US12077124B2
The present invention discloses an airbag apparatus for mobility that safely protects passengers even if an impact comes from different directions in collisions such as a front collision, a side collision, and an oblique collision as the airbags inflate to surround the passengers in the event of a collision.
US12077122B1
An assembly for a vehicle includes a front pillar and a rear pillar. The front pillar and the rear pillar define a door opening. The vehicle includes a first track supported by the front pillar and a second track supported by the rear pillar. The vehicle includes a bar extending from the first track to the second track. The bar is moveable relative to the first track and the second track from a lowered position to a raised position. The bar extends across the door opening in the raised position. The vehicle includes an airbag supported by the bar. The airbag is inflatable to an inflated position when the bar is in the raised position.
US12077121B2
A side airbag device capable of preventing interference between a harness and an airbag is provided between a vehicle body and a seat. The side airbag device includes an airbag module an inflatable airbag and an inflator supplying a gas into the airbag, a base member including an airbag storage portion having a concave shape and storing the airbag module and is attached between a vehicle body door and the seat, and a retainer member holding the airbag storage portion from the rear side of the vehicle body. The base member includes a first through hole through which a harness of the inflator is inserted and a flange which is formed in the periphery of the first through hole. The retainer member includes a second through hole through which the harness of the inflator is inserted and which is provided at a position facing the first through hole.
US12077119B1
A vehicle includes a vehicle floor and a post is extendable relative to the vehicle floor from a retracted position to an extended position. A net is moveably engaged with the post and the net is moveable relative to the post between a lowered position and a raised position. An airbag is supported on the post and is inflatable to an inflated position when the post is in the extended position and the net is in the raised position.
US12077118B2
A locking device (1) for a safety bar (8) includes a fluid channel (10) having a magneto-rheological fluid (11), a movable locking element (40) and a magnet device (30), wherein the locking element (40) is coupled to the safety bar (8) and forces the fluid (11) through the fluid channel (10) when the safety bar (8) moves, wherein the fluid channel (10) has at least one channel portion (20), and wherein the magnet device (30) is arranged at least on opposing side walls (21) of the channel portion (20) in such a manner that the field lines (31) of the magnetic field of the magnet device (30) can pass through the channel portion (20). A passenger accommodation has a safety bar (8) and a locking device (1) and an amusement ride having has a locking device (1).
US12077113B2
The present embodiments relate to selection and execution of one or more output actions relating to a modification of at least one feature of a vehicle. A series of sensors on a vehicle can acquire data that can be used to identify vehicle environment characteristics indicative of a status of a vehicle environment and an emotional state of the user. The vehicle environment characteristics and the emotional state can be processed using a user model that corresponds to a user to generate one or more selected output actions. The output actions can be executed on the vehicle to increase user experience. The output actions can relate to any of entertainment features, safety features, and/or comfort features of the vehicle.
US12077110B2
A housing for a consolidated electronics unit of a vehicle includes side walls mountable to vehicle rails of the vehicle, a bottom wall coupled to the side walls, and a cover removably coupleable to the side walls and configured to form a portion of an interior surface of a vehicle cabin of the vehicle. The cover, the side walls, and the bottom wall form a cavity configured to enclose control units that are in electronic communication with feature units disposed throughout the vehicle.
US12077103B2
A riding management machine includes a traveling vehicle including a vehicle body, an operator's seat provided on the vehicle body, and a hood provided in front of the operator's seat, a working device attached to the traveling vehicle, a position detector to detect a position of the vehicle body based on a signal from a positioning satellite, and a support body to support the position detector above the hood. The support body includes a pair of struts on opposite sides of the vehicle body in a vehicle-width direction, a connector to connect tops of the pair of struts to each other, and reinforcements to connect the respective struts to the vehicle body.
US12077102B2
A vehicle is provided to analyze a signal received by a communicator and identify a first electronic device that transmits the received signal and a second electronic device that will transmit the received signal. The vehicle identifies a lighting algorithm that corresponds to an analysis result of the received signal and sequentially turns on a plurality of lighting devices based on the identified lighting algorithm.
US12077096B2
The present invention relates to the technical field of vehicles, and in particular to a concealed rooflight and a vehicle. The concealed rooflight comprises a light box assembly and a lifting assembly; the light box assembly comprises a box body, and the box body is provided with a connecting part; the lifting assembly comprises a driving device, the driving device comprises an acting part and a fixing part, the acting part is connected to the connecting part, and the fixing part is used for fixing the lifting assembly on a vehicle body; the lifting assembly further comprises a lifting controller, and the lifting controller is used for controlling, according to a rooflight concealing instruction, the driving device to drive the light box assembly to be concealed in a concealing space of the vehicle body.
US12077089B2
Disclosed is a tie down assembly. The tie down assembly having a ring, a bracket assembly, a support insert, and a position-locking mechanism. The support insert is configured to secure the ring relative to the bracket assembly. The ring being configured to rotate relative to the bracket assembly about an axis. The position-locking mechanism is configured to secure the ring at one or more rotational positions about said axis via one or more engagement features. In one example, the position-locking mechanism is a detent mechanism.
US12077081B2
A seating device includes a seat body, a headrest movably connected to the seat body; an adjustment mechanism connected between the seat body and the headrest to adjust a position of the headrest; and an operating unit movably mounted to the headrest and having a driving member configured to actuate the adjustment mechanism. The driving member is movable in a top-bottom direction between a non-operative position and an operative position. The adjustment mechanism includes a driven member movably mounted to the headrest. The driving member has an active transmitting part. The driven member has a passive transmitting part configured to engage the active transmitting part in the operative position and disengage from the active transmitting part in the non-operative position. The driving member is configured to transmit an actuation movement to the driven member in response to the passive transmitting part engaging the active transmitting part.
US12077068B2
A transportation system is disclosed. The transportation system includes a vehicle, a plurality of seating assemblies positioned within a passenger compartment of the vehicle and defining an arrangement, a plurality of actuators that effect movement of various components of the plurality of seating assemblies, a plurality of sensors, and a controller. Specific examples of pre-set or pre-programmed arrangements are disclosed, as well as the ability to customize the arrangement. Additionally, exemplary methods are disclosed that illustrate transitions between a variety of the pre-set or pre-programmed arrangements.
US12077062B2
An automated connection and disconnection system for a battery assembly is disclosed. The system may be implemented by a first component of an electric vehicle and a second component of the battery assembly. The first component includes a linear actuator that is configured to push a set of electrical connectors associated with the electric vehicle outward and establish a connection with a corresponding set of electrical connectors associated with the battery assembly. The process of connecting or docking the battery assembly to the electric vehicle is thereby automated and the time needed to exchange batteries is reduced. The system further includes provisions for ensuring the two components remain aligned relative to one another during docking.
US12077061B2
A wireless carrier network is used to access data indicative of geographic locations and charging capabilities of a plurality of devices embedded in a roadway infrastructure configured to inductively charge electrical vehicles while the electrical vehicles are traversing the roadway infrastructure. Location tracking information is determined for an electrical vehicle and a probable travel path of the electrical vehicle on the roadway infrastructure. Charging settings for conditions during which the electrical vehicle should be charged is determined. A charging plan for when and where to charge the electrical vehicles generated based on the charging settings, a charging model, the location tracking information for the electrical vehicle, and the charging capabilities of the plurality of embedded devices.
US12077059B2
The disclosure generally pertains to systems and methods for assisting a battery electric vehicle (BEV) execute a battery charging operation. In an example method, a processor of a battery charging advisory system in a BEV obtains information about a battery charging lot and evaluates the information to identify a battery charging station having a first charging cable that includes a first type of plug which is compatible for coupling to a charging port of the BEV. The processor may then identify a location of the charging port on the BEV and uses this information to determine an orientation of the BEV with respect to the battery charging station. The processor then provides an advisory for maneuvering the BEV into a position that allows coupling of the first charging cable of the battery charging station to the charging port of the BEV.
US12077057B2
The invention relates to an inductive power transfer pad (10), comprising a conductor arrangement (36) for generating or receiving an electromagnetic field during an inductive power transfer and an airflow generating system (37) that is configured to generate an airflow (22) during an inductive power transfer, said airflow (22) being directed into the surroundings of the inductive power transfer pad (10). Further, the invention relates to an arrangement (11) for an inductive power transfer and a method for cooling an inductive power transfer pad (10).
US12077055B2
A method for wirelessly or conductively (non-wireless) providing AC or DC power in AC or DC load applications and bidirectional applications.
US12077048B2
Present invention relates to a vehicle (100) comprising a hybrid electric drive system (106) comprising an electric motor (108) and an epicyclic gear system (110), a common propeller shaft (236) and an internal combustion (IC) engine assembly (118) with a gearbox (116). The hybrid electric drive system (106) is configured between IC engine assembly (118), gearbox (116) and a rear axle differential (238). The hybrid electric drive system (106) performs dual role of allowing drive from each powertrain to be transmitted individually to wheels of the vehicle (102, 104) and adding the drive from each powertrain together and seamlessly transmitting to the wheels of the vehicle (102, 104). Power from both the IC engine (118) and the hybrid electric drive system (106) is transmitted by the common propeller shaft (236) to the rear axle differential (238) through a differential gear.
US12077038B2
A vehicle door assembly includes a vehicle body structure, a first door, a second door and a support assembly. The vehicle body structure has a wall portion that defines a door opening. The support assembly is fixed to the wall portion proximate the door opening and has at least one pair of tracks with door support devices and a motorized door mechanism. The door support devices independently support the first door and the second door for movement along the at least one pair of tracks and the motorized door mechanism is configured to raise and lower the door support devices along with the first door and the second door from respective closed orientations covering corresponding sections of the door opening and open orientations exposing the corresponding sections of the door opening.
US12077037B2
A protective barrier affixable to a curved substrate comprises a stack of two or more lenses, each of the two or more lenses including a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film, a hard coat on a first side of the PET film, and an adhesive layer on a second side of the PET film opposite the first side. The stack of two or more lenses may have a modulation transfer function that exhibits a contrast value greater than 75% for a spatial resolution of one line-pair per 0.0003 radians at 65 degrees angle of incidence. Heat and pressure may be applied to conform the stack of two or more lenses to the shape of the curved substrate.
US12077031B2
A transportation refrigeration unit for cooling a cargo compartment includes a compressor configured to compress a refrigerant, a compressor motor configured to drive the compressor, an evaporator heat exchanger operatively coupled to the compressor and an evaporator fan configured to provide return airflow from a return air intake and flow the return airflow over the evaporator heat exchanger. A drive unit is configured to deliver variable frequency electrical power between a minimum frequency and a maximum frequency to the compressor motor and the evaporator fan. A frequency of the electrical power is based on one or more sensed parameters of the transportation refrigeration unit.
US12077019B1
Systems and methods for detecting and removing erroneous tire pressure values are provided. The method involves operating at least one processor to: receive tire pressure data comprising a time series of tire pressure values; simplify the tire pressure data by removing at least some of the tire pressure values that satisfy a predetermined interpolation error threshold; detect, using a trained machine learning classifier, at least one erroneous tire pressure value in the tire pressure data, each erroneous tire pressure value being detected based on the erroneous tire pressure value and a plurality of lagging tire pressure values consecutively trailing the erroneous tire pressure value; clean the tire pressure data by removing the at least one erroneous tire pressure value; and transmit the tire pressure data to a fleet management system, whereby the at least one erroneous tire pressure value is not transmitted to the fleet management system.
US12077011B2
A printing apparatus includes a glue belt as an example of a transport belt including a support unit configured to support a medium, the support unit being configured to transport a medium by moving the support unit, a liquid ejecting unit configured to eject liquid onto a medium supported by the support unit, and a dyeing unit configured to perform dyeing by immersing a medium in dyeing liquid. Printing is performed on the medium by combining dyeing by the dyeing unit and ejecting by the liquid ejecting unit.
US12077008B2
A method for processing floorboards using digital printing, comprising: preparing a base material layer; arranging a printing layer on the base material layer, wherein the printing layer is directly printed by a digital printing apparatus and is formed on a surface of the base material layer; and arranging a protection layer on the printing layer, wherein the protection layer is attached to the printing layer by means of one or a combination of processes selected from roll-coating, shower-coating, spray-coating, transfer-printing and printing, wherein the protection layer displays one or a combination of artistic effects selected from flat, sunken, raised, finely creased, patterned and crackled by means of one or a combination of processes selected from levelling, flatting, printing, embossing, corroding, carving, brushing and crackling. According to the processing technology of the present disclosure, various patterns can be designed and processed in different ways or combinations according to the user's requirements.
US12077002B2
A printing apparatus performs a circulation of ink and a cleaning operation for an inkjet head. In a case where it is determined that a circulation timing for performing the circulation of the ink comes to be arrived, a controller of the printing apparatus determines whether or not to arrive at a print timing. In a case where it is determined that the print timing comes to be arrived, the controller performs the circulation and the cleaning operation. On the other hand, in a case where it is not determined that the print timing comes to be arrived, the controller performs the circulation and does not perform the cleaning operation.
US12077001B2
A liquid ejection apparatus includes a liquid storing unit capable of storing liquid, a liquid ejection unit including an ejection port that is capable of ejecting the liquid, and a pressure control unit that receives the liquid from the liquid storing unit and allows the liquid having a pressure controlled to be within a predetermined pressure range to be supplied to the liquid ejection unit. Additionally, the liquid ejection apparatus includes a first circulation unit that supplies the liquid having the pressure controlled by the pressure control unit to the ejection port while circulating the liquid between the liquid ejection unit and the pressure control unit, and a second circulation unit that circulates the liquid between the liquid storing unit and the pressure control unit.
US12076998B2
A liquid jetting apparatus includes: a casing; a tank configured to store liquid and having a first side wall and a second side wall which face each other, a rear wall, an inlet, and a connecting portion; a conveying mechanism configured to convey a recording medium along a conveying path extending in a first direction; a carriage configured to move in a second direction in which the first side wall and the second side wall face each other so as to define a movement area having a range in the second direction, the range of the movement area having first and second ends spaced apart in the second direction; a tube connected to the connecting portion; and a head mounted on the carriage and having a nozzle configured to jet the liquid onto the recording medium conveyed by the conveying mechanism.
US12076994B2
An inkjet recording device includes a conveyance unit, a carriage, one or a plurality of ink heads, a pre-processing head, and a post-processing head. The conveyance unit is configured to convey a recording medium in a conveyance direction. The carriage is configured to reciprocate in a main scanning direction intersecting the conveyance direction. The plurality of ink heads is located on the carriage and each eject an ink. The pre-processing head is arranged upstream of the plurality of ink heads in the conveyance direction and ejects a non-colored pre-processing solution. The post-processing head is arranged downstream of the plurality of ink heads in the conveyance direction and ejects a non-colored post-processing solution. The plurality of ink heads includes a plurality of same-color ink heads arranged to align in the conveyance direction to eject a same-color ink.
US12076992B2
A liquid discharge head includes: a chamber substrate; a diaphragm on the chamber substrate; a lower electrode on the diaphragm; a piezoelectric member on the lower electrode; an upper electrode on the piezoelectric member; wiring electrically connected to the upper electrode to transmit driving signal to the piezoelectric member; and a nozzle substrate having a nozzle. The chamber substrate includes an individual chamber facing the diaphragm, the individual chamber has polygonal shape having four or more sides, the piezoelectric member has polygonal shape having four or more sides, the wiring covers a middle point of a first side of the four or more sides of the individual chamber, and a distance A is smaller than a distance B.
US12076988B2
A liquid ejecting head includes a line of first pressure chambers, a line of second pressure chambers, a line of nozzles including nozzles arranged in a first direction, first piezoelectric bodies, first individual electrodes, a first common electrode, second piezoelectric bodies, second individual electrodes, a second common electrode, a wiring member, a first individual line that electrically couples the first individual electrode to the wiring member, a first common line that electrically couples the first common electrode to the wiring member, a second individual line that electrically couples the second individual electrode to the wiring member, and a second common line that electrically couples the second common electrode to the wiring member. The wiring member is electrically coupled to the first common line at a position shifted to one side in the first direction relative to a center in the first direction of the lines of first and second pressure chambers, and the wiring member is electrically coupled to the second common line at a position shifted to another side in the first direction relative to the center in the first direction of the lines of first and second pressure chambers.
US12076987B2
A liquid ejection head substrate includes a base layer, a heating resistance element provided over the base layer to generate a heat energy for ejecting a liquid, a first insulation layer covering the heating resistance element, and a protective layer having, on the first insulation layer, a first region which overlaps the heating resistance element via the first insulation layer and a second region which does not overlap the heating resistance element and formed of a material including a metal which is eluted by an electrochemical reaction. The liquid ejection head substrate further includes a second insulation layer provided over a region overlying the base layer and not provided with the protective layer and over the second region of the protective layer.
US12076977B2
An image recording apparatus includes: a jetting head which is movable in a main scanning direction and which has nozzles configured to jet an ultraviolet-curable type ink onto a printing medium; a light source which is configured to irradiate the ultraviolet-curable type ink jetted onto the printing medium with an ultraviolet ray; a movement mechanism which is configured to relatively move the printing medium with respect to the jetting head in a subsidiary scanning direction orthogonal to the main scanning direction; and a controller. The controller is configured to cause the ink contained in the jetting head to be agitated without jetting the ink at least during irradiation with the ultraviolet ray by the light source.
US12076975B2
A plate-making method for manufacturing a printing plate includes: manufacturing the printing plate based on a knockout method in which knockouts of halftone dots in one color are formed, and halftone dots in the other color are overprinted onto positions of the knockouts; for each of pixels, when a sum of a halftone dot area ratio of the one color and a halftone dot area ratio of the other color is smaller than 100%, forming a gap from a knockout in the one color around a halftone dot in the other color; and for each of pixels, when the sum of the halftone dot area ratio of the one color and the halftone dot area ratio of the other color is greater than 100%, forming an overmask such that the halftone dot in the other color penetrates a periphery of the halftone dot in the one color.
US12076974B2
A method for identifying a relief precursor or a relief comprising a carrier and a relief-forming layer, having the steps: a) providing a relief precursor comprising a carrier and a relief-forming layer; b) providing data which identifies the type of relief precursor and, if appropriate, contains process-relevant data for processing it, in the form of at least one two-dimensional code; c) introducing the at least one two-dimensional code into the relief-forming layer as a relief.
US12076973B2
A wafer has a layer containing silicon, a layer of polycrystalline diamond deposited on the silicon-containing layer, and a bow-compensation layer on the other side of the silicon-containing layer for reducing wafer-bow. A method of making a bonded structure includes an activation process for creating dangling bonds on the surface of one substrate, followed by contact-bonding the surface to a second substrate at low temperature. A bonded structure may include two substrates contact bonded to each other, one substrate including a layer containing silicon, a layer of polycrystalline diamond, a bow-compensation layer for reducing wafer-bow of the first substrate, and the other substrate including gallium nitride, silicon carbide, lithium niobate, lithium tantalate, gallium arsenide, indium phosphide, or another suitable material other than diamond.
US12076971B2
A laminated glass structure for an electronic device includes: a core glass layer having a first coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE); and a plurality of clad glass layers, each having a CTE that is lower than or equal to the first CTE of the core glass layer. A first of the clad glass layers is laminated to a first surface of the core glass layer and a second of the clad layers is laminated to a second surface of the core glass layer. Further, the total thickness of the core glass layer and the clad glass layers ranges from about 0.1 mm to about 3 mm. In addition, each of the first of the clad layers and the core glass layer comprises a loss tangent of 0.006 or less for signals having a frequency of 1 GHz to about 100 GHz.
US12076968B2
A method of molding a sandwich panel includes a step of providing, on one or both surfaces of an (a) core material, a prepreg or the prepreg and an adhesive as a (b) skin material. The (a) core material is a super engineering plastic foam having a glass transition temperature of greater than 200° C. The (b) skin material contains: a (b-1) epoxy resin having an average molecular weight of 1300 or more or having a trishydroxymethane-type or cresol novolac-type structure and containing, in a total epoxy resin, an amount of 70 to 100 mass % of an epoxy resin that is semi-solid or solid; a (b-2) epoxy resin containing, in the total epoxy resin, an amount of 0 to 30 mass % of an epoxy resin that is liquid; and a (b-3) curing agent.
US12076960B2
A multilayer magnetic sheet comprises laminate substrates each comprising two or more stacked layers of band-shaped magnetic ribbons. The laminate substrates are arranged side by side in a plate shape in a direction in which long sides of the laminate substrates are adjacent to each other and short sides of the laminate substrates extend. The plate shapes each provided by the laminate substrates arranged side by side are stacked in a thickness direction of the laminate substrate. Ten or more layers of the magnetic ribbons are stacked in total. Positions of the long sides of the laminate substrates adjacent to each other in a direction in which the laminate substrates are stacked are different and separated from each other by 0.5 mm or more in the direction in which the short sides extend.
US12076956B2
The disclosure relates to a pressing tool for producing a workpiece, the pressing tool may include a base structure of metal, a pressing surface, and/or a lacquer or plastic layer. The lacquer or plastic layer may be arranged on the base structure. The lacquer or plastic layer may form, at least partially, the pressing surface. Layer mineral particles may be embedded in the lacquer or plastic layer. A method for producing a pressing tool may include coating a base structure with a lacquer or plastic layer while adding mineral particles.
US12076952B2
Introduced here are methods, apparatuses, and systems for mitigating the contact pressure applied to a human body by the surface of an object, such as a chair, bed, or table. A pressure-mitigation apparatus can include a series of chambers whose pressure can be individually varied. When placed between a patient and a contact surface, a controller can vary the contact pressure on the human body by controllably inflating one or more chambers, deflating one or more chambers, or any combination thereof. By monitoring the pressure in each chamber over time, the controller can also gain an enhanced understanding of movement(s) performed by the human body when positioned on the pressure-mitigation apparatus.
US12076939B2
A method for producing an induction connection sleeve includes laying up a first induction heating element in a first injection-mold half; laying up a second induction heating element in a second injection-mold half; mutually compressing the first and second injection-mold halves; injecting a thermoplastic plastics material into first and second molding cavities; opening the first and the second injection-mold halves; ejecting an internal part of a sleeve body having induction heating elements from one of the injection-mold halves; laying up the internal part of the sleeve body having the induction heating elements in a third injection-mold half; closing a third molding cavity; injecting a thermoplastic plastics material into the third molding cavity; opening the third molding cavity; and ejecting the finished induction connection sleeve.
US12076918B2
Additive manufacturing apparatuses are disclosed. In one embodiment, an additive manufacturing apparatus may comprise a support chassis including a print bay, a build bay, and a material supply bay. Each bay may comprise an upper compartment and a lower compartment. A working surface may separate each of the print bay, the build bay, and the material supply bay into the upper compartment and the lower compartment, wherein: the build bay may be disposed between the print bay and the material supply bay. The lower compartment of the build bay comprises bulkheads sealing the lower compartment of the build bay from the lower compartment of the print bay and the lower compartment of the material supply bay.
US12076917B2
In one example, a processor readable medium having instructions thereon that when executed cause an additive manufacturing machine to vary operating characteristics of a fusing laser beam at multiple different voxel locations in a layer of build material according to an energy dosage to be applied at each voxel location in an object slice, including multiple different energy dosages for corresponding multiple different voxel locations in the slice.
US12076912B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for generating internal structures usable in additive manufacturing include, in at least one aspect, obtaining a three dimensional (3D) model of a 3D object to be manufactured by a 3D extrusion printer; defining an infill structure for the 3D model, wherein defining the infill structure comprises defining an internal hull separated from an external hull by a separation distance, wherein the external hull corresponds to the 3D model, and defining walls between the external hull and the internal hull to form cells between the external hull and the internal hull; and providing the 3D model and the infill structure for the 3D model to generate tool path data for the 3D extrusion printer to build the 3D object in accordance with the 3D model and the infill structure for the 3D model.
US12076909B2
Tubing comprising a tubing wall formed of an elongate thermoplastic ribbon helically wrapped and heat bonded to itself to form the tubing wall. The tubing may include one or more elongate conductors helically wrapped around and along the tubing wall. The tubing may include an elongate reinforcement rib helically wrapped around and along the tubing wall such that the tubing wall includes a first portion in which the elongate reinforcement rib covers the one or more elongate conductors and a second portion in which the one or more elongate conductors are uncovered by the elongate reinforcement rib and the elongate reinforcement rib wraps around the tubing wall.
US12076905B2
Provided is a resin container manufacturing method including: an injection molding process of injection molding a plurality of preforms along a predetermined arrangement direction; a temperature adjustment process of adjusting a temperature of the preform; and a blow molding process of molding a resin container from the preform. After the injection molding process, the preform and the container are conveyed along a conveying direction intersecting the arrangement direction over the temperature adjustment process and the blow molding process. The temperature adjustment process includes a first temperature adjustment process of adjusting the temperature of the preform, a second temperature adjustment process of adjusting the temperature of the preform under a condition different from that of the first temperature adjustment process, and a fine adjustment process of finely adjusting the temperature of the preform.
US12076892B2
A molding system and a method for operation of the molding system are provided. The method includes flowing a molten polymeric material from an upstream device into an in-mold tuning chamber in a filling position where the in-mold tuning chamber is positioned at least partially within a mold cavity. The method also includes adjusting at least one of a temperature of and a pressure applied to the molten polymeric material in the in-mold tuning chamber to create a first tuned molten polymeric material and releasing the tuned molten polymeric material into the mold cavity from the in-mold tuning chamber.
US12076883B2
A process for producing a component from a curable material, a new layer of the material being printed in periodically recurring steps in a 3D printing process onto a layer located thereunder so as to have lower reinforcing elements which protrude above the top of this new layer, and also relates to a component produced by a corresponding process. Known processes and components do not allow reinforcement over a large surface area. The object of designing a process in such a way that the reinforcement thereof withstands high loads is achieved by providing that, after each layer has been printed, upper reinforcing elements are connected to the lower reinforcing elements so as to extend said lower reinforcing elements and so as to form the lower reinforcing elements of the subsequent layer.
US12076847B2
A handle of assembly tool with an adjustable center of gravity includes a tongue piece and a tube that are connected to a functional part in the tool. A through hole is formed in the tongue piece. First and second plates are arranged on the tongue piece. The first plate is provided with a first buckle, a first slot, a first fixing hole and a first groove; the second plate is provided with a second buckle, a second slot, a second fixing hole and a second groove; a fixing part is formed in the first and second slots; a locking part is formed in the first and second grooves; the tube is connected with the first and second fixing plates, and a gasket is formed at the other end of the tube with a locking rod passed through; a weight unit is connected with the locking rod.
