US11999187B2
An engraving machine is disclosed. The engraving machine may have a housing and an engraver located within the housing. The engraving machine may have a slot disposed on the housing for receiving a cartridge including an offboard item to be engraved. The engraving machine may have an onboard storage configured to store a plurality of tags. The engraving machine may have a carrier for receiving the cartridge through the slot and for positioning the cartridge relative to the engraver. The engraving machine may have a pick mechanism for selectively retrieving a tag from the tags stored in the onboard storage and for positioning the tag relative to the engraver. The engraver may engrave the offboard item or the tag based on a user selection.
US11999179B2
The electrostatic printing method of the present invention comprises arranging and adhering an original plate which is composed of an electrode and a plate layer having built-in a letterpress, intaglio plate, or gravure plate pattern or a mask sheet having ion-permeable openings on one or both sides of an image receiving sheet having an electrode and an image receiving layer, and forming a predetermined electrostatic pattern on the image receiving layer of the image receiving sheet by applying a voltage between the electrode of the original plate and the electrode of the image receiving sheet or by performing ion irradiation through the mask sheet.
US11999177B2
A technique capable of obtaining the displacement amount of the ejection position of a reaction liquid without changing a test pattern according to the configuration of the ejection head is to be provided. A test pattern including a detection pattern, which extends in a predetermined direction and in which, if divided into two, at least two inks and the reaction liquid are ejected to one area and only the at least two inks or the at least two inks and the reaction liquid of an amount that is smaller than that of the reaction liquid ejected to the one area are ejected to the other area, is printed, and the optical characteristics of the printed detection pattern are obtained. Further, based on the obtained optical characteristics of the detection pattern, the displacement amount of the ejection position of the reaction liquid in the predetermined direction is obtained.
US11999169B2
A liquid container includes a liquid chamber defined by an upper wall, a lower wall, and a peripheral wall, a refill port, a liquid outlet port through which ink is supplied from the liquid chamber to the outside, and a first longitudinal partition extending upward from the lower wall and configured to partition the liquid chamber into a first liquid containing portion and a second liquid containing portion in a horizontal direction. A first lateral communication passage is positioned between an end portion of the first longitudinal partition in the horizontal direction and the peripheral wall. The liquid outlet port is disposed in one of the first liquid containing portion and the second liquid containing portion.
US11999167B2
Provided are an inkjet printing apparatus and a recovery method capable of suppressing ink thickening in the ejection openings in the suction process for the ejection openings. A vacuum wiper is moved being in contact with the ejection opening surface of the print head to perform a vacuum wiping process for the arrayed ejection openings sequentially. Ink is circulated in flow paths including the flow paths communicating with the ejection openings for which the vacuum wiping process has been finished.
US11999158B2
An image forming apparatus includes a liquid discharge head, an irradiation unit, a carriage, and a moving unit. The liquid discharge head discharges a liquid onto a recording medium. The liquid includes a metallic ink and a color ink. The irradiation unit irradiates the liquid on the recording medium with light. The liquid discharge head and the irradiation unit are mounted on the carriage. The moving unit alternately perform a main scanning movement and a sub-scanning movement. The liquid discharge head discharges the metallic ink in a region of the recording medium in a former main scanning movement and discharges the color ink in the region in which the metallic ink has been discharged, in a latter main scanning movement after the former main scanning movement. The irradiation unit irradiates the region in which the color ink has been discharged with the light.
US11999148B2
A method for connecting insulation panels, each of the panels comprising a cellulosic web having two sides and an outside edge, and comprising layers of cellulosic fibers, the method comprising: a) arranging a portion of each panel to be adjacent to the other, thereby forming an edge portion where the two webs can be connected; b) relaxing the fibers of cellulosic material in the edge portion of each insulation panel by applying heat to the edge portion at a temperature of 150° F. to 450° F., thereby forming a relaxed fiber edge portion; c) compressing the relaxed fiber edge portion of each insulation panel at a pressure of at least 5 psig, thereby forming a compressed panel portion having a thickness and a density; and d) fastening the compressed panel portions together using sewing, riveting, adhesive, tape, interlacing, stamping, ply bonding or stapling thereby forming a fastened area, wherein step (c) can be conducted at the same time or following step (b).
US11999145B2
A seat skin 11 has a front surface layer 12, a back surface layer 13, and pores 15. The inner wall of the pore 15 is covered by the front surface layer 12. The seat skin 11 is produced by forming a base material having at least a front surface layer 12 and a back surface layer 13; sandwiching the base material between a pressing plate having a die for the pores, and a backing plate opposite the pressing plate; pressing the pressing plate against the backing plate with the base material being heated at a temperature that a component contained in the front surface layer 12 does not melt, to form the pores in the base material; and removing the base material having the pores formed therein from between the pressing plate and the backing plate.
US11999141B2
Improved dental appliances and polymeric sheet compositions are disclosed. The polymeric sheet compositions are useful for making dental appliances having outer layers comprised of a material having a modulus of from about 1,000 MPA to 2,500 MPA (“hard”) and an inner core comprised of elastomeric material or materials having a modulus of from about 50 MPa to 500 MPa (“soft”), which exhibit improved flexibility and strength, and better stain and tear resistance than currently available materials and dental appliances.
US11999132B2
The present invention is directed to a packaging material comprising a layer of microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) and an aluminum layer having a thickness of 0.1-20 μm, wherein the layer comprising MFC and/or the aluminum layer has been laminated or extrusion coated on at least one side with a thermoplastic polymer and wherein the amount of aluminum is sufficient to make the packaging material heat sealable by induction. The MFC layer contains at least 60% by weight of microfibrillated cellulose.
US11999126B2
A method for manufacturing a sheet material container where the sheet material container includes one or a plurality of sheet members including a main-body forming sheet member that has an outer film layer and an inner film layer which are mutually stacked, a containing region that accommodates contents, and a container body that is configured from the main-body forming sheet member and that surrounds the containing region, and the main-body forming sheet member having a main-body sealing portion, which is an attached region between the outer film layer and the inner film layer, and a non-attached region where the outer film layer and the inner film layer are partially not attached, and further having a filling portion where a filler is enclosed between the layers of the outer film layer and the inner film layer in the non-attached region.
US11999123B2
An apparatus for separating mixed materials of different flowability includes a frame structure, a hollow drum with a perforated peripheral surface driven in rotation and mounted on the structure, a continuous compression belt pressed against the peripheral surface from outside when wrapped around part of the drum circumference and driven in circulation, a product intake wedge formed by the belt and drum for conducting a product stream, into the apparatus between the drum and the belt in an inlet area of the product stream, and a support apparatus for the belt, with at least one support element which is arranged on the side of the belt opposite the drum, wherein the support element is configured as a roller track with at least partially spring-mounted rollers arranged successively in the conveying direction. The spring force of at least individual rollers is controllable. A corresponding method is also provided.
US11999110B2
Provided herein are methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer readable media concerning quality assurance of three-dimensional object(s) and their formation. In some embodiments, a plurality of variables is considered in assessing performance of a manufacturing mechanism (e.g., printer) utilized in forming the three-dimensional object(s). In some embodiments, a plurality of variables is considered in assessing a process for forming the three-dimensional object(s). In some embodiments, a plurality of variables is considered in assessing a quality of the formed three-dimensional object(s).
US11999102B2
Devices, systems, and methods for monitoring a powder layer in additive manufacturing are disclosed. A method of monitoring a powder layer includes receiving image data corresponding the powder layer supported by a powder bed within a build chamber from imaging devices, determining leading and trailing regions of interest located adjacent to a leading end and a trailing end of the moving powder distributor, respectively, the leading and trailing regions of interest moving according to movement of the moving powder distributor, selecting at least one point located in the leading region of interest from the image data, determining first characteristics of the point, when the point is located within the trailing region of interest, determining second characteristics of the point, and comparing the first characteristics to the second characteristics.
US11999096B2
Provided is a protection film attaching apparatus according to the present invention comprising: a housing; a jig installed on an upper surface of the housing and fixing one side of a protection film; a gripper installed on one side of the housing and elastically supporting another side of the protection film vertically; and a film attaching part installed in the housing to move in a lengthwise direction of the jig so as to pressurize and attach the protection film onto a glass surface of an electronic device. According to the description above, when a protection film is attached onto a surface of glass having curved edges, air bubbles are not generated on the surface of the glass, and an attaching process becomes easier and more effectively done.
US11999081B2
Provided are a method for producing pellets that are easy to be uniformly molded at the time of using the pellet for molding even when the pellets include a large amount of inorganic substance particles, the pellets, and a method for molding a resin molded article. The method for producing pellets according to the present invention includes a method for producing pellets formed from a resin composition including a crystalline macromolecule and an inorganic fine powder or organic fine powder in a mass ratio of 50:50 to 20:80, the method including the step of kneading the crystalline macromolecule and the inorganic fine powder or the organic fine powder so that the microcrystalline size of the crystalline macromolecule is 190 Å or smaller. The pellets according to the present invention are pellets formed from a resin composition including a crystalline macromolecule having a microcrystalline size of 190 Å or smaller, and inorganic substance particles in a mass ratio of 50:50 to 20:80.
US11999063B1
Robot control systems, methods, control modules and computer program products that leverage one or more large language model(s) (LLMs) in order to achieve at least some degree of autonomy are described. Robot control parameters and/or instructions may advantageously be specified in natural language (NL) and communicated with the LLM via a recursive sequence of NL prompts or queries. Corresponding NL responses from the LLM may then be converted into robot control parameters and/or instructions. In this way, an LLM may be leveraged by the robot control system to enhance the autonomy of various operations and/or functions, including without limitation task planning, motion planning, human interaction, and/or reasoning about the environment.
US11999058B2
A robotic arm is inserted into a passage of a part to be examined. Operator instructions defining a tip motion for a tip of the robotic arm, sensor readings, and an environmental map are received. The operator instructions, the environmental map and sensor readings are applied to a previously trained machine learning model to produce control signals. The control signals to an actuator on the arm to control a movement of the robotic arm allowing the robotic arm to automatically gain traction in the passage and automatically move according to the movement.
US11999052B2
A robot for detecting and saving a life, includes: a body part including a plurality of unit joints; a head part which is provided at the front of the body part in the direction in which the body part moves forward, and which has a gripper capable of picking up an object by a plurality of tongs parts that are folded and unfolded; and an extension part capable of extending forward from the head part so as to enter a small space that is difficult for the body part to enter.
US11999044B2
A one-way oil-way driven expansion and retraction movement tool includes a hydraulic driving structure, two long arm rods and two connecting rods, wherein, the hydraulic driving structure has a cylinder barrel, a plunger and a shaft rod, the two arm rods are opposite each other and are opposite the two sides of the shaft rod in the lateral direction. One end of each arm rod is respectively pivoted on the cylinder barrel, and the other end of each arm rod is respectively used for arranging a working piece, so that each working piece can move toward or away from each other to execute corresponding work. The connecting rods are respectively pivoted with each of the arm rods and with the connecting part, so that, through the connecting rods, the shaft rod can pull the arm rods to move away from each other or toward each other.
US11999041B2
The invention is suitable for the technical field of electronic circuits, and provides an electronic switch module and an electric tool. The electronic switch module comprises a variable resistor and a first resistor, wherein the variable resistor and the first resistor form a voltage-dividing resistor unit, and the output end of the module is arranged on a connecting line between the variable resistor and the first resistor; one end of the voltage-dividing resistor unit is connected with a power supply, and the other end is grounded; the variable resistor comprises a plurality of second resistors with different resistance values, a conductive member, a first end and a resistance value adjusting member. When the resistance adjusting member slides along the conducting member, the two second resistors provide three different resistance values, so that the loss of the resistors is reduced, and the lightweight design of the product is facilitated.
US11999035B2
A tool for working a substrate, the tool having a stator and a working piston, which is intended to move relative to the stator along a working axis, also having a drive, which is intended to drive the working piston from a starting position along the working axis to the substrate, the drive comprising a first piston coil arranged on the working piston and a first stator coil arranged on the stator, and the first piston coil being intended to enter the first stator coil during a movement of the working piston relative to the stator along the working axis.
US11999034B2
A bushing displacing system comprising an engaging member and a brace member. The engaging member is configured to engage the brace assembly to displace the engaging member in the displacement direction and at least a portion of the bushing assembly to displace at least a portion of the bushing assembly in the displacement direction. The brace member is adapted to engage the brace assembly and the structural member. Operation of the actuator displaces at least one of the brace assembly and the engaging member in the displacement direction relative to the structural member such that the engaging member displaces at least a portion of the bushing assembly towards a desired position relative to the housing opening in the structural member.
US11999033B2
A cable decoupler tool configured to uncouple a drain cleaner cable coupling. The cable decoupler tool includes a mouth configured to receive a circumferential portion of a cable, a pin key extending from the mouth, and an actuator movable relative to the mouth to uncouple the drain cleaner cable coupling.
US11999032B2
A clip fastener guide is provided including an upward opening funnel, a barrel and a guide base. The guide base can include a handle including a grasping surface configured so a user can grasp and manipulate the guide, and can define a guide recess disposed below the elongated barrel. A clip can include a clip base, a clip wall extending upward from the clip base, and a clip arm that extends from the clip wall over the clip base. The clip base can be disposed in the guide recess, and can define a fastener hole, the fastener hole aligned with the elongated barrel. The handle can be graspable by a user to impair rotation of the clip as the clip is installed relative to a workpiece. Related methods of use are provided.
US11999029B2
An abrasive article including a bonded abrasive body having a bond material including an inorganic material, abrasive particles contained within the bond material of the bonded abrasive body, porosity within a range of at least 55 vol % to not greater than 90 vol % for a total volume of the bonded abrasive body, and a Solid Phase Variation of not greater than 45%.
US11999026B2
An installation and a method for processing optical lenses, whereby transport carriers and block pieces are conveyed backward after use in each case to a commissioning device or blocking device, and the lens carriers are fitted by machine with unblocked or blocked lenses in order to make possible an automated and optimized process sequence.
US11999024B2
The present invention provides technology with which it is possible to highly accurately assess the quality of fastening of a screw. The present invention comprises a position acquisition unit (13) that acquires the axial-direction position of a driver (50), and a fault assessment unit (14) that assesses that a fault has occurred in fastening of a screw when the amount of change in the axial-direction position of the driver (50) from when temporary seating occurred is greater than a threshold value. The present invention provides a technology with which the quality of screw fastening can be assessed with high precision.
US11999014B2
A system may include an emitting device and a controller. The emitting device may be adapted to emit a first laser beam and a second laser beam. The controller may include one or more processors and may be operably coupled to the emitting device to control emission of the first and second laser beams. The controller may be adapted to remove a portion of a workpiece to form an exposed surface of the workpiece with the first laser beam using the emitting device and to remove a portion of the exposed surface with the second laser beam using the emitting device.
US11999011B1
As may be implemented in accordance with one or more approaches herein, a plurality of metal alloy samples are formed on a surface, in which each sample has a different metal alloy composition relative to the others. Elemental metal powders are provided from hoppers at respective delivery rates and mixed, such that the mixture for each sample is set via the respective delivery rates and is different than the mixture for the other samples. Multiple layers of each mixture are deposited by dispensing and melting the mixture to form the respective samples, and one or more layer of each of the samples is remelted
US11999007B2
A method for manufacturing a faucet including a base and a spout includes providing a first faucet portion defining a first edge extending a distance between the base and the spout, providing a second faucet portion defining a second edge extending the distance, welding, by a laser welding apparatus, the first edge of the first faucet portion to the second edge of the second faucet portion to form a welded joint extending along the distance, and grinding the welded joint to form a faucet body.
US11999006B2
A method for fabricating MAS NMR rotors and drive caps made of diamond to increase the maximum achievable spinning frequency and enhance MAS NMR sensitivity and resolution. Diamond is an excellent choice for making MAS NMR rotors due to its high tensile and flexural strength, however, micromachining diamond is difficult due to its hardness. Although laser cutting is often employed to cut diamond sheets, this process cannot be used to create the high aspect ratio and small features required for MAS NMR rotors. In the present invention, a laser micromachining process is used to create the desired high aspect ratio while maintaining the small lateral features. In this process, the laser is used to first convert the diamond into graphite followed by a conversion to carbon dioxide in the presence of oxygen. To create a rotor, a rectangular log has a center hole drilled by the laser, and is then micromachined into a hollow cylinder.
US11999004B2
A method of forming an internal channel within a workpiece. In an embodiment, the method includes (a) rotating a tool about a central axis, wherein the tool includes: a shoulder; a pin extending axially from the shoulder; and a flange mounted to the pin that is spaced from the shoulder along the central axis. In addition, the method includes (b) moving the tool across the workpiece in a radial direction with respect to the central axis during (a). Further, the method includes (c) engaging the shoulder of the tool with an outer surface of the workpiece during (a) and (b), (d) submerging the pin and the flange within the workpiece during (a) and (b); and (e) forming the internal channel with the flange during (a) and (b).
US11999001B2
A microelectronic assembly includes a first substrate having a surface and a first conductive element and a second substrate having a surface and a second conductive element. The assembly further includes an electrically conductive alloy mass joined to the first and second conductive elements. First and second materials of the alloy mass each have a melting point lower than a melting point of the alloy. A concentration of the first material varies in concentration from a relatively higher amount at a location disposed toward the first conductive element to a relatively lower amount toward the second conductive element, and a concentration of the second material varies in concentration from a relatively higher amount at a location disposed toward the second conductive element to a relatively lower amount toward the first conductive element.
US11998991B2
A coated tool may include a base member including a first surface, and a coating layer. The coating layer may include a plurality of voids located side by side in a first layer in a direction along an interface, which is a boundary between the first layer and a second layer. The second layer may include a lower layer part and an upper layer part, and an angle formed by a normal line of (001) surface of the constituent particles with respect to a cross section of the second layer is an orientation difference, the lower layer part of the second layer includes a ratio of the particles whose orientation difference is 10° or more of 50% or more, and the upper layer part of the second layer includes a ratio of the particles whose orientation difference is 10° or less of 80% or more.
US11998986B2
An alumina sintered body having a low dielectric loss tangent and a method for manufacturing the alumina sintered body are provided. An alumina sintered body contains Al2O3 99.50 mass % or more, and 99.95 mass % or less and sodium and silicon, wherein at a surface layer A in any given cross-section and a central portion B of the cross-section in a depth direction from the surface layer A, a concentration ratio of sodium to silicon in the surface layer A is smaller than the concentration ratio of sodium to silicon at the central portion B.
US11998980B2
A metal 3D printer includes a base unit including a fixed part, a first moving part disposed on the fixed part to move in a first direction, a second moving part disposed on the first moving part to move in a second direction, and a third moving part disposed on the second moving part to move in a third direction, a nozzle unit coupled to the second moving part to move in the first and second directions and move in the third direction and injecting a material for manufacturing a sculpture, a processing unit coupled to the third moving part to move in the first to third directions and processing the sculpture, a table unit disposed rotatably to the fixed part and disposed below the nozzle unit, and a heating unit disposed on the fixed part.
US11998975B2
A molten metal conveyor having a receptor plate in contact with molten metal during transport of the molten metal. The receptor plate extends from an entrance where molten metal enters onto the receptor plate to an exit where molten metal exits the receptor plate. The molten metal conveyor has at least one vibrational energy source which supplies vibrational energy directly to the receptor plate in contact with molten metal. A corresponding method for forming a metal product includes providing molten metal onto a molten conveyor; cooling the molten metal by control of a cooling medium flowing through a cooling passage in the or attached to the conveyor; and coupling vibrational energy directly into a receptor plate in contact with the molten metal on the conveyor.
US11998974B2
A casting core used in the manufacture of a cast engine component for a turbine engine, the cast engine component having a first area, a second area, a fluid passage wall separating the first area and the second area, and a connecting fluid passage extending through the fluid passage wall and interconnecting the first area and the second area. The connecting fluid passage having a turn with a radius (R). The casting core having a first core and a second core. The first core and the second core being defined by a set of geometric characteristics having a first minimum equivalent diameter (D1eqmin) of the first core and a second minimum equivalent diameter (D2eqmin) of the second core. A first flexible geometry factor (FGF1) being equal to: ( D 1 eq min D 2 eq min ) ( R D 2 eq min ) .
US11998965B2
An extrusion die includes: a cylindrical mandrel, the mandrel having a circumferential groove formed therein; a cylindrical die plate, the mandrel and the die plate being coupled together; and a shrink ring disposed in the circumferential groove of the mandrel.
US11998957B2
A device (1) for spinning a 3D printed workpiece (100). The device has a rotor (2) for spinning about a spinning axis (A) and a receptacle (8) for holding the workpiece (100). The receptacle (8) is pivotally attached to the rotor (2) for swiveling about a swivel axis (B) that is transverse to the spinning axis (A). The pivotal attachment enables swiveling of the receptacle (8) between a first angular orientation relative to the spinning axis (A) and a different second angular orientation relative to the spinning axis (A). The device (1) further has a balancing weight (9) that is movably arranged relative to the receptacle (8). The balancing weight (9) is lockable at different distances relative to the receptacle (8).
US11998952B2
Printed transactional documents are enclosed in a document size-inclusive envelope that gives the appearance of being a traditional windowed envelope in which the send address shows through from the address vehicle page inside, but actually has the address printed on an adhered patch that shows through the window, keeping the data inside more protected and allowing production processes to be more efficient, and the patch or envelope has a serialized identifier that ensures the address printed on the patch and seen in the window corresponds with the document on the inside.
US11998951B2
A dispersion feeder for distributing a product stream to a plurality of receiving devices arranged about the periphery of the dispersion feeder, the dispersion feeder comprising a dispersion table; wherein the dispersion table comprises: a product receiving region at the centre of the dispersion table configured to receive a product stream comprising product and slack, and a product dispensing region surrounding the product receiving region; wherein the dispersion table is configured to transfer the product radially from the product receiving region to the product dispensing region; characterised in that the dispersion table further comprises: one or more apertures extending through the dispersion table, the one or more apertures being positioned between the product receiving region and the product dispensing region.
US11998950B2
Increased MUT coupling efficiency and bandwidth via edge groove, virtual pivots, and free boundaries
Methods for improving the electromechanical coupling coefficient and bandwidth of micromachined ultrasonic transducers, or MUTs, are presented as well as methods of manufacture of the MUTs improved by the presented methods.
US11998945B2
Embodiments are described herein to monitor and synchronize dispense systems for processing systems. For one embodiment, pressure and flow rate sensors are used to determine a delay between a flow change event and an increase in flow rate, and this delay is used to detect defects or conditions within the dispense system. For one embodiment, dispense system operation is synchronized using flow rate sensors. For one embodiment, simulation models or complex dispense profiles based upon combined pressure/flow/spin/concentration sensor data are used to enable complex process recipes. For one embodiment, dispense-to-dispense pressure and/or flow rate measurements are used to detect dispense parameters and defects. For one embodiment, cameras and image processing are used to detect flow rates from the dispense nozzle, and dispense-to-dispense measurements are used to detect dispense parameters and defects. One or more of the disclosed embodiments can be used in processing systems for microelectronic workpieces.
US11998936B2
Apparatus for spraying a fluid, including a pipe, a scraper capable of moving in the pipe, and a casing defining a storage volume for accommodating the scraper in a position for storing the scraper, the scraper being configured to push fluid in front of it which is present in the pipe when the scraper moves in the pipe, the storage volume being in fluid communication with the pipe and being configured to allow the scraper to move between the storage volume and the pipe. The scraper includes a first magnet, and the casing includes a second magnet capable of exerting a first force on the first magnet to move the scraper from the storage volume to the pipe.
US11998935B2
A shower system includes a water supply conduit, a reservoir, and a valve actuator. The reservoir is fixedly coupled to the water supply conduit such that the reservoir and the water supply conduit are fluidly coupled. The valve actuator is configured for actuation between a first position in which water is supplied from the water supply conduit and a second position in which water is supplied from the reservoir. In some implementations, the shower system further includes a showerhead that is fluidly coupled to the water supply conduit and the reservoir such that water may be supplied from either the water supply conduit to the showerhead or from the reservoir to the showerhead.
US11998927B2
A method for controlling a process within a system, in particular a grinding process in a grinding device, comprising the following steps: .detecting 1 of state variables (st) of the system; creating 2 of at least two process models (PM), each describing the effects of actuating actions (at) on the state variables (st) of the system, wherein the structure of the at least two process models (PM) differs from each other; controlling 3 of the process within the system by executing actuating actions (at) under consideration of predefined control objectives and the process model, which currently provides the best prediction for the process running in the system. A device for carrying out the method according to the invention.
US11998926B2
A system and method for processing hemp plants is disclosed. The process is capable of processing whole Cannabis plants for producing multiple useful products. A pair of hammermills are used in series in order to produce an extractable Cannabis material for obtaining cannabinoids, such as CBD and a fiber product. The hurds contained in the Cannabis plant material are controlled and fractionated during the process for allowing high throughput.
US11998921B2
A tissue processing system for processing a laboratory slide includes a slide holder for holding the slide, an outlet port positioned to direct a fluid stream onto the slide, and a device for moving the slide holder relative to the outlet port, or vice versa, to adjust a point on the slide at which the fluid stream is delivered onto the laboratory slide. The slide holder includes an absorbent pad configured to be positioned between one wall of the plurality of walls and a free edge of the slide for absorbing fluid travelling along the slide. A manifold of the system includes a first outlet port that directs a first fluid stream from a first fluid passageway onto the slide, and a second outlet port that directs a second fluid stream from a second fluid passageway onto a location of the slide that differs from the first fluid stream.
US11998911B2
A microfluid thromboelastometry instrument for analyzing a viscosity of a sample fluid is provided. The microfluid thromboelastometry instrument includes a cartridge for measuring changes in the viscosity of a fluid, the cartridge includes an inlet and an outlet, wherein a flow of the fluid is provided through the cartridge between the inlet and the outlet. The cartridge includes at least one micro-pillar having at least one first position, the at least one micro-pillar is capable of bending with a fluid flow, and an amount of bending increases as the viscosity of the fluid increasing and restores to the at least one first position of the at least one micro-pillars in response to viscosity decrease of the fluid. The micro-pillar is fixed to the surface of the cartridge from the root and has a free distal extremity. A displacement of the micro-pillar distal extremity relative to the micro-pillar root is monitored.
US11998909B2
A method for continuously collecting fluorescence data of a microfluidic chip is provided. In the method, an optical path system emits a light perpendicular to the microfluidic chip, such that a center of a light spot formed by the optical path system on the microfluidic chip is located on a circle formed by centers of all reaction cells. The microfluidic chip is rotated around a center of the circle formed by centers of all the reaction cells. Fluorescence signal values are collected by using the optical path system along a rotation direction of the microfluidic chip. The collected fluorescence signal values are processed to obtain effective fluorescence data of all the reaction cells.
US11998905B2
The invention is concerned with improvements in the technical field of pipettes. For this purpose, a pipette (1) with a base body (2) and a handle (3) is proposed, wherein a thermal insulation (5) is formed or arranged between the handle (3) and the base body (2) of the pipette (1) (see FIG. 1).
US11998901B2
The present invention relates to a novel metal complex, a method for producing same, and a method for producing a gamma-lactam compound using same, and the metal complex according to the present invention is used as a catalyst for producing a gamma-lactam compound and can efficiently produce a gamma-lactam compound with an excellent yield and excellent selectivity.
US11998897B2
This document relates to oxidative dehydrogenation catalyst materials that include molybdenum, vanadium, oxygen, and iron; oxidative dehydrogenation catalyst materials that include molybdenum, vanadium, oxygen, and aluminum; and oxidative dehydrogenation catalyst materials that include molybdenum, vanadium, oxygen, iron, and aluminum.
US11998895B2
Provided in this disclosure are catalyst compositions. The catalyst compositions include an oxidative dehydrogenation catalyst that includes a mixed metal oxide having the empirical formula: Mo1.0V0.12-0.49Te0.05-0.17Nb0.10-0.20AlcOd wherein c is from 0 to 2.0 and d is a number to satisfy the valence of the oxide. The compositions are at least 40 wt. % amorphous as measured by XRD. The disclosure also provides methods of making the compositions.
US11998890B2
Functionalised polymeric chromatography medium, comprising: at least one non-woven sheet comprising one or more polymeric nanofibers having a mean diameter of 10-1000 nm; one or more polymer chains grafted onto the one or more polymeric nanofibers, wherein the polymer chains are poly-glycerol chains comprising glycidol monomer residues or wherein the polymer chains comprise divinylsulfone monomer residues; and at least one ligand group bonded to the one or more polymer chains.
US11998880B2
A mixing system includes a container for containing a fluid, and an agitator assembly disposable in the container for mixing the fluid. The agitator includes an extensible shaft and at least one impeller connected to the extensible shaft.
US11998874B2
A perforated metallic base material for purging exhaust is obtained by laminating a wavy foil having pores and a flat foil having pores and forming the same into a cylindrical shape, wherein the wavy foil and/or the flat foil has axially perforated portions having pores throughout the axial direction of the cylindrical shape and axially non-perforated portions not having pores overall in the axial direction of the cylindrical form.
US11998855B2
A room installation is provided having at least three walls, a ceiling and floor, all of which are covered in a mirrored surface. At least one transparent window allows ambient light into the room installation. A plurality of mirrored balloons are arranged within the room installation, and filled with helium, but otherwise weighted, to float substantially within a middle height of the room installation.
US11998850B2
Systems and methods to distribute unique digital articles to users accounts of a first permanent registry, and to facilitate personalized in-game benefits for players on an online gaming platform are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may effectuate a presentation of a user interface, obtain recorded information regarding ownership for user accounts, determine eligibility for distribution of a unique digital article, monitor in-game activity for use of the unique digital article by a first player, establish a correlation between a user account and the first player, determine an offer that is presented to the first player, and provide the offered item or article to the first player.
US11998849B2
A method for inserting a virtual object into an augmented reality environment, is provided, including: capturing one or more images of a real world object; processing the one or more images to identify a type of the real world object; based on the identified type of the real world object, generating a virtual object that resembles the real world object; using the identified type of the real world object to assign a functionality to the virtual object, the functionality defining a utility of the virtual object in an augmented reality environment, wherein assigning the functionality enables an action capable of being performed by the virtual object in the augmented reality environment that provides said utility; deploying the virtual object in the augmented reality environment.
US11998848B2
This disclosure relates to unlocking game content for users of an online game based on amounts of collaborative gameplay. Groups of users interacting with the online game cooperatively are identified and amounts of cooperative gameplay engaged in by the individual groups are quantified. Content in the online game is made available to the groups of users based on the quantified amounts of cooperative gameplay. In implementations, the quantification of the amount of cooperative gameplay engaged in by the groups is made independent from achievement and/or successful accomplishment of any game objective in the online game by the groups.
US11998847B2
A non-transitory computer readable medium stores instructions for executing a game in which a certain quest becomes executable upon a version upgrade of the game, and a new character becomes available upon the version upgrade of the game. The instructions cause a computer to select, based on a user input, a playable character to be used in one quest that is the certain quest, execute the one quest based on a parameter of the playable character, and grant a reward to a player in response to satisfying a clearance condition in the executed one quest. The more new characters that become available as the playable character, the lower an amount of the granted reward.
