US12024314B2
An on-orbit servicing spacecraft includes an engagement system to engage a space vehicle or object to be serviced or tugged, so as to form a space system, and an electronic reaction control system to cause the spacecraft to rotate about roll, yaw, and pitch axes to control attitude and displacement along given trajectories to cause the spacecraft to carry out given maneuvers. The electronic reaction control system includes (i) a sensory system to directly sense physical quantities or allow physical quantities to be indirectly computed based on sensed physical quantities, including one or more of position, attitude, angular rates, available fuel, geometrical features, and on-board systems state, (ii) attitude control thrusters mounted so as to allow their positions and orientations to be adjustable, and (iii) an attitude control computer in communication with the sensory system and the attitude control thrusters and programmed to receive data from the sensory system and to control, based on the received data, positions, orientations, and operating states of the attitude control thrusters so as to control attitude and position of the spacecraft. The attitude control computer is programmed to cause the spacecraft to carry out a given mission including an engagement step, in which the engagement system and the attitude control thrusters are controlled by the attitude control computer to engage a space vehicle or object to be serviced or tugged, and one or more operating steps, in each of which the attitude control thrusters are controlled by the attitude control computer to meet one or more requirements established for the operating step.
US12024309B2
A fuel system for an aircraft including a fuel tank for storing fuel during operation of the aircraft and a diffuser disposed inside the fuel tank. The diffuser is configured such that it forms part of a flow path configured to connect a fuel source to the inside of the fuel tank. The diffuser includes a wall which at least partially defines an internal space of the diffuser; an opening in the wall, which provides access to the internal space; and a blocking component configured to block the opening.
US12024298B2
An aircraft seat massage system, with a pump module for conveying a gaseous medium, a valve module to convey and/or release the gaseous medium to and from a number of fillable gas cushions and a type of aircraft seat massage system, that can be scaled as flexibly as possible for the various requirements from the economy class up to first class. The massage system has a modular design and can be operated independently of a seat actuation system, whereby the operation is as quiet as possible.
US12024293B2
A passenger seating arrangement for a vehicle cabin comprising a plurality of seat units, wherein the seat units in one column are arranged one behind another in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle cabin, wherein at least one of the forward facing seat units is arranged in a front row section of the vehicle cabin and is followed by at least one angled seat unit in the same column. Further, a vehicle cabin having such a passenger seating arrangement is provided.
US12024292B2
A rinse ring system for use on a toilet. The rinse ring is a dual channel rinse ring, which allows the toilet to be flushed with either potable water from a fresh water system or with grey water from a grey water source. Other flush fluids are possible for use. The dual channel rinse ring provides separation between entry points for potable water rinse and the grey water rinse, preventing the possibility of contamination of the potable water source with grey water.
US12024287B2
Truncated flap support fairings with active flow control system for aircraft and related methods are disclosed herein. An example aircraft includes a wing having a fixed wing portion, a flap moveably coupled to the fixed wing portion, a flap support fairing coupled to a bottom of the flap, the flap support fairing having an aft end, and an active flow control system including a nozzle. The nozzle is to eject high velocity air in a streamwise direction from the aft end of the flap support fairing.
US12024285B1
Systems and methods for providing a mobility system with modular adaptability. Many embodiments incorporate a number of different electric thrusters that can provide the vertical and horizontal thrust necessary to achieve flight mobility for a given payload. Additionally, many embodiments allow for modular elements to be connected and disconnected for different flight missions such as longer sustained horizontal flight with fixed wing elements. Some embodiments may be adaptable to carry a human payload and controller.
US12024284B2
A controller includes processor and memory. The memory stores (i) a captured image outputted from a camera in an unmanned aircraft and (ii) sound outputted from a directional microphone in the unmanned aircraft, and stores (i) a position and an orientation of the camera and (ii) a position and an orientation of the directional microphone. The processor obtains, from the memory, the captured image, the sound, the position and the orientation of the camera, and the position and the orientation of the directional microphone, calculates a sound pickup direction of the directional microphone using the position and the orientation of the camera and the position and the orientation of the directional microphone, superimposes an object indicating the sound pickup direction at a position, on the captured image, corresponding to the sound pickup direction calculated, and causes a display device to display the captured image on which the object is superimposed.
US12024276B2
A first attitude estimation unit 16 estimates an attitude of an UAV 1 by performing a Visual-SLAM on the basis of detection values detected by an imaging unit 14, and a second attitude estimation unit 17 estimates an attitude of the UAV 1 on the basis of detection values detected by a rotation angle detection unit 15. And then a control unit 18 controls the attitude of the UAV 1 by utilizing a first attitude estimation result from the first attitude estimation unit 16 and a second attitude estimation result from the second attitude estimation unit 17 at a ratio based on positional information of the UAV 1.
US12024272B2
A ship propulsion system includes authentication devices that respectively stores different authentication codes. Each of the authentication devices corresponds to one or more ship propulsion devices. Two or more authentication devices among the plurality of authentication devices do not simultaneously correspond to one ship propulsion device. Each of the authentication devices operates as a master authentication device when an authentication code transmitted from a communication device matches an authentication code stored in the authentication devices. The master authentication device recognizes whether a malfunction occurs in the authentication devices; and to select a ship propulsion device disposed in a manner of being bilaterally symmetrical about the center of the ship in the left-right direction from ship propulsion devices corresponding to an authentication device in which no malfunction occurs. A control device brings the ship propulsion device selected by the master authentication device into an operable state.
US12024269B2
A boat, boat systems, and methods to determine when a water-sports participant has fallen. The boat may include an image sensor and an image processor communicatively coupled to the image sensor. The image sensor is configured to capture at least one image of the environment aft of the stern of the boat. The image processor is configured to execute a rider-down analysis that includes analyzing, using an object recognition process executed by the image processor, an image to be analyzed to determine if a water-sports participant has fallen. The boat may include a controller configured to execute a rider-down action when the water-sports participant has fallen. The controller may execute the rider-down action when the image processor determines that the water-sports participant has fallen based upon the rider-down analysis.
US12024267B2
The watersports system comprises a floating, non-motorized watersports assembly (12) provided with an interface (30) for removable sealed assembly to a marine engine. The first floating watersports assembly includes an assembly interface (39) for assembly with a second floating watersports assembly. The watersports system comprises a second floating watersports assembly (14), comprising an assembly interface (37) for assembly with the first floating watersports assembly. Assembling the first floating watersports assembly and the second floating watersports assembly forms a second, floating craft (1) that can be sailed, propelled by an engine (2).
US12024264B2
A bicycle derailleur pulley comprises a bearing region rotatable about an axis of rotation, a tooth region with teeth formed thereon for engaging into the chain, and a supporting structure that connects the bearing region and the tooth region. On at least one tooth of the chain-guiding pulley, on each of the inboard-side and outboard-side side surfaces thereof, there are formed guide regions for lateral guidance of the chain substantially parallel to the axis of rotation. At least one inboard-side guide region of the at least one tooth has an at least regionally reduced thickness dimension, relative to a central plane of the chain-guiding pulley, in relation to at least one outboard-side guide region, such that a chain section running substantially tangentially off the chain-guiding pulley can assume a greater skew angle in an outboard direction than in an inboard direction.
US12024259B2
A vehicle includes a front differential, a pair of constant-velocity joints, and a steering mechanism. The steering mechanism includes a pitman arm, a pair of tie rods, a pair of first link arms each connecting the pitman arm with a corresponding one of the pair of tie rods, and a pair of second link arms each connecting a corresponding one of the pair of first link arms with a body frame. In a plan view, at least a portion of each constant-velocity joint is located between first and second straight lines extending in a fore-aft direction and through first and second connectors extending between the tie rods and the first link arms. The first connector, the second connector, and at least a portion of each constant-velocity joint are located between third and fourth straight lines extending between the first and second link arms.
US12024255B2
A straddle type vehicle includes a meter display device that displays a vehicle state, a meter panel that forms an outer shell covering the periphery of the meter display device, and a meter support member that supports the meter display device on a vehicle body frame. The meter support member includes a main body disposed below the meter panel, supporting the meter display device, and attached to the vehicle body frame, and an exposed portion joined to the main body, exposed above the meter panel, and disposed around the meter display device.
US12024253B2
A dropper post may include an outer tube and an inner tube slidable relative to the outer tube between an extended position and a retracted position. A spring cartridge may include an axially extending cylinder containing a combination of a liquid and a gas and having a sliding surface and a piston with a sealing portion dividing the cylinder interior to provide a first chamber and a second chamber. Moving the inner tube toward the retracted position expands the first chamber. When inner tube is in the extended position the sealing portion is at least partially submerged in the liquid, the second chamber contains a layer of the gas above a layer of the liquid and the first chamber contains the liquid and when the inner tube is in the retracted position the first chamber contains the liquid and a layer of gas between the liquid and the sealing portion.
US12024252B2
An electric bicycle includes a bicycle body, a pedal shaft rotatably installed on a pedal shaft support of the bicycle body, a driving sprocket rotatably installed on the pedal shaft, and a clutch device configured to connect the pedal shaft and the driving sprocket to enable power transmission or release the connection between the pedal shaft and the driving sprocket.
US12024248B2
A vehicle steering device includes a target steering torque generation unit configured to generate target steering torque for a reaction force motor, and a torque correction value calculation unit configured to generate a torque signal Tref_p in accordance with road surface reaction force acting on a steering wheel of a vehicle. The torque correction value calculation unit generates the torque signal Tref_p by separating estimated road surface reaction force into a low-frequency component and a high-frequency component, providing level restriction on each of the low-frequency component and the high-frequency component, and adding torque values converted from the low-frequency component and the high-frequency component after the level restriction. The target steering torque generation unit generates the target steering torque by adding the torque signal Tref_p and a torque signal Tref_a generated based on a predetermined basic map in accordance with at least a vehicle speed and a steering angle of the vehicle.
US12024241B2
A steering control device performs an assist control for generating an assist command that generates an assist torque based on a steering torque. The steering control device acquires a target value of physical quantity related to a steering. The steering control device performs a tracking control for generating a tracking command that generates an automatic steering torque for causing a detection value of physical quantity to track the target value.
US12024239B2
The present embodiments relate to a steering assist device and method, and a steering system. The steering assist device comprises: first and second input-side steering control modules for controlling an input-side steering motor so that an input-side instrument connected to a steering wheel is assisted; and first and second output-side steering control modules for controlling an output-side steering motor so that an output-side instrument mechanically separated from the input-side instrument and connected to a wheel is assisted, wherein the first and second input-side steering control modules and the first and second output-side steering control modules arbitrate a role assignment and can control a corresponding steering motor from among the input-side steering motor and the output-side steering motor according to the role assignment arbitration result.
US12024233B2
A structural component for a motor vehicle is configured to extend transversely to a direction of travel for the motor vehicle and is configured to separate a passenger compartment and a front compartment of the motor vehicle. The structural component includes: a dashboard; two A-pillars arranged in each case laterally with respect to the dashboard; and a transverse reinforcement running along an upper side of the dashboard. The structural component is one-part or a one-piece light-metal die casting.
US12024227B2
An interlocking beam assembly for a frame assembly of a vehicle that includes an upper beam and a lower beam. The upper beam includes an upper hollow section integrally formed with a lower hollow section and a common wall shared by the upper and lower hollow sections. A notch is disposed in the lower hollow section of the upper beam at a select portion along a length of the upper beam. The notch is defined at cut edges along a bottom wall and side walls of the lower hollow section. A lower beam is configured to extend substantially perpendicular to the upper beam and attach in the notch in the upper beam between the cut edges of the side walls in a manner that bridges load paths across the notch in the upper beam.
US12024226B2
A steering device adapted to be rotated about a steering central axis for maneuvering a vehicle, the steering device including a central portion disposed in a vicinity of the steering central axis, and a rim connected with the central portion. The rim includes left and right grip portions that are respectively disposed in left and right regions of the rim apart from the steering central axis, a grip sensor disposed in each of the left and right grip portions, and four luminous portions each of which is configured to be lit under control of a control unit for prompting the driver to grip the grip portions. The four luminous portions are respectively disposed in a vicinity of a first end of and in a vicinity of a second end of each of the left and right grip portions, in an area out of the left and right grip portions.
US12024223B2
A method of controlling tethered self-propelled platforms is provided. The method comprises providing a platform leader and a platform follower connected to the leader with a tether to define a first heading line of the leader and a first coordinate frame of the follower. Each of the leader and the follower is pivotally moveable relative to the tether, defining a leader angle and a follower angle. The method further comprises estimating a predicted position of the leader based on a current position, a current speed, and a current yaw rate of the leader. The predicted position of the leader defines a predicted heading line of the leader. The method further comprises determining a trajectory of the follower from the first coordinate frame to the predicted heading line defining a second coordinate frame of the follower. The trajectory is based on a desired distance the predicted heading line and a desired change in yaw angle of the follower. The method further comprises moving the follower along the trajectory to the second coordinate frame.
US12024214B2
A system and method that includes determining a relationship between a moving resistance of a vehicle system and one or more characteristics of the vehicle system. A trip plan may be generated based at least in part on the relationship for movement of the vehicle system through one or more sections of one or more routes based at least in part on the relationship. One or more operational settings of the vehicle system are then designated for implementing the trip plan to drive movement of the vehicle system to achieve one or more objectives.
US12024213B2
A system for connecting and disconnecting rail vehicle system for storing, transporting, and delivering bulk electric energy using railroads is described. The system includes. The system includes at least one rail vehicle system. The rail vehicle system includes a locomotive and a group of rail cars. The group of rails cars includes several rail cars with energy storage, power electronics and communication system. The rail car further includes a pantograph. The system also includes a plurality of electrical feeders. The electrical feeders are substantially dedicated for providing power transfer to and from the respective groups of rail cars. The system further includes at least one position controls system. The position control system is configured to be coupled to the geographical location of at least one electrical feeder, and it is substantially dedicated for aligning the geographical location of at least one group of rail cars with the geographical location of the respective electrical feeders for the group of rail cars. The system further includes energy management system for the controls of charging and discharging of onboard energy storage on the rail vehicle system.
US12024207B2
While an autonomous mode is activated, a vehicle is operated based on operating parameters for the autonomous mode. The operating parameters include at least one of a vehicle speed or a following distance. Upon detecting a user input to control vehicle operation, vehicle operation is transitioned to a nonautonomous mode, and a count of a number of received user inputs to control vehicle operation is incremented. Upon determining that the count of received of user inputs to control vehicle operation is greater than a threshold, the operating parameters for the autonomous mode are updated. Then, upon determining to transition from the nonautonomous mode to the autonomous mode, the vehicle is operated based on the updated operating parameters.
US12024191B2
A driver assistance system for a vehicle having a decision engine and a plurality of active object-detection sensors including two radar sensors mounted at opposed locations on the vehicle relative to a longitudinal centerline of the vehicle. A field of view of each radar sensor is directed away from the centerline and forward of the vehicle and overlaps with the field of view of the other radar sensor in a region of overlap crossing the centerline forward of the vehicle. The decision engine receives signals from the sensors and determines the presence of an object in the regions of overlap on the basis of signals from only each of the two radar sensors among the active object-detection sensors of the system. The decision engine is thus able to command vehicle functions such as braking or acceleration on the basis of the determination.
US12024187B2
A method for detecting, localizing, reporting, and displaying potholes on a road, in a system comprising a sensing device mounted on a vehicle, a cartography display, and a control unit, the sensing device comprising at least a radar device, the method comprising scanning with the sensing device an area of interest in front of and ahead the vehicle, the area of interest including at least a surface of a road traveled by the vehicle, the sensing device outputting a data flow; identifying first candidate potholes formed on the road surface; further processing the data flow to find out first confirmed potholes among the first candidates potholes; allocating a geolocation to each of the first confirmed potholes; and displaying, on the cartography display, first potholes with their localization superimposed on the map.
US12024177B2
A sensor abnormality estimation device determines whether or not a position and a speed of a sensor-mounted vehicle at an intersection fulfill a predetermined performance condition. When the position and the speed fulfill the performance condition, the sensor abnormality estimation device acquires recognition results obtained by two of a plurality of external sensors, for a target object at a designated position associated with the position of the sensor-mounted vehicle. The sensor abnormality estimation device then acquires a degree of coincidence between the recognition results, and determines that there is an abnormality in at least one of the two external sensors when the degree of coincidence is lower than a predetermined determination value.
US12024174B2
A control device includes control circuits of a plurality of systems. When a transition condition is established, the control circuits of the systems make transition of a driving mode from a first driving mode to a second driving mode, and when a return condition is established in a state in which the driving mode has transitioned to the second driving mode, the control circuits of the systems make transition of the driving mode from the second driving mode to the first driving mode while gradually changing the current command values of the control circuits' own systems toward the current command values before the adjustment.
US12024172B2
In one aspect, at least one device may include at least one processor and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage may include instructions executable by the at least one processor to determine that a threshold amount of vehicles have taken a path deviating from a preexisting traffic lane at a particular area of a driving surface. Based on the determination, the instructions may be executable to provide, to one or more additional vehicles, location coordinates indicating the path deviating from the preexisting traffic lane at the particular area of the driving surface.
US12024157B2
A hybrid electric vehicle or a powertrain control method therefor controlling a powertrain with a more effective recognition of an entry into a low emission zone may include steps of: determining by use of image-based road-sign recognition information an entry into a zone in which an amount of exhaust gas is requested to be reduced; determining an average size for a type of the zone in case where the entry thereinto is determined by the control unit; and controlling a driving mode to be Electric Vehicle (EV) mode until it is determined based on the average size that the vehicle exists the zone.
US12024150B2
An apparatus for braking a vehicle includes wheel brakes configured to generate a braking force on each of wheels, a first actuator for supplying a braking force to the wheel brakes by using a first motor and a first master cylinder, a second actuator for supplying a braking force to the wheel brakes by using a second motor and a second master cylinder, a first electronic control unit (ECU) for controlling the first actuator and determining normal or faulty operation of the first and second actuators, and a second electronic control unit (ECU) for controlling the second actuator and determining the normal or faulty operation of the first and second actuators. When the first ECU and the second ECU are determined to be normal, the first ECU controls to brake some of the wheel brakes, and the second ECU controls to brake a remainder of the wheel brakes.
US12024148B2
An apparatus of sensing a speed of a wheel, capable of improving operational stability and/or reliability of a sensor, a control system using the same, and an operating method thereof, wherein the apparatus is an apparatus of sensing a rotation speed of a wheel of a vehicle, provided to be spaced from an external circumferential surface of a tonewheel mounted on the wheel, includes a housing; a magnet disposed in the housing; a magnetic sensor located adjacent to the magnet in the housing; and a coil wound around the magnet.
US12024145B2
A method for emergency braking of a subject vehicle includes: detecting, using a first surroundings detection system of the subject vehicle traveling in a direction of travel, a front area in front of the subject vehicle; if an object is detected in the front area, determining that a reliable target detection situation is present if at least the following target detection situation criteria are fulfilled: the detected object is a vehicle in front traveling in the direction of travel, the vehicle in front is followed over a minimum following period, in the minimum following period, the same vehicle in front is followed, providing an autonomous emergency braking system which is in an AEBS standby mode during travel outside an emergency braking situation; and if an emergency braking situation is detected outside of a reliable target detection situation, switching the autonomous emergency braking system to an active AEBS mode.
US12024144B2
Aspects hereof relate to a stand-on terrain working vehicle having a foot-operated parking brake system. The parking brake system includes a pedal assembly having a first pedal and a second pedal, an actuator coupled to the pedal assembly, a brake configured to be actuated between a set/engaged state and a released/disengaged state, and an over-center linkage. When the first pedal of the pedal assembly is depressed, the brake is actuated to the set/engaged state, and when the second pedal of the pedal assembly is depressed, the brake is actuated to the released/disengaged state. The over-center linkage is configured to bias the brake towards one of the set/engaged state and the released/disengaged state.
US12024138B2
A vehicle includes a chassis, an implement assembly coupled to the chassis, a stability system coupled to the chassis, and a control system. The stability system includes extendable components that selectively engage a ground surface. The control system is configured to control the stability system to level the vehicle and enable the stability system to lean the vehicle when an operational capability of the implement assembly is at a limit thereof while the vehicle is level to effectively improve the operational capability relative to when the vehicle is level.
US12024136B2
A composition is also provided that includes mercapto modified resin; aliphatic urethane acrylate; a multifunctional crosslinking agent; photoinitiator; and a hindered amine light stabilizer. The composition provides a fast curing coating that utilizes photopolymerization reactions using a variety of light sources such as low energy consuming and environmentally-friendly UV-LED and sunlight. Features of the coating include clarity, hardness, non-yellowing, scratch resistance, and complete surface cure as well as outstanding adhesion to substrates such as plastic, wood, stone and metal.
US12024132B1
The invention is a bike rack with a rotating platform mechanism to ease the loading and unloading of bicycles. The present disclosure is directed to a bike rack coupled to a rotating platform. The rotating platform is a mechanism that allows the rack to perform its dual functions. The rotating platform comprises a series of plates. One plate is a faceplate, and the remainder are tilt plates. A pin is coupled with the faceplate. The tilt plate has a slot with two stops. One stop defines the driving position, and the second defines the tilt position. The pin passes through the tilt slot and retains the platform in the driving or tilt positions. Optionally a third tilt plate locks the platform in either position. Optionally, the faceplate and tilt plate(s) are coupled to a pivot that is off-center from the centerline of the platform.
US12024123B2
In a method for activating a vehicle locking system, an optically detectable machine-readable code is detected. At least one message that identifies the vehicle locking system and that includes or represents the code is transmitted. At least one message that identifies the vehicle locking system and that includes or represents the code is received. A digital key for the vehicle locking system is determined, in particular from a database that is assigned to the vehicle locking system by the at least one message. The digital key is transmitted to a transfer device that is identified by the code and that is arranged in a housing of the apparatus for activating the vehicle locking system. The digital key is stored in the memory, and the digital key is transmitted in response to a request by the vehicle locking system.
US12024122B2
A method for authenticating a user on a transportation vehicle, wherein the transportation vehicle is coupled to an external device storing an authentication secret code and to at least one token storing a token secret code. In the method the token secret code is transmitted to the transportation vehicle when an operator control action performed with the at least one token is sensed. A new secret code is generated from the token secret code and is compared with the authentication secret code. When the new secret code matches the authentication secret code, the user is authenticated on the transportation vehicle. Also disclosed is an apparatus for authenticating a user on a transportation vehicle.
US12024112B1
An assembly includes a seat bottom, a rear bladder, a front bladder, and a check valve. The seat bottom includes a rear seat cushion and a front seat cushion in a seat-forward direction from the rear seat cushion. At least one of the rear seat cushion or the front seat cushion is vertically movable relative to the other one of the rear seat cushion or the front seat cushion. The rear bladder supports the rear seat cushion. The front bladder supports the front seat cushion. The check valve fluidly connects the front bladder and the rear bladder. The check valve is oriented to permit fluid to pass from the rear bladder to the front bladder and block fluid from passing from the front bladder to the rear bladder.
US12024101B2
A power distribution unit for a vehicle including an enclosure and power distributing means for distributing electrical power between a battery and a load application, the enclosure including an external casing and an internal casing having a faceplate and a mounting plate, the mounting plate having upper dielectric partitions protruding upward from a top face of the mounting plate, and the power distributing means being mounted on the mounting plate, wherein the upper dielectric partitions are configured to both maintain a separation between different voltage groups and define an insulating barrier between components of the power distributing means, the internal cartridge is configured to be inserted into the external casing, and the enclosure is configured to be sealed from an external environment.
US12024095B2
The disclosure relates to a lining for a haul truck body, said lining comprising a plurality of main lining elements arranged to extend over main surfaces of said haul truck body, and a plurality of transition lining elements arranged to extend over edge and/or corner portions of the haul truck body, wherein each transition lining element forms a lining transition between at least two non-parallel main lining elements of said plurality of main lining elements, and wherein said plurality of transition lining elements comprises at least one non-linear transition lining element which has a first and a second leg portion extending in non-parallel first and second leg directions, respectively. The disclosure further relates to a transition lining element for a haul truck body and a method for assembling a lining.
US12024084B2
An anti-rollout assembly may comprise: a housing defining a cavity; a guide/restraint head pivotably coupled to the housing at a first end of the cavity; an overridable trigger pivotably coupled to the housing at a second end of the cavity, the second end opposite the first end; and a locking system operably coupled to the guide/restraint head and the overridable trigger, the locking system configured to bias the guide/restraint head into an upright position, the locking system configured to retract the guide/restraint head into the cavity in response to a first lateral force driving the overridable trigger. The locking system may comprise a drive link and a locking link and be configured to lock the guide/restraint head in a raised state.
US12024081B2
The hooklift comprises a jib, a hook capable of being engaged in a ring of a container, and a positioning device comprising a slot and a slider capable of sliding in the slot. The hook is slidably mounted relative to the jib. The slider is capable of abutting selectively against a first end of the slot or against the second end of the slot so as to respectively prevent a sliding of the hook relative to the jib in a first sliding way beyond a first predefined position of the hook relative to the jib or in a second sliding way beyond a second predefined position of the hook relative to the jib.
US12024078B2
A seat back frame for automobile includes a first side frame and a second side frame that are arranged apart from each other in a vehicle width direction, an upper frame that connects an upper end portion of the first side frame and an upper end portion of the second side frame, and an upper bracket that is attached to the upper end portion of the first side frame and guides a seat belt. The first side frame is an extruded material extending in a vehicle vertical direction, and has a fixed lower end portion. The first side frame has a closed cross-section portion in a cross-section perpendicular to the vehicle vertical direction. The upper end portion of the first side frame is crushed rearward of a vehicle, and a thickness of the upper end portion in a vehicle front-rear direction is smaller than that of the lower end portion.
US12024074B2
An energy absorbing mounting structure for a vehicle seat. The mounting structure includes a linear rail configured for being fastened to a vehicle passenger cabin floor structure and a deformable element. The deformable element has a first attachment portion, a second attachment portion and a deformable section arranged between the first and second attachment portions. The first attachment portion is fastened to the rail and the second attachment portion is configured for being fastened to the vehicle passenger cabin floor structure via an opening in a bottom of the rail for enabling relative motion between the floor structure and the rail in a longitudinal direction of the rail by deformation of the deformable section in the event of a vehicle crash.
US12024067B2
Provided is an electric seat control apparatus for a vehicle including: a first rail and a second rail mounted at a constant interval on the floor surface of a vehicle body in the forward and rearward directions of a seat; a first movement unit provided with a first motor and mounted between the first rail and the lower surface of the seat to move linearly along the first rail; a second movement unit provided with a second motor and mounted between the second rail and the lower surface of the seat to move linearly along the second rail; and a control unit that simultaneously receives the RPM and a rotational position signal of the first motor and the RPM and a rotational position signal of the second motor to synchronize the RPMs and rotational positions of the first motor and the second motor to match each other.
US12024065B1
An electric vehicle is transported by an electric carrier whose motor is powered by the main power source—chargeable battery pack or fuel cell—of the transported electric vehicle.
US12024056B2
An apparatus for managing a shared personal mobility (PM) vehicle comprises a battery unit configured to supply power, a communication unit configured to communicate with a server and road side units, and a control unit configured to determine whether to manage a PM vehicle based on at least one of a position, a position change, and a battery charge amount of the PM vehicle and transmit a management notification message to the server.
US12024048B2
There is provided a power transmission and reception management device including: a user information storage unit configured to store information indicating correspondences between a first user and a plurality of second users; a vehicle information storage unit configured to store information indicating correspondences between the plurality of second users, and a plurality of vehicles that include driving power sources; an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from the first user, schedule information indicating a scheduled period during which at least a part of the plurality of vehicles are available for power transmission and reception with a power network; and a consideration control unit configured to associate, with the first user, consideration information indicating a consideration to be provided to the first user when at least a part of the plurality of vehicles are available for power transmission and reception with the power network during the scheduled period.
US12024041B2
A system for electrical charging of a first vehicle by a second vehicle includes a network access device to communicate with a first source that includes at least one of the first vehicle or a mobile device associated with a user of the first vehicle. The system further includes a processor coupled to the network access device that is designed to receive a charge request from the first source via the network access device, the charge request requesting access to a source of electrical energy for charging the first vehicle. The processor is further designed to identify an available vehicle that is available to be used as the source of electrical energy for charging the first vehicle. The processor is further designed to control the network access device to transmit available vehicle information corresponding to the available vehicle to the first source in response to receiving the charge request.
US12024040B2
A vehicle includes a solar panel and a vehicle control device. The vehicle control device is configured to control supply of electric power generated by the solar panel, configured to count the number of power supply operations in which the electric power is supplied from the solar panel to a target device that is a power supply destination, configured to determine whether the number of power supply operations satisfies a first condition, to configured execute power supply from the solar panel to the target device when determination is made that the number of power supply operations satisfies the first condition. The vehicle control device is configured not to execute the power supply from the solar panel to the target device when determination is made that the number of power supply operations does not satisfy the first condition.
US12024029B2
A through the road (TTR) hybridization strategy is proposed to facilitate introduction of hybrid electric vehicle technology in a significant portion of current and expected trucking fleets. In some cases, the technologies can be retrofitted onto an existing vehicle (e.g., a trailer, a tractor-trailer configuration, etc.). In some cases, the technologies can be built into new vehicles. In some cases, one vehicle may be built or retrofitted to operate in tandem with another and provide the hybridization benefits contemplated herein. By supplementing motive forces delivered through a primary drivetrain and fuel-fed engine with supplemental torque delivered at one or more electrically-powered drive axles, improvements in overall fuel efficiency and performance may be delivered, typically without significant redesign of existing components and systems that have been proven in the trucking industry.
US12024020B2
A power transmission device has a generator driven an internal combustion engine and a drive motor driven by the generator. The power transmission device further has a first clutch mechanism, a second clutch mechanism and a shift cam mechanism. The shift cam mechanism is actuated by a mode actuator to engage and disengage the first and second clutch mechanisms. The first clutch mechanism connect or disconnect power transmission between the drive motor and the drive wheel. The second clutch mechanism connect or disconnect power transmission between the internal combustion engine and the drive wheel. The shift cam mechanism has a first cam groove and a second cam groove that have a first series mode position, a parallel mode position, an internal combustion engine direct connection mode position, a neutral mode position, and a second series mode position, which are provided in that order.
US12024015B2
A display control device for a vehicle includes a memory and a processor connected to the memory. The processor is configured to display an object display and a lane display at a display section provided in a cabin of the vehicle. The object display depicts an object located in front of the vehicle, the lane display depicts a lane extending in front of the vehicle, and the object display and lane display are each displayed as a view thereof from the side of the object at which the vehicle is disposed. The processor is also configured to, in accordance with a distance between the object and the vehicle, alter a display ratio of the object display relative to a width of the lane display.
US12024014B2
A modular drive assembly may include an electric motor, a housing at least partially enclosing the motor, an electronic connection assembly configured to electrically couple the electric motor to a host device, and an accessory attachment assembly configured to mechanically couple the modular drive assembly to an accessory to operate a working assembly of the accessory using only electrical power provided from the host device. The accessory attachment assembly may be configured to be releasably attached to the accessory and at least one other accessory of a different type than the accessory.