US12076846B2
A handheld electric power tool, in particular an angle grinder, having a housing in which an electric motor is accommodated that drives a rotor shaft that is connected in a force-transmitting manner to an output unit accommodated in a gear head. A housing ring is provided that makes available at least one guide section for the gear head and a guide for the electric motor. An air guide section, in which a fan is accommodated that is attached to the rotor shaft, is formed on the side of the housing ring facing away from the housing.
US12076840B2
The invention relates to a power tool that can be held with one hand for reversing, comprising: a casing having a grip part and a manipulation port; a driving device having a control member; the control member is capable of controlling an actuation direction of the driving device; a power source disposed below the driving device and capable of driving the driving device; a reversing assembly disposed at a periphery of the power source and having a reversing member; the reversing member controls the control member to generate changes of displacement, a driving direction of the driving device is changed by action of turning the reversing assembly that is away from the driving device, and there is an appropriate manipulating distance between the grip part and the manipulation port, so that a user is capable of manipulating by holding and reversing the power tool with one hand at a same position.
US12076828B1
A push stop (100) for use in a slot disposed in a worksurface includes: a body (102), a resilient element (104), and an anchor assembly (106). The anchor assembly is configured to anchor a first portion (110) of the body in a fixed anchored position within the slot. A resilient force exerted by the resilient element urges a second portion (114) of the body into a fixed raised position in which the second portion protrudes beyond the worksurface. When an external force sufficient to overcome the resilient force is applied, the resilient element yields until none of the second portion protrudes beyond the worksurface.
US12076826B2
The present disclosure teaches systems and methods for robotic welding of studs onto the surface of I-beams. These systems and methods will find industrial applicability in, for example, the steel erection industry.
US12076819B2
A laser peening processing device includes a laser oscillator configured to oscillate a laser beam; and a nozzle configured to inject liquid to a workpiece for laser peening processing, and to cause the laser beam to be incident on the liquid to irradiate the workpiece with the laser beam which propagates through the liquid. The nozzle includes a lens configured to concentrate the laser beam so that a focal point of the laser beam is formed at a processing position of the laser peening processing, a cylindrical casing configured to protect the laser beam before the laser beam is incident on the liquid, and a pipe disposed in the casing and configured to form a flow path for the liquid.
US12076817B2
A laser welding device is configured to switch an irradiation position of a measurement beam between a position of a keyhole coaxial with the optical axis of a laser beam and a position of a weld bead behind the center of an optical axis of the laser beam in a welding direction. The laser welding device determines whether there is a gap between an upper metal plate and a lower metal plate based on a measured value of a recess depth measured at the position of the weld bead.
US12076813B2
A method for decorating a dial includes deeply digging and forming a first groove by repeatedly scanning, in a predetermined scanning direction, a place where laser light is applied to a base material. In the scanning, a depth of the first groove is controlled by the number of irradiation times that the laser light is applied. An area where a depth of the first groove is shallow and an area where a depth of the first groove is deep are present according to the number of irradiation times.
US12076809B2
A method for improving adhesion is disclosed. In one exemplary embodiment, the method comprises providing a base substrate and emitting energy from an energy source onto a surface of the base substrate at a predetermined wavelength to achieve one or more material properties. The one or more material properties including a surface elemental ratio of Aluminum to Magnesium between approximately 3 to 17, an elemental ratio of oxygen to carbon between 3 to 11, and a contact angle of less than 30 degrees such that upon application of an adhesive material an increased adhesive bond of predetermined strength is attained.
US12076801B2
A cutting tool attachment for a power tool is freely rotatable about an end of the power tool. A fence provides a complementary flat surface area for the cutting tool attachment to rest against a surface of the material to be cut. The fence prevents free rotation of the cutting tool attachment while in use. A handle allows a user to guide the attachment along the surface of the material, while also providing leverage to keep the attachment against the material surface close to the attachment, but at a safe position to reduce the chance of injury. A user can rotate the power tool relative to the cutting attachment to achieve a comfortable position or to help turn the attachment and power tool. The power tool is therefore positionable along a 360 arc of movement relative to the attachment while the attachment is positioned along the surface of a material.
US12076789B2
The present disclosure generally relates to additive manufacturing systems and methods on a large-scale format. One aspect involves a build unit that can be moved around in three dimensions by a positioning system, building separate portions of a large object. The build unit has an energy directing device that directs, e.g., laser or e-beam irradiation onto a powder layer. In the case of laser irradiation, the build volume may have a gasflow device that provides laminar gas flow to a laminar flow zone above the layer of powder. This allows for efficient removal of the smoke, condensates, and other impurities produced by irradiating the powder (the “gas plume”) without excessively disturbing the powder layer. The build unit may also have a recoater that allows it to selectively deposit particular quantities of powder in specific locations over a work surface to build large, high quality, high precision objects.
US12076787B2
A twin roll casting system includes a pair of counter-rotating casting rolls having an adjustable nip therebetween, a casting roll controller configured to adjust the nip between the casting rolls in response to control signals; a cast strip sensor measuring a parameter of the cast strip and generating strip measurement signals; and an iterative learning control (ILC) controller receiving the strip measurement signals and providing control signals to the casting roll controller. The ILC controller includes a fault detection algorithm receiving the control signals and the strip measurement signals and generating a fault detection signal indicating when a fault condition is detected and an iterative learning control algorithm to generate the control signals. The fault detection algorithm indicates a fault condition when it detects the control signal exceeding an upper control saturation threshold or the ILC controller operating a state that is not guaranteed as stable.
US12076786B2
In a device for manipulating preferably a casting tube in a changing device at the spout of a metallurgical vessel, this manipulation is performed by means of a robot having an attachable base, a carrying arm that pivots on the base and at least one extension arm mounted rotatably on the carrying arm and has a gripper, preferably for the casting tube. The base of the robot is attached alongside the vessel such that the carrying arm is pivotable to a side of the vessel into a downwardly directed position and each extension arm is movable along an underside of the vessel. This provides optimum placement of the robot, and consequently the device, so they do not impede access for personnel to the tundish on the casting platform during casting and corresponding manipulations can be carried out easily and operationally reliably with the device in an automated manner.
US12076781B2
The invention relates to a device and a method for producing components comprising a mould building device (1) for producing lost casting moulds, and a casting device (2) connected to the mould building device for casting components in the lost casting moulds, characterised in that the mould building device is suitable for the continuous layering of moulding plates (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23), wherein a respective at least three of said moulding plates form a casting mould.
US12076779B2
A method of producing shaped parts includes drawing in the wire in cycles conveying the wire; severing wire portions in cycles; gripping and feeding the wire portion into work area; shaping the wire portion in multiple stages to form a shaped part with shank and head portions; ejecting formed shaped parts in cycles; transporting the fully formed shaped parts with a pneumatic conveyor system including a transporting pipe with an insertion opening: arranging the insertion opening near an ejector system such that the finished shaped parts can be inserted into the insertion opening directly in a positionally oriented manner by the ejector system; successively feeding the finished shaped parts into the transporting pipe by the ejector system; taking up the shaped parts inserted into the transporting pipe by suction into the transporting pipe; and pneumatically transporting the shaped parts through the transporting pipe in a direction of a subsequent station.
US12076763B2
In one implementation, a method for cleaning a processing chamber is provided. The method comprises introducing a reactive species into a processing chamber having a residual high-k dielectric material formed on one or more interior surfaces of the processing chamber. The reactive species is formed from a halogen-containing gas mixture and the one or more interior surfaces include at least one surface having a coating material formed thereon. The method further comprises reacting the residual high-k dielectric material with the reactive species to form a volatile product. The method further comprises removing the volatile product from the processing chamber. The removal rate of the residual high-k dielectric material is greater than a removal rate of the coating material. The high-k dielectric material is selected from zirconium dioxide (ZrO2) and hafnium dioxide (HfO2). The coating material includes a compound selected from alumina (Al2O3), yttrium-containing compounds, and combinations thereof.
US12076760B2
A preprocess is efficiently performed on a substrate. A pre-wet module 200 includes a deaeration tank 210, a processing device 258, a substrate holder 220, and a drive mechanism 230. The deaeration tank 210 is configured to house a deaerated liquid. The processing device 258 includes a nozzle 268 configured to supply a cleaning liquid to a surface to be processed of a substrate having the surface to be processed facing upward. The substrate holder 220 is disposed between the deaeration tank 210 and the processing device 258. The substrate holder 220 includes a first holding member 222 configured to hold a first substrate and a second holding member 224 configured to hold a second substrate. The drive mechanism 230 is configured to rotate and move up and down the substrate holder 220. The drive mechanism 230 includes a rotation mechanism 240 and an elevating mechanism 248. The rotation mechanism 240 is configured to rotate the substrate holder 220 between a first state where a surface to be processed of the first substrate is opposed to a deaerated liquid in the deaeration tank 210 and a second state where a surface to be processed of the second substrate is opposed to the deaerated liquid in the deaeration tank. The elevating mechanism 248 is configured to move up and down the substrate holder 220.
US12076752B2
A method of processing objects is disclosed using a programmable motion device. The method includes the steps of acquiring an object from a plurality of mixed objects at an input area, perceiving identifying indicia in connection with the object, assigning an intermediate station to a destination location for the object responsive to the identifying indicia in connection with the object, and moving the acquired object toward the intermediate station.
US12076750B2
The invention relates to a screening device and a method for screening powders. The device comprises a screening space comprising a first chamber and a second chamber, which chambers are arranged adjacent and have a common partition wall. The device comprises a screen which is placed obliquely or vertically in the screening device, wherein the screen forms at least a part of the common partition wall. The first chamber comprises a raw material inlet, a drive gas inlet, a float gas unit, and a residual particle outlet. The second chamber comprises a product material outlet and a rotatable blade, wherein the blade comprises nozzles which are configured for blowing gas against the screen. In addition, the invention relates to an assembly comprising a first and second screening device, wherein the product material outlet of a first screening device is connected to the raw material inlet of the second screening device.
US12076739B1
Disclosed is a bidet with a filter, including a mounting base of the bidet, a filter element, and a seal cover. A mounting channel is arranged on a surface of the mounting base, an inner end portion of the mounting channel is connected to an internal waterway of the mounting base, and both ends of the internal waterway are respectively connected to a water inlet end and a water outlet end of the bidet. The filter element is assembled in the mounting channel, so that a water flow in the internal waterway is filtered by the filter element. The mounting channel connected to the internal waterway is designed on the mounting base of the bidet, the filter element is assembled in the mounting channel, and the mounting channel is movably sealed by the seal cover to prevent water leakage, so that the bidet itself has a filtering function.
US12076736B2
A foam discharge container, including a container main body for accommodating a liquid composition and a foam discharge device which mixes the liquid composition with air and discharges it in a foam form. The foam discharge device has a plurality of porous bodies through which the liquid composition passes when the liquid composition is discharged, the plurality of porous bodies include a tip side porous body arranged in a vicinity of a discharge port of the foam discharge device, and the tip side porous body is composed of polyethylene terephthalate.
US12076734B2
A spray boom of a spray boom assembly includes a boom frame and a spray section coupled to the boom frame. The spray section includes an elongated spray pipe configured to be fluidly coupled to a fluid source and a nozzle coupled to the spray pipe. An actuator is coupled at one end to the boom frame and at an opposite end to the spray section. The actuator controllably extends and retracts to move the spray pipe and nozzle between a raised position and a lowered position.
US12076724B2
A specimen processing apparatus performs processing on a specimen contained in a container. The specimen processing apparatus includes: holders having different shapes, each of the holders being configured to hold the container; a holder placement unit that comprises holder receiving portions having different shapes, the shapes of the holder receiving portions corresponding to the shapes of the holders; and a specimen processing unit that performs processing on the specimen contained in the container held by one of the holders placed on the holder placement unit.
US12076709B2
A catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation of butene and a method for producing the same are described. The method includes forming a first coprecipitate, forming a second coprecipitate, and mixing the first and second coprecipitates under conditions that product a catalyst having a favorable surface chemistry profile.
US12076707B2
The present invention relates to a surface modified zeolite adsorbent wherein the surface of said zeolite is modified with a coating comprised of a silicone derived species, said zeolite having a mean crystal size from about 5 to about 10 μm and a skeletal density of ≥1.10 gr./cc. The invention is based on the discovery that larger crystals tend to have higher particle density, and the packing of the larger crystals in agglomeration processes leads to more idealized packing to provide a larger mean-pore diameter. The surface modified adsorbent provides rate selectivity for one gas over others is described. The superior adsorbent has the added convenience of bead forming simultaneously with pore modification as well as having the treatment result in the yielding of high crush strength products.
US12076705B2
The present invention describes a method of capturing a fluorinated carbon compound located within a liquid, the method comprising contacting the fluorinated carbon compound with a block copolymer having a backbone comprising a hydrophilic block and a fluoropolyether block, wherein the fluorinated carbon compound binds to and is captured by the block copolymer.
US12076702B2
Disclosed are a device and method for oxidizing an organic substance, particularly a method for preparing ethylbenzene hydroperoxide by reacting ethylbenzene with an oxygen-containing gas. The device comprises a vertical bubbling reactor (1) and a horizontal bubbling reactor (11) connected to a reaction product outlet of the vertical bubbling reactor (1), wherein the horizontal bubbling reactor (11) is internally provided with a plurality of reaction compartments (21) which are arranged along the axial direction thereof, and a liquid phase channel (22) is provided between adjacent reaction compartments (21).
US12076700B2
Disclosed are systems and processes for distributing reactor coolant flow to the cooling jackets of a loop slurry reactor, where the reactor coolant is used to control the temperature of the loop slurry reactor in olefin polymerization. Also disclosed are systems and processes for controlling the temperature of the reactor coolant that is used for cooling olefin polymerization reactors, which can be used in combination with traditional coolant distribution regimes and in combination with the coolant distribution systems and processes that are disclosed herein.
US12076696B2
The purpose of the present disclosure is, in a bubble generating device provided with a bubble generating unit for generating minute bubbles in water flowing through the inside of the cylindrical main body unit, to improve the bubble generating efficiency of the bubble generating unit. Provided is a bubble generating device provided with a cylindrical main body unit and a bubble generating unit disposed within the main body, wherein: the bubble generating unit is provided with slits extending radially centered on one point within the main body unit in a cross-sectional plane of the main body unit, and a column part protruding from the inner peripheral surface of main body unit and formed on the peripheral edge of the slits; and the amount of protrusion of the column part is gradually reduced toward the upstream side from the peripheral edges of the slits, and the column part has a recessed part formed on the downstream surface.
US12076694B2
The present invention provides an organic bioelectronic HD device system for the effective removal of protein-bound substances, comprising PEDOT:PSS, a multiwall carbon nanotube, polyethylene oxide (PEO), and (3-glycidyloxypropyl)trimethoxysilane (GOPS). The composite nanofiber platform exhibited (i) long-term water-resistance; (ii) high adhesion strength on the PES membrane; (iii) enhanced electrical properties; and (iv) good anticoagulant ability and negligible hemolysis of red blood cells, suggesting great suitability for use in developing next-generation bioelectronic medicines for HD.
US12076692B1
A system to abate an emission from a first semiconductor process is disclosed. The system includes an abatement apparatus, such as a gas scrubber, to remove hazardous and toxic gas species from the emission. The abatement apparatus may combust the emission to remove these gas species using a fuel and oxidant. The system includes a fuel assembly fluidly coupled to the abatement apparatus which transmits the fuel from at least one source through the abatement apparatus. The fuel assembly may include a supply tank which contains a volume of fuel, a recovery apparatus which recovers and contains a recovery volume of fuel from a second semiconductor process, and a mass flow controller which may transmit fuel from at least one of the supply tank and the recovery apparatus through the abatement apparatus.
US12076681B2
A method for filtering a gas comprises passing a gas through a compartment of a filter assembly, the filter assembly comprising: an inlet opening; a first outlet opening; a casing comprising polymeric film and bounding the compartment, the compartment communicating with the inlet opening and the first outlet opening; and a first filter at least partially disposed within the compartment. The method further comprising forming a first seal across a first section of the casing at a location between the inlet opening and the first filter to form a first sub-compartment within the casing and severing the casing at a first location.
US12076679B1
A filter element for a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a filter media and a support element. The support element includes a first interface member, a second interface member, and a connecting member. The first interface member and the second interface member define opposing lateral ends of the support element and extend parallel to one another. The first interface member and the second interface member are engageable with complementary receiving structures of a rail to support the support element on the rail. The connecting member is coupled to the filter media and extends from the first interface member to the second interface member. The connecting member includes a concave portion extending from the first interface member and a convex portion extending from the second interface member.
US12076674B1
Apparatus to filter liquor includes at least one woven layer. The layer comprises strands that are naturally produced by a living thing, include domains of hydrophilic amino acids, include domains of hydrophobic amino acids, have a triangular cross section to produce turbulent liquid flow, have weft threads parallel to other weft threads, have warp threads parallel to other warp threads at an angle to the weft threads, have at least one of the pair consisting of negatively charged amino acid and positively charged amino acids, and have a denier in the range of 0.75 to 1.25.
US12076667B2
Debris filtration and strainer systems for a fluid handling device are provided herein. The strainer systems can include one or more of a strainer basket, a removable insert, and an adapter for removably engaging the removable insert with the strainer basket. The removable insert includes a liner having a plurality of openings that are the same size as, or smaller than, the openings of a the strainer basket, and which is inserted into the strainer basket to capture debris from water passing therethrough, preventing clogging of the strainer basket and reducing the frequency of cleanings of the strainer basket. The liner can be fabricated from a biodegradable material, and thus can be easily removed, disposed of, and replaced. The removable insert can include a rigid connection tab with one or more features for removably engaging the strainer basket and/or an adapter positioned between the strainer basket and the removable insert.
US12076663B2
Methods for of processing an oxygen containing feedstock to an amine reacted liquid or solid phase with a different solubility, polarity and/or functionality may, in various embodiments, comprise steps of contacting the amine with an oxygen containing hydrocarbon with temperature to facilitate reactions to reduce the oxygen content and modulate the solubility, polarity and/or functionality of the products.
US12076658B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide a highly interesting toy. A toy transformable between a first form and a second form includes a first outer shell part, a second outer shell part configured to be coupled to the first outer shell part, and a third outer shell part configured to be coupled to the first outer shell part and the second outer shell part. The first outer shell part and the second outer shell part are configured to be coupled to each other with the third outer shell part interposed therebetween in the first form and to be coupled to each other without the third outer shell part interposed therebetween in the second form.
US12076653B2
A chess set includes two or more chess pieces that have radial symmetry around a vertical axis and having rank-identifying shapes similar to those found in common Staunton style chess pieces. The chess pieces are designed such that at least two of the pieces can intermesh or combine with one another to result in a meshed pair that can be stored in less than 65% of the space that would be required to store the two pieces if stored separately.
US12076649B2
Apparatus and methods are provided for providing and simulating authentication within a metaverse. A user may request to be authenticated by a computer program. The program may authenticate the user. The program may create a time-limited avatar overlay for the user to utilize within the metaverse. The time-limited avatar overlay may be transmitted to the user. The user may use the avatar overlay within the metaverse to authenticate the user. The user may authenticate through any appropriate method, including by providing a copy of a real identification card to the program. In an embodiment, the avatar overlay may be a digital representation of the identification card or a digital token.
US12076647B2
A computer device is configured to provide a computer implemented game. A display displays a game play screen comprising a first area and a second area, the first area of the game play screen comprising a game board comprising one or more first game objects to be collected in response to user interaction. A processor causes items to be provided in the second area of the game play screen in response to the user interaction to satisfy game objectives associated with the second area of the game play screen. The processor determines a first contribution associated with an in-game currency to upgrade an upgradeable image associated with the second area of the game play screen and whether the respective level has been completed and to determine a second contribution; and if an accumulated second contribution from the completion of levels satisfies a criteria, provides inventory items which are usable to unlock or upgrade a respective item.
US12076646B2
A content image display section 112 displays a content image. A system image display section 130 overlaps a system image on the content image, according to a user operation, and displays the overlapped image. A button display section 144 displays a session button for inviting a specific user to a game session.
US12076627B2
A racket dampener swing sensor apparatus to obtain measurements of parameters relative to the player's performance while reducing vibration includes a dampener body having a body front side, a body back side, and a body perimeter. The body perimeter has a string channel to selectively engage a plurality of strings of a tennis racket. The dampener body absorbs vibration from the plurality of strings. An accelerometer and a microcontroller with memory are coupled within the dampener body to measure hit velocity for each shot type (forehand, backhand, serve, topspin, slice, or flat). A vibration sensor is provided to detect when a ball is struck. A transceiver is coupled within the dampener body to wirelessly communicate with an app on a smartphone or computer. A battery is coupled within the dampener body and a charge port is in operational communication with the battery.
US12076625B2
Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head includes a body portion having a toe portion, a heel portion, a front portion, a rear portion, a top portion, and a sole portion. A retention cavity is located at the sole portion and includes an opening and a plurality of interior side walls connected to the opening. The plurality of interior side walls define two or more ball retention areas configured to frictionally engage at least a portion of a golf ball within the retention cavity. The two or more ball retention areas are located at or proximate the opening and frictionally engage the golf ball along a ball circumference located above an equator of the golf ball. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
US12076587B2
A computer implemented method of developing a radiation treatment plan comprising spot scanning of a treatment target comprising accessing information associated with a patient and information pertaining to a radiation delivery machine. The method further comprises determining an area associated with the treatment target, wherein the area comprises a plurality of spots and computing a weighting for each spot of the plurality of spots, wherein the weighting is associated with a number of protons delivered at a respective spot. Further, the method comprises computing timing related parameters based on information retrieved from the radiation delivery machine and determining a transition dose delivered by the radiation delivery machine during the transition from one spot to another spot when irradiating the treatment target.
US12076579B2
An emission enhancement structure having at least one energy augmentation structure; and an energy converter capable of receiving energy from an energy source, converting the energy and emitting therefrom a light of a different energy than the received energy. The energy converter is disposed in a vicinity of the at least one energy augmentation structure such that the emitted light is emitted with an intensity larger than if the converter were remote from the at least one energy augmentation structure. Also described are various uses for the energy emitters, energy augmentation structures and energy collectors in a wide array of fields, including various adhesives applications.
US12076577B2
In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a catheter having a catheter body, a light emitter disposed at a distal end of the catheter body, and a fluid conduit coupleable to a source of fluid. The fluid conduit configured to discharge fluid from the source via the conduit and out a distal end of the catheter body. A spacing member is disposed at the distal end of the catheter body and can be moved between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. In the expanded configuration, the spacing member is disposed about the light emitter. The spacing member is at least partially transmissive and/or transflective of light emitted from the light emitter. The apparatus configured to be inserted at least partially into a body lumen, to discharge fluid into the body lumen, and to emit light from the light emitter to illuminate an interior wall of the body lumen.
US12076573B2
A medical device management system includes a plurality of medical devices associated with a common administrator and comprising at least one defibrillator/monitor, wherein the plurality of medical devices comprise previously stored configuration information and a central server comprising a configuration information database and configured to communicatively couple to the plurality of medical devices via a long-range wireless connection, push administrator-selected configuration information updates to the plurality of medical devices associated with the common administrator, wherein the plurality of medical devices are configured to communicatively couple with the central server via the long-range wireless connection, receive the pushed administrator-selected configuration information, and update the previously stored configuration information according to the pushed administrator-selected configuration information.
US12076571B2
A subcutaneously implantable device includes a housing, a clip attached to a top side of the housing that is configured to anchor the device to a bone, and an electrode that is configured to contact an organ. The clip includes a top portion that is rigid, a bottom portion that is rigid, and an intermediate portion between the top portion and the bottom portion that is configured to permit movement of the top portion with respect to the bottom portion and thereby apply force onto the bone between the top portion and the bottom portion.
US12076569B2
A medical device includes a motion sensor for producing a motion signal including cardiac event signals. The medical device generates a ventricular pacing pulse upon expiration of a pacing interval. The medical device determines a synchrony metric from the motion signal after a delivered ventricular pacing pulse and adjusts the pacing interval based on the synchrony metric.
US12076565B2
Provided are an implantable medical device control system and a control method therefor, the system comprising: an implantable medical device implanted into the body so as to stimulate a specific area in the body; a management terminal for controlling the driving of the implantable medical device by communicating with the implantable medical device through a wireless communication method; and a management server connected with the management terminal so as to be capable of communicating therewith, assigning priority to each parameter included in patient condition information and storing and managing same, and providing the stored information, and thus, since priority is assigned to each parameter included in patient condition information and stimulation applied to a specific part in the body is adjusted according to the assigned priority, the entire parameter can be controlled such that a patient condition is maintained in a stabilized state by satisfying a preset reference value.
US12076554B2
Electrical stimulation of specific facial and lingual nerves creates a more sustained pulsatility activity compared to stimulation of other cranial nerves. Pulsatility of arteries has intrinsic time constraints related to the time for vasodilation/constriction and time to return to baseline (TBL) after electrical stimulation which may affect the pulsatility response. Control of temporal patterning and the stimulation waveform maximizes the physiological response to cerebral pulsatility and its resulting effects on cerebral spinal fluid penetration into the brain parenchyma for a multitude of therapeutic uses including clearing misfolded proteins and/or administered pharmacological agents, diluting endogenous neurochemical concentrations within the brain, and reducing non-synaptic coupling.
US12076553B2
A subcutaneously implantable device is implantable into a body of a patient, and includes a prong and an electrode. The prong has a contact portion at or adjacent to a distal end thereof that is configured to contact an organ. The prong is constructed to apply pressure to the organ with spring action so as to maintain contact between the contact portion and the organ without fixing the contact portion to the organ. The electrode is provided at the contact portion of the prong, is configured to contact the organ, and is electrically coupled or couplable with circuitry that is configured to provide monitoring, therapeutic, and/or diagnostic capabilities with respect to the organ.
US12076549B2
The invention relates to a feed line (105) for a pump unit (110) of a cardiac support system (100). The feed line (105) is embodied to guide a fluid flow to a pump unit (110) of the cardiac support system (100). The feed line (105) comprises a feed head portion (130) with at least one introduction opening (140) for introducing the fluid flow into the feed line (105) and a contoured portion (135) with an inner surface contour. The contoured portion (135) is disposed adjacent to the feed head portion (130). An inner diameter of the contoured portion (135) at a first position is greater than the inner diameter at a second position. The inner surface contour has a rounded portion at the second position for reducing the inner diameter.
