video stream may be provided to the streaming client, for example via a network. Accordingly, a better compressible version of the video may be obtained, which when displayed by the streaming client, may still contain all or most non-occluded parts visible to a user.
US11924441B2
A method for decoding an image according to the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving and decoding MPM index information for indicating an MPM candidate which is to be used as an intra prediction mode of a current block; generating an MPM candidate list containing a plurality of MPM candidates for the current block; determining the MPM candidate indicated by the decoded MPM index information as the intra prediction mode of the current block, among the plurality of the MPM candidates which constitute the MPM candidate list; and generating a prediction block corresponding to the current block by performing intra prediction for the current block based on the determined intra prediction mode.
US11924436B2
Classifying video for encoding optimization may include computing a content complexity score of a video, the content complexity score indicating a measure of how detailed the video is in terms of spatial and temporal information, categorizing the video into one of a plurality of buckets according to the content complexity score, each bucket representing a category of video content having a different range of content complexity scores and being associated with a ladder specific to the range, and encoding the video according to the ladder of the one of the plurality of buckets into which the video is categorized.
US11924431B2
According to embodiment(s) disclosed in the present document, a reshaper model used in coding including LMCS can modify a value of a delta codeword on the basis of luma bit depth and perform reshaping on the basis of determination on whether or not a reshaper is linear, and thus, signaling overhead at a higher bit depth and overhead for signaling values of delta codewords for all bins can be reduced.
US11924424B2
The present invention relates to a method and device for transmitting block division information for efficient image coding in a video compression technique for a high-definition security camera. To this end, the present invention obtains block division information from a bitstream, determines the division form of an image by computing and predicting omitted information if there is omitted information in the obtained information, and performs video decoding in the unit of a divided block.
US11924423B2
Provided is an encoder which includes circuitry and memory. Using the memory, the circuitry splits an image block into a plurality of partitions, obtains a prediction image for a partition, and encodes the image block using the prediction image. When the partition is not a non-rectangular partition, the circuitry obtains (i) a first prediction image for the partition, (ii) a gradient image for the first prediction image, and (iii) a second prediction image as the prediction image using the first prediction image and the gradient image. When the partition is a non-rectangular partition, the circuitry obtains the first prediction image as the prediction image without using the gradient image.
US11924422B2
Methods, devices, and systems related to video processing are disclosed. In one example aspect, a method of video processing includes performing a conversion between a block of a current picture of a video and a coded representation of the video using an intra-subblock partitioning (ISP) mode. A prediction is determined for each sub-partition using an intra-prediction process based on samples in the current picture using the ISP mode. The block is partitioned into multiple sub-partitions including a first sub-partitions having a same top-left corner position as a top-left corner position of the block.
US11924418B2
Systems, methods and apparatus for video processing are described. The video processing may include video encoding, video decoding, or video transcoding. One example method of video processing includes performing a conversion between a video and a bitstream of the video according to a format rule. The format rule specifies that a first field at a sequence level or a picture level or a slice level controls a value of a second field in an adaptation parameter set.
US11924414B2
The image encoding/decoding method and device according to the present invention may determine an intra prediction mode of a current block and perform intra prediction on the current block on the basis of the intra prediction mode, wherein the intra prediction mode of the current block is determined for each of a luminance block and a color difference block.
US11924412B2
An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus for performing representative sample-based intra prediction are provided. An image decoding method may comprise deriving an intra prediction mode of a current block, configuring a reference sample of the current block, and performing intra prediction for the current block based on the intra prediction mode and the reference sample, wherein the intra prediction is representative sample-based prediction.
US11924407B2
The present disclosure relates to video encoding and decoding, and in particular, a method for inter prediction for a block in a frame of a video signal includes: constructing a history-based motion information candidate list, wherein the list is an ordered list comprising N history-based motion information candidates Hk containing motion information of N preceding blocks preceding the block, wherein each history-based motion information candidate comprises: one or more motion vectors (MVs), one or more reference picture indices corresponding to the MVs, and an interpolation filter index; adding one or more history-based motion information candidates from the history-based motion information candidate list into a motion information candidate list for the block; and deriving motion information for the block based on the motion information candidate list.
US11924390B2
An apparatus includes a reduction unit configured to perform color reduction processing for quantizing a color in the generated image data, a change unit configured to change, in a case where brightness of an edge pixel indicating an edge portion in an image based on the image data with the color quantized is equal to or higher than a threshold value, a pixel value of the edge pixel to a pixel value of a color of a pixel having highest brightness among pixels surrounding the edge pixel, and change, in a case where the brightness of the edge pixel is lower than the threshold value, the pixel value of the edge pixel to a pixel value of a color of a pixel having lowest brightness among the pixels surrounding the edge pixel.
US11924378B2
A system for transitioning a telephony or in-person servicing to and from an artificial intelligence (AI) chat session may receive a phone call from a user device associated with a user, and transmit a voice request for personally identifiable information associated with the user. The system may also receive and authenticate the requested personally identifiable information and, in response, generate an authentication token. The system may further receive a servicing intent from the user device, and generate a corresponding servicing intent token. Also, the system may generate an API call to an AI chatbot model, transmit the authentication token and the servicing intent token to the AI chatbot model, and map the servicing intent token to a stored servicing intent. Finally, the system may transmit a message to the user device via the AI chat session.
US11924363B2
The present invention relates to a device for displaying images captured by a smartphone camera in real time in enlarged form and higher resolution, characterized in that it consists of a hinged secondary screen that is in wired or wireless communication with a smartphone for the purpose of duplicating the image captured by the high- or low-resolution camera of the phone where it is anchored, the screen being mounted on a case housing the embedded electronics, the case being rotatably attached to a support element that allows it degrees of freedom to rotate together with the secondary screen by means of a rotation adjustment knob. According to the invention, the support element is adjoined, using attachment means, to a gripping and fastening element that acts as an anchor for securing and mounting on the smart phone, the device allowing the user to gain access to the display of the higher- or lower-resolution camera of the smartphone and to adjust the settings of the camera and the image in order to ensure better-quality photographs.
US11924362B2
A method implements anonymous uncensorable cryptographic chains. The method includes receiving, from a first application, verifiable data for a current record and unverified data for the current record. The unverified data for the current record was received by the first application from a second application. The method further includes verifying the verifiable data for the current record with unverified data from a previous record. The method further includes recording the verifiable data for the current record and the unverified data for the current record to the current record responsive to verifying the verifiable data for the current record. The method further includes presenting the current record to one or more of the first application and to the second application.
US11924361B1
Determining whether to allow access to a message is disclosed. A message is received from a sender. The message is associated with a first time-to-live (TTL) value. A determination is made that the first time-to-live value has not been exceeded. The determination is made at least in part by obtaining an external master clock time. In response to the determination, access is allowed to the message.
US11924355B2
A method for extending a blockchain includes, at a space server in a distributed network: storing a plot file. The method also includes accessing a blockchain: during a current slot in the series of slots, accessing a proof-of-space challenge based on a current slot challenge associated with the current slot and a challenge chain signage point; in response to accessing the proof-of-space challenge, retrieving a proof-of-space based on the proof-of-space challenge and the plot file; calculating a quality-based number of iterations based on the quality of the proof-of-space; generating a block comprising the proof-of-space, the challenge chain signage point, and a reward chain signage point; and broadcasting the block to the distributed network.
US11924353B2
A system includes a control computer that is programmed to perform an authentication based on an encryption key, upon being connected to a vehicle communication network. The computer is programmed to control vehicle operation including at least one of propulsion, braking, and steering, upon authentication by a vehicle computer that is physically attached to the communication network.
