US12134814B2
A copper alloy sheet material having improved etching characteristics contains (in mass %) Ni: 1.00 to 4.50%, Si: 0.10 to 1.40%, and optionally one or more kind of Co, Mg, Cr, P, B, Mn, Sn, Ti, Zr, Al, Fe, Zn, and Ag. The sheet material has an area ratio SB/Ss of 0.40 or more in an EBSD measurement on a cross section perpendicular to a rolling direction, wherein Ss represents area of a region satisfying at least one of conditions of a crystal orientation difference from the S1 {241} <112>orientation of 10° or less or a crystal orientation difference from the S2 {231}<124>orientation of 10° or less, and SB represents an area of a region having a crystal orientation difference from the Brass {011}<211>orientation of 10° or less.
US12134813B2
As a burring processed member able to suppress the formation of fatigue cracks in a burring part, one having a structure satisfying the following relations (1) to (3) is disclosed: 3≤Ra≤100 . . . (1), 3.0
US12134800B2
The present invention relates to a highly thick steel material and a manufacturing method therefor and, more specifically, to a highly thick steel material that exhibits excellent low-temperature impact toughness after long-term PWHT although the steel sheet is thick, and a manufacturing method therefor.
US12134799B2
A charged material containing a metal raw material of at least one of ferrochromium containing metal Si or ferrosilicon and unreduced slag containing Cr oxide generated by oxidation refining is charged into an AC electric furnace including three electrodes, a mass ratio of a metal Si amount to a Cr oxide amount being from 0.30 to 0.40, and a C concentration being from 2.0% by mass to a saturation concentration.
US12134798B1
Methods of detecting a leak from a subarray of a microarray chip, kits of components that facilitate leak detection, and microarray chips configured for leak detection are disclosed herein. The methods include positioning, within the given subarray, a sample solution, which includes dissolved sample molecules (DSMs) that define a dissolved sample oligonucleotide sequence and dissolved leak detection molecules (DLDMs) that define a predetermined dissolved leak detection oligonucleotide sequence. The methods also include detecting the DLDMs within a region of the microarray chip that is external the given subarray. The kits of components include the microarray chip and DLDMs. The microarray chips includes a plurality of subarrays and a leak detection region that is at least partially external the plurality of subarrays.
US12134792B1
A process for the production of a soluble collagen product and an insoluble collagen product from mammalian dermis tissue is described. The tissue may initially be processed to remove the epidermis and adipose tissue and then minced into small pieces. The process includes washing the minced dermis in an enzymatic solution, such as an amylase solution followed by homogenizing the amylased tissue. The soluble and insoluble collagen is then extracted from the homogenized tissue and subsequently separated into distinct soluble and insoluble fractions. The process produces collagen with high Dalton values that can subsequently be combined to produce a mixed composite collagen product. Also, the extracted collagen may be used as an integral composite collagen before separation.
US12134790B2
The present invention provides methods for improving cardiovascular function in a human patient (e.g., reducing hypertension), as well as methods of treating a cardiovascular disease, by administering a recombinant human soluble ectonucleotide pyrophosphatase phosphodiesterase (hsNPP1), active fragment or fusion protein thereof.
US12134788B2
The invention generally relates to engineered prephenate dehydrogenases and arogenate dehydrogenases and methods of using the same. More specifically, the invention relates in part to compositions including engineered prephenate dehydrogenases (PDH) polypeptides and engineered arogenate dehydrogenase (ADH) polypeptides with altered substrate preferences and tyrosine sensitivities and methods of using the same.
US12134781B2
The present invention relates to apparatuses for use in electrophoretic separation of macromolecules and/or cells.
US12134777B2
Provided herein is a novel immunologically-active alphavirus replicon vector which comprises a nucleic acid encoding alphavirus nonstructural proteins nsp1-4 and a cytokine protein(s)/polypeptide(s), which is useful for the treatment of a cancer and/or an inflammatory disease.
US12134776B2
The present disclosure relates to development of a eukaryotic cell expression vector satisfying optimized conditions for gene therapies and DNA vaccines. As a result of replacing the full HCMV regulatory and transcribed region including the immediate early (IE) gene intron A of the HCMV Towne strain and the same region of various HCMV strains at the pVAX1 promoter region and comparing the difference in gene expression efficiency for the different HCMV strains, the eukaryotic cell expression vector of the present disclosure could increase the expression of various genes by about 50-150% as compared to the HCMV Towne strain. Through this, pHP3 was developed as a vector exhibiting high expression in eukaryotic cells, and it can be usefully used for gene therapies or DNA vaccines.
US12134772B2
The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for modulating gene expression and in particular to compositions and methods for increasing expression of Klotho. In certain examples, the present disclosure provides a method of increasing expression of a Klotho gene in a cell the method comprising administering to the cell a binding molecule that binds to an RNA transcript transcribed from a chromosomal region within or near the Klotho gene, wherein the RNA transcript does not encode a Klotho protein.
US12134763B2
The present invention is directed to a system and method for producing an organic compound using fermentation wherein multiple components of the system are recycled within the system. The system and method allow for extraction of a high concentration of the organic compound from the fermentation broth in a continuous system that allows recycling of the biomass, aqueous fermentation broth and extraction solvents. The system and method are particularly well adapted for producing and extracting ethanol.
US12134734B2
Compositions may include a corrosion inhibitor including a heterocyclic diamine prepared from the reaction of an alkyl diamine and an aldehyde, wherein the alkyl diamine has the general formula: R4NH(CH2)nNHR5, where n is an integer between 3 and 6, and R4 and R5 are independently hydrogen or a C2-C30 saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon radical. Methods may include contacting a metal surface with a corrosion inhibitor composition, wherein the corrosion inhibitor includes a heterocyclic diamine corrosion inhibitor from the reaction of an alkyl diamine and an aldehyde, wherein the alkyl diamine has the general formula: R4NH(CH2)nNHR5, where n is an integer between 3 and 6, and R4 and R5 are independently hydrogen or a C2-C30 saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon radical.
US12134733B2
In general, in one aspect, embodiments relate to a method that includes circulating a water-based drilling fluid though a drill string to extend a wellbore through a subterranean formation, separating at least a portion of the water-based drilling fluid from the circulated water-based drilling fluid to form a separated portion of water-based drilling fluid, mixing a metal salt and a metal oxide into the separated portion of water-based drilling fluid to form a mixture and shearing the mixture to form a chemical sealing pill, where the chemical sealing pill includes the portion of the water-based drilling fluid, the metal salt, and the metal oxide, and after mixing and shearing, introducing the chemical sealing pill into the drill string as a single mixture and flowing the chemical sealing pill into a lost circulation zone in the subterranean formation.
US12134732B2
Fluid loss control additives for a cement slurry are provided. An exemplary fluid loss control additive includes a copolymer containing 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid monomer units and acryloylmorpholine monomer units, and a graft copolymer. The graft copolymer contains a humate and, grafted onto the humate, a side-chain polymer containing at least one of acrylamide monomer units, acryloylmorpholine monomer units, acrylic acid monomer units, and 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid monomer units.
US12134729B2
This disclosure provides drilling fluids and additives as well as fracturing fluids and additives that contain cellulose nanofibers and/or cellulose nanocrystals. In some embodiments, hydrophobic nanocellulose is provided which can be incorporated into oil-based fluids and additives. These water-based or oil-based fluids and additives may further include lignosulfonates and other biomass-derived components. Also, these water-based or oil-based fluids and additives may further include enzymes. The drilling and fracturing fluids and additives described herein may be produced using the AVAP® process technology to produce a nanocellulose precursor, followed by low-energy refining to produce nanocellulose for incorporation into a variety of drilling and fracturing fluids and additives.
US12134727B2
A composite phase change material, including 65 to 80 parts of a phase change material and 20 to 35 parts of a binder by weight. The binder includes an acrylate monomer having a molecular weight of 50 to 300, an acrylate polymer having a molecular weight of 500 to 2000, and an initiator. The initiator in the composite phase change material can generate free radicals under the condition of ultraviolet light irradiation to initiate polymerization reactions between components of the composite phase change material, so that the composite phase change material is cured, thereby greatly accelerating a cure speed of the composite phase change material.
US12134724B2
Silicon etching compositions are described and may be used for selectively etching silicon with respect to a silicon insulating film. In particular, the silicon etching compositions can be used to improve the selective etching ratio of silicon from the surface of a semiconductor on which a silicone oxide film and silicon are exposed.
US12134720B2
One aspect of the present invention is an adhesive film comprising: a first adhesive layer; a metal layer; and a second adhesive layer in this order, wherein each of the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer comprises: a first conductive particle being a dendritic conductive particle; and a second conductive particle being a conductive particle other than the first conductive particle and the second conductive particle comprising a non-conductive core and a conductive layer provided on the core.
US12134718B2
The present disclosure relates to a potting adhesive, including: a component A and a component B, the component A including a first liquid organic adhesive containing dimethyl siloxane, the component B including a second liquid organic adhesive containing methyl hydrogen siloxane and silicone oil, at least one of the component A and the component B further including ceramic particles which are spherical particles with a particle size of 0.1 mm to 3 mm. The present disclosure further relates to a heat dissipation device, including an adhesive potting groove, a transformer provided in the adhesive potting groove, and a filling medium which fills and is consolidated in a gap between the transformer and the adhesive potting groove.
US12134708B2
The present invention relates to a treatment agent for treating particles, the treatment agent comprising a condensation product of a liquid composition comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of a polysiloxane compound having a hydrolyzable functional group or a condensable functional group and a hydrolyzate of the polysiloxane compound having a hydrolyzable functional group.
US12134700B2
A dye printing treatment liquid composition is used to be adhered to a cloth and includes a polyester resin and water, the polyester resin includes a structural unit derived from an aromatic compound and a structural unit derived from a non-aromatic compound, the aromatic compound includes a phthalic acid, the non-aromatic compound includes a (poly)alkylene glycol, a content of a structural unit derived from the phthalic acid with respect to 100 percent by mole of the polyester resin is 15 to 85 percent by mole, and a content of a structural unit derived from the (poly)alkylene glycol with respect to 100 percent by mole of the polyester resin is 15 to 85 percent by mole.
US12134696B2
An object is to provide a resin composition having a high permittivity and a low dissipation factor, and also a low coefficient of thermal expansion and a good appearance, and suitably used for producing an insulation layer of a printed wiring board, and a prepreg, a resin sheet, a laminate, a metal foil-clad laminate, and a printed wiring board obtainable by using the resin composition. The resin composition contains: (A) BaTi4O9; (B) a filler different from the BaTi4O9 (A); and (C) a thermosetting resin; wherein a median particle size of the BaTi4O9 (A) is 0.10 to 1.00 μm, and a volume ratio of the BaTi4O9 (A) to the filler (B), the BaTi4O9(A):the filler (B), ranges from 15:85 to 80:20.
US12134694B2
A rubber composition is based on at least one elastomer, a reinforcing filler, a crosslinking system and at least one polyphenolic compound, the polyphenolic compound comprising at least three aromatic rings, each bearing at least two vicinal hydroxyl groups, and a composite is based on the rubber composition and at least one reinforcing element comprising a metallic surface.
US12134690B2
Method of manufacturing semiconductor device includes forming photoresist layer over substrate. Photoresist layer is selectively exposed to radiation, and selectively exposed photoresist layer developed. Photoresist composition includes photoactive compound, crosslinker, copolymer. The copolymer is A1 and A2 are independently direct link, C6-C15 phenyl group, C7-C15 benzyl group, C1-C15 alkyl group, C3-C15 cycloalkyl group, C1-C15 hydroxyalkyl group, C2-C15 alkoxy group, C3-C15 alkoxy alkyl group, C2-C15 acetyl group, C3-C15 acetyl alkyl group, C1-C15 carboxyl group, C2-C15 alkyl carboxyl group, C4-C15 cycloalkyl carboxyl group, C3-C15 saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon ring, C2-C15 hetero chain, C3-C15 heterocyclic ring, or three dimensional ring structure; R1 is thermal or acid labile group including C4-C15 alkyl, cycloalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkoxy, or alkoxy alkyl group, or three dimensional ring structure; R2 is substituted or unsubstituted C4-C10 cycloalkyl group; Ra and Rb are independently H or CH3; and 0
US12134687B2
The invention relates to a polymer-based artificial turf fiber comprising substances (216) adapted for protecting the fiber against UV radiation. The substances comprise a hindered amine light stabilizer—HALS and a first and a second UV-absorbent substance. The molecular weights of the first and the second UV-absorbent substances differ from each other by at least 100 g/mol.
US12134685B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an apparatus, system and method for making an admixture of a polymer and carbon nanomaterials (CNM). The admixture of such embodiments comprise about 10% or less by weight (wt %) of CNMs. The CNM content of such admixture may impart new or enhanced properties to the admix and to materials and products made therefrom. Such new or enhanced products may include enhanced tensile strength, new or enhanced electronic medical, structural thermal, catalytic properties or any combination thereof.
US12134684B2
Provided is a novel method for producing cellulose beads, the method being capable of suitably producing spherical cellulose beads. The method for producing cellulose beads includes: (Step 1) preparing a coagulating bath having a first liquid medium phase and a second liquid medium phase; (Step 2) forming a particulate cellulose solution in the first liquid medium phase by supplying a cellulose solution to the first liquid medium phase of the coagulating bath; and (Step 3) coagulating the particulate cellulose solution by supplying the particulate cellulose solution in the first liquid medium phase to the second liquid medium phase.
US12134682B2
A resin composition includes 10 parts by weight of a first prepolymer and 5 parts by weight to 30 parts by weight of a vinyl group-containing polyphenylene ether resin, wherein the first prepolymer is prepared by subjecting a reaction mixture to a prepolymerization reaction, and the reaction mixture including a polyphenylmethane maleimide, a compound of Formula (1) and a compound of Formula (2) at a weight ratio of 100:10-30:15-45, and the resin composition is absent of a second prepolymer which is prepared by subjecting a maleimide and bis(trifluoromethyl)benzidine to a prepolymerization reaction. An article made from the resin composition may achieve improvement in at least one of the properties including ratio of electroless copper plating, storage modulus and copper foil peeling strength.
US12134678B1
A thermoluminescence sensor includes a thermo-responsive polymer composition, and a scaled transparent container that holds the thermo-responsive polymer composition. The thermo-responsive polymer composition contains a curcumin oil, and a cyano derivative of poly(phenylenevinylene) of formula (I).
US12134676B2
Disclosed are polyurethane-foam forming compositions, rigid polyurethane foams and methods for their production, as well as to composite articles comprising such foams sandwiched between facer substrates, including use of such composite elements for side-wall and/or roof insulating elements for refrigerated tractor trailers. The rigid polyurethane foams are produced from an isocyanate-reactive composition comprising: (1) a polyol blend; (2) a hydrochlorofluoroolefin; and (3) a tertiary amine catalyst composition.
US12134674B2
The present disclosure relates to a novel transition metal compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, which exhibits excellent catalytic activity for propylene polymerization, and is useful in the preparation of a polypropylene having a narrow molecular weight distribution and a high melting point, a catalyst composition including the same, and a method for preparing a polypropylene using the same, wherein M, X1, X2, and R1 to R8 are described herein.
US12134673B2
One aspect of the present application relates to a method of synthesizing a thermoplastic polymer. This method includes providing a depolymerized lignin product comprising monomers and oligomers and producing lignin (meth)acrylate monomers and oligomers from the depolymerized lignin product. A thermoplastic lignin (meth)acrylate polymer is then formed by free radical polymerization of the lignin (meth)acrylate monomers and oligomers. The present application also relates to a branched chain thermoplastic lignin (meth)acrylate polymer which includes a chain transfer agent. The thermoplastic lignin based polymers of the present application can be used to prepare carbon fibers, and engineering thermoplastics. Mixtures of lignin (meth)acrylate monomers and oligomers are also disclosed.