US12076548B2
Various aspects of the present invention are directed towards apparatuses, systems, and methods that may include a blood pump. The blood pump may include an impeller assembly housing, an impeller assembly having an impeller configured to cause blood to flow through the pump, a motor housing, a motor configured to drive the impeller, and a pivotable housing connector.
US12076546B2
A rotary pump housing having a cylindrical bore, a pumping chamber and a motor stator including an electrically conductive coil located within the housing and surrounding a portion of the cylindrical bore. A rotor has a cylindrical shaft with an impeller and one or of magnets located within the shaft that are responsive to the motor stator to drive actuation of the rotor. The housing bore is closely fitted to the outer surface of the shaft forming a hydrodynamic journal bearing with an annular clearance defining a leakage flow path. One or more of radial or axial thrust bearings may be provided to provide rotation stability to the rotor and flow within the leakage flow path. The relative orientation of positions of the inflow, outflow, and leakage flow paths may be varied within the pump, such as to accommodate different intended methods for implantation and/or use.
US12076544B2
A blood pump system including a blood pump, an intravascular flow cannula, and a pressure sensor. The intravascular flow cannula is in flow communication with the blood pump and has a distal end portion distally from the blood pump and a proximal end portion closer to the blood pump. The intravascular flow cannula has at least one blood flow through opening at its distal end portion for blood to enter or exit the flow cannula. The blood flow through opening has a borderline surrounding the through opening. The pressure sensor is configured radially within the flow cannula and borders a proximal portion of the borderline.
US12076538B2
An injection device for setting and injecting of a dose of a medicament includes: an acoustic feedback arrangement comprising: a first feedback element having a first engaging section and having a free end section located at a predetermined distance from the first engaging section, a second feedback element having a second engaging section configured to engage with the first engaging section, wherein the first feedback element is movable, pivotable or resiliently deformable along a first direction (d1) relative to the second feedback element from an initial state (i) towards a biased state (b), and a sound generator formed by the first engaging section or audibly engageable with the free end section of the first feedback element.
US12076537B2
The disclosure relates to an injection device for setting and injecting pre-set or user-selectable doses of a medicament, the injection device comprising an elongated housing defining a longitudinal direction and configured to accommodate a cartridge containing the medicament, and a detector arrangement operable to detect a relative movement between a first element and a second element. The first element is subject to a first movement relative to the second element along a first longitudinal direction for setting of a dose, the first element is subject to a second movement relative to the second element along a second longitudinal direction for dispensing of the dose, one of the first movement and the second movement is a helical movement, and the other one of the first movement and the second movement is a sliding movement in the longitudinal direction. The second element comprises at least one reference element fixed to the second element.
US12076533B2
A processor-implemented method includes identifying a reference insulin absorption curve for a patient based on demographic data of the patient, identifying a contextual adjustment factor based on current contextual information for the patient, obtaining an adjusted insulin absorption curve based on the reference insulin absorption curve and the contextual adjustment factor, and causing insulin delivery to the patient based on the adjusted insulin absorption curve.
US12076528B2
An injection system has: a gasket having a plurality of engaging claws, wherein each of the engaging claws includes an inner surface S1 which defines a hole H having an inlet with an enlarged diameter and an outer surface S2 inclined in a direction away from a perpendicular line P passing through a center of the hole H, and the engaging claws are to be displaced between a widened position and a narrowed position; a rain to be inserted into the hole H so as to engage with the engaging claws; a cylinder, into which the gasket is to be inserted, contacting the outer surfaces S2; and an injection device configured to move the ram forward and injecting a chemical solution in the cylinder. An annular groove which serves as a starting point of deformation of the engaging claws is formed on the gasket.
US12076520B2
Various approaches for microbubble-enhanced ultrasound treatment of target tissue include retrieving a treatment plan stored in memory; causing administration of an exogenous agent in accordance with the treatment plan; causing, in accordance with the treatment plan, an ultrasound transducer to transmit ultrasound waves to the target tissue and generate a focus therein in the presence of administered exogenous agent; receiving, from a monitoring system, a measured parameter value indicating a treatment condition in response to administration of the exogenous agent and transmission of the ultrasound waves during treatment; and adjusting the treatment plan based at least in part on the measured parameter value.
US12076512B2
A device is disclosed herein, comprising: (a) at least three lumens, comprising a first lumen, a second lumen, and a third lumen, (b) a balloon inflation port in fluid communication with the first lumen, (c) a fluid delivery port in fluid communication with the second lumen, (d) a guidewire port in fluid communication with the third lumen, (e) a balloon in fluid communication with the first lumen, wherein the balloon has a first end and a second end, (f) one or more fluid delivery channels extending a length of the second lumen, and (g) one or more fluid delivery ducts extending from the one or more fluid delivery channels to an exterior surface of the second lumen, wherein the one or more fluid delivery ducts are defined only in a portion of the second lumen that is disposed adjacent the first end of the balloon.
US12076508B2
A fixing device capable of being fixed, by simple fixing, to a living body without causing an occurrence of inflammation is provided. The fixing device 3 is fixed beneath the skin of the living body and includes a porous portion 31a capable of inducing cells thereto and a flat portion 31b that allows the cells to be adhered thereto, the porous portion 31a and the flat portion 31b are provided adjacent to each other, and a virtual surface SF1 of the porous portion 31a and a surface SF2 of the flat portion 31b are substantially flush with each other.
US12076507B2
A device for sealing and securing a catheter at its insertion site in order to provide for optimum safe catheter function, and to achieve maximum catheter longevity/dwell time is described. The sterile seal achieved by this device fully protects the catheter and its insertion site from external contamination. The unique sterile seal also functions to fully stabilize and secure the catheter, thereby minimizing traumatic catheter injury and loss. A means of continuously viewing the insertion site is also provided, as well as mechanisms for maintaining sterility of the sterile chamber that is formed around the catheter insertion site by the integrated sealing and securing device. Together these features allow for improved catheter safety and function, and allow catheters to safely remain in place for an extended period of time. The need to change catheter dressings at intervals is minimized or eliminated.
US12076505B2
In a robot-assisted steerable medical device, such as a catheter, a magnetic connector hub is configured to establish mechanical and magnetic connection between a drive cable and an actuator, or between multiple modules in a single insert-and-twist motion. The connector hub creates a magnetic breakaway feature for automatically decoupling the actuator from the drive cable, while the catheter remains attached. This prevents damage to the catheter/tool and/or patient when an excessive force is applied, and adds a safety element and helps protect the patient. And when the breakaway occurs the system can be automatically reengaged catheter without damage, so that normal operation can resume. Connection can also be broken at any point in the operation based on threshold forces or emergency situations.
US12076501B2
A closed loop catheter useable for heat exchange is manufactured by forming a plurality of generally transverse bore holes though a flexible, multilumen catheter body, lacing a tube trough the bore holes so that loops of the tube protrude from the catheter body, connecting one end of the tube to an inflow lumen of the catheter and connecting the other end of the tube to an outflow lumen of the catheter. A heated or cooled heat exchange medium may then be circulated through the tube while the catheter is inserted in the vasculature of a subject, thereby resulting in heat exchange between the subject's flowing blood and the heat exchange medium being circulated through the tube.
US12076500B2
An extension assembly for a catheter comprises an extension tube, an extension connector, and an indicator assembly. The extension tube has a proximal end and a distal end. The extension tube further has an inner bore and an opening placing an interior of the extension tube in fluid communication with an exterior of the extension tube. The extension connector is coupled to the proximal end of the extension tube. The indicator assembly is comprised of a sealing member, a wicking member, and an indicator. The sealing member including a first side and a second side. The wicking member includes a wicking tab to be disposed within the opening of the extension tube. The indicator is in fluid communication with the wicking member. The sealing member is at least partially clear to allow visual inspection of the indicator once the indicator assembly is coupled to the extension tube.
US12076498B2
A case for a catheter system is disclosed, the case including a case body including a first side coupled to a second side. The case can include padding with a plurality of cavities to receive components of the catheter system and a strap to secure components of the catheter system to an interior of the case body. The case can further include one or more clips affixed to an interior wall of the first side or the second side of the case body. The one or more clips can be configured to secure additional catheter tubing or an external catheter to the interior wall of case body.
US12076493B2
An apparatus comprising means for: obtaining a predicted breathing sequence of a user; obtaining a desired breathing phase for consuming a first media content; and causing rendering of the first media content to the user at a first time which is based, at least in part, on a predicted time in the predicted breathing sequence at which the desired breathing phase occurs.
US12076486B2
A breathing assistance apparatus for use with delivery of respiratory gases to a patient includes a patient interface, having a body section adapted to cover the nose, or nose and mouth of a patient and a sealing interface. The sealing interface includes at least an outer sealing member. The outer sealing member is adapted to attach to the body section in a sealing manner and has a substantially thin section in at least its nasal bridge region. The thin section is substantially thinner than the rest of the outer sealing member. The patient interface includes a mask body and a seal assembly. The seal assembly includes a flexible seal, and a rigid seal clip, the seal assembly being removably attached to the mask body via the rigid seal clip. The mask body and rigid seal clip are profiled to match the contours of a user's face so that the seal has a substantially constant wall depth.
US12076485B2
A nasal mask has exhalation scoop fixed adjacent a lower portion of mask, adapted to overlie an upper lip of a patient when the mask is worn. The mask includes ports for sampling flow of CO2 expelled from the mouth and nose of the patient to the end-tidal CO2 port, and a pressure-based flow resistor for balancing flow of CO2 expelled from the mouth and the nose of the patient.
US12076477B2
A surgical suction device (10) comprising: a connector (12), a surgical cavity insertion tube (14), and a suction tip (16), wherein the surgical cavity insertion tube (14) is connected at a proximal end thereof to the connector (12) and at a distal end thereof to the suction tip (16), and the suction tip (16) comprises an inner hollow shaft (18) and an outer hollow shaft (20) coaxial to each other, the inner hollow shaft (18) having a first central opening (22) at a distal end thereof, and the outer hollow shaft (20) having an end wall (24) at a distal end thereof, wherein the end wall (24) has a second central opening (26) in axial alignment with the first central opening (22) of the inner hollow shaft (18), wherein the outer hollow shaft (20) has one or more openings (28) on a lateral wall (30) thereof.
US12076463B2
Method of making an osteoconductive polymer article and an osteoconductive polymer article thus made
The disclosure relates to methods of making an osteoconductive polymer article for use as an orthopedic implant comprises steps of forming an article from a biocompatible, non-biodegradable polymer, the article comprising a non-flat surface with roughness Ra of at least 5 μm; providing a dispersion of bioactive ceramic particles of particle size at most 10 μm in a first solvent comprising a solvent for the polymer; coating at least the non-flat surface with the dispersion in at least one step; and rinsing the coated article with a second solvent being a non-solvent for the polymer to substantially remove the first solvent.
US12076460B2
A device for mixing a bone material with a liquid is provided. The device comprises a chamber having a proximal end and a distal end, and the bone material disposed within the chamber, the bone material comprising a DBM pellet of milled and lyophilized demineralized bone fibers; and a plunger having at least a portion slidably disposed within the proximal end of the chamber and configured to dispense the bone material mixed with liquid from the distal end of the chamber, when the plunger is in an extended position.
US12076438B2
The present invention provides, among other things, methods and compositions for cancer treatment. The methods and compositions disclosed herein are particularly effective in reducing the size/volume of a tumor and inhibiting tumor growth.
US12076437B2
The invention provides a highly versatile system to promote vascularization in ischemic tissue. The system is composed of a fully defined, customizable hydrogel loaded with a potent cocktail of proangiogenic growth factors. The hydrogel's mechanical, degradation, and factor release behavior can be tailored to the specifications of any given target tissue or ischemic disease state. The growth factor cocktail can be optimized for maximal vessel density or size to meet the perfusion specifications required by the tissue. The embodiments of the disclosure concern methods and compositions of the system, with examples of preparation for both injectable and implantable delivery modes.
US12076431B2
A concentrate composition comprising: (a) at least 0.1 wt % of a surfactant compound; and (b) at least 10 wt % one or more ingredients selected from aldehydes, succinimidyl esters, chelating agents and amine salts of carboxylic acids.
US12076430B2
Disclosed is the field of cosmetic products, in particular, a hair dye, of the permanent coloring type, including: a mixture including primary dyes, couplers, at least one alkalizing substance, a buffer substance, an antioxidant substance; and at least one oxidizing agent. The alkalizing substance is contained in an alkaline solution including: tri-N-propylamine; arginine; water; and an alkalizing agent selected from glucamine and bis (3-aminopropyl) dodecylamine, where the pH value of the alkaline solution is ≥9.5.
US12076428B2
Disclosed are a liquid pearlescent composition (e.g., a liquid pearlescent concentration) that is free of a preservative, a personal product including the composition, and a method of use the same.
US12076422B2
Disclosed herein are composite materials which may be used as biomedical materials or constructs. The disclosed biomedical materials or constructs may be multiphasic and typically provide a surface for cell growth. The disclosed biomedical materials and constructs typically comprise conjugable and/or adhesive chemical moieties, such as hydroxylated aromatic moieties, which facilitate integration of the components of the biomedical materials and constructs. Suitable hydroxylated aromatic moieties may include dihydroxybenzene (DHB) moieties, such as 1,2-DHB moeities, and derivatives thereof.
US12076421B2
There are provided methods for diagnosing coronary heart disease in a subject in need thereof comprising administering an admixture comprising CO2 to a subject to reach a predetermined PaCO2 in the subject to induce hyperemia, monitoring vascular reactivity in the subject and diagnosing the presence or absence of coronary heart disease in the subject, wherein decreased vascular reactivity in the subject compared to a control subject is indicative of coronary heart disease. There are also provided methods for increasing sensitivity and specificity of BOLD MRI.
US12076416B2
The present disclosure provides a gene editing nanocapsule and a preparation method and use thereof. The gene editing nanocapsule has a core-shell structure, wherein the inner core includes a Cas/sgRNA ribonucleoprotein complex, and the outer shell includes a polymer, the Cas/sgRNA ribonucleoprotein complex has a gene editing function, and the polymer acts as a carrier for the Cas/sgRNA ribonucleoprotein complex and protects it, because the polymer contains tumor microenvironment sensitive molecules, the nanocapsules can be efficiently released in tumor cells. Further, the surface of the outer shell can be modified with a targeting agent, so that the nanocapsule can specifically target tumor cells, which improves the endocytosis efficiency of the nanocapsule. The gene editing nanocapsule has good biocompatibility and biosafety, and is expected to become a safe and efficient gene therapy drug for tumors.
US12076411B2
The present disclosure provides anti-HER2 antibody-maytansine conjugate structures. The disclosure also encompasses methods of production of such conjugates, as well as methods of using the same.
US12076407B2
Compounds useful as biologically active compounds are disclosed. The compounds have the following structure (I): or a stereoisomer, tautomer or salt thereof, wherein A, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, L, L1, L2, L3, L4, M, m and n are as defined herein. Methods associated with preparation and use of such compounds is also provided.
US12076406B2
In some embodiments, the disclosure provides for a conjugate comprising: a) a peptide that competes with an Fc fragment of an IgG for binding to an Fc receptor; and b) a targeting moiety that targets molecular aggregates. In some embodiments, the disclosure provides for methods of using the conjugates for treating a disease or disorder associated with aggregate formation.
US12076403B2
Pharmaceutical compositions for topical application to skin are provided. In some embodiments, the pharmaceutical compositions comprise a corticosteroid and further comprise a liquid oil component comprising one or more dicarboxylic acid esters and/or monocarboxylic acid esters.
US12076397B2
The present invention provides compositions comprising emulsion adjuvant and one or more active agents or substances formulated for infusion or injection into a subject (e.g., using a syringe and needle), as well as methods of formulating and using the same (e.g., as an injectable medicinal composition (e.g., a vaccine)). The emulsion adjuvant of an immunogenic composition of the invention in its preferred form comprises a cationic lipid containing a polar head group and a hydrophobic component (e.g., a dual chain hydrophobic group (e.g., the cationic surfactant dioctadecyl dimethyl ammonium chloride (DODAC) and dioctadecyl dimethyl ammonium bromine (DODAB))). Compositions of the invention comprising emulsion adjuvant and one or more active agents or substances formulated for administration via injection to a subject find use in treatment and/or prevention of infectious disease, cancer and/or allergy.
US12076372B2
The present disclosure provides for use of variants of C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP), and novel pharmaceutical compositions and formulations comprising CNP variant peptides for the treatment of skeletal dysplasias, one or more symptoms of skeletal dysplasias, such as long bone growth or growth velocity, and other disorders having a skeletal dysplasia and/or CNP-associated symptom or component.
US12076371B2
The disclosure features fusion proteins that are conditionally active variants of a cytokine of interest. In one aspect, the full-length polypeptides of the invention have reduced or minimal cytokine-receptor activating activity even though they contain a functional cytokine polypeptide. Upon activation, e.g., by cleavage of a linker that joins a blocking moiety, e.g., a steric blocking polypeptide, in sequence to the active cytokine, the cytokine can bind its receptor and effect signaling. Typically, the fusion proteins further comprise an in vivo half-life extension element, which may be cleaved from the cytokine in the tumor microenvironment.
US12076367B2
A fusion protein is described, comprising a first N-terminal signal peptide sequence, a second peptide sequence C-terminal to the signal peptide sequence, and a third peptide sequence C-terminal to the second peptide sequence; wherein one of the second peptide sequence and the third peptide sequence is an RdCVF-short peptide sequence and the other is a hydrophilic peptide sequence. After translation the signal peptide is cleaved, leaving a fusion protein comprising the second peptide sequence and the third peptide sequence minus the signal peptide. Also described are nucleic acids and expression vectors encoding the fusion protein, cells comprising the nucleic acid or expression vector, as well as methods of treatment and uses of the fusion protein, nucleic acid, and expression vector. The fusion protein can be produced in vitro by culturing the cells of this invention under conditions allowing for expression and secretion of the encoded fusion protein, and isolating the fusion protein from the cell culture.
US12076364B2
An agent for inhibiting binding of transferrin receptor to SARS-CoV-2 spike protein or an anti-SARS-CoV-2 medicament is provided, where active pharmaceutical ingredients of the agent or the medicament include interference peptides, and the interference peptides include: SL8, FG8, DL12, RK4, SD6, HF7, and/or QK8.
US12076362B2
A botanical pain relief ointment contains a botanical fat base, turmeric oil, myrrh oil, frankincense oil, peppermint oil, an anti-inflammatory botanical oil, and CBD isolate oil. A method of producing the botanical pain relief ointment includes sequentially mixing shea butter, turmeric oil, myrrh oil, frankincense oil, peppermint oil, olive oil, and CBD isolate oil in a blender on low speed until creamy and smooth. The ointment is all natural and is believed to have no side effects.
US12076359B2
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating otitis media with effusion comprising a fraction of Melissa officinalis leaf extract as an effective ingredient.
US12076350B2
The invention relates to the use of fecal microbiota transplant for preventing and/or reducing systemic and gut treatment-induced inflammation in an individual in need thereof.
US12076346B2
The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for cell transplantation therapy based on forced expression of an exogenous HLA-F protein in donor cells to be transplanted into a subject. In some embodiments, the donor cells express an exogenous chimeric HLA-F protein comprising an extracellular region comprising an HLA-F alpha 1 domain, an HLA alpha 2 domain, an HLA-F alpha 3 domain, a linker and a β2m protein.
US12076329B2
The present disclosure provides a conjugate comprising an affinity agent, a branched linker, and two or more photoisomerizable regulators. The present disclosure provides compositions comprising the conjugate, as well as devices comprising the compositions. The present disclosure provides methods for enhancing visual function, the methods comprising administering the conjugate to an individual in need thereof.
US12076315B2
The invention provides compositions containing a stable crystalline form of brequinar and methods of making such composition. The invention also provides methods of using such compositions to treat a condition in a subject.
US12076306B2
The present invention provides compounds of formula (I), and pharmaceutical compositions thereof.
US12076302B2
Described herein are methods and compositions useful to reduce (partially/inhibit or completely—prevent) skin cancer development in an individual in need thereof.
US12076301B2
In various embodiments, methods are provided for applying transcutaneous and/or epidural spinal cord stimulation with and without selective pharmaceuticals to restore voluntary control of hand function in tetraplegic subjects.
US12076293B2
Disclosed are systems and processes related to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). One embodiment of the system comprises an inspiration chamber and an expiration chamber, which work cooperatively to provide gas (e.g., Oxygen (O2)) to a subject (e.g., human patient) during inspiration and extract and expel expired gas (e.g., Carbon Dioxide (CO2)) from the subject during expiration as a medical professional applies CPR to the subject. In other words, this disclosure provides systems and processes that allow for substantially synchronous chest compressions with positive pressure active inspirations and, also, substantially synchronous chest decompressions with negative pressure active expirations.
US12076289B2
An exoskeleton wearable on a body of a human having two legs, the exoskeleton comprising a first HAA joint and a second HAA joint to assist the human with leg abduction and adduction movements that are parallel to a frontal plane, each of the first and the second HAA joints having an actuator, each actuator including a motor and a clutch. The exoskeleton further comprises a sensor system for measuring a combined center of mass of the human and the exoskeleton in the frontal plane and a step width of the human in the frontal plane. The exoskeleton further comprises a controller that outputs adjustment angles for each of the first and the second HAA joints based on the center of mass and the step width. The first and the second HAA joints are respectively rotated based on the respective output adjustment angles.
US12076288B2
An inflatable neck traction device includes a supporting portion and a bearing portion. The height of the top surface of the bearing portion is lower than that of the supporting portion. The supporting portion has a neck support body and two shoulder abutting bodies, and can be provided therein with a first airbag and two second airbags. An inflation device can be connected to the airbags. When a user rests on the device in a supine position, the top surface of the neck support body supports the neck, and the shoulder abutting bodies abut against the shoulders. The inflation device inflates or deflates the airbags to displace the neck support body along a first axis and the shoulder abutting bodies along a second axis to change the force exerted by the neck support body and shoulder abutting bodies on the neck and shoulders to achieve cervical traction effects.
US12076279B2
A device for ultrasonic object detection, having at least two independent transducers that are able to emit at least two ultrasonic signals respectively in order to produce reflected ultrasonic signals in return, and able to receive the reflected ultrasonic signals, wherein it has an electronic processing unit configured so as to convert the received reflected ultrasonic signals into respective spectrograms, in an audible frequency band, and form respective audible temporal signals through an inverse Fourier transform of the spectrograms.
US12076272B2
A conjunctival cover including an annular generally curved shell having a conjunctival portion structured to conform to and overly at least part of the conjunctiva of an eye. The annular generally partially spherical shell defines a generally central opening. The central opening is sized to leave a cornea of the eye substantially or partially uncovered when the conjunctival cover is applied to the eye.
US12076252B2
An expandable intervertebral spacer system having a cage formed by a top plate and a bottom plate which are held apart a changeable distance. An expansion mechanism within the cavity is configured to force the top plate apart from the bottom plate a desired distance. One expansion mechanism is an expansion spring that is held in a compressed state with a removable trigger wire that temporarily secures the top and bottom plates together. Once the spacer is implanted in a patient, the trigger wire is removed permitting the expansion spring to relax, in a single motion, to the farthest extent possible in an intervertebral space. The top plate and the bottom plate are locked apart using a locking mechanism made of two saw-toothed posts that cooperate to lock the top plate a desired distance from the bottom plate. The saw-tooth posts are biased against each other with a spring.
US12076249B2
A system for aligning components of a prosthetic includes a mounting plate, a fastener and an adapter coupling plate. The mounting plate comprises: a first major surface; a second major surface opposing the first major surface; an adapter accommodation hole extending through the mounting plate; and sizing indicia located on the second major surface. The fastener extends from the mounting plate. The adapter coupling plate comprises: a third major surface; a fourth major surface opposing the third major surface; an adapter coupling hole extending through the adapter coupling plate and surrounded by the adapter accommodation hole; and an indicator located on the fourth major surface to point to the sizing indicia on the mounting plate. The adapter coupling plate can be slidable along a slot surrounding the fastener or a tongue and groove system connecting the adapter coupling plate and the mounting plate and locked via the fastener.
US12076246B2
An orthopedic prosthetic joint comprising a joint couple having a first bearing surface made of a poly aryl ether ketone (PAEK) and a second joint component having a second bearing made of a polymer that is softer than the PAEK such as UHMWPE the first and second bearing surfaces in sliding engagement with one another.
US12076225B2
Ureteral or bladder catheters and systems are provided, including (a) a proximal portion; and (b) a distal portion, the distal portion including a retention portion including an outer periphery or protective surface area which prevents mucosal tissue from occluding one or more protected drainage holes, ports, or perforations disposed within the outer periphery or protective surface area upon application of negative pressure through the catheter.
US12076220B2
A liquid permeable substrate for an absorbent article is disclosed. The substrate includes a first layer including a hydrophobic material and a second layer including a hydrophilic material. The first layer is joined to the second layer. The substrate includes a plurality of recesses, a plurality of projections, and a plurality of land areas. The land areas surround at least a majority of the plurality of projections and a plurality of the recesses. The plurality of recesses, the plurality of projections, and the plurality of land areas together form a first three-dimensional surface on a first side of the substrate and a second three-dimensional surface on a second side of the substrate. The substrate has an overall z-directional height in the range of about 1000 μm to about 6000 μm according to the Overall Substrate Height Test.
US12076218B2
Systems and methods for delivering a foamed fluid to a wound of a patient (e.g., through a wound dressing covering the wound and coupled to the skin around the wound).
US12076212B1
A system and method is provided for performing internal maxillary sinus lift procedures where the system and method employs a set of sequentially deployed surgical drill bits to be used in conjunction with a dental implant surgical kit for performing internal maxillary sinus lift procedures in the dental implant surgical situations where the sub-antral bone height is not adequate to host an implant.
US12076210B2
An orthodontic bracket can include a bracket body. The bracket body can include an outer body. The bracket body can also include an inner body coupled to the outer body. The orthodontic bracket can include a bracket base configured to couple to a tooth. The inner body of the outer body is disposed between the outer body and the bracket base.
US12076209B2
A dental appliance for positioning a patient's teeth includes a removable orthodontic tooth positioning appliance having teeth receiving cavities shaped to directly receive at least some of the patient's teeth and apply a resilient positioning force to the patient's teeth. The appliance includes a hard polymer layer having a hard polymer layer elastic modulus disposed between a first soft polymer layer having a first soft polymer layer elastic modulus and a second soft polymer layer having a second soft polymer layer elastic modulus. The hard polymer layer elastic modulus is greater than each of the first soft polymer layer elastic modulus and the second soft polymer layer elastic modulus. At least one of the first soft polymer layer and the second soft polymer layer has a flexural modulus of greater than about 35,000 psi.