US12024009B2
The invention relates to a cooling module (22) for a motor vehicle (10) with an electric motor (12), comprising: —at least one heat exchanger (301-304); —at least one tangential-flow turbomachine (28) capable of creating an air flow that comes into contact with the plurality of heat exchangers (301-304); —a plurality of flaps (36P, 36A) movable between a first position, referred to as the position opening the cooling module (22), and a second position, referred to as the position closing the cooling module (22), said plurality of flaps (36P, 36A) occupying a portion of the cooling module not occupied by said at least one tangential-flow turbomachine (28).
US12024008B2
An embodiment vehicle body includes a rear cross member unit disposed in a vehicle width direction and coupled to front portions of a pair of rear side members disposed at a rear portion of the vehicle body, a pair of side seal units respectively coupled to end portions of the rear cross member unit in a vehicle length direction, a front cross member unit coupled to front portions of the pair of side seal units in the vehicle width direction, an upper cross member unit coupled to upper portions of the pair of side seal units in the vehicle width direction, and a rear floor panel assembly connected to the rear cross member unit, the pair of side seal units, the front cross member unit, and the upper cross member unit.
US12023995B2
A ventilation system for a vehicle interior has an air guide for guiding air into the vehicle interior, an ionization device for ionizing the air in the air guide, an air outlet for transferring the air from the air guide into the vehicle interior, and a deflecting device in the air outlet, designed to produce an electric and/or magnetic field, for deflecting the ionized air.
US12023973B2
A suspension element of a vehicle includes a coil spring, and a bearing part provided with a main stop. The spring is mounted on the bearing part in such a manner that a first end of the spring comes to bear against the main stop. The bearing part includes a secondary stop placed in front of the main stop, against which secondary stop the first end of the spring bears during a method for assembling the suspension element. The secondary stop is capable of moving away under the effect of pressure exerted by the spring on the secondary stop during a stage of compressing the spring after the spring has pivoted about the spring's rotational axis during a stage involving straightening the spring, so that a second end of the spring is made to interact with a centering element, in order to come to bear against the main stop.
US12023969B2
The present disclosure relates to a system and method for a tire pressure monitoring system. Embodiments may include receiving and storing an input signal in a memory; receiving a digital signal from the memory at a digital signal processor, wherein the digital signal processor includes a plurality of selectable filters; filtering the digital signal through the plurality of selectable filters, wherein filtering the digital signal generates a forward-filtered digital signal; storing the forward-filtered digital signal in the memory; reversing the forward-filtered digital signal, wherein reversing the forward-filtered digital signal generates a reverse-filtered digital signal; and filtering the reverse-filtered digital signal through the plurality of selectable filters, wherein filtering the reverse-filtered digital signal generates a processed signal.
US12023966B2
Generally, a device to measure the circumference of circular objects. Specifically, a device including a pair of slidingly engaged members disposed between a pair of arms configured to be engaged with tread on a tire at about the midline of a wheel, an electrical circuit which varies in output voltage based on the distance between the pair of arms, and a processor communicatively coupled to a non-transitory computer readable medium containing a program which correlates the output voltage of the electrical circuit to a unit measure of distance between the pair of arms and calculates tire circumference.
US12023962B2
A tire for running on rough terrain for which an intended tire rotational direction is specified. The tread portion is provided with blocks raised from a tread base portion. Each block has a first side wall surface comprising a radially outer portion extending substantially straight and radially inwardly, while inclining toward the toe side in the intended tire rotational direction, and a radially inner portion extending from the radially outer portion to the tread base portion while curving in an arc shape. The radially outer portion has a radial length of from 30% to 70% of a radial height of the block.
US12023956B2
Provided are a decorative member manufacturing apparatus and method for manufacturing a decorative member, which are capable of reducing an amount of fluid used without impairing a texture of a decorative layer.
In the decorative member manufacturing apparatus and method for manufacturing a decorative member of the present invention, a fluid cured by receiving light is jetted from a jetting part toward a surface of a base material, the fluid which has landed on respective portions is irradiated with light from an irradiation part to form a cured convex portion constituting the decorative layer on the respective portions on the surface of the base material, and the jetting part is controlled based on control data for forming the cured convex portion having a set thickness in the respective portions. In addition, correction processing is performed by a correction part on the control data, the correction processing being a process of reducing a thickness corresponding to a spatial frequency equal to or smaller than a set value, in a correspondence relationship between the thickness and spatial frequency of the cured convex portion which is formed in a case where the jetting part is controlled based on the control data.
US12023955B2
Described herein are methods for texturizing metal, closed-end, cylindrical workpieces or capsules. A texturizing apparatus that includes a texturizing sector and a texturizing spindle tip is disclosed. The metal, closed-end, cylindrical workpieces or capsules are placed onto the texturizing spindle tip that includes a texture. A pressure is applied to the texturizing sector and the metal, closed-end, cylindrical workpiece or capsule, and the texturizing spindle tip is rotated against the texturizing sector to impart an image of the texturizing spindle tip texture to the metal, closed-end, cylindrical workpiece or capsule. The texturizing sector may include a smooth surface and a resilient material, and the texturizing spindle tip may include a textured surface and a non-resilient material. The texture of the metal, closed-end, cylindrical workpiece or capsule includes the imparted image of the texturizing spindle tip texture.
US12023950B2
A pop-up object with double canopies includes a lower canopy that serves as a base for the pop-up object, an upper canopy, and a pop-up scene positioned between the upper and lower canopies. The upper canopy, lower canopy, and pop-up scene can simultaneously move between a first, folded, flat position and a second, unfolded, upright position.
US12023930B2
According to one or more embodiments, the inkjet head includes an actuator and a driver. The actuator causes a pressure chamber to expand or contract. The driver applies an ejection pulse to the actuator to eject ink from the pressure chamber. The ejection pulse includes an expansion pulse having a width of 0.75 to 1.25 times a pressure propagation time of the pressure chamber, a rest period after the expansion pulse, and a contraction pulse after the rest period.
US12023929B2
A liquid ejecting head includes a piezoelectric element and a vibrating plate configured to vibrate in response to actuation of the piezoelectric element, the vibrating plate including a first layer that contains SiO2 and a second layer that contains ZrO2 and that is stacked on the first layer. The second layer contains a first impurity element different from Zr, and the concentration of the first impurity element at an interface in contact with the first layer in the second layer is higher than the concentration of the first impurity element in an internal region that is included in the second layer and that is contiguous from the interface to the surface of the second layer.
US12023928B2
A liquid discharging head includes a stacked body in which plates are adhered to each other by an adhesive. The stacked body is provided with: individual channels including nozzles and pressure chambers, respectively, and aligned in a predetermined aligning direction, the pressure chambers being configured to be pressurized to discharge liquid from the nozzles; a supply manifold being communicated with the individual channels and supplying the liquid to the individual channels; a return manifold being communicating with the individual channels and configured to allow the liquid, which flows in the individual channels and which is not discharged from the nozzles, to flow therethrough; and a dummy channel arranged side by side with the individual channels in the aligning direction. The dummy channel is positioned at outside with respect to an outermost individual channel in the aligning direction.
US12023918B2
Proposed is a dye-sublimation printer, and more particularly to a dye-sublimation printer that can systematically control upward and downward movements of a pick-up roller, upward and downward movements of a platen roller, and driving of a take-up reel gear according to forward and backward movements of a slide plate.
US12023916B2
A printing apparatus, having a conveyer, a first conveyer path, a printer, a cutter assembly, and a controller, is provided. The controller controls the printer to print images for at least two pages on a first side of a printing medium; after printing the images on the first side of the printing medium, controls the conveyer to move the printing medium to a second conveyer path being a different path from the first conveyer path through a switchback action and invert the printing medium by conveying in a second conveying direction; after inverting the printing medium, controls the printer to print an image in a predetermined part on a second side opposite to the first side of the printing medium; and after printing the image in the predetermined part on the second side of the printing medium, control the cutter assembly to cut the printing medium.
US12023899B2
Disclosed herein are compositions and methods related to a packaging laminate comprising: a first polymeric layer comprising a polypropylene copolymer or a high density polyethylene (HDPE) resin; and a second polymeric layer comprising a high density polyethylene (HDPE) resin or linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) resin with a coextruded ethyl vinyl alcohol (EVOH) compatibilizer. Also disclosed herein are packaging containers formed of the packaging laminates.
US12023896B2
The disclosure relates to glass articles having a decorative inorganic layer that is compatible with ion exchange processes and suitable for automotive glass. The inorganic layer comprises a plurality of pores in which polymerizable filler components have been deposited and cross-linked. The porous inorganic layer has a glass transition temperature of greater than 450° C. and a glass softening temperature of less than 650° C. The disclosure also provides glass articles containing the filled porous inorganic layer and methods for preparing the same.
US12023894B2
A glass sheet composite having two or more glass sheets and a liquid layer between at least a pair of glass sheets out of the glass sheets, wherein a thickness of the liquid layer is 1/10 or less of a total thickness of the pair of glass sheets when a total thickness of the pair of glass sheets is 1 mm or less, and 100 μm or less when the total thickness of the pair of glass sheets is more than 1 mm.
US12023892B2
A structure body according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first base having one surface, and having a density lower than a density that is determined by a crystal structure and a composition of a constituent material; a second base disposed to face the one surface of the first base; and a buffer layer provided between the first base and the second base, and containing at least a metal element.
US12023887B2
A machine for forming packing templates includes a infeed mechanism that can feed multiple feeds of sheet material into the machine without repositioning the infeed mechanism or forming creases or bends in the sheet material. The machine also includes a separation and cutting systems with one or more cutting tables and biased knives that cut the sheet material packaging templates. The machine also includes creasing roller(s) that forms creases in the sheet material. The machine also includes a system for reducing or eliminating the impact of irregularities in the sheet material.
US12023883B2
The invention relates to a device (12) for mixing/dosing liquid coating materials, in particular for use in a coating system (10) for spectacle lenses, said device having at least a first and a second storage container (14-24) for liquid starting materials, a conveying device (26) for sucking in and expelling liquids, a mixing container (28), and a liquid outlet (30) for mixed/dosed liquid coating materials. In between there is a multi-way valve (32), which can be switched into different valve positions and is constructed to produce one of the following connections (a, b, c, d) and in the process to disconnect the other connections: (a) connection between the first storage container and the conveying device, (b) connection between the second storage container and the conveying device, (c) connection between the conveying device and the mixing container, and (d) connection between the conveying device and the liquid outlet.
US12023878B2
Provided is a vacuum assisted resin transfer molding method for producing a component, in particular a spar cap, of a rotor blade including a lightning protection system, wherein the vacuum assisted resin transfer molding method includes the steps of: a) placing) an electrically conductive beam fiber material of an electrically conductive beam, an electrically conductive fiber mat and an electrical conductor of the component in a mold arrangement electrically connecting the electrically conductive beam fiber material to the electrical conductor by means of the electrically conductive fiber mat, wherein an electrical connection between the electrical conductor and the electrically conductive fiber mat is generated, c) subjecting the mold arrangement to underpressure, d) applying an external pressure on the electrical connection from outside the mold arrangement, e) injecting resin into the underpressurized mold arrangement, and f) applying heat to the mold arrangement for curing the resin.
US12023876B2
What is provided is a method for stably producing a fiber-reinforced resin molding material by splitting a fiber bundle such that a split portion becomes long while anon-split portion is shortened. A method for producing a fiber-reinforced resin molding material in which a cut fiber bundle is impregnated with a resin, the method comprising a splitting step of splitting the fiber bundle with a splitting machine at intervals in a longitudinal direction and a cutting step of cutting the fiber bundle at intervals in the longitudinal direction after the splitting step, in which the splitting machine comprises a rotary blade having a releasing section and a spacer member adjacent to the rotary blade.
US12023868B1
A control method, a control system, a readable storage medium, and a 3D printing equipment are provided. The method includes; obtaining at least one parameter of an exposure time of a first-type slice and an exposure time of a third-type slice of a model to be printed; obtaining a quantity of printing layers for a second-type slice of the model to be printed; determining an exposure time of the second-type slice and processing the model to be printed based on the exposure time of the first-type slice, the second-type slice and the third-type slice. By setting an exposure time appropriately, a transition layer is defined for the model to be printed, to facilitate a transition of an exposure time of bottom layers, which enhances connection strength between printing layers and reduces a possibility of model cracking.
US12023866B2
The invention relates to a device for cleaning a workpiece produced by means of additive production from a granular and/or powdery production material and/or for removing excess granular and/or powdery production material after additive workpiece production. The device comprises a housing in which a workpiece mounting is arranged on which or on which the produced workpiece can be arranged. In or on the housing at least one conveyor is arranged to convey, in particular, excess production material, away from the housing interior. At least one movable nozzle is arranged on at least one movable nozzle arm in the housing interior, such that the workpiece and the housing interior can be acted upon by at least one flow of the cleaning fluid during a cleaning cycle in which the workpiece and/or housing interior are purged of, in particular, excess production material. At least one nozzle rotation is provided, in which the nozzle can be rotated about at least one nozzle rotation axis relative to the nozzle arm. At least one arm trajectory movement and/or at least one arm rotation is provided, in which the nozzle arm can be moved and/or rotated relative to the workpiece mounting along at least one arm trajectory and/or about at least one arm rotation axis. The rotational speed of the nozzle rotation and the speed of the arm movement and/or the arm rotation are constituted such that during a cleaning cycle the flow of the cleaning fluid assumes all, or almost all, flow directions within the housing interior, such that the whole surface, or almost the whole surface, of the workpiece and of the housing interior, can be exposed to the cleaning flow from all, or almost all, directions.
US12023841B2
Coextruded polymeric article comprising first segments each having first and second opposed major surfaces and a thickness, the first segments comprising first material; second segments comprising second material, wherein adjacent first segments are joined together via a second segment, wherein the second segments extend from the second major surface past the first major surface of each first adjacent segment and has a distal end, the second segments having first and second oppose sides; first protrusions each extending from the first side of a second segment and extending no more than to the first major surface of the respective first segment adjacent to the second segment, the first protrusions comprising third material; and second protrusions each extending from the first side of a second segment, contacting the first protrusion extending from the second segment and extending not more than to the distal end of the second segment, the second protrusions comprising fourth material, wherein at least one of the second and third or second and fourth materials are different, and wherein the first segments, second segments, first protrusions, and second protrusions each extend continuously for at least 5 mm. Uses for coextruded polymeric articles described herein include adhesive articles and household cleaning products (e.g., a mop, a duster, a brush, a cleaning cloth, or a lint roller).
US12023840B2
The present disclosure provides an in-mold injection molding process for a Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA) soft material, including the following steps: 1) preheating a Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) thin film; 2) printing patterns; 3) preparing a diaphragm A; 4) laminating a diaphragm on a Flexible Printed Circuit (FPC) board; 5) scraping printing ink; 6) scraping an adhesive; 7) preparing an inner diaphragm B; and 8) placing prepared diaphragm A and FPC board laminated diaphragm in a mold cavity of an injection mold of a Haitian 130T injection molding machine, preheating injection mold to 30° C., and injecting Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU) resin through an injection hole, so that diaphragm A is on an outer side of a product mobile phone protective shell, FPC board laminated diaphragm is on an inner side of the product mobile phone protective shell, and temperature of the TPU resin is at 180° C.
US12023828B2
The invention describes a method for manufacturing a plastic drain sheet, and a plastic drain sheet. For the purpose of manufacture, a sheet-like main body having a first surface and a second surface, spaced apart therefrom by a base sheet thickness, is provided. Grooves are introduced into the first surface and mating grooves are introduced into the second surface. The mating grooves and the grooves cross one another at crossing points. Through-openings between the grooves and the mating grooves are formed at the crossing points.
US12023824B1
A system and method for a triple saw system that may utilize a removable circular saw in a plurality of different configurations while still allowing the user may use removable circular saw remotely by removing it from the bench whereby the removable circular saw may have a bottom plate for use in connecting to the bench saw or to the miter saw.
US12023823B2
A food slicing device is disclosed. The food slicing device comprises a body configured to contain at least one food item and a lid having a protecting member. The body has a plurality of recesses defined within the body that are configured to receive a cutting blade of a knife or the like. The lid is hingedly attached to the body and is configured to move between a first position where the lid at least partially covers a top opening of the body, and a second position wherein the lid does not cover the top opening of the body.
US12023818B2
A sensing manipulator of an articulated arm is disclosed. The sensing manipulator includes a compliant section and a movement detection system provided along a first direction of the compliant section such that movement of the compliant section along both the first direction and at least one direction transverse to said first direction, are detectable by the movement detection system.
US12023817B1
A system for slide marking technique for target tissue extraction and downstream application includes at least a marking device configured to receive a sample associated with a stained slide, to image an unstained surface of the sample associated with the stained slide, and to mark a region of interest on the sample. The system includes at least a computing device comprising at least a processor and a memory, the computing device configured to receive a stained slide image, the computing device configured to receive the image of the unstained surface of the sample, the computing device configured to determine a geometric registration of the unstained surface of the sample to the stained slide image, wherein determining the geometric registration comprises aligning the stained slide image with the image of the unstained surface, the computing device configured to determine the annotation mask as a function of the geometric registration.
US12023809B2
A self-reconfigurable robot module and self-reconfigurable robot is provided, which belongs to technical field of robots. Self-reconfigurable robot module comprises rolling shell, magnet and driving mechanism. Magnet locates in and magnetically connected with rolling shell. Driving mechanism locates in rolling shell, magnet connects to driving mechanism, driving mechanism abuts against inner wall of rolling shell through attraction force, used for driving magnet to move along inner wall of rolling shell and changing gravity center of self-reconfigurable robot module. When driving mechanism drives magnet to move along inner wall of rolling shell, position of magnet relative to rolling shell is changed, so positions of connecting points, used for being connected with other self-reconfigurable robot modules, on rolling shell are changed, multiple positions on surface of rolling shell can serve as connecting points, self-reconfigurable robot modules are connected without aligning specific connectors, connecting time is short, efficiency is high.
US12023800B2
A robot hand includes a first finger, a third finger disposed to face the first finger, a second finger disposed side by side with the third finger, a first finger connection portion to which the first finger is connected rotatably, a second finger connection portion to which the second finger is connected rotatably and to which the third finger is connected rotatably, a hand base to which the first finger connection portion and the second finger connection portion are connected, and a finger moving portion that moves at least one of the first finger connection portion and the second finger connection portion with respect to the hand base such that a distance between the first finger and the third finger increases or decreases.
US12023797B2
A reaching and grabbing tool is provided. The tool includes a trigger assembly having at least one trigger and a handle. A jaw assembly is provided having at least one jaw operably connected to the at least one trigger to move the at least one jaw. A hinge assembly is disposed between the trigger assembly and the jaw assembly, the hinge assembly being selectively lockable between an operating position and a folded position.
US12023790B2
A driving tool comprises a cylinder extending in an up-down direction and a piston that moves downward within the cylinder due to a compressed gas to drive a driving member. The driving tool further comprises a main body housing that houses the cylinder and a grip extending rearward from a rear surface of the main body housing. The driving tool further comprises an upper chamber that is provided above the cylinder and communicates with the cylinder. The driving tool further comprises an air chamber that extends downward from the upper chamber and that extends only in an area on a right or left side of the main body housing with respect to both an axis center of the cylinder and an axis center of the grip.
US12023784B2
A clamp release mechanism is provided. The clamp includes a body, a shaft slideably coupled to the body, a fixed jaw, and a moveable jaw coupled to the shaft. A locking component actuates between a locked position and an unlocked position. When in the locked position, the locking component biases the shaft to remain stationary with respect to the body. The clamp includes a securing component pivotally coupled to the locking component, and a biasing element that biases the securing components towards the shaft.
US12023780B2
A manufacturing apparatus for producing a curved contour on an end face of a roll includes a grinding device and a holding device, linearly movable relative to the grinding device. The grinding device is for grinding the curved contour on the end face. The holding device is for holding the roll between the holding device and the grinding device. A method for producing the curved contour on the end face using the manufacturing apparatus is also disclosed. The method includes driving the holding device to move in a linear fashion relative to the grinding device.
US12023775B2
There is provided a surfacing station for processing of surfaces of optical elements as workpieces, including a processing unit configured to process surfaces of optical elements; a controller unit configured to communicate with a database containing processing protocols, which can be carried out by the surfacing station, and to control operation of the processing unit in accordance with the processing protocols; and an identification tag base configured to communicate with the controller unit and configured to determine identification tags of consumable items used by the surfacing station, the controller unit being configured to enable a surfacing protocol for processing of the optical elements as workpieces in function of an identified consumable item.
US12023768B2
Embodiments of the present application provide a waste collecting device, which relates to the technical field of lithium cell manufacturing. The waste collecting device includes a frame, a waste buffer box, a negative pressure flow-equalizing box and a waste collecting box. The waste buffer box is arranged in an upper part of the frame and the waste buffer box is provided with a waste pipeline. The negative pressure flow-equalizing box is arranged on the top of the waste buffer box, the negative pressure flow-equalizing box is communicated with the waste buffer box, and the negative pressure flow-equalizing box is provided with a negative pressure pipeline. The waste collecting box is movably arranged in the lower part of the frame and is selectively communicated with the waste buffer box.
US12023767B2
A method of manufacturing a modular clamping device for clamping a rotationally symmetrical body on a spindle head of a motor spindle is disclosed. The modular clamping device includes a clamping element and a first intermediate piece. In the method, a first intermediate piece assembly (22) is provided having a plurality of prefabricated, standardized first standard intermediate pieces. The first intermediate piece (210) is selected from the first intermediate piece assortment (22). The clamping element is fabricated, and the first intermediate piece is positioned relative to the clamping element such that the first intermediate piece is positioned axially between the spindle head and the clamping element when the clamping device is mounted to the spindle head.
US12023765B1
A composite floor structure with a new metal decking having openings over the theoretical center of underlying support I-beams which now allows top flanges of beams to be painted and a welding zone for stud shear connectors within the openings then cleaned of paint, galvanizing and contaminates. The openings, which include deck caps if needed, allow visual inspection regarding the deck being tight against the beam and are spaced across the metal decking to provide a desired number of stud shear connectors and facilitate finding the center of the I-beam, provide a clean weld surface and minimize arc blow, weld fumes, weld time and required weld current. The thickness of the deck is no longer limited, and neither are the number of sheets stacked upon one another. All of which provide increased safety, efficiency and quality assurance while helping to control risk management.
US12023761B2
A laser processing device includes a stage; a laser irradiation unit; an image capturing unit; a control portion configured to execute controlling the laser irradiation unit such that one or a plurality of modified regions are formed inside the semiconductor substrate when the wafer is irradiated with the laser light, determining whether or not a crack extending from the modified region is in a crack reaching state where the crack has reached a front surface side of the semiconductor substrate on the basis of a signal output from the image capturing unit, and deriving information related to adjustment of irradiation conditions of the laser irradiation unit on the basis of determination results.
US12023754B2
A method of coating metal parts, comprising providing a metal part of a first metal material, applying a foil of a second metal material to the metal material onto the metal part in a bearing area, and irradiating the foil applied on the metal part in at least part of the bearing area with a laser.
US12023747B2
A cutting machine includes a cutting machine main body configured to cut a material transported along a longitudinal direction of a material into a plurality of cut materials, a material supply device and a product carrying-out device configured to carry the material into the cutting machine main body and to sort and carry out each of the plurality of cut materials into a product yard for accommodating a product or a residual material yard for accommodating a residual material of the material, respectively, and an NC device configured to control the cutting machine main body, the material supply device, and the product carrying-out device. The NC device is provided with a first operation mode for causing all of the plurality of cut materials to be carried out to the product yard 45.
US12023741B2
Provided is a cutting method of cutting, with a diamond cutting tool, a metal material having at least a solid solution layer on a surface, the solid solution layer containing nitrogen atoms as interstitial solid solution atoms. In this method, cutting is performed in a region where a nitrogen concentration is equal to or greater than a predetermined concentration, and cutting is not performed in a region where the nitrogen concentration is less than the predetermined concentration.
US12023733B2
Methods of additive manufacturing, binder compositions for additive manufacturing, and articles produced by and/or associated with methods of additive manufacturing are generally described.
US12023732B2
The present disclosure relates to an iron-based mixed powder having excellent uniformity, fluidity and moldability by applying polyamide as a binder, and a method for manufacturing the same. The iron-based mixed powder according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is composed of a mixture of a raw material of mixed powder in which iron-based powder and additive powder are mixed, and polyamide as a binder, wherein 0.03 to 1.50 parts by weight of the binder is mixed based on 100 parts by weight of the raw material of the mixed powder.
US12023730B2
The precision of grasping or controlling backpressure around a gas discharge portion in a stopper for continuous casting can be improved with a stopper for continuous casting which includes a cavity for conveying gas in a vertical direction center of the stopper, one or a plurality of gas discharge holes passing through from the cavity to the outside in a distal center or a side surface of a reduced-diameter region including a fitted portion to a lower nozzle, and a pressure control component in a part of an area above the gas discharge hole within the cavity.
US12023729B2
The present invention discloses a directional solidification method for a superalloy single crystal blade based on solid-liquid interface steady control. The method establishes effective criteria for withdrawal speed adjustment, i.e. the related position between a macro solid-liquid interface and a thermal baffle, the range between the dendrite tips at the solid-liquid interface, and the difference between the advance speed of the macro solid-liquid interface and the withdrawal speed. With these criteria, the advance of the solid-liquid interface during directional solidification is simulated and a withdrawal speed curve v(t) for the solid-liquid interface steady advancement was obtained. And then, the single crystal blade was prepared.
US12023709B2
The invention relates to a method of sealing, coating or/and aerodynamic smoothing of at least one connecting element that protrudes from a surface or/and for sealing, coating or/and aerodynamic smoothing of a surface at a gap or at an uneven connection site with a sulfur-containing SCOD sealing compound at at least one application site, especially on an aerospace component, with at least one nozzle element and with at least one irradiation unit, which is characterized in that i) a nozzle element contains a mixed sealing compound and is guided or/and mounted over the connecting element protruding from a surface, over the gap or/and over the uneven connection site, ii) the connecting element protruding from the surface, the gap or the uneven connection site is covered fully with sealing compound, the sealing compound forming a sealing compound cover essentially in the form of a sealing compound cap, a coating or/and a mound-shaped or bead-shaped elevation, iii) the nozzle element or at least a portion is raised if required from the surface having the sealing compound cover, and iv) the curing of the sealing compound is initiated with the aid of at least one irradiation unit by energy input and by release of a latent catalyst or is brought about by direct activation of at least one reaction component, such that the mixed sealing compound subsequently cures or/and cures further. The invention also relates to a corresponding apparatus, to the aerospace vehicle treated in this way and to the use of the method and the apparatus.
US12023707B2
Methods of temporarily enhancing the luster and/or brilliance of a piece of jewelry, a gem stone, or a piece of jewelry including a gem stone including applying a non-aqueous composition to the piece of jewelry, the gem stone, or the piece of jewelry including a gem stone.
US12023706B2
A combined radiation and functional layer application system includes one or more radiation sources and a commonly located functional layer application unit configured to dispose a functional layer over the surface of a fixed target ahead of the radiation sources during relative motion between the target and the radiation sources/application unit. System and method embodiments include those in which the target is stationary or moving, and embodiments in which the functional layer is applied as a liquid or as a solid laminate. Embodiments relate to application of an oxygen-blocking layer of a printing plate prior to exposure to actinic radiation. Certain solid laminate embodiments include a two-roll system for positioning the laminate for cutting adjacent a trailing edge of the plate.
US12023705B2
A manifold having a first side, a second side, a first channel extending from the first side to the second side, and a second channel extending from the first side to the second side is disclosed. The first channel and the second channel each define a linear longitudinal axis. In one embodiment, the first channel longitudinal axis and the second channel longitudinal axis are oblique to the first side and the second side of the manifold. The manifold of the present disclosure provides channels that can be easily cleaned and allow for an increased flow performance.
US12023697B2
A kitchen sprayer with filter includes a sprayer housing which has a top comprising a water inlet connectable to a faucet or a hose; a filter element assembly arranged in the sprayer housing having a filter element upper lid, a filter element and a filter element lower lid. The filter element is a hollow cylinder, an interior of the filter element is a purified water chamber, and an outside of the filter element is a raw water chamber; the filter element assembly is configured to be integrally mounted and disassembled with respect to the sprayer housing; a handle by which the filter element assembly is configured to be taken out is arranged at a bottom of the filter element lower lid; and a water outlet panel assembly is mounted on a bottom of the sprayer housing.
US12023689B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to centrifugal fluidic devices, apparatus, and methods. Embodiments disclosed are fluidic devices, and associated apparatus and methods, which can partition a fluid sample from a single inlet or plurality of inlets into a plurality of chambers via their fluid inlets. Each chamber possesses a fluid outlet and a gas outlet. Partitioned fluid can be further distributed under centrifugal pressure to downstream fluidics modules, permitting various multiplexed assays to be performed including nucleic acid amplification tests.
US12023683B1
A system for preparing a medicinal substance containing full spectrum of therapeutically desirable substances in naturally occurring proportions found in hemp plants, carried out by grinding a whole hemp plant to produce fine particles material, and exposing the fine particles material to an elevated pressure (11 PSI-15 PSI) and a reaction temperature maintained in a range of 230 F-250 F which is below a boiling point of the phyto-cannabinoids, terpenes and flavonoids, thus providing enhanced conditions for solvent-free extraction of the therapeutically desirable substances and diffusing the extracted substances into the carrier oil at an enhanced rate. Thus producing an infused oil final product containing a full spectrum phyto-cannabinoids, terpenes and flavonoids in naturally occurring proportions.
US12023676B2
Systems and methods for sorting T cells are disclosed. Autofluorescence data is acquired from individual cells. An activation value is computed using one or more autofluorescence endpoints as an input. The one or more autofluorescence endpoints includes NAD(P)H shortest fluorescence lifetime amplitude component (α1).
US12023671B2
Selectively vented biological assay devices and methods of performing biological assays with such devices are provided herein. Disclosed devices include a selective venting element having passively tunable porosity. The methods include controlling fluid flow within the subject devices with the selective venting element.
US12023658B2
Provided are: novel zeolite having an extremely small amount of specific Bronsted acid sites on the surface thereof, which is expected to be useful as a catalyst for the aromatization of a non-aromatic hydrocarbon typified by an aliphatic hydrocarbon; and a catalyst for use in the production of an aromatic hydrocarbon, which comprises the zeolite. Zeolite characterized by satisfying the following requirements (i) to (iii). (i) The zeolite has an average particle diameter of 100 nm or less. (ii) The zeolite is 10-membered ring microporous zeolite. (iii) The amount of the Bronsted acid sites on the outer surface of the zeolite is 0.1 to 10.0 μmol/g.
US12023651B2
The present disclosure provides a catalyst for SRO reactions. The catalyst includes a solid acid material and a metal. In this case, pores of the catalyst corresponding to at least 20% of the total pore volume of the catalyst have a pore size of 10 nm or more. The present disclosure also provides a method of using the catalyst.
US12023648B2
An ammonia chemical species desorption process desorbs ammonia chemical species adsorbed onto a Prussian blue derivative more simply at lower cost under milder conditions as compared with using an aqueous solution of a salt or strong acid, and only water. This ammonia chemical species desorption process includes an ammonia chemical desorption step of bringing carbon dioxide and water into contact with a Prussian blue derivative represented by the following general formula (1), thereby desorbing an ammonia chemical species.