US12134671B2
The present invention relates to an alkyl acrylate compound-vinyl cyanide compound-aromatic vinyl compound graft copolymer including a seed prepared by polymerizing one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of an alkyl acrylate compound, an aromatic vinyl compound, and a vinyl cyanide compound and a multifunctional crosslinking agent; a core formed to surround the seed and prepared by polymerizing an alkyl acrylate compound and a multifunctional crosslinking agent; and a graft shell formed to surround the core and prepared by polymerizing an aromatic vinyl compound and a vinyl cyanide compound, wherein the multifunctional crosslinking agent has a weight average molecular weight of 600 to 1,400 g/mol, a method of preparing the alkyl acrylate compound-vinyl cyanide compound-aromatic vinyl compound graft copolymer, and a thermoplastic resin composition including the alkyl acrylate compound-vinyl cyanide compound-aromatic vinyl compound graft copolymer.
US12134670B2
The present invention provides a composition comprising at least one monomer of Formula I, at least one monomer of Formula II, and at least one alkali metal salt of Formula III and/or Formula IV The present invention also provides a process of fabricating a three-dimensional object, comprising i) dispensing a build material that comprises a model material composition and a support material composition; ii) curing the layer dispensed in step i); iii) repeating step i) and ii) so as to sequentially form a plurality of layers in a configured pattern corresponding to the shape of the object; and iv) removing the support material from the build material.
US12134669B2
Fluoroelastomers containing at least 25 weight percent perfluorinated thermoplastic fillers are described. The perfluorinated thermoplastic fillers comprise a first perfluorinated thermoplastic filler having a first d50 particle size of 10 to 250 nanometers, and a second perfluorinated thermoplastic filler having a second d50 particle size of 5 to 500 micrometers. The first thermoplastic filler may be obtained from a latex while the second thermoplastic filler may be obtained as a dry powder. Methods of making such materials and cured articles prepared from them are also described.
US12134665B2
The present invention provides a preparing method of a polymer which is low-toxic, environmental-friendly, highly controllable, and low cost to obtain a polymer with high molecular weight. The preparing method comprises conducting a controlled radical polymerization process of monomer (Y). In the controlled radical polymerization process, organic compound (A) which has the formula (I) and radical initiator (B) are existing in a mole ratio (B/A) ranged from 0.5 to 25, wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom, alkyl group, aryl group, or hydroxyl group, the alkyl group can be alkyl having substituents or alkyl substituent, and the aryl group can be aryl having substituents or aryl substituent.
US12134641B2
Provided herein are anti-neuraminidase agents useful for neutralization of influenza virus infection, and methods of use and manufacture thereof. In particular, compositions comprising anti-neuraminidase agents (e.g., antibodies) that are cross-reactive with multiple influenza strains are provided, as well as methods of treatment and prevention of influenza infection therewith.
US12134630B2
Embodiments of the present application relate to polymers used as polymeric polyvalent hubs for liquid phase oligonucleotide synthesis. Methods for making an oligonucleotide by liquid phase oligonucleotide synthesis using the polymers are also provided.
US12134626B2
A ferrocene derivative of formula (I). In formula (I), Z is selected from O, NH and S; R1 is selected from hydrogen, methyl and halogen; each R2 is independently selected from hydrogen, halogen, C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy, C1-C6 haloalkyl, C1-C6 haloalkoxy and nitro; and n is an integer from 0 to 5. The ferrocene derivative, a salt thereof, as well as a solvate thereof have anti-tumor activity, and can be used as candidate drugs or lead compounds for treating diseases such as tumors and cancer.
US12134616B2
The invention relates to compounds of formula (I), wherein the variables are as defined in the specification. It also relates to the use of compounds of formula (I) as an agrochemical pesticide; to pesticidal mixtures comprising compounds of formula (I); and to agrochemical or veterinary compositions comprising compounds of formula (I). Other objects are seed comprising compounds of formula (I); and methods for controlling invertebrate pests, infestation, or infection by invertebrate pests by application of compounds of formula (I).
US12134600B2
A method for producing a first vadadustat intermediate represented by the following formula (3) comprising reacting a compound represented by the following formula (1) with glycine or a glycine derivative represented by the following formula (2) or a salt of the glycine or the glycine derivative in the presence of carbon monoxide. The method produces a vadadustat intermediate through a clean reaction with high atom conversion efficiency.
US12134599B2
The disclosure is in part directed to crystalline forms of 5-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-N-((1R,2R)-2-hydroxycyclohexyl)-6-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)nicotinamide and pharmaceutical compositions thereof.
US12134598B2
The disclosure relates to crystalline form 1 of [2-(5-methoxy-1H-indol-3-yl)ethyl]dipropylamine (5-MeO-DPT) and to crystalline form 1 of bis([2-(5-methoxy-1H-indol-3-yl)ethyl]dipropylazanium) (2E)-but-2-enedioate (5-MeO-DPT fumarate), and to pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and methods of treatment using them.
US12134597B1
A method for producing an aqueous equilibrium peroxylactic acid solution by reaction mixing lactic acid, hydrogen peroxide, water, one or more optional acid catalysts and one or more optional sequestering agents in a vessel over a period of time while maintaining the temperature of the solution at a temperature below about 100° C. The aqueous equilibrium peroxylactic acid solution can be used for reducing the bacterial count on food products, particularly a protein food product, during processing.
US12134594B2
A composition is prepared from a platinum-based antitumor compound and a novel compound, and the novel compound is sodium(S)-2-(dithiocarboxylate ((2S, 3R, 4R, 5R)-2,3,4,5,6-pentahydroxyhexyl)amino)-4-(methylthio)butyrate. The novel compound in the composition could effectively chelate the platinum-based antitumor compound and reduce the various adverse effects exhibited by the platinum-based compound. The dosage of the platinum-based antitumor compound can thus be increased, and the antitumor effect can be optimized. The novel compound itself is low-toxic and it has low chelating activities with essential metals in the human body; it would not impose significant adverse effects on the human body at given doses. The composition and its application as an antitumor drug overcome some technical drawbacks of platinum-based antitumor drugs, namely severe adverse effects and the development of drug resistance during administration.
US12134592B2
The separation method separates a polyalcohol compound from water, so as to obtain a purified product stream comprising the polyalcohol compound in output concentration of at least 90 wt %. Thereto, a mixture of the polyalcohol compound and water is provided, said mixture having a polyalcohol concentration. The polyalcohol concentration of mixture is increased in an evaporation stage, at least a portion of which is operated in at first pressure. Subsequently, the mixture is treated in distillation stage to be deliver the stream comprising the polyalcohol compound in the output concentration of at least 90 wt %, which distillation stage is operated at a second pressure. Herein, the distillation stage is operated to produce steam output, that optionally compressed to a third pressure and is coupled to the evaporation stage. The second pressure and/or any third pressure is higher than first pressure. The reactor system is configured for performing the separation method.
US12134584B2
Disclosed is a coating layer-bonded continuous ceramic fiber formed from a continuous ceramic fiber having a coating layer of a metal compound with a thickness of 50 nm or less on the surface. Also disclosed is a ceramic matrix composite material having the above-described coating layer-bonded continuous ceramic fiber.
US12134582B2
Methods of producing silicon carbide, and other metal carbide materials. The method comprises reacting a carbon material (e.g., fibers, or nanoparticles, such as powder, platelet, foam, nanofiber, nanorod, nanotube, whisker, graphene (e.g., graphite), fullerene, or hydrocarbon) and a metal or metal oxide source material (e.g., in gaseous form) in a reaction chamber at an elevated temperature ranging up to approximately 2400° C. or more, depending on the particular metal or metal oxide, and the desired metal carbide being produced. A partial pressure of oxygen in the reaction chamber is maintained at less than approximately 1.01×102 Pascal, and overall pressure is maintained at approximately 1 atm.
US12134580B2
An aluminoborosilicate glass includes alkaline earth oxides and is substantially free of alkali oxides. The glass may be fusion formable and may be useful as a substrate or other article, such as with consumer and commercial electronic devices.
US12134568B2
The present invention describes a system (1) enabling treating water from a water tank (3), which water tank (3) is arranged in a water distribution architecture also comprising one or more user units (8), said system (1) also enabling recycling of water or discarding of water not suitable to recycle, said system (1) comprising a water distribution unit (2), at least one water treating unit (6) and a sensor unit (7) arranged for measurement of at least water quality, said water distribution unit (2) comprising one common user unit inlet 9 connectable via piping to said one or more user units (8) on their used water output side; said water distribution unit (2) further comprising a contaminated water outlet (10); and said water distribution unit (2) further comprising at least one water recirculation port (1000) connectable via piping to the water tank (3) to enable flowing water between the water distribution unit (2) and the water tank (3); and wherein said at least one water treating unit (6) enables to treat water to increase the water quality thereof and where the sensor unit (7) is connected to a control unit, which, based on the measurement of the water quality, is arranged to decide if water should be recycled to the water tank (3) from the water distribution unit (2) or should be discarded via the contaminated water outlet (10) from the water distribution unit (2).
US12134562B2
Disclosed herein is a method of homogeneously mixing solids, comprising: mixing, in a fluid medium, at least a first nanoparticle material and a surfactant, wherein the surfactant causes the first nanoparticle material to distribute uniformly in the fluid medium and have a specific charge; adding, to the fluid medium, a second nanoparticle material, wherein the surfactant has a charge of opposite polarity to the zeta potential of the second nanoparticle material; attaching the second nanoparticle material to the first nanoparticle material using the charge attraction of the surfactant and the second nanoparticle material to obtain a homogeneous material; and removing the attached first and second nanoparticle materials from the fluid medium to obtain a solid homogeneous material.
US12134560B2
Systems and methods generally involve processing a gaseous reducing agent and a gaseous reforming agent to produce syngas in the presence of a stable-phase change metal-oxide based oxygen carrier. During operation, an oxygen content is measured for a reactor input stream and a reactor output stream. A percent oxygen depletion of the metal oxide is determined using an initial oxygen content of the metal oxide, the oxygen content of the input stream, and the oxygen content of the output stream. Based on the percent oxygen depletion, a mole ratio of reducing gas to oxidant in the input stream may be adjusted accordingly.
US12134559B2
The present disclosure relates to a hydrogen purification/storage apparatus and method using a liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC).
US12134557B2
A method includes bonding a supporting substrate to a semiconductor substrate of a wafer. A bonding layer is between, and is bonded to both of, the supporting substrate and the semiconductor substrate. A first etching process is performed to etch the supporting substrate and to form an opening, which penetrates through the supporting substrate and stops on the bonding layer. The opening has substantially straight edges. The bonding layer is then etched. A second etching process is performed to extend the opening down into the semiconductor substrate. A bottom portion of the opening is curved.
US12134556B2
A semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a transduction microstructure integrated in the substrate; a cap joined to the substrate and having a first face adjacent to the substrate and a second, outer, face; and a channel extending through the cap from the second face to the first face and communicating with the transduction microstructure. A protective membrane made of porous polycrystalline silicon permeable to aeriform substances is set across the channel.
US12134553B2
A tamper-preventing liquid-dispensing tap (1, 1B) with automatic opening includes a first body (4, 4B) having a removal-preventing and tamper-preventing element with sharped edge (4.5, 4B.5); an internal valve or membrane with elastic dome (5) contained in the first body (4); a second driving element (3) contained in and operatively coupled with the valve or membrane (5); and a cap (2, 2B) having integrated sealing elements (2.1, 2.2, 2.6, 2.8; 2B.1, 2B.2, 2B.6, 2B.8) which remain fastened to the cap (2, 2B), which is stably constrained with the first body (4, 4B) forming a single component which cannot be divided, the cap (2, 2B) further operatively coupled with the second driving element (3); wherein the second driving element (3) is designed to be driven by the cap (2) to allow opening and simultaneously breaking the seal elements (2.1, 2.2, 2.6, 2.8; 2B.1, 2B.2, 2B.6, 2B.8) of the tap (1, 1B).
US12134552B2
In a water purifier or other liquid dispenser, a sensor configured to transmit and receive a distance measuring signal is installed in a water discharge module moving vertically or disposed at the front of a main body, to sense a height of the inlet of a container accurately without a no-response duration of the sensor. Additionally, in the water purifier, the water discharge module discharges purified water at a point spaced a certain distance apart from the inlet of the container, to prevent the inlet of the container from contacting the lower surface of the water discharge module.
US12134550B2
The disclosure relates to a method for transporting a goods carrier by means of an industrial truck operable in an at least partially automated manner, in which at least the following steps are carried out in an automated manner by the industrial truck: a) acquiring an item of information about the length of the goods carrier, b) checking the acquired information about the length of the goods carrier in relation to a total length of a cargo surface of a cargo platform of the industrial truck, and c) carrying out a multistep loading process or unloading process, comprising at least reloading the goods carrier on the cargo platform if the length of the goods carrier is less than the total length of the cargo surface.
US12134548B1
An adapter assembly for lifting a vehicle includes an adapter, a pin, and a cross member. The adapter includes a pair of plates and a tubular member. The pair of plates have a recess positioned therebetween. The pair of plates define a pair of pin apertures. The recess is configured to receive a portion of a frame of the vehicle such that the pair of pin apertures aligns with a frame aperture defined by the portion of the frame. The tubular member is coupled to the pair of plates. The tubular member defines an adapter aperture. The pin is selectively insertable through the pair of pin apertures and the frame aperture to couple the adapter to the portion of the frame. The cross member is selectively insertable through the adapter aperture of the tubular member.
US12134536B2
A rotary frame construction for web transport control devices, includes a carrier frame and a rotary frame in parallel therewith and carrying input and output rollers for a web and pivotably mounted on the carrier frame about a rotation center defined by control surfaces of one frame, the control surfaces scanned by cam followers on the other frame, the frames held in parallel alignment by support rollers on one frame and run surfaces on the other frame, the frames pivotally connected with one another by a drive system, the control surfaces constituted by three control curves formed at outer edges of a cam plate rigidly held on one frame, two of the control curves located on one side of the cam plate and the third on the opposite side of the cam plate, and the other frame has three cam followers respectively associated with one of the control curves.
US12134529B1
Provided is a laundry delivery device that can automatically and easily deliver laundry requested for delivery to a customer without the need for a worker to separate and deliver the laundry, and thus greatly improve the work efficiency of the worker, the laundry delivery device including a conveyor transporting a hanger with laundry requested for delivery to a shipping location; and an actuator allowing the hanger with the laundry requested for delivery transferred to the shipping location by the conveyor to be separated from the conveyor.
US12134528B2
A control device for controlling a pneumatic component includes a compressed air supply circuit for connecting to an inlet of the pneumatic component. The circuit includes a normally closed monostable valve having an inlet for connecting to a compressed air source and an outlet for connecting to the pneumatic component, and a bistable directional valve having both a first port for connecting to the compressed air source and also a second port connected to a first port of a normally passing monostable directional valve, the monostable directional valve having a second port connected to a pneumatic control port of the monostable valve.
US12134522B2
Provided is a conveyor belt link, of the type used in endless conveyor belts assembled from a plurality of such modular conveyor belt links, where the modular conveyor belt link has a main body extending in the modular belt link's width direction, and where a plurality of eye parts extend forwards and rearwards from the main body, the eye parts being spaced in the width direction of the modular belt link, where forwards extending eye parts are offset relative to rearwards extending eye parts, such that when two modular conveyor belt links are pushed together the eye parts on one link will inter-fit between eye parts on the other modular belt link, wherein the modular belt link laterally is limited by two sides, and that the outermost eye parts on either side are provided with a cutout, such that the width of the modular conveyor belt link is smaller in the cutout than outside the cutout.