US11924339B2
A method performed at a first electronic device includes: (i) storing a privacy table that comprises random numbers at the first electronic device, (ii) transmitting the privacy table to a second electronic device over an encrypted channel, (iii) receiving a first message for transmission to the second electronic device, (iv) generating a map based on the privacy table, (v) generating a primary key based on the map and the privacy table, and (vi) encrypting the first message using the primary key to form an encrypted first message. The method also includes (vii) transmitting the map and the encrypted first message to the second electronic device, thereby enabling the second electronic device to decrypt the encrypted first message by recreating the primary key based on the map and the privacy table and decrypting the encrypted first message using the recreated primary key.
US11924330B1
Various aspects of the subject technology relate to systems, methods, and machine-readable media for providing an encryption key exchange. Various aspects may include identifying a database of cryptographic keys configured for encryption. Aspects may also include sending a request for a private key for decryption of content. Aspects may also include receiving the private key from a client. Aspects may also include determining a visibility parameter for content posts of the content based on the private key and database. Aspect may include providing the content posts to the client at a visibility according to the visibility parameter.
US11924326B2
The present invention describes an architecture for increasing the performance of blockchain using a virtual actor model to provide stateful services that are highly scalable and responsive to events as they support publishing and/or subscribing to streaming messages and/or events. The architecture as described leverages established distributed design practices to achieve what would otherwise require costly resource intensive hardware.
US11924315B2
The disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5G communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4G system with an IoT technology. 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 or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail, security and safety-related services. Various embodiments of the disclosure may provide a session management method of a terminal in a mobile communication system. A method performed by a SMF entity in a wireless communication system includes receiving, from an AMF entity, a first message for requesting a PDU session configuration, determining whether the configuration of the PDU session is allowed, and transmitting, to the AMF entity, a second message for establishing the PDU session in case that the configuration of the PDU session is allowed.
US11924310B2
A method for Xx/Xn interface communication is disclosed, comprising: at an Xx/Xn gateway for communicating with, and coupled to, a first and a second radio access network (RAN), receiving messages from the first RAN according to a first Xx/Xn protocol and mapping the received messages to a second Xx/Xn protocol for transmission to the second RAN; maintaining state of one of the first RAN or the second RAN at the Xx/Xn gateway; executing executable code received at an interpreter at the Xx/Xn gateway as part of the received messages; altering the maintained state based on the executed executable code; and receiving and decoding an initial Xx/Xn message from the first RAN; identifying specific strings in the initial Xx/Xn message; matching the identified specific strings in a database of stored scripts; and performing a transformation on the initial Xx/Xn message, the transformation being retrieved from the database for stored scripts, the stored scripts being transformations.
US11924304B2
A computer system accesses a storage device. Contents of an object of a request are sorted. The contents of an object of a request are sorted. A hash key is generated to access information in the storage device based on the sorted contents of the object, wherein objects with non-critical differences are mapped to the same hash key. The information in the storage device is accessed based on the generated hash key to produce a response to the request. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and program product for accessing a storage device in substantially the same manner described above.
US11924303B2
Systems and methods for dynamic telematics messaging in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. One embodiment includes a dynamic telematics messaging system includes at least one vehicle telematics device, and a dynamic telematics messaging server system including, at least one processor, and a memory containing a messaging application, wherein the messaging application directs the at least one processor to, obtain a first message data from the at least one vehicle telematics device encoded in a first message format, transcode the first message data into a second message format, process the transcoded message data, and provide the transcoded message data.
US11924297B2
The present disclosure relates to generating a filtered data set. Data from a plurality of systems of record of a plurality of data source providers may be accessed. A master data set generated using the data accessed from the plurality of systems of record may be maintained. Restriction policies including one or more rules for restricting sharing of data may be maintained. A filtered data set may be generated for a data source provider responsive to an application of restriction policies of other data source providers to the master data set. The filtered data set may be provisioned.
US11924294B2
There is provided a method for handling a service request. The method is performed by a first service communication proxy (SCP) node. In response to receiving a first request from a first Network Function (NF) node for a further NF node to provide a first service, the first SCP node selects (102) a second NF node to provide the first service and stores (104) an identifier of the second NF node. The first SCP node also initiates transmission (106) towards the second NF node of the first request. In response to receiving, from the second NF node, a first response, the first SCP node stores (108) location information of the second NF node. The location information of the second NF node is stored in association with the identifier of the second NF node. The first SCP node also initiates transmission (110) of the first response towards the first NF node.
US11924292B2
Deployment updates in multivendor cloud environments are provided by obtaining, from an administrative user, deployment objectives for a network deployment; identifying currently deployed infrastructure in the network deployment; identifying information sources to provide information for evaluating candidates for additional infrastructure to include in the network deployment to meet the deployment objectives; performing a cognitive computing analysis based on the deployment objectives to identify a configuration of the network deployment that includes the additional infrastructure selected from the candidates provided by the information sources; and providing the administrative user with the configuration.
US11924291B2
An information processing apparatus provides a sharing service of enabling information to be shared by one or more terminal apparatuses, the information processing apparatus being capable of communicating with the one or more terminal apparatuses, and the one or more terminal apparatuses being associated with a group; receives first identification information from each of the one or more terminal apparatuses; and associates the first identification information with the sharing service. When having associated the first identification information with the sharing service, the information processing apparatus associates, with the group, the one or more terminal apparatuses having received the first identification information from outside and having transmitted the first identification information; and provides the sharing service of enabling information to be shared by the one or more terminal apparatuses that are associated with the group.
US11924289B2
Multi-workspace shared communication channels described. A communication channel of a group-based communication platform can be associated with multiple group identifiers to associate the communication channel with at least two workspaces, wherein a first group identifier corresponds to a first workspace within which a first group communicates and a second group identifier corresponds to a second workspace within which a second group. The communication channel can be associated with multiple organization identifiers to associate the communication channel with at least two organizations, wherein a first organization identifier corresponds to a first organization and a second organization identifier corresponds to a second organization. A user interface can be presented via a user computing device, wherein the user interface includes an indication of the communication channel, and wherein the indication is associated with a graphical element indicating that the communication channel is associated with multiple organizations.
US11924283B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media configured for enabling content sharing between users of wearable extended reality appliances are provided. In one implementation, the computer readable medium may be configured to contain instructions to cause at least one processor to establish a link between a first wearable extended reality appliance and a second wearable extended reality appliance. The first wearable extended reality appliance may display first virtual content. The second wearable extended reality appliance may obtain a command to display first virtual content via the second wearable extended reality appliance, and in response, this content may be transmitted and displayed via the second extended reality appliance. Additionally, the first wearable extended reality appliance may receive second virtual content from the second wearable extended reality appliance, and display said second virtual content via the first wearable extended reality appliance.
US11924279B2
Support of coexistence of wireless transmission equipment in shared wireless medium environments is disclosed, which is applicable to various types of wireless transmission equipment. For instance, a wireless power transmission system (WPTS) delivers power to wireless power receiver clients via transmission of wireless power signals using one or more frequencies and/or channels within shared wireless medium environments in which other wireless equipment is operating, such as access points and stations in wireless local area networks (WLANs). The WPTS is configured to co-exist with the operations of the other wireless equipment within the shared wireless medium environment by adapting its transmission operations to utilize frequencies or channels that do not interfere with other equipment and/or implementing co-channel and shared channels operations under which access to channels is implemented using standardized WLAN protocols such as PHY and MAC protocols used for 802.11 (Wi-Fi™) networks.