US11998846B2
An information processing device includes: a control means for causing the player to acquire a content in response to a game execution instruction from the player; an extraction means for extracting content groups of the same type from contents possessed by the player, according to an instruction from the player; a selection means for automatically selecting fusion source contents and resource contents from each of the extracted content groups; and a fusion means for collectively fusing, for each of the fusion source contents, one of the resource contents of the same type as the each of the fusion source contents. The selection means selects, as the resource contents, contents having a rarity at or below a specific level, from each of the extracted content groups.
US11998845B2
An information processing system is disclosed that includes a drawing portion that draws a display image for a terminal including at least one display medium positioned in a virtual space, an acquisition portion that acquires input from a user, and a position update portion that changes a position of the display medium associated with one user in the virtual space based on a first input from the one user acquired by the acquisition portion. The drawing portion draws guidance information indicating a positional relationship between a first display medium associate with the one user and a second display medium associated with another user, associating the guidance information with the first display medium.
US11998840B2
A method for cloud gaming. The method including generating a video frame when executing a video game at a server. The method including performing a scan-out process to deliver the video frame to an encoder configured to compress the video frame, wherein the scan-out process begins at a flip-time of the video frame. The method including transmitting the video frame that is compressed to a client. The method including determining at the client a target display time for the video frame. The method including scheduling at the client a display time for the video frame based on the target display time.
US11998839B2
The embodiments of the present disclosure provide an information processing method, which includes receiving, by a game server, an operation message sent by a first client, the operation message carries location information corresponding to a start point and an end point of an attack operation; sending, by the game server, the location information to at least one second client, determining, by each of the at least one second client, whether there is an obstacle between the start point and the end point of the attack operation, and sending a corresponding determination result to the game server, wherein each of the at least one second client is a client that participates in a same session of a game with the first client; judging, by the game server, validity of the attack operation triggered by the first client, according to determination results.
US11998838B2
Content data holding system, storage medium, content data holding server, and data management method
A server includes a content storage medium configured to store content data of content usable in different types of games up to a first upper number, and a management information storage medium configured to store valid period information of a right to use an extended function concerning the content data The server, in case that a right to use an extended function is valid, sends the content data to an information-processing device or receives the content data from the information-processing device, and stores the content data in the content storage medium up to a second upper number larger than the first upper number. The server, in case that the right is invalid, performs at least one of transmission of the content data to the information-processing device and reception of the content data from the information-processing device, in a restricted manner as compared with a case where the right is valid.
US11998817B2
A ball game apparatus including a centerpiece apparatus member having an outer frame member, an inner frame member, and a raised platform surface disposed within the inner frame member, a plurality of shaped members coupled between the outer and inner frame members, and a ball member configured to bounce off the raised platform surface and the plurality of shaped members.
US11998814B2
The present invention is directed to a fairway-type golf club head combing (or comprising) features selected from the group consisting of lightweight crown inserts, main body of weight reducing features, a high density sole insert, a removable, adjustable, interchangeable rear weight assembly, or a combination thereof to enable a low center of gravity of the club head thereby increasing forgiveness, reducing spin, and positioning the center of gravity at or near the force line impact point axis of the fairway-type golf club head.
US11998811B2
A golf club head with plate-like, heel and toe side internal stiffeners is disclosed herein. Each stiffener has a planar portion extending approximately parallel with a portion of the striking face, and is entirely disposed within an interior cavity of the golf club head. The heel side stiffener is connected to top, sole, and heel walls of the club head, with a toe-side edge unconnected to any other portion of the head, and the toe side stiffener is connected to the top, sole, and toe walls of the club head, with a heel-side edge unconnected to any other portion of the head. The toe and heel side edges may have large concavities that distribute mass away from the geometric face center and toward the heel and toe sides of the golf club head.
US11998808B2
To provide a highly reliable, cost-effective traveling collector that can determine the positions of fallen objects, such as balls, on the ground using a simple method, or determine the correct positions of fallen objects, such as balls, on the ground only by improving software and without the need for significant changes to hardware. The traveling collector includes a count sensor as a sensor for detecting the position of each collected ball at a position detected by a satellite positioning system, for example. A controller determines a position, which is obtained by reflecting, based on the positional information on the ball collector at a time point when the ball was counted by touching the count sensor, the movement distance of the ball collector from the time each ball was picked up from the ground by a ball collection wheel till the ball was counted by touching the count sensor in a direction opposite to the traveling direction of the ball collector at that time, as the actual position where each ball was picked up.
US11998807B2
A ball pick-up scoop can be attached to, or molded on, the head end of a tennis racquet. When mounted, formed, or attached the scoop protrudes roughly 80°-90° away from the face side of the racquet. While standing up straight and holding the handle of the racquet, the user slides/pivots the scoop under a ball (tennis, rubber, synthetic, etc.), which cradles the ball between the scoop's ball guides and the racquet's face to facilitate picking up the ball without ever bending over. Once the ball is cradled the user can pivot the racquet up to their opposite hand and grab the ball, or flip the ball up and hit the ball, or let it bounce and then hit the ball.
US11998802B2
A system of estimating acclimatization to environmental conditions, and providing a corrected fitness level estimates based on said acclimatization level. The environmental conditions are particularly related to heat and altitude. At first previous training history is provided including a plurality of day records, where each day record includes a date stamp and information regarding altitude and optionally temperature and humidity and training history including timestamp and training load data from executed exercises in stored records.
US11998797B2
An exercise device for seated exercising and heat therapy includes a chair, to which a plurality of biasers is operationally engaged. A pair of footrests and a pair of handrests are operationally engaged to the chair. Each footrest and each handrest is engageable to an associated foot and an associated hand of the user, respectively. The footrest is operationally engaged to a respective biaser so that the respective biaser is positioned to resist movement of the footrest relative to the chair. The handrest is operationally engaged to a respective biaser so that the respective biaser is positioned to resist movement of the handrest relative to the chair. The footrests and the handrests thus are useful in exercising feet and hands of the user, respectively. A plurality of heating elements, which is engaged to the chair, the footrests, and the handrests, can warm an abdomen and joints of the user.
US11998792B2
A portable fitness bench is provided. The device includes a lower platform. A container is affixed to an upper surface of the lower platform. The container includes a base portion hingedly affixed to a lid portion defining an interior volume. An upper platform is affixed to the lid portion, wherein the upper platform rests along a plane parallel to a plane of the lower platform when the container is in the closed position. A bench support is affixed to an upper side of the upper platform. A first leg is affixed to a lower surface of the lower platform at a first end thereof and a second leg is affixed to the lower surface of the lower platform at a second end thereof. A pair of wheels are affixed to the second end of the lower platform, and a handle is affixed to the first end of the lower platform.
US11998790B2
An apparatus is provided for use in resistance training. The apparatus may include a bar with pulley hubs on its ends. The apparatus may further include two slings, each including connectors and a rigid, straight or arc-shaped bar. The slings may be suspended from the pulley hubs and support an elastic band, which may provide resistance during exercise. A footplate may also be provided to hold part of the band to the floor during use.
US11998786B2
A multi-functional fitness device comprises a first supporting seat, a second supporting seat and a sphere. The first supporting seat and the second supporting seat are respectively provided with a first concave spherical surface and a second concave spherical surface matched with an outline of the sphere, and are oppositely arranged, with the sphere supported therebetween, two sides of the sphere are partially fitted and embedded into the first concave spherical surface and the second concave spherical surface respectively, at least one of the first supporting seat and the second supporting seat is movably connected to a surface of the sphere through the corresponding first concave spherical surface or second concave spherical surface, and adhered to the surface of the sphere to move, and an elastic member is connected between at least one opposite side edges of the first supporting seat and the second supporting seat.
US11998784B1
A method for creating a mixture for fire prevention and suppression, comprising introducing phosphoric acid and anhydrous ammonia gas into a reactor, then introducing urea into the reactor in a controlled rate to achieve a pH of the mixture is 7+/−0.1. Next amino functionalized siloxane is introduced into the mixture, and then powdered volcanic ash (pumice) is introduced. The powdered volcanic ash is introduced into the mixture by means of a turbo-shear high performance mixer. The resulting URAP can be sprayed as fire prevention coating onto vegetation, structural buildings, lumber material and/or other combustible structures. The URAP mixture performs as a fire suppressant by coating substrates and starving combustion's necessary oxygen access.
US11998769B2
A mask apparatus includes: a mask body including an air duct disposed at a front surface of the mask body, a fan module disposed at the front surface of the mask body to correspond to a suction hole of the air duct, and configured to suction external air to supply the suctioned air to the air duct, and a mask body cover that is coupled to the front surface of the mask body and that covers the fan module and the air duct. An air passage through which air suctioned by the fan module flows is provided in the air duct, and an embossed portion is disposed on at least a portion of a surface of the air duct that is configured to be in contact with the air flowing through the air passage.
US11998763B2
A proton treatment system including a proton accelerator structured to generate a proton beam, a beamline pathway configured to direct the proton beam from the proton accelerator to at least one treatment room, a magnet assembly, including superconducting magnets, located in the beamline pathway and configured to transport the proton beam away from the accelerator into the at least one treatment room, an achromat, configured as an achromatic superconducting magnet assembly, that bends the proton beam away from the proton accelerator toward the at least one treatment room, and a collimator provided inside the achromat and configured to select the proton beam with desired energy levels.
US11998761B2
A method of calibration in a radiation delivery system. The method including acquiring, using a camera, an image of a radiation beam incident on a phantom, wherein the radiation beam being emitted by a radiation source of the radiation delivery system and the phantom comprising an X-ray luminescent material. The method further including determining a beam pointing offset based on the image. The method further including calibrating a position of the radiation source of the radiation delivery system based on the beam pointing offset and a relative position of the camera with respect to a beam axis of the radiation beam.
US11998745B2
Methods and systems for providing neuromodulation therapy are disclosed. The methods and systems are configured to sense an evoked neural response and use the evoked neural response as feedback for providing neuromodulation therapy. Methods of reducing stimulation artifacts that obscure the sensed evoked neural response are disclosed. The methods of artifact reduction include recording a stimulation artifact in the absence of an evoked neural response, aligning and scaling the stimulation artifact with respect to the obscured signal, and subtracting the aligned and scaled artifact from the obscured signal.
US11998742B1
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for treating a virus disease in a subject in need thereof.
US11998737B2
A method of anesthetizing a tympanic membrane of an ear of a patient using iontophoresis is disclosed. The method involves delivering an anesthetizing drug solution to an ear canal of the patient's ear, wherein the drug solution includes an anesthetic and a buffer, and wherein the drug solution has a pH in a range of about 6.5 to about 7.5; and applying an amount of current to the drug solution, wherein the applied amount of current is increased at a rate of less than about 0.5 milliamp per second until a maximum current is achieved.
US11998733B1
The present disclosure relates to a medical device, methods of making a medical device, and methods of delivering medical device. Particularly, aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a medical device having a self-expanding stent and a thin-film neural interface. The stent comprises a plurality of struts having a substantially elliptical or circular geometry arranged in series from a proximal end to a distal end of the stent, and a thin-film neural interface attached to the stent. Each strut of the self-expanding stent comprises a top portion and a base portion integrally connected with the top portion at a first connection point and a second connection point such that the top portion moves relative to the base portion. The self-expanding stent provides a retracted configuration to protect the thin-film neural interface during delivery, and an expanded configuration to deploy the thin-film neural interface.
US11998732B2
An implantable pulse generator (IPG) is disclosed having a plurality of electrode nodes, each electrode node configured to be coupled to an electrode to provide stimulation pulses to a patient's tissue. The IPG includes a digital-to-analog converter configured to amplify a reference current to a first current specified by first control signals; a first resistance configured to receive the first current, wherein a voltage across the first resistance is held to a reference voltage at a first node; a plurality of branches each comprising a second resistance and configured to produce a branch current, wherein a voltage across each second resistance is held to the reference voltage at second nodes; and a switch matrix configurable to selectively couple any branch current to any of the electrode nodes via the second nodes.
US11998718B2
A plunger for use with a syringe includes a plunger body defining a central longitudinal axis and having a proximal end, a distal end, and a circumferential sidewall connecting the proximal end and the distal end. The plunger further includes at least one retaining member associated with and extending proximally from the plunger body. The at least one retaining member has a first end connected to the plunger body, a second end proximal to the first end and radially and resiliently deflectable relative to the first end, and at least one catch on the second end. A fluid injector system includes a piston having a plunger engagement mechanism configured for interacting with the at least one retaining element of the plunger to releasably engage the plunger for reciprocally driving the plunger within a barrel of the syringe.
US11998715B2
A syringe assembly includes (1) a syringe barrel defining a chamber; (2) a plunger mounted in the chamber and moveable with respect to the barrel; and (3) a cap assembly containing a cap and an absorbent material is removably attached to the plunger. A strip package includes at least two cap assemblies. Each of the cap assemblies includes a cap holder and an antiseptic cap positioned in the cap holder. The antiseptic cap includes a sidewall defining a chamber and an antiseptic substance within the chamber. A strip extends over at least two cap assemblies. The strip includes a first seal engaged to the cap holder and a second seal engaged to the antiseptic cap.
US11998705B2
A urinary catheter assembly includes a urinary catheter sealed inside of a closed package. The urinary catheter has a first closure sealing a proximal opening and including a first extension portion that is coupled to the closed package, and a second closure sealing a distal opening and including a second extension portion coupled to the closed package.
US11998704B2
Electric diffuser apparatus are provided herein. The diffuser apparatus includes a stand having a base, a container, a plate and a shaft extending along a longitudinal axis. The base having a first aperture extending through the base along the longitudinal axis, the container having a second aperture extending through the container along the longitudinal axis, and the plate having a third aperture extending through the plate along the longitudinal axis. The container is rotatably coupled to the base, and includes a plurality of compartments dimensioned for receiving a plurality of essential oil bottles. The shaft is hollow along the longitudinal axis with a first opening at a distal end and a second opening at a proximal end. The first aperture, the second aperture, the third aperture, the first opening and the second opening form a passage dimensioned to allow the power cord of the electric diffuser to pass therethrough.
US11998701B2
An apparatus for treating a respiratory disorder in a patient includes a blower configured to generate a supply of pressurized respiratory air to the patient via an air delivery tube leading to a patient interface; a dock with a heater plate; and a reservoir comprising a conductive portion configured to thermally engage the heater plate.
US11998696B2
The present technology relates to one or more of the screening, diagnosis, monitoring, treatment, prevention and amelioration of respiratory-related disorders. The present technology also relates to medical devices or apparatus, and their use. The present technology also relates to components formed from nonwoven composites for use in medical devices or apparatus.
US11998691B2
A method for controlling a ventilator arrangement might be suitable for maintaining or achieving a desired end expiratory lung volume, EELV, of a subject when an external manoeuvre is performed on the subject ventilated by the ventilator arrangement. The ventilator arrangement applies a set positive end-expiratory pressure, PEEP, level for performing the ventilation.
US11998687B2
An aerosol delivery device includes a housing enclosing a reservoir retaining an aerosol precursor composition. A first power-source terminal connects a power source to the aerosol delivery device. A heating element is configured to vaporize components of the aerosol precursor composition. A switch is coupled between the first power-source terminal and the heating element. A micro pump is arranged between the reservoir and the heating element to deliver aerosol precursor composition from the reservoir to the heating element. A driver circuit is coupled between the first power-source terminal and the micro pump, to drive the micro pump. A control component includes processing circuitry configured to switchably control the driver circuit to drive the micro pump, and switchably control the switch to connect the power source to the heating element and thereby power the heating element to vaporize components of the aerosol precursor composition.
US11998686B2
A contained liquid system for use with a refillable aerosol delivery device is provided. The contained liquid system includes an aerosol delivery device having an adapter therein for receiving aerosol precursor composition within a reservoir of the aerosol delivery device, and a container of aerosol precursor composition having a corresponding adapter therein for transferring aerosol precursor composition from the container. The adapter and the corresponding adapter are removably, sealably connectable for refilling the aerosol delivery device with aerosol precursor composition. The adapter engages a valve of the corresponding adapter and includes a body defining separate and distinct filling airflow ports. The filling port transfers aerosol precursor composition from the container into the aerosol delivery device. The airflow port enables a flow of air through at least the portion of the aerosol delivery device when the adapter and valve are disengaged.
US11998681B2
Provided herein are aerosolizing devices for substance delivery to a user. The devices have a rotational pump that receive, transport, and deliver in vapor form, a formulation having a target substance that is designed to effect a physiological change when inhaled by the user.
US11998677B2
A surgical fluid manager includes a pump releasably engageable to tubing and a user interface. The user interface is configured to enable finger-touch selection of a fluid flow rate through the tubing and configured to operate in at least one of a first mode or a second mode. In the first mode, the flow rate is controlled via direct selection of one of a plurality of selectable digital numeric values, while in the second mode the flow rate is controlled via user selection of one alphanumeric identifier within a scale of alphanumeric identifiers. Each respective alphanumeric identifier directly corresponds to just one instrument size within a scale of instrument sizes.
US11998671B2
A remote service is implemented to automatically aggregate data across hemodialysis patients and hemodialysis patients and determine updated treatment options for patients to increase well-being and optimize performance of the hemodialysis machines. Patients or caregivers operating a hemodialysis machine or a local or remote user computing device associated with the hemodialysis machine can provide feedback regarding the patient's well-being to the remote service. The feedback can be provided at any of one or more times pre-treatment, during treatment, or post-treatment. Furthermore, the hemodialysis machine can be configured with one or more sensors that transmit data pertaining to device state of the hemodialysis machine, such as information about blood, dialysate used, saline solution, pump pressure, air trap and air detector, hemodialysis machine information (e.g., make and model), etc.
US11998669B2
Based in the field of breastfeeding, a breast pump apparatus (100) for expressing breast milk is disclosed. The breast pump apparatus (100) comprises a container unit (110) for receiving expressed breast milk, and a pump unit (120) including a pump body (130) and a pumping device (140) for applying negative pressure to a pump volume defined by the pump body (130). The pump body (130) comprises an inlet portion (132) adapted to be received on a female breast and an outlet portion (134) adapted to channel expressed milk to the container unit (110). The pump body (130) comprises an actuator element (200, 300, 400) comprising an active material capable of deforming upon application of a control signal to it, wherein deformation of the actuator element modifies at least one of a shape and size of the pump volume.
US11998664B2
The present disclosure relates to a ureteral stent and a preparation method thereof. The ureteral stent has at least one pre-coating formed on its surface and at least one hydrophilic lubricating coating formed on the pre-coating. Preferably, the pre-coating and the hydrophilic lubricating coating are formed by photocuring, thermal curing, chemical reaction, physical adsorption, crystallization or freezing. By means of the technical solutions of the present disclosure, a stable and firm coating is formed on the surface of the ureteral stent with a more complicated shape, the friction force (the friction force of the 30th cycle is small, and the friction force of the 30th cycle/initial friction force is kept within 2 times) of the ureteral stent is greatly reduced, and the lubricating performance is greatly improved.
US11998662B1
A method for augmenting a void or treating a wound in a body cavity involves applying a three-dimensional, resorbable collagen scaffold derived from a vascularized portion of a perfusion-decellularized mammalian tissue or organ to the site of the void or body cavity. This application allows for cellular infiltration, integration, or remodeling of the surrounding body tissue into one or more vascular pathways of the scaffold. The scaffold is applied in a manner that ensures at least three surfaces of the scaffold make contact with the surrounding body tissue. The scaffold includes a plurality of pores, resulting in a surface area significantly larger than a poreless scaffold of the same outer dimensions. The method can also include placing milled fibers to any undermining or irregularities in the void or cavity before applying the scaffold.
US11998660B2
A method for making a porous devitalised scaffold suitable for use in repair of osseous, chondral, or osteochondral defects in a mammal comprises the steps of providing micronized extracellular matrix (ECM) tissue, mixing the micronized extracellular matrix with a liquid to provide a slurry, and freeze-drying the slurry to provide the porous scaffold. A porous scaffold suitable for use in repair of osseous, chondral, or osteochondral defects in a mammal and comprising a porous freeze-dried matrix formed from micronised decellularised extracellular matrix tissue is also described.
US11998653B2
The present specification describes a biocompatible hemostatic composition and a biocompatible tissue sealant, which when used in combination provides a safe and effective method of achieving hemostasis. The biocompatible composition and sealant may be applied either on a surface of the patient's body, or inside the body cavity. The combination may be used to control bleeding from external wounds and internal injuries, as well as to minimize bleeding during surgical procedures.
US11998651B2
Fluid applicators with precise volume dispensing control for dispensing fluids such as a disinfectant in a controlled manner. Such fluid applicators may include a barrel including a sidewall having an inside surface defining a chamber for retaining a fluid, an end press, a push rod disposed within the chamber, the push rod having a push button and a piercing tip, a cap attached to a port via a hinge to cover a hydrophobic filter disposed on the sidewall of the chamber, a one-way valve disposed on the outlet on a distal end of the barrel, a disinfectant disposed within the chamber; a housing having a base and an open proximal end; and a fluid applicator sponge disposed in the base of the housing. An alternate fluid may include a deformable end press, a plurality of volume scale markings on an outer surface of the barrel, a push rod, a one-way valve and applicator sponge.
US11998645B2
The present disclosure relates to a treatment tool sterilizer with a micro bubble type ozone water supply. The treatment tool sterilizer includes a sterilization tub configured to accommodate an object to be sterilized; a fresh water supply; an ozone water supply including a pressure pump configured to pressurize and transfer fresh water, an ozone generator, a mixer configured to mix fresh water and ozone, and a bubble generator connected to the mixer and configured to pass fresh water and ozone through the bubble generator so as to form micro bubbles; an ultrasonic generator; a drain; a heater mounted on the sterilization tub and configured to apply heat in the sterilization tub; and a controller configured to output a control signal.
US11998642B2
The invention provides a droplet encapsulate comprising: a drop of a hydrophobic medium; a peripheral layer of non-polymeric amphipathic molecules around the surface of the drop; and an aqueous droplet within the peripheral layer, the aqueous droplet comprising: (a) an aqueous medium and (b) an outer layer of non-polymeric amphipathic molecules around the surface of the aqueous medium. The invention also provides processes for preparing the droplet encapsulates. Various uses of the droplet encapsulates are also described, including their use as drug delivery vehicles, in synthetic biology, and in the study of membrane proteins.
US11998630B2
The present invention provides resin beads that can provide various types of products such as cosmetics which are unlikely to generate an odor and have superior tactile impression and spreadability on the skin and that can be substituted for resin particles composed of a synthetic material derived from petroleum, and the present invention also provides various types of products such as cosmetics using the resin beads. The resin beads are formed with a resin containing a cellulose derivative as a main component. In the resin beads, the cellulose derivative is at least one selected from the group consisting of cellulose acetate, cellulose acetate propionate, ethyl cellulose, and hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose, the volume average particle diameter is 50 μm or smaller, the degree of sphericity is 0.7 to 1.0, the degree of surface smoothness is 80 to 100%, the acetyl group content ratio is 15% by mass or less, and the propionyl group content ratio is 10% by mass or more. In addition, the present invention provides a product of any one of a cosmetic, a dermatological preparation, a paint, a shaped article, a film, a coating agent, and a resin composition, which contain the resin beads.
US11998629B2
A method and a kit-of-parts are provided for dyeing keratinous material. The method includes applying a first agent to the keratinous material and applying an second agent to the keratinous material. The first agent includes at least one organic silicon compound. The second agent comprises at least one colorant compound and at least one film-forming polymer. The colorant compound includes at least one effect pigment including a substrate platelet including synthetic mica. The colorant compound further includes a coating including at least a first metal oxide (hydrate) layer.
US11998624B2
Anhydrous antiperspirant aerosol compositions comprising antiperspirant active, urea, non-ethanolic carrier oil and volatile propellant, said compositions delivering good perspiration reduction and humectancy, without valve blockage of associated hardware.
US11998615B2
Compositions, methods, and kits are provided for treating bacterial infections with nanoparticles comprising a thiol-binding metallic core conjugated to a fluoroquinolone antibiotic. Recalcitrant infections are often difficult to treat because of the presence of persister cells, a subpopulation of bacterial cells that is highly tolerant of traditional antibiotics. Persister cells are dormant, which makes them less susceptible to many antibiotics, which are designed to kill growing cells. Administration of nanoparticles comprising a thiol-binding metallic core conjugated to fluoroquinolone antibiotics was found to be highly efficacious in eradicating persister cells and for treating infections for a broad range of bacterial species, including Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Such treatment was effective not only in eradicating planktonic bacteria but also bacteria in biofilms.
US11998606B2
The present disclosure relates to steroidal glucocorticoid receptor (GR) ligands and related compositions that degrade the GR and/or modulate its activity that may be utilized as pharmaceuticals for the treatment of diseases including cancer.
US11998604B2
Described herein is anhydrous sodium thiosulfate, methods for synthesizing anhydrous sodium thiosulfate, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of treating ototoxicity. Anhydrous sodium thiosulfate is synthesized from sodium sulfite, sulfur, and cetylpyridinium chloride. The anhydrous sodium thiosulfate is formulated into a pharmaceutical composition comprising a buffer and solvent. These compositions are useful for eliminating or reducing ototoxicity in pediatric patients receiving platinum-based chemotherapeutics.
US11998602B2
This invention provides novel methods for treating or ameliorating symptoms of demyelinating diseases such as multiple sclerosis. The methods involve administering to subjects in need of treatment a pharmaceutical composition that contains a therapeutically effective amount of taurine and also a compound that induces oligodendrocyte precursor cell (OPC) differentiation (e.g., T3, benztropine, clemastine or miconazole). Some of the methods additionally involve administration to the subject a known agent for treating demyelinating diseases (e.g., SIP receptor agonists) or a known disease modifying drug. The invention also provides methods for increasing myelination and methods for promoting OPC differentiation into oligodendrocytes. These methods entail contacting a population of OPCs with a combination of taurine and a known OPC differentiation-inducing agent such as T3, clemastine, benztropine or miconazole.
US11998601B2
The present invention provides, among other things, a method of intra-articular delivery of messenger RNA (mRNA), comprising administering into a joint of a subject in need of delivery a composition comprising an mRNA encoding a protein, such that the administering of the composition results in expression of the protein encoded by the mRNA in the joint.
US11998597B2
Compositions including a recombinant respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) Fusion (F) polypeptide that is stabilized in the pre-fusion conformation are described. The RSV F polypeptide includes at least one mutation as compared to a wild type RSV F polypeptide and the at least one mutation is a) a mutation of the amino acid aspartic acid (D) on position 486, b) a mutation of the amino acid aspartic acid (D) on position 489, or c) a mutation of the amino acid serine (S) on position 398 and/or the amino acid lysine (K) on position 394. Compositions including an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding the stable RSV F polypeptides are also described.
US11998596B2
The present invention relates to African swine fever virus (ASFV) peptides and/or polypeptides as well as immunogenic fragments thereof, corresponding encoding AFSV oligonucleotides and/or polynucleotides as well as immunogenic fragments thereof, immunogenic compositions, vaccines and uses thereof.
US11998592B2
The present disclosure provides methods of screening, diagnosing, monitoring and/or treating acid sphingomyelinase (ASM) disorders such as Niemann-Pick disease. In particular, the methods encompass techniques for improved diagnosis and/or treatment of an ASM disorder, for example using enzyme replacement therapy.
US11998591B2
Disclosed herein are improved methods of treating hyperglycemia with a combination of an ultrarapid acting insulin and insulin glargine comprising prandial administration of the ultrarapid insulin, and administration of a first dose of insulin glargine within 6 hours of waking for a day.
US11998590B2
One aspect of the invention provides a method of contraception by administering to a female subject a composition comprising Mullerian inhibiting substance (MIS). The MIS can be produced endogenously in the subject by a vector, where the vector comprises a polynucletide encoding a recombinant MIS protein. In some embodiments, the contraception is permanent and only requires administration of the composition once. Another aspect of the invention relates to a method of preserving an ovarian reserve, the method comprising administering to a female subject a composition comprising MIS or an inducible vector that comprises a polynucleotide encoding a recombinant MIS protein.
US11998589B2
Provided herein are peptide amphiphiles (PAs). In some embodiments, provided herein are PEGylated PAs (e.g. nonionic PAs). In some embodiments, the peptide amphiphiles are assembled into nanofibers. The nanofibers may further comprise a growth factor protein, which may bind to a growth factor binding sequence presented on the nonionic PA. In some embodiments, the nanofibers further comprise a charged peptide amphiphile. The charged peptide amphiphile may be bound to a growth factor protein. Further provided herein are methods of use of the peptide amphiphiles and compositions comprising the same, such as for regenerative therapy.
US11998577B2
Disclosed are nutritional compositions including 2′-fucosyllactose (2′-FL) in combination with lutein and RRR-alpha-tocopherol. The nutritional compositions are useful for improving at least one of gut function, health, and development in an individual. In certain embodiments, the nutritional compositions can improve growth or maturation of the gut, as well as promote a healthy balance of beneficial bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract thereby treating and/or preventing formula intolerance or other gastrointestinal diseases and/or disorders resulting from suboptimal gastrointestinal flora population/balance.
US11998575B2
A topical sanitizing composition for restoring skin's natural balance of bacteria is provided. The topical sanitizing composition includes about 0.02 wt. % to 10.0 wt. % of an active ingredient, at least about 40 wt. % of one or more C1-6 alcohols; and water. The active ingredient comprises one or more of a probiotic, probiotic derivative, and a prebiotic.
US11998559B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide an agent for preventing or ameliorating Alzheimer's disease, said agent being able to effectively suppress the accumulation of amyloid β proteins using a safe material, which has been used in foods for many years, and improve spontaneous alternation behavior change ratio. Ceramides (in particular, a glucosylceramide originating in Amorphophallus konjac) can effectively suppress the accumulation of amyloid β proteins and thus enables the prevention or amelioration of Alzheimers disease.
US11998555B2
Disclosed herein, in part, are liquid pharmaceutical formulations comprising furosemide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients, and a pharmaceutically acceptable buffer. Methods of treating congestion, edema, fluid overload, or hypertension in a patient in need thereof are also provided.
US11998554B2
The present invention regards a composition comprising lipoic acid, or an acceptable pharmaceutical or food grade salt thereof or a derivative thereof, and a vitamin D, preferably vitamin D3 and/or vitamin D2, for use in a method for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases and/or for the treatment of peripheral neuropathies.
US11998549B2
The present disclosure relates generally to treatment and diagnosis of diseases, disorders or conditions characterized by vascular leakage. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to methods for treating a vascular leakage-associated disease or disorder in a subject; for reducing vascular leakage in a subject; for reducing reactive oxygen species production in a subject; for inducing apoptosis of neutrophils in a subject; and for increasing survival of a subject having a vascular leakage-associated disease or disorder. The methods comprise administering a G9a and/or G9a-like protein (GLP) methyltransferase inhibitor to the subject. The present disclosure further relates to methods for developing a treatment plan for a subject with a vascular leakage-associated disease, disorder or condition, and for identifying a subject as a candidate for treatment of a vascular leakage-associated disease or disorder. The present disclosure relates to use of G9a and/or G9a-like protein (GLP) methyltransferase inhibitor in the treatment of vascular leakage-associated disease, disorder or condition.