AxM[M′(CN)6]y·zH2O (1)
where x is 0 to 3, y is 0.1 to 1.5, z is 0 to 6, A is at least one cation of hydrogen, ammonium, an alkaline metal, and an alkaline earth metal, and M and M′ are each independently at least one cation of at least one of atoms having atomic numbers 3 to 83 except for ammonium, an alkali metal, and an alkaline earth metal.
US12023643B1
The present invention relates, in general, to a system and method for focusing gas distribution through a series of three-dimensionally (3D) printed lattice heating elements within an electric catalyst unit in order to promote ammonia dissociation. The present invention allows gaseous ammonia to be continuously heated as it flows in series through ceramic tubes containing 3D printed lattice heating elements. The lattice structure of the heating elements provides a balance between surface area and heat dissipation, allowing the heating elements to reach a suitable temperature to perform ammonia dissociation, but which are not oversaturated with heat which could result in failure or melting of the heating elements.
US12023624B2
A process for absorbing carbon dioxide from a gas stream containing carbon dioxide, including the steps of contacting the gas stream with an aqueous composition including a substituted heteroaromatic compound having a six-membered heteroaromatic ring with from 1 to 3 nitrogen atoms in the heteroaromatic ring and at least one substituent wherein at least one of the substituents is of formula —R1NH2 wherein R1 is selected from C1 to C6 alkylene and ethers of formula —R2—O—R3— wherein R2 and R3 are C1 to C3 alkylene.
US12023623B2
An absorption solvent regeneration device includes: a regenerator for regenerating an absorption solvent by separating CO2 from the absorption solvent which has absorbed CO2; a main rich solvent line for supplying the absorption solvent which has absorbed CO2 to the regenerator; a first heating part for heating the absorption solvent flowing through the main rich solvent line, the first heating part being disposed on the main rich solvent line; and a branch rich solvent line for supplying a part of the absorption solvent flowing through the main rich solvent line to the regenerator, the branch rich solvent line branching from the main rich solvent line. The absorption solvent regeneration device further includes a regulating part for regulating a ratio between a first flow rate of the absorption solvent flowing through the first branch portion and a second flow rate of the absorption solvent flowing through the second branch portion.
US12023619B2
A rotating separator includes a filter housing extending axially along a longitudinal axis and a filter element positioned within the filter housing. The filter element includes a first endplate and a second endplate operatively coupled to the first endplate, a first element core and a second element core positioned between the first endplate and the second endplate and configured to filter a contaminate from a fluid. An interior cavity is defined between the first endplate, the second endplate, the first element core, and the second element core. Fluid flowing through the filter element enters the interior cavity and is split between and flows in parallel through the first element core and the second element core.
US12023602B2
The present disclosure relates to the extraction of lithium from liquid resources such as natural and synthetic brines, leachate solutions from clays and minerals, and recycled products.
US12023599B2
A hub for a mobile configured to be suspended from a connection line may include a first hub section and a second hub section. The first hub section may include a first fitting and be configured to support at least a first hanger arm. The second hub section may include a second fitting and be configured to support at least a second hanger arm. The first and second fittings may be configured to couple and decouple the first and second hub sections.
US12023597B1
A prize mixer is provided for a prize capture and dispensing device. The prize mixer is configured to change the location and/or orientation of prizes within a prize area of the device, preferably by contacting one or more of the prizes. The prize mixer may be located at or near a bottom of the prize area and be configured to move relative to the prizes, such as in a linear or rotating motion. The prize mixer may comprise a plurality of rotatable arms which define ramped surfaces, the arms rotated by a drive shaft. The prize mixer may be activated automatically or by a player of the device, such as for payment, as a bonus, or upon a triggering event.
US12023594B2
A bot detection system and method analyzes application programming interface (API) data associated with an online gaming player account to make a determination of whether the player account is engaging in cheating by using a bot during online game play. The API data may be analyzed to generate API metadata that is descriptive of the API data, such as an indication of how many API calls were made to a particular API during a particular time period on behalf of the player account. The API data may be applied to one or more bot detection models to make an assessment of whether the player account is using a bot. If bot usage is detected with a player account, enforcement actions, such as slowing down game play or banning the player account, may be implemented for that player account.
US12023590B2
Movement-related parameters used in virtual physical calculation are changed such that a designated object selected based on an operation input is caused to perform return movement to return to previously recorded positions and orientations, sequentially backward from the time of giving a start instruction based on the operation input. A state in a virtual space including a player character, the designated object, and other objects is updated based on the virtual physical calculation.
US12023585B2
A posture adjustment method includes: obtaining a first operation through a client, determining a second action in response to the first operation, and playing a target picture in the client. The first operation is used for indicating that a first object performs a first action, the first object is an object in a virtual scene displayed by the client, and a first part of the first object holds a target item being used for launching an attack in the virtual scene. The second action is used for driving, by a second part of the first object, the first part to adjust a holding posture to the target item to automatically achieve a relatively proper and accurate posture of using the target item. The target picture being used for displaying that the first object performs the first action and the second part of the first object performs the second action.
US12023584B2
[Object] To provide a technology that enhances a user experience by appropriately setting vibration strength for each type of a sound output section. [Solving Means] An information processing apparatus according to the present technology includes a control section. The control section determines a type of a sound output section outputting a sound and changes vibration strength of a vibration section in accordance with the determined type of the sound output section.
US12023572B2
The Bragg Bridge is the only pool bridge that permits the height of the bridge head to be raised or lowered and tilted upward or downward thereby providing more support positions than conventional bridges; helping the player to avoid miscues or inadvertent contact or fouling the cue ball when attempting an over the ball shot, reducing the shot difficulty.
US12023565B2
A projection system includes a control module, a projection tube, an aiming driver, an observation device and an observation driver. The control module is configured to issue a first control command and a second control command. The aiming driver is electrically connected to the projection tube and configured to control, in response to the first control command, a projection viewing-line of the projection tube to be aligned with a calibration point. The observation driver is electrically connected to the observation device and configured to control, in response to the second control command, an observation viewing-line of the observation device to be aligned with the calibration point. The projection tube and the observation device are controlled asynchronously.
US12023563B1
A hockey puck is formed as two mating subcomponents encapsulating an internal signal transmitter. The hockey puck includes holes extending from an external surface of the hockey puck into an internal void formed between the two mating subcomponents. The internal signal transmitter includes protrusions extending into the holes, each including a surface-mounted diode. The surface-mounted diodes include no lens cap, allowing the diodes to be positioned closer to the external surface of the puck than existing pucks. For improved visibility, the diode is positioned less than 5 mm from the external surface of the puck, but greater than 1 mm from the external surface of the puck, in order to prevent the diodes from being externally visible. Preferably, the diodes are positioned between approximately 2 mm and approximately 3 mm from the external surface of the hockey puck.
US12023556B2
A tennis ball pickup assembly having tube with a pickup gate device attached to a first end of the tube and a protective sleeve attached to a second end of the tube. The tube is sized and shaped to accept tennis balls. The body of the pickup gate device has a wall with a first end, a second end, and a hollow interior; and wherein a gate is located in a holding space of the hollow interior. The gate has a spring ring with a plurality of interconnected metallic coils, a metal wire, or a plurality of metallic leaf springs.
US12023551B1
Embodiments provide a swimming assist garment capable of adjusting buoyancy positions. In the embodiments, the swimming assist garment includes a swimsuit, a buoyancy mechanism, and a gas regulating mechanism. The inflatable end of the gas regulating mechanism is connected to first airbags of a first buoyancy assembly and a second airbag of a second buoyancy assembly. The first bidirectional air pumps are connected to each first airbag and each third airbag of the first buoyancy assembly; and a second bidirectional air pump is connected to the second airbag and the fourth airbag of the second buoyancy assembly, to change the buoyancy positions of the swimsuit to adapt to swimming postures or to support the head on the water.
US12023549B2
A stationary bicycle includes pedals incorporated into the stationary bicycle and configured to be movable with respect to a frame of the stationary bicycle during execution of a programmed workout, wherein the programmed workout includes an exercise performed using one or more free weights. The stationary bicycle includes a display, one or more processors, and memory storing programmed instructions of the programmed workout that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to automatically alternate between biking portions of the programmed workout and lifting portions of the programed workout, automatically control a resistance level of the pedals during the biking portions of the programmed workout, and automatically present lifting instructions on the display, the lifting instructions configured to instruct a user on lifting the one or more free weights during the lifting portions of the programmed workout.
US12023546B2
In one aspect of the present application, a dental appliance for isolating jaws from facial muscles is provided, the dental appliance is substantially in the shape of an elongated plate curved according to dental arches, and is received between the jaws and the facial muscles when it is worn, the dental appliance comprises: buccal shields located at both ends of the dental appliance and configured to isolate posterior teeth from facial muscles; and labial bumpers located in the middle of the dental appliance and configured to isolate anterior teeth from facial muscles, wherein the buccal shields and the labial bumpers form an integral piece.
US12023544B2
A vertical-column folding mechanism for a treadmill is provided, including a treadmill frame body and a vertical column; where a first connector is arranged on the treadmill frame body; the first connector includes a first through hole; a connecting rod is arranged at the first through hole; one end of the connecting rod is provided with a handle in an eccentrically rotatable manner; a second connector is sleeved on the connecting rod; the vertical column is arranged on the second connector, and the vertical column and the second connector can synchronously rotate; a first locating piece is arranged on the second connector or the vertical column; a second locating piece cooperating with the first locating piece is arranged on the first connector or the treadmill frame body.
US12023540B2
A pair of clothing bottoms with attachable weights is provided to intensify a workout. The pair of clothing bottoms with attachable weights includes a pair of clothing bottoms, at least one left weight assembly, and at least one right weight assembly. The pair of clothing bottoms may be any type of athletic garments such as, but not limited to, a pair of shorts, a pair of leggings, or a pair of sweatpants. The at least one left weight assembly allows weights to be selectively attached to the pair of clothing bottoms to increase the load to the left hip side of a user during a workout. Similarly, the at least one right weight assembly allows weights to be attached to the pair of clothing bottoms to increase the load to the right hip side of the user during a workout.
US12023534B2
A method includes acquiring fluid level data indicating a fluid level within a fluid tank of a respective fire apparatus, acquiring fault data indicating any active faults with components of the respective fire apparatus, acquiring maintenance data indicating whether maintenance is due or overdue for the respective fire apparatus, acquiring exercise data indicating an elapsed time since the respective fire apparatus was last exercised, determining an overall readiness score for the respective fire apparatus based on the fluid level data, the fault data, the maintenance data, and the exercise data, and generating a graphical user interface including (i) a readiness factor section listing a plurality of readiness factors having an associated status or value based on the fluid level data, the fault data, the maintenance data, and the exercise data and (ii) a readiness score section providing a background indicator and the overall readiness score displayed over the background indicator.
US12023528B2
A hand held facemask assembly includes a handle that can be gripped by a user. A panel is coupled to the handle such that the panel can be positioned in front of the user's face. The panel has a pair of air holes each extending therethrough to pass air therethrough thereby facilitating the user to breathe through the air holes. A filter is coupled to the panel and the filter is comprised of an air permeable material to facilitate the user to breathe through the filter. Moreover, the filter is comprised of a bacterial blocking material to inhibit bacteria from passing therethrough. In this way the filter inhibits airborne transmission of infectious diseases between the user and an individual that is positioned proximate the user.
US12023523B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for monitoring calibration of positron emission tomography (PET) systems. In some variations, the systems include an imaging assembly having a gantry comprising a plurality of positron emission detectors. A housing may be coupled to the gantry, and the housing may include a bore and a radiation source holder spaced away from a patient scan region within the bore. A processor may be configured to receive positron emission data from the positron emission detectors and to distinguish the positron emission data from the radiation source holder and from the patient scan region. A fault signal may be generated when the positron emission data from the radiation source holder exceeds one or more threshold parameters or criteria.
US12023517B2
A computer-based method of providing a set of selected spots for use in ion radiotherapy optimization is proposed, the method comprising the steps of defining a number of positions in the volume, each position corresponding to a possible Bragg peak location, the positions being defined to provide coverage of the volume, for each position, for at least one beam direction, performing a ray trace to determine characteristics of a potential spot in the beam that will place its Bragg peak in the position and for each position, selecting zero, one or more of the potential spots, based on the characteristics, and including the one or more selected spots in the set of selected spots. The set of selected spots may be used in treatment planning. The invention also relates to computer program products and a computer system for performing the methods.
US12023511B2
The present invention relates to an RF therapeutic device and a method for controlling same, the RF therapeutic device comprising: an RF generation unit for generating RF energy; a plurality of RF electrodes connected to the RF generation unit through an RF circuit and selectively inserted into body tissue to transfer the RF energy to the body tissue; and a sensing unit for detecting a loss of the RF energy transferred to the body tissue, the loss resulting from the impedance characteristic of the body tissue.
US12023509B2
A connector assembly includes a base and a detachable cover. Ports on separate sidewalls receive an extension cable and a lead. A blade assembly maintains electrical contact between the cable and the lead, while providing a surface to strip insulation and/or sever the lead. Further, the blade is resilient so as to maintain sufficient contact with the lead when the cover is attached and/or locked to the base.
US12023506B2
A diagnostic system for use during a procedure associated with a cochlear implant includes a computing module and a base module configured to attach to a back side of the computing module and serve as a stand for the computing module. The computing module includes a display screen and a processor configured to execute a diagnostic application and direct the display screen to display a graphical user interface associated with the diagnostic application. The base module includes an interface unit configured to be communicatively coupled to the processor and to the cochlear implant while the base module is attached to the back side of the computing module.
US12023499B2
Methods and systems for measuring tissue impedance and monitoring PVD treatment using neuro-implants with improved wireless powering are disclosed. In some embodiments, an implanted device including a wireless energy receiver, a demodulation circuit, and electrodes may be configured to received modulated energy from an energy transmitter. The implanted device may convert the energy to an electrical voltage to be applied to tissue to adjust the tissue's impedance. The tissue impedance may be measured with a computing system by receiving and processing an energy signal emitted/produced in response to the electrical voltage applied by the implanted device. In some embodiments, improved microwave powering schemes may be utilized to power the implanted device. In some embodiments, improved ultrasound powering schemes may be utilized to power the implanted device. For example, energy transfer efficiency from different transmitters may be evaluated to select for energy transmission the transmitter that yields optimal energy transfer efficiency.
US12023489B2
A system for stimulating tissue generally comprises a resorbable implant. The resorbable implant includes a substrate, at least one contact, and a transceiver, wherein the substrate, the at least one contact, and the transceiver are resorbable. The system also includes a controller configured to communicate with the transceiver of the resorbable implant and a power supply connected to the controller. The controller delivers power to the resorbable implant from the power supply. The resorbable implant delivers electrical stimulation to tissue when the resorbable implant receives power.
US12023481B2
A circulatory assist apparatus comprises an inflatable pumping balloon having a proximal end joined to an elongated balloon catheter, the catheter having a distal end joined to the pumping balloon and a proximal end, separated from the distal end by a length sufficient to extend from within the circulatory lumen to the outside of a patient's body, for receiving positive and negative pressure pulses from a pump to inflate and deflate the pumping balloon; a proximal expandable frame comprising a distal portion of an elongated shaft surrounding the catheter; and a distal expandable frame. The distal end of the elongated shaft is abuttable against a stopping element surrounding the catheter as the shaft is advanced towards the inflatable pumping balloon, or is joined to the catheter in which case the proximal expandable frame is heat set to deploy spontaneously to a predetermined diameter upon release of the elongated shaft.
US12023480B2
In an implanted medical device system, an internal controller, external power transmitter and methods for monitoring and dynamically managing power in an implanted medical device system are disclosed. According to one aspect, an internal controller is configured to provide power to a motor of an implanted medical device, the power being drawn from at least one of an internal battery and an internal coil, the at least one of the internal battery and the internal coil providing a supplied voltage. The internal controller includes processing circuitry configured to switch to one of the internal battery, the internal coil and a combination of the internal battery and the internal coil, based on a comparison of the supplied voltage to a threshold.
US12023474B2
A needle hub (10) for a pen needle is provided with an enlarged surface for contact with the skin of a patient. The enlarged surface is provided with a surface having a dimension and shape to enable a needle or cannula to penetrate the skin to a desired depth and permit substantially the entire exposed length of the needle or cannula to penetrate the skin to the desired depth. The surface of the needle hub can be formed by an inner cone shaped member (26) forming a first contact surface with a surface area of about 1-5 mm2 and an outer ring (28) at a peripheral edge forming a second contact surface with a combined surface area of about 15 to 50 mm2.
US12023473B2
An injection device includes a housing having a longitudinal axis extending. A dose setting member is rotatable in the housing in a first or second direction about the longitudinal axis. A plunger extends through a bore of the dose setting member and into a bore of a barrel engaged with the housing. Pushing on an arm extending through a slot in the housing rotates the dose setting member in the first direction. As it rotates, indicia on the dose setting member are progressively displayed through an aperture in the housing. An actuator is engaged to release the dose setting member to rotate in the second direction and this rotation causes the plunger to move axially within the barrel's bore and push the pre-set dose of fluid therefrom. The dose setting member remains in a constant axial position within the housing during rotation in each of the first and second directions.
US12023466B2
Systems and method for improving fluid flow during medication delivery procedures, such as infusions or pooling, are provided. A spike is punctured though a seal in a container. A liquid substance is drained from said container through a pathway in the spike. In some embodiments, the spike includes a channel which permit sliding movement of a snorkel for elevation above a fluid line of the liquid substance to permit air to enter the container from outside without foaming the liquid substance. Alternatively, the snorkel is punctured through the seal adjacent to the spike. Alternatively, or in addition, an airflow control device is provided at the container at a location above an anticipated fluid line of the liquid substance when the container is positioned for delivery of the liquid substance.
US12023461B2
A rotary tattoo machine includes an inner housing; a tattoo needle; an electric motor including a shaft assembly; and a bearing arm including a bearing. The machine also includes a cam, the cam moving up and down the shaft assembly due to the rotation of the shaft assembly and the bearing, the moving of the cam to drive the tattoo needle from a retracted position to an extended position. The device my also include an outer housing or grip. The dimensions of or a shape of the cam reduces an amount of dwell time of the tattoo needle. The cam may be replaced by an alternate cam, the alternate cam having different dimensions or a different shape from the dimensions of or the shape of the original cam and the alternate cam to have a different amount of dwell time associated with the tattoo needle.
US12023449B2
A patient interface includes a mask body, an elbow, a connector and a conduit. Any one or more of the mask body, the elbow, the connector and the conduit includes a bias flow vent. The bias flow vent is configured to deform with the application of pressure but not fully collapse such that an orifice size defined by the bias flow vent can vary with the application of pressure.
US12023444B2
Disclosed is a respiratory device comprising a connecting socket which is inserted at least partially into a rotary sleeve and is latched thereto. The connecting socket and the rotary sleeve are disposed between a respiration hose and a patient interface, the connecting socket having an external diameter which is smaller than the internal diameter of the rotary sleeve. The rotary sleeve comprises on its inner side latching elements which engage in latching elements on the external diameter of the socket.
US12023421B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods to provide continuous and controlled release of therapeutic agent(s) during a procedure such as an interventional vascular procedure, e.g., to reduce acute and chronic complications and improve outcomes.
US12023411B2
The present invention relates to a nanogel of nanoparticles. The nanoparticles comprise self-assembled dendritic containing polymers having at least one dendritic hydrophobic segment forming the core and at least one hydrophilic segment forming the shell.
US12023405B2
An antimicrobial polymer for use in an ophthalmic implant, includes at least one antimicrobial monomer; and at least one other monomer selected from an acrylic, silicone, vinyl and collagen monomer.
US12023400B2
Disclosed herein is a recombinant protein including botulinum toxin and cell penetrating peptides and cosmetic composition. The cell penetrating peptide according to the present disclosure may be actively used as a topical agent for various disease treatment, aesthetic, or cosmetic purposes, especially for a cosmetic composition, by securing better convenience as well as maximizing the intrinsic in vivo efficacy of the botulinum toxin through the cell penetrating recombinant proteins that combines the botulinum toxin and a cell penetrating peptide by making skin penetration and/or cell penetration for botulinum toxin more efficient.
US12023392B2
An additive manufacturing process comprising:
(a) providing a curable composition comprising:
(i) a filler comprising glassflakes having a diameter D3,99 as determined by light scattering in the range of from 5 to 150 μm; and
(ii) one or more curable compounds;
(b) controlling an apparatus to form an object by using the curable composition, whereby the curable composition passes a discharge orifice having a minimum diameter Φmin,
wherein the ratio of the minimum diameter of the discharge orifice to the diameter D3,99 of the glassflakes (Φmin/D3,99) is in the range of 2 to less than 10; and wherein the median diameter D3,50 of the glassflakes is larger than the thickness of the glassflakes.
US12023389B2
Described herein are peptides, compositions, and methods for diagnosing, detecting, imaging, monitoring, preventing, treating, or ameliorating diseases or disorders including cancer, inflammatory disorder, and autoimmune disease.
US12023386B2
The invention provides a polynucleotide sequence (e.g., a gene, e.g., DNA or RNA) encoding UGT1A1 (e.g., expressing human UGT1A1). The invention further provides a vector, such as an adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector (e.g., AAV8) having a vector genome including inverted terminal repeat sequences and a UGT1A1 coding sequence operably linked to one or more expression control sequences (e.g., expression control sequences including a liver-specific promoter). Also provided are compositions containing these AAV vectors and methods of treating Crigler-Nijjar syndrome type I, Crigler-Nijjar syndrome type II, and Gilbert syndrome.
US12023382B2
The present invention relates to nutritional formulations for increasing sports and other physical performance and that have beneficial effects on health and wellness for various populations. The invention includes molecular compounds as disclosed. A preferred embodiment is a molecule type based on a glycerol backbone, with three glycerol functional groups B1, B2, B3, wherein one or more of the B groups may correspond to one of the functional energy groups A1, A2 or A3, as disclosed. The invention includes nutritional formulations, some based on the inventive molecular compounds. The invention also includes method of using, administering, and implementing the above, including computer implemented and computer assisted methods.
US12023364B2
Disclosed is a process for the preparation of moringa (Moringa oleifera Lam.) sprouts by hydroponic cultivation from seed, as well as a process for the preparation of a raw material enriched with isothiocyanates and polyphenols, starting from moringa (Moringa oleifera Lam.) sprouts obtained from seed by the process and/or from the adult plant, and to the raw material obtained by the process.
US12023363B2
Disclosed herein are natural product compositions for treating ADHD and related disorders.
US12023347B2
The present invention relates to the use of non-digestible oligosaccharides for the direct attenuation of nasal epithelial inflammation, in particular for non-allergic rhinitis, in particular for use in infants.
US12023345B2
One aspect of the invention provides a method for treatment of a lysosomal storage disorder. The method may include administering to a subject in need of such treatment a composition including a therapeutically effective amount of an agent that mediates upregulation of Transcription Factor EB. In one embodiment, the composition includes a fibrate, such as gemfibrozil or fenofibrate. In another embodiment, the composition also includes all-trans retinoic acid or vitamin A.
US12023333B2
The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrate thereof, wherein: the group X—Y is —NHSO2— or —SO2NH—; Z is a monocyclic aryl or heteroaryl group, each of which is optionally substituted by one or more substituents selected from alkyl, cycloalkyl, halo, alkoxy, CN, haloalkyl and OH; R1 is H or alkyl; R2 is selected from COOH and a tetrazolyl group; R3 is selected from H, C land alkyl; R4 is selected from H and halo; R5 is selected from H, alkyl, haloalkyl, SO2-alkyl, Cl, alkoxy, OH, CN, hydroxyalkyl, alkylthio, heteroaryl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl and haloalkoxy; R6 is H; R7 is selected from H, CN, haloalkyl, halo, SO2-alkyl, SO2NR12R13, heteroaryl, CONR10R11 and alkyl, wherein said heteroaryl group is optionally substituted by one or more substituents selected from alkyl, halo, alkoxy, CN, haloalkyl and OH; R8 is selected from H, alkyl, haloalkyl and halo; and R9 is H, alkyl or halo; R10 and R11 are each independently H or alkyl; and R12 and R13 are each independently H or alkyl. Further aspects of the invention relate to such compounds for use in the field of immuno-oncology and related applications. Another aspect of the invention relates to compounds of formulae (1a) and (1b).
US12023331B2
The disclosure provides methods for the acute treatment of depression and/or anxiety, for the enhancement of mTOR (e.g., mTORC1) signaling, and for the reduction of neuroinflammation, comprising administering to a patient in need thereof, a therapeutically effective amount of a 5-HT2A/mu-opioid receptor or 5-HT2A/D1 and/or D2/mu-opioid receptor ligand.
US12023326B2
The present disclosure relates to methods of treating gastrointestinal stromal tumors to a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of ripretinib or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US12023314B2
A method of treating recurrent spontaneous abortions or repeated implantation failures in a human female subject, comprising providing a composition including a combination of fatty acids or esters thereof as the active ingredients, wherein the human female subject has at least 12% of peripheral blood NK cells in total peripheral blood cells, and/or the cytotoxicity of the peripheral blood NK cells is at least 10% higher than a mean cytotoxicity of a control population of healthy human females of reproductive age without a reproductive failure and who have given birth to at least one child; orally administering the composition for 15 to 70 days, wherein the total amount of fatty acids or esters, administered per day, is from 0.03 g/kg 1 g/kg of body weight, calculated as fatty acids so as to reduce an immune-mediated sub-fertility for the human female subject.
US12023312B2
The invention provides methods for muscle repair or regeneration comprising administering therapeutically effective amounts of RAR agonists or stem cells that are pretreated with contact with a RAR agonist to a subject at a site of muscle damage. Additionally, the invention provides compositions comprising RAR agonist treated stem cells and methods of use of said cells for muscle repair or regeneration. In one embodiment, the stem cells are mesenchymal stem cells. In one embodiment, the RAR agonist is an RARγ agonist. In one embodiment, administration of the RAR agonist is begun during a period of increased endogenous retinoid signaling in the subject resulting from incurrence of the damaged muscle tissue.
US12023310B2
Provided is a pharmaceutical composition for treating malignant peripheral nerve sheath (MPNST), including a benzenesulfonamide derivative and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Also provided is a method for treating canine MPNST by administering the pharmaceutical composition to a subject in need thereof.
US12023309B2
Pharmaceutical compositions having enhanced active component permeation properties are described.
US12023308B2
The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for the diagnosis and treatment or prevention of proteinopathies, particularly MUC1-associated kidney disease (ADTKD-MUC1 or MKD), Retinitis Pigmentosa (e.g., due to rhodopsin mutations), autosomal dominant tubulo-interstitial kidney disease due to UMOD mutation(s) (ADTKD-UMOD), and other forms of toxic proteinopathies resulting from mutant protein accumulation in the ER or other secretory pathway compartments and/or vesicles, among others. The disclosure also identifies and provides TMED9-binding agents as capable of treating or preventing proteinopathies of the secretory pathway, and further provides methods for identifying additional TMED9-binding agents.
US12023307B2
To reveal which curcumin preparation, among various existing curcumin preparations, is effective for various symptoms of a common cold.
Provided is an agent for relieving common cold symptom which contains, as an active ingredient, a curcumin-containing composition that contains fine particles of curcumin or turmeric pigment, or a mixture containing curcumin or turmeric pigment containing an amorphous thereof and a cellulose derivative.
US12023301B2
A pneumatic system includes a fluidic switching module, an air connection inlet configured for connection to a source of pressurized air, a plurality of air connection outlets each in fluid communication with the air connection inlet, a first cascading subsystem downstream from and in fluid communication with the air connection inlet and configured to receive a pressurized airflow from the air connection inlet, a second cascading subsystem downstream from and in fluid communication with the first cascading subsystem, and a third cascading subsystem downstream from and in fluid communication with the first cascading subsystem. The fluidic switching module is configured to cyclically and sequentially direct the pressurized airflow between the plurality of air connection outlets without any moving parts or external controls.
US12023297B2
A method of administering a massage comprising providing a base member with a flexible member coupled to opposite sides of the base member. The base member is rested on top of a support surface so that connection points where the flexible member attaches to the base member are vertically disposed above the support surface. A patient is positioned on the base member and the support surface so that the patient is laying between the opposite sides of the base member. Force is delivered to the patient laying on the base member using a foot of a massage practitioner. The massage practitioner utilizes the flexible member to assist with balance of the massage practitioner while the force is delivered to the patient.
US12023292B2
Anchoring of fabrics for applications in which force is applied by or on the fabric facilitates new uses and functionalities. Dynamic anchoring through any of three modes (mechanical, compressive, or friction-based) enables transient or permanent anchoring across a garment or other fabric.
US12023284B2
Provided is a moving body. A control device of the moving body starts a first control processing that moves a movement part so that a posture of a base with respect to a passenger seat becomes a predetermined posture with an auxiliary grounding part lowered and grounded. The control device starts a second control processing that lifts the auxiliary grounding part with respect to the base and a third control processing that moves the movement part 2 so as to stabilize a posture of the passenger seat after a delay from the start of the first control processing.
US12023282B2
A support device having a support with a body portion having a left and right side defining a width therebetween and opposed superior and inferior edges defining a length therebetween. The body portion has an upper surface and an opposed bottom surface defining a thickness, the inferior edge defining a notch indented into the body portion, the notch extending coextensively in the top and bottom surfaces throughout the thickness of the body portion. A left and right arm wing extending laterally from the body portion, the left and right arm wing extending a distance between the superior and inferior edges, wherein the left arm wing and right arm wing are configured to be rolled into an arcuate shape having an interior channel defined by the upper surface.
US12023278B1
Devices, systems, and methods for performing intraocular surgery. In one example, the device includes a handpiece including proximal and distal ends; a diathermy needle extending from the distal end and terminating in a diathermy tip; and a tubular shaft extending from the distal end adjacent the diathermy needle and terminating in an aspiration tip, the tubular shaft including an aspiration lumen extending proximally from an aspiration opening in the aspiration tip. An actuator on the handpiece is coupled to the shaft for directing the shaft between a distal position where the aspiration tip is adjacent the diathermy tip and a proximal position where the aspiration tip is offset proximally from the diathermy tip. A generator may be connected to the handpiece for delivering energy to the tip for performing diathermy and a vacuum source may be connected to the handpiece for delivering suction to the aspiration opening.
US12023273B2
An embodiment of the present invention provides a medical cooling device including a cooling medium configured to cool a target region through thermal contact with the target region, a cooling generator configured to supply cooling energy to the cooling medium, and a cooling medium accommodating unit that has one surface to which the cooling generator is attached and that is configured to thermally connect the cooling medium to the cooling generator, wherein a center-of-cooling-power region is disposed in a region where the cooling medium and the cooling medium accommodating unit overlap and has a center of cooling power which is a center with respect to thermal conductivity of the center-of-cooling-power region, and a distance from a front end of the cooling medium to the center of cooling power is less than or equal to 30 mm.