US11924270B2
Systems, methods and computer programs for transferring data in a communication system are described. The communication system has a first node arranged to send data to a plurality of second nodes using a first protocol. The first protocol allows the transfer of data of a first type. At least one of the second nodes additionally requires data of a second type, which is not included in the data sent according to the first protocol. First data, of the first type, is transferred to a plurality of the second nodes using the first protocol. Second data, of the second type, is stored in a memory. Subsequently, in response to a request, access to the second data is provided to the second node.
US11924267B2
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for performing steps to cause encoded information to be stored at a client device during a first network session between a server and the client device. To cause encoded information to be stored at a client device, the server first determines a set of network resource requests that encode the information. These network resource requests may include requests for one or more specific URLs and/or requests for one or more files. The server then causes the client device to initiate the network resource requests. The server may cause this initiation by, for example, redirecting the client device to the network resources. The client device initiating the network resource requests causes data representative of the network resource requests to be stored at the client device.
US11924263B2
Methods and systems for a content server to select sets of video streams having different encoding parameters for transmitting the sets of video streams to a media device are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a method for transmitting video streams for a media program from a server to a media device includes: selecting, by the server, first encoding parameters including a first bitrate for a first set of video streams for the media program based on a first estimated bandwidth capacity for a network linking the server and the media device, transmitting the first set of video streams from the server to the media device, determining, by the server, second encoding parameters including a second bitrate for a second set of video streams for the media program, and transmitting the second set of video streams from the server to the media device.
US11924259B1
Methods and systems provide data transmission through unused transmission channels. In one embodiment, the method includes identifying one or more available audio channels in the communication stream available to transmit non-audio data, wherein the communication stream includes a plurality of audio channels and transmitting the non-audio data through the identified one or more available audio channels. Identifying the available audio channels includes determining each audio channels from the plurality of audio channels that is unused in the communication stream. Identifying the available audio channels may also or alternatively include identifying one or more channels from the plurality of audio channels in the communication stream as potential channels available to transmit the non-audio data and reserving the potential channels for transmitting the non-audio data.
US11924253B2
A method performed by a network node, for handling an outgoing call from a first user in a communications network. The network node receives a request for the outgoing call to be set up via a first persona out of multiple personas associated with the first user, which request is obtained as a voice instruction from the first user via a Digital Assistant device. The voice instruction comprises a personalized name associated with the first persona of the first user. The network node identifies among the multiple personas associated with the first user, an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) user ID corresponding to the first persona based on the personalized name received in the voice instruction. The network node sends to an IMS node in the communications network, the identified IMS user ID, and a request to initiate the outgoing call via the first persona of the first user.
US11924251B2
A system and method for cybersecurity reconnaissance, analysis, and scoring that uses distributed, cloud-based computing services to provide sufficient scalability for analysis of enterprise IT networks using only publicly available characterizations. The system and method comprise an in-memory associative array which manages a queue of vulnerability search tasks through a public-facing proxy network. The public-facing proxy network has search nodes configurable to present the network to search tools in a desired manner to control certain aspects of the search to obtain the desired results. A distributed data processing engine and cloud-based storage are used to provide scalable computing power and storage. Each of the cloud-based computing services is containerized and orchestrated for management and efficient scaling purposes.
US11924242B2
In some embodiments, techniques for displaying a URL comprise receiving a URL; normalizing the URL, wherein normalizing the URL includes standardizing an encoding of a character contained in the URL; determining a first element of the URL, wherein the first element of the URL includes a domain; determining a second element of the URL; displaying the URL, wherein displaying the URL includes emphasizing the first element of the URL, and wherein emphasizing the first element of the URL includes displaying the first element of the URL using a first font attribute; and wherein displaying the URL includes displaying a first portion of the second element of the URL using a second font attribute and eliding a second portion of the second element of the URL; and responsive to an interaction with a user interface element, providing a view of the URL in its entirety.
US11924239B2
Systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products that facilitate vulnerability and attack technique association are provided. According to an embodiment, a system can comprise a memory that stores computer executable components and a processor that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise a map component that defines mappings between vulnerability data representing a vulnerability of a computing resource and attack data representing at least one attack technique. The computer executable components can further comprise an estimation component that analyzes the mappings to estimate a probability that the vulnerability will be exploited to attack the computing resource.
US11924233B2
A method includes receiving, at a first server from a second server, a first file attribute associated with a file. The method includes making a determination, at the first server based on the first file attribute, of availability of a classification for the file from a cache of the first server. The method includes, in response to the determination indicating that the classification is not available from the cache, sending a notification to the second server indicating that the classification for the file is not available. The method also includes receiving a first classification for the file from the second server at the first server. The first classification is generated by the second server responsive to the notification.
US11924230B2
Data is collected from a set of devices according to a data collection policy. The data is associated with at least one of: device configuration, device state, or device behavior. A norm is established using the collected data. A different data collection policy is established based on the norm. Data is collected from a particular device according to the different data collection policy. The norm is compared to the data collected from the particular device. If there is a deviation beyond a threshold deviation between the norm and the data collected from the particular device, a responsive action is taken.
US11924225B2
An information processing apparatus connected to one or more vehicles and a threat information server storing pieces of threat information. The information processing apparatus includes: a processor; and a memory including at least one set of instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform: obtaining a detection result of an attack on one of the vehicles; (a) determining whether the attack is included in any one of the pieces of threat information; (b) when the attack is included therein, determining whether the resolution state to the attack included in the one of the pieces of threat information indicates that the attack has not been resolved or has been resolved; (c) deciding a processing priority level of the attack, based on a determination result in (a) and a determination result in (b); and (d) outputting the processing priority level decided.
US11924216B2
Systems and methods for providing access to media content by connecting, to a public device, a private device that has an installed application associated with the media content. A media guidance application may receive a communication from a private device, running a private interface application, requesting to access content using the public device. In response, the media guidance application may retrieve, at the public device, a public interface application associated with the private interface application, from a content provider of the content. The private interface application may be configured to control a graphical user interface of the public interface application. Accordingly, the user may be able to access content via the public device when the private device is within a predetermined proximity to the public device.
US11924211B2
The invention relates to a device and a method for authenticating a user utilizing an internet access client (10) for accessing remote resources of a computer infrastructure, said access comprising a first authentication (130) of the internet access client (10) and a second authentication (140) of the user of the internet access client (10). The method includes sending (132), to a token security module (21), by the internet access client (10), a client certificate (220), said client certificate (220) being associated with items of identification information of the internet access client (10); and receiving (133), by the internet access client (10), an authentication token (210) generated by the token security module when the client certificate (220) sent has been verified by the token security module.
US11924209B2
A computer system controls access to network devices. One or more user interface elements associated with one or more network devices that are within a view of a user are displayed to the user via an augmented reality display. Input from the user is received comprising instructions to execute a command at a network device of the one or more network devices. The user is determined, according to a security policy, to be authorized to execute the command at the network device. In response to determining that the user is authorized to execute the command, the command is executed at the network device. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and program product for controlling access to network devices in substantially the same manner described above.
US11924204B1
The innovation disclosed and claimed herein, in one aspect thereof, comprises systems and methods of authenticating customers and service agents. The innovation receives a connection request to connect a customer and a service agent. The customer is authenticated for the service agent by matching biometric data of the customer to previously stored biometric data using a biometric recognition algorithm. The service agent is authenticated for the customer by matching a unique identifier to a previously stored unique identifier. A confirmation notification is generated and sent to the service agent and the customer to confirm the authentications. A connection is established between the customer and the service agent according to the authentications and the connection request.