US11998546B2
The present disclosure relates to a pharmaceutical combination comprising (a) a histone deacetylase 6 inhibitor and (b) an epothilone, including combined preparations and pharmaceutical compositions thereof; uses of such combination in the treatment or prevention of cancer; and methods of treating or preventing cancer in a subject comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of such combination.
US11998534B2
Provided herein is a method of treating, preventing, or ameliorating one or more symptoms of a GPX4-mediated disorder, disease, or condition in a subject with a GPX4 inhibitor and an anticancer agent. Also provided herein are methods of inducing ferroptosis in a cell or inhibiting the growth of a cell with a GPX4 inhibitor and an anticancer agent.
US11998525B2
The disclosure provides methods for treating major depressive disorder in a human patient having moderate or severe anhedonia. The methods comprise administering to the patient in need thereof an effective amount of aticaprant, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. In some embodiments, the patient had an inadequate response to other antidepressant therapy prior to treatment with aticaprant. In other embodiments, the other antidepressant therapy comprised a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI), or a combination thereof.
US11998524B2
The disclosure provides crystalline and amorphous forms of aticaprant. Also provided by the disclosure are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the amorphous or crystalline forms, methods of treating major depressive disorder using the amorphous or crystalline forms of aticaprant, amorphous or crystalline forms of aticaprant for use in the treatment of major depressive disorder in a human patient having anhedonia, uses of the amorphous or crystalline forms of aticaprant in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of major depressive disorder, and packages or pharmaceutical products comprising (i) amorphous or crystalline forms of aticaprant and (ii) instructions for treating major depressive disorder. In some aspects, the human patient treated as described herein has anhedonia.
US11998523B2
Provided herein is a method of treating, preventing, or alleviating one or more symptoms of Chagas disease in a subject, comprising administering to the subject (i) ascorbic acid, or a single enantiomer, a mixture of enantiomers, or a mixture of diastereomers thereof; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, or hydrate thereof; and (ii) a quinone compound, or a single enantiomer, a mixture of enantiomers, or a mixture of diastereomers thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, hydrate, or prodrug thereof.
US11998521B2
The present specification provides combinations of active agents for the improved treatment of Her2+ cancers and associated methods of treatments. The combinations comprise an RXR agonist and a Her2-targeted therapeutic agent and may optionally further comprise thyroid hormone.
US11998508B2
A massager controlling apparatus and a method thereof are provided. The massager controlling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a setting part configured to set a massage mode and a control part configured to control a moving speed of a driving module performing massage to adjust at least one of an operation time of a corresponding massage pattern and massage strength according to the massage mode set by the setting part and a body shape of a user.
US11998493B2
The invention relates to a motor vehicle (1) comprising a chassis frame (2), a platform (5) and at least one folding side (6) movable between a raised position and a lowered position. The platform (5) comprises a stationary portion (50) and at least one lateral movable portion (51) vertically movable between a high position, in which it is flush with the stationary portion (50), and a low position, in which it has been lowered, there being provided means (7) for controlling the vertical movement of the at least one movable portion (51). The or each folding side (6) is connected to a respective movable portion (51) in such a way that they are vertically movable in one piece while the folding side (6) is in the lowered position.
US11998480B2
A system for delivering thermal therapy to a treated body portion of a subject. The system preferably includes a therapy compress having at least one pocket or retainer, and at least one self-heating element configured for removable insertion within the at least one pocket of the therapy compress. In some example embodiments the therapy compress is in the form of an eye mask having first and second eye-covering lobes, each eye-covering lobe having a pocket for receiving a self-heating element. In some example embodiments the at least one self-heating element is air or oxygen activated, for example including a zinc-based self-heating material.
US11998473B2
A method is disclosed performed by an accessory device in connection with an ostomy appliance configured to be placed on a user having a stoma. The method includes capturing one or more images of the user's stoma, processing the images, including: identifying the stoma; and generating indicia representative of a cutting line for the ostomy appliance as a function of the identified stoma, wherein the cutting line defines a hole to be formed on the ostomy appliance. The method further includes providing a visual display including: an appliance representation; and the indicia on the appliance representation.
US11998466B2
A valve loading system that uses a valve loader to transfer a valve or other medical device from a storage cartridge into a deployment catheter. The valve or other medical device can be implanted or positioned within a patient using the catheter after the valve or other medical device has been compressed and loaded into the catheter using the valve loader. The process then can be repeated by using the valve loading system to load or introduce another valve or other medical device into the catheter. The valve loading system includes a loading pin sized to limit contact with the medical device during a loading procedure.
US11998463B2
The present invention relates to an endoluminal device for implantation in a body lumen, such as a pancreatic duct. The device is provided with a distal end region having greater flexibility than that of a medial region of the device.
US11998457B2
An implant trial includes a trial body and an indicium disposed in the trial body. The trial body is positionable in a subject. The indicium is designed and constructed to indicate a parameter of the implant trial. The indicium is radiographically visible when the trial body is positioned in the subject. The implant trial may be a trial spacer for vertebrae.
US11998455B2
An implant assembly including an expandable vertebral body replacement implant. Two outer cores disposed on opposing ends of an inner are configured to move away from each other when the inner core is actuated. The implant assembly may include removable endplate configured to engage vertebral bodies as interbody spacer or through a corpectomy. The implant may include a locking mechanism to prevent collapse or movement the implant assembly after implantation. The locking mechanism may be automatically engage after removal of an inserter instrument from the implant assembly.
US11998451B2
The invention relates to a device for producing a spacer having a casting mold with at least one filling opening, a valve seat, which is connected to the casting mold, wherein the valve seat has an regionally closed head side with at least one first feed-through, a valve body which is mounted so as to be rotatable relative to the valve seat and which has a sealing face, wherein at least one second feed-through is arranged in the sealing face, wherein the valve seat and the valve body together form a valve, wherein the valve is reversibly transferable into an open position and a closed position by rotation of the valve body relative to the valve seat, wherein, in the open position of the valve, the at least one first feed-through of the valve seat and the at least one second feed-through of the valve body are located above one another at least in places and provide a permeable connection through the valve into the casting mold, wherein, in the closed position of the valve, the at least one first feed-through of the valve seat is covered by the sealing face of the valve body, wherein, in the closed position of the valve, the at least one filling opening of the casting mold is covered and wherein the valve is connected on the side remote from the casting mold to a port for liquid-tight connection of a bone cement cartridge or the valve has such a port. The invention also relates to a method for producing spacers using such a device.
US11998449B2
Fixation device for fixation of leaflets of a heart valve includes an elongate central member defining a longitudinal axis of the fixation device and first and second arms rotatable about at least one arm hinge point between an open position and a closed position. The fixation device further includes a first gripping element rotatable about a first gripping element axis of rotation to capture a first leaflet of a heart valve between the first gripping element and the first arm. The fixation device further includes a second gripping element rotatable about a second gripping element axis of rotation to capture a second leaflet of a heart valve between the second gripping element and the second arm. At least one of the first gripping element axis of rotation and the second gripping element axis of rotation is variably offset from the arm hinge point by an axis offset distance defined along the longitudinal axis.
US11998447B2
A prosthetic delivery system may include a plurality of concentric shafts and an actuator mechanism for actuating one or more of the concentric shafts. A stop mechanism may be coupled to the actuator mechanism. The stop mechanism prevents advancement or retraction of at least some of the shafts beyond a predetermined position unless the stop mechanism is released. A second stop mechanism may be included in the system for controlling another of the shafts. A plurality of filaments may be coupled to a prosthesis carried by the delivery system and actuation of the filaments may be used to control deployment or retrieval of the prosthesis.
US11998446B2
In one representative embodiment, a gripping and pushing device for a medical instrument comprises an elongated main body defining a lumen. The elongated main body comprises one or more deflectable portions that can be pressed radially inwardly toward a shaft of the medical instrument extending through the lumen. One or more elastomeric gripping layers can be secured to the inner surface of a respective deflectable portion at axially spaced apart attachment locations. The one or more gripping layers are axially deformable relative to the one or more deflectable portions between the attachment locations when manual pressure is applied to the one or more deflectable portions to press the one or more gripping layers against the shaft and move the shaft longitudinally into a patient's body.
US11998444B2
Systems and methods involving an intraocular implant with input and/or output electronics are described. In some embodiments, the system includes an intraocular lens having at least one optic operably coupled to a haptic, one or more input electronics on the haptic and/or the optic; and one or more output electronics on the haptic and/or the optic for receiving and/or transmitting data.
US11998442B2
A covered stent comprises a radially compressible inner stent and an outer stent covering the inner stent, the inner stent comprises an inner support skeleton and an inner coating film arranged on the inner support skeleton; and the outer stent covering the inner stent, wherein the outer stent covers at least part of the inner stent, the outer stent comprises an outer support skeleton and an outer coating film arranged on the outer support skeleton, one end of the outer coating film is hermetically connected to the inner coating film, and the resilience of the outer coating film is greater than that of the inner coating film. The inner covering film is relatively soft. The outer covering film can rebound quickly, the outer stent effectively fills the gap between the inner stent and the wall of the lumen, so as to prevent inner leakage.
US11998435B2
A wound dressing is disclosed. A wound dressing comprises a first adhesive layer, an electrode assembly, a monitor interface and a multiplexer. The first adhesive layer comprises a proximal surface configured for attachment of the wound dressing to a skin surface of a user. The electrode assembly comprises a plurality of electrodes including a first set of first electrodes. The monitor interface is configured to form a mechanical and electrical connection with a monitor device. The monitor interface comprises a coupling part and a plurality of terminals including a first terminal. The multiplexer comprises a number of N input pins and a number of M output pins. The N input pins include a first set of first input pins for connection to first electrodes of the first set of first electrodes, the first set of first pins including a first primary input pin and a first secondary input pin, and the M output pins include a first output pin. The first primary input pin is connected to a first primary electrode of the first set of first electrodes and the first secondary input pin is connected to a first secondary electrode of the first set of first electrodes, and the first output pin is connected to the first terminal of the monitor interface. The multiplexer is configured to connect the first primary input pin to the first output pin in a first multiplexer configuration and to connect the first secondary input pin to the first output pin in a second multiplexer configuration.
US11998433B2
An absorbent core comprising: a front portion; a back portion; a middle portion positioned between the front portion and the back portion; and a longitudinal axis extending along a length of said core and crossing said front, middle and back portions, the absorbent core having a width extending perpendicular to said length and a perimeter comprising at least two opposing ends and at least two opposing sides positioned between said ends, said core being a multi-layer core comprising at least two distinct core layers, wherein a first core layer comprises a channel having a first shape and a second core layer comprises a further channel having a second shape and wherein the first and second core layers are disposed one on top of the other such that a third channel shape is formed along said core length and width, and wherein said first and second shapes are substantially the same and are different to said third shape.
US11998432B2
The foam and fiber composite can provide an absorbent article with improved dryness and an improved liquid distribution capability. The foam and fiber composite can be formed from at least two materials. The first material is an open cell foam material and the second material is a fibrous material. A plurality of the fibers forming the fibrous material can be fluid inserted into the open cell foam material thereby forming the foam and fiber composite. In various embodiments, the foam and fiber composite can be incorporated into an absorbent article as a component of an absorbent system located between a topsheet layer and a backsheet layer of the absorbent article.
US11998424B2
A method of manufacturing a laminated dressing that includes providing a lower layer having a fiber material that directly contacts a patient's skin and a wound area, providing an upper layer that has a foam or foam-like material that absorbs exudate and moisture, and binding the fiber-based lower layer and the foam-based upper layer with a binder layer comprising a binder material, the binder layer including a series of perforations. The perforations in the binder layer are formed by removing material from the binder layer with a pattern coated adhesive sheet prior to binding the fiber-based lower layer and the foam-based upper layer.
US11998418B2
Orthodontic positioning devices, and related methods and systems, are disclosed for use with one or more orthodontic elastic members. The disclosed devices are configured to couple with an orthodontic elastic member so as to react a force from the elastic member into the appliance to, for example, generate traction forces on the patient's teeth to produce a desired occlusion. A positioning device includes a patient removable tooth positioning appliance having teeth receiving cavities shaped to receive and apply a resilient positioning force to a patient's teeth. The appliance includes a hook configured to interface with an orthodontic elastic member. The hook can be configured to be offset from a surface of a tooth when the appliance is coupled with the patient's teeth and no elastic member is coupled with the tooth. The hook can be curved so that the hook is more retentive on the aligner. The hook can be reinforced so that the reinforcement resists deformation when the elastic is in place.
US11998416B2
An instrument for removing fractured root canal instruments, comprising an instrument housing formed hollow at least at its front end portion, a slide which is non-rotatably held on the instrument housing but guided for translational movement in an axial direction, a threaded rod which is fixed to the slide and is engaged with a counter thread of the instrument housing or a counter member held on the instrument housing, so that a relative rotational movement between the threaded rod on the one hand and the instrument housing and/or the counter member on the other hand results in an axial displacement of the slide, and fastening means for fastening a wire to the slide, wherein the hollow instrument housing is open towards its front side, so that a wire can be guided through the open front side into the instrument housing and therein to the fastening means.
US11998412B2
Provided are a brush head assembly and an electric toothbrush. The brush head assembly comprises a brush head body, a linking component and a locking cylinder; wherein a component assembly cavity is arranged at the tail end of the brush head body, the linking component is installed in the component assembly cavity, and a deformable locking cylinder including a fulcrum force-receiving part and a force applying part with elastic forces at both ends is embedded; the locking cylinder makes most of the strokes of the drive shaft in the insertion process smooth and convenient, only until the two force applying parts are both in contact with the drive shaft, will force be generated to lock the drive shaft, and the locking effect achieved by this elastic force can be maintained for a long time. Thus ensuring the capabilities of torque transmission and axial retention.
US11998407B2
Certain configurations of methods which can be used to produce removable oral devices are described. In some instances, the removable oral devices can be produced using molding, digital scanning, on demand printing and/or other processes. In certain examples, the produced removable oral device can be used in weight management, athletic performance or in other applications.
US11998404B2
An apparatus and method for diagnosis or treatment of a vessel or organ. The apparatus includes a deformable body such as a catheter having a tissue ablation end effector and an irrigation channel in fluid communication therewith. At least two sensors are disposed within a distal extremity of the deformable body, the sensors being responsive to a wave in a specified range of frequency to detect deformations resulting from a contact force applied to the distal extremity. A microprocessor can be operatively coupled with the sensors to receive outputs therefrom, the microprocessor being configured to resolve a multi-dimensional force vector corresponding to the contact force. In one embodiment, the sensors are fiber Bragg grating sensors, and the wave is injected into the fiber Bragg grating strain sensors from a laser diode.
US11998397B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed herein for a thermally conductive layer for transducer face temperature reduction in an ultrasound transducer assembly. In one embodiment, the ultrasound transducer assembly comprises: a transducer layer configured to emit ultrasound energy; one or more matching layers overlaying the transducer layer; a thermally conductive layer overlaying the one or more matching layers; and a lens overlaying the thermally conductive layer.
US11998395B2
A Multiple Aperture Ultrasound Imaging system and methods of use are provided with any number of features. In some embodiments, a multi-aperture ultrasound imaging system is configured to transmit and receive ultrasound energy to and from separate physical ultrasound apertures. In some embodiments, a transmit aperture of a multi-aperture ultrasound imaging system is configured to transmit an omni-directional unfocused ultrasound waveform approximating a first point source through a target region. In some embodiments, the ultrasound energy is received with a single receiving aperture. In other embodiments, the ultrasound energy is received with multiple receiving apertures. Algorithms are described that can combine echoes received by one or more receiving apertures to form high resolution ultrasound images. Additional algorithms can solve for variations in tissue speed of sound, thus allowing the ultrasound system to be used virtually anywhere in or on the body.
US11998392B2
A shear wave elasticity measurement method and a shear wave elasticity imaging system are disclosed. For each pair of corresponding shear waves, an echo signal within a continuous period of time can be obtained only at a third position, so that an elasticity parameter corresponding to the target area can be obtained according to the echo signal within the continuous period of time. Not only the position required for obtaining an echo signal is few, but also the total data volume required for obtaining the echo signal is few. The calculation method is also easy, which significantly reduces the system performance requirement.
US11998390B2
A piezoelectric actuator includes a vibrating plate including a first surface that closes an opening provided in a substrate and a second surface in which a plurality of piezoelectric elements is provided, a suppression part configured to suppress a vibration of the vibrating plate, and a first wall and a second wall protruding from the first surface to the opening. When a portion where the first electrode, the piezoelectric layer and the second electrode overlap each other is an active part of the piezoelectric element, the first wall and the second wall are provided to sandwich the active part in plan view from the stacking direction of the first electrode, the piezoelectric layer and the second electrode, and the second wall is different from the first wall at least in one of the width, height, length and physical property.
US11998389B2
An ultrasound transducer for use in intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging systems including a single crystal composite (SCC) layer is provided. The transducer has a front electrode on a side of the SCC layer; and a back electrode on the opposite side of the SCC layer. The SCC layer may have a bowl shape including pillars made of a single crystal piezoelectric material embedded in a polymer matrix. Also provided is an ultrasound transducer as above, with the back electrode split into two electrodes electrically isolated from one another. A method of forming an ultrasound transducer as above is also provided. An IVUS imaging system is provided, including an ultrasound emitter and receiver rotationally disposed within an elongate member; an actuator; and a control system controlling emission of pulses and receiving ultrasound echo data associated with the pulses. The ultrasound emitter and receiver include an ultrasound transducer as above.
US11998379B2
Three dimensional x-ray imaging systems are described in this application. In particular, this application describes a 3D dental intra-oral imaging (3DIO) system that collects a series of 2D image projections. The x-ray imaging system comprises a housing, an x-ray source attached to a articulating or motion gantry configured to move the source within the housing to multiple positions, an x-ray detector array located on an opposite side of an object to be imaged from the x-ray source, where the detector array is synchronized with the x-ray source to capture 2D images of the object when the x-ray source is located in multiple imaging positions, and a processor configured to accept the 2D images and reconstruct a 3D image. The multiple imaging positions can be located on a plane substantially parallel to the x-ray detector array. Other embodiments are described.
US11998373B2
An imaging system is disclosed to include an elongate member supported by a plurality of wheels, where the elongate member is extendable in a horizontal axis such that a distance between two of the plurality of wheels is increased when the elongate member is extended in the horizontal axis; a trolley slidably secured to the elongate member, where the trolley includes a base portion and an upper portion. The base portion moves in the horizontal axis along the elongate member and the upper portion is rotatably mounted to the base portion, where the upper portion is configured to rotate at least 90 degrees relative to the base portion and elongate member.
US11998368B2
An electronic medical record (EMR) management system includes an imager code scanner having a user input mechanism and is configurable in a plurality of operation modes, including a code scanning mode and an image capture mode. In the code scanning mode, the imager code scanner is configured to detect a two-dimensional code and output symbology code information representative of the detected two-dimensional code in response to a user input mechanism being engaged. In the image capture mode, the imager code scanner is configured to output a captured image in response to the user input mechanism being engaged. The EMR management system further includes an information management system communicatively coupled to the imager code scanner. The information management system is configured to receive the captured image output from the imager code scanner and incorporate the captured image into an EMR corresponding to a patient.
US11998362B2
According to certain described aspects, multiple acoustic sensing elements are employed in a variety of beneficial ways to provide improved physiological monitoring, among other advantages. In various embodiments, sensing elements can be advantageously employed in a single sensor package, in multiple sensor packages, and at a variety of other strategic locations in the monitoring environment. According to other aspects, to compensate for skin elasticity and attachment variability, an acoustic sensor support is provided that includes one or more pressure equalization pathways. The pathways can provide an air-flow channel from the cavity defined by the sensing elements and frame to the ambient air pressure.
US11998360B2
A wearable device attached to a subject includes an accelerometer that measures acceleration information, and a biological sensor that measures biological signal information of the subject. From the measured acceleration information and biological signal information, first feature data corresponding to a first predetermined period and second feature data corresponding to a second predetermined period are extracted. By machine learning based on the first feature data, a dynamic/static activity identification model, a dynamic-activity identification model, and a static-activity identification model, for the subject, are generated. By combination of results of determination based on each of the identification models, a posture and an activity of the subject are identified and correspondence information, which associates the identified posture and activity with the biological signal information of the subject, is generated.
US11998359B2
The automated allergy office system and method takes a medical professional through an allergy testing process and a follow-on immunology injection process step-by-step using LED computer screen tables, computer tablets, smart phones, an internal office computer system accessing Patient medical records, and an augmenter reality headset. The augmented reality headset technology and artificial intelligence are layered onto an improved manual system to minimize false positives and negatives, to improve the patient experience patient, resulting in cost savings for the doctor and patient and enabling portions of the allergy testing to be performed remotely from the office of the allergist, either by the patient or by a trained medical technician.
US11998357B2
A catheter having a distal assembly with multiple spines with proximal ends affixed to the catheter and free distal ends. The spines have different lengths so distal ends of the spines trace different circumferences along an inner tissue surface of a tubular region to minimize risk of vein stenosis. The spine lengths can be configured so that the distal ends trace a helical pattern. The distal assembly may have a plunger which deflects the spines when moved longitudinally relative to the distal assembly. The catheter may include a second distal assembly distal of a first distal assembly wherein the first and second distal assemblies are separated by a fixed distanced or an adjustable distance.
US11998349B2
Hip replacement prosthesis are provided, comprising a femoral stem, a femoral head coupled to the femoral stem, and an acetabular assembly coupled to the femoral head, and a plurality of sensors coupled to at least of the femoral stem, femoral head, and acetabular assembly.
US11998344B2
An implantable medical device is configured to determine a first atrial arrhythmia score from ventricular events sensed by a sensing circuit of an implantable medical device and determine a second atrial arrhythmia score from an intraventricular signal comprising atrial mechanical event signals attendant to atrial systole and produced by a sensor of the implantable medical device. An atrial arrhythmia is detected based on the first atrial arrhythmia score and the second atrial arrhythmia score.
US11998332B2
An apparatus includes a housing, a fluid reservoir, a flow control mechanism, and an actuator. The housing defines an inner volume and has an inlet port that can be fluidically coupled to a patient and an outlet port. The fluid reservoir is disposed in the inner volume to receive and isolate a first volume of a bodily-fluid. The flow control mechanism is rotatable in the housing from a first configuration, in which a first lumen places the inlet port is in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir, and a second configuration, in which a second lumen places the inlet port in fluid communication with the outlet port. The actuator is configured to create a negative pressure in the fluid reservoir and is configured to rotate the flow control mechanism from the first configuration to the second configuration after the first volume of bodily-fluid is received in the fluid reservoir.
US11998330B2
Embodiments of the invention provide amperometric analyte sensors having optimized elements such as interference rejection membranes, and associated architectures, as well as methods for making and using such sensors. While embodiments of the innovation can be used in a variety of contexts, typical embodiments of the invention include glucose sensors used in the management of diabetes.
US11998309B2
A method for operating a magnetic resonance facility in which a measurement gradient pulse is used to record magnetic resonance signals for sampling k-space along a trajectory section. The recorded magnetic resonance signals are assigned to k-space points using a shape function describing the time profile of the measurement gradient pulse. To correct deviations of the real time profile of the measurement gradient pulse from an assumed target profile, a first correction measurement is performed to ascertain first magnetic resonance signals of the trajectory section. A second correction measurement is then performed using a reference sampling pattern or a reference gradient pulse with fewer deviations from an assigned reference target profile. If a deviation criterion is met, a correction function for the shape function is ascertained by aligning the first and second magnetic resonance signals to one another, providing correction information to be used in an imaging measurement.
US11998296B2
Disclosed herein are apparatus and method for resisting external articulation of one or more joints of a manipulator assembly when the joints are approaching mechanical limits. For example, an articulable system may include a joint mechanism, an actuator coupled to the joint mechanism, a sensor system for sensing a joint state and a controller. The controller can operate the articulable system in an external articulation facilitation mode. The controller can command the actuator to resist movement of the joint in response to the joint state indicating the joint is moving toward a mechanical limit location with a joint velocity meeting a first velocity criterion. The controller can also command the actuator resist movement of the joint at a second joint position when the joint velocity meets a second criterion.
US11998291B2
A robotic surgical system with user engagement monitoring includes a robot assembly, a surgeon console, and a tracking device. The robot assembly includes a robotic arm coupled to a surgical instrument. The surgeon console includes a display device and a handle communicatively coupled to at least one of the robot assembly, the robotic arm, or the surgical instrument. The tracking device includes an image capture device configured to capture an image of a user position reference point. At least one of the surgeon console or the tracking device is configured to compute a position of the user position reference point based on the image; determine whether a user is engaged with the surgeon console based on the computed position; and, in response to a determination that the user is disengaged from the surgeon console, cause the robotic surgical system to operate in a safe mode.
US11998289B2
A system, method, and apparatus are provided for a robotic system effecting autonomous therapy or treatment of a body having soft and/or hard tissue. A system, method, and apparatus are provided for a robotic control system having a fused sensing stream for predicting the deformation of a robotic end effector and the tissue that the end effector is in contact with using, e.g., a Finite Element Analysis (FEA) model. The model updates provide adjustment parameters for the control system to compensate for changes in the mechanical nature of the robotic end effector and the characteristics and/or movement of the tissue being treated by the robotic end effector.
US11998287B1
A hardware platform includes adapters to interface with medical provisioning equipment involved in a remote robotic medical procedure at a patient site and a software system component, potentially cloud-based, to process real-time incoming data streams and a database to store the data streams for later use or archival. Each data stream can itself contain different types of sensory data. The software system component provides overall control and overrideable supervision over the remote robotic operations includes a state manager that synergistically processes the incoming data streams possibly of varying transmission rates, times of receipt or transmission, resolution, and quality. The state manager forms a near- or real-time virtual representation of the operative field. The software system component includes a data broker that can parse the RTVR into subsets data tailored to the needs of the medical provisioning and monitoring equipment, which may also be deployed and co-located at the patient site.
US11998280B2
A system for creating at least one model of a bone and implanted implant comprises a processing unit; and a non-transitory computer-readable memory communicatively coupled to the processing unit and comprising computer-readable program instructions executable by the processing unit for: obtaining at least one image of at least part of a bone and of an implanted implant on the bone, the at least one image being patient specific, obtaining a virtual model of the implanted implant using an identity of the implanted implant, overlaying the virtual model of the implanted implant on the at least one image to determine a relative orientation of the implanted implant relative to the bone in the at least one image, and generating and outputting a current bone and implant model using the at least one image, the virtual model of the implanted implant and the overlaying.
US11998278B1
A method and system for updating a bone model for a surgical procedure is provided. The computer system can include a display screen for displaying a GUI that allows a user to define one or more shapes to generate a selected volume of a bone model. The computer system can update the bone model to remove the selected volume as defined by the user. The computer system can display the updated bone model to the user and/or use the updated bone model to guide the surgeon to remove the portions of the patient's bone corresponding to the updated bone model under robotic assistance.
US11998275B2
A display system can include a head-mounted display configured to project light to an eye of a user to display virtual image content at different amounts of divergence and collimation. The display system can include an inward-facing imaging system possibly comprising a plurality of cameras that image the user's eye and glints thereon, and processing electronics that are in communication with the inward-facing imaging system and that are configured to obtain an estimate of a center of cornea of the user's eye using data derived from the glint images. The display system may use spherical and aspheric cornea models to estimate a location of the corneal center of the user's eye.
US11998271B2
Methods and systems am disclosed in which an optical diagnosis of an eye's optical image quality is performed using a simulated retinal image. An objective measurement of a total wave aberration is obtained, and residual aberrations are computed by subtracting a sphero-cylindrical correction from the total wave aberration. The simulated retinal image is computed by computing a point-spread function from the residual aberrations and convolving the computed point-spread function with an acuity chart. The optical diagnosis includes at least one of: determining excess aberrations, ranking optics of the eye into optical grades, selecting the eye for high-definition eyeglasses, identifying amblyopia or macular diseases, or choosing an objective refraction for vision correction.
US11998270B2
The invention provides methods of diagnosing neuropathic corneal pain by the detection of neuromas, such as micro-neuromas, on the cornea. The invention also features systems for detecting the presence of anatomical features located on an ocular tissue surface that may be a marker for neuropathic corneal pain. The systems feature an in vivo confocal microscope and a computer N programmed with a neural network to automate the analysis of the microscope images. The invention provides methods of using the system to identify a micro-neuroma in images collected of an ocular surface and methods of diagnosing neuropathic corneal pain and monitoring treatment of neuropathic corneal pain using a system of the invention. The invention further provides a non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions, when executed by a processor, perform a method for automatically determining the presence of at least one neuroma on a plurality of images of an ocular surface of a patient.
US11998269B2
Articles of manufacture, including terminations of or attachments to optical fibers are configured to substantially prevent axial emission and redirect radially most if not all light emanating from optical fibers. In that, a termination may include a fiber cap of a unitary construction of a tube and an optical element disposed to face a sealed end of the tube and dividing a hollow of the tube and having a conical surface, or an optical element dividing the hollow and complemented by a cone. An example of termination includes an optical fiber element having an up-tapered end with a maximum taper-diameter exceeding the core-diameter and ending at a conical element with an apex angle from about 70° to about 100°. Articles of manufacture additionally including mounting contraptions cooperating such terminations with cannulae to form an attachment to a laser system. Methods for transmitting light through such articles of manufacture.
US11998268B2
In one aspect, a method of tightening skin and/or reducing scar tissue is described herein. The method comprises performing a fractional laser ablation in a treatment area of the skin, thereby removing a column of the skin and forming a columnar vacancy in the skin, the columnar vacancy having a perimeter defined by a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the first side and the second side each comprising an epidermal layer, a dermal layer, and a subcutaneous layer of skin. The first side of the columnar vacancy is contacted to the second side of the columnar vacancy, thereby closing the columnar vacancy.
US11998262B1
The invention generally relates to systems and methods for improving sleep by treating at least one of rhinitis, congestion, and/or rhinorrhea to thereby reduce or eliminate symptoms associated therewith, including, but not limited to, nasal congestion, coughing, sneezing, and nasal or throat irritation and itching.
US11998256B2
A method is provided for sterile packaging of a Kirschner wire (K-wire) and cap for shipping and storage, such that the K-wire and cap may be removed from the sterile packaging and used during a surgery. The method comprises sterile packaging the K-wire into a first container, sterile packaging the cap into a second container, and then bundling the first and second containers into a third container. In some embodiments, the first container may be comprised of a sterile interior environment within a double tube container, and the second container may be comprised of peel pouch configured to be unsealed during the surgery. In some embodiments, the K-wire and the cap may be placed together onto a mounting card that is then sterile packaged into a peel pouch that may be unsealed during the surgery.
US11998252B2
A system for fixating a bone includes a buckle having a plurality of lock bars and a hook. A cord may connect the hook with an opposite end of the buckle and around a bone. The buckle may include lock bars on the opposite end of the buckle to receive the cord and allow a frictional resistance to a loosening of the cord around the bone to facilitate a reduction of a fracture of the bone.