US12023271B2
An elbow brace for supporting a wearer's elbow in a desired position when using a portable electronic device to mitigate “tech neck” is made unobtrusive by incorporation into a shoulder bag having a length-adjustable shoulder strap. A flexible bag assembly comprises opposite first and second panels of flexible sheet-like material connected to define an interior compartment having a volume. An upper bag mouth is disposed between edges of the panels, with fastenings connecting its opposite ends of the edges. An elbow-receiving sleeve of flexible sheet-like material is attached in the upper bag mouth and can be opened into a generally frustoconical form, for supporting a bent elbow such that, in use, both forearm and upper arm extend from an outer end elbow-receiving sleeve. In a closed state the elbow-receiving sleeve is flattened such that opposing halves of the elbow-receiving sleeve come together.
US12023262B2
An orthopedic measurement system is disclosed to measure leg alignment. The measurement system includes a tri-axial gyroscope configured to measure movement of a leg. The gyroscope is coupled to a tibia of the leg. For example, the gyroscope can be placed in an insert or tibial prosthetic component that couples to the tibia. The gyroscope is used to measure alignment relative to the mechanical axis of the leg. The leg alignment measurement is performed by putting the leg through a first leg movement and a second leg movement. The gyroscope outputs angular velocities on the axes the sensor is rotated about. The gyroscope is coupled to a computer that calculates the alignment of the leg relative to the mechanical axis from the gyroscope measurement data.
US12023249B2
Devices and methods for providing localized pressure to a region of a patient's heart to improve heart functioning. The devices include a cardiac jacket made of a flexible biocompatible material and at least one inflatable bladder disposed on an interior surface of the jacket. Inflation of the bladder causes the bladder to expand to exert localized pressure against a region of the heart. In some cases, a phase-change material is filled into the bladder as a liquid and the material solidifies at body temperature. In some cases, a positioning tool is used prior to the implantation of the jacket in order to determine effective positions for the inflatable bladder(s) to be located on the heart to improve heart functioning.
US12023246B2
Delivery devices and device elements that provide steering capabilities and methods of steering such delivery devices during the delivery of a stented prosthesis to a target site. Various delivery devices include a shaft assembly having a plurality of lumens through which tension members that compressively retain the stented prosthesis to the shaft assembly are routed. By selectively tensioning one or more tension members, the shaft assembly can be pulled or steered in a desired direction. Various embodiments include one or more steering or stiffening rods that can reinforce the device or counteract any unintended bending or steering of the delivery device.
US12023241B2
An implantable prosthetic valve assembly, according to one embodiment, comprises a frame assembly including a plurality of struts and a prosthetic valve secured inside the frame assembly by sutures. At least one of the plurality of spaced struts contains at least one hole that passes from one side of the at least one strut to another side of the at least one strut and a recess disposed around the hole.
US12023221B2
An automated method for aligning 3D (three-dimensional) dental data includes extracting landmark points of a CT (computerized tomography) data, extracting landmark points of scan data of a digital impression model, determining an up vector representing a direction of a patient's eyes and nose and identifying left and right of the landmark points of the scan data, extracting a teeth portion of the scan data, searching a source point of the scan data on a spline curve of the CT data to generate a candidate target point group and determining the candidate target point group having a smallest error with the landmark points of the CT data as a final candidate.
US12023210B2
A method of identifying upon insertion into soft tissue a microelectrode of a set of three or more microelectrodes each comprising an electrically conductive body comprises providing the microelectrode with a unique metallic pattern of three or more sections separated from each other and disposed in an axial direction on the body and/or on one or more insulating layers on the body; inserting the microelectrode into the tissue simultaneously or consecutively with the other microelectrodes of the set; detecting the pattern by computer tomography (CT) or X-ray. Also disclosed are microelectrodes provided with unique patterns and sets of such microelectrodes and their use.
US12023208B2
The invention relates to a method for operating a visualization system in a surgical application, wherein at least one image representation of a region to be operated on and/or operated on is captured by means of a capturing device, wherein the at least one image representation is displayed on a main display device, wherein a pose of a visualization device that can be worn on the head relative to a display surface of the main display device is captured by means of a pose sensor system, and wherein at least one three-dimensional augmentation information item corresponding to the at least one image representation displayed is generated and/or provided and is displayed on a display device of the visualization device, wherein the augmentation information item is generated and/or provided in consideration of the captured pose in such a way that the at least one image representation displayed on the main display device is extended into a three-dimensional region by the at least one three-dimensional augmentation information item corresponding to said at least one image representation. Furthermore, the invention relates to a visualization system for a surgical application.
US12023206B2
A wearable foot controller for a surgical instrument may include a body configured to be worn on a foot and including a heel portion and a ball portion on an opposite end of the body from the heel portion, a heel pressure sensor, a ball pressure sensor, a heel movement sensor, a ball movement sensor, and a processor. The processor may be configured to detect activation of the heel pressure sensor and generate control data for the surgical instrument based upon the ball movement sensor when the heel pressure sensor is activated using the processor, and detect activation of the ball pressure sensor and generate control data for the surgical instrument based upon the heel movement sensor when the ball pressure sensor is activated using the processor. The processor may also be configured to communicate the control data from the processor to the surgical instrument via a communications link.
US12023203B2
A force limiting assembly for a surgical instrument that has a handle and a lever pivotally mounted to the handle at a pivot point for movement of an internal drive shaft. The lever is coupled to the drive shaft by a cantilever spring that is positioned within the lever. The free end of the cantilever is spaced apart from the pivot point of the lever and coupled to the drive shaft via stops positioned on the drive shaft on either side of the free end of the cantilever spring. As the lever is pivoting by a user, the forces move the drive shaft and bias the cantilever spring, thereby reducing and ultimately limiting the amount of force that a user may apply to the drive shaft via operation of the lever.
US12023195B2
A serrated stethoscope tube is disclosed herein. The serrated stethoscope tube includes a tubular body portion, the tubular body portion having an exterior surface and an interior surface, the interior surface being oppositely disposed relative to the exterior surface, and the interior surface of the tubular body portion having a plurality of channels formed therein for reducing sound wave refraction and/or reverberation.
US12023189B2
An apparatus for assessing a coronary vasculature and a corresponding method are provided which allow to globally assess a coronary artery disease directly from the contrast agent dynamics as derived from diagnostic images acquired using an invasive medical imaging modality by following the time course of the area occupied by the vessels in the diagnostic images.
US12023186B2
A radiography apparatus includes: an irradiator that emits radiation; a carriage portion on which the irradiator is mounted and which is capable of traveling; steering casters which are provided in the carriage portion and are connected to a steering and whose steering angle is given by an operation of the steering; free casters which are provided in the carriage portion and are not connected to the steering and whose steering angle is changed subordinately according to a direction of force applied to the carriage portion; and a switching mechanism that selectively switches between a first grounded state in which the free casters are separated from a floor and the steering casters are grounded to the floor and a second grounded state in which the free casters are grounded to the floor and the steering casters are separated from the floor.
US12023185B2
The present disclosure relates to a system for positioning a patient on a medical device. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a system for aligning a patient's head, spine, and shoulders for providing radiation treatment to a head and neck area of the patient.
US12023181B2
An assembly for forming a portable emergency or medical package has: a main body; and a plurality of modules with fasteners that enable the main body and the modules to be fastened together in different combinations, to form the package. A plurality of compartments for housing medical supplies, and a compartment for communication device, providing real time two-way communication between a user of the package and a communication appliance remote from the package are provided. The communication device is detachable from the remainder of the package.
US12023172B2
To provide a muscular relaxation monitoring device, a muscular relaxation monitoring method and a muscular relaxation monitoring program capable of accurately grasping a muscular relaxation state of a subject. An input/output unit obtains a first reaction, a second reaction, a third reaction and a fourth reaction which are the first to fourth stimulation reaction values of four consecutive stimulations of a muscle. A display unit displays a display screen. A control unit generates the display screen in which a display effect of the first reaction and the fourth reaction is different from a display effect of the second reaction and the third reaction.
US12023166B2
A wearable medical device for determining whether a patient is experiencing a cardiac event using electrocardiogram (ECG) templates includes a plurality of ECG electrodes and a medical device controller. The medical device controller includes a memory, a baseline generator, a cardiac event detector, and a mode selector. The baseline generator is configured to record a baseline ECG signal, generate one or more ECG templates, and store the one or more ECG templates in the memory. The cardiac event detector is configured to select an ECG template and compare a current ECG signal with the selected ECG template to determine whether the patient is experiencing a cardiac arrhythmia. The mode selector is configured to identify whether any ECG templates are stored in the memory, determine whether a new ECG template is needed, and, upon determining that a new ECG template is needed, enter a baselining mode by activating the baseline generator.
US12023165B2
Described here are systems and methods for generating cardiac vibrational energy spectral (“VIBES”) heat maps from physical vibration data and cardiac cycle timing data measured from a subject. Quick screening for heart valve, cardiovascular, and/or cardiothoracic abnormalities can be provided based on an analysis and/or classification of the generated VIBES heat maps.
US12023155B2
Embodiments of the invention provide compositions useful in analyte sensors as well as methods for making and using such compositions and sensors. In typical embodiments of the invention, the sensor is a glucose sensor comprising an analyte modulating membrane formed from a polymer composition having carbonate and aromatic isocyanate chains, a composition observed to provide such membranes with improved material properties such as enhanced thermal and hydrolytic stability.
US12023151B2
A method for providing notification regarding one or more analytes includes detecting an amount of each of the one or more analytes using a non-invasive sensor, determining a notification to present based on the amount of at least one of the one or more analytes and notification criteria using a processor, and sending an instruction directing presentation of the notification. The method can further include presenting the notification. The notification can include vibration, sound, or visible components such as light, text, or images. The notification criteria can include upper thresholds, lower thresholds, or the analyte being within or outside of bounded ranges. Systems performing the method can include the sensor and optionally one or more of a mobile device and a remote server, and the notification can be presented in a device including the sensor or a separate device such as the mobile device.
US12023144B2
Systems and methods are provided for identifying and locating a plurality of reflector markers implanted within a target tissue region within a patient's body. A probe is provided that is activated to transmit electromagnetic signals into the patient's body, receive reflected signals from the patient's body, and in synchronization with transmitting the electromagnetic signals, deliver light pulses into the patient's body. The markers reflector tags modulate reflected signals from the respective markers based on orthogonal code sequences opening and closing respective switches of the markers to modulate the reflective properties of the markers. The probe processes the return signals to separate the reflected signals based at least in part on the code sequences to identify and locate each of the plurality of reflector tags substantially simultaneously.
US12023133B2
Disclosed is a method of measuring a physiological parameter in a contactless manner. The method includes acquiring a plurality of image frames for a subject, acquiring a first color channel value, a second color channel value, and a third color channel value for at least one image frame included in the plurality of image frames. The method further includes calculating a first difference and a second difference on the basis of the first color channel value, the second color channel value, and the third color channel value for at least one image frame included in the plurality of image frames. The first difference represents a difference between the first color channel value and the second color channel value for the same image frame, and the second difference represents a difference between the first color channel value and the third color channel value for the same image frame.
US12023127B2
A method of administering insulin includes receiving subcutaneous information for a patient at a computing device and executing a subcutaneous outpatient program for determining recommended insulin dosages. The subcutaneous outpatient program includes obtaining glucose data of the patient, aggregating glucose measurements to determine a representative aggregate glucose measurement associated with at least one scheduled glucose time interval, and determining a next recommended insulin dosage for the patient based on the representative aggregate glucose measurement and the subcutaneous information. The method also includes transmitting the next recommended insulin dosage to administration device associated with the patient.
US12023117B2
For teleoperation of a surgical robotic system, the user command for the pose of the end effector is projected into a subspace reachable by the end effector. For example, a user command with six DOF is projected to a five DOF subspace. The six DOF user interface device may be used to more intuitively control, based on the projection, the end effector with the limited DOF relative to the user interface device.
US12023113B2
A system comprises a teleoperated manipulator, a manually operated instrument, and a position sensor coupled to the manually operated instrument. The position sensor is configured to generate pose information for the manually operated instrument. The system further comprises a controller configured to map a pose of the manipulator to a fixed world reference frame based on three-dimensional pose information for the manipulator known internally within the system. The controller is further configured to map a pose of the manually operated instrument to the fixed world reference frame based on the pose information for the manually operated instrument.
US12023112B2
A surgical robotic system includes an image capturing device, a surgical console, a multi-directional indicator, a surgical instrument, and a control tower. The image capturing device is configured to capture an image of a surgical site. The surgical console includes a display configured to display the image of the surgical site. The multi-directional indicator is overlaid over the image of the surgical site on the display. The user input device is operably coupled to the surgical console and configured to generate a user input. The surgical instrument is coupled to a surgical robotic arm. The control tower is configured to receive user input from the user input device and control at least one of the surgical robotic arm or the surgical instrument.
US12023110B2
A tracker, a surgical tracking system, and a method for operating the tracker are provided. The tracker comprises an interface configured to attach the tracker to a surgical object that is to be tracked. The tracker further comprises circuitry comprising a detector configured to detect electromagnetic radiation, wherein the circuitry is configured to generate a trigger signal upon detection of a change of intensity of electromagnetic radiation by the detector. The circuitry further comprises a plurality of emitters configured to emit electromagnetic radiation, wherein the circuitry is configured to control the plurality of emitters to emit electromagnetic radiation responsive to the trigger signal.
US12023106B2
A medical visualization apparatus includes two or more imaging devices, two or more robotic arms, multiple magnetic sensors coupled with the imaging devices, and a processor. The two or more imaging devices are configured to acquire images of an organ of a patient. The two or more robotic arms are configured to move the respective imaging devices. The multiple magnetic sensors are configured to output, in response to a magnetic field of a position tracking system, signals indicative of positions and viewing directions of the imaging devices. The processor is configured to estimate a position and a viewing direction of each of the imaging devices based on the signals, and, using the estimated positions and viewing directions, combine the images of the organ acquired by the imaging devices into a virtual reality (VR) image of the organ, and present the VR image to a user on a VR viewer.
US12023102B2
A pre-operative surgical planning system utilizes machine learning classification to provide candidate elements of a pre-operative surgical plan. The pre-operative surgical planning system may comprise a machine learning reconstruction engine that is trained with artificial computer models of physiologically compromised anatomical structures.
US12023098B2
The present invention provides a catheter for treating occlusions in body lumens. The catheter includes a catheter body that is fillable with fluid. An impactor is connected to the distal end of the catheter body and has a proximal end inside the catheter body and a distal end outside the catheter body. The catheter also includes a shock wave source configured to generate a shock wave, and a deflector coupled to the proximal end of the impactor in between the shock wave source and distal end of the catheter body. When the shock wave source generates a shock wave, the shock wave impinges on the deflector causing the deflector to advance in a forward direction in conjunction with the impactor such that the distal end of the impactor delivers a mechanical force to the occlusion to restore flow to the body lumen.
US12023096B2
A medical laser apparatus, including: an energy guide; a first energy source configured to generate energy for treating a target tissue through the energy guide; a second energy source configured to emit first and second aiming beams to a target tissue through the energy guide, the second aiming beam having at least one characteristic different from the first aiming beam; and a controller comprising hardware, the controller being configured to: receive a signal indicating an illumination mode from at least two illumination modes used by an endoscope to illuminate the target tissue; and control the second energy source to output the first or second aiming beam based on the indicated illumination mode.
US12023094B2
An electrosurgical instrument having a microwave ablation antenna dimensioned to be suitable for insertion into a pancreas via a surgical scoping device, to provide a rapid and accurate alternative to known RF ablation techniques. The electrosurgical instrument comprises: a proximal coaxial transmission line for conveying microwave electromagnetic (EM) energy; a distal radiating portion; and an intermediate impedance transformer arranged to match an impedance of the coaxial transmission line to an impedance of the distal radiating portion, wherein the distal radiating portion comprises a microwave antenna for emitting the microwave EM energy conveyed by the coaxial transmission line, wherein the distal radiating portion has a maximum outer diameter less than an outer diameter of the coaxial transmission line. With these features, the instrument is able to deliver microwave energy via a small diameter structure.
US12023089B2
A resectoscope for endoscopic surgery with a tubular shaft and a handle, the shaft comprising a longitudinally displaceable electrode instrument and, at its distal end, an electrically insulating insert, the electrode instrument having an elongated shaft section with one or two support arms and, in its distal end region, an electrode that can be acted upon by high-frequency current, characterized in that the insulating insert has one or more guide elements for holding a support arm, the support arm being longitudinally displaceable in the guide element.
US12023082B2
A hemostatic sealer includes a handle having a switch to activate a source of thermal energy and a thermal assembly coupled to the handle. The thermal assembly includes an electrically resistive material disposed on an electrically insulative substrate. The resistive material is coupled to the switch to receive the source of thermal energy.
US12023078B2
Systems and methods are described for treating distal radius fractures using a plating system. In an aspect, a distal radius plating system includes a volar plate body for interfacing with a volar side of a distal portion of a radius bone. The volar plate body has a volar head portion extending from the volar plate body and terminating at a distal edge, the volar head portion including a first set of apertures to receive fixation fasteners therethrough to fix to the radius bone. The distal radius plating system also includes a radial longitudinal portion extending from a radial edge of the volar plate body to interface with the radial styloid of the radius bone while the volar plate body is positioned on the volar side of the distal portion of the radius bone.
US12023073B2
One aspect of the disclosure relates to an aspect of the disclosure relates to an adjustable implant including: a housing; a first adjustable member at least partially positioned within the housing and moveable relative to the housing; and a first actuation assembly positioned within the first adjustable member and configured to move the first adjustable member relative to the housing.
US12023064B2
A compact multi-lumened hysteroscope, a single-use tissue resector, and a medical system employing the same for diagnosis and therapeutic treatment of uterine tissue, such as polyps and fibroids.
US12023057B2
A method is disclosed for removing a vascular occlusion, such as a clot, from a blood vessel. A tubular sheath is inserted into the vessel and a self-expanding Nitinol mesh filter is deployed from a distal end of the tubular sheath at a location proximal to a clot. An inner catheter is advanced through the tubular sheath and through the mesh filter for contacting the clot. An expandable agitation element is provided along a distal end portion of the inner catheter for cutting or chopping the clot, thereby facilitating removal of the clot and improving blood flow through the vessel. Resulting clot particles are captured by the mesh filter. Negative pressure may be applied along a proximal end portion of the sheath for aspirating remaining particles. Certain embodiments of the method are well-suited for treating deep vein thrombosis and do not require the use of thrombolytic drugs.
US12023054B2
A suction catheter for fragmenting and removing obstructive material and thrombus from the body or other body cavities that comprises a tube-like body with a proximal and distal end and a pressure lumen and discharge lumen formed in the catheter body. At the distal end of the catheter is a suction opening adjacent to the opening of the nozzle injector formation. At the proximal end of the catheter the lumens are connected to an inlet port and a discharge outlet. A hub structure is coupled to the proximal end of the catheter tubular body and includes a pressure lumen for connecting a fluid source to the pressure inlet. At the proximal end of the tubular catheter a discharge lumen is connected at the proximal hub to a discharge reservoir. The suction port at the distal end of the catheter may be formed into a separate lumen within the catheter body and may include a guidewire lumen.
US12023053B2
A fixation/reconstruction system for treating syndesmotic ankle fractures includes a screw guide assembly configured to align the cannulated screw for insertion into, and securing within, the patients bone; and, a tension band alignment assembly configured to insert at least one tension band through a transverse opening in the patient s leg, and to secure the tension band.
US12023048B2
A detachable vertical cutter for insertion into a cylinder or tube is formed as a single unitary structure. The single blade has a pair of tool attachment end portions and a cutting blade extending in a loop between the attachment ends. The cutting blade is inclined vertically relative to a longitudinal axis of a cylinder or tube into which the attachment ends can slide into. The cutting blade has a cutting edge, a portion of which when extended free of the cylinder or tube will extend a distance greater than the tube outside diameter. The cutting edge when pushed inwardly and pulled outwardly between adjacent vertebrae scrapes and cuts disc material. When retracted the cutting blade deflects into the cylinder or tube for insertion or extraction into or from the disc space.
US12023039B2
A bariatric clamp may include substrate members overmolded in polymer forming first and second elongated portions, a bight portion having a flexible hinge, a fastener portion, and an engagement portion for retaining the clamp in a closed position to partition the stomach. A method for installing may include creating an opening in a patient's abdominal cavity to access the stomach, removing tissue connected to the stomach adjacent areas the clamp is to be positioned, positioning the clamp in an open position wherein first ends of the first and second elongated portions are open relative to one another, inserting the clamp into the abdominal cavity in the open position and the first and second elongated portions of the clamp separately pass through the opening in the abdominal cavity, positioning the first and second elongated portions adjacent first and second sides of the stomach, and closing the clamp to partition the stomach.
US12023035B2
System and methods of delivering adhesive material are described for occluding target locations within a patient. The systems include a catheter configured to deliver adhesive to a target location and one or more of a light source to harden the adhesive, a retention structure to contain the adhesive prior to curing, a balloon to occupy a target location, and an open cell foam plug to occupy a target location.
US12023029B2
A flexible assembly for use within an articulated component of a motor driven surgical system is disclosed comprising a flexible shaft circuit strip comprising a plurality of wires, a knife bar comprising a first laminated plate disposed along a first side of the flexible shaft circuit strip and a second laminated plate disposed along a second side of the flexible shaft circuit strip, and a leaf spring disposed between the first side of the flexible shaft circuit strip and the first laminated plate. The knife bar is configured to reciprocate along a longitudinal axis of the flexible shaft circuit strip.
US12023024B2
A surgical instrument including an end effector that has a selectively reciprocatable implement movably supported therein. The implement is selectively advanceable in a distal direction upon application of a rotary actuation motion thereto and retractable in a proximal direction upon application of a rotary retraction motion thereto. An elongate shaft assembly is coupled to the end effector and is configured to transmit the rotary actuation motion and rotary retraction motion to the reciprocatable implement from a robotic system that is configured to generate the rotary actuation motion and said rotary retraction motion.
US12023022B2
The present disclosure provides a method for controlling a surgical instrument. The method includes connecting a power assembly to a control circuit, wherein the power assembly is configured to provide a source voltage, energizing, by the power assembly, a voltage boost convertor circuit configured to provide a set voltage greater than the source voltage, and energizing, by the voltage boost convertor, one or more voltage convertors configured to provide one or more operating voltages to one or more circuit components.
US12023018B2
An anchoring device including a finger-mountable work channel defining assembly defining a finger mounting axis and a work channel axis angled with respect to the finger mounting axis, the finger-mountable work channel defining assembly defining an aperture lying generally in an aperture plane angled with respect to the finger mounting axis and with respect to the work channel axis, an anchor insertion assembly arranged for limited axial displacement along the work channel axis with respect to the aperture so as to intersect the aperture plane and an anchor assembly including at least an anchoring portion and a flexible elongate portion attached thereto, the anchoring portion having a pre-anchoring operative orientation and an anchoring operative orientation.
US12023016B2
A retractor includes a first arm, a second arm, and a translating member. The first arm comprises a proximal portion configured to retain a first retractor member and a distal portion configured to rotate relative to the proximal portion about a first axis. The second arm is configured to retain a second retractor member, such that rotation of the distal portion about the first axis causes the first retractor member to pivot toward or away from the second retractor member when the first retractor member and the second retractor member are coupled to the first arm and the second arm, respectively. The translating member is coupled between the proximal portion and the distal portion, and is configured to receive a drive force that causes the translating member to bias the distal portion to pivot relative to the proximal portion about the first axis.
US12023013B2
A biopsy forceps device includes a control member; a yoke coupled to the member; jaws coupled to the yoke; and a capsule. In an open configuration, the jaws are separated to receive target tissue. In a closed configuration, cutting edges of the jaws are moved toward one another to cut tissue. The capsule slidably receives the yoke and a portion of the jaws. The jaws are constrained to the closed configuration when withdrawn proximally to a first position within the capsule. When the jaws are moved to a second position, portions of the jaws are freed from the constraint capsule and spread apart. When the yoke and the jaws are moved distally and the jaws move to the open configuration, a tissue contacting structure of the yoke extends distally to engage tissue between the jaws to anchor the engaged tissue again lateral movement as the jaws contact the tissue.
US12023008B2
An endoscope attachment is an endoscope attachment that is detachably attachable to a distal end portion part of an insertion portion of an endoscope, and includes a cylindrical member that covers a bonding portion that is arranged in a bending portion of the insertion portion and formed of adhesive, and a flow rate varying member that is disposed in the cylindrical member and varies a flow rate of a medicinal solution that enters from an outside of the cylindrical member to an inside of the cylindrical member.
US12023007B2
An endoscope apparatus includes: a light source device alternately emitting a first illumination light group including green light and a second illumination light group not including the green light; an image sensor including color filters of a plurality of colors; and a processing circuit. The processing circuit generates a display image on the basis of an image obtained with the first illumination light group and an image obtained with the second illumination light group. The first illumination light group further includes blue narrowband light together with the green light. The processing circuit generates a green channel image in the display image on the basis of a green image and a blue narrowband image.
US12023003B2
Various apparatuses to attach a first medical device to a second medical device are described that allow the physician to grasp only a single device while the other device remains securely attached to the one being grasped. The apparatuses, once they are attached to the first medical device, are designed to be easily and quickly attached and detached to a second medical device, normally only requiring the use of one hand. Furthermore, the apparatuses oftentimes include a base that can easily couple and decouple from the portion that is attached to the second medical device so that if the need arises to separately use the second medical device, it can be decoupled from the first medical device without completely removing the apparatus from the second medical device.
US12022999B2
A device for visualizing and providing suction for a surgical procedure in an ear may include a handle, a main shaft extending from the handle, an imaging sensor at a distal end of the main shaft, a light source at the distal end of the main shaft, and a suction shaft extending from the handle. The device may also include a spring coupled with the suction shaft and/or the handle, such that when the suction shaft is advanced in a distal direction and then released, the suction shaft retracts automatically. The suction shaft may have a distal curved portion, and the device may have a thumb depress portion that allows a user to spin the suction shaft to suction in different directions. Some embodiments may include a suction shaft with a sharp distal tip that is configured for placing an ear tube in the tympanic membrane.
US12022995B2
An endoscope includes a connector for connecting a movable body and a long member. The connector includes: an open-close member having a distal end portion and a proximal end portion which are opened or closed by swinging about a predetermined fulcrum, the proximal end portion having a holding portion which holds the long member when the proximal end portion is closed, the distal end portion having an engaging portion which projects outwardly in a radial direction of the distal end portion and is engageable with an inner side of the movable body; and a locking member which moves in a longitudinal direction outwardly in a radial direction of the open-close member, and locks the proximal end portion of the open-close member and the movable body with each other in a state where the long member is held.
US12022994B2
A laminate linkage with soft actuation includes a plurality of rigid plates joined at flexible joints; at least one balloon bonded to at least one of the rigid plates and configured to generate a displacement (extension, a change of yaw, and/or a change of pitch) of at least one of the rigid plates; and a fluid source in fluid communication with an interior volume of the balloon and configured to pump fluid into the balloon to generate the displacement of at least one of the rigid plates.
US12022993B2
An endoscope includes: a coil spring which is helically wound around an outer periphery of a treatment instrument channel disposed in an insertion section, the coil spring including a distal end which is fixed to the insertion section on a distal end portion side with respect to a bending portion; and a slide member disposed on a proximal end side of the coil spring, the slide member provided for applying an operation force for deforming the coil spring so as to increase a bending strength of at least a portion of the coil spring corresponding to the inside of the bending portion.
US12022992B2
An image signal processing device includes: a base component extractor that generates an original base component signal; a base component adjuster that generates a first base component signal by performing weighted average processing; a detail component extractor that generates a first detail component signal based on the first base component signal; a relative emphasizer that outputs a second base component signal and a second detail component signal by relatively emphasizing the first detail component signal to the first base component signal; a combiner that generates a combined image signal by combining the second base component signal and the second detail component signal; and a storage that stores control parameters regarding similarity between the image signal and the first base component signal. The base component adjuster generates the first base component signal by performing the weighted average processing by using a weight coefficient determined in accordance with selected control parameter.
US12022991B2
An endoscope processor or the like is provided which has a high ability to detect lesions. The endoscope processor includes an image acquisition unit that acquires a captured image taken by an endoscope, a first image processing unit that generates a first processed image based on the captured image acquired by the image acquisition unit, a second image processing unit that generates a second processed image based on the captured image, and an output unit that outputs an acquired disease status using a learning model, which outputs a disease status, when the first processed image generated by the first image processing unit and the second processed image generated by the second image processing unit are input.
US12022988B2
A beverage container washing system may be used for rapid washing and/or sanitizing of beverage containers, e.g., for use in a retail environment to wash and/or sanitize customer-provided beverage containers prior to filling the beverage containers with purchased beverages, among other applications. The beverage container washing system may include multiple concentric housing members supported on a base, and a slip ring configured to supply power to one or more ultraviolet lights of an ultraviolet sanitizing assembly and disposed on a rotatable one of the concentric housing members.
US12022981B2
The subject-matter of the invention is a mold intended for preparing food, in particular pastries, comprising—a holder comprising a receiving structure, enhancers and at least one through-opening having an edge;
at least one type A removable container intended to be inserted into the opening;
at least one type B removable container intended to be inserted into the opening;
the type A and type B removable containers having different geometries and cavities with different volumes.
US12022977B2
An air fryer having broiling and baking functions comprises a cooking cavity, located in the air fryer, a heat circulation fan and a heating device mounted in an upper part of the cooking cavity; a heating plate, provided at the bottom of the cooking cavity; and a frying basket assembly, provided in the cooking cavity, wherein the frying basket assembly comprises a frying basket body and a broiling board provided at the bottom of the frying basket body, and the broiling board is heated by the heating plate. Further disclosed is a frying basket structure for an air fryer, comprising a frying basket body, located in a cooking cavity inside the air fryer, wherein a hollowed-out opening is provided at bottom of the frying basket body; and a broiling board, detachably fixed at the bottom of the frying basket body and covering the hollowed-out opening.
US12022972B2
The present disclosure discloses a temperature measuring and overflow preventing probe for a potto solve the technical problem to facilitate a user to use pots. The temperature measuring and overflow preventing probe for a pot of the present disclosure is provided with a head part and a probe needle connected below the head part. The probe needle is a vertically downward cylindrical structure; the lower part of the probe needle is a temperature detecting part, and the upper part is an overflow detecting part; a cylindrical connection part is connected between the temperature detecting part and the overflow detecting part; the connection part fixedly connects the temperature detecting part to the overflow detecting part to form a whole; the temperature detecting part and the overflow detecting part use conductive materials; and the connection part uses an insulation material.
US12022969B1
A parcel delivery locker has a body portion formed by four panels that are joined to each other along hinge joints at their vertical edges. The hinges joints allow the body portion to be alternatively configured into a stack for shipping, or as a box for use in receiving and containing parcels. A lid is joined to the body portion during assembly and has an electronically controlled locking mechanism that can be wirelessly controlled to lock or unlock. A floor portion is coupled to the four panels as well.