US12134520B2
A rack storage system has two storage racks, a rack aisle therebetween, a loading good manipulation unit with a buffer device for buffering loading goods, and a loading good lifting device for storing and/or retrieving loading goods. The lifting device includes a vertical mast having a lifting guide, a lifting drive having a drive station and a traction device drive, and a lifting frame mounted on the guide and vertically movable using the lifting drive. The frame is connected to the traction device drive and includes a transport device. Furthermore, the system has an automated storage and retrieval unit displaceable in the aisle on guide tracks on the racks, and a conveying system adjoined to the manipulation unit. The frame is arranged on a mast side facing away from the aisle. The drive station with the drive motor located inside the aisle is arranged on a mast side facing the aisle.
US12134511B2
A packaging system comprising one or more multi-layer packaging pads applied to a pre-wrapped object, such as a metal coil, at high wear locations for increased abrasion resistance. The multi-layer packaging pad includes first and second plies and optionally a slip sheet. The first and second plies are disposed in an overlapping arrangement and have first and second inside slip surfaces, respectively, that face one another. The first and second plies are connected along only a sealed perimeter of the multi-layer packaging pad to provide a slip region between the first and second plies. The first and a second inside slip surfaces are formulated to slide relative to one another such that an unconstrained middle portion of the second ply is moveable relative to the first ply. Associated methods of manufacture and use are also provided.
US12134498B2
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a lid for a container. In one embodiment, the lid of the container includes a lid panel with a break-open region at least partially surrounded by a predetermined breaking line, and having a fastening member arranged on the lid panel. The lid further including a lever tab rotatably attached to the fastening member for breaking open the break-open region along the predetermined breaking line toward an underside of the lid panel and thereby providing a removal opening in the lid panel. In some embodiments, the lever tab includes a closure element attached to the lever tab, the closure element being adapted to be mountable to an upper side of the lid panel and sealingly surrounding the removal opening for closing the removal opening; and a locking element for locking the closure element when the removal opening is closed by the closure element.
US12134497B2
The present disclosure provides a food packaging body including a tray and a lid located above the tray, and the tray has two or more downward recessed cavities, wherein the lid has upward protruding cavities which are less than the downward recessed cavities, and each of the upward protruding cavities is corresponding to the position of a downward recessed cavity. The present disclosure provides a combination packaging body including an outer packaging component, and at least one food packaging body according to the present disclosure is accommodated in the outer packaging component. The food packaging body of the present disclosure can achieve accommodation of foods of different sizes and types in one packaging body and/or three-dimensional and patchwork food display at different levels in one packaging body and can seal a part of the cavities according to the requirements of different food.
US12134493B2
A method and a device can be used for setting vacuum time in a packaging apparatus and in a packaging process. The method and device provide for determining, from pressure signals or from humidity signals detected in the vacuum chamber, a reference time instant. The method and device also provide for commanding a vacuum device either to stop extracting gas from the vacuum chamber or to execute one or more prescribed steps preluding to end of the vacuum cycle at expiration of a delay time interval following said reference time instant.
US12134486B2
There is provided a moving body including: an optical wireless communication unit configured to execute an optical wireless communication with another moving body; an object detection unit configured to detect an object around an own moving body; an object information transmission unit configured to transmit, to the other moving body, first object information including location information of the object, by the optical wireless communication or a radio wave communication; an object information receiving unit configured to receive, from the other moving body, second object information including location information of an object around the other moving body, by the optical wireless communication or the radio wave communication; and a movement control unit configured to control, based on the first object information and the second object information, a movement of the own moving body such that an object is not located on an optical axis of the optical wireless communication.
US12134481B2
Various implementations directed to an aircraft thermal management system are provided. In one implementation, an aircraft may include a fuselage having one or more fuselage sections. The aircraft may also include one or more electric motors configured to drive one or more propulsion systems of the aircraft, where the one or more electric motors are configured to generate thermal energy. The aircraft may further include an aircraft thermal management system configured to transfer the thermal energy generated by the one or more electric motors to the one or more fuselage sections.
US12134473B2
A wastewater tank arrangement for an aircraft, including a wastewater tank and a drain pipe having a first end and an opposite second end, the drain pipe fastened with its first end to the wastewater tank and having a second end for connection to a service panel in the aircraft structure. Providing a wastewater tank arrangement can effectively compensate tolerances between the wastewater tank and the service panel, and can effectively compensate installation and manufacturing tolerances during the course of the initial installation, in that the wastewater tank arrangement has a tolerance compensation device configured to connect the second end of the drain pipe to the service panel and compensate tolerances between the second end of the drain pipe and the service panel.
US12134469B2
A vertical takeoff and landing aircraft using a hybrid electric propulsion system and a control method therefor according to an embodiment of the present invention: performs control such that, during vertical takeoff and landing of an aircraft (1), a generator (20), a power management device (4), and a battery management system (60) simultaneously provide power to a motor (80); and performs control such that, during a cruise flight or transition flight of the aircraft (1), the thrust of a second propeller (82) is increased and a battery (62) of the battery management system (60) is charged with redundant power generated by the generator (20).
US12134466B2
Unmanned aerial vehicles including wing capture devices and related methods are disclosed. An example unmanned aerial vehicle includes a fuselage and a wing assembly, the wing assembly including a shoulder coupled to the fuselage, the shoulder including a joint, the joint distal to the fuselage, a wing coupled to the joint, and a hook, the hook coupled to the shoulder, the hook including a groove to receive a cable to arrest flight of the unmanned aerial vehicle.
US12134459B2
An air vehicle has a body and a canopy disposed on the body so as to be able to move relatively to the body and enabling access and providing protection to the cockpit. More than one hook is located on the canopy. More than one pin is located on the body thus enabling the canopy to be fixed to the body by engagement to the book. The canopy has an open position enables access to the cockpit so as to leave a gap between the canopy and the body. The canopy has a closed position in which the canopy contacts the body so that there is almost no gap left between the body and the canopy. The canopy has an locked position in which the canopy is fixed to the body by locking the pin to the hook.
US12134455B2
The propulsion system for vessels comprises at least one suction sail (3), comprising the suction sail (3) a suction system (10) and a driving unit (8) for driving the rotation of said at least one suction sail (3), in which at least one suction sail (3) also comprises a plurality of sensors (12, 13, 14, 15) connected to a control unit (9), whose control unit determines the operation of the suction system (10) and the transmission unit (8). It permits to provide a propulsion system for vessels that permits to optimize their performance using suction sails.
US12134452B1
An electric marine propulsion system for a marine vessel is provided. The system includes a power storage system, an electric motor powered by the power storage system and configured to rotate a propulsor to propel the marine vessel, and a control system configured to operate the electric motor in a speed control mode to generate a variable propulsion output so as not to exceed a rated operation value and an open loop parameter control mode such that the electric motor is operated to exceed the rated operation value to generate a maximum propulsion output. The control system is further configured to receive an operator demand to accelerate the marine vessel; determine whether the operator demand exceeds a predetermined acceleration threshold; and operate the electric motor in the open loop parameter control mode to generate the maximum propulsion output.
US12134448B2
The present disclosure relates, in one aspect of the disclosure, to an inflatable water sport safety garment for providing buoyancy to a wearer comprising a harness structure, at least one handle, and at least one inflatable flotation device. The harness structure may include at least two shoulder portions, at least one torso portion encircling the torso of the wearer and attached to the shoulder portions, and at least one central portion connected to the shoulder portions.
US12134442B2
Herein described is a gearmotor assembly for bicycles comprising a pedal crank shaft, an electric motor provided with an electronic control unit, a reduction gear mechanism and a gear wheel, arranged coaxially around the pedal crank shaft. The gearmotor assembly further comprises two internal overrunning clutches, mounted coaxially around the pedal crank shaft and configured to transmit torque in a first direction of rotation of the pedal crank shaft, and an external overrunning clutch, mounted coaxially inside the gear wheel and configured to transmit torque in a second direction of rotation of the pedal crank shaft which is opposite with respect to the first direction of rotation. A hollow tubular element kinematically connected to the drive wheel for transmitting the torque is interposed between the internal and external overrunning clutches. The internal overrunning clutches are housed by interference inside the hollow tubular element, while the external overrunning clutch is housed externally by interference. The pedal crank shaft is provided with two opposite rectified seats, around each of which a respective internal overrunning clutch is mounted by interference. The internal overrunning clutches are then arranged directly at contact with the pedal crank shaft. The hollow tubular element forms the outer housing of the internal overrunning clutches and it consists of a rectified tube around which the gear wheel, within which the external overrunning clutch is coaxially mounted, is centrally housed.
US12134441B2
A lever system using a linkage assembly creates linear movement from a rotational movement of a lever. The lever system may be arranged as a grip assembly to activate a braking system of a vehicle. The linkage assembly may include a slide linkage, a bearing linkage, and a pivot linkage such that the lever may cause an end of the bearing linkage and an end of the pivot linkage to move toward the slide linkage, which causes the slide linkage to move in a linear direction. The grip assembly may have a lever that is pivotally connected with a housing of the grip assembly at a predetermined distance and with a contact region to prevent rotational movement in one direction while allowing rotational movement in the opposite direction. Further, the grip assembly may include a bearing linkage that is pivotally connected to the lever.
US12134431B2
Provided is a robot leg structure that includes a link extending downward from a leg joint, a ground contact portion that comes in contact with a ground, a leaf spring that couples the link and the ground contact portion to each other, and a damping member adjacent to the leaf spring and couples the link and the ground contact portion to each other. With this configuration, the damping member damps the vibration attributed to the leaf spring, making it possible to reliably stabilize the motion of the legs of a robot.
US12134429B2
An auxiliary power supply apparatus is disposed on a power supply path from a main power supply apparatus to an electric power steering apparatus. The auxiliary power supply apparatus includes an auxiliary power supply that is a rechargeable power storage device, an on-off switch that is configured to selectively disconnect or connect the electric power steering apparatus and the auxiliary power supply from or to the main power supply apparatus, and an operation unit that is configured to operate the on-off switch. The operation unit is configured to switch the on-off switch from an ON state to an OFF state on a condition that a voltage supplied to the auxiliary power supply apparatus from the main power supply apparatus is less than or equal to a specified voltage reduction determination value and a vehicle speed is greater than a specified low vehicle speed determination value.
US12134426B1
A modular vehicle assembly platform is disclosed. In some embodiments, the platform may comprise a cast bulkhead, a cast cowl, one or more cast front strut towers, a front subframe, a cross-car beam, one or more door rings, a structural central floor comprising a battery, a cast structural rear floor, a cast upper rear section (or d-ring), and a rear motor cradle. The platform may allow for the use of common parts and structure across different vehicle types.
US12134416B2
The present invention provides an operation system which can finely control the operation of a train in response to the operation state of the train at low cost in a traffic system that uses a process of dynamically setting a path and an operation interval. This traffic control system is provided with: on-board control units installed on trains that are traveling, and an on-ground control unit installed on the ground. The on-board control units are installed on a plurality of trains, respectively, the operations of which are managed by the traffic control systems, perform a track demand on the basis of a delivered operation mode, and deliver information on the track demand to the on-ground control unit. The on-ground control unit controls the progress of the train on the basis of the delivered track demand.
US12134414B2
A system and method for remotely lubricating a rail switch plate, the system comprising at least one lubricant distribution nozzle mounted proximate a rail switch arm such that when the rail switch arm is in a first position, the at least one lubricant distribution nozzle is positioned above and over the rail switch plate and wherein a lubricant supply vessel and pump therefor are positioned at a location spaced apart from the rail switch arm and wherein the lubricant supply vessel is fluidically connected to the at least one distribution nozzle for directing lubricant through the nozzle to the switch plate.
US12134411B2
A container accessing station is configured to offer multiple access points where access to each access point may be permitted through an upper working surface of the container accessing station to an underlying container that has been delivered to the access point. The container accessing station includes one or more working surface sections, access panels and blanking-off panels. Each working surface section has a common attachment configuration to allow either the access panel or the blanking-off panel to be fitted as part of the container accessing station at any of the multiple access points.
US12134406B2
Techniques for protecting electronic vehicles control systems from unauthorized intrusion work with at least one electronic module of the vehicle and a protection device connected via electrical conductors to the interface communication line. The protection device includes a control unit for monitoring and control of vehicle parameters, a passive scanning of interface communication lines unit, a spectral analysis of interface communication lines unit, a unit for detection and suppression of malicious commands, and a unit for detecting and jamming in a given frequency range an unauthorized receiver/transmitter. The units for passive scanning of interface communication lines, spectral analysis, and detection and suppression of malicious commands are connected to the interface communication line. To detect unauthorized devices, the electrical parameters and the electrical signal of the interface communication line are measured, followed by construction of the signal spectrum in first and second time periods and their comparison.
US12134401B2
A method is described and includes subsequent to an autonomous vehicle becoming immobilized, initiating a local assistance request; subsequent to the initiating, receiving local assistance input from a passenger of the autonomous vehicle; and using the local assistance input to determine an action to be taken by the autonomous vehicle to mobilize the autonomous vehicle.
US12134393B2
A device for controlling the movement of a motor vehicle, including a longitudinal controller and a lateral controller which are capable of generating, from first information relating to the road layout and second information relating to the dynamic behaviour of the vehicle, control commands intended for actuators for controlling the longitudinal and lateral movement of the vehicle. The device includes a prediction model which is supplied with the first and second information and is capable of determining future states of the vehicle for future positions of the vehicle over a plurality of iterations defining a future road portion. The model is connected to a module for determining whether driving limit values are violated, which module is capable of determining, for each future state, whether one of the state variables defining the future state reaches or exceeds a driving limit value, and of deducing a future risk situation.
US12134388B2
An embodiment relates to a system comprising a sensor, an image sensor, a display, a connector, a communication module, and a processor. The processor is configured to detect a vehicle seat in the vehicle, establish a secured connection with the vehicle seat through the connector; receive a first data from the sensor and a second data from the image sensor through the connector, the first data and the second data being indicative of information gathered regarding at least one parameter related to at least one of a condition of the vehicle seat, a health and wellness of an occupant of the vehicle, and the connector being configured to facilitate gathering of the information, to encode the first data and the second data into a secure data message using a protocol, and to transmit the first data and the second data in real time via the communication module to various devices.
US12134386B2
A smooth cooperative lane change control method for multi-connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs), including: acquiring vehicle information of a lane-changing vehicle M and four surrounding vehicles A, B, C and D; constructing uncontrolled-vehicle and controlled-vehicle motion state prediction models; according to the motion state prediction models, predicting motion states of the lane-changing vehicle M, and the vehicles A, B, C and D; constructing an upper-layer optimization model to calculate an optimal control value and an optimized motion state of the lane-changing vehicle M and an optimal control value of the vehicle A; constructing a lower-layer optimization model to calculate an optimal control value of the vehicle D; and controlling the lane-changing vehicle M, the vehicle A and the vehicle D to run according to a corresponding optimal control value.
US12134384B2
Methods and devices for detecting traffic signals and their associated states are disclosed. In one embodiment, an example method includes a scanning a target area using one or more sensors of a vehicle to obtain target area information. The vehicle may be configured to operate in an autonomous mode, and the target area may be a type of area where traffic signals are typically located. The method may also include detecting a traffic signal in the target area information, determining a location of the traffic signal, and determining a state of the traffic signal. Also, a confidence in the traffic signal may be determined. For example, the location of the traffic signal may be compared to known locations of traffic signals. Based on the state of the traffic signal and the confidence in the traffic signal, the vehicle may be controlled in the autonomous mode.
US12134379B2
A safety device for a vehicle including a memory configured to store instructions; one or more processors coupled to the memory to execute the instructions stored in the memory, wherein the instructions implement a safety driving model for the vehicle to determine a safety driving state for the vehicle, wherein determining includes obtaining data for one or more objects in a vehicle environment of the vehicle, wherein the data comprises motion data associated with at least one object of the one or more objects; determining a predicted motion trajectory for at least one object of the one or more objects; determining whether a risk indicating a risk of a collision for the vehicle and the at least one or more objects exceeds a predefined risk threshold; and generating an information that the risk exceeds the predefined risk threshold to be considered in determining the safety driving state for the vehicle.