US12076198B2
A custom surgical stent for use in a tooth bud ablation procedure that results in tooth agenesis.
US12076193B2
Ultrasound imaging and therapy with the same array of capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers is provided. The electronics includes a per-pixel switch for each transducer element. The switches provide an imaging mode driven completely by on-chip electronics and a therapy mode where off-chip pulsers provide relatively high voltages to the transducer elements.
US12076189B2
A hand-held ultrasound device, for placement on a subject, includes a semiconductor device and a housing to support the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes: a plurality of ultrasonic transducer elements; a plurality of pulsers coupled to the plurality of ultrasonic transducer elements; a plurality of waveform generators configured to drive the plurality of pulsers; receive processing circuitry configured to process ultrasound signals received by the plurality of ultrasonic transducer elements; and a plurality of independently controllable registers configured to store a plurality of different parameters for the waveform generators.
US12076186B2
A device for measuring reflected ultrasound and optical signals may include: an optical source; an optical assembly comprising at least one lens, configured to focus reflected optical illumination from a target onto a detector; and an ultrasound transducer aligned to transmit and receive ultrasound radiation co-axially with the reflected optical illumination and wherein the ultrasound transducer at least partially obstructs a path of the reflected optical illumination. An obstruction may be distant from a focal spot of the optical assembly. The device for measuring reflected ultrasound and optical signals may be particularly useful for characterizing fluid behind an ear drum to diagnose otitis media.
US12076184B2
An imaging catheter assembly is provided. In one embodiment, the imaging catheter assembly includes a flexible elongate member including a distal portion and a proximal portion; a crown element coupled to the distal portion, wherein the crown element includes an annular ring, a first post and, a second post, and wherein the first post and the second post extend from the annular ring; a first pullwire anchored to the annular ring at the first post and extending along the flexible elongate member from the crown element to the proximal portion of the flexible elongate member; a second pullwire anchored to the annular ring at the first post and extending along the flexible elongate member from the crown element to the proximal portion of the flexible elongate member; and an imaging component coupled to the distal portion.
US12076183B2
An image processing device includes a drive unit connected with an ultrasound element or an image sensor element, and an image processing unit that sequentially generates two-dimensional images of an organ, a blood vessel, or a medical instrument, based on information which is acquired by the ultrasound element or the image sensor element, and that generates a three-dimensional image based on the two-dimensional image. The image processing unit includes a storage unit that stores position correspondence information and/or image correspondence information, and a control unit that determines a position inside the three-dimensional image corresponding to a current position of the ultrasound element or the image sensor element, based on the position correspondence information or the image correspondence information, and that generates display information in real time, in which the determined position inside the three-dimensional image is identified and displayed inside the three-dimensional image.
US12076180B2
According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry calculates, based on a region of interest set in a mammographic image, a first distance from the region of interest to a body surface on the mammographic image, and displays, in an ultrasound image, a marker indicating a position of the region of interest as viewed in a depth direction based on the first distance.
US12076166B2
Embodiments of the present invention may provide automated techniques for signal analysis that may continuously provide up-to-date results that link EEG and behaviors that are important for daily activities. Such techniques may provide automation, objectivity, real-time monitoring and portability. In an embodiment of the present invention, a computer-implemented method for monitoring neural activity may comprise receiving data representing at least one signal representing neural activity of a test subject, pre-processing the received data by performing at least one of band-pass filtering, artifact removal, identifying common spatial patterns, and temporally segmentation, processing the pre-processed data by performing at least one of time domain processing, frequency domain processing, and time-frequency domain processing, generating a machine learning model using the processed data as a training dataset, and outputting a characterization of the neural activity based on the machine learning model.
US12076161B2
The invention relates to a system and a method for providing an exacerbation risk score for a respiratory disease of a patient. The system measures a heart signal and/or a blood circulation signal of a patient and detects cough events and sneeze events in the measurement data. The cough events and sneeze events are indicative for an onset of a contagion and/or an allergy, which can rapidly exacerbate a respiratory disease of the patient. Thus, the system is configured for providing unobtrusively an exacerbation risk score to the patient and/or to a physician.
US12076138B2
Apparatus and methods are described for ultrasound guided optoacoustic monitoring to provide diagnostic information for many clinical applications blood oxygenation in blood vessels and in tissues including for early diagnosis and management of circulatory shock (including that induced by hemorrhage). In certain embodiments provided herein, methods and apparatus for optoacoustics for measurement of blood oxygenation in the innominate vein are provided.
US12076131B2
Methods, apparatus, and systems for medical procedures are disclosed herein for receiving an input of a plurality of measured coordinates of a respective plurality of position transducers of a probe inside a body of a subject, receiving a measured voltage measurement output by the probe, determining a cost function based on a model of known mechanical properties of the probe compared to the measured coordinates with respect to shapes that can be assumed by the probe in the body and further based on an expected voltage value compared to the measured voltage measurement, selecting a shape based on the cost function, generating corrected coordinates of the points along the probe based on the shape and displaying a representation of the probe using the corrected coordinates.
US12076112B2
A method includes receiving, by an electronic device, sensor data during a spirometry test of a user, the sensor data comprising audio data of the user, image data of a face of the user, and distance data of a distance from the face of the user. The method also includes obtaining, by the electronic device, at least one measured parameter associated with the spirometry test that is determined using at least one of the audio data, the image data, or the distance data, wherein the at least one measured parameter is correlated with an amount of air volume exchange or an amount of exhalation force by the user during the spirometry test. The method further includes providing, by the electronic device, real time feedback during the spirometry test, the real time feedback based on the at least one measured parameter, the real time feedback indicating whether or not the user is performing the spirometry test correctly.
US12076108B1
The in-home care of seniors is augmented using Internet of Things (IOT) technologies. In-home sensors monitor a senior and their caregiver. Physical conditions and psychological conditions may be monitored. In some implementations, a machine learning system has a classifier trained to detect a specified condition, such as depression. The system may perform various transformations of raw sensor data into a format indicative of a particular condition. In one implementation, a psychological or medical condition has symptoms in which each symptom has one or more measurable events. Mappings between symptoms, events, sensor data, and sensor transformation functions may be supported.
US12076106B2
Embodiments herein relate to biosensors and other elements combined in real-time for health applications that acquire health data of an individual from one or more data streams by a first element and integrate these data through a second element that is configured to predict and/or recognize an interruptive health event and then via one or more successive elements alert one or more providers of a possible interruptive health event, enable the providers to propose one or more effective interventions, communicate directly with the individual and providers and/or caregivers, and/or provide confirmation in the event that effective interventions were made. Embodiments also relate to predicting and recognizing brain attack in real-time by acquiring and integrating health data from one or more data streams, interfacing with one or more providers so that they can propose and/or effect one or more effective interventions, and communicating with an affected individual, providers, and/or caregivers.
US12076103B2
A medical instrument system includes a control system and an operator input device coupled to an instrument including a sensor. The control system includes a processor and memory comprising instructions that cause the control system to: determine a distance between a distal tip of the instrument and an anatomical area based on sensor data; determine a motion scaling parameter based on the distance; receive an input instruction from the operator input device; map the input instruction to an output instruction including applying the motion scaling parameter to the input instruction to create the output instruction; instruct an actuator to move the instrument based on the output instruction; determine a second distance between the distal tip and the anatomical area based on the sensor data; determine a second motion scaling parameter based on the second distance; and stop movement of the instrument based on the second motion scaling parameter.
US12076102B2
A medical instrument may comprise a first articulatable segment having a first diameter, and a second articulatable segment having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter, wherein the second articulatable segment is coupled to the first articulatable segment and extends in a distal direction past the first articulatable segment. The instrument may also comprise a first force transmission element coupled to the first articulatable segment and extending in a proximal direction from the first articulatable segment to a first connector portion, the first connector portion being configured to be releasably coupled with a first actuator, and a second force transmission element coupled to the second articulatable segment and extending in a proximal direction from the second articulatable segment to a second connector portion, the second connector portion being configured to be releasably coupled with a second actuator. The first and second force transmission elements may be configured to transmit actuation forces, respectively, to articulate the first and second articulatable segments independently of one another.
US12076099B2
For teleoperation of a surgical robotic system, the control of the surgical robotic system accounts for a limited degree of freedom of a tool in a surgical robotic system. A projection from the greater DOF of the user input commands to the lesser DOF of the tool is included within or as part of the inverse kinematics. The projection identifies feasible motion in the end-effector domain. This projection allows for a general solution that works for tools having different degrees of freedom and will converge on a solution.
US12076098B2
A robotic system comprises a robotic arm and a medical instrument. The robotic arm comprises a series of linkages connected by a series of joints and one or more instrument drivers coupled to a distal end of the series of linkages. The medical instrument comprises an elongated shaft extending between a distal portion and a proximal portion, an instrument base connected to the proximal portion of the elongated shaft, the instrument base including an attachment interface configured to facilitate attachment to the robotic arm, a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a compression compensation parameter, and a pull wire connected to the distal portion of the elongated shaft, the pull wire extending along the elongated shaft between the distal portion and a drive input positioned at the instrument base, the drive input configured to actuate the pull wire to cause movement of the elongated shaft.
US12076096B2
A method for determining the position of a rotatable jaw of an attachment relative to a non-rotatable jaw is disclosed. The method comprises assembling the attachment to a surgical robot, rotating a first rotatable driver of the robot to align the first driver with a first rotatable drive of the attachment, and rotating a second rotatable driver of the robot to align the second driver with a second rotatable drive of the attachment. The method further comprises evaluating the amount of rotation required to align the first driver with the first drive and the amount of rotation required to align the second driver with the second drive, calculating a difference between the amount of rotation of the first driver and the amount of the rotation of the second driver, and determining the position of the rotatable jaw relative to the non-rotatable jaw based on the calculated difference.
US12076082B2
A balloon device for treating a calcified structure of a body tissue, including an elongated body extending between a proximal end and a distal end and having at least one lumen extending along at least a portion thereof and defining a fluid path, and at least one inflatable balloon secured to the elongated body and fluidly connected to the at least one lumen, with the at least one lumen being fluidly connectable to a fluid source for selectively inflating and deflating the at least one inflatable balloon, and with the at least one inflatable balloon, when being inflated, is positioned in close proximity to the calcified structure and vibrating, mechanical vibrations of the at least one inflatable balloon causes destructuration of the calcified structure.
US12076080B2
An apparatus and method of treatment of an animal using the apparatus are disclosed. The apparatus includes a scalpel, a laser included in the scalpel, and a visible light source included in the scalpel. The visible light source provides a visible targeting beam. The method of treatment includes activating a visible targeting beam in a laser scalpel. The visible targeting beam has an illumination intensity. The method further includes illuminating a tumor that includes cancerous cells and non-cancerous cells with the visible targeting beam, activating an invisible mid-infrared laser included in the scalpel to produce a laser spot at the tumor, and ablating the cancerous cells while leaving the non-cancerous cells substantially undamaged.
US12076077B2
A balloon-type electrode catheter is capable of performing an ablation treatment with respect to a lesion over a wide area and excellent in an effect of cooling the inner portion of a balloon. The balloon-type electrode catheter includes an outer tube, an energization connector, a balloon having neck portions at both ends of an expansion portion, an inner tube, a distal end tip, strip electrodes formed on the outer surface of the balloon, and a conducting wire that connects each of the strip electrodes and the energization connector to each other. Openings of fluid supply sub lumens of the outer tube are located on the distal end side from an intermediate location in the axial direction in the expansion portion of the balloon. Openings of fluid drainage sub lumens of the outer tube are located at the proximal end of the expansion portion.
US12076071B2
Pulsed field ablation systems are disclosed, some of which may include an output pulse generation circuit and a high voltage pulse generation circuit electrically connected to the output pulse generation circuit. The high voltage pulse generation circuit may be configured to deliver a high voltage pulse set to the output pulse generation circuit. The output pulse generation circuit may be configured to generate an output pulse set at least in response to the high voltage pulse set. The output pulse set may be deliverable to a set of selectable electrodes and may be configured to cause pulsed field ablation of tissue. Each pulse in the output pulse set may have a rise time that is shorter than a rise time of at least one high voltage pulse in the high voltage pulse set.
US12076065B2
A bone screw is provided that reduces insertion torque when driving the screw into bone while maintaining pull-out strength. The provided bone screw includes one or more threads having a portion with a reduced flank profile that helps reduce the amount of torque required to drive the bone screw into bone. The portion with the reduced flank profile has an equal thread depth or height as the portion of the one or more threads with a non-reduced flank profile, thereby helping to maintain pull-out strength. The reduced flank profile portion is away from the bone screw's insertion tip. As such, the bone screw's non-reduced flank profile portion creates internal female threads that have a correspondingly larger flank profile than the screw's reduced flank profile portion, thereby reducing friction between the reduced flank profile portion of the one or more threads and the interior female thread.
US12076061B2
A bone nail for stabilizing a fracture. The bone nail having a head portion and a stem portion. The stem portion offset from the longitudinal axis of the head portion. The nail including a continuous passageway extending from a rear edge of the nail to a front edge of the nail. The continuous passageway including a bore extending longitudinally through the head portion and both a groove and a bore in the stem portion.
US12076057B2
A connection device includes a sleeve having a first end, a second end above the first end, a longitudinal axis, and a wall that extends at least partially around the longitudinal axis. An extension member of a bone anchoring device is insertable through the first end into the sleeve to position the sleeve around at least part of the extension member. The wall has an outer surface and defines a laterally extending opening. A surface at a lower end of the opening extends inwardly from the outer surface by a first distance to facilitate insertion of a free end of the extension member from the first end into the opening, while a surface at an upper end of the opening extends inwardly from the outer surface by a distance greater than the first distance to restrict the free end from extending past the upper end of the opening.
US12076049B2
An end effector assembly of a tissue-resecting device includes an outer shaft, a drive wire, the distal cutting tip, a hub housing, and a driver. The outer shaft includes a distal end portion defining a window therethrough. The drive wire extends through the outer shaft. The distal cutting tip is disposed within the outer shaft and engaged with the distal end portion of the drive wire. The distal cutting tip at least partially overlaps the window. The hub housing is engaged with the proximal end portion of the outer shaft. The driver is disposed within the hub housing and engaged with the proximal end portion of the drive wire to driver rotation of the drive wire and distal cutting tip within and relative to the outer shaft. The driver defines an internal lumen and at least one lateral opening disposed in communication with the internal lumen. An outflow path is defined from the window through the outer shaft and about the drive wire, into an interior of the hub housing, through the at least one lateral opening, and through the internal lumen.
US12076039B2
A forceps includes jaws, a first shaft having a first slot, a second shaft extending along the first shaft and having a second slot, and a rod that extends along the second shaft. The rod has a third slot including a locking portion and a guide track portion. A pin extends through the first slot, the second slot, and the third slot to prevent deployment of the rod when the pin is in the locking portion and to permit deployment of the rod when the pin is in the guide track portion. A first actuator produces relative movement of the first and second shafts to move the jaws relative to each other and move the pin from the locking portion to the guide track portion of the third slot. A second actuator produces movement of the rod to deploy the rod when the pin is in the guide track portion.
US12076029B2
A system, method and/or reamer driver device is provided having a domed external surface and a domed internal surface being concentric to the domed external surface thereby defining a hollow dome or section thereof. At least one cutting tooth is disposed on the hollow dome or section thereof. The cross-sectional thickness T measured substantially perpendicular to the crest of the at least one tooth is greater than the radial distance t between the external and internal domed surfaces. The hollow dome or section thereof is made using an injection molding process or a 3D printing process.
US12076013B2
Surgical buttress attachment assemblies for surgical stapling apparatus include a staple cartridge and a surgical buttress releasably secured to the staple cartridge. The staple cartridge includes buttress attachment features, such as posts, covers, and/or slots, and the surgical buttress are configured to engage the buttress attachment features of the staple cartridge.
US12076009B2
A surgical stapling instrument includes an elongate body portion defining a longitudinal axis, and an end effector supported on a distal portion of the elongated body portion. The end effector includes a housing having a base portion and a jaw portion, an anvil assembly supported on the jaw portion, and a cartridge assembly releasably supported on the base portion. A tissue guide member is operably secured relative to the cartridge assembly to facilitate alignment of the cartridge assembly through a firing stroke.
US12076004B2
A surgical stapler. The surgical stapler includes a drive system, an electric motor, a battery and a control system. The electric motor is mechanically coupled to the drive system. The battery is electrically couplable to the electric motor. The control system is electrically connected to the electric motor and includes an H-bridge circuit, an electrically resistive element and an electrically inductive element. The H-bridge circuit includes a high side and a low side. The low side of the H-bridge circuit includes first and second switching devices. The electrically resistive element is electrically connected in series with the first switching device. The electrically inductive element is electrically connected to the electrically resistive element. The control system is configured to control a force applied to the drive system based on a current downstream of the electrically resistive element.
US12076001B2
A knotless button includes a body defining a proximal portion and a distal portion. The body further defines an internal cavity and a first loop opening extending from the internal cavity to an outer surface of the body. A locking insert is slideably positioned within the internal cavity. The locking insert defines a second loop opening extending from a first side of the locking insert to a second side of the locking insert. The locking insert is slideably moveable from a first position to a second position within the internal cavity. A flexible strand defines a first adjustable loop extending through the first loop opening and the second loop opening. The locking insert is slideably moveable from a first position configured to allow adjustment of the first adjustable loop to a second position configured to lock the first adjustable loop.
US12076000B2
Methods and devices for securing soft tissue to a rigid material such as bone. A tissue capture anchor is described that comprises an anchor body and a spreader such that tissue may be captured or compressed between outside surfaces on the anchor and spreader and inside surfaces of a bone hole to secure the tissue within the hole. A bone anchor is described that comprises an anchor body with expandable tines and a spreader that expands the tines into bone. The spreader captures tissue via a suture loop at the distal end of the bone anchor. Also described is an inserter that can be used to insert the anchor into bone and move the spreader within the anchor to expand the anchor and capture the tissue between the anchor and the bone. Methods are described that allow use of single bone anchor to secure tissue to bone or also to use more than one bone anchor to provide multiple lengths of suture material to compress a large area of soft tissue against bone.
US12075997B2
A device for retracting or opening and closing a tissue wound employs two or more retractor arms that do not enter or penetrate into the wound or incision. The retractor arms engage the tissue on either side of the wound and apply outward or inward pressure on the tissue surface to open or close the wound.
US12075994B2
Provided is a tissue retrieval bag. The bag is defined by a region of the bag defining an opening; an exterior surface of the bag depending from the opening; and a channel formed into the exterior surface of the bag, wherein the channel provides access to the interior of the bag through the exterior surface. Also provided is a tissue retrieval defined by a region of the bag defining an opening; an exterior surface of the bag depending from the opening; and at least one porthole on the exterior of the bag, wherein at least one tube extends from the at least one porthole.
US12075987B2
A biological sample collection system includes (i) a sample collection vessel having an opening for receiving a biological sample, (ii) a selectively movable valve comprising a core and a collar disposed about the core, and (iii) a sealing cap coupled to the valve and including a reagent chamber for storing a sample preservation reagent. The valve is configured to retain the sample preservation reagent in the reagent chamber when the valve is in a closed configuration. The sealing cap is configured to associate and form a fluid tight connection with the sample collection vessel. Associating the sealing cap with the sample collection vessel causes the valve to be placed in an open configuration in which a fluid vent through the core is placed into fluid communication with the reagent chamber, thereby causing or allowing sample preservation reagent to pass from the regent chamber to the sample collection vessel.
US12075984B2
A surgical visualization system comprises: (a) an endoscope comprising: (i) a shaft comprising a distal end, wherein the distal end is configured to be inserted into a cavity of a patient, (ii) a camera positioned at the distal end of the shaft for visualizing a first structure below a tissue surface within the cavity when the distal end is inserted into the cavity, wherein the camera defines a line of sight, wherein the camera is configured to be swept over the first structure; and (b) a processor in operative communication with the camera of the endoscope, wherein the processor is configured to: (i) monitor at least one sweep parameter when the camera is swept over the first structure, and (ii) estimate a depth of the first structure below the tissue surface based on the monitored at least one sweep parameter.
US12075976B2
Provided are a flexible tube for an endoscope, the flexible tube having a flexible tube base containing metal as a constituent material, a resin cover layer that covers an outer periphery of the flexible tube base, and a primer layer that includes a specific silane coupling agent and that is disposed between the flexible tube base and the resin cover layer, in which the resin cover layer includes at least one compound selected from the group consisting of polyamides, polyesters, polyurethanes, and polyolefins at least on a side of the resin cover layer in contact with the primer layer, an endoscopic medical device including the flexible tube for an endoscope, a method for producing the flexible tube for an endoscope, and a method for producing the endoscopic medical device.
US12075973B2
An adaptor may include a shell and a plunger positioned at a first end of the shell and moveable between an undepressed state and a depressed state. The adaptor may further include a ramp extending from a second end of the shell and a carrier coupled to the ramp. In the undepressed state, the carrier may be located at a first position along the ramp, and wherein, in the depressed state, the carrier may be located at a second position along the ramp, wherein the second position may be closer to the second end of the shell than the first position.
US12075964B2
A flange unit for a filter unit for positioning in a water treatment device, the water treatment device including a water reservoir and a suction head. The flange unit includes a base plate having a central recess for accommodating a filling piece of the suction head, a connecting unit for detachably connecting the flange unit to an inner side of the water reservoir, a closure element for closing the recess, and a handle unit for detaching the connecting unit from the flange holding device and for carrying the filter unit.
US12075961B2
A carrier for one or more straws of an appliance such as a dish washing appliance. The carrier and/or rack may be in fluid communication with one or more spray elements when in a stowed position within a dishwasher tub. The one or more carriers may route fluid from the one or more spray elements to wash an interior and/or an exterior of at least one straw. The carrier may include one or more bridges projecting inwardly towards the one or more straws defining one or more pathways for received fluid. The body of the carrier may include a lid and/or latch. The carrier may be adjustable to engage one or more straws of varying lengths. The carrier may include an adjustable end and a fixed end. The carrier may include a biasing mechanism.
US12075958B2
A fluid flow structure for a washing machine is located within a wash tank of the washing machine, which includes a fluid flow guide surface, and a support for the guide surface. The guide surface includes at least one region contoured inconsistently from the contour of at least one corresponding wall of the washing machine wash tank. The contour of the guide surface is generally curved so as to aide in reducing and/or preventing the pinning of items that often occurs in rectangular wash tanks of the prior art. The support for the guide surface creates a gap between the guide surface and at least one wall of the washing machine wash tank.
US12075955B2
A washing apparatus washes a cleaner having a mop unit formed at a lower portion thereof. The washing apparatus includes a tray configured to form a space to receive the cleaner and washing water. A washing unit is disposed at a lower portion of the inside of the tray in contact with the mop unit. The washing unit includes a first spinning mop protrusion line configured to protrude upwardly, an upper end of the first spinning mop protrusion line being inclined downwardly in a first direction.
US12075948B2
A system includes a carousel apparatus including: first openings concentrically arranged around axis to hold first containers adapted to hold first food ingredients, second openings concentrically arranged inside the first openings to hold second containers adapted to hold second food ingredients, a holder in which the first openings and the second openings are formed, and which is adapted to support the first containers and the second containers, and a first motor coupled to the holder and adapted to rotate the holder around the axis; support structure configured to hold a receptacle; and a linear actuator apparatus configured to move the support structure and including: a linear guide which extends underneath the holder and is coupled to the support structure, and a second motor coupled to the linear guide and adapted to move the support structure along the linear guide underneath the first openings and the second openings.
US12075945B1
A convection fryer is composed of a main oil circulating pump, a tube heat exchanger, a fry tank, a continuous oil filtration system, an oil storage holding tank filter frame and filter bag, and a main circulating pump. Cooking oil is pumped by the main circulating pump to the heat exchanger to the fry tank. Oil flows from the tank through the filter screen to the pump trough to the main circulating pump completing the oil circulating loop. At the end of the cooking day the oil is drained to the holding tank for storage while the fry tank is cleaned. In the next fry cycle the oil is pumped up out of the holding tank to the fry tank to start the cooking process all over again.
US12075936B2
In yet another aspect, a pillow generally comprises a blanket, a top, a bottom, and sides extending between the top and the bottom. The blanket is attached to the sides and has a stowed position and a use position. The top, the bottom, and the sides collectively define a first compartment sized to receive stuffing. The top defines a second compartment sized to receive the blanket in a stowed position.
US12075929B2
A phone case display and organizer can display multiple mobile phone cases so a user can see the design on the back of the cases. The display case and organizer provide a solution for the clutter of multiple phone cases in a decorative and organized way such that the design is visible, and the individual cases are easily accessible for the customer to choose from and use. Typically, phone cases can get damaged when stacked or crowded into small spaces. The display and organizer provide ample room to display the cases in a way that does not damage them while allowing the consumer to see the entire collection side by side in order to use them as fashion accessories. Having the cases displayed out in the open rather that stacked in a drawer allows the consumer to enjoy their collection and remember to use them regularly.
US12075915B2
A sleeping and resting apparatus is disclosed that may include a bottom enclosure including a plurality of associated walls defining a first spatial region and an array of compartments positioned within the first spatial region defined by the plurality of walls associated with the bottom enclosure. Each compartment may store a predefined volume of granular material. A top enclosure may include a plurality of associated walls defining a second spatial region and an array of flexible containers positioned within the second spatial region. Each flexible container may store a predefined volume of granular material. At least one temperature controlling element may be positioned in physical proximity with the bottom enclosure to add or remove heat from the granular material stored in at least one compartment of the array of compartments.
US12075913B2
A sofa that transitions between a sitting position and a sleeping position. The sofa includes a frame with a bracket and multiple arms and support bases that allow the frame to move from the sitting position and the sleeping position, and the reverse, by allowing the multiple arms to rotate and support bases to rotate about the bracket at attachment points where the bracket and arms are connected by fasteners. In some embodiments, a back support portion of the sofa is hingedly moveable into first and second positions to optionally reduce the vertical height of the back support to allow easier transport (i.e., in boxes and shipping containers) and movement (i.e., through small doorways and spaces) of the sofa, as described herein. In some embodiments the sofa has a space or notch underneath that is configured to be fastened or otherwise affixed to a platform, such as a bump out in a recreational vehicle, wherein the notch is configured to provide the sofa with a lower profile.