US12022964B1
A cabinet to hold and display a plurality of food items is provided. The cabinet includes a plurality of shelves that each include holding volumes that are accessible via an open front of the cabinet. The cabinet establishes a separate and dedicated air curtain across the opening into each holding volume and the temperature of the air forming each holding volume is separately controlled. Each shelf includes a digital display that can be controlled to display various parameters of the contents of the specific shelves or other material.
US12022963B2
A gravity-feed dispenser for storage and dispensing of bulk material includes a compartment. A gate separates the compartment from a spout. The gate is operable to open and close to selectively permit bulk material to pass from the compartment into the spout. An actuator is movable relative to the spout and mechanically connected to the gate such that movement of the actuator operates the gate to reversibly open and close. Movement of the actuator concurrently reversibly positions the actuator to a dispensing position below a dispensing end of the spout, wherein dispensed bulk material passes through the spout and the actuator.
US12022959B2
In one or more embodiments, a dining chair is provided having a frame, a seat operably connected to the frame, a backrest operably connected to the frame, a reclining mechanism, and a counterbalance assembly positioned within the backrest, among other components. The backrest is configured to move between an upright position and a reclined position. In one or more arrangements, the counterbalance assembly is configured to provide a counterbalance force to move the backrest to the upright position in absence of an opposing force.
US12022957B2
A mattress is disclosed. The mattress includes a first layer, a second layer supported on the first layer and arranged abutting the first layer, and a third layer having a substantially arch shape. The third layer includes a first portion embedded inside the first layer and a second portion at least partially embedded inside the second layer.
US12022953B2
A prayer and meditation stand is provided that can include a base, a shelf, a prayer and meditation rail, a votive candle holder, votive candles, a kneeler, a kneeler with seat, a meditation platform, an accessory holder, one or more interchangeable icons, accessory shelf, an art/document/tablet holder, electronic communication devices, lighting, decorative panels, and other accoutrements. Combining some or all these elements, into one convenient assembly that is compact in size and can be used in a home environment as an attractive piece of furniture complete and functional in its intended use for prayer, worship, and meditation.
US12022951B2
A folding chair device of the present invention includes a seat support assembly, a backrest assembly, a leg rest assembly, a backrest driving device, a connecting rod assembly and a leg rest driving device. A bottom of the backrest assembly is pivotally connected with the seat support assembly, the backrest driving device is pivotally connected with the backrest assembly; the leg rest assembly is pivotally connected with the seat support assembly, the leg rest driving device is mounted on the seat support assembly, and the connecting rod assembly is connected with a driving end of the leg rest driving device and pivotally connected with the leg rest assembly. The inclination angle of multiple assemblies of the device can be adjusted, and the device has a simple structure and low production cost, which is suitable for popularization in industry and daily life.
US12022945B2
A convertible table is disclosed. The convertible table may comprise a tabletop, a plurality of supporting legs, a plurality of leg mounting tracks, and a table converting mechanism.
US12022942B2
An adjustable reading stand includes a base including two bottom plates foldable relative to each other, a resisting edge located on one side of the bottom plates and opposite limit grooves formed on the bottom plates, an butting member set on the bottom plates and providing an accommodating space near the resisting edge, and a positioning member having one side thereof set at the side of the accommodating space far from the resisting edge and an opposite side thereof provided with a retaining side that slides along the surface of the two bottom plates and embedded in any two opposite limit grooves. Thus, the inclination angle of the abutting member on the base can be adjusted, and the two bottom plates, the abutting member and the positioning member can be folded, so as to reduce the volume of the adjustable reading stand for convenient carrying.
US12022939B2
The present disclosure discloses a table panel, which comprises a table panel comprises a support panel and a metal frame. A periphery of the support panel is disposed with a downward folding edge, and the metal frame is disposed on a bottom of the support panel and is disposed along the periphery of the support panel. An outer side surface of the metal frame abuts an inner side surface of the downward folding edge. A lower end of the outer side surface of the metal frame is disposed with a connecting piece extending downward, and a bottom of the connecting piece is outwardly folded from a bottom of the downward folding edge to define a pressing edge configured to be buckled to an outer side of the bottom of the downward folding edge. The pressing edge is secured to the downward folding edge by riveting.
US12022938B2
A make-up brush system includes a mandrel having a first end and a second end. The first end includes a gripping surface for engagement with a hand of a make-up artist and the second end being shaped and dimensioned for selective engagement with a plurality of make-up brushes. A plurality of make-up brushes is provided. Each of the plurality of make-up brushes includes a first end and a second end, the first end including a functional component of the make-up brush and the second end including a coupling member shaped and dimensioned for selective engagement with the second end of the mandrel. The system also includes a case both supporting and sanitizing the various components of the present invention. The case includes a tray supporting the plurality of make-up brushes in accessible positions within the case.
US12022937B2
The present disclosure provides a new design for a toothbrush having a detachable bristle head portion that interlocks with a bristle frame mounting portion to form a watertight seal. The detachable bristle head has a novel bristle formation, with the bristle holes being formed into parallel horizontal lines, and the bristles taking on a rounded shape. The toothbrush is further provided with a novel calendar reminder mechanism in the form of a rotatable cap coupled to the distal end of the brush handle, allowing a user to set a month reminder for the next time the detachable bristle head should be replaced.
US12022936B2
A method includes determining a position of a skincare device with respect to a body part of a user via one or more sensors on the skincare device, the skincare device configured to apply a treatment to the user's body part; obtaining a location of a target area on the body part having a condition for application of the treatment; adjusting a parameter of the skincare device according to the location of the target area and based on the condition.
US12022928B2
The present application discloses a device including a first triangular panel, a second triangular panel, a first side panel coupling the first triangular panel and the second triangular panel at a first common side of the first triangular panel and the second triangular panel, a second side panel coupling the first triangular panel and the second triangular panel at a second common side of the first triangular panel and the second triangular panel, a bottom panel coupling the first triangular panel, the second triangular panel, the first side panel, and the second side panel, and at least one shelf coupled in an interior of the first triangular panel, the second triangular panel, the first side panel, and the second side panel.
US12022920B2
An element member includes a fixing member and a plurality of fastener elements attached to the fixing member, characterized in that the fastener element includes an element fixing portion fixed to the fixing member, a coupling portion extending from the element fixing portion in a width direction, and a fin portion extending from the element fixing portion to a side opposite to the coupling portion. The fastener element is fixed to the fixing member only at the element fixing portion. As a result, in a slide fastener-attached product manufactured by using the element member, the orientation of the fastener element is prevented from being tilted with respect to a fastener attached member and smooth sliding operation of a slider can be ensured.
US12022915B2
A footwear assembly can comprise, an upper, a lace cable, a plurality of lace guides and a tensioner. The tensioner can comprise a tensioning member secured to a side of the upper proximate a toe box and the lace cable, and a floating overlay attached to a side of the upper proximate a toe box and the lace cable. The tensioning members can comprise an elastic member. The tensioning members can be configured to provide a stiff lockout zone and an elastic stretch zone.
US12022901B2
Disclosed is a silicone dipped glove, comprising a glove core and a dipping layer. The dipping layer is a silicone mixed compound layer, and the silicone mixed compound layer is composed of the following components at the following proportions by weight: 70-90% of silicone, 5-20% of a curing agent, 5-20% of a diluent, and 0-10% of a color paste. The silicone mixed compound layer of the present invention is composed of silicone, a curing agent and a diluent.
US12022885B2
An atomizer control circuit and an electronic cigarette are disclosed. The atomizer control circuit includes a first atomization module, a second atomization module, a detection module, a main control module, and a touch module. The first atomization module is configured to control a first atomizer. The second atomization module is configured to control a second atomizer. The detection module is configured to turn on the first atomizer or the second atomizer according to an operation action of a user and output a turn-on signal. The main control module is configured to output a detection signal according to the turn-on signal. The detection module is further configured to detect the first atomizer or the second atomizer according to the detection signal. The touch module is configured to generate a trigger signal.
US12022881B2
In order to detect the occurrence of malfunctions in a sensor, a power supply unit is provided with a suction action sensor which detects an aerosol generation request, and a control portion which, on the basis of an output value from the sensor which has detected an aerosol generation request, detects whether the sensor is in a normal state or an abnormal state. In one case, a control unit of the device may determine that the sensor is an abnormal state when the number of aerosol generation requests within a predetermined time period is greater than a predetermined threshold.
US12022880B2
Provided is an aerosol generating system including an aerosol generating article and an aerosol generating device configured to receive and heat the aerosol generating article. The aerosol generating article includes a wrapper that is heated to be discolored, and the aerosol generating device includes a sensor that is configured to detect a discoloration of the wrapper.
US12022868B2
A cartridge includes a main body with a liquid storage chamber therein, a bottom cover mounted at the open end of the main body, and a rotating liquid injection cover mounted to the bottom cover. The bottom cover is provided with a liquid injection opening and a pressure relief opening both of which are in communication with the liquid storage chamber. The rotating liquid injection cover is provided with a first communication opening and a second communication opening. The rotating liquid injection cover rotates about an axis relative to the bottom cover. The rotating liquid injection cover can be rotated to a position in which the first communication opening is staggered from the liquid injection opening, and a position in which the first communication opening is in communication with the liquid injection opening and the second communication opening is in communication with the pressure relief opening.
US12022857B2
A device for burning smoking material and inhaling the resulting smoke is disclosed. The device can include an truncated conical member formed from a material having an internal elongated cavity extending from an open end to a closed end. The elongated cavity can be configured to receive a smoking material. The smoking accessory can include a filter disposed within the truncated conical member and defining the closed end. The filter can have a recess formed in a surface of the body along a curved face extending from the first end to the second end, the recess extending radially into the body. The smoking accessory can include a capsule containing a flavoring agent disposed within the recess.
US12022856B2
The invention provides a slow-release fragrance and an application thereof in a tobacco product with Chinese-style flavor. The slow-release fragrance of the invention includes the following constituents in percentage by mass: 5% to 50% of a tobacco extract and 50% to 95% of a tangerine peel extract.
US12022853B2
A method of preparing personalized supplement packages for a subject involves identifying one or a plurality of suboptimal wellness categories in the subject, rank ordering ingredients in terms of their utility score to the suboptimal conditions, and filling a total package amount with target doses of ingredients added in rank order until the total package amount is filled.
US12022850B2
A method for preparing shiitake mushrooms with an increased vitamin D2 content includes: (1) a first step of pre-aging shiitake mushrooms at room temperature or less; (2) a second step of aging the pre-aged shiitake mushrooms at room temperature; (3) a third step of chopping the aged shiitake mushrooms; (4) a fourth step of irradiating the chopped shiitake mushrooms with UV-B; (5) a fifth step of thermally treating the shiitake mushroom pieces irradiated with UV-B; and (6) a sixth step of crushing the thermally treated shiitake mushroom pieces.
US12022849B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for selectively removing naturally-occurring sugars in beverages in an effective, affordable and scalable manner.
US12022829B2
The objective of the present invention is to provide a material to inhibit and/or remove a formation of a biofilm which material can be dispersed in water, of which effect can be sustained even in an environment such as water section, and which is highly safe and environmentally friendly. [Solution] The present invention relates to a fine particle comprising a complex consisting of a polycarboxylic acid derivative and a drug, wherein the fine particle is water-dispersible.
US12022828B2
A wearable disinfecting device includes a skin-protective glove and a disinfecting material. The disinfecting material is attached to the external surface on the palm side of the skin-protective glove. The disinfecting material includes an absorbent material that is at least partially saturated with a disinfecting liquid. The skin-protective glove is chemically resistant to the disinfecting liquid. A protective film that covers the disinfecting material can be releasably attached to the external surface of the skin-protective glove.
US12022827B2
Compositions and methods to reduce herbicide volatility and provide plant essential nutrients are provided. The composition comprises an effective amount of acidic herbicide, such as dicamba, and an effective amount of borate, where the effective amount of the borate reduces the volatility of the acidic herbicide and wherein the pH of the composition is greater than 5.
US12022822B2
A medical product including an antibacterial hard material coating, which is applied to a main body and which includes biocide. The hard material coating includes at least one inner layer and one outer layer, wherein the biocide concentration in the outer layer is substantially constant and greater than the biocide concentration in the inner layer and the biocide concentration in the inner layer is greater than or equal to 0.2 at %.
US12022818B2
The present invention relates to a bracelet for the diffusion of volatile substances, comprising a strap (1) and a refill (2) impregnated with volatile substances, and is characterized in that the refill (2) comprises an outer surface (21) provided with at least one rib (3), defining at least one evaporation chamber (4).
The present invention provides a bracelet for the diffusion of volatile substances having a higher volatile substance evaporation rate, with the refill having a size that is suitable for use in a bracelet and being firmly secured on the strap, even in bracelets for children.
US12022817B1
A trap for flying insects includes a housing having a plurality of housing apertures and a tank located interior of the housing. The tank has an insect killing agent within an interior of the tank and a plurality of tank apertures adjacent an upper portion of the tank in communication with the interior of the tank for access of flying insects into the interior of the tank. The tank apertures are located proximate the housing apertures to provide a path for flying insects to travel from locations exterior of the housing to the tank apertures and into the tank. The trap also includes an insect attractive illumination located proximate the tank apertures.
US12022815B1
An improved crab trap having a selectable counting device that actuates floatable transmitters that indicate when a certain number of crabs have entered the trap. The transmitters are connected to receivers that can determine which traps have crabs allowing the fisherman to improve and optimize the counting of crabs and pulling of crab pots.
US12022807B2
A pole system if provided for supporting birding accessories, such as bird feeders, perches or bird houses. The pole system includes a hollow outer tube and an elongated post extending therethrough. The post has an auger at one end and an opposite end configured to engage a tool for rotating the post. A disk is attached to a bottom end of the outer tube to engage the ground when the pole system is installed. A plurality of stakes are removably engaged to the disk to project radially outward from the outer tube. The stakes include a downturned end for driving into the ground after the auger has been threaded into the ground.
US12022781B1
A method includes receiving, by a wireless component of a wireless valve switch system via a wireless network, wireless instructions and causing, by the wireless component based on the wireless instructions, actuation of a sprinkler valve.
US12022779B2
A method of automatically managing a center pivot irrigation machine comprising steps of: (a) providing at least one center pivot irrigation machine and positioning said center pivot irrigation machine such that said center pivot irrigation machine is movable within an irrigated plot around a center thereof; (b) providing a ground penetration radar; (c) mounting said ground penetration radar on said center pivot irrigation machine; (d) moving said center pivot irrigation machine about said center of said irrigated plot; (e) scanning said irrigated by said ground penetration radar at frequencies ranging between 200-1200 MHz; (f) calculating a distribution of soil moisture over a depth from a soil surface; and (g) creating an irrigation plan according to said distribution.
US12022754B2
A system for re-calibrating a machine includes an arm having a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The arm is configured to be coupled to a frame of the machine and to move within a range of motion during an active state of the machine. The system includes a target element on the first end of the arm, the target element including an outer surface and a projection extending away from the outer surface. A portion of the outer surface defines an eccentric surface along the target element. The system includes a magnetic field sensor coupled to the frame and configured such that the sensor is operable to detect the projection 1) in response to the arm being positioned outside of the range of motion and concurrently 2) when the machine is not in the active state.
US12022753B2
An attachment device, in particular a milling machine and/or a mulcher, for use with a carrier vehicle, includes one or more functional units which supplies energy by way of the carrier vehicle, in order to achieve rapid and/or simple initial start-up. The attachment device has one or more control units which, in at least one operating state, automatically controls and/or regulates one or more limit values of an operating parameter of the functional unit.
US12029142B2
A method of producing a quantum conveyor includes: forming a pair of screening gate electrodes in or on a semiconductor substrate and that extend between a first stationary quantum dot and a second stationary quantum dot, the pair of screening gate electrodes configured to delimit a channel of moveable quantum dots between the first stationary quantum dot and the second stationary quantum dot; forming, via a lithography process, a plurality of first planar transfer electrodes above the semiconductor substrate and that extend transverse to the channel of moveable quantum dots; and forming, via a self-aligned damascene process, a plurality of second planar transfer electrodes laterally interleaved with the first planar transfer electrodes, wherein the first planar transfer electrodes and the second planar transfer electrodes are configured to transfer quantum information between the first stationary quantum dot and the second stationary quantum dot through the channel of moveable quantum dots.
US12029137B2
A magnetoresistive device comprises a fixed magnetic region positioned on or over a first electrically conductive region, an intermediate layer positioned on or over the fixed magnetic region, a free magnetic region positioned on or over the intermediate layer, and a metal insertion substance positioned in contact with the free magnetic region, wherein the metal insertion substance includes one or more transition metal elements.
US12029135B2
The present disclosure provides a magnetic random-access memory cell, a memory and a device. The magnetic random-access memory cell comprises: a spin-orbit coupling layer and a first magnetic tunnel junction and a second magnetic tunnel junction disposed on the spin-orbit coupling layer, the first magnetic tunnel junction and the second magnetic tunnel junction having at least two symmetrical axes with different lengths; an angle between an easy magnetization symmetrical axis direction of a free layer of the first magnetic tunnel junction and a length direction of the spin-orbit coupling layer is a preset first angle, and an angle between an easy magnetization symmetrical axis direction of a free layer of the second magnetic tunnel junction and the length direction of the spin-orbit coupling layer is a preset second angle; neither of the first angle and the second angle is zero degree, 90 degrees or 180 degrees.
US12029132B2
A contact sensor for the repeatable detection of small, high frequency mechanical vibrations in external systems is presented herein. The sensor includes a metal housing with an attachment device at one end and an output at the other end. Inside the metal housing is a core assembly that includes a piezo transducer assembly suspended or isolated between an actuator and a biasing device. The actuator may be in the form of a ceramic sphere that sits at least partially within a recess on the inside of the housing and is in physical contact with the piezo transducer assembly. The biasing device may be in the form of a spring that causes the piezo transducer assembly to be pressed against the actuator at a contestant and known amount of tension.
US12029124B2
A thermoelectric conversion module is formed by arranging, on one surface, a plurality of thermoelectric conversion element pairs in which an n-type thermoelectric conversion element and a p-type thermoelectric conversion element are connected by interposing an electrode plate, and connecting the plurality of the thermoelectric conversion element pairs in series; and the thermoelectric conversion module has a first output terminal provided on one thermoelectric conversion element pair arranged at one end side of the plurality of the thermoelectric conversion element pairs connected in series, a second output terminal provided on the other thermoelectric conversion element pair arranged at the other end side of the plurality of the thermoelectric conversion element pairs connected in series, and an intermediate output terminal provided at any position between the thermoelectric conversion element pair arranged at the one end side and the thermoelectric conversion element pair arranged at the other end side.
US12029115B2
Provided is an organic light emitting device including a first electrode; a second electrode opposite to the first electrode; and a first organic material layer and a second organic material layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the first organic material layer includes a compound of Chemical Formula 1:
wherein:
at least one of Xa to Xc is N, and the rest are CR; and
Ar2 to Ar4 are each independently a substituted or unsubstituted aryl or heterocyclic group, and
the second organic material layer includes a compound of
wherein:
HAr is a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group including at least one or more Ns;
L1 and L2 are each independently a direct bond or a substituted or unsubstituted arylene or divalent heterocyclic group; and
Ar1 is a direct bond, —O—, or a substituted or unsubstituted arylene or divalent heterocyclic group.
US12029102B2
Embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide systems and methods of depositing a film on a selective area of a substrate. A first jet of a first material may be ejected from a first nozzle assembly of a jet head having a plurality of nozzle assemblies to form a first portion of a film deposition on the substrate. A second jet of a second material may be ejected from a second nozzle assembly of the plurality of nozzle assemblies, the second nozzle assembly being aligned with the first nozzle assembly parallel to a direction of motion between the plurality of nozzle assemblies and the substrate, and the second material being different than the first material. The second material may react with the first portion of the film deposition to form a composite film deposition on the substrate when using reactive gas precursors.
US12029095B2
Disclosed is a display device with integrated touch screen, which prevents external light from being reflected by touch electrodes without a polarizer. The display device includes an organic light emitting device layer disposed on a substrate, a plurality of color filters disposed on the organic light emitting device layer, a plurality of first touch electrodes and a plurality of second touch electrodes disposed on the plurality of color filters to overlap a boundary portion between the plurality of color filters, and a black matrix disposed on the plurality of first touch electrodes and the plurality of second touch electrodes to overlap the plurality of first touch electrodes and the plurality of second touch electrodes.
US12029094B2
Provided is a display device. The display device includes a substrate, a light emitting diode that is disposed on the substrate, and includes a pixel electrode, a common electrode, and an emission layer disposed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode; an encapsulation layer that is disposed on the light emitting diode, a touch electrode that is disposed on the encapsulation layer, a light blocking portion that is disposed on the touch electrode, a color filter layer that overlaps the emission layer, and a planarization layer that is disposed on the light blocking portion and the color filter layer, wherein the color filter layer is disposed on the encapsulation layer and the light blocking portion, and an edge portion of the color filter layer overlaps the light blocking portion.
US12029090B2
A display panel includes a substrate; multiple first electrode signal lines formed on the substrate; and multiple isolation columns located on a side of the multiple first electrode signal lines facing away from the substrate. The display panel includes multiple pixel regions and multiple partition regions, each of the multiple pixel regions is internally provided with a respective one of the multiple isolation columns, each of the multiple isolation columns is internally provided with multiple pixel openings, and each of the multiple pixel openings is internally provided with a first electrode and a light-emitting function layer located on a side of the first electrode facing away from the substrate, the first electrode is electrically connected to a corresponding one of the multiple first electrode signal lines, and the multiple partition regions are used for partitioning a second electrode between two adjacent pixel regions.
US12029088B2
A display substrate includes a base substrate including a display area and a peripheral area located at least on a first side of the display area. A plurality of pixel units are arranged in the display area. A first power trace is located in the peripheral area. A scan driving circuit is located in the peripheral area. The scan driving circuit includes a first scan driving circuit and a second scan driving circuit. A layer where the first power trace is located is located on a side of a layer where the scan driving circuit is located away from the base substrate. An orthographic projection of the first power trace on the base substrate at least partially overlaps an orthographic projection of the first scan driving circuit on the base substrate, and at least partially overlaps an orthographic projection of the second scan driving circuit on the base substrate.
US12029083B2
A first metal layer that is formed by a first metal film is provided in an island shape along a pair of third wiring lines that is adjacent to each other. The first metal layer overlaps a region that is surrounded by a pair of first wiring lines, among several first wiring lines extending parallel to each other and formed by a first metal film, that is adjacent to each other, and the pair of third wiring lines, among several third wiring lines extending parallel to each other and in a direction intersecting each of the several first wiring lines.
US12029077B2
Embodiments described herein generally relate to sub-pixel circuits that may be utilized in a display such as an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display. The device includes substrate, pixel-defining layer (PDL) structures disposed over the section of the substrate, inorganic or metal overhang structures disposed on an upper surface of the PDL structures, and a plurality of sub-pixels. The PDL structures include a trench disposed in the top surface of the PDL structure. Each sub-pixel includes an anode, an OLED material disposed over and in contact with the anode, and a cathode disposed over the OLED material. The inorganic or metal overhang structures have an overhang extension that extends laterally over the trench. An encapsulation layer is disposed over the cathode and extends under at least a portion of the inorganic or metal overhang structures and along a top surface of the PDL structures.
US12029072B2
An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display panel is provided, including an array layer. The array layer includes a first source electrode and a second source electrode that are disposed in contact with each other, and a first drain electrode and a second drain electrode that are disposed in contact with each other. The first source electrode and the first drain electrode are in contact with an active layer through via holes. The first source/drain electrode and the second source/drain electrode are disposed in contact with each other, thereby reducing a probability of abnormal via holes in a source/drain region and facilitating wiring in the source/drain region.
US12029067B2
A display substrate and a display device are provided. The display substrate includes: a base substrate; and a light-emitting element arranged on the base substrate, and including a first electrode, an organic functional layer and a second electrode arranged sequentially in that order in a direction away from the base substrate. The light-emitting element includes a first surface proximate to the base substrate, a second surface distal to the base substrate, and a side surface arranged between the first surface and the second surface. The display substrate further includes a reflection layer covering at least a part of the side surface and configured to reflect light from the organic functional layer.
US12029059B2
A light-emitting element which uses a plurality of kinds of light-emitting dopants emitting light in a balanced manner and has high emission efficiency is provided. Further, a light-emitting device, a display device, an electronic device, and a lighting device each having reduced power consumption by using the above light-emitting element are provided. A light-emitting element which includes a plurality of light-emitting layers including different phosphorescent materials is provided. In the light-emitting element, the light-emitting layer which includes a light-emitting material emitting light with a long wavelength includes two kinds of carrier-transport compounds having properties of transporting carriers with different polarities. Further, in the light-emitting element, the triplet excitation energy of a host material included in the light-emitting layer emitting light with a short wavelength is higher than the triplet excitation energy of at least one of the carrier-transport compounds.
US12029052B2
A solar cell module includes a first substrate and a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements disposed on the first substrate. Each of the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements includes a first electrode, an electron transport layer, a perovskite layer, a hole transport layer, and a second electrode. In at least two of the photoelectric conversion elements adjacent to each other, the hole transport layers are extended continuous layers; and the first electrodes, the electron transport layers, and the perovskite layers in the at least two of the photoelectric conversion elements adjacent to each other are separated by the hole transport layer. The hole transport layer includes, as hole transport material, a polymer having a weight average molecular weight of 2,000 or more or a compound having a molecular weight of 2,000 or more.
US12029046B2
Some embodiments relate to a method for manufacturing a memory device. The method includes forming a bottom electrode layer over a substrate. A first etch process is performed, thereby defining one or more holes in the bottom electrode layer and defining a bottom electrode. A pair of insulators are formed within the one or more holes such that the insulators are disposed on opposing sides of the bottom electrode. A buffer layer, a seed layer, a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) stack, and a top electrode are formed over the bottom electrode. A second etch process is performed to remove a portion of the buffer layer, the seed layer, the MTJ stack, and the top electrode, thereby defining a memory cell.
US12029043B1
A device includes, in a first region, a first conductive interconnect, an electrode structure on the first conductive interconnect, where the electrode structure includes a first conductive hydrogen barrier layer and a first conductive fill material. A trench capacitor including a ferroelectric material or a paraelectric material is on the electrode structure. A second dielectric includes an amorphous, greater than 90% film density hydrogen barrier material laterally surrounds the memory device. A via electrode including a second conductive hydrogen barrier material is on at least a portion of the memory device. A second region includes a conductive interconnect structure embedded within a less than 90% film density dielectric material.
US12029037B2
A three-dimensional memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers, and memory stack structures extending through the alternating stack. Each of the memory stack structures includes a vertical semiconductor channel, a tunneling dielectric layer, a vertical stack of discrete silicon nitride memory elements located at levels of the electrically conductive layers, and a vertical stack of discrete silicon oxide blocking dielectric structures laterally surrounding the vertical stack of discrete silicon nitride memory elements. Each of the silicon oxide blocking dielectric structures includes a silicon oxynitride surface region, and an atomic concentration of nitrogen atoms within the silicon oxynitride surface region decreases with a lateral distance from an interface between the silicon oxynitride surface region and a respective one of the silicon nitride memory elements.
US12029036B2
Two types of support pillar structures are formed in a staircase region of an alternating stack of insulating layers and sacrificial material layers. First-type support pillar structures are formed in areas distal from backside trenches to be subsequently formed, and second-type support pillar structures may be formed in areas proximal to the backside trenches. The second-type support pillar structures may be formed as dielectric support pillar structures, or may be formed with at least one additional dielectric spacer.
US12029032B2
Some embodiments include an integrated assembly with a semiconductor channel material having a boundary region where a more-heavily-doped region interfaces with a less-heavily-doped region. The more-heavily-doped region and the less-heavily-doped region have the same majority carriers. The integrated assembly includes a gating structure adjacent the semiconductor channel material and having a gating region and an interconnecting region of a common and continuous material. The gating region has a length extending along a segment of the more-heavily-doped region, a segment of the less-heavily-doped region, and the boundary region. The interconnecting region extends laterally outward from the gating region on a side opposite the semiconductor channel region, and is narrower than the length of the gating region. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated assemblies.
US12029021B2
Embodiments disclosed herein include transistor devices with depopulated channels. In an embodiment, the transistor device comprises a source region, a drain region, and a vertical stack of semiconductor channels between the source region and the drain region. In an embodiment, the vertical stack of semiconductor channels comprises first semiconductor channels, and a second semiconductor channel over the first semiconductor channels. In an embodiment, first concentrations of a dopant in the first semiconductor channels are less than a second concentration of the dopant in the second semiconductor channel.
US12029019B2
An electromagnetic wave transmissive cover is configured to be employed in a vehicle to which a sensor device is attached. The electromagnetic wave transmissive cover includes a cover body that is attached to the vehicle and covers the sensor device from a front side in an emission direction of the electromagnetic waves, and a seal member that provides a seal between the sensor device and the cover body. The seal member includes an attachment base portion that is attached to the cover body while surrounding the electromagnetic wave transmissive portion, and an annular hollow seal portion that is coupled to the attachment base portion and is in contact with the sensor device while surrounding the electromagnetic wave transmissive portion.
US12029015B2
Techniques for controlling cooling of electronic components in computing facilities are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting a pressure drop of a coolant flowing across multiple servers in an enclosure between the inlet and outlet manifolds and a supply temperature of the coolant at the inlet manifold. The method further includes automatically adjust operations of the pump to maintain the calculated pressure drop at or near a pressure-drop setpoint while automatically adjusting operations of the air mover to maintain the supply temperature at or near a temperature setpoint.
US12029008B2
A liquid-cooled heat sink has three parts: the water block, the X-clamp, and a copper plate. The water block has an inlet connected to a resin shell. Inside the shell, a fractal inlet manifold divides the inlet coolant flow into several sub streams that eventually exit in the form of uniformly distributed liquid jets through small nozzles/microjets at the bottom of the shell. The union between the shell and the copper plate forms a flood chamber, where the jets impinge on the copper plate, dissipating the heat supplied to the copper plate in contact with the heat source. The warm liquid is removed from the flood chamber through an outlet manifold embedded with the resin shell.
US12029007B2
A cooling system and a cooling device are provided. The cooling device includes a container, a heat dissipation module, and a cooling module. The cooling module includes a cover plate and a heat dissipation fin assembly. The cover plate covers an opening of the container. The cover plate includes a cooling channel. The cooling channel is arranged in the cover plate and includes an inlet and an outlet. The inlet and the outlet are respectively located at two sides of the cover plate. One side of the heat dissipation fin assembly is in contact with a surface of the cover plate, and an other side of the heat dissipation fin assembly is located in the container. Through the above structure, a usage amount of heat transfer fluid injected into the container of the cooling device is lower than that of a conventional immersion cooling device.
US12029006B2
Methods and systems for thermally managing data processing systems are disclosed. Data processing systems may provide computer implemented services to users thereof and/or other devices. The data processing systems may include various hardware components that perform computations used to provide the computer implemented services and may generate heat as a byproduct. To dissipate the heat generated by the hardware components, airflows proximate to the hardware components may be used to extract the heat. Once extracted, the heated airflows may be exhausted from the data processing systems. To facilitate use of the exhausted airflows, the airflows may be selectively directed in accordance with user preferences.