US12134373B2
The present invention relates to a wiping device for a detection system of a vehicle, including a wiper blade, a wiper arm, a motor unit and a drive unit. The drive unit includes a guidance block which carries the wiper arm, and which is inserted in a guidance frame, and a plurality of belt wheels. At least one drive belt wheel is driven in a rotational motion by the motor unit. The drive unit further includes a belt which is driven by the belt wheels and moves the guidance block according to a rectilinear motion.
US12134371B2
A roof rail for a vehicle is provided that is made of only one piece and is solid across its length. The roof rail may be made using a co-injection molding process, a two-shot injection molding process or an extrusion molding process.
US12134370B2
A storage compartment of a vehicle includes at least two covering elements disposed one behind the other in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle in a closed position where the at least two covering elements are shiftable out of the closed position into an open position guided by forced guides and where the at least two covering elements in the open position enclose an angle of at least −45° to at most 45° with a vertical direction of the vehicle. The at least two covering elements are shiftable between the closed position and the open position by an actuator device. At least two catches respectively engage on the at least two covering elements where the at least two catches are respectively hinged on at least two circularly moveable drive elements of the actuator device.
US12134366B2
A system includes a ride vehicle of an amusement park ride and a restraint system coupled to the ride vehicle and including a lock having a detector that may receive a wireless signal. Receiving the wireless signal causes the lock to lock or unlock and the restraint system may secure a rider within the ride vehicle.
US12134362B2
A collision detecting apparatus for a vehicle includes a bumper acceleration sensor, a floor acceleration sensor, a pressure sensor, and a processor including a vehicle collision determining unit and a threshold variably controlling unit. The vehicle collision determining unit is configured to determine a state of collision of the vehicle by comparing a detection value of the pressure sensor with a first threshold, and comparing a detection value of the bumper acceleration sensor with a second threshold when the detection value of the pressure sensor is greater than the first threshold. The threshold variably controlling unit is configured to change a threshold of the floor acceleration sensor from a third threshold to a fourth threshold in a case where: the detection value of the pressure sensor is greater than the first threshold; and the detection value of the bumper acceleration sensor is equal to or less than the second threshold.
US12134354B2
A camera wing system, a vehicle comprising such camera wing system, and a method to operate such a camera wing system are provided, comprising a camera to record a field of view of the camera in a scenery at least around a rear part of the vehicle, where a presented view is provided to a driver of the vehicle as a part of the field of view, wherein the camera wing system is adapted to automatically panning the presented view of the camera to another presented view different from the previous presented view in order to keep a point of interest of the rear part of the vehicle within the presented view provided to the driver regardless of a driving situation of the vehicle.
US12134352B2
An interior rear view mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a mirror housing rotatably attached to a housing holder which is adapted to be attached to an interior of the vehicle, the mirror housing including a first rear view side to which a reflective mirror element is attached, and a second rear view side to which a display device with a display screen is attached to, where a camera is connected to the display device establishing a display system to provide an image to the display screen; and an actuator unit configured to automatically rotate the mirror housing to the first or second rear view side. A vehicle and a method may be used to operate the interior rear view mirror assembly.
US12134346B2
A ramp system includes: a ramp main body provided in a door opening and configured to be able to advance from a vehicle floor toward a road surface; a ramp-state detection device configured to detect an advancing-retracting state of the ramp main body; a display device configured to display an image in a display area observable from an operator seat; and a user interface (UI) controller configured to control display on the display device. The UI controller causes the display device to display a state image including an image indicative of the advancing-retracting state.
US12134339B2
A child restraint carrier includes a seat body, a headrest and a locking mechanism. The headrest is movably installed on the seat body. The locking mechanism is for allowing or restraining a movement of the headrest relative to the seat body. A position of the headrest relative to the seat body can be adjusted easily by the locking mechanism to fit a child. Therefore, the present invention has an advantage of easy adjustment.
US12134328B2
A charging apparatus installed at a bottom of a hollow in a ground and configured to charge a power storage device mounted on a vehicle includes a movable unit, an ascending and descending device, and a control device. The movable unit includes a connection device connectable to the power storage device. The ascending and descending device causes the movable unit to ascend or descend between a first state and a second state. The control device controls the ascending and descending device to set the movable unit into the first state when a current time is within a first time frame. The control device controls the ascending and descending device to set the movable unit into the second state when the current time is within a second time frame different from the first time frame.
US12134314B2
There is provided a fill-up restriction valve including: a housing; and a float valve. The housing includes a housing body including a body-side peripheral wall, and a lower cap including a cap-side peripheral wall, the lower cap being installed to a lower side of the housing body by a joint portion. The joint portion includes an annular groove, an insertion wall portion, and an annular protrusion formed on one of the insertion wall portion and the annular groove, or an annular seal member disposed between the insertion wall portion and the annular groove. The annular protrusion or the annular seal member is configured to be in pressure-contact with the annular groove and the insertion wall portion in a state where the insertion wall portion is inserted into the annular groove.
US12134305B2
A system for providing filtered air to an enclosed space includes a first air feed pump to pull air from an environment and push pressurized air to the enclosed space, a power source adapted to provide electrical power to the first air feed pump, a first filter media positioned between the first air feed pump and the enclosed space to provide coarse filtration of the pressurized air pumped from the first air feed pump through the first filter media and remove particles that are larger than approximately 5 microns, and a second filter media positioned between the first filter media and the enclosed space to provide fine filtration of the pressurized air pumped from the first filter media through the second filter media and remove particles that are between 1 nanometer and 20 nanometers in size.
US12134304B2
An air-treatment system for a motor vehicle having an air conditioner, the system has an electrically powered air-treatment device in the air conditioner that treats air of an airflow generated by the air conditioner, a controller in the air conditioner that controls the air-treatment device in accordance with operating parameters of the air conditioner in which the air-treatment device is installed, and an electrical coder in the air-treatment device for identifying characteristics of the air-treatment device, that is electrically connectable with the controller on installation of the air-treatment device, and that is interogable after electrical connection to the controller has been established. This coder serves for detecting when the electrical coding means is electrically connected to the controller and for disconnecting electric power feed to the air-treatment device in the absence of an electrical connection between the coder and the controller.
US12134301B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for supporting and executing automated control of climate comfort settings based on user classification within a group identity database. Methods of generating and employing the group identity database are also disclosed.
US12134297B2
A hub carrier includes a front arm part extending toward an inner side of a vehicle on a front side of an axle of a rear wheel; and a rear arm part extending on a rear side of the axle of the rear wheel. The rear arm part is joined to a lateral beam on the rear side of the axle of the rear wheel. A vehicle rear end portion of a trailing arm, extending in a vehicle front-rear direction, is joined to the lateral beam. A vehicle front end portion of the trailing arm is joined to a vehicle body using a first bush. A front arm part is joined to a front arm attachment part disposed on the trailing arm using a second bush. First and second support shafts of the first and second bushes have respectively axial directions oriented differently from each other.
US12134294B2
The load weight derivation device comprises a calculation unit that calculates a contraction amount of a spring in a suspension positioned between a vehicle body and a vehicle wheel, and a derivation unit that derives the weight loaded on the vehicle body using the contraction amount calculated by the calculation unit.
US12134287B1
Load measuring hitch assemblies are disclosed and described. In one embodiment, the assembly can include a body portion operable to facilitate coupling the load measuring hitch assembly to a tow vehicle. The assembly can also include at least one load cell operable to measure force in at least one measurement axis. Additionally, the assembly can include a ball portion having a ball operable to facilitate coupling the load measuring hitch assembly to a trailer. The ball portion and the body portion can be coupled to one another via the at least one load cell and a pin slot joint. The pin slot joint can provide relative motion between the ball portion and the body portion in a rotational degree of freedom about a first axis and a translational degree of freedom along a second axis. The first and second axes can be orthogonal to one another. The rotational and translational degrees of freedom between the ball portion and the body portion can facilitate transfer of a force to the at least one load cell in the at least one measurement axis, thereby facilitating determining a magnitude of at least one of a vertical or a horizontal force acting on the ball.
US12134282B2
A combined lid and strainer device for a paint container features an outer mounting rim configured for mated fitting onto a rim of the paint container. Within a central circular area surrounded by the rim, there is a perforated a straining area through which paint is pourable. A movable cover is selectively movable between a closed position overlying the perforated straining area, and open positions withdrawn therefrom to allow strained pouring of the paint therethrough. Raised features on the cover are used to secure the cover closed when the lidded container is placed in a paint shaker. A sealing membrane is used, at least initially, seal the perforated area in air-tight fashion to maintain paint freshness. Securement features are usable to secure the flap in both closed and open positions.
US12134278B2
A marking system includes a composition having at least one color precursor, a moldable substrate having a color developer, and a marking instrument for applying the composition to the moldable substrate to form at least one mark on the moldable substrate. A method of producing a colored three-dimensional molded object includes the steps of manipulating a moldable substrate having a color developer into a molded shape having an outer surface; and applying, on the outer surface of the molded shape, a first composition having at least one color precursor to a first portion of the molded shape.
US12134264B2
A printer includes: a transport roller for transporting recording paper in a transport direction; a head for printing on the recording paper; a cutter disposed downstream of the head in the transport direction and configured to cut the recording paper; a first sensor disposed downstream of the cutter in the transport direction and configured to detect the recording paper; a communication section configured to receive print data; and a controller. The controller detects the recording paper by using the first sensor at least at startup, when the recording paper is detected, the recording paper is transported by the transport roller and is cut by the cutter, whereas when the recording paper is not detected, the recording paper is not transported by the transport roller and is not cut by the cutter, and when the communication section receives the print data, the controller performs printing on the recording paper by using the head.
US12134258B2
A method of adhesively bonding a first substrate on a second substrate in an adhesive bonding zone by an adhesive joint integrating a support mesh, wherein surplus adhesive joint is folded over onto one or the other of the first or second substrates so that the support mesh is present over the entire adhesively bonded zone after curing.
US12134257B2
Method and device for adhesively bonding substrates in film form and composite body obtained thereby
The present invention relates to a method for adhesively bonding substrates in film form, wherein one of the substrates has a thermoplastic surface which is converted into a softened state prior to adhesive bonding, and wherein the surface of this substrate that is opposite to the thermoplastic surface is cooled using a cooling roller. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a device for carrying out the method according to the invention.
US12134251B2
A flame-retardant polyester decorative sheet according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a core layer comprising a polyester resin and a polyphosphonate; and a skin layer, which is positioned on at least one surface of the core layer and contains a polyester resin and a polyphosphonate, wherein the content of a color master batch in the skin layer is greater than that in the core layer, thereby solving a discoloration problem caused by a fire retardant agent while satisfying Flame Retardant Performance Standards of Notification No. 2019-2 of the National Fire Agency, and thus a flame-retardant polyester decorative sheet, which has a color tone deviation equal to that of a conventional decorative sheet product using no fire retardant agent, can be provided.
US12134250B2
In an embodiment, the invention comprises a packaging structure or formable sheet comprising a first layer which comprises post-consumer resin and, in some embodiments, a polyolefin; a second layer adjacent the first layer which comprises: post-consumer resin polyethylene terephthalate; a polyolefin; ethylene methyl acrylate; and ethylene/methyl acrylate/glycidyl methacrylate terpolymer; and in some embodiments, polypropylene maleic anhydride copolymer; and a third layer adjacent the second layer which comprises post-consumer resin and, in some embodiments, a polyolefin.
US12134247B2
The use of camera-based safety systems is growing at a rapid rate in automobiles where they are used to provide lane departure warning, collision avoidance, adaptive cruise control and other functions. As the industry moves towards full autonomous capability, the number of cameras and the resolution are increasing. For proper operation, the cameras require a clear undistorted field of view. Keeping the camera area free of snow and ice has been a problem. A resistive heating circuit is typically used to keep the area clear. For rapid clearing the circuit needs to operate at a high-power level. Due to the temperature dependent index of refraction of the plastic interlayer, severe distortion can result from the non-isothermal heating resulting from the spacing of the circuit elements. The laminate of the invention reduces distortion by removing the interlayer in the camera field of view and replacing with a plastic having a more temperature stable index of refraction.
US12134238B2
Fiber-reinforced composites is provided. The composites include a plurality of prepreg layers, each comprising a polymeric resin and a plurality of fibers disposed therein; and at least one electrically-conductive layer at least partially embedded in the plurality of prepreg layers. These fiber-reinforced composites can save weight relative to externally provided wires and can be provided in forms suitable for use in automated fiber placement and automated tape layup machines. Advantageous applications include uses in lightning strike protection, energy storage, signal transmission, and power distribution.
US12134233B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus for producing a gathered material, wherein the material consists of two material web portions and a thread positioned between the material web portions and the two material web portions are connected to one another at two connecting surfaces, wherein the thread is disposed between the two connecting surfaces such that the thread is connected to the material web portions, wherein the apparatus comprises a sonotrode having a first sealing surface and a counter tool having a second sealing surface, wherein the counter tool is cylindrical with a lateral surface and a cylinder axis and the second sealing surface is disposed on the lateral surface, wherein the sonotrode and the counter tool are disposed with respect to one another in a processing position such that the material web portions and the thread can be guided through a gap formed by the first and the second sealing surface in a feed direction tangential to the lateral surface of the counter tool. To overcome or at least mitigate the described drawbacks, it is proposed according to the invention that the sonotrode comprise a groove which is oriented in feed direction and extends over the entire first sealing surface for receiving the thread.
US12134230B2
A 3D printing system includes a vat containing a liquid photopolymer resin and a rigid base on which an object is configured to be printed. A control arm connected to the rigid base is configured to move the rigid base relative to the vat. A first light source is configured to emit light to the vat to form the object on the rigid base. A second light source is configured to emit light on the object externally of the liquid photopolymer resin in the vat to cure the object.
US12134220B2
An injection molding machine, and a method of controlling the injection molding machine, can prevent a molding defect. The injection molding machine can mold a product for each execution of a molding cycle through an injecting process of injecting a material into clamped molds, a dwell process of controlling dwell pressure of the material in the molds, and a cooling process of cooling the material in the molds, the injection molding machine including a mold opening amount sensor and a controlling unit, the mold opening amount sensor being configured to detect a mold opening amount of the molds, the controlling unit being configured to control clamping force of the molds and the dwell pressure based on the mold opening amount during the molding cycle.
US12134214B2
The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a cellulose product having a flat or non-flat product shape by a pressure moulding apparatus comprising a forming mould. The forming mould has a forming surface defining said product shape, The method comprises the steps of: arranging a cellulose blank containing less than 45 weight percent water in said forming mould; heating said cellulose blank to a forming temperature in the range of 100° C. to 200° C.; and pressing said cellulose blank by means of said forming mould with a forming pressure acting on the cellulose blank across said forming surface, said forming pressure being in the range of 1 MPa to 100 MPa.
US12134211B2
A method and an apparatus are disclosed for processing plastics, in which the material in incoherent solid state is dehumidified in a hopper and is then melted in an extruder, after which the molten material is used in a moulding device for moulding by injection and/or by blow moulding and/or compression, and in which a set point pressure value of the molten material is set on the basis of a measured residual humidity value of the dehumidified incoherent solid material, so as to decrease the pressure value by a preset variation value if the measured residual humidity value is lower than a reference value and to increase the pressure value by a preset variation value if the measured residual humidity value is higher than said reference value.
US12134210B2
A method and an apparatus for rapid and efficient heating of polymer pellets in preparation for processing in a plastifier. For introduction of heat energy, a gas, preferably dried air, is introduced into the polymer pellets flow so as not to be in direct countercurrent thereto. The gas is preferably introduced in its still hottest state in a targeted fashion, for the purpose of rapid energy input, at a freely selectable location. This preferably takes place at the material output of the booster hopper. The gas is preferably conducted by way of cascades, which can be of a variable design, and flows through the bulk material at least twice. The speed of the flow can be influenced.