US12075908B2
The present invention is a makeup brush with a releasably connectable ferrule and handle, so that the ferrules and handles are interchangeable. The means for releasably connecting the ferrule and the handle may be, for examples, by friction fit or by the inclusion of sliding features, such as a notch and channel, such being additional methods for releasable connectivity beyond those already patented and/or developed by the inventor.
US12075892B2
Mold-in fastener products are made by forming a longitudinally continuous hook tape having a flexible base and an array of discrete male touch fastener elements extending from an upper surface of the base, forming a layer of flexible barrier material on the upper surface of the base, such that the male touch fastener elements are embedded in the layer of flexible barrier material, severing the flexible barrier material to form a pattern of patches of flexible barrier material spaced apart and surrounded by a continuous lattice of barrier material, stripping the lattice from the upper surface of the base to expose regions of the base between patches, and severing the hook tape along the exposed regions of the base to form individual mold-in fastener products, each having a patch of flexible barrier material surrounded by an exposed base edge region carrying male touch fastener elements.
US12075885B2
An article of footwear may include an upper having an extended portion. The extended portion extends from a first side of the upper. The extended portion may pass below the upper of the article of footwear to the second side. The extended portion may be secured in multiple positions to adjust the fit of an article of footwear. The extended portion may incorporate a tensile element.
US12075882B2
Foot support systems include a fluid flow control system that facilitates movement of fluid into, out of, and/or within a sole structure and/or article of footwear, e.g., to change and/or control pressure in fluid filled bladder(s). Aspects of this technology may relate to one or more of: (a) footwear structures in which such systems are incorporated; (b) valve stem based fluid flow transfer systems; (c) solenoid based fluid flow transfer systems; (d) user input button features; (e) air filter features; (f) fluid tube to fluid distributor connection features; (g) fluid distributor to footwear connection features; (h) valve position sensor features; (i) valve transmission features; (j) pressure control algorithm features; (k) electronic communication features; (l) system sealing features; and/or (m) pressure sensor mounting features.
US12075872B2
An adjustable hat includes a covering and an adjustable fastener including first and second fastening elements that can releasably fasten together by snap fit connection at a plurality of discrete positions. The first fastening element defines an attachment hole adjacent to an end portion remote from the second fastening element. An elastic strap affixed to the covering extends through the attachment hole and loops around the end portion of the first fastening element to connect the first fastening element to the covering such that the elastic strap permits the entire first fastening element to move relative to the covering by elastic elongation of the elastic strap. The hat can be free of stitching which passes through any portion of the first fastening element. The first fastening element can be male or female. Moreover, both fastening elements can be elastically connected to the covering via respective attachment holes and elastic straps.
US12075866B2
Disclosed is a glove intended especially for racket sports, allowing the almost total preservation of sensations when an object is being held. The glove is open up to the distal phalanges of the fingers in order to preserve maximum contact with a handle, and has gripping material on the fingertips in order to optimise the gripping of the handle and prevent the glove from slipping around the fingers. An elastic part surrounds the wrist, with anti-slip properties on the side next to the skin for better hold. A part covers the entire back of the hand with stretchable material adapted to the temperature, double-fibre material allowing moisture to be transferred outwards and then absorbed. Elastic is provided at the base of the palm (opening side), allowing the hand to close more easily around the handle. The glove is intended, in particular, for any person needing to cover only the back of the hand.
US12075864B2
A sleep mask assembly includes a sleep mask that is wearable on a user's face such that the sleep mask covers the user's eyes. The sleep mask has a face portion and a flap portion. The face portion rests against the user's face when the sleep mask is worn. The flap portion is positionable in a deployed position has the flap portion resting against the user's forehead to facilitate the user to comfortably rest their forehead against a support object when the user is sleeping in a sitting position. The flap portion is positionable in a stored position having the flap portion resting against the face portion. A pair of elastomeric straps is each coupled to the sleep mask thereby facilitating the pair of elastomeric straps to be worn around the user's head for retaining the sleep mask on the user's face.
US12075862B2
A protective shirt includes a chest portion made of garment material, including a lining on a side of the chest portion that is closest to the wearer of the protective shirt. At least one layer of neoprene is securely fastened to the lining. The layer of neoprene extends from a left side of the chest portion to a right side of the chest portion and is located at an area of the chest portion nearest to a clavicle of a wearer of the protective shirt. The layer of neoprene includes a plurality of spaced-apart segments of the layer of neoprene. The protective shirt includes a neoprene neck pad. Embodiments of the protective shirt include cap-sleeve, short sleeve, long sleeve, sleeveless, and tank top versions. In one embodiment, the garment material includes nylon and spandex.
US12075857B2
A cycling pad includes a base, a first bulge, two second bulges, and two third bulges. The base includes a first end portion and a second end portion arranged opposite to the first end portion. A size of the first end portion is less than a size of the second end portion. The first bulge is arranged on the first end portion of the base. The second bulges are arranged on the base and are arranged side by side. The second bulges are arranged adjacent to one side, facing the second end portion of the base, of the first bulge. The third bulges are arranged side by side on the base. The third bulges are arranged adjacent to one side, facing the second end portion of the base, of the second bulges.
US12075856B2
Mesh fabric panels that provide a compressive force to a wearer's mid-section and tummy-covering garments equipped with the mesh fabric panels are disclosed. The mesh fabric panels can be formed of a material having a suitable rigidity for providing the compressive force. The mesh fabric panels include left and right panels adapted to be stitched or otherwise affixed to left and right front sections, respectively, of a garment such as a pant, a dress, a skirt, shorts, swimwear, or the like. Each of the left and right mesh fabric panels includes a seam side edge adapted to be affixed to a corresponding seam side of a tummy-covering garment, a fly side edge adapted to be affixed to a fly facing of the garment, a waist edge, and a bottom edge. The left and/or right mesh fabric panel may be a dual layer panel.
US12075853B2
Articles of clothing are provided. An article of clothing includes a band. The band includes a back portion and a front portion. The front portion is seamlessly connected to the back portion. Moreover, the front portion includes a respective cup region that is formed with an extensibility. The extensibility varies from a base of the respective cup region to a top of the respective cup region.
US12075841B2
An electronic cigarette encrypted by wireless electronic tag and an encrypting method thereof are provided. The electronic cigarette comprises a vaporizer (1) and a battery assembly (2) connected with each other, the vaporizer (1) comprises a heating resistor (3) and a wireless electronic tag preset with encryption information, the battery assembly (2) comprises a battery (4) and a control circuit board (5) arranged with a microcontroller, a resistance detection unit, a voltage output control unit, a wireless electronic tag reader, and a wireless signal transmitter, wherein the wireless electronic tag reader reads the encryption information and sends it to the microcontroller, and the voltage output control unit outputs voltage to the heating resistor on the premise that the resistance value of the heating resistor is detected by the resistance detection unit and the encryption information is read by the wireless electronic tag reader as well.
US12075835B2
An aerosol delivery device comprises: an aerosol generator portion configured to receive a first aerosol precursor; an air flow passage configured to direct air past the aerosol generator portion to pick up the first aerosol precursor from the aerosol generator portion to form a first aerosol; and a support for maintaining the aerosol generator portion in a substantially central position in the air flow passage.
US12075825B2
A kit for use in forming a water pipe includes a glass tube defining a bowl housing at a proximal end thereof and a smoke outlet at a distal end thereof. The glass tube is configured for insertion into a bottle. A grommet is configured for positioning in a sidewall of the bottle. The grommet is configured to receive the glass tube therethrough. A drill bit is configured for forming a hole in the sidewall of the bottle. The hole is configured to receive the grommet therein. A drill bit guide is configured to be secured against the sidewall of the bottle. The drill bit guide is configured to guide a path of the drill bit as the drill bit forms the hole in the sidewall of the bottle.
US12075817B2
A smoking article includes a sheet material including a fibrous layer formed of cellulosic fibres and at least 50% by weight of inorganic filler material having a particle size in range of from 0.1 microns and 50 microns, wherein the sheet material has a tensile strength of at least 900 N/m. The fibrous layer includes a binder material, such as an organic binder material. The organic binder material can be a cellulosic binder material. A coating layer may be provided on at least one side of the fibrous layer.
US12075810B2
Embodiments described herein include a method of making a tobacco extract comprising; (a) providing tobacco and an entrapment solvent in a partitioned vessel, wherein the tobacco and entrapment solvent are separated by the partition, and the vessel is configured such that the tobacco and entrapment solvent cannot contact each other; (b) flowing a supercritical extraction solvent through the vessel, wherein the extraction solvent and any dissolved substances can pass through the partition; whereby tobacco components are extracted from the tobacco into the extraction solvent and carried across the partition, wherein the extraction solvent contacts the entrapment solvent and tobacco components are transferred from the supercritical extraction solvent into the entrapment solvent.
US12075803B1
An approach is disclosed for applying a preventative treatment to a person to rapidly activate individual cell-mediated immunity (CMI). A first consumable product is manufactured in a form of an ingestible cream sealed in an oxygen proof sachet wherein the consumable product includes non-pharmaceutical phytochemicals with intrinsic biomolecular properties that inhibit enzymes critical to viral replication and moderately high daily dosages of vitamin D. A second consumable product is manufactured including prebiotic, probiotic, micronutrients, and select non-pharmaceutical nutraceuticals. The first consumable product is combined with the second consumable product as a single daily dose. The single daily dose is marketed for the rapid activation of CMI of the person.
US12075799B2
The present invention relates to an edible pet chew where the pet chew comprises a thermo-processed shell and a cold-formed filling; the cold-formed filling is prepared at approximately room temperature and is not cooked; the thermo-processed shell contains cellulosic fibers, a humectant and a gelling agent; the cold-formed filling can contain thermally labile nutrients and/or actives; and the pet chew is made by co-extruding the filling into the extruded tube-shaped thermo-processed shell.
US12075798B2
Systems and methods describe improvements in the automated production of meat analogues. Ingredients are provided, including oil, water, binding agent(s), and one or more forms of protein to be separately and continuously conveyed through a facility. Concurrently to the ingredients being conveyed through the facility, a number of actions occur. The system emulsifies the oil, water, and binding agent(s) within an emulsifying machine to form a final emulsion. A hydration process is separately applied to at least one of the forms of protein. The system mixes and conveys the protein(s) with the final emulsion in a final mixer to form a final dough.
US12075797B2
The present disclosure provides low-water oral care compositions comprising a whitening agent and a flavor system encapsulating one or more flavor ingredients, wherein the flavor system provides improved taste to the consumer, masking the negative taste attributes of the whitening or oxidizing agents, and is also believed to be able to improve the flavor stability over the life of the product, and methods of using the same.
US12075783B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparation of copper fungicide compounds. More particularly, the present invention relates to a continuous process for production of tribasic copper sulphate (TBCS).
US12075778B2
An inhibitor for resisting muskmelon powdery mildew as well as preparation method and application thereof are provided, belonging to the technical field of muskmelon culturing. In order to solve the technical problems that muskmelon powdery mildew has caused serious influence on growth and yield of muskmelon, the disclosure uses an inhibitor containing allantoin for resisting muskmelon powdery mildew to spray leaves of the muskmelon in a seedling stage or a spreading stage of the muskmelon, which effectively increases the resistance of the muskmelon to powdery mildew. The disclosure has great significance for improving the yield and quality of the muskmelon.
US12075775B2
Sustained-release composite particles having improved dispersion stability and improved sustained-release properties, and exhibiting longer-term effects, a method for producing the sustained-release composite particles, a dry powder comprising the sustained-release composite particles, and wallpaper comprising the sustained-release composite particles. The sustained-release composite particles comprise core particles containing at least one type of polymer and at least one type of functional component, and micronized cellulose coating at least a part of the surface of the core particles, the core particles and the micronized cellulose being inseparable from each other.
US12075772B2
Disclosed herein are combinations of Yersinia entomophaga and/or Yersinia nurmii and/or toxins therefrom, with one or more of a variety of substances, including animal repellents, acaricides, antimicrobials, avicides, bactericides, biostimulants, disinfectants and/or sanitizers, fungicides, gastropodicides, herbicides, insecticides, insect growth regulators, insect repellents, miticides, molluscicides, nematicides, plant signal molecules, plant nutrients, plant fertilizers, predacides, piscicides, rodenticides, termiticides, viricides, and the like. The combinations may have additive effects or unexpected effects on pests, insects being one example, and/or on plant growth and/or plant yield. Also disclosed are methods for using the disclosed combinations.
US12075771B2
Reducing fines from an agricultural spray dispensed from a nozzle is provided in the disclosed methods. The agricultural spray comprises water, an agricultural composition such as a pesticide, at least one oil emulsion drift reduction adjuvant, and at least one spontaneous emulsion drift reduction adjuvant. The agricultural spray exhibits fewer fine droplets having a diameter less than about 105 μm, about 150 μm, and/or about 210 μm compared to an agricultural spray neither or only one of the oil emulsion drift reduction adjuvant and the spontaneous emulsion drift reduction adjuvant.
US12075768B2
A weed control apparatus for a vehicle includes a processing unit that receives at least one image of an environment. The processing unit analyses the at least one image to activate at least one chemical spray unit. A liquid weed control chemical is atomized and charged by the at least one chemical spray unit. The at least one chemical spray unit has at least one part configured to be held at high voltage with respect to zero volts potential. The at least one high voltage power supply and the at least one chemical spray unit are configured to hold the at least one part of the at least one chemical spray unit at one or a number of high voltages with respect to zero volts potential, such that the atomized liquid weed control chemical is electrically charged.
US12075767B2
Apparatus and associated methods relate to selectively inducing ingress and/or egress of live food creatures (FCs) relative to a reservoir using a controllable light source based on innate behavior(s) of the FCs. In an illustrative example, a feeder for dispensing live food to a carnivore may have a (partially) opaque chamber configured to receive FCs. A controlled light source may, for example, be selectively operable to illuminate at least part of the chamber. A carnivore interface may, for example, be in communication with the chamber via at least one dispensing aperture and be configured to present a dispensed FC to the carnivore. Operation of the controlled light source in a dispensing mode may induces motion of the FCs in the chamber towards the carnivore interface to be presented as food to the carnivore. Various embodiments may advantageously induce self-dispensing and/or self-retention of insects as food.
US12075763B1
A multi-directional spreader bar assembly includes a specially formed rudder bird assembly attached to the center of a spreader bar member for trolling a plurality of lures from a fishing boat in a spread pattern. The rudder bird assembly includes a bird-like longitudinal body having an airfoil shape with fins on either side and a pair of diagonal crossing grooves centrally formed on the bottom of the body with a hole made therethrough that is off-centered from the longitudinal axis of the body and spaced apart from the crossing grooves. A rudder plate welded to a threaded stem is adapted to engage a selected one of the bottom grooves while the threaded stem extends through the off-centered hole and held in place under coaxial spring compression so that the rudder plate and stem may be released and reset into the alternate groove to switch the trolling direction of the assembly.
US12075759B2
A bovine estrus detection device includes a generally rectangular base having sides and ends, the base having a predetermined length and a predetermined width, and the width being less than the length, the base having a first side and. a second side. The first side of the base has a central region having a first color and end regions having a second color. The second color is different from the first color. An adhesive is disposed on the second side of the base for coupling the base to a female cow or heifer. A removable coating is disposed over the first side of the base. The removable coating is exposed for contact by male or female cows mounting the female cow or heifer to which the device is attached. The coating is adapted to being removed by mounting male or female cows, whereby the first and second colors become visible. Exposure of the first color in the central region is an. accurate predictor of activation and estrus.
US12075754B2
A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag insertion cartridge configured for use in implanting a flexible RFID tag into a small animal using a needle-retraction implant tool. In embodiments, the cartridge includes a cartridge housing and a bevel cap. In embodiments, the cartridge housing is configured to receive a carriage portion inserted into a first end of the cartridge housing with a retractable needle extended out of a second end of the carriage portion to present the retractable needle in an extended position with the RFID tag carried within the retractable needle. In embodiments, the bevel cap has a proximal portion with a mating feature configured to mate with the cartridge housing and one or more needle capture elements configured to selectively couple to the needle in the extended position in a side-mountable manner without a direct axial force being exerted on the needle.
US12075743B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV376544. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV376544, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV376544 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV376544 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV376544.
US12075727B2
The present disclosure provides a ratooning rice harvesting header and a harvester including the same. The ratooning rice harvesting header includes a multi-layer adjustable disc cutter, a header, and an ear cutter. The multi-layer adjustable disc cutter is mounted below the header and located below a rear portion of the ear cutter. The ear cutter is mounted at a front end of the header. The multi-layer adjustable disc cutter includes at least one group of multi-layer disc cutting assemblies. Each group of multi-layer disc cutting assemblies includes two multi-layer disc cutting assemblies. Each of the multi-layer disc cutting assemblies includes three layers of vertically arranged blades. The use of the multi-layer adjustable disc cutter in cooperation with the ear cutter can reduce the straw-grain ratio of the part cut from the crops to reduce the power consumption of the harvester.
US12075721B2
In one aspect, a system for providing downforce control includes a seeder including a plurality of row units. One or more actuators are operably coupled with the plurality of row units and configured to adjust a downforce of the plurality of row units. A sensor is configured to detect one or more seeding parameters. A computing system is configured to control the operation of the plurality of row units. The computing system is further configured to receive an input associated with a target depth range of the row unit into an underlying field, receive data related to one or more seeding parameters, receive data related to an actual seeding depth; generate a command signal based on a differential between the actual seeding depth and the target depth range; and generate a force command for the one or more actuators to adjust a downforce of the plurality of row units.
US12082511B2
A memory cell of a magnetic random access memory includes multiple layers disposed between a first metal layer and a second metal layer. At least one of the multiple layers include one selected from the group consisting of an iridium layer, a bilayer structure of an iridium layer and an iridium oxide layer, an iridium-titanium nitride layer, a bilayer structure of an iridium layer and a tantalum layer, and a binary alloy layer of iridium and tantalum.
US12082509B2
A dual magnetic tunnel junction (DMTJ) is disclosed with a PL1/TB1/free layer/TB2/PL2/capping layer configuration wherein a first tunnel barrier (TB1) has a substantially lower resistance x area (RA1) product than RA2 for an overlying second tunnel barrier (TB2) to provide an acceptable net magnetoresistive ratio (DRR). Moreover, magnetizations in first and second pinned layers, PL1 and PL2, respectively, are aligned antiparallel to enable a lower critical switching current than when in a parallel alignment. An oxide capping layer having a RACAP is formed on PL2 to provide higher PL2 stability. The condition RA1
US12082506B2
A driving circuit and a driving method are provided. The driving circuit includes an energy-storage capacitor, a charging circuit and a discharging circuit. The energy-storage capacitor is coupled between a piezoelectric load and the charging circuit. Operation states of the charging circuit and the discharging circuit are controlled, so that the charging circuit charges the energy-storage capacitor during a first operation interval of an operation period, to adjust a power supply voltage signal provided to the piezoelectric load to change with a reference voltage in a first interval, and at least the piezoelectric load discharges electricity through the discharging circuit during a second operation interval of the operation period, to adjust the power supply voltage signal to change with the reference voltage in a second interval. The driving circuit according to the present disclosure requires a few switches, thereby facilitating circuit integration.
US12082505B2
In some embodiments, a piezoelectric device is provided. The piezoelectric device includes a semiconductor substrate. A first electrode is disposed over the semiconductor substrate. A piezoelectric structure is disposed on the first electrode. A second electrode is disposed on the piezoelectric structure. A heating element is disposed over the semiconductor substrate. The heating element is configured to heat the piezoelectric structure to a recovery temperature for a period of time, where heating the piezoelectric structure to the recovery temperature for the period of time improves a degraded electrical property of the piezoelectric device.
US12082497B2
An organic light-emitting device includes a condensed cyclic compound represented by Formula 1: The condensed cyclic compound has an electron withdrawing group (EWG) substituent and an electron donating group (EDG) substituent at suitable positions, and thus has a low ΔEST and may be used as an effective thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) light-emitting material.
US12082491B2
An organometallic compound and an organic light-emitting device including the same are provided. The organometallic compound is represented by Formula 1: wherein the description of each substituent in Formula 1 is the same as provided in connection with the detailed description.
US12082486B2
Tetradentate platinum complexes of Formulas I and II suitable for phosphorescent or delayed fluorescent and phosphorescent emitters in display and lighting applications.
US12082485B2
An OLED including an organic layer that contains metal complex compounds that are useful as a phosphorescent emitter is disclosed. The metal complex compounds include ligands that incorporate fluorinated side chains and has at least one substituent R selected from the group consisting of partially fluorinated alkyl, partially fluorinated cycloalkyl, and combinations thereof, wherein R is directly bonded to an aromatic ring, In the compound, C having an F attached thereto is separated by at least one carbon atom from the aromatic ring.
US12082482B2
When a base film used in a flexible display panel is bonded to a resin member for fixing the base film that is curved, the base film has creases by an environmental change such as temperature due to difference in linear expansion coefficient before and after a thermal shock. A buffer plate that is thin enough to be bent is provided between the base film used in a flexible display panel and the resin member. With the use of heat dissipation effect and heat equalization effect of the buffer plate, a structure around the panel capable of resisting the environmental change can be provided.
US12082480B2
A display device includes a display panel including a display area including a light blocking area and a non-display area around the display area, a base film disposed on the display panel, a light blocking layer that overlaps the light blocking area and is disposed on a surface of the base film, a first adhesive disposed between the display panel and the base film, a window disposed on the base film, and a second adhesive disposed between the window and the base film. A first hole defined in a portion of the light blocking area passes through the base film, the light blocking layer, the first adhesive, and the second adhesive.
US12082479B2
A display device includes a planarization layer covering transistors in a display area on a substrate, an organic light emitting diode on the planarization layer, a pad electrode in a non-display area on the substrate surrounding the display area, and a sacrificial layer remnant capping a side surface of the pad electrode.
US12082475B2
A display panel and a method for fabricating the same are provided. In the display panel, an undercut structure is formed below a second auxiliary electrode, so that a cathode electrode and a first auxiliary electrode have an overlapping region, and the cathode electrode and the first auxiliary electrode are connected.
US12082472B2
A color filter substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display panel are provided. The color filter substrate includes a first substrate, a color resist layer, an overcoat layer, and a quantum dot layer, which are sequentially stacked. The color resist layer includes a plurality of sub-color resist layers with different colors arranged along a second direction, and there is no black matrix disposed between two adjacent sub-color resist layers. The quantum dot layer is divided into a plurality of quantum dot areas arranged along the second direction. A plurality of banks are disposed between and correspond to two adjacent quantum dot areas, and the banks are black.
US12082471B2
A display panel and a display module are provided. The display panel has a plurality of first light-emitting devices displaying a first color, a plurality of second light-emitting devices displaying a second color, and a plurality of third light-emitting devices displaying a third color, wherein the display panel has a plurality of light-emitting repeating units, and at least one first sub-pixel of each of the plurality of light-emitting repeating units comprises at least two of the first light-emitting devices, the second light-emitting devices, or the third light-emitting devices, all of which are arranged in a stack.
US12082465B2
The present disclosure relates to a display device, and the display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present inventive concept includes: a first pixel circuit portion including at least one transistor; a second pixel circuit portion including at least one transistor; a first pixel electrode electrically connected to the first pixel circuit portion; a second pixel electrode electrically connected to the second pixel circuit portion; a first data line electrically connected to the first pixel circuit portion; and a second data line electrically connected to the second pixel circuit portion, wherein the first data line and the second data line are arranged adjacent to each other along a first direction, and the second pixel electrode overlaps the first data line and the second data line in a plan view.
US12082463B2
A display apparatus includes a first power supply voltage line in a non-display area and including a first conductive layer, a first organic layer on the first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer on the first organic layer, a second power supply voltage line in the non-display area and including a third conductive layer spaced apart from the first conductive layer, and a fourth conductive layer on the first organic layer which is on the third conductive layer, a first dam portion adjacent to the first power supply voltage line, a second dam portion adjacent to the first dam portion, and a third dam portion between the first power supply voltage line and the first dam portion. The fourth conductive layer includes an opening exposing an upper surface of the first organic layer between the first power supply voltage line and the second dam portion.
US12082460B2
Disclosed are a display substrate, a manufacturing method thereof and a display apparatus. The display region of the display substrate includes an opening, and a first display region and a second display region located at opposite sides of the opening, and the peripheral region includes an opening peripheral region at least partially located in the opening. The display substrate further includes a first wire and a second wire arranged on a same layer; the first wire and the second wire pass through the first display region, the opening peripheral region and the second display region, sequentially; in the opening peripheral region, the first wire includes a first bent portion, the second wire includes a second bent portion, and the first bent portion and the second bent portion are arranged side by side along the first direction.
US12082458B2
A display device includes: a first substrate having a display area and a non-display area on one side of the display area; a second substrate arranged opposite the first substrate; a display element arranged on the display area, the display element including a pixel electrode, an intermediate layer arranged on the pixel electrode, and an opposite electrode arranged on the intermediate layer; a power supply line arranged on the non-display area; and a conductive layer arranged on the power supply line and including the same material as the pixel electrode.
US12082457B2
A display panel and a display device are provided, which include a substrate, a plurality of data lines, a semiconductor layer, a first connecting hole, and a second connecting hole. The first connecting hole and the second connecting hole are positioned on two adjacent data lines, and the semiconductor layer in two adjacent areas has a mirror image arrangement with respect to a first direction. Therefore, connecting data signal lines to the semiconductor layer by bridging can be prevented, and problems of dense wirings, small adjustment space for pixel design, and greater crosstalk between circuits can be solved.
US12082454B2
A display apparatus includes a first substrate including a display area and a peripheral area outside the display area, a display layer disposed in the display area and including first to third light-emitting elements, a shield pattern portion including a lower pattern layer disposed in the peripheral area and surrounding at least part of the display layer, and an upper pattern layer disposed above the lower pattern layer and electrically connected to the lower pattern layer through contact holes in an insulating layer covering the lower pattern layer, a second substrate disposed above the display layer, and a sealing portion surrounding at least a part of the display layer, disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, covering one side of the shield pattern portion in a direction toward the display layer, and overlapping the contact holes.
US12082448B2
In order to provide a display apparatus with improved durability and improved impact resistance and a method of manufacturing the same, the disclosure provides a display apparatus and a method of manufacturing the same, the display apparatus including a substrate, a semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate, an insulating layer covering the semiconductor layer and including a first hole exposing a portion of the semiconductor layer, a first conductive layer disposed on the insulating layer and including a second hole overlapping the first hole, and a second conductive layer in contact with the portion of the semiconductor layer via the first hole and the second hole.