US11998249B2
An insertion device for deploying an implant includes an elongated main body having a distal locking portion for coupling to the implant and a proximal handle portion. The main body defines a central passage and the distal locking portion has outer ridges and slots to allow the outer ridges to flex radially inward when mounting to the implant. A plunger slides in the central passage for movement between an unlocked position for mounting the implant on the distal locking portion, a locked position for locking the implant on the distal locking portion, and an insertion instrument deployed position for deploying the actuation plunger to move the blades from the stowed position to the deployed position. A spike cap drive rotatably mounts on the main body having a socket end for engaging a drive nut on the implant to, in turn, move the spike cap.
US11998238B2
Novel and unique medical devices and associated methods are disclosed, for a medical device for puncturing tissue at a tissue site. The medical device is an elongate member having a proximal section, a distal section, and a rail section therebetween. The medical device includes an active tip at a distal end of the distal section and is operable to deliver energy to create a puncture through the tissue. The rail section is configured to both act as a rail for supporting installation of one or more tubular members thereupon, as well as be maneuverable for enabling access to the tissue site.
US11998226B2
A rongeur cutting system and method of operating said system. The rongeur cutting system may comprise a cutting unit that includes an outer tube and a cutting implement capable of both oscillation and longitudinal movement within the outer tube. The rongeur cutting system may also comprise a handpiece including a power source and spindle for actuating the cutting implement. The method of operating the rongeur cutting system may comprise operating the rongeur cutting system in a manual mode and/or operating the rongeur cutting system in a power mode. The manual mode includes moving the cutting implement longitudinally within the outer tube to manually cut tissue without utilizing the power source, and the power mode includes actuating a motor to manipulate the cutting implement within the outer tube while moving the cutting implement longitudinally within the cutting tube.
US11998225B2
Methods and apparatus for evaluating and manipulating objects in a body, for example emboli in a body lumen are described, and in some examples methods and apparatus use adaptable tips on catheters, for example aspiration catheters, for manipulating and/or removing such emboli.
US11998216B2
A method includes positioning a surgical tool with an end effector adjacent a surgical site, the end effector including a housing having a tapered section that defines an inner surface, first and second arcuate jaw members protruding distally from the housing and defining a channel therebetween, each arcuate jaw member exhibiting a curved profile shaped to receive an arcuate surgical clip, and a feedbar movable within the housing. The method further including urging the arcuate surgical clip against the inner surface, advancing the feedbar within the housing to engage and follow the inner surface and thereby flexing the feedbar downward and into engagement with the arcuate surgical clip, advancing the arcuate surgical clip with the feedbar into interposition between the first and second arcuate jaw members, and collapsing the first and second arcuate jaw members to crimp the arcuate surgical clip.
US11998215B2
A surgical clip may include first and second leg members, each having inner surfaces. The inner surface of the first leg member may be concave and the inner surface of the second leg member may be convex. The surgical clip may include a first locking member positioned on a distal end portion of the first leg member, and a second locking member positioned on a distal end portion of the second leg member. The surgical clip may also include a third locking member position between a proximal end portion and the distal end portion of the first leg member, and a fourth locking member positioned between a proximal end portion and the distal end portion of the second leg member. The first and second locking members, and the third and fourth locking members may be configured to interact to secure the surgical clip in a closed configuration.
US11998211B2
An occlusion clip comprising: (a) a spring; (b) a first runner including a first open top and a first open end adjacent the first open top, the first runner including a first interior camming surface partially delineating a first interior cavity that is open by way of the first open top and the first open end; (c) a second runner including a second open top and a second open end adjacent the second open top, the second runner including a second interior camming surface partially delineating a second interior cavity that is open by way of the second open top and the second open end, where the spring is configured to be coupled to the first runner and the second runner, where the first interior cavity is configured to receive a first portion of the spring, where the second interior cavity is configured to receive a second portion of the spring, where the first camming surface is configured to engage a first cam of the spring, and where the second camming surface is configured to engage a second cam of the spring.
US11998206B2
A detachable motor-powered surgical instrument. The instrument may include a housing that includes at least one engagement member for removably attaching the housing to an actuator arrangement. A motor is supported within the housing for supplying actuation motions to various portions of a surgical end effector coupled to the housing. The housing may include a contact arrangement that is configured to permit power to be supplied to the motor only when the housing is operably attached to the actuator arrangement.
US11998201B2
A surgical stapling instrument comprising a tissue cutting knife movable through a staple cartridge to perform a staple firing stroke is disclosed. The stapling instrument further comprises a lockout system configured to prevent the tissue cutting knife from being moved through the staple firing stroke if the staple cartridge is missing from the stapling instrument and/or if the staple cartridge has been previously fired. The lockout system comprises a flexible spring that acts on the bottom of the tissue cutting knife at the initiation of the staple firing stroke to push the tissue cutting knife into a lockout recess if the staple cartridge is missing or has been previously fired.
US11998198B2
A surgical stapling instrument comprising an end effector is disclosed. The end effector comprises an anvil and a cartridge jaw comprising a channel, wherein the channel comprises a lockout recess defined therein. A staple cartridge is replaceably seated in the channel. A firing member is configured to distally advance a sled during a staple firing stroke. The firing member comprises a first portion configured to engage the anvil, a second portion configured to engage the cartridge jaw, and a lockout portion positioned between the first portion and the second portion. The lockout portion is configured to engage the lockout recess when the sled is not in a proximal position prior to the staple firing stroke. The surgical stapling instrument is unable to perform the staple firing stroke when the lockout portion engages the lockout recess.
US11998193B2
A method for controlling a surgical instrument is disclosed. In at least one instance, the surgical instrument comprises a shroud and the operation of the surgical instrument is modified based on input from a sensing circuit configured to sense a parameter of the shroud. In certain instances, the surgical instrument comprises a strain gage circuit and the operation of the surgical instrument is modified based on input from the strain gage circuit.
US11998185B2
A method and apparatus for coupling a soft tissue implant into a locking cavity formed within a bone is disclosed. The apparatus includes a member to pull the soft tissue implant into a femoral tunnel. The member includes a suture having first and second ends which are passed through first and second openings associated with the longitudinal passage to form a pair of loops. Portions of the suture lay parallel to each other within the suture. Application of tension onto the suture construction causes retraction of the soft tissue implant into the femoral tunnel.
US11998182B2
The disclosure provides a dynamic vascular access and closure device for radial cinching of an access site. The device includes a tensioning tube, a resilient member disposed within the tensioning tube, and a plurality of sutures extending axially between a distal end of the tensioning tube and a proximal end of the tensioning tube. A proximal end of each of the plurality of sutures can be configured to attach to the resilient member such that movement of that suture causes compression or extension of the resilient member within the tensioning tube to provide cinching to the sutures.
US11998176B2
An elongate flexible instrument includes an elongate flexible instrument, an image capture instrument, and at least one heat transfer element. The elongate flexible instrument defines an internal channel. The internal channel is configured to receive a fluid from a fluid source. The image capture instrument is disposed within the internal channel in a distal portion of the elongate flexible instrument. The at least one heat transfer element is configured to transfer heat from the image capture instrument to the fluid.
US11998170B2
There is provided an endoscope capable of suppressing the degradation of a distal-end-part body over time that is caused by the sandwiching of a treatment tool. An endoscope includes a distal-end-part body that is provided at a distal end of an insertion unit. The distal-end-part body includes an elevator-housing space-forming wall that forms an elevator-housing space opened in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the longitudinal axis of the insertion unit, a lead-out portion that includes a treatment tool outlet opened into the elevator-housing space, and an elevator that is provided in the elevator-housing space so as to be rotatable about a rotating shaft between a standing position and a fallen position and includes a guide surface guiding a treatment tool. The elevator-housing space-forming wall includes an opening wall portion provided on an opening side of the elevator-housing space. An opposite wall portion, which is opposite to the guide surface in a case where the elevator is in the standing position, of the opening wall portion is made of a material harder than that of all other wall portions other than the opposite wall portion.
US11998161B2
The present invention provides a dust suction and charging device for a floor sweeping robot and a dust suction and charging method thereof. The floor sweeping robot has a floor sweeping robot body with a dust box arranged on one side of the body. A dust-box discharge port is formed on the dust box and corresponds to a maintenance-station dust suction port. The maintenance-station dust suction port can be communicated with the dust-box discharge port by pressing an outer surface of the maintenance-station dust suction port. Advantages: (1) the charging, dust removal and maintenance operations on the floor sweeping robot are realized simultaneously; and, (2) dust in the dust box of the floor sweeping robot is sucked into a dust bag of the maintenance station by vacuum, so it is unnecessary to take out the dust box. Therefore, it is convenient to clean and will not pollute the external environment.
US11998158B2
Devices for collecting patient excretions utilize existing suction sources and facilitate the cleaning of bedding and/or a patient. Patient excretion collection devices comprise a collection reservoir and a collection wand which are attached to an existing source of suction.
US11998149B2
A mobile robot is disclosed, including a body, a mop module installed on the body and being configured to clean using water, a water tank removably disposed in the body and being configured to store water to be supplied to the mop module, and a detachable water tank module installed on the water tank. The water-tank detachable module includes a hook engaged with or coupled to the body and an operation button disposed on a surface of the water tank to operate the hook.
US11998147B2
A tooth-brushing cup and heating device consists of a tooth-brushing cup, a hoop, a base and the like an electromagnetic coil, a control circuit and the like are arranged in the base, a display window is arranged at the upper part of the base. Four buttons are arranged above the display window for setting the temperature and the heating time respectively, and a power switch is arranged on the right side of the display window. The hoop is installed on the base, and a conical surface inside the hoop is attached to the outer conical surface of the tooth-brushing cup. The tooth-brushing cup is made of stainless steel by stamping and is in a circular table shape, and a side plane is stamped on the side wall of the tooth-brushing cup to be tightly attached to a base panel.
US11998144B2
A disposable mixing system includes a lid having an opening and configured to hold contents within a container, a strainer configured to couple with the container and the lid in a position between the container and the lid, where the strainer mixes the contents responsive to shaking the container, and a cap configured to cover the opening of the lid, where at least the lid and the strainer are formed in a unified piece. The system may be manufactured from a single sheet of plastic using thermoforming. The strainer may use flat surfaces and large triangular orifices for efficient mixing and manufacture, while the lid may have a spout sized to prevent clogging and pressure build-up.
US11998139B2
A system for presenting and preparing foodstuffs that include a plurality of individual foodstuff blocks provided formed into basic shapes comprises a heating device including a heatable cooking receptacle for one or more foodstuff blocks with a heatable grill surface and at least one heating mandrel projecting from the grill surface; wherein the heating mandrel is insertable into a passage opening provided in each respective foodstuff block and is adapted to the contour of the passage opening so as to avoid an air gap between the wall of the passage opening and the heating mandrel.
US11998138B2
A cooking vessel includes a base having a flat bottom and a sidewall connected to and surrounding the base, thereby defining an interior space configured for containing food. The base comprises a layered composite material that includes a first layer of the composite material has a positive Poisson's ratio (PPR) and a second layer of the composite material is disposed in contact with the first layer. The cooking vessel includes a material having a negative Poisson's ratio (NPR).
US11998132B1
A building mounted delivery management system and associated method is provided which makes use of a movable electronic delivery box (basket) moves in a path outside a multi-story residential building such as an apartment building or other residential high-rise building. The electronic delivery box is accessible only by authorized delivery personnel and correctly identified and authorized residents of the residential building.
US11998126B2
An innovative dish stacker and holder. The dish stacker and holder includes a ring and legs connected to the ring, the legs extending downwardly from the ring. The legs are operative to stand flush on a floor surface of a dish below the stacker and holder, and the ring is operative to receive a downwardly extending base of a dish above the stacker. A ledge connected to ring extends below and overlaps a portion of an area circumscribed by the ring. The ledge is operative to engage and support a bottom side of a dish base inserted through an opening in the area circumscribed by the ring.
US11998122B2
A child restraint configured to be securable to and separable from a base installed in a vehicle, the child restraint comprising an illuminator positioned on an external portion of the child restraint, configured to operate in a first mode, illuminating a first region external to the child restraint wherein, in the event that the child restraint is not secured to the base, and the child restraint is moved, the illuminator will be activated in its first mode, illuminating the first region external to the child restraint for the purpose of aiding securement to the base, and wherein in the event that the child restraint is secured to the base, the first mode will be deactivated.
US11998120B2
A sunshade for an outdoor public space, having a pane made from an at least partially opaque material and a mount adapted to be fixed to the ground and rotatively supporting the pane for rotation about a vertical axis of rotation. The sunshade has a rotation control apparatus adapted to control rotation of the pane.
US11998115B2
A motorized furniture according to embodiments of the present invention includes a control unit. The control unit transitions to a first falling asleep operation at second time where the elapse of time since first time, where the sleep of a user of the motorized furniture is detected, is equal to or larger than a first time threshold. The control unit performs a second falling asleep operation when a variation of a signal corresponding to a biological signal of the user in a first period during the first falling asleep operation is smaller than the variation in a first prior period, which exists prior to the first period, during the first falling asleep operation or when the absolute value of a difference between the variation in the first period and the variation in the first prior period is smaller than a first variation threshold. In the second falling asleep operation, the control unit performs at least one of: an operation of decreasing the inclination of a section of the motorized furniture; an operation of decreasing the gap between the height of a head part of a mattress of the motorized furniture and the height of a waist part of the mattress; and an operation of decreasing the difference between the pressure in the head part and the pressure in the waist part. The embodiments provide a motorized furniture capable of offering more comfortable sleep.
US11998110B2
A table has a first, a second and a third leg pair, the third pair being movable via telescopic connections between a first position proximal to the second pair and a second position distal to the second pair. In a folded table configuration, the third leg pair is in the first position, a first leg and a third leg have relative free ends near a rest plane, and the leg pairs flank one another. In an extended table configuration, the third leg pair has the first position, the first leg and the third leg have relative free ends distant from the rest plane, and the legs delineate a cross. In an elongated table configuration, the third leg pair has the second position, the first leg and the third leg have relative free ends distant from the rest plane, and the leg pairs flank one another in a cross configuration.
US11998109B2
Some implementations of a table system can include a protective member that is positionable below a table to provide protection to both a table and chairs. The protective member can extend lateral beyond a peripheral edge of the table top, for example, to protect the table and accessory furniture while allowing the table top and the peripheral edge of the table top to remain exposed.
US11998107B2
In embodiments, a belt clamp includes an inboard plate and an outboard plate that are pivotally coupled at their upper ends. The belt clamp may also include a spring biased locking mechanism that selectively and releasably connects the lower end of the inboard plate to the lower end of the outboard plate by way of locking posts in the inboard plate that are displaced upwardly from the lower edge of said plate. The outboard locking plate may have latch members that are entirely contained (except for opposing actuation buttons) within a compartment formed by two portions of the outboard plate connected by a living hinge. The opposing actuation buttons require a motion in a first direction, such as upwardly, to allow motion in a second direction, such as inwardly, to rotate the latching members inwardly to release the locking posts.
US11998101B1
A solution refill cartridge device configured to be joined to a dispenser includes a housing having a formed side with perimeter sidewalls creating an open end that provides access to an interior volume that receives a solution. The solution conforms to the interior volume and a dispenser, whereby the solution cartridge refill device's open side is configured with an enclosure apparatus that seals the solution within the solution cartridge refill device. The enclosure apparatus is removable so to access the solution within the solution refill cartridge device. Removal of the enclosure apparatus allows the formed solution to be dispensed through the open side of the solution refill cartridge device. The solution refill cartridge device aligns and mates to a dispenser to allow the formed solution to be dispensed with, on or in the dispenser.
US11998094B2
Embodiments of chair systems incorporating trekking poles include a low-back design employing fixed-length trekking poles, and a high-back design employing adjustable-length trekking poles that allow for adjusting the recline angle of the chair. The chair system generally includes a tubular frame that releasably engages a flexible seat. The tubular frame includes a front hub and a rear hub spaced one from the other by a cross bar, plus front and rear footings which stabilize the chair system on the ground or undersurface. A V-shaped upper support extending from the front hub supports and holds open the leg portion of the flexible seat, while the trekking poles are releasably engaged with and extend upwardly from the rear hub to support, and hold open and upright the back portion of the flexible seat.
US11998092B2
A rotary replaceable umbrella nest assembly for an umbrella has a lower nest cover with a plurality of recesses for receiving the end of each rod; a circular hole is at the center of the lower nest cover for receiving a middle column; a connecting sleeve extends down from the circular hole; the connecting sleeve has a plurality of external threads; a nest support has a ring-shape matching a bottom of the lower nest cover having a center hole for a connecting sleeve to pass through; a lower nest base ornament is disposed below the nest support and is threaded with and is detachably connected to the lower nest cover.
US11998089B2
A clasp for a garment such as a bandana is described. The clasp consists of two distinct portions, each of which can be different or identical. Each portion includes three or more passages that allow the ends of a bandana or other garment to be threaded through each. The complementary portions are then connected to each other.
US11998084B2
A footwear article is provided comprising an upper and a wear guard. In at least one example, the wear guard may be structured with bellows extending along an edge of a lacing structure of the footwear article, the bellows positioned between the lacing structure and a toe of the footwear article.
US11998077B2
Proposed is lower rollers of a hot air welder, and more particularly, to a lower roller structure of a hot air welder, which includes a first lower roller unit installed on a worktable to be pivoted vertically and a second lower roller unit installed on a main body to be slidably moved in front and rear, such that a welding operation of flat fabric and a welding operation of a cylindrical shape can be performed in a single hot air welder through alternate use of the first and second lower roller units.
US11998073B2
A non-woven protective clothing against blood and viruses is composed from a non-woven fabric layer, which has two surfaces; and a moisture-permeable layer, which is a porous film that is laminated to one of the surfaces of the non-woven fabric layer; and an elastic pore filling layer, which is a hydrophilic polyurethane. The elastic pore filling layer is coated or printed onto the surface of the moisture-permeable layer, and the thickness of the elastic pore filling layer is thinner than that of the moisture-permeable layer. The synthetic blood permeability of the non-woven protective clothing against blood and viruses can resist a pressure of 2.0 psi for one minute, and the Phi-X174 bacteriophage penetrability thereof can resist a pressure of 2.0 psi for one minute.
US11998065B2
An assist garments worn on or below the waist has finger loops mounted on a band to assist in dressing and undressing.
US11998062B2
A connectivity dongle for providing connectivity between an aerosol delivery device and a management service. The connectivity dongle comprises a wireless connectivity interface configured to establish a wireless data connection to an aerosol delivery device to receive data from the aerosol delivery device; and a data connectivity interface configured to establish a network connection to the management service and to pass data received from a connected aerosol delivery device to the management service via the network connection. In some embodiments, each aerosol delivery device may comprise an electronic nicotine delivery “END” device.
US11998060B2
An electronic vapor provision device comprises: includes a first electrical resistive heater for vaporizing a precursor material to generate vapor in an airflow for inhalation by a user and a second electrical resistive heater for vaporizing the precursor material and/or heating said airflow. The first electrical resistive heater has a first thermal coefficient of resistance which is less than a second thermal coefficient of resistance of the second electrical resistive heater. The device further includes a control system to monitor for a change in the resistance of at least the second electrical resistive heater. The second electrical resistance heater therefore serves both as a heater and as a temperature monitor.
US11998056B2
An electronic vapor provision system including: a vaporizer for vaporizing aerosol precursor material for inhalation by a user of the electronic vapor provision system; a power supply for supplying power to the vaporizer; a wall defining an air flow path along which air travels through the electronic vapor provision system when a user inhales or exhales on the electronic vapor provision system; a temperature sensor mounted in the air flow path adjacent a portion of the wall of the air flow path; and a controller configured to cause power to be supplied to the temperature sensor to heat the temperature sensor and to cause power to be supplied to the vaporizer to vaporize the aerosol precursor material in response to detecting a change in temperature of the temperature sensor; wherein the air flow path is arranged such that, during inhalation or exhalation by the user, air travelling along the air flow path is directed at the temperature sensor in a direction that is towards the portion of the wall adjacent to which the temperature sensor is mounted so as to disrupt the airflow around the temperature sensor.
US11998049B2
There is described an aerosol provision article for use in an aerosol provision system for generating an inhalable medium comprising an aerosol when a user draws on the aerosol provision system. The aerosol provision article includes a structure for transporting liquid from a liquid reservoir and heating the transported liquid to generate a flow of aerosol; and a region for receiving a substance which, in use, the flow of aerosol passes through and heats the substance before exiting the aerosol provision article, wherein the substance modifies a property of the flow of aerosol and wherein the structure is positioned so that when the structure heats the transported liquid to generate the flow of aerosol the structure also provides additional heat to the substance in the region.
US11998044B2
An apparatus for use as a water pipe configured to be disassembled and assembled.
US11998040B2
A paper well suited for use as a wrapper in heat but not burn sticks is disclosed. The paper includes a base web made from cellulosic fibers combined with a flame retardant filler and/or can include a coating formed from a reduced ignition composition.
US11998036B2
The present invention relates to a coating composition, a potato product for optional finish-frying provided therewith and a method therefor. The composition includes by weight, relative to the weight of the composition: −30-60% modified starch including high-amylose starch; −20-30% flour; −5-20% dextrin; −2-10% unmodified starch; and −0.01-2% carbonate.
US11998028B2
The invention relates to a polypeptide for the hydrolytic cleavage of zearalenone and/or at least one zearalenone derivative, said polypeptide being a hydrolase having an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 1-15 or a functional variant thereof, wherein the sequence of the functional variant is at least 40% identical to at least one of the amino acid sequences. The invention also relates to: an additive containing the polypeptide; an isolated polynucleotide that encodes the polypeptide; and a method for the hydrolytic cleavage of zearalenone and/or of at least one zearalenone derivative using the polypeptide.
US11998016B2
The present disclosure provides use of a Chaetomium globosum strain in controlling Fusarium crown rot (FCR) of wheat. The C. globosum strain under the deposit designation of 12XP1-2-3 is deposited at China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center (CGMCC) on Jan. 23, 2019 with an accession number of CGMCC No. 17183. Field experiments conclude that coating of wheat seeds with Chaetomium globosum strain 12XP1-2-3 can reduce diseased stem rate, disease rating, and disease index by 19.0%-41.3%, 43.7%, and 4.7%-45.4%, respectively.
US11998012B1
Synthesis of a compound N-[(1-phenyl-4H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)carbamothioyl]benzamide and its use as an insecticidal agent.
US11998003B2
The present invention discloses devices configured to perform a cryoprocedure on at least one biological sample and methods for using the devices. The disclosed devices comprise a straw and a pod. The straw comprises a straw space, configured to draw liquid from a distal end of the straw space towards a proximal end of the straw space. The pod is coupled to a distal end of the straw and comprises a perforated member comprises at least one orifice whose diameter is smaller than the diameter of the at least one biological sample, wherein the perforated element is configured to allow inflow of liquids into the preparation space and outflow of liquids from the preparation space. The holding space is configured to form, together with the straw space, a preparation space wherein the at least one biological sample can undergo the cryoprocedure.
US11997996B2
A spool braking device includes a brake drum and a rotation structure. The brake drum is disposed in a reel body and positioned alongside a spool in an axial direction. The rotation structure is arranged between the spool and the brake drum in the axial direction. The rotation structure has a support, a brake shoe, and a biasing member. The support rotates in accordance with a spool shaft. The brake shoe has a center of gravity arranged outside of the brake drum in a radial direction. The brake shoe is configured to contact a tapered surface of the brake drum. The biasing member biases one of the support or the brake drum towards another one of the support or the brake drum. The one of the support or the brake drum is movable in the axial direction with respect to the another one of the support or the brake drum.
US11997990B2
A portable livestock corral is configured to be operably attached to a vehicle for advancement in a forward direction. The portable livestock corral broadly includes a chassis and opposed sets of corral panels. The chassis includes an elongated corral frame extending longitudinally along the forward direction. The opposed sets of corral panels are positioned to extend longitudinally along respective sides of the corral frame in a stored condition, with the corral frame configured to removably support the opposed sets of corral panels when the corral is advanced in the forward direction by the vehicle. The chassis further includes a shiftable rack supported by the corral frame and configured to removably engage and support at least one of the opposed sets of corral panels in the stored condition.
US11997983B2
Provide is a storage apparatus for a companion animal, including a first storage part in which a companion animal is seated, a second storage part connected to an edge of the first storage part and configured to surround the companion animal, and a third storage part coupled to the second storage part, wherein the third storage part surrounds the first storage part or is turned over to cover an upper side of the second storage part, thereby allowing the companion animal to be stored in the storage apparatus having a house or bag form.
US11997979B2
A soybean cultivar designated 05250624 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 05250624, to the plants of soybean cultivar 05250624, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 05250624, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 05250624. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 05250624. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 05250624, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 05250624 with another soybean cultivar.
US11997978B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01083711. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01083711. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01083711 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01083711 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US11997951B2
The configuration includes: a motor for driving a driving wheel (rear wheel) provided to a body; a slip ratio calculating section for calculating a slip ratio while the lawn mower is traveling; a friction coefficient calculating section for calculating a friction coefficient of a ground on which the lawn mower is traveling; a determination section for determining whether the ground on which the lawn mower is traveling is a lawn based on a relationship between the slip ratio and the friction coefficient and a drive controlling section for controlling the motor based on a determination result from the determination section. This configuration allows suitable driving operability for both of a case where the ground on which a lawn mowers traveling is a lawn and a case where the ground is other than a lawn.
US11997949B2
A system and related method of applying forage treatment material to harvested forage is provided. The system can include a mobile forage harvester having a chute, a vacuum source that produces a vacuum, and a bin that stores granular treatment material for dispensation. The chute can be joined with a catch tube having a catch opening. A tube can extend from the bin toward the catch tube, but can be separated from the catch opening by an open gap. The material can be dispensed from the tube into the open gap, and drawn across the open gap and into the catch opening with the vacuum so the material mixes with the harvested forage moving along the pathway in the chute under force of the vacuum. The bin, tubes and the open gap can be located in an interior compartment to protect them from the elements. A related method is provided.
US11997948B2
An actuator assembly for moving an implement attached to an agricultural vehicle. The actuator assembly includes an actuator comprising a longitudinal axis, a cylinder extending along the longitudinal axis, and a piston rod extending from the cylinder along the longitudinal axis and that is configured to be attached to the implement at a connection point. A safety stop is pivotably attached at the connection point and is movable between a deployed position where the safety stop is configured to block retraction of the actuator, and a retracted position where the safety stop is not configured to block retraction of the actuator. The safety stop is configured to rotate with respect to the actuator about a first rotational axis that is orthogonal to the longitudinal axis, as well as a second rotational axis that is orthogonal to both the longitudinal axis and the first rotational axis.
US11997947B2
An agricultural system includes a header and a controller. The controller is configured to receive a first input indicative of a set profile of the header, in which the set profile comprises a target position of the header for a non-harvesting mode, store the set profile of the header. The controller is further configured to receive a second input indicative of a selection of the non-harvesting mode, output a first signal to instruct the agricultural system to operate in the non-harvesting mode in response to receiving the second input, and output a second signal to set a current position of the header based on the set profile in response to receiving the second input.
US11997941B2
An agricultural machine includes a metering system comprising one or more meters configured to meter particulate material into a first material distribution line and a second material distribution line, a first sensor configured to generate a first sensor signal indicative of a first measure of a flow of the particulate material in the first material distribution line, a second sensor configured to generate a second sensor signal indicative of a second measure of the flow of the particulate material in the first material distribution line, and a control system. The control system is configured to receive an indication of a sensed flow rate of the particulate material in the second material distribution line, obtain an adjusted flow rate indication by applying, to the sensed flow rate, a rate offset based on the first and second sensor signals, and control the metering system based on the adjusted flow rate indication.
US11997939B2
Seed meters implementing air pressure to dispense seed into the ground in a controlled manner. In certain embodiments, a valve is actuated to push a single seed out of a seed chamber. The seed can be conveyed from the metering housing and through a seed delivery apparatus to the furrow at high speed. The seed is rapidly conveyed from the seed chamber to the furrow by a precisely controlled air pulse to eliminate variation enable high planting speeds.
US12004436B2
Embodiments of present invention provide a resistive random-access memory (RRAM) cell. The RRAM cell includes a bottom electrode; a metal oxide layer, the metal oxide layer having a central portion that is in direct contact with the bottom electrode, a peripheral portion that is nonplanar with the central portion, and a vertical portion between the central portion and the peripheral portion; and a top electrode directly above the metal oxide layer. A method of manufacturing the RRAM cell is also provided.
US12004433B2
A non-volatile multi-bit storage device that includes a phase change material doped with n-type or p-type semiconductor impurities, a first set of electrodes ohmically coupled to the phase change material, a second set of electrodes configured to apply an electric field across the phase change material. To program the non-volatile multi-bit storage device, an electrical field is applied to the phase change material as crystal annealing cool down is performed. Application of the electric field during the crystal annealing cool down forms a rectified current path through the phase change material.
US12004430B2
Provided is a piezoelectric valve in which the valve is opened/closed utilizing a displacement of a laminated piezoelectric element, including: a valve main body having a gas pressure chamber that receives compressed gas supplied externally; and an actuator having a valving element, the laminated piezoelectric element that generates a driving force required for operating the valving element as the displacement, and a displacement enlarging mechanism that enlarges the displacement of the laminated piezoelectric element to be acted on the valving element, the actuator being disposed in the valve main body, in which a surface of the laminated piezoelectric element is coated with silicone in a state in which the laminated piezoelectric element is integrated into the actuator.
US12004421B2
Provided is a compound of Chemical Formula 1: wherein, in Chemical Formula 1: X1 to X3 are each independently N or CH, provided that at least one of X1 to X3 is N; X4 to X6 are each independently N or CH, provided that at least one of X4 to X6 is N; Ar1 to Ar4 are each independently a substituted or unsubstituted C6-60 aryl, or a substituted or unsubstituted C2-60 heteroaryl containing any one or more selected from the group consisting of N, O, and S; L1 to L3 are each independently a single bond, a substituted or unsubstituted C6-60 arylene, or a substituted or unsubstituted C2-60 heteroarylene containing any one or more selected from the group consisting of N, O, and S; and n is 1 or 2, and an organic light emitting device including the same.
US12004419B2
There is provided a compound having Formula I, Formula II, or Formula III. The variables are described in detail herein.
US12004407B2
A display panel, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device are disclosed. For the display panel, an anti-crack structure is disposed in a chamfer between a driving circuit layer and a substrate. The anti-crack structure is in contact with a packaging layer to reduce an angle from the contact plane of the anti-crack structure and the packaging layer to the plane in which a light-emitting layer is located, so that the packaging layer is smoothly disposed, the risk of the fracture of the packaging layer is lowered, and the failure of the display panel is avoided.
US12004395B2
A display substrate includes a plurality of pixel units arranged to form a plurality of pixel columns extending along a first direction, the display substrate further includes a plurality of groups of power source signal lines and pixel driving circuits located on the substrate, each group of power source signal lines includes a plurality of secondary signal lines, the pixel driving circuits of the pixel units in each pixel column are connected to different secondary signal lines in a same group of power source signal lines, each secondary signal line extends along the first direction from a starting end of the power source signal lines, extension lengths of the secondary signal lines in the same group of power source signal lines are different, and resistance values per unit length of different secondary signal lines along the first direction decrease as total lengths of the secondary signal lines increase.