US12134203B2
Razor having a hair-cutting fiber having a hair-cutting section attached to a support in such a position relative to a skin engaging surface that the hair-cutting section is exposed to a user's skin for cutting through hairs when the skin engaging surface is in contact with the skin and moved over the skin. The hair-cutting section has a fiber diameter smaller than or equal to 7 μm and is made from a fiber material having a tensile strength larger than or equal to 5 GPa. A shaving method using such a razor is also described.
US12134201B2
A hair cutting system (100) is provided, the system comprising a hair cutting appliance (120) comprising one or more pairs of cutting blades (124) for cutting hair a comb (140) arranged forwards of the cutting blades and configured to guide hair towards the cutting blades; and a hair collector (160), the hair collector comprising a hair chamber (168) for receiving hair cut by the hair cutting appliance and a coupling portion (170) configured to couple the hair collector to the hair cutting appliance. A hair collector for the hair cutting system is also provided.
US12134200B2
A robotic singulation system is disclosed. In various embodiments, sensor data including image data associated with a workspace is received. The sensor data is used to generate a three dimensional view of at least a portion of the workspace, the three dimensional view including boundaries of a plurality of items present in the workspace. The three dimensional view as generated at successive points in time is used to model a flow of at least a subset of said plurality of items through at least a portion of the workspace. The model is used to determine and implement a plan to autonomously operate a robotic structure to pick one or more items from the workplace and place each item singly in a corresponding location in a singulation conveyance structure.
US12134196B2
A method for automatically setting the collision sensitivity of a collaborative robot, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: operating a collaborative robot; acquiring torque-related data associated with torque that acts on each joint of the collaborative robot while the collaborative robot operates; and calculating a collision threshold value on the basis of the acquired torque-related data.
US12134186B2
A 6-axis positioning system, comprising a base, a movable unit and six variable-length actuators, one end of each actuator being connected to the base and the other end of each actuator being connected to the movable unit. At least one additional variable-length component is provided, one end of which is connected to the base and the other end of which is connected to the movable unit. The 6-axis positioning system can be releasably locked at least in certain positions of the movable unit by means of this additional component. The additional component has a releasable locking brake, and the variable-length component is designed such that its length can be varied passively by means of the movement of the six driven actuators.
US12134185B2
A 6-axis positioning system features a base, a movable unit, and six variable-length actuators divided into two groups of three actuators each. The actuators of the first group are positioned within a region bounded by the second group on both the base and the movable unit. Each end of the actuators is connected via pivot fastening systems, allowing precise movement. Specifically, the first group's actuators can move within an angular range of ±30° relative to a virtual line running perpendicular from the base, while the second group's actuators can move within an angular range of 0° to 45° relative to a plane spanned by the base. This arrangement ensures a compact, precise, and flexible positioning system, ideal for applications requiring high accuracy and load-bearing capacity.
US12134182B2
A robot configured to use a gripper to grasp one or more tools is disclosed. In various embodiments, the robot comprises a robotic arm having a gripper disposed at a free moving end of the robotic arm, and a set of two or more tools configured to grasped or otherwise engaged by the gripper. Each tool in the set of two or more tools may be disposed in a corresponding tool holder, optionally attached to the robot or situated near the robot. The robot is configured to use the gripper to retrieve a selected tool from its tool holder to perform a task; use the tool to perform the task; and return the tool to its tool holder.
US12134181B2
The disclosure provides a method for generating a joint command. The method includes receiving a maneuver script including a plurality of maneuvers for a legged robot to perform where each maneuver is associated with a cost. The method further includes identifying that two or more maneuvers of the plurality of maneuvers of the maneuver script occur at the same time instance. The method also includes determining a combined maneuver for the legged robot to perform at the time instance based on the two or more maneuvers and the costs associated with the two or more maneuvers. The method additionally includes generating a joint command to control motion of the legged robot at the time instance where the joint command commands a set of joints of the legged robot. Here, the set of joints correspond to the combined maneuver.
US12134180B2
A tool case including a base having a lower surface and a tool holder insert supported by the base. The lower surface of the base defines a plurality of guides. The tool holder insert includes a base portion, an insert portion extending from the base portion in a first direction, a main body portion extending from the base portion in a second direction that is opposite the first direction, and a wing extending outwardly from the base portion. The insert portion engages one of the plurality of guides. The main body portion is configured to receive an oscillating multi tool blade, and the wing has a detent that engages another of the plurality of guides.
US12134178B2
A power tool includes a shaft locking assembly and an electric motor. The shaft locking assembly includes a first state where a chuck is restrained from rotating and a second state where the chuck is released to rotate. The shaft locking assembly includes multiple locking portions and an execution portion. The multiple locking portions are formed on or connected to a drive shaft or the chuck. The execution portion is optionally engaged with at least one locking portion. When the execution portion moves to a first position, the execution portion is engaged with the at least one locking portion such that the shaft locking assembly is in the first state. The electric motor includes a stop state where the first position is in the at least one locking portion when the electric motor stops.
US12134166B1
A method for autonomously grinding a workpiece includes: accessing a virtual model defining a geometry of the workpiece; identifying a grinding region on the workpiece; and projecting a target grinding profile onto the grinding region on the workpiece. The method also includes: based a geometry of the workpiece and the target grinding profile, generating a tool path for removal of material from the grinding region to the target grinding profile; and assigning a target force to the target region. The method also includes, during a processing cycle: accessing a sequence of force values output by a force sensor coupled to a grinding head; navigating the grinding head across the grinding region according to the tool path; and, based on the sequence of force values, deviating the grinding head from the tool path to maintain forces of the grinding head on the grinding region proximal the target force.
US12134162B2
The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a wafer polishing head, the method comprising the steps of: coupling a guide ring consisting of a plurality of layers to the edge of a base substrate; rounding the edge of the guide ring; forming a first coating layer on the rounded surface of the guide ring through coating; fixing a rubber chuck to the base substrate; and forming a second coating layer on the outer circumferential surfaces of an adhesive and an adhesive material through coating, from the rubber chuck to the first coating layer.
US12134152B2
A welding wire feeder including an alignment tongue and groove connection between a clamp arm and a welding drive assembly housing is provided. In certain embodiments, an alignment tongue extends from an end of the clamp arm opposite a pivot point about which the clamp arm rotates relative the assembly housing. A corresponding alignment groove may be formed in the assembly housing to receive the alignment tongue when the clamp arm is rotated such that a drive wheel mounted on the clamp arm contacts a drive wheel mounted on the assembly housing. In addition, a tensioner may be pivoted into a groove in the clamp arm to transfer a compressive force through the clamp arm, forcing the drive wheels together. The alignment tongue and groove may reduce lateral displacement of the clamp arm relative to the assembly housing that may be caused by a force transferred to the clamp arm as the tensioner is pivoted.
US12134117B2
This coupling device for a tubular member is provided with: a base stand for holding an inner member and an outer member in a state in which the outer member is disposed around the inner member; a plurality of pressing members that are supported by the base stand in a movable manner in the radial direction of the inner member and the outer member and have a protruding part on the tip thereof; a pressing member that make contact with the final end of the pressing member and that can press the pressing member radially inward; and a drive mechanism that drives any one among the base stand and the pressing member in a direction perpendicular to the movement direction of the pressing member so that the one member moves relative to the other. The inner member and the outer member are caulked and coupled by driving, by the drive mechanism, any one among the base stand and the pressing member and displacing the pressing member radially inward to thereby expand, radially inward, a portion of a peripheral wall of the outer member by the protruding part.
US12134110B2
A method and apparatus are provided for sorting items to form groups at respective sort destinations. A scanning station evaluates one or more characteristics of each item fed into the apparatus. The items are loaded onto one of a plurality of independently controlled delivery vehicles. The delivery vehicles are individually driven to sort destinations. Once at the appropriate sort destination, the delivery vehicle ejects the item to the sort destination and returns to receive another item to be delivered. A re-induction conveyor may be provided for receiving select items from the vehicles and conveying the items back to the input station for re-processing. Additionally, a controller is provided to control the movement of the vehicles based on a characteristic each item being delivered by each vehicle. When an item to be manually sorted is encountered, a visual alert aligned with a selected destination is activated until manual transfer is confirmed.
US12134100B2
The present invention provides a system and method for more efficient utilization of comminution mills. Sensors are provided in the liners placed within the mill shell. The sensors may include RFID tags, liner wear profile sensors (e.g., such as an ultrasonic sensor), an inertial sensor (preferably included both an inclinometer and an accelerometer, and an acoustic sensor, among others. When the liners are installed in the shell, the RFID tag is used to register the location of the liner within the shell. In operation, the information provided by the sensors is collected by a data transmission unit and sent by transmitter over the air to a computer having an antenna and receiver for such data. The data is correlated and the data is reviewable in real time while the mill is in running.
US12134093B2
A microfluidic apparatus (100) can include a PCB (110), a biological chip (120) overlying the PCB (110), and a microfluidic housing (130) overlying the biological chip (120) and the PCB (110). The microfluidic apparatus (100) also has a first adhesive layer (141) attaching the microfluidic housing (130) to the biological chip (120) and a second adhesive layer (142) attaching the microfluidic housing (130) to the PCB (110). The second adhesive layer (142) is thicker than the first adhesive layer (141). The first adhesive layer (141) comprises a first adhesive material, and the second adhesive layer (142) comprises a second adhesive material.
US12134092B2
A device and associated method for centrifuging a physiological fluid includes a syringe including a tip, a base and a barrel extending between the tip and the base to hold a physiological fluid. The syringe includes a plunger positioned within the barrel and the plunger includes a plunger seal in sealing engagement with an inside wall of the barrel. An exoskeleton is provided to support the syringe at least partially within the exoskeleton for use in a centrifuge. The syringe is removably coupled to the exoskeleton using an interference fit. The method includes holding the physiological fluid in the syringe, supporting the syringe at least partially within the exoskeleton, and centrifuging the physiological fluid in the syringe supported by the exoskeleton.
US12134091B2
A reactor for coating particles includes a stationary vacuum chamber to hold a bed of particles to be coated, a vacuum port in an upper portion of the chamber, a chemical delivery system configured to inject a reactant or precursor gas into a lower portion of the chamber, a paddle assembly, and a motor to rotate a drive shaft of the paddle assembly. The lower portion of the chamber forms a half-cylinder. The paddle assembly includes a rotatable drive shaft extending through the chamber along the axial axis of the half cylinder, and a plurality of paddles extending radially from the drive shaft such that rotation of the drive shaft by the motor orbits the plurality of paddles about the drive shaft.
US12134089B2
A chromatographic media for separating bio-polymers, the chromatographic media having cationic exchange properties and anionic exchange properties, the chromatographic media comprising: (a) non-porous substrate particles including an organic polymer, the substrate particles having a neutral hydrophilic layer at a surface of the non-porous substrate particles, in which the neutral hydrophilic layer is configured to reduce a binding of the bio-polymers directly to the non-porous substrate particles compared to a binding of the bio-polymer to the non-porous substrate particles without the neutral hydrophilic layer; (b) a charged first ion exchange layer bound to the substrate particles on top of the hydrophilic layer, the first ion exchange layer comprising first ion exchange groups; and (c) a charged second ion exchange layer bound to the substrate particles on top of the first ion exchange layer.
US12134085B2
The present invention relates to a steam reforming catalyst for hydrogen production. More specifically, the present invention provides a novel catalysts support for sustainable hydrogen production by steam reforming process using bio-based materials feedstock such as ethanol, glycerol, n-butanol and ethylene glycol. The said improved support catalyst and metal doped catalysts therefrom, are comprising of combination of crystalline Mesoporous cellular foam (MCF) silica and basic site assistant for enhancing catalytic activity of doped active metals thereon and lower coke formation. The benefits of present invention is in the cost efficient steam reforming process for hydrogen production, wherein the said catalysts are efficiently providing a high reactant conversion at lower temperature, no coke formation, high thermal stability for longer time and effective catalytic performance for multiple cycles.
US12134083B2
Some embodiments advantageously provide nutrient-binding compositions that include ingredients that have a synergistic effect such that the nutrient-binding composition is capable of removing more nutrients that the individual ingredients added together. In one embodiment, a nutrient-binding composition comprises: a first amount of a nutrient-binding ingredient; and a second amount of a biogenic additive, the first amount being greater than or equal to the second amount. In one aspect of the embodiment, the nutrient-binding composition has a greater nutrient removal capacity from a volume of water than an additive nutrient removal capacity of the first amount of nutrient-binding ingredient and the second amount of biogenic added together.
US12134082B2
A diatomite filtration product includes flux-calcined diatomaceous earth, wherein the diatomite filtration product has: (1) an intricate and porous structure of diatomite, (2) a zeta potential in a range of from about −1.0 mV to about −6.0 mV within a pH range of from about 3.0 to about 8.0, and (3) a centrifuged wet density in a range of from about 0.176 g/ml to about 0.256 g/ml.
US12134081B2
The present application provides a continuous preparation system and method for vinylidene chloride. In the present application, by coupling two stages of high gravity reactors, the product vinylidene chloride and water vapor are distilled from a reaction system in form of an azeotrope by adopting a water vapor steam stripping method, and the product obtained using the method has high purity. In addition, by combining steam stripping and high gravity, trichloroethane and alkali solution are rapidly mixed for mass transfer, and the product vinylidene chloride is rapidly distilled from the reaction system in form of the azeotrope (based on rapid diffusion of water vapor), such that the reaction proceeds continuously towards the direction of producing vinylidene chloride, thus significantly improving the conversion rate. As proved by a test apparatus, the present application can stabilize the purity of the vinylidene chloride product at 98% or more (mass fraction), decrease the TOC value of chloride salt wastewater to 100 mg/L or less, and decrease the consumption of materials and the cost of subsequent salt-containing wastewater treatment.
US12134072B2
At least one embodiment relates to an air purifying machine comprising at least one housing and a plurality of cores wherein each core is disposed in the housing. There is also at least one fan disposed in the housing. In addition, there is at least one pump disposed in the housing, wherein the pump is configured to circulate a fluid inside of the housing. The cores comprise at least two cores disposed inside of the housing comprising a first core and a second core, wherein the second core is disposed inside of said first core and wherein the second core is not concentric with the first core. The non-concentric nature of the cores creates a compression location at a point where the two cores are disposed closest to each other. This compression location creates a higher-pressure location for air flow around the cores. The different size of the openings for air to circulate between the cores creates air turbulence which results in greater interaction between the incoming air and the bioreactive fluid solution inside of the air purification system.
US12134068B2
A gas separation membrane, methods of forming the membrane, and methods of using the membrane for gas separation are provided. An exemplary gas separation membrane includes a cellulosic matrix and a polymer of intrinsic microporosity (PIM). The PIM includes chains coupled by a heat-treating under vacuum.
US12134066B2
This invention relates to a method of increasing the size of particulates in a gas comprising particulates, e.g. a gas that is formed from the combustion of fuels. The method comprises mixing an ionised gas stream with the gas comprising particulates.
US12134060B2
Filter systems and methods described herein include one or more spacer elements positioned in the dirty air chamber along with the filter elements attached to the spacer elements. The dirty air inlet delivers a dirty air stream into the dirty air chamber along a dirty air flow axis.
US12134054B2
A filter system can include a replaceable filter cartridge having a spinner element structured to swirl a mixed flow of compressible fluid and oil, as well as an end cap used to enclose an open interior of a filter media of the filter cartridge. The filter cartridge can be configured to interface with and be supported by a mesh holder. A housing can be attached over the filter cartridge to enclose the system and create a flow path for a mixed flow of compressible fluid and oil. The replaceable filter cartridge can be constructed of materials suitable for disposal in a waste incineration process. The mesh holder can be inserted on a combo-block and secured in place by a compression fitting. A stand pipe can extend into the interior of the filter media and be coupled with a central passage of the mesh holder.