US12082444B2
The present application provides a display device and a manufacturing method thereof. The display device includes a transparent display region and a main display region. The display device further includes a pixel defining layer. The pixel defining layer includes a first pixel defining layer and a second pixel defining layer. The first pixel defining layer is positioned in the transparent display region. The second pixel defining layer is positioned in the main display region. An absorbance of the first pixel defining layer is less than an absorbance of the second pixel defining layer.
US12082442B2
A display device includes a first substrate including at least one first opening part defined, a pixel disposed on the first substrate, at least one first heat dissipation layer disposed in the at least one first opening part, an insulation layer disposed under the first substrate and including at least one second opening part overlapping the at least one first opening part, and a second heat dissipation layer disposed in the at least one second opening part.
US12082440B2
Disclosed is a display apparatus including a plurality of subpixels configured to include a light emission area, a planarization layer configured to include a plurality of light extraction patterns having a plurality of concave portions and protruding portions in each of the subpixels, a light emitting device layer at the planarization layer of each of the subpixels, and a bank layer disposed between the planarization layer and the light emitting device layer to open the light emission area in each of the plurality of subpixels, an end of the bank layer is disposed at the concave portion of the outermost light extraction pattern of at least one of the subpixels.
US12082428B2
Emissive devices are provided that include a phosphorescent emitter placed within a threshold distance of an enhancement layer to achieve transient lifetimes of 200 ns or less.
US12082423B2
A semiconductor device includes a horizontal wiring layer on a substrate, a stack structure disposed on the horizontal wiring layer and including insulating layers and electrode layers alternately stacked on each other, and a pillar structure extending into the horizontal wiring layer and extending through the stack structure. The electrode layers include one or a plurality of selection lines adjacent to an uppermost end of the stack structure, and word lines surrounding the stack structure below the one or plurality of selection lines. The pillar structure includes a variable resistive layer, a channel layer between the variable resistive layer and the stack structure, a gate dielectric layer between the channel layer and the stack structure, and a blocking pattern disposed between the variable resistive layer and the channel layer and being adjacent to a first selection line among the one or plurality of selection lines.
US12082411B2
Embodiments of 3D memory devices and methods for forming the same are disclosed. In an example, a 3D memory device includes a substrate, a memory stack including interleaved conductive layers and dielectric layers above the substrate, a plurality of channel structures each extending vertically through the memory stack, a semiconductor layer above and in contact with the plurality of channel structures, a plurality of source contacts above the memory stack and in contact with the semiconductor layer, a plurality of contacts through the semiconductor layer, and a backside interconnect layer above the semiconductor layer including a source line mesh in a plan view. The plurality of source contacts are distributed below and in contact with the source line mesh. A first set of the plurality of contacts are distributed below and in contact with the source line mesh.
US12082409B2
A method used in forming a memory array comprising strings of memory cells comprises forming a stack comprising vertically-alternating insulative tiers and conductive tiers having channel-material strings therein. Walls are formed above insulating material that is directly above the channel-material strings. Void space is laterally-between immediately-adjacent of the walls and that comprises a longitudinal outline of individual digitlines to be formed. Spaced openings are in the insulating material directly below the void space. Relative to the walls, a conductive metal nitride is selectively deposited in the void space, in the spaced openings, and atop the insulating material laterally-between the walls and the spaced openings to form a lower portion of the individual digitlines laterally-between the immediately-adjacent walls. The conductive metal nitride that is in individual of the spaced openings is directly electrically coupled to individual of the channel-material strings. A conductive material is formed in the void space directly above and directly electrically coupled to the lower portion of the individual digitlines to form an upper portion thereof. Other embodiments, including structure independent of method, are disclosed.
US12082404B2
Disclosed is a semiconductor device comprising a substrate including a cell array region and a connection region, an electrode structure extending in a first direction on the substrate and including vertically stacked electrodes having pad sections arranged stepwise on the connection region, a first contact plug connected to a first one of the pad sections, a pair of first vertical structures that penetrate the first one of the pad sections and are spaced apart from each other in a first direction by a first distance, a second contact plug connected to a second one of the pad section and having a vertical length that is greater than that of the first contact plug, and a pair of second vertical structures that penetrate the second one of the pad sections and are spaced apart from each other in the first direction by a second distance that is greater than the first distance.
US12082395B2
Disclosed are semiconductor memory devices and methods of fabricating the same. The semiconductor memory devices may include a capacitor including first and second electrodes and a dielectric layer. The dielectric layer may include a zirconium aluminum oxide layer including a first zirconium region adjacent to the first electrode, a first aluminum region, a second aluminum region adjacent to the second electrode, and a second zirconium region between the first and second aluminum regions. The first and second zirconium regions may include zirconium and oxygen and may be devoid of aluminum. The first and second aluminum regions may include aluminum and oxygen and may be devoid of zirconium. The first aluminum region and the first zirconium region may be spaced apart by a first distance, and the first aluminum region and the second zirconium region may be spaced apart by a second distance shorter than the first distance.
US12082394B2
A method for manufacturing a memory includes: providing a substrate, capacitor contact pads being formed in the substrate; forming a laminated structure on the substrate, the laminated structure including a first laminated structure formed on the substrate and a second laminated structure formed on the first laminated structure; forming first through holes in the second laminated structure; forming a protective layer on side walls of the first through holes, the protective layer in the first through holes enclosing second through holes; and etching the first laminated structure along the second through holes to form third through holes, the third through holes exposing the capacitor contact pads.
US12082388B2
A Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) cell includes a write port including a first inverter including a first pull-up transistor and a first pull-down transistor, and a second inverter including a second pull-up transistor and a second pull-down transistor and cross-coupled with the first inverter; and a read port including a read pass-gate transistor and a read pull-down transistor serially connected to each. A first doped concentration of impurities doped in channel regions of the second pull-down transistor and the read pull-down transistor is greater than a second doped concentration of the impurities doped in a channel region of the first pull-down transistor, or the impurities are doped in the channel regions of the second pull-down transistor and the read pull-down transistor and are not doped in the channel region of the first pull-down transistor.
US12082387B2
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of conductive layers stacked above one another in a first direction and including a first conductive layer, second conductive layers, and third conductive layers, a semiconductor film extending in the first direction through the conductive layers, an insulating film around the semiconductor film between the semiconductor film and the plurality of conductive layers. During a program operation performed on a first memory cell, a program voltage is applied to the first conductive layer while a first voltage is applied to the second conductive layers and a second voltage different from the first voltage is applied to the third conductive layers. The second conductive layers are each connected to gates of second memory cells programmed to store m bits, and the third conductive layers are each connected to gates of third memory cells programmed to store n bits, where n is different from m.
US12082380B2
Systems and methods to provide a prefabricated module design for heterogeneous data centers are described. An apparatus to provide cooling for an electronic rack of a data center comprises a plurality of lines. A main chassis is coupled to the plurality of lines. The main chassis is configured to be integrated on the electronic rack. An extension chassis is coupled to the main chassis. The extension chassis is configured to move relative to the main chassis. A plurality of connection ports are coupled to the extension chassis to provide connections between the electronic rack and one or more external sources. The plurality of connection ports are configured to move relative to the plurality of lines that are at fixed locations on the electronic rack.
US12082375B2
Provided is a circuit structure with a new structure that can improve a heat dissipation efficiency of a heat generating component while having resistance to a reaction force of a thermally conductive member. Provided is a circuit structure including: a heat generating component; bus bars that are connected to connection portions of the heat-generating component; cases that accommodate the heat-generating component and the bus bars; an elastic thermally conductive member that comes into thermal contact with the bus bars; a pressing portion that is provided on the cases and brings the bus bars into contact with the thermally conductive member; and a reinforcing wall portion that protrudes outside of the cases and reinforces the pressing portion.
US12082370B2
Examples described herein relate to a system. The system can include a container that contains fluid to provide two phase immersion liquid cooling (2PILC) for a system within the container. The container can enclose a first circuit board with a first side of the first circuit board is conductively coupled to at least one device. The container can enclose a motherboard conductively coupled to a second side of the first circuit board with a first side of the motherboard is conductively coupled to the second side of the first circuit board. The motherboard can include at least four edges. Connectors can conductively connect the motherboard with a second circuit board. The second circuit board can include at least four edges and an edge of the motherboard is oriented approximately 90 degrees to an edge of the second circuit board. At least one device can include one or more of: a processor, memory device, accelerator device, or network interface.
US12082368B2
An apparatus or system can act as a cooling device configured for cooling a plurality of high-power electronic components mounted on a circuit board. The apparatus includes a plurality of cooling plate assemblies, the cooling plate assemblies each including a cooling plate for mating to one of the high-power electronic components and an enclosure mounted to the cooling plate for defining a coolant transport path over at least part of a surface thereof. The apparatus further includes one or more flexible conduits that connect between the cooling plate assemblies for fluid communication between their respective coolant transport paths.
US12082366B2
A cable management assembly for attachment to a rail of a firearm may include a main body having a bottom surface; a plurality of grooves formed on the bottom surface; a cable selectively embedded within the plurality of the grooves; wherein one of the plurality of grooves is communicated with the other one of the plurality of grooves.
US12082362B2
An electronic assembly for handling a storage module is provided. The electronic assembly includes an open frame structure having a front frame including a front opening configured to receive air, and two side rails coupled to opposite sides of the front frame. Each side rail includes a side opening and an extended portion. The side opening is configured to direct the air received by the front opening at least partially out of the open frame structure. The extended portion extends from the side opening and away from the front frame and is configured to hold a storage module. The electronic assembly includes a lever bar coupled in proximity to the opposite sides of the front frame and having a lock position that is configured to lock the storage module onto a chassis base and a release position that is configured to release the storage module from the chassis base.
US12082358B2
An electrical device includes: a first housing sub-assembly; a second housing sub-assembly that has a housing wall; and a locking device. The first housing sub-assembly and the second housing sub-assembly are positionable adjacent to one another along a plug-in direction and, when in a position in which they are adjacent to one another, are interlocked via the locking device. The locking device has an actuation element arranged on the second housing sub-assembly so as to be adjustable along an actuation direction, and a locking element connected adjustably to the housing wall and operatively connected to the actuation element. The locking element is configured, in the position of the housing sub-assemblies in which they are adjacent to one another, to interlock the first housing sub-assembly and the second housing sub-assembly, and, by moving the actuation element in the actuation direction towards the housing wall, are movable in an unblocking direction.
US12082345B2
The component mounting machine includes a head, a head moving device, an imaging device, and a control device. The control device executes a lower component mounting operation that mounts a lower component on a board, an upper component mounting operation that mounts an upper component on the lower component mounted on the board, and a lower component mounting inspection operation that images the board on which the lower component is mounted, and performs a mounting inspection of the lower component based on a captured image after the lower component mounting operation is performed and before the upper component mounting operation is performed.
US12082332B2
thermal management systems having signal transfer routing for use with electronic devices are disclosed. An electronic device includes a housing to house a first electronic component and a second electronic component. A circuit board is positioned inside the housing. The circuit board including a first signal path to communicatively couple a processor carried by the circuit board and the first electronic component. A thermally conductive structure is positioned adjacent the circuit board. The thermally conductive structure is to dissipate heat generated by the processor. The thermally conductive structure is to carry at least a portion of a second signal path to communicatively couple the processor and the second electronic component.
US12082329B2
Disclosed herein is a cooking appliance. A working coil is provided at a lower portion of the cooking appliance. The working coil heats a tray disposed in a cooking compartment in an IH mode. A receiver coil wirelessly receiving external power is stacked below the working coil. An electromagnetic shielding plate is installed between the working coil and the receiver coil to partition a space in which the two coils are installed. The electromagnetic shielding plate shields an electromagnetic field or electromagnetic waves such that the electromagnetic field or electromagnetic waves in one of the two partitioned spaces does not leak to the other space located across the electromagnetic shielding plate.
US12082328B2
Proposed is a cooking apparatus. The cooking apparatus may include: an inner portion in which a food is contained and heated; an outer portion installed in a shape that surrounds an outside of the inner portion; a heating portion configured to heat the inner portion by using electrical energy; a housing portion installed in a shape that surrounds both the heating portion and the outer portion; a first driving portion positioned between the outer portion and the housing portion, and configured to rotate the inner portion in a first direction; and a second driving portion positioned outside the housing portion and configured to rotate the housing portion in a second direction.
US12082325B1
Devices, systems, and methods for providing illumination during operation of an indicia reader are described herein. An example system includes at least one imaging assembly; controller; and processor configured to: (a) initiate a ranging operation; (b) based on the ranging operation, determine a range value associated with a distance between the imaging assembly and an object in the field of view (FOV); (c) initiate a ramping operation comprising: (i) initiate a ramping sequence for the imaging assembly which captures plurality of images comprising image data of an environment appearing in the FOV using an associated plurality of focus parameters; and (ii) energizing an illumination assembly to provide illumination of the FOV during the ramping operation, the illumination intensity determined from the range value, the illumination intensity maintained substantially constant during at least a majority of the ramping operation; and (c) terminating the ramping operation based upon a termination signal.
US12082312B2
An electrical heater assembly, an exhaust treatment assembly, and method of manufacture. The electrical heater assembly includes a heater body including a plurality of slots disconnecting portions of the heater body from each other. Each slot includes a first end portion that extends to a second end portion, and a receptacle portion located between the first end portion and the second end portion. Portions of the heater body not disconnected by the plurality of slots form a serpentine current-carrying path through the heater body. The first end portion of each slot has a first width, the second end portion of each slot has a second width, and the receptacle portion of each slot has a third width, and the third width is larger than both the first width and the second width.
US12082308B2
A communication system includes a central cloud server and a processor that periodically obtains sensing information from an edge device that is in motion at a travel path. The processor predicts formed whether an existing cellular connectivity of the edge device is about to become less than a threshold performance value, based on the obtained sensing information. If the existing cellular connectivity of the edge device is about to become less than the threshold performance value, an alternative wireless connectivity option is triggered at the edge device bypassing an initial access-search at the edge device to maintain the cellular connectivity.
US12082304B2
Autonomous vehicles, and user-driven vehicles with an emergency intervention capability, can communicate to avoid collisions using 5G/6G technology, but this level of cooperation is possible only if the threatened vehicles have already determined the relative location and wireless address of the other vehicle. Disclosed is a method for wireless vehicles in traffic to exchange distance and angular information of the other vehicles in view, from which a position map can be prepared indicating the relative locations of each participating and non-participating vehicle. In addition, the traffic map can be annotated with the wireless addresses of the participating vehicles, thereby enabling them to communicate instantly in an emergency. The traffic map may be prepared or updated by one of the vehicles in traffic, or by a roadside access point. Satellite data is not necessary for the relative localization, but may be included if available.
US12082297B2
Methods and devices are arranged for managing reset and re-downloaded profiles Over-the-Air on an eUICC. An operator system imports a profiles list from a server, each entry in the list comprising a flag indicating whether the corresponding profile has been downloaded onto the eUICC. Upon receiving, from a mobile network operator, MNO, a request to update a profile on the eUICC, the request comprising a profile identifier and an OTA campaign, the operator system performs a backlog of the OTA campaign for the profile indicated by the profile identifier under consideration of the flag in the corresponding profile entry.
US12082291B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a configuration for sidelink discontinuous reception (DRX) that indicates a DRX on duration. The UE may selectively perform sensing for sidelink resource selection outside of the DRX on duration. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12082288B2
A wireless communication method is applied to a communications system including a UE, a RAN, a first core network entity, and at least one network slice. The wireless communication method includes: establishing, by the first core network entity, a signaling connection to the UE; receiving, by the first core network entity and from the UE via the signaling connection, network slice information and a non-access stratum NAS message; determining, by the first core network entity and based on the network slice information, a target network slice from the at least one network slice, where the target network slice includes a second core network entity, and the UE performs NAS communication with the second core network entity using the RAN and the first core network entity; and sending, by the first core network entity, the NAS message to the second core network entity.
US12082286B2
An apparatus comprising: at least one processor: and at least one memory including computer program code: the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: receive (602) a fallback indication from a radio resource control layer: invoke (604) a service request procedure: and set (606, 608) at least one of a service type information element and an uplink data status information element in a service request message.
US12082285B2
Example methods and client devices and network access nodes for link failure recovery in connected-mode-discontinuous-reception (C-DRX) mode are described. In one example method, the client device performs beam/link monitoring according to a first link recovery procedure if the client device is in non-discontinuous-reception (non-DRX) mode operation with a network access node. The client device performs beam/link monitoring according to a second link recovery procedure if the client device is in C-DRX mode operation with the network access node.
US12082284B2
A registration method of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The registration method includes transmitting a registration request message to an access and mobility management function (AMF), wherein the registration request message includes requested network slice selection assistance information (NSSAI) including single (S)-NSSAI corresponding to a network slice to which the UE intends to register with; and receiving, from the AMF, a registration accept message as a response to the registration request message, wherein if at least one of the S-NSSAI included in the requested NSSAI is rejected by the AMF, the registration accept message includes the rejected S-NSSAI and a reason for refusal for the rejected S-NSSAI.
US12082282B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods, apparatuses, storage media, and systems for adequate failure secondary cell group (SCG) reporting in New Radio (NR) involved networks. Various embodiments describe how to generate a sufficient SCG failure report so that a master node (MN) in the network may acknowledge the corresponding failed reference signal including its frequency and subcarrier spacing. In accordance, the MN may configure the UE and network communication effectively. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US12082275B2
An access and mobility management function (AMF) receives a request to establish a session from a wireless device. A control plane cellular internet of things (CIoT) indication requesting discovery of a session management function (SMF) that supports exchange of user data between the wireless device and the SMF is sent to a network repository function (NRF). An instance of the SMF is received from the NRF. A request to establish the session for CIoT packet transmission is sent to the SMF.
US12082272B2
Internet of Things (IoT) system and method of interfacing arbitrary non-network connected devices to wireless computer networks. The invention provides a configurable wireless communications module, in either fixed or removable formats, with wireless (e.g. WiFi) network connectivity. The invention uses at least one internal processor, which is configured to operate as a sandbox or virtual machine manner to isolate the code used to operate the arbitrary non-network connected device from the code used to operate the communications module.
US12082267B2
User equipment, and an apparatus and method used in user equipment are perform a predetermined data transmission in which the user equipment transmits uplink user data when the user equipment is in an RRC inactive state. The user equipment, apparatus and method transmit a random access preamble for the predetermined data transmission to a base station during a random access procedure, and transmit an MSG 3 message together with uplink user data to the base station during the random access procedure. A base station performs a predetermined data transmission in which a user equipment transmits uplink user data when the user equipment is in an RRC inactive state, includes a receiver receiving a random access preamble for the predetermined data transmission during a random access procedure from the user equipment, and receives an MSG 3 message together with uplink user data from the user equipment during the random access procedure.
US12082257B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system and, in particular, to a method and an apparatus therefor, the method comprising the steps of: transmitting a random access request message including RAP transmission and PUSCH transmission, wherein the PUSCH transmission is transmitted using a resource related to the RAP transmission, and includes a C-RNTI; and in order to receive a response to the random access request message, monitoring a PDCCH in a time window, wherein a first PDCCH, accompanied by a TA command, is detected in the time window, and when the first PDCCH is indicated by the C-RNTI, a step of receiving the response to the random access request message is terminated.
US12082254B2
A wireless device (30) receives control information (28) that jointly encodes respective values for two or more channel access parameters. The two or more channel access parameters govern performance by the wireless device (30) of a listen-before-talk, LBT, procedure prior to an uplink transmission (32) in a radio resource allocation (34). In some embodiments, a mapping (40) maps different indices to different combinations of values for the two or more channel access parameters. In this case, the control information (28) may comprise an index mapped by the mapping (40) to one of the different combinations of values for the two or more channel access parameters. Regardless, the wireless device (30) may perform the LBT procedure (or not) according to the received control information (28).
US12082252B2
The methods and systems discussed herein describe how a wireless communication device obtains a reserved time-slot list (RTS-list) to avoid “merging collisions.” In some examples, a first wireless communication device indirectly obtains the RTS-list from a second wireless communication device with which the first wireless communication device may have a potential “merging collision.” In other examples, a first wireless communication device receives an RTS-list from each of a plurality (or all) of the neighboring wireless communication devices in the VANET and refrains from transmitting data in the time-slots identified in the received RTS-lists. The first wireless communication device may also generate and broadcast an RTS-list that contains the reserved time-slots that were identified in the received RTS-lists. In still further examples, abase station transmits an RTS-list to one or more of the wireless communication devices in order to help avoid “merging collisions.”
US12082250B2
This disclosure is directed to allocation of one or more radio bands to a user equipment (UE) for establishing a radio link with a radio node (e.g., eNodeB or gNodeB). The radio bands may include a shared band, such as citizens band radio service (CBRS), a primary licensed band, such as the B66 band, and/or an unlicensed band, such as B46 band. A radio communications system may consider a variety of parameters associated with the distance of a UE from a radio node, signal strength of a signal from the UE, the services requested by the UE, and/or spectral availability of the each of the radio bands to determine which radio band(s) to allocate to the UE. In some cases, the radio band allocated to a UE may be dynamically changed by the radio communications system as conditions related to the UE and/or the mobile network change.
US12082249B2
A wireless communication method performed by a first apparatus includes acquiring a transmit opportunity (TXOP) to transmit or receive a first physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU), identifying a second apparatus for sharing the TXOP, permitting at least one of transmission and reception of a second PPDU to the second apparatus in the shared TXOP, and transmitting the first PPDU to at least one third apparatus in the shared TXOP or receiving the first PPDU from the at least one third apparatus.
US12082248B2
According to an example embodiment, a method may include determining, by a wireless node in a cell, a silent resource pattern for each of a plurality of signal waveform types including at least a single carrier waveform type and a multicarrier waveform type, wherein each silent resource pattern identifies one or more resource elements that are indicated as unused by at least one node of the cell for the signal waveform type; determining, by the wireless node, whether a signal waveform type, of the plurality of signal waveform types, for channel sensing is known by the wireless node; performing, by the wireless node if a signal waveform type for channel sensing is known by the wireless node, channel sensing based on a silent resource pattern for a known signal waveform type for channel sensing of the plurality of signal waveform types; and otherwise, performing, by the wireless node if the signal wave form type for channel sensing is not known by the wireless node, channel sensing based on a silent resource pattern for each of a plurality of the signal waveform types.
US12082247B2
Wireless communications between a base station and one or more wireless devices are described. Multiple downlink reference signals may correspond to multiple random access resources for a random access procedure. A base station may provide a set of downlink reference signals before a set of physical random access channels (PRACHs) are available for use. A wireless device performing a random access procedure may select two or more random access resources (e.g., PRACH occasions) based on the downlink reference signals. Using a listen before talk (LBT) procedure, the wireless device may select a first available random access resource from the two or more random access resources that are determined to be clear.
US12082234B2
Disclosed are a method and a device in a node for beam failure recovery in wireless communication. A first node receives M1 first-type reference signals, receives M2 first-type reference signals, and then transmits a first radio signal on a target radio resource. Measurements for the M1 first-type reference signals are used for generating first radio-link quality, and measurements for the M2 first-type reference signals are used for generating second radio-link quality; the first radio-link quality and the second radio-link quality are used for determining the target radio resource and the first radio signal; the target radio resource is one of a first radio resource, a second radio resource or a third radio resource; the first radio resource and the second radio resource correspond to a first index and a second index respectively; the first index is used for determining the M1 first-type reference signals.
US12082233B2
A resource scheduling method and a related device configure a scheduled resource for a terminal device based on a dynamic analog beam determined by a network device, thereby increasing a throughput of the terminal device. The network device determines, based on information about an SRS of each first terminal device, a set of second terminal devices from a set of first terminal devices and static analog beam information of each second terminal device in the set of second terminal devices. Then, the network device determines beam domain channel information based on the static analog beam information. As such, the network device determines dynamic analog beam information of each second terminal device based on the static analog beam information and the beam domain channel information.
US12082229B2
Provided are an electronic device and a method for an electronic device. The electronic device comprises a processing circuit, configured to: determine sub-system in specific region, and based on relative interference between the sub-systems and quality of service requirements for the sub-systems, clustering the sub-systems.
US12082212B2
A wireless communication system includes one or more base stations and one or more user devices, UEs, for a communication with a base station and/or another UE using allocated resources. In case the UE gets out of coverage of a serving base station, at least some of the allocated resources of the serving cell are maintained or reserved for a predefined time interval, T.
US12082203B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a channel monitoring indication method. The exemplary method includes monitoring a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). The method further includes determining, according to the scheduling downlink control information (DCI), whether to monitor a second PDCCH if scheduling DCI is received from the first PDCCH. The method also includes monitoring the second PDCCH according to received target signaling if the scheduling DCI is not received from the first PDCCH. The target signaling is different from the scheduling DCI. The target signaling is further used to indicate a monitoring parameter associated with the second PDCCH. The method additionally includes monitoring the second PDCCH after the first transmission time according to the received target signaling.
US12082191B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for managing beam failure recovery operations. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) generally includes determining at least one reference signal (RS) associated with a first cell that is configured without a control-resource set (CORESET). The method also includes monitoring the at least one RS associated with the first cell. The method further includes detecting a beam failure on the first cell based on the monitoring of the at least one RS.
US12082171B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for indicating capability of a user equipment (UE) to support multiple sounding reference signals (SRSs) with a single subframe, with at least one of frequency hopping, different bandwidths, or antenna switching for the multiple SRSs in the same subframe.
US12082168B2
This application provides a slot format indication method and a communication apparatus. The method includes: receiving a slot format index, where the slot format index is used to indicate a row in a slot format table, and the row in the slot format table is used to indicate symbol attributes respectively corresponding to at least 12 symbols, and the symbol attribute includes a location of an uplink symbol U, a downlink symbol D, or a flexible symbol F; and determining a slot format of an extended cyclic prefix based on the slot format index, where the slot format of the extended cyclic prefix includes a downlink symbol D, and at least one uplink symbol U and/or at least one flexible symbol F.
US12082166B2
Method and terminal for allocating PDSCH time domain resources, and computer-readable storage medium
Embodiments of this disclosure provide a method and a terminal for allocating PDSCH time domain resources, and a computer-readable storage medium, where the method is applied to a terminal and includes: starting buffering or receiving, by the terminal, a PDSCH no earlier than a time domain limiting location of the PDSCH, where when SCS of a PDCCH is smaller than SCS of the PDSCH, a time domain location of the PDSCH is not earlier than the time domain limiting location of the PDSCH.