US11924195B2
Example method includes: establishing a secure tunnel with an unauthenticated client device associated with a user of a restricted network; receiving user credentials associated with the user and transmitted from the unauthenticated client device within the secure tunnel; validating the received user credentials; and transmitting at least a client certificate and device configuration information to the unauthenticated client device within the secure tunnel such that the unauthenticated client device is able to access the restricted network after installing the client certificate and applying the device configurations based on the received device configuration information.
US11924175B2
Embodiments described herein are directed to intelligently classifying Web trackers in a privacy preserving manner and mitigating the effects of such Web trackers. As users browse the Web and encounter various Web sites, tracker-related metrics are determined. The metrics are obfuscated to protect the privacy of the user. The obfuscated metrics are provided as inputs to a machine learning model, which is configured to output a classification for the Web trackers associated with the Web sites visited by the user. Depending on the classification, the effects of the Web trackers are mitigated by placing restrictions on the Web trackers. The restrictions for a particular Web tracker may be relaxed based on a level of user engagement a user has with respect to the tracker's associated Web site. By doing so, the compatibility risks associated with tracking prevention are mitigated for Web sites that are relatively important to the user.
US11924172B1
Methods for establishing a stateless extranet in a secure communication network include transmitting a consumer NHOP to a provider CPE from a consumer CPE in a control plane. The consumer NHOP is associated with at least one attribute of an NHOP, including an encryption key available with the consumer CPE, to establish a secure communication tunnel in a data plane. The consumer CPE receives a service definition over the control plane associated with a service available with the provider CPE. A service anchor point is created based on an identifier of the service definition. A network address translation (NAT) IP request is transmitted to the provider CPE. The consumer CPE receives a NAT IP from the provider CPE in response to the NAT IP request. The NAT IP is associated with the service anchor point of the consumer CPE. A stateless service is thereby instantiated on the consumer CPE.
US11924171B2
Methods and systems disclosed provide for creating private networks for secured communication between devices. The devices can communicate with each other over a secure tunnel created for a closed circle of devices. Furthermore, the methods and systems can enable offline communication between devices on a private network.
US11924167B2
The disclosure provides an approach for implementing a distributed firewall within a data center. The firewall is implemented as a kernel space filter driver within the operating system of virtual machines. Each virtual machine hosts several user sessions. The firewall may be dynamically updated with new security policies, either by an administrator or a component of the data center.
US11924164B2
Various systems, device and automated processes allow video streaming hosts or other server devices to publish their internal/local addresses (e.g., addresses used on a subnet or other local area network) to a backend address server operating on a wide area network (WAN) such as the Internet. Client devices attempting to subsequently contact server devices operating in the same local network can contact the address to obtain the internal address of the target server, thereby allowing direct LAN connections between clients and servers.
US11924160B2
Techniques for management of traffic in a network. The techniques provide application awareness in a Network Address Translation (NAT) system. In some examples, a first traffic is received at a first switch in a network from a first application hosted behind the first switch. The first switch identifies a first resource tag associated with the application from the first traffic. Further, the first switch identifies a first rule from the first resource tag indicating that the first traffic is to be routed through an intermediate device that performs network address translation. Moreover, the first switch transmits the traffic to an intermediate device, which perform NAT to translate the source IP address of the first traffic to a second IP address. Finally, the intermediate device sends the traffic to a destination device indicated by the first traffic.
US11924158B2
A system for providing a messaging service includes a talk storage for storing talk information in association with first user identification information, the talk information including a message from a second user to a first user, the first user identification information identifying the first user, and processing circuitry for outputting specification information specifying the one or more registered messages based on an acquisition of one or more registered messages, adding a first registered message specified by the first specification information, to the talk storage, based on each of one or more first requests accompanied by the first user identification information and first specification information included in the specification information, and adding a second registered message specified by the second specification information, to the talk storage, based on each of one or more second requests accompanied by the first user identification information and second specification information included in the specification information.
US11924157B2
A method and a device for forwarding an email, an electronic device, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: determining a to-be-forwarded email group and a target object, in response to a detection of an email forwarding operation, wherein the target object comprises one or more of a target instant messaging IM group and a target IM user; and forwarding an email group to the target object and displaying the email group in the target object. The to-be-forwarded email group and the target object are determined, and the email group is forwarded to the target object, to display the email group in the target object. In this way, the email group can contain multiple emails, multiple emails can be simultaneously forwarded, thereby having simple and convenient operations, increasing the efficiency of email forwarding, and satisfying the working requirements of a user.
US11924155B1
Disclosed are systems and methods for managing notifications from published applications. A method for managing notifications from one or more published applications includes detecting, by a server, a notification from the one or more published applications launched by a user at a client device, forming a notification packet containing information from the notification, and causing the notification packet to be provided to the client device.
US11924150B2
Implementations are directed to enabling a representative associated with an entity to quickly and efficiently modify a voice bot associated with the entity. The voice bot can be previously trained to communicate with user(s) on behalf of the entity through various communication channels (e.g., a telephone communication channel, a software application communication channel, a messaging communication channel, etc.). Processor(s) of a computing device can receive, from the representative, representative input to modify behavior(s) and/or parameter(s) that the voice bot utilizes in communicating with the plurality of users via the communication channels, determine whether the representative is authorized to cause the behavior(s) and/or parameter(s) to be modified, and cause the behavior(s) and/or parameter(s) to be modified in response to determining that the representative is authorized. Notably, the representative input can be received through the same communication channels that the user(s) utilize to communicate with the voice bot.
US11924146B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, in a full duplex transmission mode, at least one downlink control information (DCI) transmission for scheduling an uplink communication and a downlink communication, wherein the at least one DCI transmission indicates a full duplex beam pair including a first beam associated with the uplink communication and a second beam associated with the downlink communication. The UE may communicate with at least one wireless communication device based at least in part on the uplink communication and the downlink communication. Numerous other aspects are described.
US11924124B2
A method includes obtaining, by a transmit-receive point (TRP), a set of power metrics for multiple UEs including a served UE and one or more helped UEs, wherein each power metric is estimated from multiple channel quality and performance indicators of one of the multiple UEs. The method also includes calculating a performance metric as a function of at least one of the multiple channel quality and performance indicators of the served UE. The method also includes calculating an interference metric as a function of the set of power metrics. The method also includes determining whether to perform coordinated beamforming based on the performance metric and the interference metric. The method also includes determining one or more precoders based on the determination of whether to perform the coordinated beamforming.
US11924120B2
Disclosed are an Internet of Things data transmission data and system. The method comprises a downlink transmission step: obtaining first downlink data delivered by an Internet of Things platform; parsing the first downlink data to obtain a target meter of a metering task and a forwarding priority in a first packet; obtaining second downlink data; adding the second downlink data to an asynchronous delivery queue according to the forwarding priority; and delivering the second downlink data to the target meter according to the asynchronous delivery queue, so that the target meter completes the metering task. The present method makes full use of concentrators as intermediate devices while maintaining the integrity of core task data, lowers the channel requirement due to asynchronous execution and is especially suitable for periodic metering tasks.
US11924118B2
Disclosed herein is a method for managing network resources of a communication network. The method includes determining a number of expected users to be physically present at a planned event. The expected users are associated with a network operator. The method also includes adapting an amount of available network resources for the network operator in conjunction with the planned event based on the number of expected users. Also disclosed herein is a computer program product, an apparatus and a control node.