US12134042B2
An interactive group-specific player board game method comprising the steps of drawing a grid and labeling a plurality of blocks in a sequential process from 1 to n, wherein n depends on the size of the grid, rolling a dice by each player sequentially and recording a number on the dice until each box on the grid has a unique number, establishing a set of at least 6 rules by the group-specific players, each rule corresponding to a unique action to be performed by the players, rolling the dice by at least one player, moving the number of blocks on the board game corresponding to the number on the dice, receiving the action to be performed by the player based on the unique number on the grid established by the set of rules, determining the completion of the action by the remaining group-specific players.
US12134036B2
A method executed by a computing entity includes generating a virtual reality environment utilizing a group of object representations by rendering a representation of a first set of object representations and a second set of object representations to produce first portrayal 3-D video frames of a first piece of information for the virtual reality environment. The method further includes determining whether a second piece of information has been selected based on a second cue. When the second piece of information has been selected the method further includes rendering another representation of the second set of object representations and the first set of object representations to produce second portrayal 3-D video frames of the second piece of information for the virtual reality environment.
US12134029B2
A gaming platform including a programmable hand-held video gaming controller in electrical communication with an integrated foot-pedal gaming controller or an integrated mouthpiece gaming controller platform. The programmable hand-held video gaming controller including at least one game function activation area, each of the at least one game function activation areas operating a game function, each of the at least one game function activation areas further including a function control transfer switch. The integrated foot-pedal gaming controller platform including at least one foot-pedal configured to control at least one game function when a corresponding function control transfer switch on the programmable hand-held video gaming controller is activated; and the integrated mouthpiece gaming controller platform including at least one activation tube configured to control at least one game function when a corresponding function control transfer switch on the programmable hand-held video gaming controller is activated.
US12134025B2
Various powered wheeled board vehicles are disclosed. In some embodiments, the vehicle includes a deck having a forward portion and a rearward portion. At least one front wheel can be connected with the deck under the forward portion. The front wheel can be configured to swivel about a first axis and rotate about a second axis. A powered wheel can be connected with the rearward portion. In some configurations, the rear wheel comprises a hub motor.
US12134024B2
A rotatable binding interface for a snowboard for facilitating usage of the snowboard in at least two different orientations is disclosed herein. The rotatable binding interface includes a fixed assembly that is coupled to a snowboard body. A rotatable assembly is coupled to the fixed assembly, wherein the rotatable assembly is configured to allow fitment of a binding thereon, wherein a user may rotate the rotatable assembly using a foot placed in the binding by applying a twisting motion drive to the rotatable assembly. The rotatable assembly is configured to be locked in at least two different orientations for the user. The rotatable binding interface further includes a locking assembly configured to lock the rotatable assembly in at least two different orientations. There is a hinged binding interface that can tilt up when the rotatable assembly is rotated to an orientation where the user's boot is parallel to the length of the snowboard.
US12134023B2
A paddle scoreboard for platform tennis is provided. The paddle scoreboard is paddle shaped and adapted to engage and hang from the fence of the platform tennis court. The paddle scoreboard includes two paddle plates that sandwich two scoring discs and two set discs that are rotatably connected to and between the paddle plates. Four apertures are provided by the paddle plates so that one of a plurality of indicia for each of the four discs are viewable through each aperture. A peripheral portion of each disc protrudes beyond the perimeter of the paddle plates so that each disc is selectively spinnable for indicating the game and set score through the four apertures.
US12134019B2
A coaching tool for footwork development including a plurality of shims arranged parallel to one another. The coaching tool includes a housing surrounding the shims. The housing has a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, a front surface, and a back surface opposite the front surface. The coaching tool includes a handle extending from a first end to a second end. The first end is attached to the housing on the back surface, and the second end is spaced from the first end. A portion of the handle between the first end and the second end is disposed on a common plane with the bottom surface of the housing.
US12134016B2
Disclosed herein is a basketball backboard system and methods of assembly. The backboard system reduces and simplifies the number of steps for a user to take in assembling the system for play. The basketball system comprises a base, a vertical support assembly including a pole, a backboard extension arm, a backboard, and a rim. In some embodiments, the user only has to complete five attachments to fully assemble the system, including securing the vertical support assembly to the base, securing the backboard extension arm to the pole, mounting the backboard to the extension arm, and mounting the rim to the backboard. It is further contemplated that the system will be convenient to package, as the vertical support assembly may be designed to fully nest within the base to reduce product volume.
US12134015B2
Disclosed are a hole location updating device, a hole location updating system, and a hole cutter. The hole location updating device including a hole cutter combiner providing a combination to a hole cutter that includes: a GPS circuit for detecting a global positioning system (GPS) position on the hole location updating device; a mobile communication circuit for providing access to a server through a mobile communication network; and a control circuit for transmitting the GPS position to the server by use of the mobile communication circuit in response to a wakeup signal.
US12134014B2
Embodiments of golf club heads having transition profiles to reduce aerodynamic drag during a swing are described herein. In some embodiments, a golf club head includes a crown transition profile having a first crown radius of curvature, a sole transition profile having a first sole radius of curvature, and a rear transition profile having a rear radius of curvature.
US12133999B2
Systems and methods for filling and pressurizing a container with liquid suppressant and nitrogen gas. A pressurized receiving container of nitrogen gas is initially provided at a transformative pressure and liquid suppressant is subsequently added to the pressurized receiving container. The transformative gas pressure provides a sufficient amount of nitrogen to saturate the added liquid suppressant and provide an operative head space pressure within the receiving container without the need for mechanized mixing of the nitrogen and liquid suppressant solution.
US12133996B2
A bidirectional reusable filtering face mask is described that includes an anatomical base provided with means to promote adherence to the face and pass-through elements for closure by means of ties; a first filtering chamber used to prevent respiratory droplets from spreading and obtained by fixing a removable disposable filter on the outer side of the anatomical base; a second filtering chamber comprising a removable dome with a recess in its apical part adapted to accommodate a main removable disposable filter, where the filter is secured to the recess by means of a protective grid; and means for assembling the components of the second filtering chamber with the first filtering chamber.
US12133995B2
A ventilated hood having an external air flow hose and comprising a filter incorporated in the ventilated hood, and a seal, wherein when the seal is intact, air does not flow through the filter.
US12133991B2
A computer-based method of optimizing a radiotherapy treatment plan for a patient is proposed, wherein a treatment plan to be provided by one radiation set is optimized taking into account a previously delivered dose delivered by a different radiation set. One of the radiation sets is external beam radiotherapy and the other is brachytherapy.
US12133985B2
Far field telemetry communications are conducted during recharge sessions between an external device and an implantable medical device. The two devices may not have been previously paired together for far field telemetry and may have been paired with other devices for far field telemetry during previous recharge sessions and/or programming sessions. Embodiments provide for temporary bonding of the two devices for far field telemetry during the recharge session. The implantable medical device of the recharge session may maintain a programming bond with an external device other than the external device conducting the recharge session. Safeguards against establishment of inadvertent programming sessions between the external device that has conducted a recharge session and implantable medical devices that may or may not be bonded to that external device are provided.
US12133976B2
A percutaneous circulatory support device includes a housing having a proximal end portion and a motor carried by the housing. A driving magnet is operatively coupled to the motor, and a driven magnet is operatively coupled to the driving magnet. The driven magnet includes a frustoconical shape. An impeller is disposed within the housing, and the impeller is operatively coupled to the driven magnet. The motor rotates the impeller, via the driving magnet and the driven magnet, relative to the impeller housing to cause blood to flow through the percutaneous circulatory support device and blood is inhibited from pooling in the proximal end portion of the impeller housing.
US12133962B2
The disclosure provides various embodiments of catheters having articulable ends that can be used for various procedures. Embodiments of methods are also provided that can be performed with catheters in accordance with the present disclosure.
US12133961B2
A vasculature navigation system may include a dilator having a proximal end and a distal end located opposite the proximal end, the dilator comprising a guidewire lumen extending between the proximal end and the distal end, the dilator defining a proximal portion and a distal portion located opposite the proximal portion. In some embodiments, the vasculature navigation system also includes an access port located at the proximal end of the dilator, a distal port located at the distal end of the dilator, and a hemostasis valve coupled to the proximal portion of the dilator. The hemostasis valve may be configured to control fluid flow between the proximal portion and the distal portion. In some embodiments, a flush port is coupled to the proximal portion of the dilator and located distal to the hemostasis valve, and the flush port is coupled to a fluid supply source.
US12133954B2
A novel clinical decision support system (CDS) helps the clinician set up, maintain, and interpret an esophageal pressure measurement. The esophageal pressure CDS (Pes CDS) would remind the clinician to do an occlusion test whenever the balloon is first inserted or changes dramatically. It could monitor the occlusion test and provide feedback on the performance and success of the occlusion test. Changes in the patient or monitored data can be tracked by looking for changes in the balloon baseline pressure, changes in the amplitude of the pressure waveform, or changes in the pattern of the Pes waveform. Having information from the ventilator will further increase the ability of the system to determine when Pes is changing unexpectedly.
US12133951B2
Cartridges for vaporizer devices are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, the cartridge can include a reservoir housing, an airflow tube that extends through the reservoir housing, and a folded mesh that is disposed within the airflow tube and includes a plurality of folds. The airflow tube defines a passageway extending therethrough and at least a portion of the airflow tube is permeable to the vaporizable material, in which the permeable portion of the airflow tube is configured to draw vaporizable material from the reservoir housing into the airflow tube for vaporization. The folded mesh is configured to change from a deactivated state to an activated state in response to receiving an electric current, and when in the activated state, the folded mesh is configured to generate an amount of heat that is sufficient to vaporize at least a portion of the vaporizable material drawn from the reservoir housing. Vaporizer devices are also provided.
US12133950B1
A double-lumen injection and aspiration catheter device having one larger and one smaller tube, forming a functional unit with the smaller tube positioned within the larger tube, both tubes are relocatable and demountable, both tubes with an aperture at both ends, at least one aperture being provided in the wall of the outer tube located at a distance of about between 1 mm and 10 cm from the tip, or several apertures positioned in a segment of 1-250 mm from the tip, wherein the diameter of the single aperture is between 70% and 120% of the inner diameter of the outer tube, or in case of several apertures, for each aperture 30-60% of the inner diameter of the outer tube.
US12133935B2
To provide a medical device, whereby the non-specific absorption amount is reduced, its durability is excellent and eluents from the surface layer are reduced. The medical device comprises a device substrate and a surface layer provided on at least part of the surface of the device substrate in contact with water, wherein at least part of the surface of the device substrate is made of an inorganic material, the surface layer is made of a cured product of a compound having a biocompatible group and an alkoxysilyl group, the content of the biocompatible group in the compound is from 25 to 83% by mass, and the content of the alkoxysilyl group is from 2 to 70% by mass.
US12133930B2
Provided herein is an injectable composition including, in some embodiments, a soft-tissue augmenting agent and a vehicle for the soft-tissue augmenting agent formulated for augmenting one or more soft tissues of a human or animal. Also provided herein is a soft-tissue augmenting kit including, in some embodiments, a syringe and the injectable composition formulated for augmenting one or more soft tissues of a human or animal. Also provided herein is a method for augmenting one or more soft tissues of a human or animal including, in some embodiments, injecting the injectable composition into the one or more soft tissues of the human or animal.
US12133920B2
The disclosed are shelf-stable beta-hydroxyisovaleric acid containing soft gel compositions and methods for making such compositions. In certain aspects, disclosed compositions comprise a plant-based capsule shell and a liquid formulation comprising beta-hydroxyisovaleric acid and at least one excipient, wherein the soft gel capsule is shelf-stable. In certain aspects, the excipient is selected from selected from choline salt, betaine, phosphatidylcholine, alpha-glycerophosphocholine, carnitine, adenosine 5′-triphosphate, or a combination thereof.
US12133915B2
Alprazolam formulated as an inhaled condensation aerosol and method for treating epilepsy and/or seizures.
US12133907B2
External compositions containing one or more lipophilic naphthoic acid retinoid compounds are described. The external compositions are applied to skin where they stimulate skin repair and visibly improve skin damage caused by photoaging and acne.
US12133902B2
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a dental composition including a (meth)acrylate, an ultraviolet absorber, and a fluorescent agent, wherein the ultraviolet absorber has free of a maximum absorption wavelength in a range of greater than 320 nm and less than or equal to 500 nm.
US12133888B2
Engineered Influenza polynucleotides, viruses, vaccines, and methods of making and using the same are provided. More specifically, the present inventors have developed replication competent engineered influenza viruses having, for example, a modified segment 4 and/or segment 6 that include at least one additional polynucleotide encoding a heterologous polypeptide.
US12133886B2
The subject technology relates generally to compositions and methods for producing plasmid DNA of a desired quality. In addition, it relates to the discovery of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria with a constitutive methylase gene stably incorporated into the chromosomal DNA and uses thereof.
US12133882B2
The present invention features methods of treating patients with chronic heart failure by administering a neuregulin polypeptide within a dosage range which is both effective and safe.
US12133873B2
The present invention relates to novel Leuconostoc citreum WiKim0104 isolated from Kimchi and a composition comprising the same or its use. The present invention provides a method for prevention, improvement and treatment of inflammation, obesity or fatty liver disease of a subject by administering the novel Leuconostoc citreum WiKim0104 isolated from Kimchi or a composition comprising thereof. The Leuconostoc citreum WiKim0104 according to the present invention shows an inhibitory effect for fatty liver production by inhibiting fat accumulation in liver cells and reducing expression of fatty liver-related genes, and thus it may be variously utilized for uses in prevention, improvement and treatment of inflammation, obesity or fatty liver disease.
US12133867B2
The present invention relates to an engineered immune cell endowed with CD22 Chimeric Antigen Receptors (CD22 CAR) with a deletion in the TRAC gene that is able to redirect immune cell specificity and reactivity toward selected tumor cells. The engineered immune cells endowed with such CARs are particularly suited for treating relapsed refractory CD22 expressing cancers.
US12133866B2
A method of generating an isolated population of cells comprising anti-third party cells having a central memory T-lymphocyte (Tcm) phenotype, the cells being tolerance-inducing cells and/or endowed with anti-disease activity, and capable of homing to the lymph nodes following transplantation is disclosed. The method comprising: (a) contacting peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) with a third party antigen or antigens in the presence of IL-21 so as to allow enrichment of antigen reactive cells; and (b) culturing the cells resulting from step (a) in the presence of IL-21, IL-15 and IL-7 in an antigen free environment so as to allow proliferation of cells comprising the central memory T-lymphocyte (Tcm) phenotype.
US12133858B2
Disclosed is a composition for promoting hair growth and ameliorating, preventing or treating hair loss containing 2′-fucosyllactose (2′-FL) as an active ingredient, and a method for promoting hair growth or ameliorating, preventing or treating hair loss, the method comprising administering to a subject in need thereof 2′-fucosyllactose. Treatment with a combination of testosterone and 2′-fucosyllactose increases hair gloss, increases hair length, reduces a hair loss area, enhances hair cuticles, increases the number and size of hair follicles, and improves expression of proteins and genes related to hair proliferation and growth, compared to treatment with testosterone alone, thus being applicable as a substance for various food and pharmaceutical compositions based on effects of promoting hair growth, improving hair loss, and ameliorating, preventing or treating hair loss.
US12133853B2
Described herein are compounds that activate pyruvate kinase, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use thereof. These compounds are represented by Formula (I) wherein R1, R2, Ra, Rb, Rj, Rk, and Q are as defined herein.
US12133842B2
The present invention relates to stable, preservative- and antioxidant-free liquid formulations of phenylephrine and ketorolac for injection.
US12133836B2
Described herein, inter alia, are compositions, formulations, methods, and systems for reducing regional fat deposits and treating fat-related conditions.