US12082165B2
To configure an IAB node for DU function and MT function resource transition within an IAB network, the processing circuitry is to decode configuration signaling from a DU function of an IAB parent node, which provides allocated resources for a parent backhaul link. A resource transition is detected in adjacent slots between transmission or reception of data on the parent backhaul link and a child link. A number of desired guard symbols is determined for insertion during the transmission or reception of the data to avoid overlapping of the allocated resources for the parent backhaul link and allocated resources for the DU function during the resource transition in the adjacent slots.
US12082162B2
A device of a wireless apparatus, a method and a machine readable medium to implement the method. The method includes: decoding a radio resource control (RRC) signal including an information element (IE) having an indication of a semi-statically configured soft resource; determining the soft resource based on the IE; and cancel, based on the soft resource, at least one of a transmission of an uplink (UL) communication or a reception of a downlink (DL) communication by the wireless apparatus.
US12082160B2
Systems, methods, and circuitries are provided for performing sidelink communication. An example method includes receiving, via frequency and time resources of a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH), from a second UE, a signal encoding a sequence of bits corresponding to sidelink control information (SCI) stage 2; decoding the sequence of bits based on a SCI stage 2 scrambling initialization value (Cinit) to generate SCI stage 2 for a transport block (TB), wherein Cinit is determined based on at least a portion of a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) cyclic redundancy check (CRC) code; and receiving the TB from the first UE based on the SCI stage 2.
US12082158B2
Techniques for power savings by a wireless device. The technique including receiving, by a first wireless device, a set of sidelink resources for communicating directly with a second wireless device from a wireless node, determining, by the first wireless device, to transmit sidelink data to the second wireless device, receiving sidelink coordination information, the sidelink coordination information including discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration information of the second wireless device, transmitting a sidelink resources request to the wireless node, the sidelink resources request including assistance information based on the received sidelink coordination information, receiving a sidelink resources grant from the wireless node, and transmitting the sidelink data based on the sidelink resources grant.
US12082151B2
Provided are a method for skipping contention resolution. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the method includes leaving radio resource control (RRC) connected state, while leaving RRC connected state, receiving information on timing advance in a paging occasion, adapting the timing advance and performing transmission based on the adapted timing advance.
US12082150B2
A terminal includes a reception unit configured to receive, from a base station, information for requesting a terminal capability report related to a wake-up signal associated with a paging occasion and configuration information related to at least one of a first wake-up signal and a second wake-up signal, a transmission unit configured to transmit the terminal capability report related to the wake-up signal to the base station, and a control unit configured to determine a configuration of the first wake-up signal and a configuration of the second wake-up signal based on the configuration information related to the wake-up signal, and the reception unit receives the wake-up signal and paging associated with the wake-up signal from the base station, and the control unit determines the configuration of the first wake-up signal from a value based on the configuration of the second wake-up signal.
US12082148B2
A wireless communication device includes a receiver arranged to receive radio signals from a radio access network node of the cellular communication system, and a signal detector arranged to detect a first signal and a second signal among the signals received from the access network node. The first signal includes a network synchronisation signal having information about synchronisation and an identification of a cell associated with the access network node. The second signal includes a notification. A controller causes the signal detector to detect a notification of a first type when the received identification of the cell is equal to a previous reception of an identification of a cell at a last interaction between the wireless communication device and the cellular communication system or detect a notification of a second type when the received identification of the cell differs from the previous reception of the identification of the cell at the last interaction.
US12082145B1
Provided herein are systems and methods for implementing a network consensus for a blockchain network that is characterized by one or more, or all, of the following attributes: (1) implementation of a Proof-of-Coverage scheme; (2) lack of permission for nodes to participate in the network; (3) decentralization, with lack of incentives to centralize; (4) byzantine fault tolerance; (5) based on useful work to the network; (6) high confirmed transaction rate; and (7) censor-resistant transactions.
US12082144B2
Embodiments of the disclosure provide methods, apparatus and machine-readable mediums relating to reference signals for positioning in a wireless network. A method performed by a wireless device relating to positioning in a wireless network is provided. The method comprises receiving user data, and a reference signal for positioning in a transmission from a radio network node. The method further comprises rate matching the user data over one or more radio resources not used by the reference signal.
US12082142B2
Disclosed are techniques for determining a position of a user equipment (UE). A differential round-trip-time (RTT) based positioning procedure is proposed to determine the UE position. In this technique, the UE position is determined based on the differences of the RTTs between the UE and a plurality of base stations. The differential RTT based positioning procedure has much looser inter-gNodeB timing synchronization requirements than the OTDOA technique and also has much looser group delay requirements than traditional RTT procedures.
US12082133B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, an AMF may receive, from a user equipment (UE), a communication associated with a request for an identifier. The AMF may transmit, to the UE, the identifier, wherein the identifier is based at least in part on a synchronization signal block (SSB) periodicity and a number of paging frames per discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12082132B2
Proposed is a method for performing wireless communication by a first device. The method can comprise steps in which the first device receives from a second device a first physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) or a first physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) comprising information relating to a second synchronization source, determines synchronization of the second device on the basis of the information relating to the second synchronization source, and performs the synchronization of the second device on the basis of a reference signal of the first PSCCH or first PSSCH. For example, the second synchronization source can comprise a synchronization source having a highest priority configured beforehand with respect to the second device.
US12082120B2
A communication control method for controlling transmission powers transmitted by a plurality of base stations in a coverage area, the coverage area being covered by the plurality of base stations includes setting a transmission power of each base station to a maximum, calculating, for each base station, a percentage of an individual coverage area with respect to the coverage area when the transmission power of each base station is set to the maximum, the individual coverage area serving as a range in which each base station individually accommodates a terminal station, reducing, when a maximum value of the calculated percentages deviates from an average value by a predetermined value or greater, the transmission power of any of the plurality of base stations with the maximum percentage value, newly calculating, for each base station, a percentage of the individual coverage area with respect to the coverage area, and continuing the control until the maximum value of the calculated percentages deviates from the average value by less than the predetermined value.
US12082119B2
One disclosure of the present specification provides a method by which a communication device, which performs a measurement through multiple antenna panels, reports the measurement. The method may include the steps of: transmitting capability information to a base station; receiving measurement setting information from the base station; powering on a powered-off antenna panel among the multiple antennal panels in order to perform a measurement; performing the measurement through the multiple antenna panels; and transmitting a measurement report message including information indicating whether the corresponding antenna panel was in a powered-on state or a powered-off state prior to the measurement, and information on the measurement result.
US12082101B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for a service-based cell reselection by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. The UE may have a service relationship with a particular service. A wireless communication system may provide different types of services via different radio frequencies. The UE may determine which cells to measure for cell reselection to include those that correspond to a service of interest to the UE. In addition to power savings, the UE may experience faster cell reselection for a service. The techniques of this disclosure also may enable a priority-based cell reselection so that the UE can camp on a cell that supports a higher priority service compared to other services supported by the UE.
US12082096B2
Embodiments include methods for a network node, of a radio access network (RAN), that provides a cell serving one or more user equipment (UEs). Such methods include determining a restriction to requests for on-demand delivery of system information blocks (SIBs) by at least one UE operating in the cell; and transmitting, to the at least one UE, one or more parameters associated with the restriction. Exemplary parameters include prohibit timer values and maximum number of SIBs or SIB segments that a UE can request. Other embodiments include complementary methods whereby a UE can transmit, to the network node, a request for on-demand delivery of one or more particular SIBs in accordance with the received parameters associated with the restriction. Other embodiments include network nodes and UEs configured to perform such methods.
US12082092B2
An Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) node configured with a first Backhaul Adaptation Protocol (BAP) address related to a first donor IAB node and a second BAP address related to a second donor IAB node in a wireless communication system. Techniques include receiving a packet including a destination BAP address and a path identifier (ID). Based on the packet being received through the second link and the destination BAP address not matching the second BAP address, determining whether the destination BAP address and the path ID of the packet match at least one entry of a configured rewriting table. Based on the destination BAP address and the path ID of the packet matching the at least one entry, rewriting a header of the packet by setting the destination BAP address and the path ID according to the at least one entry, and transmitting the packet to a next hop node.
US12082089B2
Method, systems and devices for receiving, by a platform manager node, virtualization network function, VNF, instance information from a wireless communication node; selecting, by the platform manager node, a multi-access edge computing platform, MEP from candidate MEPs according to the VNF instance information; and transmitting, by the platform manager node, a first configuration request comprising the VNF instance information to the selected MEP.
US12082088B2
A mobile edge computing (MEC) service area can comprise radio cells/antennas connected to baseband units that are connected to service gateway (SGW) and/or packet data network gateway (PGW) user planes at a customer premises. The radio cells can be tagged with evolved universal mobile telecommunications system terrestrial radio access (E-UTRAN) cell global identifiers (EGCIs) offering traceability to user equipment (UE) that camp on them. The radio cells for MEC can be assigned tracking area codes (TACs) such that when a UE is registered and provisioned for a MEC service area based on an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) assigned to a subscriber identity module (SIM) of the UE, the UE can be determined to be at a geofenced area.
US12082084B2
A base station apparatus (130, 220) in a network (410) transmits V2X support information indicating that a V2X service is supported by the network (410). In response to receiving V2X support information, a radio terminal (100, 120) transmits, to the network (410), V2X terminal information indicating that the radio terminal (100, 120) is interested in the V2X service. The network (410) transmits V2X configuration to the radio terminal (100, 120) in response to receiving the V2X terminal information transmitted from the radio terminal (100, 120). The radio terminal (100, 120) receives the V2X configuration and performs V2X communication in accordance with the V2X configuration. It is thus, for example, possible to contribute to achievement of a procedure for performing provisioning for the V2X service on the radio terminal that intends to use the V2X service.
US12082072B1
The present system provides for the monitoring of a mobile device as a proxy for the location of a client. A client downloads the Vcheck application to a mobile device. The client is provided with an account on the Vcheck platform that is linked to the Vcheck application. An agent is provided with an account on the Vcheck platform and the client account is linked to the agent account. The agent may set client parameters and the Vcheck platform monitors the parameters through the data from the Vcheck application and coordinates communications between the agent and client to confirm the client is in compliance with the client parameters.
US12082067B2
A computer system that establishes a first registration and a second registration in a common wireless communication system is described. During operation, the computer system performs a first registration of the user equipment over a first access, where, after the first registration, the user equipment is connected via the first access with a first access and mobility management function (AMF). Then, the computer system performs a second registration of the user equipment over a second access, where the second access is different from the first access and, after the second registration, the user equipment is connected via the second access with a second AMF. Moreover, when performing the second registration, the computer system: transfers a context of the user equipment from the first AMF to the second AMF; and/or relocates a network interface in a control plane from the first AMF to the second AMF.
US12082050B2
Embodiments of this application provide a method for controlling quality of service (QoS) of sidelink communication performed at a core network entity. The method includes: obtaining QoS information configured by an application function (AF) entity for a sidelink; establishing a protocol data unit (PDU) session for the sidelink when determining, according to the QoS information, that the AF entity sets a per-flow QoS model for the sidelink, and generating a sidelink per-flow QoS parameter according to the QoS information; and configuring the sidelink per-flow QoS parameter on an access network entity and a terminal device, to control QoS of sidelink communication performed by the terminal device. In technical solutions of the embodiments of this application, a per-flow QoS mechanism can be implemented on a sidelink, thereby effectively improving effectiveness and reliability of communication on the sidelink and meeting service requirements of sidelink communication.
US12082043B2
A method of wireless communication comprising decoding in a physical layer circuitry a received wireless signal; outputting a corresponding wireless signal data as one or more data packets, the wireless signal data representing the received wireless signal; determining one or more packet header parameters of the one or more data packets; and if any of the one or more packet header parameters equal any of one or more predetermined values, instruct a medium access control layer circuitry to switch from an inactive mode to an active mode.
US12082039B2
A communication method and a communications apparatus to transmit data of V2X services on appropriate frequency bands, where the method includes: A transmit end determining a layer-2 address pair of a first V2X service based on a frequency band of the first V2X service, where the layer-2 address pair of the first V2X service includes a source layer-2 address of the first V2X service and a destination layer-2 address of the first V2X service, and where the layer-2 address pair of the first V2X service corresponds to the frequency band of the first V2X service; and the transmit end sending data of the first V2X service to a receive end on the frequency band of the first V2X service based on the layer-2 address pair of the first V2X service.
US12082028B2
An apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises: processor circuitry configured to cause a user equipment (UE) to: encode a message for transmission to a network (NW) including a UE capability information that includes an indication of whether concurrent measurement gap (MG) patterns are supported by the UE; and transmit the message to the NW.
US12082027B2
This disclosure relates to techniques for coordinated channel state information reporting in a wireless communication system. A wireless device may establish a wireless link with a cellular base station. The wireless device may determine to coordinate channel state information reporting with another wireless device. Information may be exchanged with the other wireless device via a sidelink wireless link. The wireless device may provide channel state information to the cellular base station. The channel state information may be determined based at least in part on the information exchanged with the other wireless device via the sidelink wireless link.
US12082023B2
A wireless network includes wireless network devices each having at least one radio providing wireless services to wireless clients. A first wireless network device collects first information and first measurement from at least one client using the at least one radio in the first wireless network device. A second wireless network device is configured to collect second information and second measurements from the at least one client using the at least one radio in the second wireless network device. Either one or both of the first and second wireless network devices is configured to determine a score about the relationship between the at least one radio in the first wireless network device and the at least one radio the second wireless network device using at least the first information and the second information, and the first measurements and the second measurements.
US12082019B2
A system and method of performing a version control in a mesh network of nodes is disclosed. The method includes executing, by a processing device, a mesh version control life cycle service (VCLS) to maintain a manifest of a mesh network. The manifest comprises, for each node in the mesh network, a history of one or more services executing on a node and a service version for each service of the one or more services. The method includes performing a version control of the mesh network based on the manifest, comprising sending a message to a first node of the mesh network to instruct the first node to change a version of a service executing on the first node from a first version to a second version.
US12082018B2
The present disclosure relates to communication methods and devices. One example method includes sending, by a first network device, a first parameter to a second network device, where the first parameter is used to indicate a proportion of measurement gap sharing between different measurement types. The first network device has a radio link control layer function, a media access control layer function, and a physical layer function. The second network device has a packet data convergence protocol layer function, a service data adaptation protocol layer function, and a radio resource control layer function.
US12082013B2
A user equipment (UE) transmits, to a base station, an indication of a capability for physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring. The UE receives, from the base station, a configuration of a plurality of search space set groups based on the capability. The apparatus then monitors PDCCH candidates for a PDCCH from the base station based on a search space set group and the configuration. A base station receives, from a UE, an indication of a capability for PDCCH monitoring and transmits, to the UE, a configuration of a plurality of search space set groups based on the capability. The apparatus transmits a PDCCH to the UE based on the search space set group and the configuration associated with the search space set group.
US12082007B2
A system and method of relaying distress calls in a mesh network of nodes. The method includes discovering, by a target node of the mesh network, a plurality of neighboring nodes of the target node that each have one or more types of communication capabilities with the target node. The method includes detecting, by the target node, a failure event associated with a resource of the target node. The method includes broadcasting, by the target node, a distress call indicative of the failure event to one or more neighboring nodes of the plurality of neighboring nodes of the target node to cause the one or more neighboring nodes to redirect the distress call to an egress node of the mesh network.
US12082006B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to an O-RAN based network system.
US12082005B2
This application discloses a measurement method and apparatus, and a device. The method includes: the terminal device divides all neighbors detected on a same measurement frequency into at least two measurement groups, and performs RRM measurement separately on the at least two measurement groups based on an RRM measurement parameter corresponding to each measurement group, where the at least two measurement groups are in a one-to-one correspondence with at least two RRM measurement parameters, and the terminal device has different power consumption when performing RRM measurement on the at least two measurement groups based on the corresponding RRM measurement parameters.
US12081999B1
Systems and methods are provided for facilitating the placement of a small cell, wherein at least one of a first set of parameters is determined at each of a first and a second location, at least one of a second set of parameters is determined at each of the first and the second location, and a recommended small cell placement location is generated based on at least one of the determined first set of parameters and the determined second set of parameters.
US12081977B2
Exemplary embodiments may use a contactless card as a secondary form of authentication in a multi-factor authentication for a secure messaging service. The recipient party of a request to initiate a messaging service session (such as a server computing device) may be programmed to use the phone number of the originating device to look up records regarding an identity of a party and their associated phone number as a primary credential and then may require an authentication credential originating from the contactless card as a secondary credential for the initiating party. In some instances, the credential originating from the contactless card is a onetime password that is valid only for a period of time. The recipient party determines whether the onetime password is valid. If both credentials are valid, a secure messaging session may be initiated with the initiating party.
US12081972B2
Techniques and apparatus for protecting sequence numbers used in authentication procedures are described. One technique includes receiving, from a network, an authentication request comprising at least a random challenge. After receipt of the authentication request, a synchronization parameter is generated based at least in part on a key shared by the network and the UE, the random challenge, and a first message authentication code (MAC). The synchronization parameter and the first MAC are transmitted to the network in response to the authentication request.
US12081968B2
Devices, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for updating wireless device credentials, the wireless device comprising: a user interface, memory configured to store one or more credentials for enabling the wireless device to obtain one or more services over a wireless access network, and one or more processors configured to execute one or more machine-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to obtain an indication of a user request to replace a particular credential with a target credential, detect a network-provisioning state change, determine that the particular credential does not match the target credential, initiate a programming session with a network element over a wireless access network, obtain an updated credential from the network element, and assist in storing the updated credential in memory.
US12081962B2
The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program for achieving reduction of a processing load on a distribution side along with reduction of a transfer volume of information. The information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires low accuracy position information having first accuracy and indicating a position of an object within a space where a user is located and acquires additional information for obtaining position information that has second accuracy higher than the first accuracy, indicates the position of the object within the space, and corresponds to a position of the user and a position information calculation unit that obtains the position information on the basis of the low accuracy position information and the additional information. The present technology is applicable to an information processing apparatus.
US12081961B2
The present technology relates to a signal processing device, a method, and a program that make it possible for a user to obtain a higher realistic feeling. The signal processing device includes: an audio generation unit that generates a sound source signal according to a type of a sound source on the basis of a recorded signal obtained by sound collection by a microphone attached to a moving object; a correction information generation unit that generates position correction information indicating a distance between the microphone and the sound source; and a position information generation unit that generates sound source position information indicating a position of the sound source in a target space on the basis of microphone position information indicating a position of the microphone in the target space and the position correction information. The present technology can be applied to a recording/transmission/reproduction system.
US12081955B2
An audio apparatus and method employ a first renderer circuit, wherein the first renderer circuit is arranged to render audio elements by generating a first set of audio signals for a set of loudspeakers; and a second renderer circuit, wherein the second renderer circuit is arranged to render audio elements by generating a second set of audio signals for headphones. The audio apparatus and method select between the first renderer circuit and the second renderer circuit such that the rendering of at least a first part of a first audio element is in response to a first audio rendering property indicator which is received in an audio signal. The first audio rendering property indicator is indicative of an audio format of the first audio element.
US12081950B2
An intelligent hub for interfacing with other devices and performing smart audio or video source selection.
US12081946B2
Presented herein are techniques for training a hearing prosthesis to classify/categorize received sound signals as either including a recipient's own voice (i.e., the voice or speech of the recipient of the hearing prosthesis) or external voice (i.e., the voice or speech of one or more persons other than the recipient). The techniques presented herein use the captured voice (speech) of the recipient to train the hearing prosthesis to perform the classification of the sound signals as including the recipient's own voice or external voice.
US12081942B2
Presented herein are techniques that use acoustic scene (environmental) analysis to determine the sound class of sound signals received at a hearing prosthesis and, accordingly, assess the estimated listening difficulty that the acoustic environment presents to a recipient of the hearing prosthesis. This difficulty of the recipient's listening situation can be used to adjust, adapt, or otherwise set the resolution of the electrical stimulation signals delivered to the recipient to evoke perception of the sound signals. In other words, the resolution of the electrical stimulation signals is dynamically adapted based on the present acoustic environment of the hearing prosthesis.
US12081941B2
A piezoelectric MEMS microphone includes a substrate and a piezoelectric sensor movably coupled to the substrate. The piezoelectric sensor includes a multilayer cantilever beam with multiple piezoelectric layers and multiple metal electrode layers. The beam is attached to the substrate and extends to a distal tip at a free unsupported end. A feedback control circuit is electrically connected to one or more of the metal electrode layers and applies a direct current bias voltage between at least two of the metal electrode layers to actively control an acoustic resistance of the piezoelectric sensor.
US12081933B2
A computing system includes a memory and at least one processor. The memory is configured to store motion data indicative of motion of a hearing instrument. The at least one processor is configured to determine a type of activity performed by a user of the hearing instrument and output data indicating the type of activity performed by the user.
US12081917B2
A projection system and calibration method therefore relate to a light source configured to emit a light in response to an image data, an optical system configured to project the light emitted by the light source; receiving an input associated with a plurality of light values corresponding to a plurality of primary lightfields; converting the input associated with the plurality of light values to a plurality of projector primary color values; determining a gain map based on the plurality Values of projector primary color values; applying the gain map to an image to perform a chromaticity uniformity correction by adjusting levels of the plurality of primary lightfields so that a primary mixture is the same over an image frame, and projecting the image with the optical system in the image frame, wherein the second image is corrected by the gain map.
US12081911B2
A buried person search device using a detachable module is disclosed. The device includes a ground drone 10 deployed at a site of a collapse disaster, the ground drone 10 having a communication device 80 and a first beacon, a camera device 40 mounted on the ground drone 10 to photograph surroundings of the ground drone 10, a storage 50 installed on the ground drone 10, a plurality of repeater modules 60 connected by a wireless communication network to relay wireless communications between the ground drone 10, a flying drone 32, and a command and control center 100, each of the repeater modules 60 having a second beacon, and a sensing device 70 installed on the ground drone 10 or the repeater modules 60 to collect a sound, wherein the storage 50 accommodates the repeater modules 60, and throws the repeater modules 60 in response to an operation signal.
US12081909B2
Systems and methods include a monitoring system. The monitoring system includes a camera apparatus and a server. The camera apparatus includes a mounting base adapted to mount to a support beam of a cell tower. The camera apparatus also includes a plurality of sensors including an array of image sensors arranged and adapted to simultaneously capture a combined 360 degree view of at least a portion of the cell tower around the camera apparatus. The server includes a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to obtain a data from the camera apparatus including a plurality of images of the cell tower including equipment thereon, and display the data from the camera apparatus including the plurality of images of the cell tower including equipment thereon to a user in real time.
US12081903B2
An audio/video (A/V) device may include or accommodate a viewer through a barrier. For example, an A/V device may include a first component for installation on an exterior surface of a door, a second component for installation on an interior surface of the door, a viewer that extends through an opening in the door, and a flexible connector that electrically couples the first component and the second component. The A/V device may enable use of an existing hole in the door as part of a door viewer, while also providing the functionality of an A/V device. For example, the A/V device may be configured to receive an input using a button on the first component, generate image data using a camera on the first component, and send the image data to a network device.
US12081902B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for transmitting a plurality of channels of primary analog signals to at least one terminal device. The method may include combining, by a signal combining device, the plurality of channels of primary analog signals into a combined analog signal. The method may also include transmitting, by the signal combining device, the combined analog signal to a signal dividing device via a cable. The method may further include dividing, by the signal dividing device, the combined analog signal into a plurality of channels of divided analog signals, each of the plurality of channels of divided analog signals corresponding to one of the plurality of channels of primary analog signals. The method may still further include transmitting, by the signal dividing device, the plurality of channels of divided analog signals to the at least one terminal device.
US12081900B2
A portable, collapsible video production system includes a case having a top lid connected to a bottom lid, a lift rigidly secured within the case to the top lid or the bottom lid, and a collapsible camera system rigidly secured to a top of the lift. The camera system includes a bottom frame member housing a computer with a screen, a middle frame member housing a transparent substrate that, when angled with respect to the bottom frame member, is configured to project an image of the screen to a user facing the case, and a top frame member housing a camera that, when angled with respect to the bottom frame member, is configured to aim the camera through the transparent substrate at a user facing the case. The bottom frame, the middle frame, and the upper frame are pivotably connected to each other along a hinge axis.
US12081897B2
Provided are systems and methods for providing personalized videos featuring multiple persons. An example method includes enabling a communication chat between a user of a computing device and at least one further user of at least one further computing device, receiving a user selection of a video from one or more personalized videos, receiving an image of a source face and a further image of a further source face, modifying the image of the source face to generate an image of a modified source face, modifying the further image of the further source face to generate an image of a modified further source face, replacing, in the video, a target face with the image of the modified source face and at least one further target face with the modified further source face to generate a personalized video, and sending the personalized video to the at least one further user.
US12081882B2
Provided is an imaging unit including an imaging section that includes a pixel capable of performing charge accumulation a plurality of times in response to an imaging instruction for generating one frame of image data; a storage section that stores a pixel signal based on output from the pixel; an updating section that updates the pixel signal already stored in the storage section by performing an integration process to integrate the pixel signal output from the pixel as a result of a new charge accumulation and the pixel signal already stored in the storage section; and a control section that controls whether the updating section performs the update, for each of a plurality of pixel groups that each include one or more pixels.
US12081880B2
A super resolution is produced using multiple reference images. Reference images are upsampled and blurred as needed for comparison between images of different resolution. Patches in blurred images are searched to find those patches which can be assembled into vectors for improving feature content over multiple resolution levels. The searches are based on similarity maps. The assembled vectors are concatenated with one or more other vectors, up-converted and then passed through convolutional layers to obtain new feature vectors. A final feature vector is passed through a convolutional layer to obtain the super resolution image.
US12081879B2
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, an electronic device comprises: a camera; a display; a memory; and at least one processor electrically connected to the display and the memory. The processor obtains an input of selecting a first image, generates a color filter by comparing the first image and a second image having a color pattern different from the first image, obtains a third image, and generates a fourth image by applying the generate color filter to the third image. The processor derives a function by comparing color values of pixels of the first image and the second image, and coefficients of the function. The color filter may include the function derived by comparing the first image and the second image, the coefficients of the function, and a color lookup table generated on the basis of the derived function. The processor stores the generated color filter in the memory and generates the fourth image by applying the stored color filter to the third image.