US12004394B2
The disclosure discloses a display substrate and a display device. The display substrate includes a base substrate, and a first wire layer, a first insulating layer, a transitional connection layer, a second insulating layer, a third insulating layer, and a second wire layer sequentially arranged on a wire changing region of the substrate; first wires of the first wire layer are electrically connected to electrical connection portions of the transitional connection layer through a first opening of the first insulating layer, and the electrical connection portions are electrically connected to second wires of the second wire layer through a second opening of the second insulating layer and a third opening of the third insulating layer; at least two of a projection of the first opening, a projection of the second opening, or a projection of the third opening on the substrate are staggered in positions.
US12004390B2
A display device includes: a substrate in which a main display area, a first non-display area inside the main display area, and an auxiliary display area between the main display area and the first non-display area are defined; and a display unit including an auxiliary display and a main display. The auxiliary display is disposed on the auxiliary display area and includes a plurality of first auxillary pixels, a plurality of second auxillary pixels, and a plurality of third auxillary pixels. The main display is disposed on the main display area and includes a plurality of main pixels. The plurality of first auxillary pixels is commonly driven by a first driving signal, the plurality of second auxiliary pixels is commonly driven by a second driving signal, and the plurality of third auxillary pixels is commonly driven by a third driving signal.
US12004389B2
An array substrate, a display panel, and a display device are provided. The array substrate includes sub-pixel includes a pixel circuit, and the pixel circuit includes a light emitting element, a storage capacitor, a driving transistor, a data writing transistor, a data line and a first connection structure. The driving transistor is configured to control the light emitting element to emit light; the data line is connected to the first electrode of the data writing transistor and configured to provide a data signal for the data writing transistor; the data writing transistor is configured to write the data signal into the gate electrode of the driving transistor; and the first connection structure is connected to both the gate electrode of the driving transistor and a first electrode plate of the storage capacitor, and the first connection structure and the data line are provided in different layers.
US12004386B2
A display apparatus includes: a substrate including a first area and a second area, the second area including a transmission area; main pixels on the first area, each of the main pixels including a first pixel electrode, a first opposite electrode, and a first intermediate layer between the first pixel electrode and the first opposite electrode; auxiliary pixels on the second area, each of the auxiliary pixels including a second pixel electrode, a second opposite electrode, and a second intermediate layer between the second pixel electrode and the second opposite electrode; and a metal pattern layer on the second area and surrounding the transmission area.
US12004378B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a substrate, an insulating layer, a lower electrode, a rib including an aperture and covering a periphery of the lower electrode, a partition above the rib, an upper electrode being in contact with the partition, and an organic layer between the electrodes. The organic layer includes a first organic layer that is in contact with the lower electrode through the aperture, and a second organic layer on the partition. At least a part of the periphery of the lower electrode is located between the insulating layer and the partition in a thickness direction of the insulating layer.
US12004374B2
A display panel, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device are provided. Through a configuration of a capacitor in the display panel, where the capacitor is connected to a first thin film transistor, a photosensitive pattern in the capacitor senses light, such that when the light varies, a varying charge quantity of the photosensitive pattern in the capacitor varies current of the first thin film transistor, increasing a sensitometric characteristic of the first thin film transistor, and increasing fingerprint recognition effect, and a second gate is configured to be a capacitor polar plate, decreasing a thickness of an array substrate.
US12004373B2
A display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image and a plurality of vibration generating devices configured to vibrate the display panel. Each of the plurality of vibration generating devices includes a plurality of first portions having a piezoelectric characteristic and a plurality of second portions disposed near the plurality of first portions to have an expansion coefficient, and the plurality of vibration generating devices have different expansion coefficients.
US12004372B2
The present disclosure provides a display panel, including: a substrate; a pixel definition layer disposed on a side of the substrate, that the pixel definition layer includes an isolation structure and a pixel opening enclosed by the isolation structure; and a first lens layer disposed on a side of the pixel definition layer away from the substrate, that the first lens layer includes a first lens body and a lens opening enclosed by the first lens body, and in a thickness direction of the display panel, the first lens body at least overlaps the isolation structure, and the lens opening overlaps the pixel opening, that, an orthographic projection of the first lens body on the substrate is a lens projection, an orthographic projection of the pixel opening on the substrate is a pixel projection, and a distance between at least a portion of an edge of the lens projection and an edge of the pixel projection is substantially zero.
US12004357B2
A memory device includes a cross-point array of magnetoresistive memory cells. Each magnetoresistive memory cell includes a vertical stack of a selector-containing pillar structure and a magnetic tunnel junction pillar structure. The lateral spacing between neighboring pairs of magnetoresistive memory cells may be smaller along a first horizontal direction than along a second horizontal direction, and a dielectric spacer or a tapered etch process may be used to provide a pattern of an etch mask for patterning first electrically conductive lines underneath the magnetoresistive memory cells. Alternatively, a resist layer may be employed to pattern first electrically conductive lines underneath the cross-point array. Alternatively, a protective dielectric liner may be provided to protect selector-containing pillar structures during formation of the magnetic tunnel junction pillar structures.
US12004348B2
A bonded assembly includes a memory die that is bonded to a logic die. The memory die includes a three-dimensional memory array located on a memory-side substrate, memory-side dielectric material layers located on the three-dimensional memory array and embedding memory-side metal interconnect structures and memory-side bonding pads, a backside peripheral circuit located on a backside surface of the memory-side substrate, and backside dielectric material layers located on a backside of the memory-side substrate and embedding backside metal interconnect structures. The logic die includes a logic-side peripheral circuit located on a logic-side substrate, and logic-side dielectric material layers located between the logic-side substrate and the memory die and embedding logic-side metal interconnect structures and logic-side bonding pads that are bonded to a respective one of the memory-side bonding pads.
US12004346B2
A method of forming a microelectronic device comprises forming a stack structure comprising a vertically alternating sequence of insulative structures and additional insulative structures, at least some of the additional insulative structures comprising silicon nitride having a ratio of nitrogen atoms to silicon atoms greater than about 1.58:1.00, forming openings through the stack structure, and forming cell pillar structures within the openings, the cell pillar structures individually comprising a semiconductor channel material vertically extending through the stack structure. Related methods, microelectronic devices, memory devices, and electronic systems are also described.
US12004331B2
A low inductance power module with low power loop inductance and high-power density is provided. The power module may include a vertical power loop structure, a cooling layer, and a thermal dissipation structure. The vertical power loop structure may utilize a substrate bottom conduction layer for electrical conduction. The thermal dissipation structure may be disposed between the substrate bottom conduction layer and the cooling layer. The vertical power loop structure may include integrated decoupling capacitors. Alternatively, the structure may include no integrated decoupling capacitors. The vertical power loop structure may include one or more half-bridge structures connected in parallel, each with its own integrated decoupling capacitors. The vertical power loop structure reduces power loop inductance in the power module, and the thermal dissipation structure provides electrical insulation, mechanical support, and thermal conduction.
US12004330B2
The invention relates to a module housing made of plastic, in particular a thermosetting polymer, with an embedded cooling element and at least one screw sleeve, which has a collar with an exposed mounting surface with which the module housing can be mounted on a support functioning as an external heat sink. The cooling element and the at least one screw sleeve form a monolithic element with which heat can be conducted from the cooling element to the support via at least the mounting surface.
US12004327B2
Disclosed is a containerized heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system comprising an HVAC unit and one or more ducts from the HVAC unit to an equipment rack. The ducts prevent mixing between the fresh and exhaust airflow, thus improving efficiency. Sensors located at sources of heat generating equipment within the racks may be used by controllers to monitor temperatures of the components at the source of heat generation, typically at the highest temperatures. The temperatures may be aggregated to determine the temperatures of devices, modules, racks, and the container interior cavity. Dampers on the ducts, at the rack inlets, at the module inlets, at the devices inlets, and such may assist in regulating airflow preferentially to the hottest components, devices, modules, or racks.
US12004318B2
A system includes a housing and a first circuit board positioned inside the housing. The housing has top, bottom, left side, right side, front, and rear panels. The first circuit board has a length, a width, and a thickness, and the first circuit board has a first surface defined by the length and the width. The first surface of the first circuit board is substantially parallel to the front panel or at a second angle relative to the front panel in which the second angle is less than 60°. The system includes a first data processing module and a first optical interconnect module both electrically coupled to the first circuit board. The optical interconnect module is configured to receive first optical signals from a first optical link, convert the first optical signals to first electrical signals, and transmit the first electrical signals to the first data processing module.
US12004308B2
Processes for laminating a graphene-coated printed circuit board (PCB) are disclosed. An example laminated PCB may include a lamination stack that may include an inner core, an adhesive layer, and at least one graphene-metal structure. Pressure and heat—which may be applied under vacuum or controlled gas atmosphere—may be applied to the lamination stack, after all materials have been placed. The graphene of the graphene-metal structure is designed to promote high frequency performance and heat management within the PCB.
US12004299B1
An interface assembly includes a functional multilayer structure that includes a first substrate, a molded material layer on a first side of the first substrate, and a sensor arrangement including at least one sensor, wherein the sensor arrangement is arranged at least partly embedded into the molded material layer. The assembly further includes a movable member being movable relative to the functional multilayer structure, wherein the movable member includes at least one detection portion, and the sensor arrangement and the at least one detection portion are mutually arranged so that a position or a change of position of the movable member is detectable by the sensor arrangement based on a position or a change of position of the at least one detection portion relative to the sensor arrangement.
US12004293B2
A first substrate includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. A second substrate includes a third surface and a fourth surface opposite to the third surface. A third substrate includes a fifth surface and a sixth surface opposite to the fifth surface. The first substrate is made of an insulator, and includes a mounting portion for mounting an electronic element at the first surface, and the mounting portion is a rectangular shape. The third substrate is made of a carbon material, and the fifth surface is connected to at least the second surface at location overlapped with the mounting portion in plan view. The third substrate has a larger heat conduction in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the mounting portion than heat conduction in the longitudinal direction of the mounting portion in plan view.
US12004292B2
A printed circuit board includes: a first multilayer substrate including first and second vias adjacent to each other in a stacking direction of the printed circuit board; a second multilayer substrate disposed on the first multilayer substrate in the stacking direction and including third and fourth vias adjacent to each other in the stacking direction; and an adhesive layer connecting respective one surfaces of the first and second multilayer substrates to each other. Each of the first to fourth vias has one surface and the other surface facing the one surface, the one surface being closer to the adhesive layer than the other surface, and the one surface having a larger transverse cross-sectional area than the other surface.
US12004291B2
A lens module of reduced size includes a base and an adhesive body. The base includes a first base portion and a second base portion located outside the first base portion. The first base portion is made of plastic and the second base portion is made of metal. The base further comprises a slot. The adhesive body is received in the slot and connects the first base portion and the second base portion. The disclosure also provides an electronic device having the lens module.
US12004289B2
A flexible substrate includes a base substrate that has flexibility, connecting portions on the base substrate and connectible to an antenna substrate and a circuit substrate, and a first line and a second line at the base substrate and connected to the connecting portions. The first line and the second line include a first region in which the first line and the second line extend in parallel or substantially in parallel with each other, and a second region in which the first line and the second line are closer to each other than in the first region and coupled to each other, and the second region defines a directional coupler.
US12004285B2
In the present invention, a high-voltage side electrode constituent part includes a dielectric electrode and metal electrodes formed on the upper surface of the dielectric electrode. The dielectric electrode has a structure in which a film thickness is continuously changed along an X direction. That is, the film thickness of the right end of the dielectric electrode is set to a thickness dA1; and the film thickness of the left end is set to a thickness dB1 (>dA1), and is continuously increased from the right end to the left end along the X direction.
US12004275B2
A device is configured to determine a switching pattern comprising a first time range for activating a first plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) of a LED module and a second time range for activating a second plurality of LEDs of the LED module. The first plurality of LEDs and the second plurality of LEDs are different. The device is further configured to determine, for each LED of the first plurality of LEDs, a respective timeslot of a plurality of timeslots of the first time range. The device is further configured to output an instruction to a switching device to cause the switching device to couple each LED of the first plurality of LEDs to a supply during the respective timeslot determined for the LED.
US12004264B2
A session management method, device, and system, such that a terminal can access a local data network using a local user plane function (UPF) network element even when the terminal is out of a management area of a remote anchor session management function (SMF) network element. The method includes: receiving, by an intermediate session management network element, one or more local data network access identifiers (DNAIs); and determining, by the intermediate session management network element, a target DNAI based on current location information of a terminal and the one or more local DNAIs, where the target DNAI is used to select a local session management network element for the terminal.
US12004259B2
A device for a system includes a wireless transceiver, a memory, and a microcontroller. The microcontroller is communicatively coupled to the wireless transceiver and the memory. The microcontroller is configured to receive, via the wireless transceiver, user configuration data in response to a user approaching the system. The microcontroller is configured to store the user configuration data in the memory. The microcontroller is configured to transmit the user configuration data to an interface processor of the system to configure the system based on the user configuration data.
US12004257B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for facilitating social discovery and social communication among M2M/IoT devices, connected via cellular networks, such as 3 GPP NR networks, and, optionally, supported by M2M/IoT servers.
US12004251B2
The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a method for determining request for resources from a network apparatus in a wireless network by a first UE of a multi-USIM UE. The method includes determining that the first UE of the multi-USIM UE need to request for resources from the network apparatus in the wireless network to transmit pending uplink data to the network apparatus or receive pending downlink data from the network apparatus.
US12004235B2
The present disclosure provides a method whereby a terminal transmits and receives signals for carrying out a random access channel (RACH) procedure in a wireless communication system. In particular, the method comprises: receiving first information about a transform precoder related to a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmitted via message A; on the basis of the first information, transmitting message A including the PUSCH and a physical random access channel (PRACH); and in response to message A, receiving message B including contention resolution information, wherein the first information may be used to indicate transform precoding for the PUSCH on the basis that the PUSCH is transmitted via message A.
US12004234B2
A wireless device receives configuration parameters indicating a first antenna panel and a second antenna panel. A first preamble of a first random access procedure is transmitted via the first antenna panel. The wireless device switches from the first antenna panel to the second antenna panel. In response to the switching, the first random access procedure is stopped and a second random access procedure based on the second antenna panel is initiated.
US12004222B2
A method for 2-step RA (2-step random access) performed by a terminal (UE) is provided. The method comprises receiving, from a base station, first random access channel (RACH) configuration for 4-step RA (4-step random access), second RACH configuration for the 2-step RA, and physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) configuration, the first RACH configuration including information on RA occasions for the 4-step RA; in case that an index indicating a subset of the RA occasions is included in the second RACH configuration, identifying at least one RA occasion for the 2-step RA based on the subset; identifying at least one PUSCH resource based on the PUSCH configuration and the at least one RA occasion; and transmitting, to the base station, a random access preamble in the at least one RA occasion and a PUSCH in the at least one PUSCH resource.
US12004219B2
The implementations of the present disclosure relate to a random access method, a terminal device and a network device. The method includes: a terminal device receiving indication information sent by a network device, wherein the indication information is used for indicating at least one random access preamble from among multiple random access preambles, and the multiple random access preambles correspond to a receiving window of a random access response; and the terminal device determining, according to the transmission power of a first random access preamble from among the at least one random access preamble, the power for sending a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH).
US12004212B2
Systems and method for configuring and providing uplink control information (UCI) multiplexing on physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmissions are disclosed. In embodiments, a base station configures and signals, to a user equipment (UE) a plurality of sets of beta-offset values to be used by the UE for multiplexing a UCI transmission of a first priority to a PUSCH transmission of a second priority. Each set of the plurality of sets of beta-offset values is configured based on the second priority of the PUSCH transmission. In embodiments, the UE determines whether the UCI transmission of the first priority is allowed to be multiplexed to the PUSCH transmission of the second priority, and multiplexes the UCI to the PUSCH when multiplexing of the UCI and PUSCH is allowed, using a beta-offset value from the plurality of sets of beta-offset values. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.
US12004206B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, an indication of an update associated with a non-serving cell reference signal. The UE may select a first application time duration based at least in part on a determination that the non-serving cell reference signal has been tracked by the UE or a second application time duration based at least in part on a determination that the non-serving cell reference signal has not been tracked by the UE, resulting in a selected application time duration. The UE may apply the update associated with the non-serving cell reference signal after the selected application time duration. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12004201B2
A method for transmitting data over a SL data channel wherein a transmit UE and a receive UE are each semi-statically provided with a CG configuration such that a CG configuration indication does not have to be transmitted in association with each individual data transmission during a duration that the CG configuration is applied.
US12004187B2
A method performed by a UE for repetition transmissions is provided. The method includes receiving DCI scheduling an uplink transmission; identifying a DCI format of the DCI; selecting, from a plurality of sets of preconfigured values, a set of preconfigured values that is mapped to the DCI format; and determining a number of times the uplink transmission is required to be repeated from the selected set of preconfigured values. A UE applying the same method is also provided.
US12004185B2
Methods and systems for setting Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) timing for Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) with a pending PDSCH-to-HARQ-timing-indicator (PHTI) are provided. In one aspect, a method performed by a wireless device comprises: receiving a first Downlink Control Information (DCI) associated with a first Downlink (DL) data transmission, the first DCI comprising a non-numerical PHTI; receiving the first DL data transmission; determining a HARQ feedback for the first DL data transmission; receiving a second DCI associated with a second DL data transmission, the second DCI comprising a numerical PHTI indicating a location for HARQ feedback associated with the second DL data transmission; setting the location of HARQ feedback associated with the first DL data transmission to be the same as the location of HARQ feedback associated with the second DL data transmission; and transmitting the HARQ feedback associated with the first DL data transmission at the set location.
US12004184B2
A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes a higher layer processor configured to monitor an uplink (UL) downlink control information (DCI) format that includes first information for scheduling an enhanced ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC) service on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH). The higher layer processor is also configured to monitor a downlink (DL) DCI format that includes second information for scheduling the enhanced URLLC service on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH).
US12004178B2
A solution for signaling control information between a network node (10) and a UE (1) in a wireless communication system, which includes a method carried out in the network node, comprising transmitting (S101), to the UE on a control channel, first control information (S1) associated with a first transmission (S2) between the network node and the UE; transmitting (S103, S104), to the UE, an indication signal (S3) instructing the UE to reuse obtention information (DCI1, PAR) associated with the first control information for a further transmission between the network node and the UE. The indication signal may instruct the UE to reuse the first control information (DCI1) as said obtention information, or the obtention information may be indicative of a decoding parameter (PAR) to be used for decoding further control information (S4).
US12004173B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may send coupled configured grants to a transmitter user equipment (UE) and a receiver UE, respectively. For example, when transmitting a pair of configured grants that includes a first configured grant sent to a first UE and a second configured grant sent to a second UE, the base station may include an indication in each of the configured grants that sidelink semi-persistent scheduling resources are activated or deactivated. Additionally, the configured grants may indicate which UE is a receiver and which UE is a transmitter. For instance, the first configured grant may indicate that a first UE is to be the transmitter and a second configured grant indicate that a second UE is to be the receiver.
US12004170B2
A signal transmission method and apparatus, a signal reception method and apparatus and a communication system. The signal transmission apparatus is provided in a network device and includes: a transmitting unit configured to transmit indication information indicating that one information block of at least one information block transmitted by the network device within a time interval is transmitted at one candidate resource in at least two candidate resources within the time interval. The transmission resources of the information blocks are indicated by the indication information, hence, even though the default correspondence between the information block indices and the transmission resources is to be changed, the transmission resources to which the information blocks correspond may be determined, and the terminal equipment is facilitated in downlink synchronization.
US12004160B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE) are described. A UE may receive a signal indicating a configuration for a symbol reserved for automatic gain control. Based on the configuration for the symbol reserved for automatic gain control, the UE may multiplex assistance data with the symbol reserved for automatic gain control. In some examples, the UE may multiplex physical sidelink shared channel data or physical sidelink control channel data or both physical sidelink shared channel data and physical sidelink control channel data with the symbol reserved for automatic gain control. The UE may then transmit the multiplexed assistance data in the symbol reserved for automatic gain control.
US12004150B2
Embodiments of this application disclose a transmission processing method and apparatus, a device, and a storage medium. The method is applied to a first device, and includes: receiving a pre-scheduling message that is transmitted by a second device through a first channel; reading, from the pre-scheduling message, a pre-scheduling moment and a pre-scheduling frequency band that are used for pre-scheduling transmission between the first device and the second device; and transmitting, before the pre-scheduling moment is reached, uplink target data and indication information to the second device by using any band other than the pre-scheduling band, the indication information being used for indicating cancellation of the pre-scheduling transmission.
US12004144B2
A method and apparatus include a communications circuit including a host interface and a processor implemented, unitary media access controller interfacing with each of a first transmit and receive circuitry and a second transmit and receive circuitry. The first transmit and receive circuitry is configured to transmit and receive data over a first operating frequency and the second transmit and receive circuitry is configured to transmit and receive data over a second, different operating frequency band. The method includes scheduling a first portion of the plurality of frames for transmission on a first operating frequency band and scheduling a second portion of the plurality of frames for transmission via a second, different operating frequency band. At least some of the first portion of the frames and the second portion of the plurality of frames are transmitted via the first and the second data channel, respectively, at the same time.
US12004143B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described in which a transmitting user equipment (UE) may determine a data packet to transmit to another UE and determine a set of candidate resources for transmission of the data packet based on a set of time-frequency resources that are allocated for UE-to-UE communications. A resource reservation signal (RRS) may be transmitted to indicate to other UEs that the set of candidate resources have been reserved by a UE. The RRS may be transmitted such that the RRS may be differentiated from other regular transmissions based at least in part on information provided by a control channel associated with the RRS or a payload of a transmission that includes the RRS. The RRS may indicate one or more of a size of an allocation of the resources and multiple locations of the resources within a time-frequency resource pool.
US12004136B2
A method for determining a sidelink resource and a device are provided. The method includes: determining, based on at least one of preset information and a preset parameter, a target sidelink SL resource for a target SL service from candidate SL resources; where the preset information includes either of related information of a resource used by a Uu interface of the terminal device and an attribute of a carrier carrying the target SL resource; and the preset parameter includes at least one of a utilization rate of the candidate SL resources and a communication quality parameter of the candidate SL resources.
US12004133B2
A method for a first device to perform wireless communication based on partial sensing and an apparatus supporting the same are provided. The method may comprise: triggering a resource selection procedure; determining a selection window within a packet delay budget (PDB) based on the triggering of the resource selection procedure; selecting Y candidate slots in the selection window; performing sensing within a contiguous partial sensing (CPS) window related to the Y candidate slots; and selecting a sidelink (SL) resource based on random selection within the selection window, based on the number of slots included in the CPS window which is less than a minimum number of slots, wherein Y is a positive integer.
US12004130B2
This application provides a wireless communication method and a communications apparatus, to implement semi-static codebook feedback at a sub-slot granularity. The method includes: determining a candidate opportunity set, where a quantity of candidate opportunities included in the candidate opportunity set is a maximum quantity of non-overlapping data transmission opportunities included in a data transmission opportunity set, the data transmission opportunity set corresponds to a first set, the first set includes one or more downlink sub-time units, and the one or more downlink sub-time units correspond to a target uplink sub-time unit; and sending or receiving feedback information in the target uplink sub-time unit, where the feedback information includes a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement HARQ-ACK codebook corresponding to the candidate opportunity set.
US12004122B2
One embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for transmitting, by a receiving terminal, a feedback signal to a transmitting terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising a step of: receiving, by the receiving terminal, a reference signal from the transmitting terminal; and transmitting, by the receiving terminal, the feedback signal for the reference signal to the transmitting terminal, wherein the feedback signal is transmitted on the basis of compensation for a phase change that occurs when the reference signal is received. The UE is capable of communicating with at least one of another UE, a UE related to an autonomous driving vehicle, a base station or a network.
US12004102B2
Exemplary embodiments provide a method and apparatus for transmitting a synchronization signal for Device-to-Device (D2D) communication in a wireless communication system. The method includes: receiving, at a first UE, a D2D synchronization signal transmitted from a second UE, the D2D synchronization signal comprising a primary D2D synchronization signal (PD2DSS) and a secondary D2D synchronization signal (SD2DSS); determining a root index based on the received PD2DSS; and determining a type of a synchronization source based on the root index. The root index corresponds to an integer value X when the type of synchronization source is associated with D2DSSue_net. The root index corresponds to an integer value Y when the type of synchronization source is associated with D2DSSue_oon. Each of the integer value X and integer value Y is not an element of a set {25, 29, 34}.
US12004101B2
A method and device for receiving information and transmitting information. The method includes a terminal device receiving indication information. The indication information indicates at least one of the following information for at least one target synchronization signal block (SSB): the at least one target SSB being a plurality of target SSBs, a number of candidate SSBs located in an interval between two adjacent target SSBs in the plurality of target SSBs; a number of the at least one target SSB; or a resource location of a first target SSB of the at least one target SSB.
US12004095B2
This application provides a communication method and a communications device. The method includes: determining configuration information of a plurality of synchronization signal blocks located at different frequency domain positions on one carrier, where the configuration information indicates configuration parameters of the plurality of synchronization signal blocks, the configuration parameter comprises configuration pattern indication information, and the configuration pattern indication information indicates synchronization signal blocks actually sent; and sending the configuration information to a terminal device.
US12004093B2
A wireless device receives configuration parameters of timing advance groups (TAGs) comprising: a primary TAG comprising a primary cell; and a secondary TAG comprising one or more licensed secondary cells and one or more unlicensed secondary cells. Uplink signals are transmitted via the secondary TAG. The transmission timing is derived employing a first secondary cell, of the secondary TAG, that is based on the first secondary cell being: an activated secondary cell; and a licensed secondary cell.
US12004087B2
A base station transmits, to a wireless device, a first maximum total transmit power (TTP) and a second maximum TTP allowed, respectively, for a first cell group and a second cell group of a second radio access technology (RAT) type different from a first RAT type of the first cell group. A total transmission power, based on a first power, for transmitting first uplink signals via the first cell group and not exceeding the first maximum TTP, and a second power for transmitting second uplink signals via the second cell group and not exceeding the second maximum TTP, exceeds a power value. The second uplink signals and not the first uplink signals are received based on a scheduled transmission of the first uplink signals being dropped based on: the total transmission power exceeding the power value, and the first RAT type having lower priority than the second RAT type.
US12004083B2
The disclosed subject matter provides techniques for managing negotiation of power saving mode (PSM) parameters between a user equipment (UE) and core network device of a wireless communication network. In this regard, a method is provided that includes facilitating establishing, by a device comprising a processor, a wireless communication link with a network device of a wireless network. The method can further include, based on a determination that a power saving mode retry protocol for the device is enabled, determining, by the device, a number of times the network device previously instructed the device to use network values for power saving mode timers instead of device values for the power saving mode timers in association with the device operating in a power saving mode.
US12004081B2
A communication method includes: when a network device meets an enabling condition, sending, by the network device, configuration information to a terminal, where the configuration information includes at least one of a type of indication information, a form of the indication information, or a receiving location of the indication information; and sending the indication information to the terminal, where the indication information is used to indicate the terminal whether to monitor a physical downlink control channel PDCCH, or indicate the terminal to monitor a PDCCH, or indicate the terminal not to monitor a PDCCH; or the indication information is used to indicate the terminal whether to receive a physical downlink shared channel PDSCH, or indicate the terminal to receive a PDSCH, or indicate the terminal not to receive a PDSCH. This improves flexibility of using the indication information (for example, a UPSS) by the terminal.
US12004074B2
During operation, a radio node may perform a network listen for wireless energy associated with a first subset of second radio nodes during a first time interval. Moreover, the radio node may monitor communication associated with a second subset of the second radio nodes during a second time interval and/or handovers between a third subset of the second radio nodes during a third time interval, where a given subset includes zero or more of the second radio nodes. Then, based at least in part on the first subset, the second subset and/or the third subset, the radio node may determine a change to a neighbor-relationship table, where the neighbor-relationship table includes information specifying the radio node and the second radio nodes. Next, the radio node may provide, to the second radio nodes or a computer, information specifying the change to the neighbor-relationship table.
US12004069B2
A method, network node and processor for processing uplink signals transmitted from a wireless device (WD) to provide a combination of quantize-forwarding and decode-forwarding relayed signals in massive multiple input multiple output (MIMO) heterogeneous networks (HetNets). According to one aspect, whether quantize-forwarding or decode-forwarding is used depends on a ratio of a quality of a WD signal received at a Small Cell Base Station (SCBS) to a quality of the WD signal received at a Macro Cell Base Station (MCBS). When the ratio is less than a first threshold, signals received at the SCBS may be quantize-forwarded to the MCBS and when the ratio exceeds a second threshold larger than the first threshold, signals received at the SCBS may be decode-forwarded to the MCBS. When the ratio lies between the first and second threshold, signals received at the SCBS may be quantize-forwarded to the MCB.
US12004066B2
Provided are a path, a path information processing method and device, a storage medium, and an electronic device. The path processing method may be performed by an I-SMF and include: receiving a first message sent by an anchor-session management function (A-SMF), wherein the first message comprises context information associated with a User Equipment (UE); determining, according to the context information, a mode corresponding to a data path established by the I-SMF, wherein the mode is indicative of whether the data path supports a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session with multi-homing function; and determining a node type of a node according to the mode, wherein the node type comprises an uplink classifier (UL-CL) or a branching point (BP).
US12004059B2
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method comprising receiving, by a network repository function, a request from a network function, wherein the request comprises a string associated with an instance identity of the network function, determining, by the network repository function, a type of the instance identity of the network function from a set of instance identity types, determining, by the network repository function, the instance identity of the network function based on the string associated with the instance identity of the network function and the type of the instance identity of the network function and transmitting, by the network repository function, a response to the network function, wherein the response depends on whether the instance identity of the network function was found in a list of network function instances registered at the network repository function.
US12004057B2
Embodiments include methods performed by a V2X user equipment (UE) for service discovery from a V2X application server (AS). Such methods include sending, to a first address associated with the V2X AS, a first request for further address information associated with the V2X AS. Such methods include receiving, from the first address via unicast signaling, a first response including the requested further address information, which facilitates UE discovery of V2X services available via unicast communication between the V2X UE and a radio access network (RAN). Other embodiments include complementary methods performed by a V2X AS, as well as V2X UE and V2X AS apparatus configured to perform such methods.
US12004051B2
An onboard documentation system for a lift device comprises a controller coupled to the lift device, the controller configured to receive documentation associated with the lift device, store the documentation locally on the lift device, receive a request for the documentation from a user, and provide the documentation stored locally on the lift device to the user in response to the request.
US12004046B2
In aspects of object tracking based on UWB tags, a system includes ultra-wideband (UWB) tags located for association with respective objects in an environment, where each UWB tag is identified with a digital label indicative of the association with one or more of the objects. A tracking service is implemented to receive initial location data for the objects from each of the UWB tags that are associated with the objects, and generate an object identity database in which each of the objects are identified by their respective initial location data. The tracking service can monitor for movement of an object that is identified by the initial location data based on subsequent positioning data associated with the object. The movement of an object is monitored for an unauthorized relocation of the object, for a cluster of multiple objects moving together, and/or for an abnormal proximity of multiple objects in the environment.