US11924112B2
Methods and apparatuses for prioritizing transactions are disclosed. An example method of an application performance monitor (APM) comprises intercepting a first packet being transmitted in a network that is monitored by the APM; determining that the first packet is associated with a transaction of the web application that is to be provided with an alternate level of service; modifying a field in the first packet to include metadata interpretable by at least one network device in the network to cause the at least one network device to provide the alternate level of service; and injecting the first packet into the network. The APM may cause network devices to prioritize a specific transaction of an application based on importance.
US11924108B2
In one embodiment, an offload platform is an compute platform, adjunct to a router or other packet switching device, that performs packet processing operations including determining an egress forwarding value corresponding to the next-hop node of the packet switching device to which to send an offload-platform processed packet. The offload platform downloads forwarding information from the router, and augments it, such as, but not limited to, representing interfaces of the router as identifiable virtual interface(s) on the offload platform, and including each of one or more next-hop nodes of the router represented as an identifiable virtual adjacency and identifiable tunnel (e.g., identified by the egress forwarding value). In one embodiment, the egress forwarding value is an Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) label or Segment Routing Identifier. The router identifies packets of certain packet flows to send to the adjunct offload platform, rather than processing per its routing information base.
US11924105B1
In a storage area network operating in accordance with a transport-level protocol to interconnect host and target devices, where the transport-level protocol issues congestion notifications when any of the host or target devices becomes congested, a method for reducing congestion includes, on receipt of a request to (a) write data to one of the target devices or (b) read data from one of the target devices for return to one of the host devices, (A) determining whether congestion already exists at (a) the target device to which the write request is directed, or (b) the host device to which data from the read request is to be returned, and (B) when a congestion state already exists, comparing current depth of a queue of write or read requests to a maximum permissible queue depth. When the current depth of the queue exceeds a maximum permissible queue depth, the request is rejected.
US11924103B2
A network device obtains Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) flow specification (FlowSpec) information, and generates, based on the BGP FlowSpec information, a first forwarding information base (FIB) table entry including a first prefix and an action, where the BGP FlowSpec information indicates to perform an action on traffic matching a filter condition, where the filter condition includes an attribute of a destination address, where the first FIB table entry indicates the network device to perform the action on the traffic matching the first prefix, and where an attribute of the first prefix is the same as the attribute of the destination address in the filter condition.
US11924100B2
Techniques for using global virtual network instance (VNI) labels in a multi-domain network to route network data with a multi-tenant network overlay are described herein. A routing device provisioned in a network domain of the multi-domain network may register with a service discovery system of the network domain for use of network configuration data to establish routes through the multi-domain network with network nodes. Each network domain of the multi-domain network may include an application programming interface (API) server for processing API requests to make changes to configurations of a network domain. A border gateway protocol (BGP) large community may be utilized to encode global VNI labels, network addresses, local next hop nodes, and/or additional network information and sent to routing devices provisioned in separate network domains. A service chain may be signaled by global VNI labels to route network traffic through various services prior to reaching a destination endpoint.
US11924096B2
According to one or more embodiments of the disclosure, a device of a virtual overlay for a Layer-2 mesh obtains a frame sent by a source toward a destination via the Layer-2 mesh. The device makes a classification of the frame. The device modifies, based on the classification, the frame to include a header associated with the virtual overlay and to include a trailer that comprises a sequence number of the frame, an identifier for a source of the frame, and a flow identifier. The device sends the frame modified by the device into the virtual overlay toward the destination, wherein the frame is replicated along different paths in the virtual overlay. The node in the virtual overlay performs deduplication with respect to two or more copies of the frame based on the trailer.
US11924095B1
A method of transmitting a covert message over a network from an origin device to a destination device includes using selection a plurality of network paths, network channels, and network tunnels to signal to the destination device symbols. Sequences of the symbols are interpreted by the destination device as values in an n-base number system. The values are decoded by the destination device to obtain the covert message. Some preferred implementations use a binary number system and some use a hexadecimal number system. Some utilize network path selection and incorporate network watermarks, by which the network path that was selected for each received packet is determined. Network paths preferably are differentiated from one another by redirects that are storage servers in an overlay network. Network communications can be opened between the origin device and destination device for continuously communicating packets without signaling symbols when no covert message is being transmitted.
US11924093B2
A network element and method for programming a network element that includes detecting an update to a first route in a routing information base (RIB) is disclosed. The method includes locating a first route network prefix associated with the first route within a network prefix trie (NPT); determining that, prior to the update, a first parent network prefix and the first route network prefix were reachable using a pair of different next hops connected to the network element; and determining that, after the update, the first parent network prefix and the first route network prefix are reachable using a first common next hop connected to the network element. The method also includes removing an existing forwarding information base (FIB) entry in the FIB associated with the first route network prefix.
US11924092B1
A distributed computing system is provided that communicates with a routing computer system. A routing module that is internal to the distributed computing system controls how and when data transaction requests are sent to the routing computer system for routing to destination systems.
US11924090B2
In one embodiment, a service chain data packet is instrumented as it is communicated among network nodes in a network providing service-level and/or networking operations visibility. The service chain data packet includes a particular header identifying a service group defining one or more service functions, and is a data packet and not a probe packet. A network node adds networking and/or service-layer operations data to the particular service chain data packet, such as, but not limited to, in the particular header. Such networking operations data includes a performance metric or attribute related to the transport of the particular service chain packet in the network. Such service-layer operations data includes a performance metric or attribute related to the service-level processing of the particular service chain data packet in the network.
US11924089B2
Failover functionality is by identifying at least two network paths for a media communications session between a virtual machine at a computing environment and a client application. Unique Internet Protocol (IP) addresses are assigned for the at least two network paths. Based on application and network metrics at the computing environment, a network condition at the computing environment is determined that is indicative of a performance degradation of the media communications session. A signal is communicated to the client service indicating a switch to a second path of the at least two network paths and a second of the unique IP addresses.
US11924088B2
An environment includes at least two network devices and a plurality of downstream devices or networks. The downstream devices or networks are communicatively coupled to network interfaces of the network devices using a plurality of data cables. The data cables each comprise a switch device configured to switch communication paths to the coupled network devices. Each of the data cables communicatively couple each of the network devices to one of the plurality of downstream devices or networks so that each of the downstream devices or networks has a communications path to each of the network devices and a switchable communications path from each of the network devices. The network devices do not arbitrate active/passive status via direct communication. Based on data contained in a reply packet indicating that a request packet sent by the first network device was acknowledged, the first network device determines that the first network device is an active network device.
US11924087B2
Systems and methods include receiving a request for a path in a network including a plurality of network elements interconnected to one another via links, wherein the request includes values for a plurality of criteria, wherein the plurality of criteria include one or more of trust, privacy, and secrecy; utilizing a multi-criteria path selection process to determine the path through the plurality of network elements over the links based on the plurality of criteria and the associated values; and providing a display of the determined path in a network map. The trust quantifies trustworthiness of each link in the network and the values of trust are any of a rating and a selection for inclusion or exclusion, the privacy quantifies a number of the links the network path is routed over for network obfuscation, and the secrecy quantifies a level of encryption utilized on the links.