US12081868B2
To align an optical module to an image sensor module comprising at least an image sensor, a test image is received with a reference optical element along a first reference optical path, before reflecting the test image along a second reference optical path with the reference optical element towards the image sensor module. An alignment orientation of the image sensor module is first corrected with respect to the reference optical element in order to receive the test image over the second reference optical path onto the image sensor. The reference optical element is subsequently replaced with the optical module. Next, an orientation of the optical module is manipulated such that the second optical path coincides with the second reference optical path so as to optically align the optical module with the image sensor module, before the optical module is finally attached to the image sensor module.
US12081857B2
A camera module includes an imaging lens assembly, an image sensor, a first reflecting member and a first driving apparatus. The imaging lens assembly is for converging an imaging light on an image surface. The image sensor is disposed on the image surface. The first reflecting member is located on an image side of the imaging lens assembly, the first reflecting member is for folding the imaging light, and has a first translational degrees of freedom. The first reflecting member is assembled on the first driving apparatus, and the first driving apparatus is for driving the first reflecting member moving along the first translational degrees of freedom.
US12081854B2
A receiver for a light transmission system includes a camera having an image sensor, and a light-sensitive area of the image sensor includes a plurality of rows of light-sensitive elements. The image sensor is configured such that the light-sensitive area of the image sensor is scanned row by row or column by column. An attachment element is arranged such that light incident on the light-sensitive area of the image sensor passes through the attachment element beforehand. The attachment element has at least one lenticular region and at least one planar region.
US12081850B2
An apparatus includes a base; a mount attached to the base, the mount including a backplate, a bottom platform formed perpendicular to the backplate along a bottom of the backplate, the bottom platform including a retention wall formed as part of the bottom platform distant from the portion of the bottom platform attached to the backplate, the retention wall being perpendicular to the bottom platform, and a first side arm formed as part of the backplate along a side of the backplate and extending outwards from the backplate, and a notch holder formed as part of the base, the notch holder configured to secure a drug test device to the base.
US12081823B2
A comment distribution system including a contributor terminal, a video distribution server, a comment distribution server that distributes comments input regarding the video, and a viewer terminal for displaying the video and comments received. A comment distribution server includes a comment receiving part for receiving comments, a comment classifying part for classifying the comments into first comments that are displayed both in a video display area and in a comment field outside the video display area and second comments that are displayed only in the comment field, and a comment distributing part for distributing the first comments and the second comments. The viewer terminal includes a video display part for displaying video received and a comment receiving part for receiving the first comments and the second comments. The video display part displays the first comments in both the video display area and the comment field and displays the second comments in only the comment field.
US12081821B2
A computer system or method may be provided for modulating content based on a person's brainwave data, including modifying presentation of digital content at at least one computing device. The content may also be modulated based on a set of rules maintained by or accessible to the computer system. The content may also be modulated based on user input, including through receipt of a presentation control command that may be processed by the computer system of the present invention to modify presentation of content. Content may also be shared with associated brain state information.
US12081816B1
Systems and methods are provided for enabling an enhanced group watch session. A group session for consuming a first media content item is initiated between first and second computing devices, and a first portion of the first media content item is received at the computing devices. It is identified, based on a first user profile, that the first computing device is configured to receive a second media content item at a first time, and it is identified, based on a second user profile, that the second computing device is configured to not receive a second media content item at the first time. A first user interface element associated with performing an action is generated for output, and a first input associated with the user interface element is received. The action is performed at the second computing device.
US12081814B2
The present disclosure is directed to methods and systems for controlling access to multimedia content. In an access control system, each device operates as a gateway or node in the access control network and is linked to the other devices in the access control network. Each device in the network has a hash value that identifies the device and the type of media content or content providers the device can access. When a device requests to access media content, nodes in the access control system can compare the hash value of the user device to hash values in an allocation table to determine whether the user is authorized access the media content. In some implementations, a device connected to the access control network can verify or validate the hash value of the requesting device by comparing the hash value to hash values in an allocation table stored on a blockchain.
US12081808B2
Apparatus and methods for content fragmentation, distribution, protection, and re-constitution within a content distribution network. In one embodiment, the apparatus and methods enable distribution of content fragments to edge nodes (which may include user or subscriber CPE), thereby enabling edge networks or membership groups to be established wherein content can be shared solely at the edge. In one variant, high data bandwidth, symmetric uplink/downlink, low latency PHY links (e.g., 5G NR-compliant wireless interfaces) between the edge nodes participating in the edge networks or membership groups are used such that particular quality of service/experience performance requirements can be met. Distribution of the fragments also advantageously enhances redundancy and security.
US12081805B2
In a decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus according to embodiments of the present document, whether signaling of information related to virtual boundaries is present in a sequence parameter set (SPS) or picture header information may be determined based on a virtual boundaries enabled flag.
US12081803B2
For a location displaced by four samples in a vertical direction or a horizontal direction from a current location, the encoder performs a first determination of determining only whether the location displaced by four samples is a TU boundary, where the current location is a sample location of a current sub-block boundary on which the determination process is to be performed. In the first determination, when it is determined that the location displaced by four samples is a TU boundary, the encoder sets a maximum filter length to a first value, and in the case otherwise, the encoder performs a second determination of determining whether a location displaced by eight samples in the vertical direction or the horizontal direction from the current location is a TU boundary.
US12081792B2
Method, device, and non-transitory storage medium for interleaved motion vector prediction (MVP) for video coding are provided. A MVP candidate list for a current block may be generated based on spatial motion vectors associated with neighboring blocks and non-neighboring blocks. A first spatial motion vector predictor (SMVP) associated with an adjacent neighboring block to the left of the current block may be inserted into the MVP candidate list, and a second SMVP associated with an adjacent neighboring block to the top of the current block may be inserted into the MVP candidate list. One or more candidates in the MVP candidate list may be pruned based on determining that the one or more candidates have a same SMVP.
US12081791B2
An image decoding method includes: acquiring, from a bitstream, luma weight L0 flag information indicating whether there is an L0 prediction-related weight factor and luma weight L1 flag information indicating whether there is an L1 prediction-related weight factor; determining to apply decoder-side motion vector refinement (DMVR) to an L0 motion vector and L1 motion vector for a current block, when the luma weight L0 flag information and the luma weight L1 flag information are both zero; when it has been determined to apply DMVR, deriving a refined L0 motion vector and a refined L1 motion vector by applying the DMVR to the current block; deriving prediction samples for the current block on the basis of L0 prediction using the refined L0 motion vector and L1 prediction using the refined L1 motion vector; and generating reconstruction samples for the current block on the basis of the prediction samples.
US12081782B2
A method for video stream processing in a video chain is provided that includes transmitting a video stream in the video chain, receiving, by a first video node in the video chain, a region of interest (ROI) command from a second video node in the video chain, wherein the ROI command includes an ROI type indicator, and performing, by the first video node, the ROI command according to the ROI type indicator.
US12081780B2
Methods and devices for decoding including a processor configured to determine which picture is a collocated picture, and determine a location of an associated block of the video data in the collocated picture that corresponds to the current block of video data in the current coding picture, based on using previously decoded blocks in the current coding picture to find an initial motion vector between the associated block in the collocated picture and the current block in the current coding picture, where the associated block of the video data includes at least one first derived motion vector. The processor configured to determine at least one second derived motion vector associated with the current block in the current coding picture, when the initial motion vector points to the collocated picture, based on the at least on first derived motion vector associated with the associated block in the collocated picture.
US12081776B2
A display driver circuit configured to drive a display panel includes a memory, a decoder, and a controller. The memory stores first data using data from outside of the display driver circuit. The decoder decodes the stored first data. The controller generates compression data using the decoded first data. While an image based on the decoded first data is displayed on the display panel, when second data based on the data from the outside are not stored in the memory after the first data are stored in the memory, the controller controls the decoder such that the decoder does not operate and controls the memory such that the compression data are stored in the memory.
US12081763B2
An image decoding method according to the present document comprises the steps of: obtaining intra prediction mode information and an LFNST index; deriving an intra prediction mode of a current block on the basis of intra prediction mode information; when wide-angle intra prediction is applied to the current block, deriving a modified intra prediction mode by means of intra prediction mode remapping; deciding an LFNST set comprising LFNST matrices on the basis of the modified intra prediction mode; selecting one of the LFNST matrices on the basis of the LFNST set and LFNST index; and deriving transform coefficients for the current block on the basis of the selected LFNST matrix.
US12081750B2
Method, apparatus, and devices for encoding and decoding are provided. In one aspect, a method includes: if a current pixel point in a current block satisfies an enable condition of an enhanced refinement mode, determining a gradient value of the current pixel point based on an original pixel value of the current pixel point and an original pixel value of a surrounding pixel point of the current pixel point; based on the gradient value of the current pixel point and the original pixel value of the current pixel point, determining a refined pixel value of the current pixel point.
US12081747B2
A method of filtering reconstructed video data including inputting a reconstructed luma picture sample array, setting a luma location corresponding to a current chroma sample to a location defined by a horizontal location in the chroma sample multiplied by a sub-width value and a vertical location in the chroma sample multiplied by a sub-height value, deriving luma sample locations inside the reconstructed luma picture sample array by using the luma location, and deriving a variable by using cross-component filter coefficients and the reconstructed luma picture sample array defined by at least one of the luma sample locations. The variable is modified by using a current chroma block of samples.
US12081745B2
Provided is a video decoding method including: obtaining constrained prediction information indicating whether a constrained intra prediction mode is enabled; generating reconstructed samples of a current block by using prediction samples of the current block and residual samples of the current block; when the constrained intra prediction mode is enabled by the constrained prediction information and a prediction mode of a neighboring block is not an intra prediction mode, determining a padding value corresponding to a neighboring sample adjacent to outside of a boundary between the current block and the neighboring block, by using the reconstructed samples of the current block; and performing post-reconstruction filtering on the current block, by using the padding value corresponding to the neighboring sample.
US12081741B2
An image encoding method and an image decoding method are provided. The image decoding method includes deriving a temporal merge candidate from a co-located block of a current block, generating a merge candidate list of the current block based on the derived temporal merge candidate, and generating a prediction block of the current block based on the generated merge candidate list. The deriving a temporal merge candidate includes scaling a motion vector derived from the co-located block based on a POC difference value between the current block and a reference picture of the current block and a POC difference value between the co-located block and a reference picture of the co-located block, and modifying the scaled motion vector based on motion vector scaling information between a neighboring block of the current block and a co-located block of the neighboring block.
US12081736B2
Processing circuitry decodes information of a coding block in a current picture from a bitstream. The information indicates a bi-prediction mode without weight signaling. Weights associated with the bi-prediction mode are not signaled in the bitstream. Further, the processing circuitry determines a first motion vector associated with a first reference picture and a second motion vector associated with a second reference picture, and determine a first reference template in the first reference picture based on a current template of the coding block and the first motion vector and a second reference template in the second reference picture based on the current template and the second motion vector. The processing circuitry also calculates a weight for use in the bi-prediction mode based on the first reference template, the second reference template and the current template, and reconstructs the coding block using the bi-prediction with the calculated weight.
US12081735B2
A method for processing a video signal, of the present disclosure, comprising the steps of: parsing, from a bitstream, upper level merge with MVD (MMVD) activation information (sps_mmvd_enabled_flag) indicating whether the upper level MMVD including a current block is usable; parsing, from the bitstream, MMVD merge information (mmvd_merge_flag) indicating whether the MMVD is used in the current block, if the upper level MMVD activation information indicates the activation of the MMVD; parsing MMVD distance-related information (mmvd_distance_idx) and MMVD direction-related information (mmvd_direction_idx), if the MMVD merge information indicates that the MMVD is used in the current block; and obtaining MMVD information (mMvdLX) based on the MMVD distance-related information and the MMVD direction-related information, wherein the MMVD information is greater than or equal to −2{circumflex over ( )}17 and is less than or equal to 2{circumflex over ( )}17−1.
US12081732B2
An image pickup apparatus includes an optical system, an image sensor configured to photoelectrically convert an optical image formed by the optical system and to output image data, an infrared cut filter movable between a first position at which the infrared cut filter is inserted into an optical path of the optical system and a second position at which the infrared cut filter is removed from the optical path of the optical system, and a control unit configured to determine, based on the image data, whether or not the infrared cut filter is located at a position different from each of the first position and the second position.
US12081722B2
A stereo image generation method and an electronic apparatus using the same are provided. The stereo image generation method includes the following steps. A two-dimensional (2D) original image corresponding to a first viewing angle is obtained, and a depth map of the 2D original image is estimated. Interpupillary distance information of a user is detected. A pixel shift processing is performed on the 2D original image according to the interpupillary distance information and the depth map to generate a reference image corresponding to a second viewing angle. An image inpainting processing is performed on the reference image to obtain a restored image. The restored image and the 2D original image are merged to generate a stereo image conforming to a stereo image format.
US12081720B2
Immersive 3D video content includes a plurality of preferably overlapping cells, each cell representative of a volume in the content, wherein a cell providing both content corresponding to a virtual central camera in the cell and parallax information from virtual peripheral cameras around the centre position can be next to a cell providing only parallax information to be used with the content corresponding to the virtual central camera. A device for rendering immersive video, renders a viewpoint corresponding to a user's current position, tracks and predicts the user position, and if the user position moves to a cell with central camera content, retrieves the content and parallax information, and if the user position moves to a cell with only parallax information, retrieves the parallax information and, if necessary, also the cell with the content. This arrangement can reduce bandwidth and storage for the immersive 3D video content.
US12081700B2
A system obtains conversation data corresponding to conversations between users and agents of a client. The system identifies a set of intents from the conversations and identifies a set of contexts, explicit elements, and implied elements of these intents. The system identifies actions that can be performed to recognize new explicit and implied elements from new conversations and to address intents in these new conversations. Based on these actions, the system generates a set of recommendations that can be provided to the client. As agents communicate with users, the system monitors adherence to the set of recommendations.
US12081697B2
An example method of operation may include one or more of identifying an inbound call intended for a mobile device subscribed to a protected carrier network, determining the inbound call is assigned an origination telephone number that is subscribed to the protected carrier network, determining whether an inbound call origination source location indicates the protected carrier network or an out-of-network carrier network based on one or more call parameters received with the inbound call, and determining whether to transmit an indication to the mobile device that the inbound call has an elevated likelihood of being a scam call based on the inbound call origination source location.
US12081694B2
To provide a gateway device that achieves charging control in accordance with a RAT being used by a UE even when the UE is performing communication using different RATs at the same time, the present gateway device (30) includes a management unit (31) configured to, when a communication terminal (10) forms communication aggregation by performing a first radio communication using a first radio access technology and a second radio communication using a second radio access technology, manage at least one bearer assigned to the communication terminal (10) in association with information indicating the first and second radio access technologies, and a charging system communication unit (32) configured to transmit the information indicating the first and second radio access technologies to at least one policy charging control device (40) that performs charging control.
US12081693B2
A method for managing user interactions with a mobile device is provided. The method generally includes the use of notifications and VoIP calls to prompt a user to return to a smartphone application while within a vehicle. The smartphone application, when active as the foreground application, provides a virtual barrier between the driver and other applications, while permitting navigation and call functionality, for example.
US12081691B2
The present specification provides a mobile terminal, which can simultaneously enable unlocking and display expansion, and a control method therefor. A mobile terminal of the present invention comprises a flexible display unit which can expand in size. If a knock code via a user's touch input on the display unit matches a preconfigured pattern, a display positioned on the front side can expand in size as the mobile terminal unlocks.
US12081683B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for setting, accessing, and modifying user privacy settings using a distributed ledger. In an aspect, a system can search previously stored software contracts to locate an up-to-date version of a software contract associated with a user based on a request for access to user data for the particular user. Then, the system determines that the user data is permitted to be shared. The system transmits, to a data virtualization platform, instructions to extract encrypted user data from a data platform. The system can then make available, to a data verification system, a private encryption key and details associated with the software contract to verify that the private encryption key and the user data match. Then the system transmits, to the data virtualization platform, the private encryption key so that the data virtualization platform can decrypt the encrypted user data.
US12081676B2
The present invention provides a method for signing and submitting an electronic document by performing a single action in relation to a visual indicium, reducing the number of interactions that a signer needs to carry out to create and submit a digitally signed electronic document. The invention involves four parties: a server system, an auxiliary client system, a client system, and a recipient system. The server system stores the electronic document and facilitates its creation and submission processes. The auxiliary client system obtains the electronic document from the server system and displays the electronic document along with a visual indicium. Subsequently, the client system displays a single action for the signer to perform on the indicium in order to set in motion the signing process and submit the digitally signed electronic document to the recipient system.
US12081674B2
A system and a method are disclosed where a server determines parameters for establishing a remote online notarization session, the remote online notarization session including participants, the participants including at least a signer and a notary. The server establishes the session according to the parameters, and monitors, during the session, information from the signer client device and the notary client device. The server detects a failure from the information based on at least one of the signer client device and the notary client device having failed to comply with a parameter of the parameters. Responsive to detecting the failure, the server pauses the remote online notarization session and outputting a selectable cure option to at least one of the participants that, when selected initiates a workflow that, when concluded, cures the failure and enables the remote online notarization session to proceed.
US12081671B2
A computer implemented method and system is described which uses blockchain technology as a storage system for data acquired from a digital twin. The blockchain can be used to generate an immutable transaction history of data produced by the digital twin. In the case of an error, failure, incident, or accident, parties of interest can then access and analyse an immutable set of data. The blockchain network can also execute a digital smart contract based on the data received from a digital twin. The invention may be used in conjunction with the Bitcoin blockchain or another blockchain protocol.
US12081670B1
Presented herein are system and methods for validating electronic documents. A first server having one or more processors coupled with memory may identify an electronic document of a customer device. The first server may validate a record of the electronic document in accordance with a consensus algorithm by communicating associated data to a plurality of second servers. The first server may generate a token using the electronic document in response to the plurality of second servers successfully validating the record of the electronic document. The first server may append the record of the electronic document corresponding to the token to the plurality of records on a distributed ledger. The first server may generate an instruction to store the token on a wallet of the customer device to authorize the use of the electronic document across the plurality of second servers.
US12081669B2
A method executed by a computing device includes identifying a non-fungible token (NFT) of an object distributed ledger that meets minimum NFT requirements. The method further includes determining whether to select the NFT based on an evaluation of the NFT with regards to an evaluation profile. When selecting the NFT the method further includes to producing a selected NFT and determining reassignment information for the selected NFT. The method further includes facilitating taking control of the selected NFT of a blockchain of the object distributed ledger and updating the selected NFT utilizing the reassignment information for the NFT to produce an updated NFT. The method further includes causing generation of a new block affiliated with the updated NFT via the blockchain of the object distributed ledger, where the new block includes the updated NFT.
US12081664B2
A cloud-native global file system in which a local filer creates objects and forward them to a cloud-based object store is augmented to include constant-time rekeying (CTR). At volume creation time on the filer, a random Intermediate Key (IK) is generated. The IK is encrypted using one or more public key(s) for the volume in question, and then stored in encrypted form in a volume metadata file (e.g., cloudvolume.xml) alongside the other volume information. Once created, the IK is treated like any other volume metadata. During startup of a volume manager on the filer, the one or more per-volume IK blobs (present) are decrypted using an appropriate secret key, and then cached in memory. All objects sent to the cloud are then symmetrically encrypted to the current IK for that volume. All objects read from the cloud are decrypted using the locally-cached IK.
US12081654B2
Provided is a method to authenticate a user equipment (UE) at a service provider (SP), when the UE is compliant with either Generic Bootstrap Architecture (GBA) or Authentication and Key Agreement for Applications (AKMA). The user authentication is performed by way of the GBA or AKMA protocol The method relies on the Mobile Network Operator's (MNO) GBA or AKMA authentication framework. It can employ a Diffie-Hellman exchange between the user equipment (UE) and the service provider (SP), leading to a Diffie-Hellman session key (gxy), while establishing the GBA or AKMA protocol. The method calculates a final Network Application Function (NAF) or AKMA Application Function key (iNAF_key or iAApF_key) to maintain confidentiality of the communication between the user equipment (UE) and the service provider (SP). It derives this key from the Diffie-Hellman session key (gxy) and from the respective protocol's service provider key (Ks_ext/int_NAF or KAF).
US12081653B2
Methods and systems for the use of multi-party computation (“MPC”) key systems that involve the use of multiple parties, each of which hold respective private data that may be used to evaluate a computation without ever revealing any of the private data held by each party to perform blockchain operations. Using the MPC key systems, the methods and systems generate secure, encrypted communications across distributed computer networks for authorizing use of cryptography-based digital repositories in order to perform blockchain operations in decentralized applications.
US12081638B2
Systems and methods for data modeling in multi-tenant systems are disclosed. Embodiments allow the customization of data models for data types (e.g., such as documents or the like) through the addition of fields to data models for data types for particular tenants without modification to components of the system by allowing the definition of a data type and its associated fields for each tenant and externalizing the definition of those data types. This metamodel can thus enable the fields of a data type for a particular tenant to be independently modified or updated for that tenant and data type. The data type for an individual tenant at any given point in time can thus be defined by the set of fields (e.g., and field versions) associated with that data type as defined for that tenant in the metamodel at that point in time.
US12081631B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed to monitory online activity. An example apparatus includes at least one memory, instructions, and processor circuitry to execute the instructions to generate a first database to store first uniform resource locators collected from first client devices, the first client devices associated with panelists, generate a second database to store second uniform resource locators collected from second client devices, one or more of the second client devices associated with one or more unidentified users, associate at least one of the second uniform resource locators as online activity of a first panelist of the panelists based on at least a portion of one of the first uniform resource locators matching at least a portion of the one of the second uniform resource locators, and store an association of the online activity and an identifier, the identifier to identify the first panelist.
US12081625B2
A method, a system, and computer program product for session based data persistency are described. A request to execute, by an executing computing server, a service of an application during a terminal service session initiated by an initiating computing server is received. Current session data including a session header and session attributes is captured. A difference between the current snapshot of the session data and a past snapshot of the session data, generated by the initiating computing server and stored by a persistence layer, is determined. The session attributes stored by the persistence layer are updated based on the difference between the current snapshot of the session data and the past snapshot of the session data to enable execution of the service of the application without requesting reauthentication.
US12081619B2
A requesting device includes a memory, a controller, and a communication interface. The memory is configured to store a plurality of work elements in one or more requesting queues. Each work element indicates a requestor, a responder, and an operation. The controller is configured to retrieve at least a first work element of the plurality of work elements from the memory, generate a first hint message that includes an indication of at least one operation of the first work element, and transmit the first hint message to a first responding device over the communication interface. The first responding device corresponds to a first responder of the first work element. The controller is further configured to transmit a first request relating to the at least one operation of the first work element to the first responding device over the communication interface. The first request indicates the at least one operation.
US12081618B2
Systems methods and devices are provided for a presentation including a communications console with component aggregation. In one potential implementation, a computing device with an application framework receives a communication manager object via a network connectivity device and executes the communication manager object within the application framework. The computing device may then receive and execute communications components and a presentation components within the application framework using the communication manager object. The communication manager object may then manages interface and display of the presentation information via the application framework, as modified by communication components.
US12081598B2
A method for streaming media assets using a redundant cache managed by a media streaming server in a media streaming network may be provided. The method may include receiving, by a media streaming server, immersive media stream comprising one or more immersive media assets associated with one or more scenes, determining that a subset of the one or more immersive media assets are included for a plurality of times in the one or more scenes, storing a redundant copy of each of the subset of the one or more immersive media assets in a cache maintained by the media streaming network to ensure that the each of the subset is accessible to both the media streaming server and a client, and streaming at least one media asset of the subset of the one or more immersive media assets in response to a local cache of the client not storing the at least one media asset.
US12081597B2
A system is provided for establishing a shared media session for client devices that receives event data and media corresponding to a shared media session and previous shared media sessions from a recording client device communicably coupled to a distributed communication network. A persistent record of the event data and media is generated until the shared media session is terminated by at least one of a first client device or by abandonment of the distributed communication network by the first client device and by second client devices. A new disparate live media output stream is generated with multiple distinct channels based on augmentation of a disparate live media output stream in the shared media session. The augmentation is based on an interaction from a user on actions in the shared media session.
US12081587B2
A system and method for injecting network chaos between a client system and a server system within a network are disclosed. A processor implement a chaos controller DNS (Domain Name System) server and configures a client application running on the client system to utilize the chaos controller DNS server as a DNS server. The processor also selects the chaos controller DNS as the DNS server and implements a chaos controller application programming interface (API) and a chaos controller central server; and orchestrates a type and a duration of a network chaos injection by utilizing the chaos controller API and the chaos controller central server without modifying an application code of the client application.
US12081584B2
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to determine mutex entropy for malware classification. An example apparatus includes interface circuitry to access a mutex associated with a software application, the mutex to include a mutex identifier string, normalizer circuitry to normalize the mutex identifier string, character probability circuitry to determine character probabilities of characters within the normalized mutex identifier string, the character probabilities based on a historical mutex character distribution, entropy calculator circuitry to calculate an entropy value for the mutex based on the character probabilities, classifier circuitry to classify the mutex as clean or malicious based on the entropy value, and protector circuitry to mitigate malicious attacks based on the classification.
US12081580B2
A method includes: accessing an attack record defining actions representing a previous known attack on a second computer network; initializing an attack graph; for each action, defining a set of behaviors—analogous to the action and executable by an asset on a target network to emulate an effect of the action on the second computer network—and storing the set of behaviors in a node in the attack graph; connecting nodes in the attack graph according to an order of actions in the known attack; scheduling the asset to selectively execute analogous behaviors stored in the set of nodes in the attack graph; accessing alerts generated by a set of security tools deployed on the target network; and characterizing vulnerability of the target network based on alerts, in the set of alerts, indicating detection and prevention of behaviors executed by the asset according to the attack graph.
US12081563B2
Apparatus, systems, methods, and the like, for autonomous scaling of security and other network services through initialization of a service from a network service device and/or migration of such services from one service device to another is provided. Such network scaling may allow for migration of services from existing service edges to other service edges. A security management system may coordinate the migration of services provided to a secondary network from one or more service edges to another, separate service edge while providing session synchronization during the migration. To migrate the services from the first service edge to a second service edge, a session table may be shared between the service edges and the first and second service edges may advertise service routes or endpoints with one or more priority values to control or otherwise determine which service edge is selected by a service-receiving device to receive the services.
US12081551B2
A method for providing online security may include: (1) receiving, by a validation computer program executed by a trusted entity backend for a trusted entity, a call from a web browser executed on a customer electronic device browsing a webpage for an online entity, the call comprising an online entity identifier for the online entity and a session identifier, wherein the webpage for the online entity may include a hidden