US12133833B2
A medication dispensing system includes an automated dispensing device that includes cells with electronically activated locks. The device is configured to detect when medication counts in the cells fall below predetermined thresholds. The system further includes a plurality of first electronic devices that are associated with some of the cells and that have imagers. In response to any of the medication counts in the cells being below the predetermined threshold, the automated dispensing device is configured to automatically send a replenishment needed notification to the first electronic device associated with the cell. That first electronic device is configured to transmit a picture of a medication to a second electronic device. In response to a positive verification by a user of the second electronic device that the medication in the picture is the correct medication, the second electronic device is configured to transmit an unlock signal to the automated dispensing device.
US12133831B1
A sterile preparation of purified corticotropin and methods relating thereto in which the preparation includes corticotropin extracted from a whole porcine pituitary gland including both anterior and posterior portions, and having proteins or peptides having a molecular weight higher than 4.6 kDa removed. Methods of manufacturing, testing, increasing stability, storage, and use of the purified corticotropin are also provided.
US12133820B2
In one implementation, an electrically-actuated brake assembly is configured to control a rate of descent of an object to be lowered and includes: one or more rotatable surfaces coupled to the object to be lowered; one or more stationary surfaces configured to releasably engage the one or more rotatable surfaces; an electric actuator system configured to selectively disengage the one or more stationary surfaces from the one or more rotatable surfaces, thus allowing the one or more rotatable surfaces to rotate with respect to the one or more stationary surfaces and enable the object to be lowered; and a rechargeable power source electrically coupled to the electric actuator system and configured to provide electrical energy to the electric actuator system.
US12133819B2
A patient positioner for supporting a patient in a prone position includes a base plate, an adjustable platform movable relative to the base plate, a support assembly supported on the adjustable platform, a lateral constraint assembly positioned on the adjustable platform, and a position lock operable to selectively lock the adjustable platform relative to the base plate. The patient positioner is adjustable to adjust the position of the patient and to adjust the orientation of the patient's spine in the coronal and sagittal planes.
US12133816B2
Disclosed is a surgical instrument directed to phacoemulsification for cataract eye surgery. The instrument generally includes a dual frequency voltage producing circuit comprising a low-frequency voltage pathway with a low-frequency LC Network and a high-frequency voltage pathway with a high-frequency LC network. A phacoemulsification needle extends from a handpiece able to be driven by a piezoelectric transducer. The piezoelectric transducer is electrically connected to the dual frequency voltage producing circuit. The high-frequency voltage pathway is electrically tuned with the physical high natural frequency of the handpiece and the low-frequency voltage pathway is electrically tuned with the physical low natural frequency of the handpiece for efficient transfer of energy.
US12133807B2
An interbody tool may include an upper portion with an upper contact surface and a plurality of upper legs; a lower portion with a lower contact surface and a plurality of lower legs, each of the lower legs movably connected to one of the upper legs; a plurality of gauges, each gauge configured to measure a position of one of the plurality of upper legs relative to a corresponding one of the plurality of lower legs; at least one actuator configured to selectively push the upper portion away from the lower portion; and at least one sensor for measuring a force exerted by the at least one actuator.
US12133784B2
In one aspect of the present application, there is provided a shell-shaped dental appliance attachment mounting method, comprising: a control device obtaining mounting information; and the control device using the mounting information to control an apparatus to mount and fix an attachment onto an shell-shaped dental appliance.
US12133775B2
An adapter for a robotic surgical tool autowasher system includes a frame matable with a drive housing of the robotic surgical tool, a shoulder defined on the frame and at least partially circumscribing a basin defined in the frame, and one or more fluid apertures defined in the basin and extending through the frame from a top surface to a bottom surface. One or more alignment features protrude from the frame and are arranged to align with and extend into a corresponding one or more apertures defined in a bottom of the drive housing. At least one of the one or more alignment features only partially plugs an associated aperture of the corresponding one or more apertures.
US12133769B2
A system and method for creating ultrasound images of a moving medium is provided. The method includes emitting, by a portion of a plurality of emitters, a plurality of ultrasound waves until a motion of the moving medium below a predetermined threshold is determined, wherein the plurality of ultrasound wave is emitted towards the moving medium; receiving, by a portion of a plurality of sensors, a first plurality of received signals corresponding to the plurality of ultrasound waves; generating a model of a morphing function when the motion of the moving medium is below the predetermined threshold, wherein the motion of the moving medium is determined based on at least one received signal of the plurality of first received signals, wherein the morphing function defines morphing of the moving medium from an initial plurality of received signals; and performing a wave inversion on the model of the morphing function.
US12133759B2
The invention relates to a cardiotocography girdle. It is in the form of a spherical cap and comprises at least nineteen ultrasound transducers, denoted USTs, which are positioned on a first support layer (23) made of an elastic material, each UST being positioned in a support cavity (20), said girdle comprising a second support layer (24), likewise made of an elastic material and which encapsulates said USTs housed in the support cavities (20) with the first support layer (23), assembly being performed by adhesively bonding the first support layer (23) to the second support layer (24).
US12133757B2
Disclosed is a radiation imaging system including: a tube that generates a radiation; a radiation detector to generate a radiation image corresponding to the radiation that is received; and a display that starts or ends, at a predetermined timing, displaying of inclination information indicating an inclination of the radiation detector with respect to a horizontal plane or a direction of the tube.
US12133755B2
Techniques are provided for x-ray image data monitoring and signaling for patient safety. A methodology implementing the techniques according to an embodiment includes integrating energy associated with a received x-ray pulse at an array of pixels. The method also includes multiplexing a readout of the integrated energy from the array of pixels, as analog signals, into channels, and performing analog to digital conversion of the analog signals of the channels into digital signals. The method further includes generating an error indicator in response to determining that a calculated mean of the digital signals is either greater than an upper threshold value associated with saturation or less than a lower threshold value associated with underexposure. The method further includes transmitting the error indicator over a Universal Serial Bus, to an imaging system, to terminate transmission of further x-ray pulses.
US12133752B2
An estimation device includes at least one processor, in which the processor functions as a learned neural network that derives a result of estimation relating to a bone density of a bone part from a simple radiation image acquired by simply imaging a subject including the bone part or a DXA scanning image acquired by imaging the subject by a DXA method. The learned neural network is learned by using, as teacher data, a composite two-dimensional image representing the subject, which is derived by combining a three-dimensional CT image of the subject, and information relating to the bone density of the subject.
US12133749B2
A base body of a computed tomography drum is disclosed. In an embodiment, the base body includes at least the following components: a base plate, an outer ring and an inner ring. The inner ring is arranged concentrically with the outer ring. The outer ring and the inner ring are arranged on the base plate. At least two of the components are configured as separately producible components. Two of the separately producible components are connected to one another by way of at least one of: bonding, welding, riveting, clinching, clinch-bonding and/or rivet-bonding.
US12133746B2
A system for patient body imaging with live feed medical video consultation. The system includes an imaging booth with a plurality of cameras for capturing body images of a patient, a server for storing and transmitting patient images and patient information, a computer and/or mobile computing device in communication with the server, and a computer processing unit in communication with a program application that includes the ability to conduct or schedule a live feed video consultation between the patient and a medical provider where the live feed video consultation enables both the patient and the medical provider to view the patient's body images. The imaging booth may be a foldable total body imaging apparatus that includes a foldable floor to produce a compact folded apparatus having a small footprint when not in use.
US12133738B2
A computer-implemented method and system includes accessing neurophysiological and neurovascular data recorded during sleep. A device mounted on a subject's head during sleep can gather neurovascular data by measuring transcranial impedance. The device can be in the form of a single band, multiple bands, or a headcap that are worn on the subject's head. Electrodes located along an inner surface of the wearable device contact the subject's head and measure transcranial impedance. Transcranial impedance measurements are gathered from multiple locations on the subject's head and over multiple frequencies to obtain a more complete assessment of glymphatic flow.
US12133737B2
A cardiovascular implantable electronic device (CIED) and related method is disclosed. The CIED comprises a first lead for cardiac stimulation; one or more sensors for provision of sensor data; and a processing device comprising a processor, a communication interface and a lead interface. The the processor is configured to: obtain sensor data from the one or more sensors; determine a first set of first parameters based on the sensor data; determine a second set of second parameters based on the sensor data; determine a first cardiac event parameter indicative of a probability of a future cardiac event, wherein the first cardiac event parameter is based on one or more parameters of the first set and the second set; determine if one or more transmission criteria are satisfied; and, if so, transmit a first warning signal to an accessory device, the first warning signal being indicative of the first cardiac event parameter.
US12133720B2
Methods of restoring homeostatic capacity of a subject are provided. Aspects of the invention further include compositions, systems and devices for practicing the methods. The methods and compositions described herein find use in a variety of applications. Aspects of certain embodiments of the methods include modulating a subject's autonomic nervous system in a manner sufficient to restore the homeostatic capacity of the subject. Aspects of other embodiments of the invention include administering to the subject an amount of an apoptosis modulator effective to at least partially restore homeostatic function of the neuroendocrine system of the subject.
US12133714B2
Systems and methods for line excitation array detection (LEAD) microscopy. The systems and methods include an excitation beam from an optical beam source and a subject of interest. Light is scanned across the subject of interest and optical signals are detected using a parallel optical detection means. A number of mechanical, acoustic and/or optical components such as scanning mirrors, DMDs, OADs, electric motors may be used separately or in conjunction to aid in the scanning of the excitation beam across the subject of interest.
US12133713B2
A clinical intravital microscope with a heavy base; a motorized, mechanized or manual cantilever arm; and a microscope and camera portion at the distal end of the cantilever arm is provided. A method for observing and/or recording conditions such as blood flow, vessel characteristics, such as vessel density, tumor structure, tumor size and dimensions, is provided such that a physician is permitted to observe such information and characteristics in real-time.
US12133710B2
A method of generating a 3D model includes: determining a 3D surface comprising a preparation tooth using a first plurality of intraoral scans generated by an intraoral scanner at a first time; receiving one or more additional intraoral scans of the preparation tooth that were generated by the intraoral scanner at a second time; determining a change to one or more portions of the preparation tooth between the three-dimensional surface and the one or more additional intraoral scans; determining, based at least in part on the change to the preparation tooth, whether to use a) the 3D surface, b) data from the one or more additional intraoral scans or c) a combination of the 3D surface and the data from the one or more additional intraoral scans to depict one or more portions of the preparation tooth; and generating the 3D model comprising the preparation tooth.
US12133708B2
The present disclosure relates to systems, devices and methods for receiving biosensor data acquired by a medical device, e.g., relating to glucose concentration values, and controlling the access and distribution of that data. In some embodiments, systems and methods are disclosed for monitoring glucose levels, displaying data relating to glucose values and metabolic health information, and controlling distribution of glucose data between applications executing on a computer, such as a smart phone. In some embodiments, systems and methods are disclosed for controlling access to medical data such as continuously monitored glucose levels, synchronizing health data relating to glucose levels between multiple applications executing on a computer, and/or encrypting data.
US12133696B2
Disclosed biopsy markers are adapted to serve as localization markers during a surgical procedure. Adaptation includes incorporation of materials detectable under ultrasound during surgery, as well as features for co-registration with image guidance or other real-time imaging technologies during surgery. Such biopsy markers, when used as localization markers, improve patient comfort and reduce challenges in surgical coordination and surgery time. Additional disclosed biopsy markers are adapted to serve as monitoring and/or detection apparatuses. Localization of an implanted marker may be done with ultrasound technology. Ultrasound image data is analyzed to identify the implanted marker. A distance to the marker or a lesion may be determined and displayed. The determined distance may be a distance between the ultrasound probe and the marker or lesion, a distance between the marker or lesion and an incision instrument, and/or a distance between the ultrasound probe and the incision instrument.
US12133692B2
A method includes tracking one or more of a plurality of bones of a patient, adjusting a relationship between the plurality of bones to a desired rotation between the plurality of bones, and creating an implant placement plan based on the relationship. The implant placement plan includes a placement of a plate across the plurality of bones. The method also includes robotically assisting preparation of the plurality of bones to receive the plate in accordance with the implant placement plan.
US12133690B2
A system or method according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure includes receiving a preoperative image of a patient in a first posture; receiving an intraoperative image of the patient in a second posture; comparing the preoperative image of the patient in the first posture with the intraoperative image of the patient in the second posture; and determining, based on comparing the preoperative image of the patient in the first posture with the intraoperative image of the patient in the second posture, a difference between the first posture and the second posture, the adequate surgical changes are imparted to the second posture to achieve satisfactory surgical outcome.
US12133681B2
Described is a method and device for dilating a tubular anatomical structure. The device and method can be useful for extracting a blood clot in an artery of a mammal by concentrically irradiating an inner wall of the occluded artery using an ultraviolet (UV) laser beam delivered by an optical fiber. Dilation results from photophysical production and release of nitric oxide from the cells lining the arterial wall when UV laser light is projected as a ring beam onto the inner arterial wall.
US12133680B2
A medical device that includes a hand piece; a beam fiber; and a beam disperser located at a distal end of the beam fiber through which beam energy is dispersed. The beam disperser includes one face, or a plurality of substantially planar faces through which the beam energy is dispersed.
US12133676B2
An assembly for radiofrequency ablation of tissue. The assembly includes a cannula and an electrode. A cannula body includes a cannula bend, and a single side opening radially positioned on an outer side of the cannula body. The outer side may be opposite an inner side on which a tip terminates at a point. A cannula hub may include indicia on a face that corresponds to the inner side. An electrode bend of an electrode body may be formed at a same axial location along its length as the cannula bend is formed along the length of the cannula body. The electrode may include a thermocouple near a distal end of the electrode body to be either directed through the single side opening in a dual active tip mode, or seated in a distal section of the cannula body in a single active tip mode.
US12133675B2
The present invention relates to a treatment apparatus and a method of controlling the same. There are provided a treatment apparatus, including a handpiece, an RF generator generating RF energy, an insertion unit configured to advance and retract toward one direction of the handpiece, selectively inserted into a tissue, and electrically connected to the RF generator to transfer the RF energy to the inside of the tissue, and a substance storage unit receiving a therapeutic substance therein and detachably installed on one side of the handpiece to transfer the substance to the inside of the tissue by the advancing operation of the insertion unit and a method of controlling the same.
US12133674B2
Described herein are methods and apparatuses for the application of electric energy treatment(s) to skin tissue to alter pigmentation, and in particular to remove a tattoo. These methods and apparatuses may deliver pulsed electrical energy having a pulse duration in submicrosecond pulse range to provide high-field strength pulses that may effectively release tattoo ink and allow removal of tattoo ink regardless of ink color or composition.
US12133672B2
An apparatus includes a body, a shaft assembly, an end effector, and an articulation section. The articulation section is longitudinally interposed between a distal end of the shaft assembly and a proximal end of the end effector. The articulation section is configured to flex to thereby provide deflection of the end effector away from the longitudinal axis of the shaft assembly. The articulation section includes a first frame member, a second frame member, and a sleeve. The proximal end of the second frame member is proximal to the proximal end of the first frame member. The sleeve is disposed about the first and second frame members.
US12133666B2
A reducer comprises a reducing shaft for engaging a stabilization member, a reducer body for engaging a pedicle screw extender and receiving the reducing shaft along an axis, and one or more of a three-pawl clutch mechanism, a three-stage locking mechanism and a closure mechanism. The clutch mechanism comprises a clutch housing comprising a central passage into which the reducing shaft extends and ports intersecting the central passage, a clutch knob surrounding the clutch housing, and clutch pawls disposed within the ports. The locking mechanism attaches the reducer body to the pedicle screw extender and comprises a first pivoting lever comprising a toothed end, a second pivoting lever comprising a socket for engaging the tooth, and a protrusion configured to engage the pedicle screw extender. The closure mechanism comprises a driver shaft extending through the reducing shaft and a biasing element to bias the driver shaft to a retracted position.