US12004039B2
The disclosure relates to a 5th generation (5G), pre-5G, or 6th generation (6G) communication system for supporting higher data rates after a fourth generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). A method of a mobility management entity in a wireless communication system includes receiving an attach request for a first network among at least two networks supported by the UE including first capability information including information related to a second network among the at least two networks is, transmitting an attach response indicating completion of attach of the first network to the UE, receiving, from the UE, a session establishment request for the first network after transmitting the attach response, and establishing a session for the first network of the UE through a session management entity supporting mobility between the first network and the second network.
US12004038B2
A method of wireless communication includes transmitting, from a source communication node, a first message to a target communication node requesting a hand-over procedure for handing over one or more mobile devices from the source communication node to the target communication node. The first message indicates a traffic pattern or group information of the one or more mobile devices. The method also includes receiving, by the source communication node, a second message from the target communication node in response to the first message.
US12004037B2
A method and system for providing a fallback solution in a multi-tenant communication system is provided. A cloud-based call processing service receives a voice call initiation request from a first mobile device located at a first communication system. The voice call initiation request includes a request to complete a voice call with a second mobile device located at a second communication system. Resources are allocated at the first communication system and the second communication system. The cloud-based call processing service establishes a call between the first mobile device and the second mobile device. At some point the first communication system determines that it should fallback to single site operation. In fallback mode, call processing functionality is performed at the first communication system for the first mobile device.
US12004027B2
Embodiments herein disclose a method for handling a RLF in a wireless communication system by a UE (100). The method includes receiving a measurement configuration including a second timer (150) from a SN (300). Further, the method includes configuring the UE with the second timer associated with a measurement report for a PSCell of the SN. Further, the method includes starting the second timer when the measurement report is triggered while a first timer (140) for the PSCell is running. Further, the method includes detecting an expiry of one of: the first timer and the second timer for the PSCell. Further, the method includes declaring a SCG RLF upon expiry of one of: the first timer and the second timer whichever is early. Further, the method includes initiating a SCG failure procedure towards a MN (300) upon declaring SCG RLF.
US12004020B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, while the UE is in an active session using a first radio access technology (RAT) associated with a first subscription of the UE, a call request via the first RAT, wherein the call request is associated with a second subscription of the UE. The UE may determine that the call request is received from a serving cell that is associated with fallback from the first RAT to a second RAT for calls. The UE may reject the call request or transition the second subscription to a third RAT based at least in part on the determination that the call request is received via the serving cell that is associated with fallback from the first RAT to the second RAT for calls. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12004016B2
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for transmitting configuration information. The method comprises: when a cell change is performed, checking whether scheduled user equipment is moved out of a pre-configured area range; and when the scheduled user equipment is moved out of the pre-configured area range, sending a notification message to scheduling user equipment in a group, the notification message comprising related information that is related to sending resource pool information of the changed cell.
US12004010B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media herein dynamically adjust the policies used within a core network. These policies are determine based on the identification of a user device being a reduced capability device and the data requirements for that device. A correlation between the type of reduced capability device and the data requirements is used to derive data-drive insights using a non-real time RAN intelligence controller. The data used to determine these insights and policies are based on historical and non-real time sources.
US12004002B2
Methods performed by base stations and wireless devices in networks are disclosed. A method performed by a base station comprises: initiating a QoS-flow to DRB remapping; informing a target base station that the remapping is ongoing; and providing the target base station an old and a new QoS-flow to DRB mapping, wherein the old mapping was in place before the remapping, and the new mapping will be in place after the remapping. Another method performed by a base station comprises: receiving an indication from a further base station that QoS-flow to DRB remapping is ongoing; receiving an old and a new QoS-flow to DRB mapping from the further base station; and receiving signals from a wireless device using the old and new QoS-flow to DRB mappings. A method performed by the wireless device comprises: sending data packets using a first QoS-flow to DRB mapping; receiving a new mapping; and sending an SOAR end marker, indicating that the wireless device is applying the new mapping. Also disclosed are base stations and wireless devices configured to perform the methods.
US12003998B2
A method may include transmitting, by a base station to a wireless device, one or more radio resource control (RRC) messages including configuration parameters. The configuration parameters may include a first measurement object, of a carrier, indicating one or more first reference signals, one or more conditions to initiate, based on the first measurement object, a first measurement of a signal quality of the one or more first reference signals, a first threshold value indicating upperbound signal quality, and a second threshold value indicating lowerbound signal quality, wherein the first threshold value and the second threshold value are associated with skipping the first measurement based on the first measurement object. The method may include receiving, from the wireless device, the signal quality based on the configuration parameters.
US12003987B2
The present disclosure relates to methods for operating a network node, as well as corresponding network nodes, computer programs, computer program products, and computer-readable media. The method comprises attempting to obtain a scheduled uplink transmission from a transmitter. In response to successful decoding at the network node of the scheduled uplink transmission, it is concluded that the uplink transmission is not skipped by the transmitter. In response to unsuccessful decoding at the network node of the scheduled uplink transmission and a signal strength measurement for the attempt to obtain the scheduled uplink transmission being below a threshold, it is concluded that the uplink transmission is skipped by the transmitter. In response to unsuccessful decoding at the network node of the scheduled uplink transmission and the signal strength measurement for the attempt to obtain the scheduled uplink transmission exceeding the threshold, rescheduling of the uplink transmission is performed.
US12003986B2
This application provides a communication method and device. The method includes: A terminal device receives a reference signal from a network device, wherein the reference signal is not in a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) resource set, configured with repetition on; and performs radio link monitoring (RLM) measurement or beam failure detection (BFD) measurement on the reference signal. According to the communication method and device provided in this application, the terminal device expects that the resource configured by the network device for performing BFD or RLM is not any resource in the CSI-RS resource set configured with the repetition on.
US12003983B2
A method and apparatus for activation of secondary cell group (SCG) configuration upon master cell group (MCG) failure detection in a wireless communication system is provided. A wireless device delays activation of a SCG. When the wireless device detects a failure on a master cell group (MCG) while delaying the activation of the SCG, the wireless device activates the SCG, and performs a random access procedure on a cell of the SCG.
US12003981B2
Techniques for operating a wireless network in a plurality of radio operating environments are disclosed. In some embodiments, an apparatus receives a first parameter value set that is selected from a group of multiple parameter value sets, wherein the first parameter value set is appropriate for a first target radio operating environment that corresponds to one or more of: a first level of mobility of user devices or a first range of wireless transmission. In some embodiments, the apparatus is reconfigured to receive wireless broadcast transmissions from a second broadcast transmitter using a second parameter value set that is appropriate for a second target radio operating environment. The first and second broadcast transmitters may be the same or different. The parameter value sets may include a first parameter based upon which the apparatus is configured to determine subcarrier spacing and a second parameter that indicates a cyclic prefix size.
US12003974B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine an antenna switching capability for the UE that relates to a capability of the UE to switch an antenna for a plurality of bands that are included in a band combination of a set of band combinations supported by the UE, wherein at least two bands of the plurality of bands correspond to a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second RAT respectively. The UE may signal the set of band combinations and the antenna switching capability to a base station. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US12003968B2
A computer receives a request to verify a location of a primary device. The computer receives an Indicated Primary Device Location “IPDL”. The computer shows within a display a dynamically located virtual representation of a predetermined Astronomical Reference Object “ARO”. The virtual representation indicates a real-time offset between a Display Reference Indicator “DRI” and the ARO. The computer receives primary device orientation metadata from sensors associated with the primary device and generates a Measured Primary Device Orientation “MPDO” when the device is in a location verification orientation. The computer calculates an Expected Device Orientation “EDO” for a reference device arranged in the PDVP while at the IPDL. The computer generates a Location Verification Value “LVV” based, at least in part, on comparing the MPDO and the EDO. When the computer determines the LVV exceeds a predetermined verification threshold, providing an indication that the indicated primary device location is verified.
US12003961B2
Techniques for facilitating onboarding to a non-public network is provided. Provisioning parameters may be provided to User Equipment (UE) from a Default Credential Server (DCS) via a secure communication tunnel. Additionally or alternatively, provisioning parameter container(s) including readable provisioning parameters for an Onboarding Network (ONN), and secure provisioning parameters for the UE, may be transmitted to the UE via the ONN. The disclosed methods and apparatuses enable the UE to onboard to a non-public network using the provisioning parameters, and to verify the integrity of the provisioning parameters and ensure the provisioning parameters are not modified by an unauthorized device.
US12003950B2
A wearable spatial audio device is provided. The wearable spatial audio device includes one or more audio speakers, one or more processors, and a storage machine holding instructions executable by the one or more processors. Map data is obtained for a real-world environment that includes one or more dynamic audio objects. A device-specific subset of audio tracks is obtained, and a device-specific spatialized audio mix of the device-specific subset of audio tracks that is based on the map data is obtained. An indication of a change in an environmental condition relative to one or more of the dynamic audio objects is received. The device-specific spatialized audio mix is adjusted based on the change in the environmental condition.
US12003930B2
A method and device for detecting acoustic feedback events with an artificial neural network in an in-ear earbud audio system that allows, by user interaction, playback of a recorded and processed signal from an environment-recording microphone by an in-ear speaker that faces or is at least acoustically coupled with the ear canal such that sound played by the speaker enters the ear canal. The audio system employs an acoustic seal that acoustically separates the speaker from the microphone, but due to external factors, the acoustical separation may not be adequate, thereby forming acoustic feedback paths. The neural network facilitates a binary classification of the time-wise segmented microphone signal, which is used to stop playback by the in-ear speaker if a feedback event is detected to protect the hearing of the user. Detection of a feedback event triggers an audible or wireless notification to be delivered to the user.
US12003919B2
Provided is a speaker box, including: an upper cover, an upper steel sheet; a lower cover, a lower steel sheet; a receiving space, an acoustic unit; and an insert plate arranged in the rear cavity. Upper and lower sides of the insert plate abut against the upper steel sheet and the lower steel sheet, respectively, a position of at least one of the upper steel sheet or the lower steel sheet aligned with the insert plate is provided with a fixing groove passing therethrough, and the insert plate is fixed to at least one of the upper steel sheet or the lower steel sheet through glue injection in the fixing groove. The speaker has characteristics of convenient mounting, good anti-shell vibration effect, and reduced mounting space.
US12003911B2
A first earbud configured to communicate with a user media device and a second earbud. The first earbud includes a battery, a battery monitor configured to determine a power level of the battery, a mode controller. The mode controller is configured to receive a first power level value from the battery monitor and a second power level value from the second earbud and make a determination that the first earbud is operating in a primary mode in which the first earbud receives audio data from the user media device and transmits the received audio data to the second earbud. The mode controller is further configured, in response to the determination that the first earbud is operating in the primary mode, switch the first earbud from the primary mode to a secondary mode based on at least one of the first power level and the second power level.
US12003906B2
A vibration-generating apparatus, includes: a microphone apparatus disposed at an object including a plurality of regions, the microphone apparatus being configured to receive noise near the object, a sound processing circuit configured to: receive a sound source signal and a noise signal corresponding to the noise, generate a noise removal signal having an antiphase of the noise signal, and generate a vibration driving signal, based on the sound source signal and the noise removal signal, and a vibration apparatus disposed at the object to vibrate based on the vibration driving signal to vibrate the object.
US12003886B2
A tactile vibration signals is satisfactorily transmitted. A transmission signal for each block including a plurality of frames for an audio signal is sequentially transmitted to a receiving side via a predetermined transmission line. The transmission signal includes a tactile vibration signal of a predetermined number of channels. For example, the tactile vibration signal is generated on the basis of a media signal associated with the audio signal. For example, configuration information of the tactile vibration signal of the predetermined number of channels is added to the transmission signal. For example, the configuration information is added by use of a predetermined bit area of a channel status configured for each block.
US12003880B2
An endoscopic device and system for image correction of a rotating sensor includes a hand-piece, a lumen comprising a distal tip, and an image sensor disposed within the lumen for providing visualization of an area. The image sensor is located near the distal tip of the lumen. The lumen is rotatable about an axis of the endoscope and with respect to the hand-piece. The endoscopic device and system further includes an image signal processing pipeline that is configured to rotate images to maintain a constant image horizon for a user on a display.
US12003876B2
An image sensor comprises a row driver, a first row line which is connected to the row driver, first to fourth pixels connected to the first row line, first to fourth column lines connected to the first to fourth pixels and configured to receive respective first to fourth output signals from the first to fourth pixels, a boosting circuit connected to the first to fourth column lines, a second row line connected to the boosting circuit, first and second boosting drivers connected, respectively, to first and second terminals of the second row line. The boosting circuit may adjust voltage of the first and second output signals based on a first boosting enable signal received from the first boosting driver and may adjust a voltage of the third and fourth output signals based on a second boosting enable signal received from the second boosting driver.
US12003870B2
Binning in a hybrid pixel structure of image pixels and event vision sensor (EVS) pixels. In one embodiment, the imaging sensor includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixel circuits and a plurality of binning transistors. A first portion of the plurality of pixel circuits individually includes an intensity photodiode. A second portion of the plurality of pixel circuits individually includes an event vision sensor (EVS) photodiode. The plurality of binning transistors is configured to bin together at least one of the first portion or the second portion.
US12003864B2
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for obtaining multiple exposures with zero interframe time. In use, an analog signal associated with an image associated with an image of an image sensor is received. Amplified analog signals associated with the image are generated by amplifying the analog signal utilizing gains. The amplified analog signals are transmitted to analog-to-digital converter circuits. The amplified analog signals are converted to digital signals utilizing the analog-to-digital converter circuits. The digital signals are combined to create a high dynamic range (HDR) image.
US12003863B2
An endoscope system includes an endoscope, a video processor, a power source unit, and a parameter control device. The endoscope includes an image pickup unit and an illumination unit. The power source unit supplies electric power to the image pickup unit and the illumination unit. The video processor includes an image processing unit configured to generate an endoscope image. The parameter control device includes a data collection unit, a determination unit, and a parameter determination unit. When the data collection unit acquires one or more pieces of start information during execution of electric power consumption reducing processing, the determination unit determines to stop the electric power consumption reducing processing and execute high image quality achieving processing.
US12003861B2
An exemplary method of imaging tissue of a subject using a rolling shutter imager to provide a video stream comprises: sequentially resetting a plurality of rows of pixels of the rolling shutter imager from a first row to a last row; transitioning a liquid crystal shutter from a closed state to an open state; after the liquid crystal shutter is transitioned into the open state and after resetting the last row, illuminating the tissue of the subject with an illumination light for an illumination period to accumulate charge at the plurality of rows of pixels, and after the illumination period ends, sequentially reading the accumulated charge at the rows of pixels from the first row to the last row; generating an image frame from the sequentially read accumulated charge at the plurality of rows of pixels; and adding the image frame to the video stream.
US12003859B2
A method of adjusting brightness of a foreground video displayed over a background in a user device is provided. The method includes determining enhancement factors for background sections in a background frame of the background, determining an enhancement mask for each foreground sub-frame of the foreground video based on enhancement factor of corresponding background section and determining enhanced brightness values for each foreground pixel in the foreground video based on the enhancement mask. The method of the disclosure provides real-time, clear and distinct viewing of an enhanced foreground video in varying brightness conditions of the background sections.
US12003849B2
An electronic device and method are disclosed. The device includes a display, a plurality of cameras, a memory storing instructions, and at least one processor. The processor implements the method, including: displaying on the display, a preview of a first image acquired using a first camera from among the plurality of cameras, receiving a first input while the preview is displayed, wherein the first input is received before reception of a second input adjusting a magnification level of the preview, in response to receiving the first input, activating a second camera from among the plurality of cameras, receiving the second input for adjusting the magnification of the preview when a second image, distinct from the first image, is acquired using the activated second camera, and displaying the preview, based on at least a part of the second image and at least partially based on receiving the second input.
US12003847B2
Provided are a camera capable of preventing an erroneous operation with a compact configuration and has high operability, a setting method of the camera, and a setting program of the camera. A change in a setting value by the operation dial is switched between valid and invalid, and an operation by the operation dial becomes possible only in a case where the change in the setting value is valid. A setting value of an item to be set by the operation dial is displayed on a dial display provided on the operation dial.
US12003841B2
Embodiments described herein relate to an inspection system for illumination of optical devices. The inspection system includes a stage, a focusing lens, a light source, a reflective surface, and a camera. The inspection system is operable to provide a light to a substrate. The substrate is positioned on the inspection system such that an edge of the substrate is exposed. The inspection system focuses light to the edge such that the light propagates through the substrate. The light is coupled out of the substrate, illuminating one or more optical devices disposed on the substrate. The illumination allows the camera to capture images to be inspected. The images are inspected to detect defects of the substrate.
US12003834B2
An embodiment of the present invention discloses a camera actuator comprising: a housing; a mover disposed in the housing and including protrusions on one surface which protrude toward the housing; and a driving unit disposed in the housing and rotating the mover on the basis of a first direction or a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the protrusions comprise: a first protrusion disposed on the one surface; a second protrusion spaced apart from the first protrusion; and a third protrusion separated from the first protrusion by a distance greater than from the second protrusion, and wherein the housing comprises: a groove in which the first protrusion is seated on an inner surface corresponding to the one surface; a first hole through which the second protrusion passes; and a second hole through which the third protrusion passes, wherein a side surface of the second protrusion is spaced apart from the first hole, and the housing includes a protruding part disposed on a side of the second hole and extending toward the third protrusion.
US12003832B2
Systems and methods for identifying certain objects within 360-degree content for user interaction. Objects within 360-degree content may be identified, and the corresponding segments of 360-degree content may be assigned a score according to how likely they may be to meet certain criteria, such as the likelihood that the user may interact with the object or its segment. Scores may be assigned in any manner, such as with reference to retrieved user information. In highly scored segments, users may be encouraged to pause the content at that segment, and interact with its objects. Encouragement may take any form, such as highlighting the segment or some component thereof. Likewise, interaction may also take any form, such as the allowing the user to alter the appearance of one or more segment objects in some way. In this manner, increased user interaction with 360-degree video is allowed, increasing viewer interest and engagement.
US12003827B2
A device including a communication component, a DIAL protocol component, a video processing component and a PIC verification component. The communication component can wirelessly receive a personal identification code, can communicate with a display and can receive first video content from a content provider. The DIAL protocol component can perform protocols in accordance with a multiscreen discovery and launch of first screen content specification. The video processing component can provide first video data including PIC image data corresponding to a code so as to display the first video data and a PIC image on the display. The PIC verification component can generate a verification signal when the personal identification code corresponds to the PIC image data. The video processing component can further provide the first video content to the display based on the verification signal.
US12003818B2
Systems and methods are provided for generating and presenting content series recommendations to a particular user that has just completed binge-watching a particular content series. The recommendations are based on content series consumed by other users who have also consumed the content series just completed by the user and that share behavioral attributes to that of the user.
US12003810B2
Media content presentation systems and methods are operable to present media content received by a media device, wherein the media device comprises a plurality of tuner systems. An exemplary embodiment tunes the plurality of tuners to receive different broadcasting media content streams each comprising a streaming media content event; communicates the streaming media content events from the receiving tuner to a corresponding tuner buffer of the tuner system; and stores a portion of the streaming media content events into the corresponding tuner buffers. When a user selection is received for presentation of one of the streaming media content events, the selected one of the streaming media content events are presented to a user of the media device.
US12003809B2
An AVR device in accordance with one or more embodiments connects audio and video source devices to audio and video rendering devices. A front panel user interface including a display is integrated in the housing of the AVR device. Input-output (IO) modules are coupled to a backplane board in the housing to be connected to the source devices and the rendering devices. The IO modules include at least one network interface. System-on-Modules (SoMs) are mounted on the backplane board. The SoMs are configured to decode and process audio and video data received from the audio and video source devices for rendering by the audio and video rendering devices and execute an operating system generating a GUI displayed on the display of the front panel user interface. A video subsystem module on the backplane board is configured to route the audio and video data between the plurality of SoMs and the IO modules.
US12003807B2
Provided are an electronic device for removing an advertisement thumbnail from a display screen for providing a list of sports and an operating method of the electronic device that may retrieve an image thumbnail extracted from a game video being broadcast live, determine whether the image thumbnail is a game thumbnail or an advertisement thumbnail using a pre-trained deep learning model, and display the game thumbnail on a display screen when the image thumbnail is the game thumbnail and remove the advertisement thumbnail on the display screen when the image thumbnail is the advertisement thumbnail.
US12003800B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to determine headphone adjustment for portable people meter listening to encoded audio streams are disclosed. An example system disclosed herein includes meter data analyzer circuitry to determine an audience estimate for streaming media based on media data measured by a media meter, the media meter to measure the streaming media based on an identification of the streaming media in ambient audio collected by a microphone of the media meter, and data analyzer circuitry to calculate at least one headphone adjustment factor based on a first determined proportion of an audience that listens to streaming media via headphones and a second determined proportion of the audience that listens to streaming media without headphones.
US12003797B2
A video transmission control method for adaptive data transmission includes predicting a network state through machine learning using information related to video transmission as a feature in a real-time video streaming environment; and determining an option for controlling video transmission on the basis of the predicted network state.
US12003778B2
An encoder includes circuitry and memory coupled to the circuitry. The circuitry: assigns a picture level slice index and a subpicture level slice index to each of the slices, the picture level slice index being assigned at a picture level, the subpicture level slice index being assigned at a subpicture level; for each of the slices, encodes the subpicture level slice index of the slice into a slice header of the slice; and encodes each of the slices into a bitstream. The picture level slice index assigned to a current slice to be processed that is included in a current subpicture to be processed is calculated by adding (i) the subpicture level slice index of the current slice and (ii) a total number of slices included in one or more subpictures that have been encoded prior to the current subpicture out of the subpictures.
US12003771B2
Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for image data encoding/decoding. A method of decoding an image includes receiving a bitstream in which the image is encoded; obtaining index information for specifying a block division type of a current block in the image; and determining the block division type of the current block from a candidate group pre-defined in the decoding apparatus. The candidate group includes a plurality of candidate division types, including at least one of a non-division, a first quad-division, a second quad-division, a binary-division or a triple-division. The method also includes dividing the current block into a plurality of sub-blocks; and decoding each of the sub-blocks with reference to syntax information obtained from the bitstream.
US12003770B2
Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for discontinuous face boundary filtering for 360-degree video coding. A face discontinuity may be filtered (e.g., to reduce seam artifacts) in whole or in part, for example, using coded samples or padded samples on either side of the face discontinuity. Filtering may be applied, for example, as an in-loop filter or a post-processing step. 2D positional information related to two sides of the face discontinuity may be signaled in a video bitstream so that filtering may be applied independent of projection formats and/or frame packing techniques.
US12003768B2
A method of decoding point cloud data comprises obtaining a bitstream that is encoded to comply with one or more constraints and decoding the bitstream, wherein decoding the bitstream comprises: determining a residual value of a first component of an attribute of a point; generating a predicted value of a second component of the attribute of the point; and reconstructing the second component as a sum of the predicted value of the second component and a multiplication product of a scale factor for the second component and the residual value of the first component, wherein the constraints include a constraint that limits the first component of the attribute of the point, the residual value of the first component of the attribute of the point, the second component of the attribute, and the residual value of the second component of the attribute of the point to one or more predefined bitdepths.
US12003766B2
Devices, systems and methods for digital video coding, which includes matrix-based intra prediction methods for video coding, are described. In a representative aspect, a method for video processing includes encoding a current video block of a video using a matrix intra prediction (MIP) mode in which a prediction block of the current video block is determined by performing, on previously coded samples of the video, a boundary downsampling operation, followed by a matrix vector multiplication operation, and selectively followed by an upsampling operation; and adding, to a coded representation of the current video block, a syntax element indicative of applicability of the MIP mode to the current video block using arithmetic coding in which a context for the syntax element is derived based on a rule.
US12003760B2
An embodiment of an adaptive video encoder may include technology to determine headset-related information including at least one of focus-related information and motion-related information, and determine one or more video encode parameters based on the headset-related information. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
US12003753B2
The present invention relates to image processing, and more particularly, to a video coding/decoding method using a clipped motion vector and an apparatus thereof. An embodiment of the present invention relates to a method of decoding an image. The method includes clipping a motion vector of a reference picture in a predetermined dynamic range to generate a clipped motion vector, storing the clipped motion vector in a buffer, deriving a motion vector of a coding treeblock using the motion vector stored in the buffer, and performing inter prediction decoding process using the motion vector of the coding treeblock. According to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a size of a memory required for storing motion vectors may be reduced.
US12003748B2
A method for video encoding includes determining a parameter corresponding to the coded video bitstream based on a calculated maximum number of candidates. The parameter is in a range from 0 to 5-sps_sbtmvp_enabled_flag, where the sps_sbtmvp_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that subblock based temporal motion vector predictors are used. The sps_sbtmvp_enabled_flag equal to 0 specifies that the subblock based temporal motion vector predictors are not used. In response to a current block being in a subblock based prediction mode, the method includes encoding samples of the current block based on a candidate selection from a constructed subblock based merge candidate list of the current block. The constructed subblock based merge candidate list of the current block is constrained by the maximum number of candidates in the subblock based merge candidate lists.
US12003743B2
A video stream decoding method is provided. The video stream decoding method is performed by a terminal device. The method includes receiving a plurality of video streams from a monitoring device; generating a plurality of threads in a thread pool corresponding to a graphics processing unit (GPU); and transmitting, according to the plurality of threads, the plurality of video streams to the GPU for video decoding processing to obtain a plurality of pieces of decoded video data.
US12003740B2
An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method performed by an image decoding apparatus may comprise obtaining palette information and palette index prediction information of a current block from a bitstream, based on a palette mode applying for the current block, constructing a palette predictor for the current block based on the palette information and constructing a palette table for the current block based on the palette predictor, generating a palette index map for the current block based on the palette index prediction information, and decoding the current block based on the palette table and the palette index map. The palette predictor may be selectively updated based on a split structure of the current block.
US12003732B2
Scene aware video content encoding techniques can determine if video content is a given content type and is one of one or more given titles that include one or more given scenes. The one or more given scenes of the video content of the given type and given one of the titles can be encoded using corresponding scenes specific encoding parameter values, and the non-given scenes can be encoded using one or more general encoding parameter values. The one or more given titles can be selected based on a rate of streaming of various video content titles of the given type.
US12003730B2
A method for decoding video includes receiving quantized coefficients representative of a block of video representative of a plurality of pixels. The quantized coefficients are dequantized based upon a function of a remainder. The dequantized coefficients are inverse transformed to determine a decoded residue.
US12003722B2
Examples relate to an encoding apparatus, encoding device, encoding method, computer program and to a corresponding computer system. An encoding apparatus comprises processing circuitry configured to encode at least two video streams to perform video compression encoding using one or more encoders, wherein the one or more encoders are each configured to deter-mine an encoding context based on the video stream processed by the respective encoder, the encoding context comprising at least one or more reference frames determined by the respective encoder. The processing circuitry is configured to store at least one of the encoding contexts determined by the one or more encoders in a shared memory portion of the memory circuitry that is accessible to the one or more encoders. The processing circuitry is configured to proceed, using the one or more encoders, with encoding the at least two video streams based on an encoding context stored in the shared memory portion.
US12003719B2
Disclosed herein are a method, an apparatus and a storage medium for image encoding/decoding using a segmentation map. A feature vector for an image may be extracted using a segmentation map. The image may be encoded using the segmentation map and the feature vector. An output stream from an encoding apparatus may include a video stream and a feature stream. An input stream to a decoding apparatus may include a video stream and a feature stream. The image may be reconstructed using a reconstructed segmentation map and a reconstructed feature vector.
US12003711B2
In an exemplary aspect, a method for visual media processing includes identifying a boundary at a vertical edge and/or a horizontal edge of two video blocks; calculating a boundary strength of a filter based on at least one of the two video blocks crossing a vertical edge or a horizontal edge is coded using a combined intra-inter prediction (CIIP) mode; deciding whether to turn on or off the filter; selecting a strength of the filter in case the filter is turned on; and performing, based on the selecting, a deblocking filter (DB) process to the video blocks.
US12003709B1
Visual data transmission by an air-gapped system, including: transmitting, by an air-gapped system comprising at least one first computing device, a visual encoding of data via a display; detecting, during capture of the visual encoding of the data by a second computing device via a camera, an error; generating, by the second computing device in response to the error, and alert; and retransmitting, in response to a user input to the air-gapped system, at least a portion of the visual encoding of the data via the display.
US12003708B2
A method by which a decoding device performs image decoding, according to the present invention, comprises the steps of: deriving an intra prediction mode of a current block; deriving neighboring samples including left neighboring samples and upper neighboring samples of the current block; deriving reference samples for prediction of a target sample among the neighboring samples on the basis of the position of the target sample of the current block and the prediction angle of the intra prediction mode; determining an interpolation filter for the target sample; and deriving the prediction sample of the target sample on the basis of the interpolation filter and the reference samples.
US12003707B2
Disclosed herein is an intra prediction method including: deriving neighbor prediction mode information from a left neighbor prediction mode and an upper neighbor prediction mode; deriving an intra prediction mode for a decoding target unit by using the derived neighbor prediction mode information; and performing intra prediction on the decoding target unit based on the intra prediction mode. According to exemplary embodiments of the present invention, image encoding/decoding efficiency can be improved.
US12003704B2
A method for decoding a picture, a method for encoding a picture, an encoder, and a decoder are provided. The method for encoding a picture includes (i) determining a width and a height of a coding block in the picture; (ii) if the width and the height are equal to N, where N is a positive integer power of 2, determining a matrix-based intra prediction (MIP) size identifier indicating that an MIP prediction size equal to N; (iii) deriving a group of reference samples of the coding block; and (iv) deriving an MIP prediction of the coding block based on the group of reference samples and an MIP matrix corresponding to the MIP size identifier.
US12003700B2
A video coding mechanism is disclosed. The mechanism includes receiving a bitstream comprising a current picture and a reference picture list structure comprising an inter-layer reference picture flag. The mechanism determines an entry in the reference picture list structure associated with the current picture is an inter-layer reference picture (ILRP) entry based on the inter-layer reference picture flag. The current picture is decoded based on an inter-layer reference picture indicated by the entry in the reference picture list structure when the entry is the ILRP entry. The current picture is forwarded for display as part of a decoded video sequence.
US12003688B2
A system includes at least one processor configured to function as a color verification unit configured to execute color verification by using a colorimetric value acquired by colorimetry of a sheet output by an image forming apparatus, and a determination unit configured to determine an adjustment function to be executed by the image forming apparatus or an image processing apparatus connected to the image forming apparatus from among a plurality of adjustment functions, based on a result of the color verification.
US12003685B2
An image processing apparatus includes: an input device that inputs a document image; and a controller, wherein the controller removes a streak from the image by a first method, removes a streak from the image by a second method that differs from the first method, and executes crop processing on the image from which the streaks have been removed.
US12003683B2
A server for a device information management system includes a terminal device, and a communication device. The server has a storage and a controller. The controller is configured to perform registering user information indicating a user, first service information indicating a first service to be provided to the user, and authentication information in an associated manner, obtaining a request containing the user information from the terminal device, in response to the request, transmitting the authentication information associated with the request to the terminal device, obtaining target communication device information indicating a target device and the authentication information received by the terminal device from the target communication device, and registering the target communication device information in the storage in association with the user information associated with the authentication information obtained from the target communication device and the first service information associated with the authentication information obtained from the target communication device.