US12029004B2
A system includes a housing and a first circuit board positioned inside the housing. The housing has a top panel, a bottom panel, a left side panel, a right side panel, a front panel, and a rear panel. The front panel is at an angle relative to the bottom panel in which the angle is in a range from 30 to 150°. The first circuit board has a length, a width, and a thickness, in which the length is at least twice the thickness, the width is at least twice the 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 at a first angle relative to the bottom panel in which the first angle is in a range from 30 to 150°. 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.
US12029002B2
An electronic device, including: a device body, provided with a first accommodating space, a second accommodating space, and a first opening; a functional module; and an ejection mechanism, including a connecting rod, a slider, and a driving part. A guide rail is disposed on the slider, and the guide rail includes a first limiting section, an extending section, a second limiting section, and a retracting section which are connected in sequence. In a case that the slider is located at a second position, at least a portion of the functional module is located outside the first accommodating space, and a second end of the connecting rod is matched with the first limiting section. In a case that the slider is located at a first position, the functional module is located inside the first accommodating space, and the second end of the connecting rod is matched with the second limiting section.
US12029000B2
A waterproof connecting structure includes a first housing, a second housing employs a waterproof adhesive layer between the two. The first housing includes a first mounting member with a first groove, the first groove includes a first recessed area. The second housing includes a second recessed area and a protrusion of a certain shape. The second recessed area surrounds an edge of the second housing, the protrusion is disposed close to the second recessed area, and penetrates into the first recessed area. The waterproof adhesive layer is disposed between the first housing and the second housing, and is accommodated in the first groove and the second recessed area. An electronic device including the waterproof connecting structure is also provided.
US12028995B2
A hinge structure and a foldable display device are provided. The hinge structure includes a rotating shaft, a driving assembly and a connecting assembly. The driving assembly is connected to the connecting assembly and the rotating shaft, respectively, and is configured to drive the connecting assembly to move relatively to the rotating shaft in at least one of a hydraulic manner or a pneumatic manner under the drive of the rotating shaft when the rotating shaft rotates.
US12028993B2
Provided is an electronic device capable of enhancing salt damage resistance. An electronic device includes a circuit board 3 on which an electronic component 2 is mounted, a housing 4 that houses the circuit board 3, a connector 5 that is mounted on the circuit board 3 and is exposed to an outside of the housing via a first opening portion 4a of the housing 4, a cover member 6 that constitutes a part of a case 131 of an external device 103 to hold the housing 4, and has a second opening portion 66a to which the connector 5 is fitted, and a seal member 8 that is interposed between the connector 5 and the cover member 6, and liquid-tightly seals the case 131 of the external device 103. The housing 4 has a first wall portion 18 extending toward the cover member 6 so as to cover a part of the connector 5 at a distance, and the cover member 6 has a second barrier portion 68 extending toward the housing 4 so as to cover a part of the connector 5 at a distance.
US12028983B2
The invention relates to a support pin (10) for supporting a substrate (80) in a placement area of a placement machine (100) and a placement machine (100) with at least one placement head (101), a magazine (104) with a plurality of such support pins (10) and a placement board (103).
US12028980B2
A switched capacitor converter package includes a semiconductor package on a first side of an electrical routing apparatus, a first capacitor and a second capacitor on a second side of the electrical routing apparatus, wherein the first capacitor and the second capacitor are adjacent to each other and connected in parallel, and a third capacitor and a fourth capacitor connected on the second side of the electrical routing apparatus, wherein the third capacitor and the fourth capacitor are adjacent to each other and connected in parallel.
US12028978B2
An elongate, three dimensional, conductive, micro lattice truss structure has parallel layers of resilient strands so that the truss structure maintains structural integrity during end-to-end compression which shortens its uncompressed length. The resiliency of the micro lattice truss structure enables the truss structure to return to substantially its uncompressed length when the compression is removed. The truss structure is adapted to provide a resilient electrical connection between two opposing conductive areas on parallel spaced-apart printed circuit boards when the distal ends of the truss structure engage and are compressed between the two areas.
US12028963B2
Printed circuit board module (30) having a printed circuit board (50) and a heatsink (40), and, provided between the printed circuit board (50) and the heatsink (40), a two-dimensional heat-conducting element (10) comprising a ceramic carrier (12) coated with a phase change material (14, 16). In the printed circuit board (50) or the heatsink (40), a through-bore (59) may be provided to accommodate a screw (80) and one end of the screw (86) may mesh into a receiving hole (49) which preferably has a mating thread and is formed in the heatsink (40) or the printed circuit board (50), wherein a screw head (84) of the screw (80) especially has a sprung washer element (90) beneath it.
US12028959B2
A metal reuse system for an extreme ultra violet (EUV) radiation source apparatus includes a first metal collector for collecting metal from vanes of the EUV radiation source apparatus, a first metal storage coupled to the first metal collector via a first conduit, a metal droplet generator coupled to the first metal storage via a second conduit, and a first metal filtration device disposed on either one of the first conduit and the second conduit.
US12028952B2
The invention provides a lighting system (1000) comprising (i) a plurality of light sources (10) configured to generate light source light (11), and (ii) optics (20) configured downstream of the light sources (10), wherein the lighting system (1000) further comprises a 2D array (110) of at least part of the total number of light sources (10), wherein nearest neighboring light sources (10) in the 2D array (110) have an average first shortest distance (dd1), wherein the lighting system (1000) is further configured to generate in an operation mode lighting system light (1001) comprising light source light (11) of a subset of the total number of light sources (10) wherein nearest neighboring light sources (10) configured to generate the light source light (11) for the lighting system light (1001) in the operation mode have an average second shortest distance (dd2), wherein the average second shortest distance (dd2) is larger than average first shortest distance (dd1).
US12028948B2
A lighting apparatus includes a wireless circuit board, a driver circuit board, a light source plate, a metal cover and a metal housing. The wireless circuit board is mounted with a wireless circuit. The wireless circuit has a first reference ground terminal. The driver circuit board is mounted with a driver circuit. The driver circuit has a second reference ground terminal. The light source plate is mounted with a LED module. The light source plate is placed on a top side of the metal cover. The first reference ground terminal and the second reference ground terminal are connected to the metal cover as a reference ground. The metal housing and a bottom side of the metal cover forms a container space for holding the driver circuit board and a first portion of the wireless circuit board.
US12028946B2
A LED driving arrangement has a main converter stage and a power commutation stage in parallel with an LED unit. An energy divert mode of operation is used during which a set current is provided to the LED unit, and the main converter stage is used to deliver a current larger than the set current. The power commutation stage is used to divert energy from the LED unit and return the diverted energy to an input to the main converter. The remaining set current is delivered to the LED unit. This enables deeper dimming than the dimming level applied to the main converter stage, but without requiring an additional switch mode power converter.
US12028930B2
The current disclosure relates to a system and method for optimizing network access for a roaming device. In particular, the method includes receiving a request for network access from a client device. The method then determines if the device is roaming. If the device is roaming, the method then includes selecting one or more gateways for the roaming device and transmitting the selected gateways to the roaming device. Such gateways may be selected based upon device location within the roaming network to reduce latency or improve other performance metrics.
US12028928B2
A semantic sensing system includes a processor, a memory, a plurality of wireless communication enabled devices and at least one sensing element, the memory storing a plurality of mapped endpoints wherein the processor is configured to apply semantic drift or entropy to determine affirmative and non-affirmative circumstances based on inputs from the at least one sensing element to cause the system to perform semantic augmentation towards a first endpoint supervisor in relation with the affirmative and non-affirmative determinations.
US12028923B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for signaling between an access point (AP) multi-link device (MLD) and a non-AP MLD that support multi-link communication in a wireless local area network (WLAN). In some implementations, a multi-link association may include a first link (referred to as an anchor link) and one or more other links (referred to as auxiliary links). The signaling may include control information to activate or deactivate auxiliary links dynamically based on communication load, throughput requirements, or quality of service (QoS). The signaling also may include requests, acknowledgments, or negotiation regarding multi-link connections. Furthermore, signaling and timing information may be used to coordinate when auxiliary links are used for communication or when to promote an auxiliary link to an anchor link.
US12028922B2
A method and apparatus for performing beam failure recovery in a wireless communication system are disclosed. A method for performing beam failure recovery by a user equipment according to embodiment of the present disclosure may include transmitting, to a base station, capability information including a maximum number of BFD-RSs per a BFD-RS set supported by the UE and receiving, from the base station, configuration information including information related to at least one BFD-RS set, and each of the at least one BFD-RS set may include the maximum number of BFD-RSs or less.
US12028911B2
A communication method for exposing a user plane event includes allowing an NF entity to subscribe to the user plane event by sending a request to a UPF entity through an SMF entity. The SMF entity forwards requests and responses sent between the NF entity and the UPF entity. Because the SMF entity transparently transmits requests and response messages between the NF entity and the UPF entity, the impact on the performance of the SMF entity is minimized.
US12028907B2
In accordance with some example embodiments, an apparatus may comprise at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to transmit at least one parameter configuration of a random access channel procedure to a user equipment; receive at least one physical uplink shared channel part of a first random access channel message using at least one transmitter beam configuration; upon detection of at least one preamble part of the first random access channel message, decode the physical uplink shared channel part of the first random access channel message and perform at least one channel quality measurement on at least one demodulation reference signal sequence transmitted on a number of selected transmitter beam configurations.
US12028900B2
A wireless communication system includes a receiving apparatus and a transmitting apparatus. The transmitting apparatus includes a transmitting processing unit, configured to determine a wireless transmission channel on a first frequency band when in a first mode; a transmitting antenna unit, configured to transmit information of the wireless transmission channel and a channel state information of the wireless transmission channel on a second frequency band when in the first mode of the transmitting apparatus; and a wireless sensing unit, configured to perform a wireless sensing on the wireless transmission channel when in a second mode of the transmitting apparatus.
US12028897B2
A user equipment of a wireless communication system is disclosed. The user equipment includes a communication module, and a processor. The processor is configured to perform a first type channel access, which is a channel access based on a random backoff, for an autonomous uplink (AUL) transmission when a predetermined condition is not satisfied, perform a second type channel access, in which channel sensing for a predetermined single time interval without backoff, for the AUL transmission when the predetermined condition is satisfied, and perform the AUL transmission based on a result of the first type channel access or a result of the second type channel access. The AUL transmission is performed by the user equipment without an uplink (UL) grant received from a base station.
US12028886B2
Disclosed herein is a method and a network for managing resources in a network. The method comprises determining a predefined number of repetitions of data packets for receiving the data packets from a user equipment (UE) associated with a network node. Further, a minimum number of repetitions, out of the predefined number of repetitions, required for successfully decoding the data packets received from the UE is estimated based on one or more network status parameters. Thereafter, the data packets are decoded within the minimum number of repetitions and one or more resources allocated for remaining number of repetitions are released, thereby optimally managing the resource utilization in the network.
US12028883B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive, a signal indicating a configuration for the UE to report channel state information (CSI) associated with a first set of reference signals. In some examples, the UE may receive a set of reference signals less than the first set and evaluate one or more rules for generating a CSI report based on receiving the set of reference signals. In some examples, the UE may refrain from generating the CSI report if none of the reference signals from the first set are received. In some examples, the UE may refrain from generating the CSI report of at least one reference signal is missing from the first set. In some examples, the UE may refrain from generating the CSI report if a threshold number of reference signals are missing from the first set.
US12028878B2
A method, performed by a network entity, of executing a software package in a wireless communication system, is provided. The method includes identifying package information of each of a plurality of software packages and graphics processing unit (GPU) state information used by the plurality of software packages with respect to a plurality of user equipments (UEs) connected to the network entity, when a workload of at least one of the plurality of packages is changed, determining to change a GPU usage profile, based on the package information and the GPU state information, determining the number of packages to process the workload, identifications (IDs) of GPUs to be allocated to the packages, and usage locations of the GPUs, based on the package information and the GPU state information, updating the GPU usage profile, according to the determined IDs of the GPUs and the determined usage locations of the GPUs, and allocating the GPUs to the plurality of software packages, based on the updated GPU usage profile.
US12028877B2
Various aspects relate to acquisition of system information (SI). In some examples, a UE uses a guard timer to control how long the UE attempts to acquire a particular type of SI. In some examples, a UE that has entered a cell may determine whether there are any remaining paging occasions (e.g., that may indicate an SI update) during a period of time. If there is an insufficient number of paging occasions remaining (e.g., zero or one), the UE may monitor for broadcast SI. In some examples, after sending a request for SI to a base station, a UE may also periodically monitor for SI broadcast by the base station (e.g., to avoid potential delays in obtaining the SI). In some examples, if a UE does not acquire SI, the UE may use default SIB information (e.g., that expedites reselection to another cell).
US12028870B2
An example method for wireless communication includes: transmitting by a base station, to a user device in a reduced power state, resource information for receiving a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) and tracking reference signal (TRS); transmitting the CSI-RS and TRS based on the transmitted resource information to the user device, wherein the user device has exited the reduced power state; determining whether there is paging information to transmit in a first physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission for the user device; transmitting a downlink control information message, wherein the downlink control information message is based on the determination that there is paging information for the user device, and wherein the user device has synchronized with the base station; and transmitting the first PDSCH transmission, based on the determination that there is paging information for the user device.
US12028868B2
A user equipment (UE), a base station, and a method for receiving physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs). The UE includes a receiver and a processor and is configured to receive a configuration for one or more search space sets (SSS) for reception of PDCCHs. The UE is configured to determine a PDCCH reception occasion according to the configuration of the one or more search space sets. The PDCCH reception occasion is prior to an ON duration of a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle after a second DRX cycle. The UE is also configured to determine an indication to either receive the PDCCHs when the PDCCH reception occasion does not overlap with an extended Active Time of the second DRX cycle or to suspend reception of the PDCCHs when the PDCCH reception occasion overlaps with the extended Active Time of the second DRX cycle.
US12028865B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for autonomous uplink confirmation triggering. One method includes receiving an autonomous uplink command from a network unit. The method includes triggering an autonomous uplink confirmation in response to receiving the autonomous uplink command. The method includes transmitting the autonomous uplink confirmation to the network unit in response to triggering the autonomous uplink confirmation to indicate reception of the autonomous uplink command.
US12028864B2
Disclosed in the present disclosure are a data transmission method, a device, a system and a storage medium, belonging to the technical field of wireless communication. The method includes: determining, after receiving an uplink grant sent by a base station, a target level of quality of service, wherein the target level of quality of service is a level of quality of service of data scheduled by the uplink grant; acquiring target uplink data from uplink data to be sent, a level of quality of service of the target uplink data being consistent with the target level of quality of service; and sending the target uplink data through an uplink resource indicated by the uplink grant. The data transmission method provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure can ensure the efficiency of uplink data transmission.
US12028860B2
The present disclosure provides a method in a terminal device. The method includes: receiving from a network device a resource configuration for at least one Scheduling Request, SR, channel; and transmitting an SR to the network device in one of the at least one SR channel, for requesting for an uplink grant and for use by the network device for uplink channel measurement.
US12028856B2
In some embodiments, a wireless device receives a plurality of downlink control information (DCIs) via a plurality of resource block (RB) sets of a bandwidth part of a cell. The plurality of DCIs indicate downlink radio resources. The wireless device receives a transport block via the downlink radio resources. Based on RB set indexes of the plurality of RB sets, the wireless device determines a DCI from the plurality of DCIs. Then, the wireless device transmits feedback information, for the transport block, via an uplink control channel resource determined based on the DCI.
US12028855B2
According to an embodiment of the present the UE can be scheduled to simultaneously receive one or more PDSCHs and one or more UE-group common PDSCHs at a same slot. When the simultaneously reception exceeds the UE's simultaneous reception capability, the UE may prioritizes a PDSCH for random access procedure over remaining PDSCHs, determine priorities of the remaining PDSCHs based on priority information in each DCI, and receive ‘M’ PDSCHs including the PDSCH for random access and ‘M−1’ PDSCHs selected from the remaining PDSCHs, where ‘M’ related to the UE's simultaneous reception capability.
US12028852B2
A data transmission method and related apparatuses are provided. The method includes the following. A terminal device transmits first uplink data on a first configured grant (CG) resource, where the first uplink data contains first information, and the first information is used for identity authentication of the terminal device. After a first duration elapsed, the terminal device transmits second uplink data on a second CG resource.
US12028844B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for coordinating transmission and reception of data according to multiple communication standards over a frequency band. In particular, one or more base stations/mobile electronic devices may determine a first data size of first data to be sent conforming to a first communication standard and a second data size of second data conforming to a second communication standard. A first time period may then be determined for which to send the first data based on the first data size, and a second time period may be determined for which to send the second data based on the second data size. In response to determining that the frequency channel is clear of other transmissions, the first data may be sent according to the first standard in the first time period, and the second data may be sent according to the second standard in the second time period.
US12028840B2
Embodiments of the present application provide a control channel transmission method and apparatus, and a storage medium. A network device determines a first search space set within a COT of a fixed frame period, transmits a first PDCCH in the first search space when it is determined that a resource in the COT is available, and does not transmit a downlink channel or a downlink signal in the COT when it is determined that a resource in the COT is unavailable, where the first PDCCH is used to transmit slot structure indication information, and the slot structure indication information is used to determine a slot structure of the COT. Correspondingly, a terminal device, after determining a first search space set within a COT of a fixed frame period, monitors a first PDCCH according to the first search space set.
US12028833B2
A communications method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: receiving first configuration information, where the first configuration information is used to configure a first bandwidth part (BWP); and sending sidelink data on a resource included in a first transmission resource pool, where a frequency range of the first transmission resource pool is included in a frequency range of the first BWP and a frequency range of a second BWP, and the second BWP is an activated uplink BWP. The communications method and apparatus in this application can implement terminal device communication on the first BWP and the second BWP, and reduce a time of switching between the first BWP and the second BWP, thereby improving efficiency of the communication on the first BWP and the second BWP.
US12028830B2
[Object] To provide a wireless communication device which enables paging to be effectively performed with respect to a terminal device that is a target of paging in a system in which another terminal device acts like a cell.
[Solution] Provided is a terminal device including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a paging message from a base station; and a control unit configured to execute paging with respect to one or more other terminal devices that perform wireless communication with the base station via the terminal device on the basis of the paging message acquired by the acquisition unit.
US12028824B2
Provided herein are methods and apparatus for a self-synchronizing software defined radio apparatus wherein the method includes instructing, by a leader module of an RF clock module of the software defined radio apparatus and via a controller module comprising a central coordinator operative to provide a data bridge, a radio frequency (RF) transceiver to transmit a two-tone frequency signal at f1 and f2 over air, separated by a desired input clock frequency, the RF transceiver operative to receive and transmit RF signals, receiving, at a follower module, a transmitted signal, extracting, by the follower module, an envelope of the received signal, and passing the received signal through a filter to obtain a reference clock without modifying existing physical/link layer protocols.
US12028822B2
Embodiments of an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node, a User Equipment (UE), and methods of communication are generally described herein. An IAB node may operate as a relay between an IAB donor and a UE. The IAB node may receive, from the IAB donor, first signaling that indicates a first timing advance (TA) offset between the IAB donor and the IAB node. The IAB node may determine a second TA offset between the IAB node and the UE. The second TA offset may be based on a timing difference between a transmission time of a downlink frame transmitted to the UE and a reception time of an uplink frame from the UE. The IAB node may transmit, to the UE, second signaling that indicates the first TA offset and the second TA offset.
US12028816B2
A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE) includes: operating in a Dual SIM Dual Standby (DSDS) mode in which a first subscriber identity module (SIM) is designated as a default data subscription (DDS); transmitting a sounding reference signal (SRS) from a communication port of the UE, wherein the SRS has a timing offset assigned by a network associated with the first SIM; receiving paging messages from a network associated with a second SIM; determining an offset adjustment to avoid a collision between the SRS and the paging messages; sending a request to the network associated with the first SIM to adjust the timing offset according to the offset adjustment; and receiving an offset change configuration from the network associated with the first SIM.
US12028806B2
The present invention introduces a beam-based UE mobility state estimate for power saving purposes, based on monitoring the distinct beam(s) (302) detected by the UE. In other words, the number N of distinct serving beams changed by the UE within a time window T is monitored (302) against the configured threshold values. If N is below a first threshold value “Thr1”, a low/stationary mobility state is determined (303) and the UE applies a first measurement configuration (305) associated with the low/stationary mobility state. If N is between first and second threshold values “Thr1” and “Thr2”, a medium mobility state is determined (304) and the UE applies a second measurement configuration (306) associated with the medium mobility state. If N is above the second threshold value “Thr2”, a high mobility state is determined and the UE applies a third measurement configuration associated with the high mobility state.
US12028805B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit a wake up signal (WUS) to a base station in a WUS occasion that is configured for the WUS. The UE may transmit a communication to the base station after transmitting the WUS. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12028804B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. An access device in a network of access devices may determine that a wireless device is in a coverage area of one of the access devices based on a coverage pattern of the access devices and a sensor coupled with the access device. The access device may estimate a trajectory of the wireless device based on information obtained by the sensor. After estimating the trajectory of the wireless device, the access device may transmit an indication to one or more of the other access devices to enter (or remain in) an active state based on the trajectory of the wireless device and the coverage pattern. The indication may also include a set of beams for the other access device to activate.
US12028800B2
One method for determining time related parameter values for a communications network occurs at network function (NF) repository function (NRF) including at least one processor. The method includes receiving, from a first NF, a service request message. The method further includes determining, using network information and/or NF information, a time related parameter value associated with the service request message. The method further includes generating and sending, to the first NF, a service response message indicating the time related parameter value.
US12028798B2
Disclosed is a method performed by a wireless communication device for communicating with a wireless communication network, the network having network slices available for providing wireless access to the device, the network slices having mutually different network capabilities in terms of e.g. latency, bandwidth and reliability. The method comprises receiving, from the network, information on the network capabilities of the network slices, and obtaining a request from an application program of the device for communication resources. The method further comprises obtaining information on network capability preferences of the application program, and selecting one of the network slices for the application program based on the information on capabilities of the network slices and on the information on capability preferences of the application program. The method further comprises sending a request to the network for communication resources to use for communication over the selected network slice, and receiving, from the network, information on the communication resources to use for communication over the selected network slice.
US12028793B2
Systems/Methods are disclosed of establishing a capability at a smartphone to be able to conduct a financial transaction and then using the established capability in performing the financial transaction by paying for a product. According to some embodiments, said establishing is performed responsive to sensing a physiological parameter and determining that the physiological parameter sensed satisfies a criterion. Then, an authorization to establish said capability is requested and, responsive to receiving the authorization, the capability to be able to conduct the financial transaction is established at the smartphone. The capability that has been established may then be used in performing the financial transaction responsive to the smartphone sensing proximity to an access point maintained by a vendor and responsive to the physiological parameter being sensed and satisfying the criterion.
US12028790B1
An image capture device may capture media items (e.g., images, videos, sound clips). An identifier of a mobile device of a user transmitted to the image capture device when the mobile device is in proximity of the image capture device may be used to identify media items that may include and/or be of interest to the user of the mobile device. An identifier and time of the image capture device transmitted to a mobile device of a user when the image capture device is in proximity of the mobile device may be used to identify media items that may include and/or be of interest to the user of the mobile device.
US12028787B2
A sensor platform includes a programmable microcontroller to execute programming associated with one or more sensors in order to receive data from the one or more sensors and generate reports based on the data, and to enter a power-down mode in the absence of the data. The sensor platform also includes first and second transceivers. The first transceiver is configured to establish wireless connectivity with user devices using a first wireless protocol and to receive the programming from one or more of the user devices using the first wireless protocol. The second transceiver is configured to transmit the reports to a gateway using a second wireless protocol that is lower power, longer range, and/or lower fidelity than the first wireless protocol.
US12028786B2
A system provides ultra-wideband (UWB) positioning. The system exchanges ranging signals at a first rate between a UWB beacon and a UWB tag. The system then determines movement or location information of the UWB tag; and select, based on the movement or location information, a second rate for exchanging subsequent ranging signals between the UWB beacon and the UWB tag. The system then exchanges the subsequent ranging signals at the second rate between the UWB beacon and the UWB tag.
US12028779B2
Various embodiments of the present technology generally relate to data delivery. More specifically, some embodiments of the present technology relate to systems and methods for using spatial and temporal analysis to associate data sources with mobile devices. The delivery of data to support a wide variety of services for and about mobile devices that are based on data stored in corporate, commercial, and government databases which is not currently linked to individual mobile devices. Some embodiments allow advertisers to better target their ads to relevant target audiences with greater accuracy.
US12028778B2
A computer-implemented method, a computer system and a computer program product refine service inquiries through an understanding of user context. The method includes receiving a service inquiry from a user on a computing device. The method also includes capturing movement data within a user environment. The movement data is selected from a group consisting of audio data, video data and telemetry data extracted from a second device in the user environment. The method further includes determining a user context by correlating motion and position of the user with respect to the user environment. In addition, the method includes generating a set of predicted modifications to the service inquiry based on the user context. Lastly, the method includes displaying the set of predicted modifications to the service inquiry on the computing device.
US12028776B2
In an example, the present technique includes a method for capturing information from a spatial region to monitor human activities and create a spatial map of the spatial region. In an example, the technique allows a user of a cell phone to move from one location to another location and be tracked using rf backscattering, and each location being identified by the user by communicating a label via a cell phone or other mobile device.
US12028775B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first user equipment (UE) may determine its position by receiving locations from one or more other UEs capable of network-based positioning. For example, a second UE may determine its location using network-based positioning and may transmit its location information to the first UE. The first UE may determine its location based on the received location information (e.g., by calculating a weighted average of different locations, by setting its location to be the same as the received location). In some cases, the first UE may receive location information from other UEs during or after a discovery process with other UEs. In some other cases, the first UE may receive messages (e.g., periodic safety messages) from the other UEs, and the messages may each include location information of the respective other UEs.
US12028771B2
Embodiments of the present application provide a wireless communication method, a terminal device and a network device. The network device configures resources located on a plurality of target cells on a preset path, so that the terminal device can realize, based on the resources on the plurality of target cells, seamless handover among the plurality of target cells on the preset path. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, first information, the first information including resource allocations on a plurality of target cells, and the plurality of target cells being located on a first path to be passed through by the terminal device.
US12028768B2
Systems and methods are provided for cell prioritization. Methods involve monitoring resource usage on a first cell and comparing the monitored resource usage on the first cell to a predetermined threshold. The method additionally includes receiving a connection request from a hybrid wireless device capable of communicating using the first RAT and the second RAT and assigning the hybrid wireless device to the second cell when the monitored resource usage on the first cell meets the predetermined threshold.
US12028758B2
The present disclosure provides a method and device in a node used for wireless communications. A node receives a first information block, receives a first PDCCH, the first PDCCH belongs to a first search space set; transmits W bit sets, the first information block is used to determine the W bit sets; the first search space set is associated with a first control resource set, the first control resource set belongs to a first control resource pool; the first control resource pool is used to determine a first bit set out of the W bit sets, the first bit set comprises X bit subsets; the X bit subsets are respectively for X cell groups, and the first PDCCH is used for a first serving cell; the first PDCCH is used to determine a first identifier. The present disclosure guarantees the successful transmission of HARQ.
US12028724B2
A method for configuring a network parameter includes: transmitting, by a terminal device, a configuration change request to a base station through a first physical layer resource, the first physical layer resource being a physical layer resource corresponding to a first network configuration parameter, and the first network configuration parameter being a target network configuration parameter requested by the terminal device; receiving a configuration change response from the base station, the configuration change response for indicating whether to employ the first network configuration parameter to adjust network parameter configuration; and determining whether to adjust the network parameter configuration based on the configuration change response.
US12028723B2
A method for frequency measurement and related apparatuses are provided. The method includes the following. M first frequencies are measured on condition that a user equipment has a power-saving requirement. Electricity consumed by measuring the M first frequencies is less than that consumed by measuring N first frequencies. The N first frequencies are measured on condition that the user equipment has no power-saving requirement. N is a positive integer and larger than or equals M. A first priority of the first frequency is higher than a second priority of a second frequency, where a current serving cell which the UE is camped on is on the second frequency.
US12028722B2
An operating method of a server operating a digital twin built into a virtual space for a plurality of base stations and a plurality of mobile devices may be provided.
The operating method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include: invoking a digital twin-based beamforming management service; obtaining location information about a target mobile device from among the plurality of mobile devices and a target base station corresponding to the target mobile device; searching for a plurality of paths capable of forming a beam from the target base station to the target mobile device based on the location information and spatial information of the digital twin; performing a first communication performance simulation for the plurality of paths; determining a final beamforming parameter based on a result of the first communication performance simulation; and transmitting beamforming information including the final beamforming parameter to the target base station.
US12028712B2
A computer server receives sensor data via a cellular wireless network from each of a plurality of automobiles in a geographical area. In each automobile of the plurality of automobiles the sensor data is received from sensors located in the respective automobile. The sensor data of the respective automobile may include a time stamp of the sensor data and at least one parameter of an external environment of the respective automobile. The computer server may further determine an external environmental parameter of the geographical area based on the sensor data received from the plurality of automobiles in the geographical area via the cellular wireless network. The external environmental parameter relates to the external environment of the plurality of automobiles in the geographical area. The computer server may transmit the external environmental parameter to multiple automobiles of the plurality of automobiles.
US12028705B2
A data system for managing the settings for configuring a hearing aid includes a hearing aid (10, 11) and a remote server (25). The hearing aid (10, 11) has a processor (121). a first memory segment (110-112) for storing said configuration settings, a transceiver (122) adapted for establishing a wireless connection to an Internet enabled personal communication device (13), and a second memory segment (114) for storing at least one security element. The remote server (25) is adapted to set up a secure session with said hearing aid via said personal communication device (13) acting as a gateway. The processor (121) allows said remote server (25) to edit said settings for configuring the hearing aid (10, 11) stored said first memory segment (110-112) during a secure session set up under control of said at least one security element stored in the second. memory segment (114).
US12028692B2
A loudspeaker arrangement comprises a mid-range loudspeaker arranged in a dashboard of a vehicle, a first tweeter arranged adjacent to the mid-range loudspeaker in the dashboard of the vehicle, and a second tweeter arranged adjacent to the mid-range loudspeaker in the dashboard of the vehicle. The mid-range loudspeaker is arranged between the first tweeter and the second tweeter. The mid-range loudspeaker is a non-directional loudspeaker that radiates sound towards a driver's seat and towards a passenger seat in equal parts. The first tweeter is a directional loudspeaker that radiates sound primarily towards the passenger seat, and the second tweeter is a directional loudspeaker that radiates sound primarily towards the driver's seat.
US12028683B2
The present application relates to the field of signal processing, and in particular, to a hearing aid method and apparatus for noise reduction. A hearing aid method for noise reduction, comprising: identifying a scenario where a user is located; and if detection data contains sample data in a sample database corresponding to the scenario, entering a hearing aid mode, and in the hearing aid mode, playing back all or part of external sounds, the external sounds being acquired by a reference microphone; the sample database is a sample sound library, and the sample data is a sample sound; different scenarios correspond to different sample sound libraries; wherein the sample sounds in respective sample sound libraries are configured with priorities; and the sample sounds in the sample sound libraries corresponding to different scenarios have different priorities.