US11924074B2
Aspects described herein relate to a centralized computing system that interacts with a plurality of data centers, each having an edge server. Each edge server obtains sensor information from a plurality of sensors and processes the sensor information to detect an imminent shutdown and sends emergency data to a centralized processing entity when detected. In order to make a decision, the edge server processes the sensor data based on dynamic sensor thresholds and dynamic prioritizer data by syncing with the centralized computing system. Because of the short time duration to report emergency data before an imminent complete shutdown, an edge server may utilize a quantum data pipeline and quantum data storage as a key medium for all data transfer in a normal condition and at the time of emergency for internally transporting processed sensor data and providing the emergency data to the centralized processing entity.
US11924068B2
Examples of an apparatus and method for provisioning a service are described. Descriptors are described that represent the service. These are accessed and used to determine a reference required to implement the service. The reference indicates a type of entity and an entity to be passed to a function. The descriptor for the service is instantiated to obtain an instance of the service. This includes obtaining an instance of the type of entity indicated by the reference.
US11924045B2
A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a data center connectivity management operation. The connectivity management operation includes: providing a plurality of data center assets with a respective plurality of data center asset client modules; establishing a connection between the respective plurality of data center asset client modules and a connectivity management system, the connectivity management system comprising a connectivity management system aggregator; discovering interrelationships of the plurality of data center assets; and, generating a topological map of the plurality of data center assets based upon the interrelationships of the plurality of data center assets.
US11924036B1
Techniques for enabling a network access provider to make automatic Software as a Service (SaaS) optimization decisions. Among other things, the techniques may include determining a SaaS application that is being accessed by client endpoints via flows through a network access provider. The techniques may also include determining, based at least in part on a policy associated with the network access provider, whether to enable network optimizations for traffic through the network access provider to the SaaS application. Based at least in part on a determination that the network optimizations are to be enabled for the traffic to the SaaS application, the techniques may include installing a service definition associated with the SaaS application in a service policy database of the network access provider.
US11924031B2
Systems and methods for providing a container network interface (CNI) specification that has been modified with a set of annotations, a set of operations, and a set of policies to provide network configuration reuse, network configuration replication, and database management (garbage collection) functionality are described. In response to receiving a request to initiate a function, whether the function is to be reused or replicated may be determined. In response to determining that the function is to be reused, calling a container network interface (CNI) plugin with a first operation that decouples database functions from network functions, so that the database can cache and reuse a network configuration generated for the function. In response to determining that the function is to be replicated, calling the CNI plugin with a second operation to create the network configuration and generate and store a template of the network configuration in the database.
US11924026B1
A system, method, and computer-readable medium for performing a data center asset alert operation. The data center asset alert operation includes: monitoring a plurality of data center assets; determining when a first data center asset of the plurality of data center assets generates a first data center asset alert; determining when a second data center asset of the plurality of data center asserts generates a second data center asset alert; determining when the first data center alert and the second data center alert are substantively similar; and, generating a recommendation when the first data center alert and the second data center alert are substantively similar.
US11924013B2
A method and device for transmitting a reference signal are discussed. The method can be performed by a wireless device, and can include generating a pseudo-random sequence, generating a reference signal based on the pseudo-random sequence, and transmitting the reference signal sequence. The device can include a signal generator coupled with a data processor and configured to generate a pseudo-random sequence and a reference signal based on the pseudo-random sequence. The device can further include a transmit circuitry configured to transmit the reference signal sequence.
US11924012B2
Disclosed are a signal transmitting method, device and system, and a storage medium. The method includes: transmitting a first signal, the first signal includes at least one of: at least one first structure or at least one second structure. Each first structure includes at least one symbol group, each symbol group in the each first structure includes a cyclic prefix and at least one symbol, or a cyclic prefix, at least one symbol and guard time, and symbols of each symbol group occupy a same subcarrier or a same frequency resource in frequency domain. Each second structure includes at least one symbol group, each symbol group includes a cyclic prefix and at least one symbol, or a cyclic prefix, at least one symbol and guard time, and symbols of each symbol group in the each second structure occupy a same subcarrier or a same frequency resource in frequency domain.
US11924009B1
A network node may transmit a training signal for a UE on a plurality of sub-carriers, the training signal transmitted via multiple IQ modulators and multiple RF antenna panels and receive a feedback associated with an FDRSB based on the training signal. The network node may apply an FDRSB correction filter to at least one signal to be transmitted to the UE, and the FDRSB correction filter may be based on the feedback received from the UE. The training signal may include at least one tone transmitted on a first subset of sub-carriers of the plurality of sub-carriers, the first subset of sub-carriers being configured symmetric to a second subset of sub-carriers with respect to a center frequency of the plurality of sub-carriers, and the second subset of sub-carriers being free of the at least one tone of the training signal.
US11924005B2
A dedicated network gateway device capable of bridging, switching or routing network traffic between a traditional network and a direct interconnect network is provided. The device may include a host interface card having a first port, second port, and one or more computation devices. The first port may be a direct interconnect port connected to a direct interconnect network. The second port may be a traditional network port connected to switches and devices in the traditional network. The computation devices may be internally connected to the first and second ports. The host interface card may be connected to a host device via a communication bus. The host interface card may be capable of switching network traffic between the traditional and direct interconnect networks without intervention by the host device.
US11924004B2
This application disclose a link configuration method, to configure a DSVPN tunnel interface parameter. A controller obtains a first link profile for a first site and a second link profile for a second site from a link profile library, where the link profile library includes a plurality of link profiles. The controller obtains preconfigured global configuration information, where the global configuration information includes an address pool. The controller generates a first link configuration parameter of the first site and a second link configuration parameter of the second site based on the address pool, the first link profile, and the second link profile and according to a preset link configuration rule. The controller sends the first link configuration parameter to the first site and sends the second link configuration parameter to the second site.
US11924002B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for a smart energy home. The smart energy home may promote optimization of consumption of electricity by appliances and other consumer devices. Prioritization of where and when electricity may be provided to various appliances, chargers, or other devices which draw electrical power may be managed by the smart energy home. Information concerning prevailing weather conditions and contemporaneous electrical tariffs may be utilized in processes executed by the smart energy home. Related systems, apparatuses, and methods are also described.
US11924000B2
A load control system may include control devices for controlling power provided to an electrical load. The control devices may include an input device and a load control device. The load control system may include a hub device. The hub device may include a communication circuit and a control circuit. The communication circuit may be configured to receive a digital message from the control device. The control circuit may be configured to determine, based on content of the digital message, whether the control device has experienced a power removal event. The hub device may send, via the communication circuit, a power removal event indication to the control device of whether the control device has experienced the power removal event.
US11923991B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for dynamic configuration of demodulation reference signals (DMRSs). A method that may be performed by a base station (BS) includes receiving one or more uplink signals from at least one user equipment (UE); estimating a Doppler shift associated with the one or more uplink signals; determining a density of reference signals (RSs) within a slot for the at least one UE based, at least in part, on the estimated Doppler shift associated with the one or more uplink signals; and transmitting information to the at least one UE indicating an allocation of RS resources for the UE, wherein the allocation of the RS resources is based on the density of the RSs for the at least one UE.
US11923989B2
The present disclosure relates to an uplink feedback method and apparatus, a terminal, a base station and a storage medium. The method includes: monitoring downlink information transmitted by a base station; transmitting uplink feedback information during a configured time window as a feedback to the downlink information, wherein the time window comprises a plurality of transmission units, and the uplink feedback information is transmitted by the terminal on any of the transmission units in the time window.