US12003677B2
An image forming apparatus includes an operation device; a storage that stores classification determination information and a user classification rule; a memory that stores instructions; and a processor. The processor executes the instructions stored to: input image data on a document; acquire the input image data on the document; acquire, from the acquired image data, feature quantity; and update the user classification rule. The user classification rule is information in which a criterion for classifying a document having specific feature quantity is set for each user in association with the specific feature quantity. When the user uses the operation device to perform a specific classification operation on image data on a document having the acquired feature quantity, the processor executes the instructions to change a criterion of the user classification rule of the user associated with the acquired feature quantity to a criterion corresponding to the specific classification operation.
US12003669B1
Methods for simultaneous interaction on a web page by a customer and customer service representative
A computer-implemented method and system for enhancing interaction between a customer using a client computer and a customer service representative of a company using a workstation. A Web session is commenced on a Web site for the client computer of the customer, wherein the Web session includes displaying a first Web page to the customer. A telephonic interaction is commenced between the customer and the customer service representative and a split screen is displayed on the workstation. The split screen including the first Web page and a second Web page, wherein the second Web page is only viewable by the customer service representative. An application is caused to be moved from the second Web page to the first Web page for review and interaction by the customer via the client computer.
US12003668B1
A virtual assistant system for communicating with customers uses human intelligence to correct any errors in the system AI, while collecting data for machine learning and future improvements for more automation. The system may use a modular design, with separate components for carrying out different system functions and sub-functions, and with frameworks for selecting the component best able to respond to a given customer conversation.
US12003663B2
A system and method of performing automated reconciliation of devices and features in telecom expense management systems prior to running programs to optimize expense relative to usage or procuring new lines. The reconciliation accessing and carrier systems and devices and using enterprise configurable rules and live data from end point management systems. The system ensures accurate and up to date data is available for processing by downstream robotic process automation systems that perform the procurement/modification of plans and devices.
US12003661B1
There is provided an end point device including one or more processors configured to establish a Bluetooth or Wi-Fi connection with an intermediate networking device, communicate, to the intermediate networking device, an end point device credential that uniquely identifies the end point device, access a WWAN using a single user account associated with the end point device credential and the intermediate networking device, transmit network traffic to a forwarding layer of the intermediate networking device for forwarding the network traffic to the WWAN according to an access network forwarding policy, and communicate signals to indicate a current geographic location of the end point device.
US12003656B2
Systems, methods and computer-readable mediums may use intrinsic behavior of an integrated circuit (IC) chip to generate Physically Unclonable Function (PUF) vector bits. A processor of the system may be configured to receive a plurality of temperature values corresponding to a plurality of respective temperature measurement values obtained by a plurality of respective temperature sensors disposed on the IC chip. The processor may be further configured to process the temperature measurement values to generate PUF vector bits that can be used to generate a security key.
US12003655B1
Components of a public certificate authority (CA) generate respective cryptographic assertions during performance of respective tasks of a certificate issuance workflow and a workflow approval component approves/rejects certificate issuance, based upon verification of the cryptographic assertions. For example, a workflow manager may assign tasks of a certificate workflow process to a number of components that process the tasks. The components generate responses and sign the respective responses with keys particular to each component. The workflow manager gathers the cryptographic assertions and sends them to a workflow approval component that validates the assertions, verifies the assertions indicate successful completion of the workflow and approves or rejects certificate issuance.
US12003651B2
Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for the divergent distribution of electronic digital certificates. The present invention may be configured to generate an electronic digital certificate associated with an artifact, store the electronic digital certificate on a distributed ledger, and record, on the distributed ledger, an interest of the user in the electronic digital certificate. The present invention may be configured to receive a request from the user to divide ownership of the electronic digital certificate amongst a group of users. The present invention may be configured to determine shares in the electronic digital certificate by determining for each user of the group of users a share of the shares. The present invention may be configured to record, on the distributed ledger and based on the shares, interests of the group of users in the electronic digital certificate.
US12003644B2
Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques provide and control applets for transaction cards. More specifically, embodiments discussed here include permitting or denying applets of transaction cards based on whether they are enabled or disabled. Embodiments may also include enabling and disable applets for transaction cards.
US12003641B2
A method includes a computing device of a computing infrastructure interpreting a request from a user computing device of the computing infrastructure to cause a license of a set of learning objects pertaining to a common topic for use by the user computing device to produce licensee information for the set of learning objects. The method further includes identifying a non-fungible token (NFT) associated with the set of learning objects and establishing, with the user computing device, agreed licensing terms utilizing the licensee information and based on available licensing terms of a smart contract for the set of learning objects. The method further includes generating a license smart contract for the set of learning objects to include the licensee information and the agreed licensing terms and causing generation of a license block affiliated with the NFT via a blockchain of the object distributed ledger.
US12003638B2
Methods, media, and systems for secure provisioning of servers within a cloud computing environment are provided for herein. In some embodiments, a management service can delegate provisioning of a server of the cloud computing environment to an imaging service. In response, the imaging service can generate an operating system image for the server and can utilize disk encryption to protect to operating system image. In embodiments, a volume encryption key of the disk encryption can be encrypted utilizing a public key of a trusted platform manager of the server, to produce an encrypted volume encryption key that is protected by the trusted platform module of the server. The encrypted operating system image and the encrypted volume encryption key can then be transmitted to the server to cause the server to be provisioned with the operating system image. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed herein.
US12003634B2
Systems and methods for encrypted content management are provided and include generating a user private key, a user public key, and a symmetric encryption key. A group private key, a group public key, and a group symmetric encryption key are generated and the group private key is encrypted with the group symmetric encryption key. A first shared-secret key is generated based on the user public key and the group private key using a diffie-hellman exchange algorithm. The group symmetric encryption key is encrypted using the first shared-secret key to generate an escrow key. Plaintext data is encrypted using a content symmetric key. A second shared-secret key is generated based on an ephemeral private key and the group public key using a diffie-hellman exchange algorithm. The content symmetric key is encrypted using the second shared-secret key.
US12003628B2
Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for session authentication and random number generation. An example method includes receiving, by decoding circuitry and over a quantum line, a set of qubits generated based on a first set of quantum bases. The example method further includes decoding, by the decoding circuitry and based on a second set of quantum bases, the set of qubits to generate a decoded set of bits. In this example method, the first set of quantum bases is determined without reliance on the second set of quantum bases and the second set of quantum bases is determined without reliance on the first set of quantum bases. The example method further includes generating, by random number generation circuitry, a number comprising the decoded set of bits.
US12003623B2
Systems and methods for multilayer encryption for user privacy compliance and corporate confidentiality are described. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the IHS to: transmit, from a workspace instantiated by a local management agent to a portal managed by an enterprise: (i) a request to store a once-encrypted document, and (ii) an indication that the once-encrypted document is encrypted with a controlvault key; receive, from the portal at the workspace, a request to encrypt the once-encrypted document with an enterprise-issued cryptographic key to produce a twice-encrypted document; and transmit, from the workspace to the portal, a copy of the twice-encrypted document.
US12003613B2
A method for synchronizing time in an Ethernet-based network having a master network subscriber and a slave network subscriber includes sending out a first telegram via the master network subscriber, where the slave subscriber receives the first telegram at a first receipt time value of a local system time and stores the first receipt time value. The method can also include reading out the first receipt time value via the master subscriber, sending out a second telegram by the master subscriber, where the slave subscriber receives the second telegram at a second receipt time value of the local system time and stores the second receipt time value, and reading out the second receipt time value via the master network subscriber. A speed parameter of the local system time can be calculated from the receipt time values via the master network subscriber, and transmitted to the slave subscriber.
US12003610B1
First and second clock signals are generated based on signal transitions within first and second streams of symbols, respectively, received within an integrated circuit component, the first and second clock signals having a time-varying phase offset with respect to one another. A first control circuit, operating in a first timing domain established by the first clock signal, generates first control information based on the first stream of symbols and forwards the first control information, via a domain crossing circuit that bridges the time-varying phase offset, to a second control circuit operating in a second timing domain. The second control circuit generates a third stream of symbols based on the first control information and on the second stream of symbols, and a transmit circuit outputs the third stream of symbols from the integrated circuit component synchronously with respect to the second clock signal.
US12003609B2
A data flow classification method includes obtaining, by a packet forwarding device, a plurality of data flows, extracting, by the packet forwarding device, address information and time information of each of the data flows, selecting, by the packet forwarding device, a data flow set that is generated when a first client device accesses a plurality of services, determining, by the packet forwarding device, a service set that includes a first service and a second service and that is accessed by the first client device based on the address information of the data flows, determining, by the packet forwarding device, a correlation between services in the service set based on time information of each data flow in the data flow set, and determining, by the packet forwarding device, that the first service and the second service implement a first application.
US12003604B2
A terminal obtains at least one piece of data, in which each piece of data in the at least one piece of data belongs to a different modality; obtains acquisition time information corresponding to each piece of data; and sends the at least one piece of data and at least one acquisition time information to a centralized processing unit. The centralized processing unit receives at least one piece of data and at least one piece of acquisition time information from at least one terminal, determines data corresponding to each acquisition time information in the at least one acquisition time information from the at least one piece of data, and processes the data corresponding to each acquisition time information.
US12003602B2
A method for providing interoperability between a plurality of security services and target applications by an interoperability service. The method includes receiving a request from one of the plurality of security services to perform a task on a target application, preparing a unified data model for interaction with the target application, determining and organizing data connections to perform the task on the target application, generating a set of requests using the unified data model based on the task and utilizing business logic of the interoperability service for the data connections with the target application, transforming the set of requests into commands and data structures specific to the target application, and sending the set of requests on respective data connections with the target application.
US12003597B2
A method for detecting an unauthorized copy of a content according to an embodiment of the present invention includes providing content including a plurality of images to a terminal device; collecting scroll inputs applied by a user to the terminal device when viewing the content, and generating scroll log information from the scroll inputs; and constructing a database by collecting the scroll log information according to each user account registered in the service server or identification information of the terminal device.
US12003586B2
In described examples, ownership of a network protocol-based session is distributed across multiple entities. A session is established between a remote entity and a first processing node on a local device, such that the first processing node is the session owner of the session on the local device. During the session, ownership of the session is transferred from the first processing node to a second processing node on the local device, such that the second processing node becomes the session owner of the session on the local device. The session is then operated between the remote entity and the second processing node as the session owner.
US12003584B2
A mobile computing device enabled by a customizable data cognition layer (DCL) software program to convert input information from a variety of sensors into real-time contextual messages is disclosed. The DCL software incorporates customizable software components known as plug-ins to expand the use of the mobile computing device.
US12003581B2
An illustrative storage management appliance is interposed between client computing devices and one or more cloud storage resources. The appliance uses cloud storage resources in conjunction with a network attached storage device configured within the appliance to provide to the client computing devices seemingly unlimited network attached storage on respective network shares. The storage management appliance monitors data objects on the network shares and when a data object meets one or more criteria for archiving, the storage management appliance archives the data object to a cloud storage resource and replaces it with a stub and preview image on the network share. When access to the stub and/or preview image is detected, the storage management appliance restores the data object from the cloud storage resource. The criteria for archiving flexibly allow individual data objects to be archived to cloud storage without archiving frequently-accessed “neighboring” data objects on the same network share.
US12003579B2
Systems and methods of providing virtual storage spaces (“VSS”) are presented. A VSS is a virtual representation of a storage space in a database or other data structure with which user(s) who have access to are allowed to interact—in real-time or not—via a VSS Client U1. A VSS Client U1 is a cloud-based U1 with the following components: (a) Cloud Communicator (CC) U1, which allows user(s) to communicate through any communication application; (b) VSS U1, which allows exchange and/or execution of virtual files and virtual applications, and (c) User Cloud Storage (UCS) U1, which allows user(s) to share, copy, delete, export and import any virtual file (in a storage space such as cloud storage, dedicated or shared storage server, remote storage hardware, etc.) and/or virtual application in the cloud, dedicated or shared server, etc. Disclosed herein are various interactive online experiences between users in various engagement scenarios (e.g., any business and/or personal relationship such as B2C, C2C or B2B)—where users have access to a common virtual system storage (VSS) through a VSS Client U1.
US12003578B2
Embodiments provide systems and methods to load balance using tenant affinities. A method includes configuring a load balancer with a set of tenant affinities, the set of tenant affinities including a tenant affinity for each of a plurality of tenants with respect to each of a plurality of computing nodes that provide services to users in a multitenant environment. Load balancing may include receiving a user request, associated with a tenant, for a service provided by the computing nodes, determining a highest tenant affinity computing node for the tenant using the set of tenant affinities and directing the user request to the highest tenant affinity computing node for the tenant.
US12003577B2
A machine learning engine identifies training data that includes historical user data and historical content data. A machine learning classifier is trained on the training data to generate a relevancy value for each of a plurality of given content items associated with a given user. The relevancy value for each given content item is indicative of a likelihood that the given user will perform a first user device input action and of a likelihood that the given user will perform a second user device input action, in response to being presented with the given content item. The machine learning classifier receives a plurality of candidate content items associated with a first user. The machine learning classifier generates a relevancy value for each candidate content item. At least one of the candidate content items is identified for inclusion in a first content collection based on the generated relevancy values.
US12003563B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In a wireless audio system, a first wireless device may generate a first media stream associated with a first media mode and a second media stream associated with a second media mode, buffer the first media stream in accordance with a first latency time value for adjusting a first latency time of the first media stream and buffering the second audio stream, independently from the first media stream, in accordance with a second latency time value for adjusting a second latency time of the second media stream, and transmit a mixed media stream including the buffered first media stream mixed with the buffered second media stream to a second wireless device.
US12003559B1
In various embodiments, a caching application streams segments of a downloadable to a client device. At a first point-in-time, the caching application receives a first request for a first segment of the downloadable from the client device. The caching application computes a cache key based on a request Uniform Resource Locator included in the first request and a version identifier associated with the downloadable. The caching application determines that no segment corresponding to the cache key is stored in a cache. The caching application transmits a second request for the first segment to a different server. Upon receiving a first version of the first segment from the different server, the caching server transmits a response that includes the first version of the first segment to the client device.
US12003555B2
Systems and methods are configured to receive an indication that a moment, such as an anchor, is to be positioned at a first location on a webpage, via code embedded in the webpage. A content specification associated with the anchor is received. An interaction rule associated with the anchor is received that specifies that content specified by the content specification is to be displayed at least partly in response to a specified user interaction with the webpage. Code is automatically generated configured to cause the anchor to be located at the first location when accessed by a user browser, wherein, at least partly in response to a user browser accessing the first webpage, and the first user interacting with the webpage in a manner that satisfies the interaction rule, the content specified by the content specification is rendered.
US12003547B1
Disclosed herein are techniques for protecting web applications from untrusted endpoints using remote browser isolation. In an example scenario, a browser isolation system receives a request from a client browser executing on a client device to connect with a remote application accessible via a private network. A surrogate browser is provided to facilitate communications between the client browser and the remote application. A security policy is enforced against the communications.
US12003541B2
Based on analyzing a serverless function associated with a first role, a set of security permissions granted to the serverless function is identified based on the first role and a first attribute of the serverless function. A least privilege role indicating a set of least privilege security permissions for the serverless function is generated based, at least in part, on the first attribute. Based on comparing the least privilege role with the first role, it is determined if the set of security permissions granted to the serverless function is more permissive than the set of least privilege security permissions. Based on determining that the set of security permissions granted to the serverless function is more permissive than the set of least privilege security permissions, the first role is reported as over-permissive.
US12003540B1
The present document describes a communication session resumption mechanism. A client computer system establishes a communication session to a server computer that is a member of a set of related server computers. As a result of establishing the communication session, the server computer identifies the set of related server computers to the client computer system. The set of related server computers share communication session information with each other, allowing the client computer system to resume the communication session with another server computer belonging to the set of related server computers. The communication session may be specified to the other server computer by the client computer system by providing a session identifier or a session ticket.
US12003539B2
In an example embodiment, rather than merely identifying and patching vulnerabilities, a defender in a computer system is able to utilize deception to set traps for attackers who might attack an application. In this manner, rather than the attacker simply merely needing one entry point to succeed, the attacker would then need to avoid all traps, and the defender only needs one trap to be alerted of the attacker. More particularly, in an example embodiment, traps are set in a way that fools attackers, by blending deceptive but believable network traffic into real traffic to and from the application.
US12003537B2
Credential phishing attack mitigation is disclosed. A URL that is associated with a suspected credential phishing web page is received. The suspected credential phishing web page is one that includes at least one element soliciting at least one credential. The URL is included in a message having at least one intended recipient. An artificial credential is provided to the suspected credential phishing web page. An indication is received that, subsequent to providing the artificial credential to the suspected credential phishing web page, an attempted use of the artificial credential to access a resource was made. In response to receiving the indication that the attempted use of the artificial credential to access the resource has been made, at least one remedial action is taken with respect to the suspected credential phishing web page.
US12003534B2
A system for detecting and mitigating attacks using forged authentication objects within a domain is provided, comprising an authentication object inspector configured to observe a new authentication object generated by an identity provider, and retrieve the new authentication object; and a hashing engine configured to retrieve the new authentication object from the authentication object inspector, calculate a cryptographic hash for the new authentication object, and store the cryptographic hash for the new authentication object in a data store; wherein subsequent access requests accompanied by authentication objects are validated by comparing hashes for each authentication object to previous generated hashes.
US12003532B2
In accordance with some aspects of the present disclosure, an apparatus is disclosed. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes a processor and a memory. In some embodiments, the memory includes programmed instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to receive a request from a client; determine family of metrics; schedule the request based on the family of metrics; and in response to satisfying one or more scheduling criteria, send the request to a backend server.
US12003531B2
A system and method for detecting cyber-attacks using quantile regression analysis are disclosed. The method includes: identifying at least one hit quantile out of a plurality of quantiles, wherein the at least one identified hit quantile falls within quantile edges of a sample of traffic directed at a protected entity, wherein each of the plurality of quantiles is characterized by a probability distribution of at least one feature of a data stream, each of the plurality of quantiles having a respective probability estimate; updating the probability estimates of the plurality of quantiles when the at least one hit quantile has been identified; and when the probability estimate of the at least one hit quantile is above a threshold, taking an action to mitigate existence of a cyber-attack.
US12003525B2
A zero trust architecture can continuously monitor and verify code uploaded at the edge of 5G networks, so as to automatically identify security inconsistencies between security requirements and the performance of a given system.
US12003524B2
A cybersecurity assessment system is provided for monitoring, assessing, and addressing the cybersecurity status of a hierarchy of target networks. The cybersecurity assessment system may scan individual target networks and produce data regarding the current state and properties of devices on the target networks. The cybersecurity assessment system may generate user interfaces to present cybersecurity information regarding individual target networks, and composite cybersecurity information regarding a hierarchy of target networks or some subset thereof. The cybersecurity assessment system can generate access configurations that specify which cybersecurity information of the hierarchy can be accessed by individual target networks of the hierarchy.
US12003522B2
A method adapts network intrusion detection. The method includes: a) deploying a network traffic capture system and collecting network packet traces; b) using a network audit tool, extracting features from the collected network packet traces; c) feeding the extracted features as unlabeled data into a representation function, and, utilizing the representation function as an unsupervised feature learning algorithm, learning a new representation of the unlabeled data; d) providing a labeled training set capturing examples of malicious network traffic, and, using the learned new representation of the unlabeled data, modifying the labeled training set to obtain a new training set; and e) using the new training set, training a traffic classification machine learning model.
US12003520B1
A method for scalable vulnerability detection is provided. The method includes selecting at least a workload of a plurality of workloads deployed in a first cloud environment for inspection, wherein the workload includes a first volume; generating in a remote cluster an inspection node, the inspection node including at least a first disk, wherein the remote cluster provisions inspection nodes in response to demand for inspection nodes; generating a persistent volume (PV) on which the at least a first disk is mounted, wherein the at least a first disk is generated from a snapshot of the first volume; and generating a persistent volume claim (PVC) of the PV for an inspector workload, wherein the inspector workload is configured to inspect the PV for an object, and wherein inspector workloads are provisioned in response to demand for inspector workloads.
US12003519B2
Disclosed is a cyber-physical system for detecting a pole-dynamics attack, including an attack detector configured to receive a sensor signal output from a physical system and to output an attack detection signal based on the received sensor signal, and a mode controller configured to receive the sensor signal and to output an input control signal for controlling the physical system based on the received sensor signal, wherein the mode controller controls a normal control (NC) mode and an attack detection control (ADC) mode for detecting pole-dynamics attack (PDA) from an output to be repeatedly executed at a preset switching period.
US12003517B2
A system retrieves from cloud storage a packet(s) sampled from network traffic detected for software deployed on a cloud instance within a cloud environment. Each packet is inspected with deep packet inspection (DPI) to determine characteristics of the packet from which the identity/type of the corresponding software are determined. The system correlates the data/metadata generated from DPI with data/metadata of other cloud resources of the cloud environment based on determining the cloud resources to which the cloud instance is related or which also support deployment/execution of the software. The correlated data/metadata are evaluated based on security policies which include criteria for characteristics of software running on the cloud infrastructure rather than criteria for cloud infrastructure configuration alone. The system thus determines whether a cloud resource complies with the security policies based at least partly on the types/characteristics of software with which it is correlated.
US12003515B2
The invention relates to systems and methods of cyber-monitoring which utilizes a knowledge database. In particular, the present invention provides a method of monitoring a cyber-network comprises the following steps: providing one or more database(s) of normally-occurring cyber-event(s); detecting cyber-event(s) in the cyber-network; determining if the detected cyber-event(s) is normally-occurring or anomalous by analyzing the detected cyber-event(s) using the one or more database(s) of normally-occurring cyber-events; excluding cyber-event(s) which are classified as normally-occurring to identify anomalous cyber-events; and optionally determining if the anomalous cyber-events are malicious.
US12003510B2
The present disclosure provides a system that performs a method for performing unification of data for identifying a user on computing device after reinstalling the application adhering to GDPR compliance. The method includes a first step of receiving a first set of data associated with the computing device. The method includes another step of mapping the first set of data to a first natural number of a plurality of natural numbers using an increment sequence method. The method includes yet another step of hashing of the first set of data in real-time. The method includes yet another step of assigning a first shard index of a plurality of shard indexes to the first set of data based on the first natural number of the plurality of natural numbers. The method includes yet another step of sending the first shard index of the plurality of shard indexes to the server.
US12003506B2
To prevent unauthorized access to a network feature, multiple levels of authentication are required by utilizing a biometric authentication application that can verify access based on an authentication configuration that, for example, includes biometric data associated with a user. Requiring additional authentication to one or more network features or settings while allowing one or more other network features or settings to have less authentication provides a quality of experience for every user with access to the application while maintaining enhanced security to those network features that may be key/sensitive or require additional security. Additionally, using biometric data to perform the additional level of authentication ensures that a particular user seeking access to key or sensitive network features or settings of a network is the authorized user and not another user that has gained access to a network device associated with the authorized user.
US12003499B2
An authentication framework wherein a user attempting to sign in or to be authenticated in order to access an electronic system is requested to provide an identify factor that includes an activity, location and/or authentication transaction of the User occurring within a previous time period from the User's current attempt to sign in or to be authenticated.
US12003487B2
A method including configuring a first server to determine an encrypted authentication packet, the configuring including, configuring the first server to determine a crypted code field to indicate a type associated with the encryption authentication packet and that at least a portion of the encryption authentication packet is encrypted, and configuring the first server to determine a crypted payload based at least in part on encrypting an initial authentication packet. The method may also include configuring the first server to transmit, to a second server, the encrypted authentication packet to enable the first server and the second server to conduct an authentication process. Various other aspects are contemplated.
US12003483B1
A network device may receive an input identifying one or more conditions associated with traversal of packets through a network and one or more actions to be performed if the one or more conditions are satisfied. The network device may transmit, to a path computation element, a request for a label set that satisfies the one or more conditions. The network device may receive the label set from the path computation element. The network device may configure a firewall policy indicating that the one or more actions are to be performed for a packet associated with a label stack that includes the label set.
US12003480B1
The authorized IP addresses configured at components in an IMS network may become out of sync with a first pool of IP addresses provided by a core network to UEs. This may result in emergency communications being received at the IMS network from a UE using a first IP address of the first pool of IP addresses that is not recognized by the IMS network. A session management component of the core network may automatically assign a second IP address from a second pool of IP addresses based on determining the session management component has not received an update notification from the IMS network within a threshold time (e.g., 500 milliseconds, 1000 milliseconds, etc.) from transmitting a request to establish a packet data communications session to the IMS network using the first IP address. The IMS network may then receive packets from the second IP address.
US12003471B2
A method comprising: receiving two or more user identifiers and a request to establish a messaging group, each user identifier being associated with a different user device with a different instance of a messaging application on the respective different user device; establishing the messaging group to enable communication between the different user devices; receiving a plurality of messages; routing the plurality of messages to the respective different instances of the messaging application; receiving a request to add a new member to the messaging group, the request including identity information of the new member and insertion information, the messaging group being associated with a thread of message history; determining an insertion point in the thread of message history; adding the new member to the messaging group to enable the new member to communicate with other members of the messaging group and to see messages up to the insertion point.
US12003466B2
Example resource allocation methods and apparatus are described. One example method includes that a terminal device receives downlink control information sent by a network device, where the downlink control information includes a resource allocation field, the resource allocation field includes formula (I)+5 bits. The terminal device determines the first resource indication value, and determines, based on the first resource indication value, a starting resource block allocated in the uplink bandwidth and a length L CRP, s of consecutive resource blocks allocated in the uplink bandwidth, where M≤LCRBs≤6, and M is a positive integer greater than 1. The terminal device sends data on resources corresponding to the starting resource block and the length of the consecutive resource blocks. The methods and the devices provided in the embodiments of this application may be used in a communications system, for example, V2X, V2V, the Internet of Vehicles, MTC, DE-M, M2M, or the Internet of Things.
US12003463B2
There is disclosed a method of operating a user equipment in a radio access network, the user equipment being configured for operation utilising carrier aggregation. The carrier aggregation includes a set of component carriers. The method includes operating utilising the carrier aggregation based on a component indication received in a control information message, the component indication indicating one of the component carriers of the carrier aggregation. If the indicated component carrier is in a deactivated state, operating utilising the carrier aggregation includes activating the indicated component carrier for communicating. Otherwise, if the indicated component carrier is an activated state, operating utilising the carrier aggregation includes communicating utilising the indicated component carrier based on scheduling information included in the control information message. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
US12003461B2
Proposed are a method and an apparatus for receiving an MU PPDU in a wireless LAN system. Specifically, a receiving STA receives an MU PPDU from a transmitting STA. The receiving STA decodes the MU PPDU. The MU PPDU includes an LSIG field, an RL-SIG field, an HE-SIG field, and an EHT-SIG field. A first reserved bit of the L-SIG field includes information indicating that a first band in which the MU PPDU is transmitted is greater than 160 MHz. A second reserved bit of the HE-SIG field includes information relating to a second band in which the EHT-SIG field is transmitted or the size of the first band. The receiving STA includes an HE STA and an EHT STA.
US12003459B2
Provided are an information transmission method and apparatus. The method includes acquiring, according to one of a second type of information or a third type of information, the other one of the second type of information or the third type of information; or transmitting one piece of first signaling information including the second type of information and the third type of information. The second type of information includes at least one of a downlink control channel resource group, an uplink control channel resource group, a process number set, a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state group, a spatial relation information group or an antenna group.
US12003454B2
A signal field indication method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: generating, by a transmit end, a PPDU, where the PPDU includes a SIG-A indication field, and the SIG-A indication field includes at least one of a field used to indicate a number of SIG-A information symbols and a field used to indicate a SIG-A information bandwidth; and sending, by the transmit end, the PPDU. According to the method provided in this application, the transmit end may indicate different numbers of SIG-A information symbols and/or different SIG-A information bandwidths.
US12003445B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for applying a mechanism to signals, from different user equipments (UEs), multiplexed for UL transmission, such that the mechanism differentiates one UE's waveform from another UE's, even if the waveforms are on the same time resources. A method that may be performed by a UE includes determining a mechanism to allow the UE to share uplink (UL) resources with at least one other UE for UL transmission, applying the mechanism to at least one of RS symbols or information symbols to be multiplexed using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) before performing a discrete Fourier transform (DFT) for the UL transmission, and outputting a waveform for the UL transmission after performing the DFT and an inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT).
US12003435B2
Disclosed are systems and methods of selecting physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidates for non-coherent joint transmission (NC-JT) in a wireless network. For instance, first and second sets of ControlResourceSet and SearchSpace parameters can be configured for a UE. The first and second sets of ControlResourceSet and SearchSpace parameters are configured on a first downlink (DL) component carrier to enable NC-JT. A control channel element (CCE) limit can be determined for the first and second sets of ControlResourceSet and SearchSpace parameters. One or more PDCCH candidates can then be selected for the first and second sets of ControlResourceSet and SearchSpace parameters based at least in part on the determined CCE limits. NC-JT communication including at least a first communication from a first transmission and reception point (TRP), and a second communication from a second TRP can then be received.
US12003434B2
According to certain embodiments, a transmitting node for transmitting data to a receiving node is provided. The transmitting node is operable at least in a dynamic bundling size mode and includes a communication interface and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured, when operating in the dynamic bundling size mode, to provide the receiving node with an indication of bundling control information representing at least a number L of slots. The processing circuitry transmits data in L consecutive slots using a constant first precoding setting and transmit data in subsequent L consecutive slots using a constant second precoding setting. The first and second precoding settings are independently assignable.
US12003428B2
Computer-readable media, methods, and systems are disclosed for scheduling a start time and a shutdown time of one or more online resources associated with a multi-cloud resource scheduler. A request from a first user is received to access a multi-cloud resource scheduler associated with one or more online resources. Responsive to the request from the first user, credentials of the first user are validated prior to providing access to the multi-cloud resource scheduler. Based upon validating the credentials of the first user, access to the multi-cloud resource scheduler is provided. Instructions are received from the first user to schedule a start time and a shutdown time of at least one online cloud resource connected to the multi-cloud resource scheduler. An availability of the at least one online cloud resource is established for access by a second user based on the instructions.
US12003427B2
Resource metrics are obtained for resources from distributed resources associated with operations of an enterprise. Metric types from the distributed resources defined in the metrics are grouped and aggregated into aggregated metric types within a data model. Each aggregated metric type data value of the data model is weighed. The weighted aggregated data values are used to calculate an overall service health value of the enterprise. A current instance of the data model is processed to render one or more single views within an interface to a user of the enterprise. Each single view includes the overall service health value along with a custom-level of detail for each aggregated metric type and the corresponding aggregated metric data values.
US12003420B2
This disclosure describes techniques for software-defined service insertion. The techniques include a method of configuring a network for service insertion. The techniques include processing a master policy correlating an endpoint group pair, of source endpoint group and destination endpoint group, to a service graph. The service graph indicates a template service chain, and the template service chain indicates an ordering of a plurality of services. Processing the master policy includes disaggregating the master policy into at least one location specific policy, each of the at least one location specific policy corresponding to a separate location in the network and including traffic steering directives corresponding to a portion of the plurality of services associated with the separate location. The techniques further include causing each of the at least one location specific policy to be stored in association with the separate location to which that location specific policy corresponds.