US12028681B2
A method performed by an electronic controller includes determining a charge level of a power supply configured to provide power to a medical device, and estimating, based on the charge level of the power supply, a first power supply life for operating the medical device according to a first mode. Further, the method includes estimating, based on the charge level of the power supply, a second power supply life for operating the medical device according to a second mode. As recited, operating the medical device according to the first mode has a different power use or consumption characteristic from operating the medical device according to the second mode. The method also includes generating a notification indicative of the first power supply life and the second power supply life.
US12028677B2
A sound output device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a speaker configured to generate sound; a guide tube formed in a shape of a hollow tube, the guide tube configured to receive the sound generated from the speaker, through an end of the guide tube, and output the received sound; and a waveguide disposed between the speaker and the guide tube. The waveguide includes: a throat tube configured to connect the speaker and the guide tube to each other, and formed in a shape of a hollow tube, and at least one path change structure configured to adjust a predetermined frequency band of the sound in a process of transmitting the sound generated from the speaker to the guide tube.
US12028676B2
A display apparatus includes: a display module including a display panel configured to display an image, a vibration plate on a rear surface of the display module, a connection member between the rear surface of the display module and the vibration plate, at least one vibration module on the vibration plate, and an enclosure between the display module and the vibration plate, the enclosure being spaced apart from the vibration module, the enclosure surrounding the vibration module.
US12028665B2
A terminal device includes: a housing, where the housing is provided with an interface accommodation hole, a sound guide hole, and a sound guide channel, and the sound guide hole is located in a hole wall of the interface accommodation hole; an interface, where the interface is disposed in the housing, and at least a part of the interface is located in the interface accommodation hole; and an acoustic device, where the acoustic device is disposed in the housing, and the sound guide hole is communicated to the acoustic device through the sound guide channel.
US12028663B2
Comprises aggregating data received by a first number of server ports of an edge switch. The server ports operate at a first data speed. The aggregated data is distributed into a plurality of virtual lanes with each virtual lane carrying a portion of the aggregated data at a second data speed less than the first data speed.
US12028650B2
Techniques for disabling a sensor are described. In an example, the techniques include receiving input data indicating a request to disable a sensor of the device. Based on the input data, the sensor is disabled by at least decoupling the sensor from a power source and decoupling the sensor from an input terminal of a processor of the device. The techniques also include sending, to a plurality of clients that are implemented on the device and that are configured to receive sensor data generated by the sensor, notification data indicating that the sensor is disabled. Further, the techniques include outputting, by a user interface of the device, an indication that the sensor is disabled.
US12028647B2
An electro-optical device includes an element substrate provided with a plurality of pixel electrodes, a counter substrate provided with a common electrode, a liquid crystal sandwiched between the plurality of pixel electrodes and the common electrode, and a dust-proof glass bonded to at least one substrate of the element substrate or the counter substrate and having a heater disposed along an outer side of a display region in plan view.
US12028642B2
A target tracking system includes an observation module, a dynamic tracking module, a control module and an aiming module. The observation module captures an observation frame including a tracked-object image of a tracked-object and an aiming point image and detects a distance between the observation module and the tracked-object. The dynamic tracking module analyzes the observation frame to obtain a lag correction vector between the aiming point image and the tracked-object image, and obtains a feed-forward correction vector according to the lag correction vector and the distance. The control module generates a control command representing the lag correction vector and a control command representing the feed-forward correction vector. The aiming module moves according to the control commands to control the aiming point image to align with the tracked-object image and control the aiming point image to lead the tracked-object image.
US12028632B2
An image sensor includes an analog-to-digital conversion circuit that receives pixel signals from column lines, respectively, and converts the pixel signals into first pixel values, respectively. Data buffer clusters correspond to enable signals transferred from a timing controller, respectively, and output second pixel values. Each of the data buffer clusters stores first pixel values, which correspond to some column lines consecutively arranged among the column lines, among the first pixel values and output stored pixel values as some second pixel values among the second pixel values in response to a corresponding enable signal. A digital processing circuit performs digital processing on the second pixel values output from the data buffer clusters.
US12028631B2
A photoelectric conversion apparatus in which a plurality of pixels are arranged is provided. Each of the plurality of pixels includes an avalanche photodiode arranged between a first potential supply line and a second potential supply line, a first transistor arranged so as to form a current path between the first potential supply line and the avalanche photodiode, and a holding circuit configured to, when avalanche breakdown of the avalanche photodiode has occurred, hold a second potential corresponding a first potential of an electrode of the avalanche photodiode connected to the first transistor. The second potential is supplied to a gate of the first transistor from the holding circuit.
US12028627B2
An image sensor includes an active pixel array, at least one dummy reset array, a dummy read array, and an image processor. The image processor sequentially resets respective rows of pixels included in the at least one dummy reset array in a period in which pixels of the active pixel array do not perform a reset operation, and sequentially reads respective rows of pixels included in the dummy read array in a period in which the pixels of the active pixel array do not perform a read operation.
US12028626B2
Visual-inertial tracking of an eyewear device using a rolling shutter camera(s). The eyewear device includes a position determining system. Visual-inertial tracking is implemented by sensing motion of the eyewear device. An initial pose is obtained for a rolling shutter camera and an image of an environment is captured. The image includes feature points captured at a particular capture time. A number of poses for the rolling shutter camera is computed based on the initial pose and sensed movement of the device. The number of computed poses is responsive to the sensed movement of the mobile device. A computed pose is selected for each feature point in the image by matching the particular capture time for the feature point to the particular computed time for the computed pose. The position of the mobile device is determined within the environment using the feature points and the selected computed poses for the feature points.
US12028625B2
There is provided an imaging device manufacturing apparatus, a method for manufacturing an imaging device, and an imaging device that are designed to be capable of increasing the quality of an image to be reconstructed by a lensless camera. The lensless camera includes a mask that has a plurality of lenses that transmit and condense incident light in part of a light shielding material, and modulates and transmits the incident light; an imaging element that images the incident light modulated by the mask as a pixel signal; and a signal processing unit that reconstructs the pixel signal as a final image by signal processing, the optical axis directions of the lenses to be disposed in the mask are adjusted so that only the incident light having passed through the mask is condensed and enters the imaging element. The present disclosure can be applied to lensless cameras.
US12028624B2
A method for increasing dynamic range of a time-delay integration (TDI) image includes assigning a value N to a line-number setting and generating each line of the TDI image by (i) selecting N lines from N corresponding images of an image sequence, and (ii) integrating the N lines. The brightness of the TDI image is evaluated, after which the line-number setting is updated to a new value. In another method, the value of a TDI pixel is initialized to the value of a corresponding pixel in a first image of the image sequence. While the TDI pixel value is less than a ceiling, a contribution is added to the TDI pixel value, the contribution being based on the value of an additional corresponding pixel in an additional image of the image sequence. After adding, the resulting TDI pixel value may be scaled based on the number of contributions.
US12028620B2
After a command to stop recording a video is received, an image capture device may buffer footage in a buffer memory. The buffer memory may be used as a post-capture cache. The footage buffered in the buffer memory may be appended to the end of previously captured footage, appended to the beginning of subsequently captured footage, and/or used to bridge two separately captured footage.
US12028616B2
Provided are a display method and a video recording method for a user to perceive a position of an extraction range moving within an angle of view, wherein the display method includes an acquisition step of acquiring a reference video that is a motion picture, an extraction step of extracting an extraction video set to be smaller than an angle of view of the reference video within the angle of view from the reference video, a movement step of moving an extraction range of the extraction video over time, a first display step of displaying the extraction video on a display device, and a second display step of displaying a support video based on a positional relationship between the angle of view and the extraction range on the display device, in which the second display step is executed during execution of the first display step.
US12028614B2
A camera module includes a camera housing, a first carrier provided in the camera housing and configured to be movable, a second carrier having a lens coupled thereto, the second carrier being at least partially provided in the first carrier and configured to move relative to the first carrier in at least one direction substantially perpendicular to an optical axis of the lens, a plurality of magnets provided on the second carrier, the plurality of magnets including a first magnet and a second magnet facing directions perpendicular to each other, and a plurality of yoke members provided on the first carrier and configured to form magnetic attractions with the plurality of magnets, the plurality of yoke members including a first yoke member and a second yoke member facing the first magnet and the second magnet, respectively.
US12028610B2
An electronic apparatus includes an imaging element having a plurality of image capture regions, each of the image capture regions having a plurality of pixels for generating an image signal; a setting unit that sets different image capture conditions for the plurality of image capture regions; and a control unit that corrects a portion of an image signal of a photographic subject captured under first image capture conditions in an image capture region among the plurality of image capture regions so that it is as if the portion of the image signal was captured under second image capture conditions.
US12028605B2
A method for image collection, a computer storage medium, and a vehicle are provided. The method includes the following. An initial photographing direction of a mobile device associated with a vehicle is obtained, in response to determining that a predetermined condition is satisfied. An in-vehicle photography apparatus of the vehicle is adjusted to an initial orientation, to match a photographing direction at the initial orientation of the in-vehicle photography apparatus with the initial photographing direction of the mobile device. A drive signal configured to adjust the photographing direction of the in-vehicle photography apparatus is generated, based on a detecting signal of a sensor of the mobile device, such that the photographing direction of the in-vehicle photography apparatus synchronously varies with a pose of the mobile device. A surrounding image collected via the in-vehicle photography apparatus is transmitted to the mobile device, to display the surrounding image at the mobile device.
US12028600B2
An imaging device having an imaging field of view, the imaging device including at least one illumination port configured to output light for illuminating a target; an imaging sensor to detect light traveling along an optical path to the imaging sensor; and a first movable window positioned upstream of the sensor with respect to a direction of travel of light along the optical path, wherein the first movable window is configured to move into the optical path in a deployed position for modifying light received from the target.
US12028597B2
An image pickup apparatus includes a stacked device in which a plurality of semiconductor devices respectively including a plurality of through electrodes are stacked, a first semiconductor device, among the plurality of semiconductor devices, in which thermal resistance of a through electrode is highest among the plurality of through electrodes, is disposed in front of a first surface on which a first circuit that is one of the semiconductor circuits having a largest heat generation amount is formed, the plurality of through electrodes of the first semiconductor device are conformal vias, and the plurality of through electrodes of semiconductor devices other than the first semiconductor device are filled vias.
US12028595B2
A portable electronic device and an image-capturing module thereof are provided. The image-capturing module includes a circuit substrate, an image sensing chip, a rigidity reinforcing structure, and a lens assembly. The circuit substrate has a plurality of conductive substrate contacts. The image sensing chip is disposed on the circuit substrate and electrically connected to the circuit substrate. The image sensing chip includes an image sensing region, and a plurality of conductive chip contacts respectively and electrically connected to the conductive substrate contacts. The rigidity reinforcing structure is disposed on the circuit substrate. The lens assembly includes a lens holder and a lens structure disposed on the lens holder, and the lens structure corresponds to the image sensing region. A perpendicular projection of each of the conductive substrate contacts and a perpendicular projection of each of the conductive chip contacts can be shown on the rigidity reinforcing structure.
US12028584B1
A system and method for monitoring adaptive streaming content with selectable alert sensitivity modes and playlist alerting functionality are provided. The method includes downloading manifest files and segments of adaptive streaming content using a computer server. Alerts are generated based on different sensitivity modes for rebuffering events and stream outages. The system provides for stream outage alerting functionality and allows users to choose between the most sensitive mode, normal sensitivity mode, and the least sensitive mode to receive appropriate alerts. The invention is applicable to various adaptive streaming protocols, such as HTTP Live Streaming (HLS), Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (DASH), and Common Media Application Format (CMAF).
US12028583B2
An information processing apparatus includes a display control section that performs control for displaying a list of text information provided to a motion picture in a state where a location at which the text information is not provided is also selectable, and a playback section that plays back the motion picture from a playback time point corresponding to a location selected on the displayed list in a case of playing back the motion picture to which the text information is provided.
US12028580B2
A system for socialized multimedia content sharing having a sending device used by a user. One or more than one link to multimedia content stored in a storage operably. Instructions operable on the sending device for: displaying a list of the one or more than one link stored in the storage; selecting one or more than one link from the displayed list; displaying a list of the one or more than one recipients; selecting one or more recipient to transmit the one or more than one link; transmitting the one or more than one link to the one or more than one selected recipient; and displaying one or more than one linked multimedia content from the storage to the recipient.
US12028576B1
Devices and methods are provided for remote scheduling of recorded content for digital video recorders. The device may determine a first channel, a first date, and a first time at which a first program will be presented. The device may determine a first recording schedule for a remote digital video recording (DVR) device, wherein the first recording schedule includes the first program at the first channel, the first date, and the first time. The device may receive a synchronization notification that the first recording schedule has been modified at the remote DVR device to include a second program to be recorded. The device may determine a second recording schedule, wherein the second recording schedule includes the second program at the second time. The device may send the second recording schedule to the remote DVR device.
US12028574B2
One variation of the method for distributing censored videos of manufacturing procedures performed within a facility includes: accessing a video feed captured by a local device interfacing with a local operator during performance of a procedure within the facility; interpreting a set of objects depicted in the video feed based on features extracted from the video feed; accessing a minimum censorship specification for the procedure, the minimum censorship specification defining a set of object types corresponding to a first degree of censorship; identifying a subset of objects, in the set of objects, depicted in the video feed related to the procedure based on the set of object types defined in the minimum censorship specification; fogging the subset of objects in the video feed to generate a censored video feed; and serving the censored video feed to a remote viewer portal accessed by a remote viewer.
US12028572B2
A method, system and computer program product for cross-device interaction, the method comprising: intercepting a triggering event by a mobile client application program; employing a low energy communication monitoring service adapted for searching at least one universally unique identifier advertised by a low energy communication advertisement service configured to enable retrieval of a content identifier associated with content received from a server and being displayed by a television client application program, retrieving using the at least one universally unique identifier the content identifier, and providing the content identifier to the mobile client application program; and, responsive to receiving notice on intercepting a user interaction event by a user interaction event listener, presenting by the mobile client application program an information item retrieved using the content identifier provided.
US12028568B2
Methods and apparatus to identify media application sessions are disclosed. An example apparatus includes an audio interface to monitor an audio output of a media presentation device during a viewing session, a tone analyzer to identify one or more dual-tone multi-frequency (DTMF) tones presented by the audio output of the media presentation device, a session identification determiner to determine a session identification value associated with the viewing session based on the one or more identified DTMF tones, and a session report generator to associate a panelist identifier with the viewing session, and generate a session report based on the session identification value associated with the DTMF tones and the panelist identifier associated with the viewing session.
US12028564B2
A computer-implemented method/system of providing video clip playback, including: (i) receiving a video feed; (ii) converting the video feed into a compressed format structure; (iii) uploading the compressed format structure to a first server; (iv) receiving an electronic edit decision list defining how to manipulate the compressed format structure; (v) saving the electronic edit decision list to a server; (vi) receiving a request to provide to a user terminal a video clip playback corresponding to a video clip defined by the compressed format structure and the electronic edit decision list; (vii) sending to the user code executable to provide the video clip defined by the compressed format structure and the electronic edit decision list, and (viii) responding to requests from the code when executed, to provide content corresponding to the compressed format structure stored, in accordance with the electronic edit decision list, to provide the decision list video clip playback.
US12028558B2
A method for processing live broadcast information, an electronic device and a storage medium are provided, and relates to the technical field of information flow. The method includes: in response to detecting a first event before receiving a playing instruction for a first live broadcast room, acquiring a first playing frame of the first live broadcast room during a live broadcast process of the first live broadcast room; generating preloaded first kernel data according to the first playing frame; in response to receiving the playing instruction for the first live broadcast room, pulling a live broadcast video stream of the first live broadcast room according to the first kernel data; and playing the live broadcast video stream of the first live broadcast room. The live broadcast lag can be reduced and the user experience can be improved.
US12028548B2
In some implementations, a device includes one or more processors and a non-transitory memory. In some implementations, a method includes obtaining a request for a sequence of video frames that corresponds to a user interface operation being performed at a client device. In some implementations, the sequence of video frames is to be presented at the client device at a first frame rate. In some implementations, the method includes determining an availability of computing resources associated with providing the sequence of video frames to the client device. In some implementations, the method includes generating, based on the availability of computing resources, the sequence of video frames at a second frame rate that is greater than the first frame rate. In some implementations, the method includes triggering the client device to present the sequence of video frames at the first frame rate.
US12028547B2
Methods are provided for video coding. The method includes: partitioning video pictures into a plurality of coding units (CUs), at least one of which is further partitioned into two prediction units (PUs) including at least one geometric shaped PU; obtaining a first merge list including a plurality of candidates, each including one or more motion vectors; and obtaining a uni-prediction merge list for the geometric shaped PU by selecting the one or more motion vectors directly from the first merge list.
US12028546B2
A method of decoding a video signal according to the present invention may include: determining whether or not change in brightness is present between a current video including a current block and a reference video of the current video; when it is determined that change in brightness is present between the current video and the reference video, determining weight prediction parameter candidates of the current block; determining a weight prediction parameter of the current block on the basis of index information specifying any of the weight prediction parameter candidates; and performing prediction for the current block on the basis of the weight prediction parameter.
US12028543B2
The present disclosure provides a decoding method and apparatus, an encoding method and apparatus, and a device. The decoding method includes: determining prediction-mode flag information of a current block, the prediction-mode flag information includes a flag value of each of one or more of N candidate prediction modes; when the flag value is a first value, the flag value indicates that a candidate prediction mode is enabled, and when the flag value is a second value, the flag value indicates that the candidate prediction mode is disabled, and for the flag value of one of the N candidate prediction modes, if the current block does not satisfy a decoding condition of the flag value of the candidate prediction mode, the flag value is a derived flag value of the candidate prediction mode; determining a target prediction mode used by the current block according to the prediction-mode flag information, where the target prediction mode is one of the N candidate prediction modes; and decoding the current block according to the target prediction mode. The present disclosure can improve the encoding performance.
US12028541B2
A moving image decoding method is provided for decoding encoded data of a tile group generated by splitting a picture into one or more rectangular regions. The tile group includes one or more segments. The moving image decoding method includes decoding a wavefront parallel processing (WPP) enabled flag indicating whether a rectangular tile or a coding tree unit (CTU) row having a height of one CTU exists in a segment in an object tile group; and decoding an end bit of the segment. When the WPP enabled flag is 1, after decoding a CTU at a right end of the CTU row, an end bit of a first segment having a first fixed value is decoded. When the WPP enabled flag is 0, after decoding a CTU at a bottom right of a tile, an end bit of a second segment having a second fixed value is decoded.
US12028524B2
Provided is a signal reconstruction method executed by a signal reconstruction apparatus including a processor and a memory that stores a codec. The signal reconstruction method includes reconstructing an input signal according to a desired purpose, and in the reconstructing, a likelihood of the input signal being a predetermined type of signal is considered by executing coding on a processing result of the input signal, based on the codec previously determined according to a type of the input signal.
US12028520B2
A block may be identified. The block may be partitioned into one or more (e.g., two) sibling nodes (e.g., sibling nodes BO and B1). A partition direction and a partition type for the block may be determined. If the partition type for the block is binary tree (BT), one or more (e.g., two) partition parameters may be determined for sibling node BO. A partition parameter (e.g., a first partition parameter) may be determined for sibling node B1. A decoder may determine whether to receive an indication of a second partition parameter for B1 based on, for example, the partition direction for the block, the partition type for the block, and the first partition parameter for B1. The decoder may derive the second partition parameter based on, for example, the partition direction and type for the block, and the first partition parameter for B1.
US12028519B2
An encoder includes circuitry and memory. The circuitry, in operation, generates a first coefficient value by applying a CCALF (cross component adaptive loop filtering) process to a first reconstructed image sample of a luma component. The circuitry generates a second coefficient value by applying an ALF (adaptive loop filtering) process to a second reconstructed image sample of a chroma component. The circuitry generates a third coefficient value by adding the first coefficient value to the second coefficient value, and encodes a third reconstructed image sample of the chroma component using the third coefficient value. In the CCALF process, in response to a coordinate of the second reconstructed image sample being (x, y), coordinates of the first reconstructed image samples are (2x, 2y−1), (2x−1, 2y), (2x, 2y), (2x+1, 2y), (2x−1, 2y+1), (2x, 2y+1), (2x+1, 2y+1), and (2x, 2y+2).
US12028518B2
Provided is a video decoding method of applying a deblocking filter to neighboring pixels adjacent to a boundary of a current block, the video decoding method including selecting a deblocking filter to be applied to the neighboring pixels from among a plurality of deblocking filters according to pixel values of the neighboring pixels and a size of the current block, and applying the selected deblocking filter to the neighboring pixels, wherein the plurality of deblocking filters include three or more deblocking filters having different ranges of neighboring pixels to which deblocking filtering is applied.
US12028514B2
A method, performed by a decoding apparatus, of decoding motion information, including: obtaining change information indicating whether to change motion information of a neighboring block of a current block; based on the change information indicating to change the motion information, determining a prediction direction of the current block by changing a prediction direction of the neighboring block; based on the prediction direction of the neighboring block being a first uni-direction and the prediction direction of the current block being a second uni-direction or a bi-direction, selecting a reference picture of the second uni-direction of the current block from a second reference picture list; obtaining a motion vector of the second uni-direction of the current block; and reconstructing the current block using a reference block indicated by the motion vector of the second uni-direction of the current block.
US12028513B2
Provided is an encoder includes: circuitry; and memory coupled to the circuitry, in which in operation, the circuitry: generates a prediction image of a current block to be processed, using a first motion vector; and updates a history based motion vector predictor (HMVP) table using a first candidate having the first motion vector, the HMVP table storing, in a first in first out (FIFO) method, a plurality of second candidates each having a second motion vector used for a processed block, and in the updating of the HMVP table, the circuitry: determines whether a size of the current block is less than or equal to a threshold size; and skips the updating of the HMVP table when the size of the current block is determined to be less than or equal to the threshold size.
US12028508B2
A stereoscopic three-dimensional display and manufacturing method thereof includes a three-dimensional display and a depth sensor. The three-dimensional display includes a three-dimensional display module and a parallax optical module that corresponds to a plurality of first depth display portions and a plurality of second depth display portions and a first parallax optical portion and a second parallax optical portion. The depth sensor is electrically connected to the stereoscopic display module, and detects the distance between the user and the stereoscopic display, and selects whether all of the first depth display parts jointly output the first parallax image, or all of the second depth display parts jointly output the second parallax image, so that the user can view the stereoscopic imaging through the first parallax optical unit or the second parallax optical unit at different positions.
US12028506B2
A method for numerically compensating imaging errors caused by a geometrical deformation of a stereo camera is provided. An inertial variable vector is provided that is determined by an accelerometer, which inertial variable vector is expressed in a stereo camera coordinate system with a known geometrical relationship between the stereo camera coordinate system and the world coordinate system, and which inertial variable vector relates to a physical force which at least partly causes the geometrical deformation of the stereo camera. A calibrated analytic deformation model of the stereo camera is evaluated with the inertial variable vector as input. Updated external camera parameters are determined. The updated external camera parameters and known internal camera parameters of the two cameras are used for stereophotogrammetric analysis of images acquired by the stereo camera.
US12028505B2
An image sensing device, including multiple lens groups, a connector, at least one antenna element, and multiple image sensing elements, is provided. Each lens group includes multiple lens elements arranged along an optical axis from a first side. The connector includes multiple first parts and multiple second parts. The second parts are connected between the first parts. The antenna elements are respectively disposed on the first parts and are configured to provide multiple sensing beams to a target area toward the first side. The image sensing elements are respectively disposed on a side of the lens groups facing a second side and are configured to sense a reflected light beam of the target area. The direction of the second side is opposite to the direction of the first side.
US12028503B2
Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for decoding an image. A method includes receiving a bitstream obtained by encoding the image; dividing a first coding block into a plurality of second coding blocks; generating a prediction block of a second coding block based on syntax information obtained from the bitstream; and reconstructing the second coding block based on the prediction block and a residual block of the second coding block, the residual block being obtained by performing a dequantization and an inverse-transform on quantized transform coefficients from the bitstream. The first coding block has a recursive division structure. The first coding block is divided based on at least one of a quad tree division, a binary tree division or a triple tree division.
US12028500B2
A method transforms color values of a first device-dependent color space into the color values of a second device-dependent color space so that the visual impression of the color represented in the two-color spaces is essentially identical. The transformation of the color values combines at least one absolute rendering intent and at least one relative rendering intent.
US12028494B2
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a door, a first guide, a second guide configured to move from a first position to a second position, a first illumination device, and a second illumination device. The first illumination device is configured to illuminate a door side of the second guide positioned in the second position, with the door side of the second guide being closer to the door than a conveyance center line of the conveyance path in a width direction orthogonal to a sheet conveyance direction of a sheet which is conveyed in the conveyance path. The second illumination device is configured to illuminate in a direction different from a direction in which the first illumination device illuminates, and the second illumination device is configured to illuminate a space between the first guide and the second guide positioned in the second position.
US12028491B2
A scanning preview method for a remote desktop system that includes a client computing device that has running therein a remote desktop client application including a scanner redirection module, and a host server, the scanner redirection module including a scanner core that is configured to communicate with a physical scanner, includes the steps of: receiving from an application running on the host server, a request for a preview of a scanned image; in response to the request for the preview of the scanned image, transmitting to the scanner core a request to acquire the scanned image from the physical scanner; and upon receiving the scanned image from the scanner core, transmitting the scanned image to the application, and in response thereto, receiving from the application an image of a remote desktop that includes the scanned image.
US12028488B2
The recording device includes an upstream transport roller pair capable of transporting a medium, a recording head configured to record an image by discharging ink at a predetermined timing on the medium transported downstream in a D1 direction by a predetermined transport amount by the upstream transport roller pair while moving in a Y-axis direction intersecting the D1 direction, an image capturing unit configured to read the image recorded on the medium by the recording head, and a control unit, wherein the control unit has a function of performing maintenance for a discharge failure of the ink, a correction of the transport amount, and a correction of the discharge timing of the ink based on the reading result of the image read by the image capturing unit.
US12028485B2
Various techniques described herein relate to building and using representative data systems to store and manage representative profile data within contact centers. A representative data system integrates with external communication services and other internal/external systems to provide a uniform data store and interface to create and manage representative profiles. The representative data system retrieves and analyzes representative profile data during runtime contact center operations such as contact queuing, contact management, and/or workforce management. The representative data system may be implemented using relational or graph-based data structures to support advanced predictive modeling and impact analysis of scenarios such as service outages, dynamic workload shifting, infrastructure changes, and workforce changes.
US12028473B2
A portable multifunction device displays a first widget on a touch screen and detects a first gesture on a settings icon on the first widget. In response to the first gesture, the device displays user-adjustable settings for a plurality of widgets, including settings for the first widget. The device detects one or more additional gestures to change one or more settings for one or more widgets in the plurality of widgets. In response to the additional gestures, the device changes one or more settings for other widgets, including changing one or more settings for a respective widget other than the first widget. Upon detecting a widget selection gesture and a finishing gesture on the touch screen, the device displays a second widget in the plurality of widgets other than the first widget.
US12028470B2
A foldable display device includes a folding module and a flexible display module. The folding module includes a first folding frame, a second folding frame disposed relatively to the first folding frame, and a connection structure connected to the first folding frame and the second folding frame. The connection structure includes a position restricting component. The first folding frame and the second folding frame are folded or unfolded relating to a shaft of the folding module. When the first folding frame and the second folding frame are completely unfolded, a position restricting angle between the first folding frame and the second folding frame is restricted by the position restricting component. A flexible display module is disposed on the first folding frame, the second folding frame, and the connection structure.
US12028466B2
Method for utilizing a communication line certificate corresponding to a first device and a second device for a communication line, each of the first and second devices including a hardware processor and associated memory includes: creating a unique ID, by a third electronic device; transmitting the unique ID to the first generating a digitally signed request by the first device, wherein the digitally signed request comprises a first proof of an association of the first device to the communication line; transmitting the digitally signed request to the second device; verifying the first proof by the second device to produce a first verification of the association of the first device to the communication line; and generating a digitally signed acceptance by the second device, wherein the digitally signed acceptance comprises a second proof of an association of the second device to the communication line.
US12028464B2
Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for the generating and tracking linked electronic digital certificates. The present invention may be configured to generate a first electronic digital certificate having first properties and being associated with a first artifact owned by a first group of users, store the first electronic digital certificate, and record first interests of the first group of users in the first electronic digital certificate. The present invention may be configured to receive a request from a second group of users to generate a second electronic digital certificate, where the request includes a subset of the first properties for generation in the second electronic digital certificate. The present invention may be configured to generate the second electronic digital certificate, record second interests of the second group of users in the second electronic digital certificate, and link the first interests and the second interests.
US12028462B2
A method of generating a trusted chain code (“TCC”) message, comprising: receiving a smart contract whose execution causes a transfer of value in response to at least one of an occurrence of an event or a fulfillment of a condition, wherein the smart contract is digitally signed by a first entity private key and a second entity private key; generating a chain code comprising a hash of a chain code of the smart contract, the chain code corresponding to at least one of an occurrence of an event or a fulfillment of a condition of the smart contract; and posting the TCC message to a distributed ledger, wherein an execution of a portion of the chain code in response to at least one of the occurrence of the event or the fulfillment of the condition is validated against corresponding chain code in the chain code manifest.
US12028460B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, to verify whether an interaction with a particular content displayed on a content platform is an interaction by an actual human user. A request to generate a click verification token can be received from a first application executing on a client device. The request can include data for a first set of parameters for a first interaction and a first message authentication code (MAC) set. If the first MAC set matches a second MAC set, which is generated using some of the data included in the request, the click verification token can be generated. The click verification token can be provided to the first application, which in turn can provide this token to a content verification system. The content verification can use this token to verify whether the first interaction is an actual human user interaction.
US12028438B2
An electronic device includes a receiver circuit, a clock generator circuit, and a clock control circuit. The receiver circuit receives first clock information associated with a first clock of another electronic device. The clock generator circuit generates a second clock for the electronic device. The clock control circuit obtains second clock information associated with the second clock, generates a clock control signal according to the first clock information and the second clock information, and outputs the clock control signal to the clock generator circuit, where the clock generator circuit adjusts the second clock in response to the clock control signal.
US12028437B2
A method and apparatus for synchronizing a timebase is disclosed. A timebase management circuit includes limit circuitry, in a first clock domain, which generates, based on a global timebase, an initial timebase limit. The timebase management circuit includes, in a second clock domain, adjustment circuitry that generates an adjusted timebase limit based on the initial timebase limit. A storage circuit in the second clock domain stores a local timebase. Update circuitry, coupled to an output of the storage circuit, generates an updated local timebase using a clock signal in the second clock domain, wherein the updated local timebase is subject to the adjusted timebase limit.
US12028407B2
A server computer system, comprises a processor; a communications module coupled to the processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing instructions that, when executed, configure the processor to obtain information associated with a request to transfer data to a data record; determine, based on an identifier associated with the data record, whether a real-time transfer protocol is available to complete the transfer; and send, via the communications module and to a client device associated with a recipient of the request to transfer the data to the data record, a signal updating one or more interface elements of an interface displayed on the client device based on whether the real-time transfer protocol is available to complete the transfer.