US11923988B2
A terminal of a wireless communication system comprises a communication module and a processor for controlling the communication module. The processor generates a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ)-ACK codebook including one or more bits indicating whether reception of a channel or signal is successful, and transmits the HARQ-ACK codebook to a base station of the wireless communication system. The HARQ-ACK codebook is generated on the basis of a slot corresponding to a value of an HARQ-ACK feedback timing parameter (K1) set in a sub-slot level, and each of bits configuring the HARQ-ACK codebook corresponds to at least one sub-slot form among a plurality of sub-slots included in the slot.
US11923981B2
According to various embodiments, an electronic device may include: a transceiver; and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: control the electronic device to establish a wireless communication connection between the electronic device and an external electronic device, generate, by encoding a first frame included in an audio stream, multiple pieces of compressed data corresponding to the first frame, transmit a first packet, including main compressed data corresponding to the first frame from among the multiple pieces of compressed data, to the external electronic device via the transceiver based on the wireless communication connection, and based on a first signal being received from the external electronic device via the transceiver based on the wireless communication connection within a specified time after transmission of the first packet, transmit a second packet, including first sub-compressed data corresponding to the first frame from among the multiple pieces of compressed data, to the external electronic device via the transceiver based on the wireless communication connection.
US11923973B2
Embodiment techniques map parity bits to sub-channels based on their row weights. In one example, an embodiment technique includes polar encoding, with an encoder of the device, information bits and at least one parity bit using the polar code to obtain encoded data, and transmitting the encoded data to another device. The polar code comprises a plurality of sub-channels. The at least one parity bit being placed in at least one of the plurality of sub-channels. The at least one sub-channel is selected from the plurality of sub-channels based on a weight parameter.
US11923972B2
A method and communication system has been developed to increase the number of messages sent over a bandwidth limited channel and/or under noisy conditions by using a variable message length encoding and decoding scheme. With this technique, the messages having a higher probability of being sent are shorter as compared to the messages that are less likely to be sent under the current conditions. With this technique, a higher number of transactions per unit of time can be communicated and/or executed over a given bandwidth limited channel. When the transmitted message is received, the receiver does not know the message length, but the receiver deduces the length by using information from various error detection and correction techniques, such as forward error correction (FEC) and cyclic redundancy check (CRC) techniques.
US11923967B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device in which a processing system receives an electromagnetic signal including a plurality of packets, stores a copy of the packets in a memory, converts the signal to an optical signal, and splits the optical signal into first and second optical signals each including the packets. A first converter and second converter then convert the optical signals to electromagnetic signals. A timing coordinator sends a timing signal to the memory and to the first and second converters, resulting in simultaneous release of a copied packet from the memory and first and second packets from the first and second converters. The system compares the copied packet with the first and second packets; if those packets are identical to the copied packet, the system outputs the first and second packets in outgoing signals. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11923963B2
This disclosure is related to devices, systems, and techniques for using an aggregation device to manage satellite devices that are coupled to host devices. For example, a system includes a set of satellite devices providing switching functionality and an aggregation device configured to communicate with an orchestrator of a wide area network (WAN), where the aggregation device serves as a master switch and is coupled to the set of satellite devices via a set of cascade ports. The aggregation device is configured to detect, using a port extension service virtual network function (VNF) executing on the aggregation device, each satellite device of the set of satellite devices coupled to the aggregation device and send, to the orchestrator, data indicating the satellite devices as respective sub-systems within a logical switch comprising the aggregation device and the set of satellite devices.
US11923961B2
A beam layout is optimised for a given traffic distribution and network state by determining optimum beam centre positions and generating a beam layout so as to meet system requirements and minimise the distances of locations within a coverage area from the optimum beam centre positions. Adjacent beams in low traffic areas may be merged.
US11923958B2
A method includes registering, by a primary cell site processor, an unmanned aerial vehicle, receiving, by the primary cell site processor, a list of one or more potential secondary cell sites from the unmanned aerial vehicle, timing advances associated with the one or more secondary cell sites, deriving, by the primary cell site processor, a number of component carriers within each of the one or more potential secondary cell sites, selecting, by the primary cell site processor, one or more secondary cell sites from the one or more potential secondary cell sites, and transmitting, by the primary cell site processor, instructions to the one or more secondary cell sites to provide a component carrier to the unmanned aerial vehicle.
US11923956B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide for determining a network configuration. For instance, a system may include a controller including one or more processors. The one or more processors may be configured to receive information from each of a plurality of available nodes within a network, the plurality of available nodes including at least one aerial vehicle; determine a plurality of constraints for a future point in time, each one of the plurality of constraints including one or more minimum service requirements for a geographic area; attempt to determine a first network configuration for each of the plurality of available nodes that satisfies all of the constraints; when unable to determine the first network configuration, determine a second network configuration for the plurality of available nodes and at least one additional ground-based node that satisfies all of the constraints; and send instructions in order to affect the second network configuration.
US11923955B2
A unified radio system for providing wireless communication to a communication device on an aircraft regardless of aircraft altitude may include a terrestrial network including a plurality of terrestrial base stations configured to communicate primarily in a ground communication layer below a first altitude, an ATG network including a plurality of ATG base stations configured to communicate primarily in an ATG communication layer above a second altitude, an air-to-air mesh network for data relays through connected aircraft, and an aircraft with an onboard antenna assembly and a unified radio. The unified radio may be configured to monitor network parameters of the terrestrial network and the ATG network and switch between a currently serving network and a non-serving network based on the network parameters.
US11923953B2
There is provided a wireless communication device, comprising: a plurality of radio units including a first radio unit and a second radio unit; and a control unit configured to control the plurality of radio units to form a multi-cell on the ground, wherein the control unit has a removal processing performing unit configured to perform, based on a first reception radio wave in which the first radio unit received a first transmission radio wave which includes a first signal transmitted by a first user terminal, and a second reception radio wave in which the second radio unit received a second transmission radio wave which includes a second signal transmitted by a second user terminal, removal processing to remove a component of the first transmission radio wave contained as an interference wave in the second reception radio wave.
US11923939B2
Multiple mobility sets are maintained for nodes of radio networks. The sets comprise information such as: transmit and receive point identities; cell identities; beam identities; frequency channels; channel bandwidth; and black lists. The sets may be defined at different levels, such as network and physical (PHY) level. A network mobility set, e.g., a new-radio (NR) mobility set may, be determined by the gNB, the cell, the UE, or another device. Multiple radio access network nodes and UEs may exchange mobility set information to achieve a distributed mobility solution. A UE may monitor its orientation relative to a TRP, e.g., via use of an onboard MEMS gyroscope, and alter its beamforming parameters in response to changes in orientation and/or changes in TRP connection strength. Cell selection and reselection for beam based networks may use Single Frequency Network (SFN) broadcast of initial access signals without beam sweeping.
US11923938B2
A method for beamformed transmission towards groups of terminal devices. Each terminal device is, according to a bandwidth part (BWP) configuration, configured with a BWP set. One BWP in the BWP set is an active BWP for the terminal device. The method is performed by a network node. The method comprises configuring a new terminal device entering one of the groups with an active BWP based on frequency overlap avoidance with the active BWPs of the terminal devices already part of the group entered. The method comprises serving all terminal devices by performing beamformed transmission towards the terminal devices in accordance with the active BWPs.
US11923934B2
A base station (BS) can include a site-specific and dynamic codebook design. The BS includes an antenna and a transceiver coupled to the antenna and configured to communicate via a wireless communication medium. The BS also includes a processor coupled to the transceiver. The processor is configured to: receive, from a user equipment (UE), a measurement report comprising a best beam index and a corresponding received power; estimate a UE channel including a path gain and angle of departure; update the site-specific codebook based on the estimated UE channel; and transmit control and data signals to the UE using the updated site-specific codebook.