US12003413B2
A method for collecting bit error information is provided. According to the method, a head node may encapsulate indication information into an IPv6 extension header of an IPv6 measurement request packet. The indication information indicates at least one intermediate node on a transmission path of the IPv6 measurement request packet to record bit error information into the IPv6 extension header. According to the application, the bit error information of the intermediate node on the transmission path can be collected.
US12003412B2
A method and an apparatus for processing link state information is provided. A first network device receives first link state information sent by a second network device, where the first link state information is link state information of a third network device; in response to receiving the first link state information, the first network device deletes second link state information that is received by the first network device from the second network device, where the second link state information carries a segment identifier of the third network device; and the first network device deletes, based on the first link state information, third link state information received from the second network device, where the third link state information carries information for computing a route to the third network device.
US12003408B2
This disclosure describes techniques for policy validation techniques relating to data traffic routing among network devices. The techniques may include processing a validation request from a controller. A validation request may include information related to a computed path for routing data traffic in a computing network. The processing may include sending one or more path requests to one or more redundant controllers, and comparing computed paths from the redundant controller(s) to the originally computed path. The techniques may include generating a validation response based on comparing the computed paths. In some examples, the techniques may further include determining a health score for the controller. Policy validation techniques may improve data traffic routing among network devices by helping to ensure valid policies are produced.
US12003406B2
A method, network device, and computer program product for network traffic diversion are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method according to the present disclosure includes receiving a frame at a core edge node that is a member of a redundancy group (where the frame comprises network address information and a packet), and determining whether a link is affected by a network failure. The frame was sourced by a remote core edge node that is not a member of the redundancy group, and the network address information indicates that the packet is to be forwarded via the link. In response to the link being affected by the network failure, the method further includes generating a modified frame and forwarding the modified frame to another core edge node. The generating comprises including a redirect label in the modified frame. The another core edge node is another member of the redundancy group.
US12003392B2
Systems and methods for aggregating samples of Proactive Network Maintenance (PNM) data representing state information of a communications network. Each sample may be associated with one of a plurality of different frequency ranges, where the samples are aggregated over a temporal range and aggregated over a frequency range. The data aggregated in this manner may then be used to configure the network.
US12003383B2
Systems, methods, and related technologies for classification are described. Entity attribute data associated with network entities is obtained. One or more entity attributes for classifying a set of entities is determined based on the entity attribute data. A set of entities coupled to a network are monitored. Values of the one or more entity attributes for the plurality of entities is identified. The set of entities are clustered into one or more entity clusters based on a similarity of the one or more entity attributes for the entities. An entity fingerprinting action is then performed based on the entity clusters.
US12003379B2
Techniques are disclosed for promulgating service information and topology information in a network in a high availability manner. An example device is configured to create a first service and topology exchange protocol (STEP) document. The first STEP document includes service information and topology information. The example device is configured to send the first STEP document to a first STEP repository for forwarding to at least one subscribing network device. The example device is also configured to send the first STEP document to a second STEP repository for forwarding to the at least one subscribing network device.
US12003377B1
A distributed computing system is provided, including a server executing a mobility service, and a first computing device executing a first hypervisor implementing a first mobility client configured to detect an attachment of a virtual machine to the first hypervisor, and a second computing device executing a second hypervisor implementing a second mobility client configured to detect an attachment of the virtual machine to the second hypervisor, and send a message to the first computing device indicating the attachment of the virtual machine to the second hypervisor. The first mobility client is further configured to store network routing information indicating a network location of the virtual machine, receive network traffic for the virtual machine, and forward the network traffic to the second hypervisor based on the stored network routing information.
US12003376B2
Various embodiments of apparatus, systems (e.g., a gateway device) and/or methods are described for providing an anti-distraction mode to control a plurality of connected devices in an establishment. In the gateway device, a list of connected devices that are connected to the gateway device is determined by the gateway device in response to anti-distraction mode being activated in the gateway device. Each connected device comprises a transceiver configured to communicate with the gateway device. A policy is stored at the gateway device for all of the connected devices when a triggering condition occurs, and activation of anti-distraction mode is received in the gateway device. In response to the anti-distraction mode being activated in the gateway device and in response to the gateway device detecting that the triggering condition occurs, the gateway device reduces features or outputs of at least one of the connected devices.
US12003359B2
Proposed are a method and device for receiving a PPDU in a wireless LAN system. Specifically, a reception STA receives a PPDU from a transmission STA through a broadband and decodes the PPDU. The broadband is a 320 MHz band or a 160+160 MHz band. The PPDU includes a first field and a second field. The first field includes an L-LTF. The first field is generated on the basis of a first or second phase rotation value. The first phase rotation value is generated on the basis of a third phase rotation value and a fourth phase rotation value. The third phase rotation value is a phase rotation value obtained by repeating a phase rotation value for an 80 MHz band defined in an 802.11be wireless LAN system.
US12003342B2
It is provided a method, comprising instructing a first cell to transmit a first packet data unit to a terminal on a first active bandwidth part of a first carrier of the first cell in a first frame and to instruct a second cell to transmit a second packet data unit to the terminal on a second active bandwidth part of a second carrier of the second cell in a second frame; wherein the first and second bandwidth parts have first and second bandwidth part identifiers, respectively; if the first cell is the same as the second cell: the first and second bandwidth part identifiers are different from each other, and the first and second system frame numbers are the same; and if the first cell is different from the second cell: a frequency range of the first carrier is the same as the frequency range of the second carrier.
US12003340B2
A terminal device generates at least two pieces of HARQ-ACK information based on a plurality of received PDSCHs, and sends the at least two pieces of HARQ-ACK information to a network device. Each piece of HARQ-ACK information includes an ACK or a NACK fed back for one or more PDSCHs. When a piece of HARQ-ACK information includes ACKs or NACKs fed back for a plurality of PDSCHs, at least one of the following of the plurality of PDSCHs corresponding to the HARQ-ACK information is the same: port groups to which ports of DMRSs used to demodulate the PDSCHs belong, identifiers of enabled transport blocks carried in the plurality of PDSCHs, and PDCCH configurations of a plurality of PDCCHs used to schedule the plurality of PDSCHs.
US12003336B2
An apparatus and method for feeding back hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information are provided. The apparatus and method include user equipment (UE) that first receives a downlink grant (DL-GRANT) which schedules downlink HARQ transmission in a time-frequency bundling window corresponding to an uplink subframe used for feeding back HARQ-ACK, obtains a DL downlink assignment index (DL DAI) in the DL-GRANT, and determines a mapping value of each DL DAI. Then, according to the mapping value of the corresponding DL DAI, the HARQ-ACK bit of each HARQ feedback unit is mapped to a corresponding bit of a feedback bit sequence. According to the method and apparatus provided by the present disclosure, useless HARQ-ACK bits may be effectively removed, and efficiency for feeding back HARQ-ACK may be increased. As such, a downlink peak rate of a UE is ensured.
US12003331B2
A method for a receiver, the method comprising receiving a first plurality of blocks transmitted by a transmitter using first communications resources, determining that at least one of the first plurality of blocks was not received correctly, in response to determining that at least one of the first plurality of blocks was not received correctly, transmitting to the transmitter a first negative acknowledgement (NACK) indication that at least one of the first plurality of blocks was not received correctly, the NACK indication not indicating which of the first plurality blocks was not received correctly, receiving a subset of the first plurality of blocks retransmitted by the transmitter in response to the NACK indication using second communications resources, and after receiving the subset of the first plurality of blocks, determining whether all of the first plurality of blocks have been received correctly.
US12003330B2
A user equipment (UE) and a base station (gNB) are described. The UE includes a higher layer processor configured to determine Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request-Acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) feedback timing of HARQ-ACK feedback used for ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC) physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmissions. The higher layer processor is also configured to determine a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource for the HARQ-ACK feedback. The UE also includes transmitting circuitry configured to transmit at least one HARQ-ACK bit based on the HARQ-ACK feedback timing and the PUCCH resource. The gNB includes a higher layer processor configured to determine HARQ-ACK feedback timing of HARQ-ACK feedback used for PDSCH transmissions, and to determine a PUCCH resource for the HARQ-ACK feedback. The gNB also includes reception circuitry configured to receive at least one HARQ-ACK bit based on the HARQ-ACK feedback timing and the PUCCH resource.
US12003327B2
A wireless communication method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, downlink channel transmitted in time slots; and sending, by the terminal device, Non-Acknowledge (NACK) corresponding to the downlink channel in a first slot; wherein a second slot is indicated to transmit feedback information corresponding to the downlink channel, and the second slot is different from the first slot.
US12003302B2
There is provided a method of operating a wireless device, UE, in a communication network. The method includes transmitting, to the communication network, a first capability indication that indicates that the UE supports a maximum number of MIMO layers for a serving cell configuration on a carrier and the second capability indication that indicates that the UE supports a maximum number of MIMO layers for a bandwidth part, BWP, of the serving cell. The method further includes receiving a configuration that includes a first higher layer parameter associated with the maximum number of MIMO layers for a serving cell and a second higher layer parameter associated with the maximum number of MIMO layers for a specific BWP part of the serving cell, wherein the configuration is based on the first capability indication and the second capability indication. Furthermore, there is provided a UE, a RAN node and a method therefore.
US12003301B2
An operation method of a terminal may comprise receiving, from a base station, information of target transmission points targeted for a report of first channel state information (CSI) among the plurality of transmission points; receiving a first CSI-reference signal (CSI-RS) from the target transmission points; transmitting the first CSI determined based on the first CSI-RS to the base station; receiving, from the base station, information on a first transmission point determined based on the first CSI; receiving, from the first transmission point indicated by the information on the first transmission point, a second CSI-RS; receiving, from the base station, information on a requirement; and transmitting, to the base station, a second CSI including a transmission parameter for achieving the requirement.
US12003299B2
The present invention provides an electronic device including a first antenna, a second antenna and a wireless communication chip. The wireless communication chip is configured to control the first antenna to broadcast a packet, control the second antenna to receive the packet broadcasted from the first antenna, and determine channel state information according to the packet received by the second antenna.
US12003297B2
Disclosed according to the present disclosure are a method for transmitting/receiving channel state information in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus therefor. Method for reporting channel state information by a user equipment comprises the steps of: receiving CSI reporting-related configuration information; wherein a report for at least one of aperiodic CSI, periodic CSI, or semi-persistent CSI is configured based on the CSI reporting-related configuration information, calculating first information and second information for a channel quality; wherein the first information is calculated by applying a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) included in latest aperiodically reported CSI, and the second information is calculated by applying the PMI at a time of calculation of the second information, and determining at least one of whether to transmit a flag and a value of the flag; and transmitting CSI to the base station based on the first information and the flag.
US12003292B2
A communication apparatus includes a PHY frame generating circuit that generates a PHY frame including either of a short Sector Sweep frame and a Sector Sweep frame; and an array antenna that selects, based on the PHY frame, any sector from among a plurality of sectors and transmits the PHY frame. In a case where, in the PHY frame including the short Sector Sweep frame, a Direction field of the short Sector Sweep frame indicates Initiator Sector Sweep, the PHY frame generating circuit replaces a Short Sector Sweep Feedback field indicating a number of a selected best short Sector Sweep with a Short Scrambled Basic Service Set ID field indicating an abbreviated address generated from an address of a destination communication apparatus.
US12003291B2
The technologies described herein are generally directed toward facilitating indicating frequency and time domain resources in communication systems with multiple transmission points. According to an embodiment, a system can comprise a processor and a memory that can store executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations. The operations can include determining a first and a second transmission resource to use for transmission of a signal to a user device by, respectively, a first and a second network node. The operations can further include determining that the first and the second transmission resource comprise a same transmission resource. The operations can further include communicating, to a user equipment, a value corresponding to the first transmission resource and an indication that the first and the second transmission resource comprise the same transmission resource.
US12003290B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A transmitter may transmit a payload in transmission to the base station in a wireless communications system. The transmitter may identify a payload to include in the transmission to the base station. The transmitter may determine to transmit the transmission using an orthogonal sequence codebook or a non-orthogonal sequence codebook, based on a size of the payload, a control message from the base station to the transmitter, or a combination of these. The transmitter may then transmit the transmission to the base station based on whether the transmission is to use the orthogonal sequence codebook or the non-orthogonal sequence codebook. The transmission may be a noncoherent transmission. The transmission may be an uplink control information transmission, an uplink data transmission, a downlink control information transmission, or a downlink data transmission.
US12003288B2
Disclosed is a method for a communication device comprising a plurality of antenna elements arranged in an antenna array structure and configured to perform dynamic calibration of the antenna elements for beamforming. The method comprises performing interference level measurements and antenna calibration measurements during an antenna calibration opportunity, and adapting the antenna calibration measurements for one or more of the antenna elements based on the measured interference level. Corresponding apparatus, communication device and computer program product are also disclosed.
US12003284B2
A wireless power transmission system includes, at least, a first transmission antenna and a second transmission antenna, both in electrical connection with a common power conditioning system of the system. The first transmission antenna transmits output power and includes a first pole and a second pole, while the second transmission antenna also transmits the output power and includes a third pole and a fourth pole. The first and second transmission antennas are in electrical connection with the power conditioning system via at least one of the first pole and the second pole and at least one of the third pole and the fourth pole. Further, at least one of the first pole and the second pole is in electrical connection with at least one of the third pole and the fourth pole.
US12003274B2
Given the potential high data rate and privacy of Optical Wireless Communication, Li-Fi turns out to be an attractive technology for enabling high-speed wireless data transfer between remote devices. This invention is directed to various methods, systems and apparatus for enabling high-speed file transfer via a high-speed Li-Fi link (200) between a user-held apparatus (300) and a remote device (400). Upon a trigger command received by the user-held apparatus (300), a trigger signal is sent to the remote device (400) via another communication link (500) having a wide beam width. The remote device (400) provides a human perceivable indication of a dedicated reception area after receiving the trigger signal to assist a user to adjust the user-held apparatus (300) for an alignment needed to enable the high-speed Li-Fi link (200). The high-speed file transfer starts after the alignment status is determined allow for file transfer, or a start-to-send command is received by the user-held apparatus (300).
US12003270B2
An apparatus is disclosed for passive intermodulation distortion filtering. The apparatus includes a radio-frequency front-end circuit. The radio-frequency front-end circuit includes a transmit filter circuit and a receive filter circuit. The transmit filter circuit includes a passive circuit configured to combine at least two radio-frequency transmit signals associated with different transmit frequency bands. The transmit filter circuit also includes a filter coupled between the passive circuit and a first feed of an antenna. The filter is configured to attenuate frequencies associated with a receive frequency band. The receive filter circuit is coupled to a second feed of the antenna and is configured to pass the frequencies associated with the receive frequency band.
US12003267B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to techniques and apparatus for operating a wireless receiver of the apparatus in a high linearity mode. An example method includes operating the apparatus in a first mode with transmission of a plurality of transmit signals. The method also includes attenuating a received signal via an attenuator while operating the apparatus in the first mode. The method further includes amplifying the attenuated signal with an amplifier while operating the apparatus in the first mode. For certain aspects, the method further involves operating the apparatus in a second mode, bypassing the attenuator while operating the apparatus in the second mode, and amplifying the received signal with the amplifier while operating the apparatus in the second mode.
US12003262B2
A system and method for selectable sampling of a received RF input spectrum copies the input signal into a set of equivalent input spectra, one for each of a set of parallel sampling paths. The sampled input spectra are converted to a common sampling rate (e.g., baseband I/Q stream) and demodulated into a digital signal for each current time window of a sequence of time windows based on the common rate and corresponding to the receiver output stream. For each current time window, evaluation blocks store the demodulated signals to memory and evaluate the signals for signal quality, distortion, and/or receiver sensitivity based on figures of merit (FOM) determined by the waveform. The highest quality demodulated signal is selected, retrieved from memory, and appended to the digital output stream, providing low distortion demodulated digital output based on the RF input signal in real time or near real time.
US12003248B2
A method and system for controlling an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) in an observation path in a transceiver. The transceiver includes a transmit path, a receive path, and an observation path. The observation path includes an analog buffer and an observation ADC. A controller generates a control signal to control sampling events at the observation ADC to activate the observation ADC at combined uniform and non-uniform sampling instants. The controller may also generate a second control signal indicating whether digital data obtained by the observation ADC is valid or not. The digital data generated by the observation ADC at non-uniform sampling instants is indicated as invalid and digital data generated by the observation ADC at uniform sampling instants is indicated as valid. The digital data indicated as invalid may be discarded and the digital data indicated as valid is used for calibration of the transmit path or the receive path.
US12003236B2
A semiconductor device includes: an electronic circuit to receive a first signal and transmit a second signal; a power supply circuit to supply a power supply voltage to the electronic circuit; and a correction circuit to change a value of the power supply voltage to switch between a normal and a refresh operation mode. The electronic circuit includes: a first Pch transistor in which a potential of a first gate changes according to the first signal, and a potential of one of the first source and drain changes in response to the power supply voltage; and a first Nch transistor in which the second gate is electrically connected to the first gate, a potential of one of the second source and drain is equal to or lower than a ground potential, and another of the second source and drain is electrically connected to another of the first source and drain.
US12003234B2
A bootstrapped switch includes a sampling transistor, a bootstrapped circuit, and a buffer circuit. The sampling transistor is configured to be selectively turned on according to a level of a control node, in order to transmit an input signal from a first terminal of the sampling transistor to a second terminal of the sampling transistor, in which a body of the sampling transistor is configured to receive a buffer signal. The bootstrapped circuit is configured to pull up the level of the control node, such that a constant voltage difference is present between the control node and the first terminal of the sampling transistor during a turn-on interval of the sampling transistor. The buffer circuit is configured to generate the buffer signal according to the input signal.
US12003231B2
In accordance with an embodiment, a method includes switching on a transistor device by generating a first conducting channel by driving a first gate electrode and, before generating the first conducting channel, generating a second conducting channel by driving a second gate electrode, wherein the second gate electrode is adjacent the first gate electrode in a current flow direction of the transistor device.
US12003218B2
A mixer with a filtering function and a method for linearization of the mixer are provided. The mixer includes at least one amplifier, a transconductance device and a feedback network. The at least one amplifier is configured to output a filtered voltage signal according to an input voltage signal. The transconductance device is coupled to the at least one amplifier, and is configured to generate a filtered current signal according to the filtered voltage signal. The feedback network is coupled between any output terminal among at least one output terminal of the transconductance device and an input terminal of the at least one amplifier. More particularly, the mixer is configured to output a modulated signal according to the filtered current signal.
US12003217B2
A frequency compensation circuit determines a target calibration count of a fixed capacitor coupled to a processing device. The frequency compensation circuit identifies a current calibration count of the fixed capacitor. The frequency compensation circuit determines that the current calibration count satisfies a threshold criterion associated with the target calibration count. In response to determining that the current calibration count satisfies the threshold criterion, the frequency compensation circuit adjusts a frequency of an internal oscillator of the processing device based on the current calibration count and the target calibration count.
US12003213B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for integrating an energy control system with an electrical system having a utility meter connected to a utility grid, a photovoltaic (PV) system, an energy storage system, and a plurality of electrical loads. The systems and methods include determining a site condition of the electrical system, determining a type of backup configuration for the electrical system based on the determined site condition, and determining a location of at least one of a main circuit breaker, the PV system, a subpanel, and a site current transformer with respect to the energy control system based on the determined site condition and the determined type of backup configuration.
US12003211B2
Disclosed embodiments provide apparatuses and techniques for use and construction of a two-axis solar tracking device that closely approximates the efficiency of Vertical Biaxial Trackers but with simplified construction, and thus are cost competitive with uniaxial horizontal tracking systems. The flexible mounting system can accommodate both photovoltaic and solar thermal panels. Disclosed embodiments provide a solar panel stand that provides biaxial tracking for solar energy generation efficiency, with reduced cost and complexity, enabling more off-grid and micro-grid energy generation capabilities.
US12003202B2
A variety of methods, controllers and electric machine systems are described that facilitate pulsed control of electric machines (e.g., electric motors and generators) to improve the machine's energy conversion efficiency. Under selected operating conditions, the electric machine is intermittently driven (pulsed). The pulsed operation causes the output of the electric machine to alternate between a first output level and a second output level that is lower than the first output level. The output levels are selected such that at least one of the electric machine and a system that includes the electric machine has a higher energy conversion efficiency during the pulsed operation than the electric machine would have when operated at a third output level that would be required to drive the electric machine in a continuous manner to deliver the desired output. In some embodiments, the second output level is zero torque.
US12003199B2
A mobility assistance device and a driving method thereof are provided. The mobility assistance device includes at least one bracket and a driving device which drives the at least one bracket. The driving device includes a brushless direct current (DC) motor, a rotor angle sensor, and a sensing driver. The rotor angle sensor senses the angle of the brushless DC motor. The sensing driver uses a corresponding algorithm to estimate a corresponding angle corresponding to an angle velocity switching of the brushless DC motor. The corresponding angle is used as an angle of the brushless DC motor. The sensing driver drives the brushless DC motor according to the corresponding angle, so that the brushless DC motor provides supporting force to the at least one bracket.
US12003197B2
A device for converting mechanical energy to electrical energy that include a mechanical device comprising a seismic mass flexibly connected to a base by at least one spring, a mechano-electric transducer that is associated with the mechanical device for converting mechanical energy of the seismic mass to electric energy, and an electric circuit that is connected to the mechano-electric transducer in a way that electric current is generated in the electric circuit when the seismic mass moves relative to the base. The mechano-electric transducer is designed to adjust a force that the mechano-electric transducer can exert on the mechanical device and by that to control the conversion level of the mechanical energy to the electrical energy.
US12003193B2
A multi-level inverter topology is disclosed. A power converter circuit converts a DC source at its input to provide an alternating current (AC) at its output. The power converter circuit may have a controller operably attached to multiple series connections of switches. The controller may control one or more of the multiple series connections of switches to convert a DC input to provide multi-level AC voltages with DC offset across two terminals of the power converter circuit. The multi-level AC voltages with DC offset may then be converted by use of a plurality of series connections of switches to provide a single-phase AC voltage at a first output terminal with respect to at least one of a neutral potential, an earth potential, or a terminal of the power converter circuit.
US12003188B2
A modular parallel half-bridge integrated assembly with an annular layout is provided. The assembly includes a plurality of parallel sub-modules to improve a current capacity of the assembly. The sub-modules adopt an annular layout and are connected in parallel to balance currents of the sub-modules. The half-bridge integrated assembly includes a plurality of sub-modules, a plurality of heat sinks, a drive board, a direct current (DC) positive collecting busbar, a DC negative collecting busbar, and an alternating current (AC) collecting busbar. According to the assembly, since each insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) is tightly bound to a capacitor, parasitic inductance of a commutation loop is small, realizing a small voltage overshoot and a fast switching speed for the IGBT module, so as to balance the currents of the sub-modules.
US12003180B2
A DC-DC converter according to one or more embodiments is disclosed that may include: a drive voltage switching circuit of a drive circuit that drives a synchronous rectification MOS transistor. The drive voltage switching circuit may switch a connection so that the drive circuit supplies power from the output voltage to the drive circuit in response to the drive voltage for supplying power to the drive circuit being set to be lower than the output voltage. The drive voltage switching circuit may switch a connection so that the drive circuit supplies power from the drive voltage in response to the drive voltage for supplying power to the drive circuit being set to be higher than the output voltage.
US12003173B2
A direct current-to-direct current conversion system is disclosed having a switch network configured to respond to control signals to selectably couple a first capacitor and a second capacitor between an input, a first output, and a second output. Also included is a switch controller configured to signal the switch network to couple the first capacitor and the second capacitor in series between the first output and a fixed voltage node and signal the switch network to couple the first capacitor and the second capacitor in series between the first output and the input. The switch controller is further configured to signal the switch network to couple the first capacitor and the second capacitor in parallel between the first output and the second output and signal the switch network to couple the first capacitor and the second capacitor between the second output and the fixed voltage node.
US12003161B2
An electric machine may include a stator, a rotor, a housing, and at least one heat transmission body. The housing may at least partially surround a housing interior. The housing may include a plurality of housing parts, which may bound the housing interior and on which the rotor is rotatably mounted via a bearing device. The heat transmission body may be arranged along the axial direction between at least one housing part of the plurality of housing parts and the rotor. The at least one heat transmission body and the at least one housing part may bound a coolant space through which a coolant is flowable. At least one of the plurality of housing parts may include an attachment section to which the at least one heat transmission body is attached. The bearing device may be disposed on the attachment section.
US12003156B2
A vibration actuator includes: a movable body including: a disk-shaped magnet; a pair of disk-shaped cores fixed on front and rear surfaces of the disk-shaped magnet and each having an opening at a center thereof; a pair of leaf springs having a substantially circular shape; and a pair of spring stopper weight parts each having one end positioned by joining the opening to be joined with one of the disk-shaped cores and having another end connected to a central part of one of the leaf springs; and a fixing body including an annular coil and configured to support and accommodate therein the movable body such that the disk-shaped magnet, the disk-shaped cores and the spring stopper weight parts are capable of vibrating in an axial direction inside the annular coil.
US12003151B2
A method for motor manufacturing using a clip system is illustrated. The method includes sliding a plurality of magnets onto a vertical dowel hoop, wherein the plurality of magnets are stacked on each dowel, attaching a first plate to the top of the vertical dowel hoop and a second plate to the bottom of the vertical dowel hoop, wherein the plates compress the plurality of magnets on each vertical dowel, and curing the combination of the first plate, the second plate, the plurality of magnets and the vertical dowel hoop.
US12003148B2
Improving the assemblability while improving the heat dissipation effect of the heat-sink. In the rotary electric machine, the ECU unit has the heat-sink that closes the opening of the housing of the motor portion, the circuit board fixed to the lower side of the heat-sink, and the connector assembly fixed to the upper side of the heat-sink with a part of the heat-sink exposed. Thus, the heat of the electronic components of the circuit board can be dissipated to the outside of the rotary electric machine by the heat-sink. Moreover, a connection terminal is provided on the lower surface of the circuit board, and the bus bar terminal portion of the motor portion is press-fitted into the connection terminal. Therefore, the bus bar terminal portion can be connected to the circuit board without being soldered to the circuit board. Therefore, the assemblability of the rotary electric machine can be improved.
US12003140B2
A rotor for a motor is provided. The rotor has a rotor core, first permanent magnets mounted in first grooves of the rotor core, and second permanent magnets mounted in second grooves of the rotor core. The rotor core is provided with groove groups distributed in a peripheral direction of the rotor core. Each groove group has an air groove, a first groove and a second groove. The ends of the air groove, the first groove and the second groove, which are close to a center point of the rotor core, are close to one another. The end of the air groove, the first groove and the second groove, which are away from the center point of the rotor core, are away from one another. Multiple magnetic isolation structures are provided in the rotor core.
US12003137B2
An electric motor includes a stator assembly including a lamination stack and a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) coupled to the lamination stack at an axial end of the stator assembly. The stator assembly also includes a plurality of windings wrapped about the lamination stack to form a plurality of coils. The plurality of windings includes a first winding defining a first coil of the plurality of coils and a second coil of the plurality of coils located opposite from the first coil. The stator assembly further includes a plurality of terminals configured to electrically connect the plurality of windings to the PCBA. The plurality of terminals include a first terminal and a second terminal. The first coil and the second coil are connected in parallel between the first terminal the second terminal.
US12003128B2
An adapter for a charging cradle includes: a perimeter wall defining a channel between first and second ends; a first device interface on an inner surface of the perimeter wall in communication with the first end, the first device interface configured to receive and align a first mobile device configuration with the charging cradle; a second device interface on the inner surface of the perimeter wall in communication with the second end, the second device interface configured to receive and align a second mobile device configuration with the charging cradle; a cradle interface on an outer surface of the perimeter wall, and configured to couple the adapter to the charging cradle in one of (i) a first orientation to expose a connector of the charging cradle via the first end of the channel, and (ii) a second orientation to expose the connector via the second end of the channel.
US12003121B2
A wireless charging mat and method of operating the same. The wireless charging mat includes a detection system configured to determine a location and an orientation of an electronic device on the wireless charging mat. The location and orientation are determined based on detected locations of one or more structural features of the electronic device. The wireless charging mat is operated according to the detected location and orientation.
US12003118B2
A wireless power transmitter system for directing a high energy beam towards receivers fitted with identifying signs. One type of the identifying signs may have asymmetric shape properties, such that their mirror image cannot be matched to their actual shape, even after the image is rotated, tilted or otherwise geometrically manipulated. The system can thus determine whether a detected image of a sign is a true image received directly from said receiver, or is received after the imaged beam has undergone a reflection between the receiver and the transmission system. In the latter case, the system can prevent high power transmission from being directed to a location other than a real receiver, which could be a safety hazard. Other types of identifying signs may be located in or on the borders of different zones of a transmission space, to identify zones where transmission may be allowed or prohibited.
US12003117B2
A system for wireless power transfer includes a plurality of transfer elements, each transfer element of the plurality of transfer elements being configured as a transmitter for the wireless power transfer or a receiver for the wireless power transfer, a plurality of sensors, each sensor of the plurality of sensors being positioned relative to the plurality of transfer elements and configured to generate sensor data indicative of a field implementing the wireless power transfer, and a processor coupled to the plurality of sensors and configured to determine an estimate of a terminal variable level in a respective transfer element of the plurality of transfer elements based on the sensor data, and to determine whether a foreign object is affecting the wireless power transfer based on whether the estimated terminal variable level is different from another assessment of the terminal variable level by more than a threshold.
US12003102B2
Methods and systems for determining a hosting capacity in a distribution grid are disclosed herein. The methods and systems may use optimization models that consider operating conditions of a distribution grid having a distinct topology, characteristics, and predetermined performance parameters. The determination of a hosting capacity may first consider a lossless power flow model for the distribution grid, which may then be used to arrive at a maximum hosting capacity for the distribution grid. The maximum hosting capacity may be defined as the total capacity of a number of distributed generators connected to the distribution grid such that the performance parameters will be met.
US12003097B2
A first overvoltage protection and reporting system comprises input and output transceivers and input and output surge protection devices coupled respectively to the input and output transceivers. The input surge protection device includes first and second gas discharge tubes coupled to the input transceiver only at, respectively, a first input and a second input. The output surge protection device includes third and fourth gas discharge tubes coupled to the output transceiver only at, respectively, a first and a second output. A second overvoltage protection and reporting system comprises input and output transceivers, a processor coupled between the input and output transceivers, and an output surge protection system that includes a surge protection device coupled to the output transceiver and a sensor receiver coupled between the output transceiver and the processor. The processor detects a failure of the surge protection device based on a signal received from the sensor receiver.
US12003090B2
A Universal Serial Bus controller including a Vconn switch having a current controlled architecture, and method for operating the same are provided. Generally, the Vconn switch includes first and second transistors coupled in series between a Vconn terminal and a communication channel (CC) terminal, a replica switch including a source coupled to the Vconn terminal, a replica current generator including a first input coupled to a drain of the replica switch and a second input coupled to a drain of the first transistor, and a resistance control module coupled to an output of the replica current generator and including an output coupled to a gate of the second transistor. The replica current generator is operable to match a current through the replica switch to that supplied through the first and second transistors to the CC terminal, and the resistance control module is operable to control resistance of the Vconn switch.