US12028402B2
A method of remote desktop protocol (RDP) operating system (OS) session remote-control includes providing security credentials to a client device. The method includes requesting OS sessions currently operating on the client device. The method includes receiving from an agent on the client device, an indication of OS sessions currently operating on the client device. The OS sessions include one or more RDP OS sessions and a console OS session. The method includes selecting a first RDP OS session of the one or more RDP OS sessions. Responsive to the selection of the first RDP OS session, the method includes communicating with an agent an instruction to initiate a remote-control interface with the client device. The remote-control interface is configured such that the agent transmits visual data of the RDP OS session to the service device and relays commands from the service device.
US12028397B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for bandwidth reduction through duration averaging. An average duration of content segments can be determined. When the average segment duration exceeds a first threshold or falls below a second threshold, content segments can be encoded at new segment durations until the average segment duration falls below the first threshold and above the second threshold. When the average segment duration exceeds a first threshold or falls below a second threshold, an updated manifest including a modified segment duration parameter can be generated.
US12028396B2
Method and apparatus for carrying out the method receiving packets, each of the packets comprising a header and a payload. For a particular packet among the packets, the method includes processing at least the header of the particular packet to determine a flow associated with the particular packet; attempting to determine a payload structure based on the flow, the payload structure associated with transport of coded video data in the payload of the particular packet; and if the attempting is successful, repackaging coded video data contained in the payload of the particular packet into a new packet and forwarding the new packet to an external system or storing the new packet in memory.
US12028387B2
A method and system for adding a language interpreter to a video call between a healthcare provider and a patient is provided. The method includes initiating the video call between a healthcare provider device and a patient device. Communication information of a language interpreter device can be received and used to call the language interpreter device. The language interpreter device may be added to the video call to allow the language interpreter to facilitate communication between the healthcare provider and the patient. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US12028363B2
A device that is configured to receive user activity information from a network device. The user activity information includes information about user interactions with the network device for a plurality of users. The device is further configured to input the user activity information into a machine learning model. The machine learning model is configured to receive user activity information and to output a set of bad actor candidates based on the user activity information. The set of bad actor candidates identifies one or more users from among the plurality of users. The device is further configured to receive the set of bad actor candidates from the machine learning model and to output the set of bad actor candidates.
US12028357B2
In some aspects, a computing system can generate entity links between a primary entity object identifying a primary entity for multiple accounts and secondary entity objects identifying secondary entities from the accounts. The computing system can determine a rate at which secondary users change on the accounts. The computing system can update, based on the determined rate, the primary entity object to include a fraud-facilitation flag. The computing system can also service a query from a client system regarding a presence of a fraud warning for a target consumer associated with a consumer system that accesses a service provided with the client system. For instance, the computing system can generate a fraud warning based on the target consumer being identified in a secondary entity object associated with the primary entity object having the fraud-facilitation flag. The computing system can transmit the fraud warning to the client system.
US12028350B2
A vehicle may include an electronic control apparatus of the vehicle that encrypts data, generates an encrypted message including the encrypted data and a message authentication code (MAC) of the encrypted data, and transmits the encrypted message and identification information corresponding to the encrypted message to another apparatus. The vehicle also includes a gateway apparatus that receives the encrypted message and the identification information, determines whether the identification information is identical to pre-stored identification information, generates a MAC of the encrypted data, determines whether the generated MAC is identical to the MAC obtained from the encrypted message, and routes the encrypted message based on the determination result.
US12028349B2
This disclosure relates to methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for integrating a multi-factor authentication system with a security system. The present technology can receive authentication data descriptive of a user associated with a user device. The present technology can also permit the user to access a secure physical location. The present technology can also limit capabilities of the user device while the user is within the secure physical location.
US12028341B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for network slice authentication. One method includes receiving a registration request message associated with a UE and determining an authentication requirement for a network slice based at least in part on the received registration request. The method includes transmitting an authentication request to a network entity based at least in part on the determined authentication requirement for the network slice and receiving an authentication response from the network entity based at least in part on the transmitted authentication request. The method includes determining, based at least in part on the received authentication response, whether to include the network slice within a set of allowed NSSAI and transmitting a registration accept message comprising the allowed NSSAI.
US12028337B2
Systems and methods are provided to enable a user to conduct a transaction using their credentials stored on a secure server computer (e.g., a computer associated with a partner such as another merchant) by merely presenting their authentication data at a physical location via an auxiliary device. An auxiliary device may be provided for interfacing with a partners backend server (e.g., the secure server computer). In some embodiments, biometric authentication may provide a mechanism for a true seamless and potentially frictionless (in the case of modalities that do not require physical contact) interaction. Payment can occur without any need for a card, phone, wearable, or any other user device as long as the auxiliary device is able to recognize the user and retrieve a credential that can be linked to that user.
US12028329B2
Disclosed are various approaches for workflow service back end integration. In some examples, a command is transmitted causing a client device to present a workflow action to perform. A user command to perform the workflow action is identified using the client device. Authentication data including user credentials and a navigation action for a visual user interface is identified. The user credentials are transmitted to the network service and an emulation of the navigation action is performed. A command that performs the workflow action is transmitted to the network service.
US12028327B2
An authentication system uses machine learning models to quantify a degree of risk that a given request to authenticate as a particular user of an organization is not in fact originating from that user, but rather from a malicious actor attempting to gain access to the user's account. More particularly, the authentication system employs both a user model that quantifies a degree of deviation from a user context in which a particular user typically requests authentication, and an organization model that quantifies a degree of deviation of a current context of the organization from a “normal” context for that organization. The user model and the organization can be employed individually, such as the organization model providing organization administrators with insights into the current security status of the organization, or together, such as using the risk scores of both models when assessing how to respond to a particular authentication request.
US12028325B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described herein for improving computer authentication processes through the exclusion of certain merchants that may cause confusion. Indications of a plurality of different merchants, including merchant logos may be received. The indications may be processed to identify at least one similarity between a first merchant and a second merchant. A request for access to an account associated with a user and transaction data corresponding to the account may be received. Based on the similarity between the first merchant and the second merchant, at least one transaction corresponding to the first merchant may be removed to generate processed transaction record. An authentication question may be generated and a candidate response to the authentication question may be received. Based on the candidate response, access to the account may be provided.
US12028315B2
Methods, devices, and computer program products for authenticating a peripheral device are provided in embodiments of the present disclosure. In one method, a peripheral device sends, to an edge device, a first authentication request for at least the peripheral device to use resources of the edge device, the first authentication request comprising at least a first identifier associated with the peripheral device and location information of the peripheral device. Then, the peripheral device receives an authentication success or failure indication from the edge device. In this way, effective authentication of a peripheral device can be realized with a less complicated authentication process, so that the security of access of the peripheral device to a virtual desktop can be improved while ensuring good user experience.
US12028312B1
A namespace monitoring service may track released namespaces such as internet protocol (IP) addresses and manage namespace cooldown pools, available namespace pools, and a registry of released namespaces to detect and mitigate security vulnerabilities that arise from reassignment of namespaces. The namespace monitoring service provides access to the released namespace registry and/or sends a data stream of namespace registry updates. The namespace monitoring service may manage namespace reassignment process and extend the cooldown period of released namespaces or place a hold on available name spaces.
US12028310B2
A notification service may act as an intermediary between one or more sources of text-based communications and intended recipients of action items contained in the communications. The notification service may analyze the messages posted to the source(s) to identify action items, determine multiple response options for each identified action item, generate structured notification messages including the response options for the action items and send them to the respective intended recipient users, and upon receipt of a user response that specifies a selected response option, automatically perform the associated action(s).
US12028303B2
A method for data processing that includes receiving an indication of a configuration for a first action of a communication process flow that controls electronic communications between a tenant of a multi-tenant system and a first set of users associated with the tenant. The method further includes associating, within a storage location associated with the tenant, a unique identifier with metadata that defines the configuration. The method further includes receiving a request to apply the configuration to a second action of a communication process flow that controls electronic communications between the tenant and a second set of users associated with the tenant. The request may indicate the unique identifier associated with the metadata. The method further includes retrieving the metadata from the storage location using the unique identifier indicated by the request. The method further includes applying the configuration to the second action using the retrieved metadata.
US12028299B1
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are provided that are configured to: display, at a first node, at least one first interface with a first user interface element and a second user interface element; display, at the first node, at least one second interface; generate a first message; display, at the second node, at least one third interface; generate a second message that does not include a file attachment with the second message; display, at the first node, at least one fourth interface with a reference to at least one file; and allow access, at the first node, to the at least one file.
US12028297B2
A computer implemented method includes supplying to a user at a client device a prompt to contact a matched individual. A proposed communication from the user to the matched individual is monitored. The proposed communication is compared to a set of effective communication policies to selectively identify an effective communication policy violation. A warning is supplied to the user in response to the effective communication policy violation. A signal is received from the user to send a completed communication to the matched individual. Network routing of the completed communication from the client device to the matched individual is enabled.
US12028291B2
Methods and apparatuses for handling discontinuous reception and partial sensing for sidelink communication to reduce potential latency due to additional sensing, and to improve resource utilization efficiency. A first device can perform sidelink communication to at least a second device, or a second device in a sidelink resource pool, and trigger to perform resource selection for a sidelink data at a timing. The first device can perform sensing for a first contiguous sensing duration before a sidelink on-duration active time of the second device, determine or select a first sidelink resource from a set of sidelink resources, derive or determine the set of sidelink resources based on at least a sensing result in the first contiguous sensing duration, and perform a first sidelink transmission on the first sidelink resource for transmitting the sidelink data to the second device.
US12028288B2
Method, apparatuses, and computer program product for overhead reduction are provided. One method may include receiving an allocation of a preconfigured uplink resource and a preconfigured uplink resource radio network temporary identifier associated with the preconfigured uplink resource. The method may also include receiving an assignment of a control channel search space associated with the preconfigured uplink resource. The method may further include monitoring, according to a specified occasion cycle, the control channel search space for a message. In addition, the message may be received according to a specific receive pattern.
US12028278B2
A method of reducing latency in communication of data packets comprising the steps of: receiving a data packet from a first device; determining whether the addition of the data packet results in the current number of data packets stored in all data queues exceeds a global threshold limit, where if the addition of the data packet results in the number of data packets stored not exceeding the global threshold limit then (i) allocate the data packet to a queueing group based on a predetermined factor; (ii) determine whether the addition of the data packets results in the number of data packets stored in the data queues of the allocated queueing group exceeds a local threshold limit. However, if the addition of the data packet results in the number of data packets stored not exceeding the local threshold limit then allocate the data packet to a data queue in the allocated queueing group based on the predetermined factor. The data packets stored in each data queue of a queueing group thereafter being processed as normal. But, if the addition of the data packet results in either the global threshold limit or the local threshold limit being exceeded, the first data packet from the longest data queue in an identified queueing group is dropped, the identified queueing group being a queuing group pointed to by a pointer in the case of the global threshold limit being exceeded and the identified queueing group by the allocated queueing group in the case of the local threshold limit being exceeded.
US12028277B2
Methods and systems are disclosed. The method comprises: designating a first plurality of links from a first stack segment to a second stack segment as a first etherchannel link; designating a second plurality of links from the first stack segment to a third stack segment as a second etherchannel link, where the second stack segment and the third stack segment are in communication with a fourth stack segment; designating the first etherchannel link and the second etherchannel link as members of a hierarchical etherchannel link; and sending a packet from the first stack segment to the fourth stack segment using the hierarchical etherchannel link.
US12028241B1
Backup communication paths can be determined for use by different circuits of a network in the event of a failure of active communication paths. The disclosed backup path determination techniques can reduce contention in which multiple circuits share a backup path. Contention metrics are determined for communication paths in the network. The contention metrics are used to determine a communication path for contention reduction. A circuit that uses the communication path as a backup path is selected, and the backup path of the selected circuit is modified to avoid the communication path. Contention metrics can then be recalculated, and contention reduction techniques can be repeated until a desired convergence point is reached.
US12028227B2
Described are various embodiments of a device and method for computing statistics of various network monitoring metrics. In one embodiment, the method includes constructing a first histogram of network traffic monitoring data acquired over a designated sampling period from said network; identifying one or more bins of said first histogram comprising each at least one of one or more desired percentile values; for each identified bin: building a second histogram centered on said identified bin, said second histogram comprising a second bin size that is smaller than said first bin size; calculating one or more bins of said second histogram comprising each at least one of said one or more desired percentile values and the values associated therewith; and converting said values associated therewith into percentile values representative of the range defined between said lower order of magnitude to said higher order of magnitude.
US12028226B1
An example method of content pack management by a service monitoring system includes: receiving a plurality of object identifiers, each object identifier referencing a corresponding object installed in an instance of a service monitoring system; performing a partial backup of the instance of a service monitoring system, wherein the partial backup comprises a plurality of objects referenced by the plurality of object identifiers; converting the partial backup into a plurality of object definitions in a predefined format; and packaging the plurality of object definitions into a content pack.
US12028222B1
Described herein are improvements for generating courses of action for an information technology (IT) environment. In one example, a method includes identifying a first course of action for responding to an incident type in an information technology environment and generating a simulated incident associated with the incident type. The method further includes initiating performance of the first course of action based on the generation of the simulated incident. The method also includes, upon reaching a particular step of the first course of action that prevents the performance of the first course of action from proceeding, providing a first simulated result that allows the performance of the first course of action to proceed.
US12028219B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided for system mapping based on processing of custom network packets. A token processor may deploy a network agent to a system of record (SOR). The network agent may scan the SOR and extract SOR metadata through a set of API calls. The network agent may aggregate the SOR data and generate a token according to parameters established by the token processor. The token processor may process the token through a neural network to generate a set of output vectors for the SOR. A system mapping engine may determine relationships between network SORs based on the output vectors and generate an integrated visual representation of enterprise systems. The output vectors may be adjusted based on new tokens received from the SOR and the visual representation may be updated in real time.
US12028217B2
A communication method and apparatus are provided. A first network element receives a policy creation request from a second network element, wherein a type of a policy requested to be created includes an intent policy or a non-intent policy; and sends a policy processing request to a third network element, wherein the policy processing request includes a policy type identifier, and the policy type identifier indicates that the policy is the intent policy or the non-intent policy. According to the present disclosure, policy execution reliability is improved.
US12028216B2
Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques for dynamic network management, such as by monitoring and analyzing network parameters, such as network traffic and network configurations, to enable visualization of network state and improved situational awareness. Some embodiments are particularly directed to providing a graphical user interface (GUI) that utilizes various network parameters to map, characterize, and/or assign attributes to network traffic and resources. In many embodiments, network traffic may be monitored and/or routed based on their attributes.
US12028212B1
A system prevents incorrect deployment of computer code in remote enterprise servers. The system includes a source code repository for housing computer code received from developers and housing software that maintains the code and develops version control information (VCI) for same. The system includes a continuous integration/continuous deployment (CICD) pipeline orchestrator and arranges deployment of the computer code by determining servers to which the code will be deployed. A metatag affixing engine and database creates metatag information corresponding to the computer code and stores the metatag information. The metatag information qualifies the code for deployment at the servers, as follows. A code management system schedules deployment. Prior to deployment, each of the servers reads the metatag implemented on the code and compares the metatag on the code to determine whether the metatag matches the metatag stored at the database. When the metatags matches at the server, the computer code is deployed.
US12028200B2
An optical transceiver includes an optical transmitter transmit an optical signal; an optical receiver to extract a monitoring control signal from an optical signal, the monitoring control signal including first and second frames having the respective headers, and being separated in time; and a processing part to generate a bit stream from the monitoring control signal; generate a first byte stream from the bit stream; extract monitoring control data from a byte stream subsequent to the first byte stream, if the first byte stream is equal to the first header; generate a second byte stream from the bit stream if the first byte stream is different from the first header, the second byte stream having the same length as the second header; and extract the monitoring control data from a byte stream subsequent to the second byte stream if the second byte stream is equal to the second header.
US12028193B2
According to an example embodiment, a radio receiver includes at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code may be configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the radio receiver to: obtain a data array including a plurality of elements, wherein each element in the plurality of elements in the data array corresponds to a subcarrier in a plurality of subcarriers and to a timeslot in a time interval; obtain a reference signal array representing a reference signal configuration applied during the time interval; implement a neural network; input data into the neural network, wherein the data includes at least the data array and the reference signal array. A radio receiver, a method and a computer program product are disclosed.
US12028183B2
The present invention relates to a system for a cyber boundary wall using a software defined networks (SDN)-based zero wall pad and an operation method thereof, the system comprising: a wall pad in which an operating system (OS) has been removed and which provides a user interface for controlling Internet of Things of a corresponding household; a household switch that is connected to the Internet of Things and a smart metering network, performs a router function of the wall pad, and controls the Internet of Things on the basis of control information for the Internet of Things, to be input via the wall pad; a server that receives, via the household switch, data about the Internet of Things of the corresponding household, generates a virtual screen corresponding to the user interface, on the basis of the data about the Internet of Things of the corresponding household, and then provides the generated virtual screen to the wall pad; and a virtual private network (VPN) server that interworks with the household switch and the server.
US12028182B2
A smart home system and a product thereof, comprising two types of smart home products and a method for building and operating a smart home system. One type of product is a central control unit serving as the core of the smart home system, and the other type is a human-computer interaction product. The smart home system is composed of a central control unit, human-computer interaction products and other various home products. The central control unit serves as a monitor with respect to various home products and monitors the running of the home products, and serves as a server with respect to the human-computer interaction products, the human-computer interaction products are clients with respect to the central control unit, and the control unit receives service requests of the human-computer interaction products and returns request results thereof, and can actively contact them to acquire various items of data.
US12028180B1
This disclosure pertains to an innovative approach for enhancing monitoring multiparty stream communication analysis and machine learning applications. The apparatus monitor a multiparty stream communication, wherein the multiparty stream communication includes a first and a second packet series to generate, retrieve, and compare data elements. Training data is filtered and categorized into specific sub-populations, increasing relevance to particular subjects of analysis. These tailored datasets optimize machine learning models, resulting in more precise comprehension assessment.
US12028176B2
A computer-implemented conferencing method is disclosed. A conference session between a user and one or more other conference participants is initiated via a computer conference application. An attribute-specific pronunciation of the user's name is determined via one or more attribute-specific-pronunciation machine-learning models previously trained based at least on one or more attributes of the one or more other conference participants. The attribute-specific pronunciation of the user's name is compared to a preferred pronunciation of the user's name via computer-pronunciation-comparison logic. Based on the attribute-specific pronunciation of the user's name being inconsistent with the preferred pronunciation of the user's name, a pronunciation learning protocol is automatically executed to convey, via the computer conference application, the preferred pronunciation of the user's name to the one or more other conference participants.
US12028170B2
A user apparatus includes a transmission unit configured to transmit sidelink data based on information for sidelink scheduling received from a base station apparatus; and a reception unit configured to receive feedback information with respect to the sidelink data from a user apparatus that has received the sidelink data, wherein the transmission unit transmits to the base station apparatus, based on a predetermined assumption, first HARQ-ACK information that is based on the feedback information, and second HARQ-ACK information with respect to data received by the reception unit from the base station apparatus.
US12028163B2
Disclosed by the embodiments of the present application are a method and an apparatus for determining a HARQ-ACK codebook and HARQ-ACK information. The method for determining an HARQ-ACK codebook includes: setting a plurality of physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) candidate resources having an overlapped time domain in a downlink slot into one candidate resource group, and determining HARQ-ACK information corresponding to the candidate resource group; and determining a corresponding downlink subslot for the HARQ-ACK information according to a preset rule, and determining a semi-static HARQ-ACK codebook. By means of the present application, the problem that a semi-static HARQ-ACK codebook cannot be determined when a PDSCH candidate resource is cross-subslot can be solved, thereby yielding the effect of meeting the HARQ-ACK requirement in the case that the PDSCH candidate resource is cross-subslot.
US12028154B2
An apparatus includes a TDM PON optical transceiver including a direct-detection optical receiver. The direct-detection optical receiver is configured to demodulate data from a temporal segment of a data modulated optical signal, wherein the optical carrier frequency of the segment varies at a rate of, at least, 1 giga-Hertz per second.
US12028152B2
A transmission device includes a symbol generator that generates a modulation symbol by mapping transmission data to a signal point arranged in a two-dimensional or three-dimensional color space; and an outputter that outputs an optical signal modulated according to the modulation symbol.
US12028144B2
The present disclosure relates to a method and device for reporting a beam failure of a secondary cell (SCell) and a storage medium. The method includes: determining, by user equipment (UE), that a first SCell has a beam failure; determining a target serving cell for transmitting a report message to a base station, the report message being configured to notify the base station that the first SCell has the beam failure; and transmitting the report message in the target serving cell. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, the beam failure of the SCell of the UE is reported.
US12028143B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may detect a trigger for entering an antenna switched diversity low power mode. The UE may switch from a first antenna switched diversity mode with a first interval between antenna switched diversity measurements to a second antenna switched diversity mode with a second interval between the antenna switched diversity measurements based at least in part on detecting the trigger for entering the antenna switched diversity low power mode. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US12028141B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive an indication of at least one of: one or more anchor cells associated with a target cell, or one or more target cells, including the target cell, associated with an anchor cell included in the one or more anchor cells. The UE may transmit, to the anchor cell, an indication of the target cell and an indication of a target beam index associated with the target cell as part of an initial access procedure with the anchor cell. The UE may establish a connection with the target cell based at least in part on performing the initial access procedure with the anchor cell. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12028135B2
Method and apparatus for null-forming at bidirectional smart repeaters. The apparatus transmits, to a repeater, a repeater configuration. The repeater configuration configures the repeater to beam shape at least one beam of the repeater to suppress at least one side lobe of the at least one beam. The apparatus communicates with the repeater based on the repeater configuration. The apparatus receives, from the repeater, information related to an existing codebook of the repeater and associated beam forming capabilities of the repeater. The apparatus receives, from the repeater, information related to a null-forming codebook configured at the repeater.
US12028121B2
Devices and methods enable optimizing a signal of interest based on identifying and analyzing the signal of interest based on radio frequency energy measurements. Signal data is compared with stored data to identify the signal of interest. Signal degradation data is calculated based on noise figure parameters, hardware parameters and environment parameters. The signal of interest is optimized based on the signal degradation data. Terrain data is also operable to be used for optimizing the signal of interest.
US12028116B2
In an HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) video signal transmission system in which a fiber optic cable connects the HDMI transmitter and receiver, the HDMI receiver supplies a DC power to the receiver-side connector of the fiber optic cable on a designated pin of the HDMI interface, such as pin 14 of the Type A interface. The DC power does not affect the AC signal (e.g. ARC) transmitted on this pin under the HDMI specification. The receiver-side connector uses this power to power its internal components such as optical transceiver and signal processing chips. This eliminates the need to supply power to the receiver-side connector via a separate USB cable. One example of the HDMI receiver is a video matrix switch, which acts as a receiver for devices plugged into its input HDMI ports. A fiber optic cable incorporating Bluetooth wireless chips in its two connectors is also disclosed.
US12028111B1
This disclosure provides a first wireless transceiver for a wireless telecommunications network, and a method of operating the first wireless transceiver, such that a combination of a phase-modulated signal and a local oscillator signal cause a detectable change of a probe signal from which a phase state of the phase-modulated signal can be detected.
US12028107B2
In some examples, high speed bidirectional OTDR-based testing may include transmitting data from a first end of a device under test (DUT) towards an optical time-domain reflectometer (OTDR) that is operatively connected to a second opposite end of the DUT. Further data that is transmitted by the OTDR may be received from the second opposite end of the DUT towards the first end of the DUT. Based on an amplitude of the further data, a direction of receiving of the further data may be adjusted towards a first receiver or towards a second receiver.
US12028103B1
The present invention relates to the acquisition, processing, and monitoring of signals, and particularly to the acquisition, processing, and monitoring of electrophysiological signals. More particularly, the present invention relates to the acquisition, processing, and monitoring electroencephalography (EEG) signals representing cortical/brain activity. Further, the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for acquiring such signals in the presence of electrical interference and noise. More particularly, the present invention relates to systems and methods for filtering out and rejecting electrical interference and noise while maintaining or improving the quality of the underlying physiological signal and preventing perturbation or introduction of artifacts into the physiological signal.
US12028100B2
A method and device for downlink signal transmission in a dual-connection architecture, and a terminal. The method comprises: when a first signal receiver and a second signal transmitter both operate, after a second uplink signal and a higher harmonic signal of a first uplink signal enter a first downlink and before entering the first signal receiver, using a notch filter arranged on the first downlink to filter out a signal located in a preset frequency band in the second uplink signal.
US12028093B2
A sequence of integer values is encoded and decoded with a number of bits of a decimal value substantially assigned per sample or/and with a smaller memory amount or calculation processing amount than in the prior art. The encoder receives the sequence of integer values as input and outputs an integer code corresponding to the sequence of integer values. An integer transformer (11) obtains one integer value (transformed integer) through algebraically-representable bijective transformation for each of a plurality of sets of integer values included in the inputted sequence of integer values. An integer encoder (12) encodes the transformed integer to thereby obtain an integer code.
US12028080B2
A clock generating circuit includes a control circuit and a phase interpolator. The control circuit converts an input signal to generate an encoded signal having multiple bits and adjusts arrangement of the bits according to a pointer to generate a control signal having multiple control bits. The phase interpolator includes a first driving circuit, a second driving circuit and an output terminal configured to output an interpolated clock signal. The first driving circuit receives a first clock signal and includes multiple first driving units that are turned on or off to drive the first clock signal in response to multiple first control bits in the control bits. The second driving circuit receives a second clock signal and includes multiple second driving units that are turned on or off to drive the second clock signal in response to multiple second control bits in the control bits.
US12028079B2
An example apparatus includes: digitally locked loop (DLL) circuitry coupled to a clock terminal and configured to generate a plurality of delayed clocks at a plurality of delayed clock terminals based on a reference clock of the clock terminal; first retimer circuitry coupled to the plurality of delayed clock terminals, a first data terminal, and a second data terminal, the first retimer circuitry configured to delay and serialize data of the first data terminal and the second data terminal using at least one of the delayed clocks of the plurality of delayed clock terminals; and second retimer circuitry coupled to the plurality of delayed clock terminals, a third data terminal, and a fourth data terminal, the second retimer circuitry configured to delay and serialize data of the third data terminal and the fourth data terminal.
US12028074B2
An integrated circuit (IC) includes a signal detection circuit having a signal detection circuit input and a signal detection circuit output. The IC further includes a reference voltage circuit having a reference voltage circuit input and a reference voltage circuit output. The IC also includes a comparator having a first comparator input and a second comparator input. The first comparator input is coupled to the reference voltage circuit output, and the second comparator input is coupled to the signal detection circuit output. The IC includes a clamp circuit having a clamp circuit input and a clamp circuit output. The clamp circuit input is coupled to the signal detection circuit, and the clamp circuit output is coupled to the reference voltage circuit output.
US12028073B2
Drive circuits and methods control a switching output stage. The drive circuit includes a control drive circuit coupled to a control node of a low side power transistor and a switching node of a switching output stage. The control drive circuit includes a slew rate control circuit to control the adjusted drive current on the control node of the low side power transistor responsive to the slew rate of the output voltage to cause the low side power transistor to provide a constant slew rate for the output voltage over a range of values for the output current. A reverse detector circuit is coupled to the switching node and to a control node of a high side power transistor in the switching output stage. The reverse detector circuit controls activation of the high side power transistor in response to the output voltage on the switching node reaching a switching threshold.
US12028068B2
A semiconductor device includes a first pad, a second pad, a first output driver provided for the first pad and configured to output a first transmission signal to the first pad, a second output driver provided for the second pad and configured to output a second transmission signal to the second pad, a register that stores first and second calibration values, a first reference resistor for the first pad and having a resistance value that is set according to the first calibration value, a second reference resistor for the second pad and having a resistance value that is set according to the second calibration value, a first setting circuit configured to calibrate a resistance value of the first output driver using the first reference resistor, and a second setting circuit configured to calibrate a resistance value of the second output driver using the second reference resistor.
US12028064B2
One aspect disclosed features an apparatus comprising: an input buffer configured to receive an input voltage pulse as an input, and to output, responsive to a leading edge of the input voltage pulse, a logic high voltage pulse at a first output of the input buffer and a logic low voltage pulse at a second output of the input buffer; an array of L active pull-up devices electrically coupled between a positive supply rail and an output node, each active pull-up device driven by the logic high voltage pulse as modulated by a corresponding bit of a series of N first L-bit binary words; and an array of L active pull-down devices electrically coupled between a negative supply rail and the output node, each active pull-down device driven by the logic low voltage pulse as modulated by a corresponding bit of a series of M second L-bit binary words.
US12028052B2
A composite filter device includes a transmission filter and a reception filter first and second acoustic wave filters, respectively. The first acoustic wave filter has a first pass band and the second acoustic wave filter has a second pass band higher than the first pass band. One end of the first acoustic wave filter and one end of the second acoustic wave filter are connected in common by a common terminal. The second acoustic wave filter is a ladder filter including parallel arm resonators defined by acoustic wave resonators. The inequalities of fq
US12028050B1
An apparatus includes a first filter and a second filter. The first filter generally comprises a first plurality of resonators. The second filter generally comprises a second plurality of resonators. The first plurality of resonators generally comprise piezoelectric material. The second plurality of resonators generally comprise piezoelectric material. At least two of the first plurality of resonators are arranged in series between a signal input of the first filter and a signal output of the first filter. At least two of the second plurality of resonators are arranged in series between a signal input of the second filter and a signal output of the second filter. The second plurality of resonators are reverse connected relative to the first plurality of resonators. The first filter is generally connected in parallel with the second filter such that (a) the signal input of the first filter is connected to the signal input of the second filter, (b) the signal output of the first filter is connected to the signal output of the second filter, and (c) second harmonic emissions of the first filter are substantially canceled by second harmonic emissions of the second filter. The apparatus generally comprises a bulk acoustic wave (BAW) filter.
US12028048B2
A resonance apparatus that processes an electrical loss using a conductive material and a method of manufacturing the resonance apparatus are provided. The resonance apparatus includes a lower electrode formed at a predetermined distance from a substrate, and a piezoelectric layer formed on the lower electrode. The resonance apparatus further includes an upper electrode formed on the piezoelectric layer, and a conductive layer formed on the upper electrode or the lower electrode.
US12028046B2
A BAW resonator ladder topology pass-band filter can include a plurality of series branches each including BAW series resonators. A plurality of shunt branches can each include BAW shunt resonators, wherein the plurality of series branches are coupled to the plurality of shunt branches to provide the BAW resonator ladder topology pass-band filter. A high-impedance shunt branch can include a plurality of high-impedance BAW shunt resonators coupled together in-series to provide an impedance for the high-impedance shunt branch that is greater the other shunt branches in the BAW resonator ladder topology pass-band filter.
US12028041B2
Gradient raised frames in film bulk acoustic resonators. In some embodiments, a film bulk acoustic resonator device can include a substrate, first and second metal layers implemented over the substrate, a piezoelectric layer between the first and second metal layers, and a gradient raised frame implemented relative to one of the first and second metal layers and configured to improve reflection of lateral mode waves and to reduce conversion of main mode waves into lateral mode waves.