US11923927B2
A method for detecting transmitted data in a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) receiver, the method comprising: iteratively calculating symbol estimates by: obtaining input symbol estimates and input symbol variances; calculating error values for the input symbol estimates; refining the input symbol estimates to obtain refined symbol estimates, based on the error values, wherein the refined symbol estimates are used as input symbol estimates for the subsequent iteration of the above calculation, and wherein the refined symbol estimates are used as final symbol estimates when the difference between refined symbol estimates from one iteration to the next is below a threshold change.
US11923926B2
A wireless communication device includes a receiver and a transmitter. The receiver receives a plurality of first frames each including first information for generation of a trigger frame for uplink multi-user transmission. The transmitter transmits a second frame generated on the basis of the first information included in the plurality of first frames, the second frame being the trigger frame and designating at least one target terminal for the uplink multi-user transmission. Each of the first frames is transmitted by a respective one of terminals, each of which accesses a wireless medium using an access category associated with the first frame under CSMA/CA (Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Carrier Avoidance) to transmit the first frame. The second frame instructs the at least one target terminal to transmit third frames including data in a SIFS (Short Interframe Space) after the second frame is received.
US11923911B2
An underwater acoustic communication system includes a transmission device including N transmitters, and a reception device. The reception device includes M (M is an integer of two or more) receivers configured to receive M reception signal sequences corresponding to N transmission signal sequences transmitted from the N transmitters through sound waves, a beam former configured to suppress multipath waves other than direct waves of the M received reception signal sequences and to generate L (L is an integer of two or more) signal sequences from the M reception signal sequences, and a signal estimation unit configured to estimate the N transmission signal sequences based on the L generated signal sequences.
US11923903B2
A method and apparatus of a device that transmits a message using a light pattern is described. In an exemplary embodiment, the device receives an indication to transmit a message using the light pattern. In addition, the device activates a flash on the device. The device further encodes the message into instructions for transmitting the light pattern. The device additionally transmits the message using the flash according to the instructions for the light pattern.
US11923895B2
A test and measurement system includes a test and measurement device, a connection to allow the test and measurement device to connect to an optical transceiver, and one or more processors, configured to execute code that causes the one or more processors to: set operating parameters for the optical transceiver to reference operating parameters; acquire a waveform from the optical transceiver; repeatedly execute the code to cause the one or more processors to set operating parameters and acquire a waveform, for each of a predetermined number of sets of reference operating parameters; build one or more tensors from the acquired waveforms; send the one or more tensors to a machine learning system to obtain a set of predicted operating parameters; set the operating parameters for the optical transceiver to the predicted operating parameters; and test the optical transceiver using the predicted operating parameters.
US11923890B2
A wireless communication apparatus includes a first conductor and a second conductor that function as a set of electrodes for wireless communication, a third conductor and a fourth conductor that function as another set of electrodes for wireless communication. A difference between a first distance between a centroid of the first conductor and a centroid of the third conductor and a second distance between a centroid of the second conductor and the centroid of the third conductor is less than a width of the first conductor and a width of the second conductor. A third distance between the centroid of the first conductor and a centroid of the fourth conductor is longer than the first distance. A fourth distance between the centroid of the second conductor and the centroid of the fourth conductor is longer than the second distance.
US11923888B2
Embodiments of this application disclose a full-duplex self-interference cancellation method and apparatus. The full-duplex self-interference cancellation method may be applied to the field of radio frequency self-interference cancellation in a full-duplex scenario. The full-duplex self-interference cancellation method is implemented by a full-duplex self-interference cancellation apparatus with self-interference reconstruction modules of two levels, and the full-duplex self-interference cancellation apparatus is implemented by a terminal. This greatly reduces hardware implementation complexity and costs of the second self-interference reconstruction module, and improves a full-duplex self-interference cancellation capability.
US11923886B2
An antenna device and a method for configuring the same are provided. The antenna device includes a grounding metal, a grounding part, a radiating part, a feeding part, a proximity sensor, and a sensing metal. The radiating part is electrically connected to the grounding metal through the grounding part. The feeding part is coupled to the grounding metal through a feeding point. The sensing metal is electrically connected to the proximity sensor. The sensing metal is separated from the radiating part at a distance. The distance is less than or equal to one thousandth of a wavelength corresponding to an operating frequency of the antenna device.
US11923881B2
A data receiver is configured to receive a signal, the signal comprising interferences of an interference-infested transmission channel, the data receiver being configured to form a histogram of receive information of a signal portion of the received signal and to determine mean receive information and/or a noise measure from the histogram.
US11923879B2
A radio unit for TDD multi-band operation in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The radio unit comprises a transmitting power amplifier for multi-band operation; one or more receiving amplifiers for multi-band operation and an antenna element. The radio unit further comprises one or more switch networks coupled in parallel between the power amplifier and the antenna element. Each of the one or more switch networks comprises one or more shunt switches coupled between an output of the transmitting power amplifier and a signal ground. Each of the one or more switch networks is configured to operate at a certain frequency band in transmitting or receiving mode and is controlled separately by a switching control unit based on un-synchronized TDD time slots configured according to user data traffic scheduling requirements.
US11923875B2
Provided is a dynamic Huffman encoding method based on a sorting network. Compared with traditional dynamic Huffman coding solutions, the method implements sorting on the basis of the sorting network, therefore the sorting process is not only stable, but also may ensure a stable sorting result; and moreover, sorting steps and related operations are simpler, thereby greatly simplifying the sorting and iteration processes, and thus the sorting efficiency is higher. In addition, the sorting process better facilitates program implementation and transplantation, and implementation of hardware and software may achieve good effects. In addition, the present disclosure further provides a dynamic Huffman coding apparatus and device based on a sorting network, and a readable storage medium, and the technical effects thereof correspond to the technical effects of the above method.
US11923874B2
Aspects relate to compression of messages in a wireless communication system. For messages, such as ACK/NACK feedback in a communication system, messages having an occurrence above or below a certain number of events (e.g., ACK/NACK events) or a probability of the occurrence may be compressed into a single message. By compressing the messages into a single message, the overhead used to transmit such messages may be reduced.
US11923867B1
Methods, systems, and apparatuses detect and mitigate a stall condition in an iterative decoder. A codeword is received and one or more of the plurality of bits in the codeword are flipped by a bit flipping decoder in each of a plurality of error correction iterations. In response to detecting a stall condition in the plurality of error correction iterations, a maximum stop condition is increased. The maximum stop condition is a maximum iteration count threshold or a maximum decoding time threshold. The maximum stop condition triggers a stopping of the bit flipping decoder if the codeword is not decoded when the maximum stop condition is satisfied.
US11923866B2
The present invention discloses a DAC method having signal calibration mechanism is provided. Operation states of current sources are controlled to generate an output analog signal by a DAC circuit according to a codeword of an input digital signal. An echo signal is generated by an echo transmission circuit according to the output analog signal. The codeword is mapped to generate an offset signal by a calibration circuit according to a codeword offset mapping table. The offset signal is processed to generate an echo-canceling signal by an echo-canceling circuit. By a calibration parameter calculation circuit, offset amounts are generated according to a difference between the echo signal and the echo-canceling signal, the offset amounts are grouped to perform statistic operation according to the operation states and current offset values are calculated according to calculation among groups and converted to codeword offset values to update the codeword offset mapping table.