US12133654B2
A surgical handpiece system for use with a drill bit having an identification feature that includes magnetic material. A handpiece transfers torque to the drill bit to rotate the drill bit. A measurement module that includes a housing is coupled to the handpiece. A measurement cannula made of a non-magnetic material surrounds the drill bit during operation. The measurement cannula extends forward or rearward relative to the housing and has a distal end adapted for placement against a workpiece. A transducer assembly generates a transducer signal based on a position of the measurement cannula relative to the housing. A sensor generates an identification signal responsive to a magnetic field or magnetoresistance of the identification feature of the drill bit through the measurement cannula during operation. A controller receives the identification signal and identifies the coupled drill bit corresponding to the received identification signal.
US12133647B2
A staple driver actuator for a surgical stapler includes a base having at least one bottom surface. The bottom surface defines a plane and is configured to slide longitudinally relative to a jaw of the surgical stapler. The staple driver actuator also includes a plurality of rails extending upwardly from the base. Each of the plurality of rails includes at least one cam surface, and each of the cam surfaces is inclined relative to the plane. The plurality of rails includes a laterally-opposed pair of outer rails and a laterally-opposed pair of inner rails. The staple driver actuator further includes a distal nose extending distally from at least a portion of the base and having at least one ledge surface. The ledge surface faces upwardly, is parallel to the plane, and is at least partially positioned distally relative to each of the outer and inner rails.
US12133643B2
The present invention relates to systems and methods for accessing the spine to place implants. In one embodiment, a system includes an adjustable rod structure having four rods radially surrounding a probe, a ring and a retractor. The adjustable rod structure is configured to have a closed and open profile controlled by the retractor such that the open profile creates a space between rods of the structure. The ring is configured to be placed within retracted rods to maintain the open profile after retraction. In a method embodiment, the adjustable rod structure is inserted through a percutaneous incision in the closed position until it reaches a target site. The retractor is then attached to the rods and used to retract the rods. The probe is then removed from within an opening created and a ring is advanced into the opening to hold the rods in place.
US12133642B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of tissue dissection. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to medical devices which lift and retract tissue during a dissection procedure to improve visualization of the target tissue and mitigate obstruction of dissection tools. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a tissue retraction device which moves from a constrained to relaxed configuration to immobilize and retract the dissected portion of target tissue during a dissection procedure.
US12133634B2
An endoscopic imaging apparatus comprises at least one light source (1, 2, 3) configured to provide excitation signals to an imaging region via a common transmission path. Each excitation signal has one of a plurality of different colours. A controller (100) is configured to control the at least one light source (1, 2, 3) to provide the excitation signals as a repeating time-interleaved sequence that comprises at least an excitation signal of a first one of the colours and a subsequent excitation signal of a second one of the colours. A monochrome detector (80) is configured, for each of at least some of the excitation signals, to receive at least part of a respective response signal emitted from the imaging region in response to the excitation signal and to generate image data based on the at least part of the response signal.
US12133629B2
A linkage assembly for a medical device may comprise: a rotatable member configured to rotate about a rotation axis; a piston; and a connecting rod rotatably connected to the rotatable member and the piston and movable along a range. A first end of the range may correspond to an initial position of a distal member movable by the linkage assembly, and a second end of the range may correspond to a final position of a distal member. In a first configuration of the connecting rod, at the first end of the range, a proximal end of the connecting rod may be offset from a longitudinal axis by a first amount, wherein the longitudinal axis is perpendicular to the rotation axis; In a second configuration of the connecting rod, at the second end of the range, the proximal end of the connecting rod may be offset from the longitudinal axis by a second amount. The second amount may be less than two-thirds of the first amount.
US12133627B2
Provided are an endoscope and a mounting component which are capable of safely detaching a distal end cap from a distal-end-portion body. An endoscope includes an operation part that is provided with an operation member; an insertion part that is provided on a distal end side of the operation part and is inserted into an object to be examined; an elevator that is provided in a distal end portion of the insertion part; a distal end cap that is mounted on the distal end portion and has an inner space communicating with a cap opening; an elevating operation wire of which a distal end side is connected to the elevator and which is pushed and pulled in response to operation of the operation member to operate the elevator; a wire channel through which the elevating operation wire is inserted; and a mounting component that is attachably and detachably mounted on the operation part, in which the mounting component has a wire fixing section that mechanically connects the operation member and the elevating operation wire to each other, and a jig section capable of detaching the distal end cap from the distal end portion.
US12133617B2
A dispenser for rolled paper includes a shell mounted to a spindle assembly which is mounted to a wall for convenient access in a bathroom or other facility. The dispenser also includes a lid assembly mounted to the shell and spindle assembly for rotational or pivotal movement to and between closed and open configurations. When in the closed configuration, a free edge of the paper roll may be pulled from the roll and the roll rotates on the spindle assembly for dispensing the paper. The paper roll may be inspected and/or replaced by rotation of the lid assembly about a pivot pin to an open configuration. Cooperating cam and cam surfaces and the bias of a spring on the pivot pin urge the lid assembly away from the shell during rotation toward the open configuration to allow for proper clearance and positioning of the lid assembly relative to the shell.
US12133615B2
A transportable kitchen workcell includes a prefabricated enclosure, a robotic arm secured within the enclosure, one or more food appliances, a food prep area and storage, a sensor assembly, and a processor operable to command the robotic arm to autonomously prepare a completed entree from a wide variety of raw ingredients. A dispensing unit is arranged in the enclosure for dispensing the raw ingredients onto a target surface according to a selected flowrate and based on real time feedback measured during dispensing. The workcell is self-contained and is adapted to be conveniently moved (e.g., towed) to a new location. A wide range of entrees may be completed without rearranging or retooling the equipment in the workcell. New food items may be prepared by the workcell by simply selecting the applicable program, or by downloading an update corresponding to the new food item.
US12133611B1
A calibration tool for a coffee grinder can receive an image generated using a light detection and ranging (LiDAR) system. The image can depict coffee grinds produced by the coffee grinder. The calibration tool can analyze the image using one or more image processing techniques to determine a representative grind size for the coffee grinds. The calibration tool can determine whether the representative grind size of the coffee grinds deviates from a predefined reference size by at least a threshold amount. In response to determining that the representative grind size of the coffee grinds deviates from the predefined reference size by at least the threshold amount, the calibration tool can output a notification associated with the deviation. The notification can include an instruction indicating how to calibrate the coffee grinder to more closely adhere to the predefined reference size.
US12133600B2
Apparatus and associated methods relate to packing and presenting confectionaries. In an illustrative example, a cupcake bouquet frame may be assembled by (releasably) coupling an upper cover and a lower base. The cupcake bouquet frame, for example, may include spatially distributed cupcake holders on a continuous surface of the upper cover. The cupcake holders may be formed by following cutlines disposed on the upper cover. In a stowage mode, the cupcake holders may be substantially continuous with the continuous surface. In a display mode, when a cupcake is inserted into a cupcake holder, a portion of the continuous surface is displaced to support a bottom of the cupcake while remaining in physical connection to the continuous surface. Various embodiments may advantageously provide an easy to assemble, aesthetically pleasing, and/or cost-effective frame for creating a cupcake bouquet that resembles a flower bouquet.
US12133588B1
A silicone shoulder pad that can protect neck scratches, prevent slipping and reduce pressure on shoulders is provided, which includes a shoulder pad body, the shoulder pad body includes an upper pad portion and a lower pad portion that are correspondingly provided and connected, an installation channel is formed between the upper pad portion and the lower pad portion, the upper pad portion is provided with a wire groove connected to the installation channel. The upper pad portion forms a first shoulder protection edge and a second shoulder protection edge through the wire groove; an outer surface of the lower pad portion is fixedly provided with a protruding structure, and a pressure reduction groove is provided in the installation channel. Through the above arrangement, the silicone shoulder pad can be detachably connected to a shoulder strap, has anti-slip and pressure reducing effects.
US12133583B2
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture for a luggage wheel assembly are disclosed and described. An example luggage wheel assembly includes: a first portion formed to affix to luggage; a cylindrical member to movably position a wheel with respect to the first portion; and a second portion formed to secure the wheel with respect to the first portion, the second portion attached to the first portion by the cylindrical member.
US12133580B2
A wearing member includes: a strap part including a first portion and a second portion extending from the first portion, and a fastening part slidable along the first portion. The first portion extends from one end thereof and passes through the fastening part, and the other end of the first portion is connected to the second portion. The second portion includes one end extending from the first portion, and the other end coupled with the fastening part. The fastening part includes a cover including a magnet, and a fastening part lower member. In a first state, the magnet is spaced apart from the first portion, and the fastening part is slidable from the first portion. In a second state, the first portion is in contact with the magnet, and the fastening part is fixed to the first portion.
US12133575B2
The specification discusses various lacing engine configurations for use in an automated footwear platform. For example, lacing engines with mechanisms to detect lace cable position and/or lace cable tensions are discussed. In an example, the lacing engine can include a housing, a lace spool and a detection mechanism. The lace spool can be at least partially disposed within the housing, and be adapted to collect a portion of the lace cable in response to rotation in a first direction during tightening of the footwear platform. The detection mechanism can detect a state of the lace cable manipulated by the lacing engine.
US12133572B1
An article of footwear includes a sole structure and an upper secured to the sole structure. The upper includes a first portion forming the hindfoot section of the upper and a second portion forming the forefoot section of the upper. The first portion is a textile laminate including an inner layer facing the cavity, an outer layer forming an exterior of the shoe, and an intermediate layer disposed between inner and outer layers. The second portion is textile possessing a unitary knit construction.
US12133567B2
Face protection equipment that comprises an eye imaging module for measuring an eye component (such as a retina, sclera, cornea, iris, limbus, pupil, or eyelid), can be used to measure an ocular parameter (such as saccades, vergence, smooth pursuit, gaze, eye fixation, pupil size, or eyeblinks). This ocular parameter measurement can then be used to assess human health, such as a traumatic brain injury. It can also be used to develop and implement ocular training protocols on a user-viewable display, and to assess the effects of a pharmacologic intervention.
US12133566B2
A protective suit comprising: a head portion comprising a fluid-filled head portion chamber; a neck portion releasably secured to the head portion and comprising a neck portion chamber, wherein the fluid-filled head portion chamber is in fluid communication with the neck portion chamber; and a torso portion releasably secured to the neck portion and comprising a fluid-filled torso portion chamber, wherein the fluid-filled torso portion chamber is in fluid communication with the neck portion chamber; and wherein the head portion is configured to be disposed on a head of the wearer, the neck portion is configured to be disposed in an arcuate manner around a neck of the wearer, and the torso portion is configured to be disposed on a torso of the wearer, such that when a force of an impact is received on the head portion, fluid from the fluid-filled head portion chamber is transferred into the neck portion chamber to support the neck of the wearer against translational and rotational forces imparted to the wearer, and when a force of an impact is received on the torso portion, fluid from the fluid-filled torso portion chamber is transferred to the neck portion chamber to support the neck of the wearer against translational and rotational forces imparted to the wearer.
US12133560B2
A two piece, composite men's underwear garment. In a preferred embodiment, boxer briefs, briefs are comprised of a first, outer layer and a second, inner layer. The first, outer layer covers the back area and thighs, and is as long as required or desired, while the crotch area is open, and is attachable to the inner-layer through the waistband, typically using a belt passing through the waist band, which may have one or more openings to assist in attachment. The second, inner layer is similar to a jockstrap covering a crotch area and attached to the outer-layer's waistband using a belt. In an alternative embodiment the boxers can be replaced with a brief, or other style first, outer layer. Additionally, the waist band of the first, outer layer can be comprised of one or more buttons enabling the adjusting the first, outer layer between three different sizes.
US12133559B2
A method of preventing unauthorized use of an aerosol provision device may include receiving a wireless signal including an unlock code for unlocking the aerosol provision device, processing the wireless signal to determine host device characterization information or environmental context information, tuning processing circuitry to process the unlock code based on the host device characterization information or environmental context information, and transitioning the aerosol provision device from a locked state to an unlocked state responsive to processing the unlock code.
US12133550B2
A molding apparatus, a cigarette filter rod and a preparation method thereof are disclosed. The molding apparatus comprises a single-screw extrusion system and a cooling setting system. The single-screw extrusion system comprises a feeder and an extruder. The feeder is arranged on the extruder. The extruder comprises a cylinder. A heater is arranged outside the cylinder. A screw is arranged inside the cylinder, and a mouth mold is arranged at one end of the cylinder. The cooling setting system comprises a round tube and a cooler. The cooler (6) is arranged outside the round tube. One end of the round tube is butted with the mouth mold of the extruder; and multiple groups of grooves are formed on threads of the head of the screw.
US12133537B2
Food products and systems and methods for their production involve subjecting pasteurized milk to a concentration process thereby forming liquid concentrated milk, then fermenting the liquid concentrated milk to form a fermented concentrated milk product. The fermented concentrated milk product is combined with a liquid emulsifying agent, thereby forming a food product. The food product is formed without the fermented concentrated milk product and the food product reaching a temperature of 145° F.
US12133531B2
Herbicidal mixtures comprising L-glufosinate or its salt and at least one bleacher herbicide The present invention relates to herbicidal mixture comprising L-glufosinate or its salt and at least one bleacher herbicide. The invention furthermore relates to a method for controlling undesirable vegetation in burndown programs, in industrial vegetation management and forestry, in vegetable and perennial crops and in turf and lawn.
US12133528B2
Compositions and methods for controlling plant pests are disclosed. In particular, novel insecticidal proteins having toxicity against Coleopteran and/or Lepidopteran insect pests are provided. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the novel insecticidal proteins are also provided. Methods of making the insecticidal proteins and methods of using the insecticidal proteins and nucleic acids encoding the insecticidal proteins of the invention, for example in transgenic plants to confer protection from insect damage, are also disclosed.
US12133519B2
An anti-vermin apparatus for protecting suspended, overhead lines. The apparatus includes a line cover with an elongate junction. Two panels are connected to the junction and depending downwards from it. The panels are angled away from each other. The junction has a line mounting wall disposed towards a line. The wall is in moveable contact with the line and permits side-to-side rocking of the line cover. A ridge is connected to the junction and extends along its length. The ridge is located on the opposite side of the line mounting wall. The panels and the ridge are sized and shaped to balance the line cover on the line so that if a vermin applies force to one or both of the panels, it causes rotation of the line cover on the line a sufficient amount so that the vermin falls.
US12133511B2
A biodegradable duck nesting system includes a first member having a hollow interior, and a second member disposed in the first member. The system includes a biodegradable hollow enclosure having an opening sized to allow a duck to enter and/or exit the enclosure. The system also includes a predator prevention member located below the enclosure for preventing predators from contacting the enclosure.
US12133509B2
A wheelchair for quadrupedal animals enables a limb-disabled four-legged animal, with its trunk cradled in the wheelchair's harness, not only to ambulate on its own, but also, upon halting its wheelchair-assisted ambulation, to transition into sitting and prone positions, and from either of those positions, to transition back into a standing position to again ambulate on its own, independently, without need for human manual assistance. The quadrupedal animal wheelchair includes: a quadruped-supporting main frame; the trunk-cradling harness; at least a pair of wheel stays carrying wheels; a control unit; a wheel-state sensor; and drive mechanisms for altering the position of the wheels in the wheel stays. Analyzing wheel state input from the sensor, the control unit determines wheel position, and commands the drive mechanisms to alter the wheel positions so as to transition the wheelchair into and back from positions allowing the animal to sit, lie prone, or stand.
US12133493B2
A plant cultivation apparatus has a lighting module that is provided above a bed in a cabinet, and the lighting module includes a light source part including a plurality of light sources, a lighting case in which the light source part is provided, and a lighting cover coupled to the lighting case and covering the light source part. The lighting module is removably mounted to the cabinet in a removable manner.
US12133492B2
A pot system and apparatus comprises an outer shell, an inner vented container configured to fit inside the outer shell, the inner vented container further comprising: a top lip, an upper basket, and a soil chamber, the pot system being configured to prevent root rot, provide air pruning, and to foster bacterial growth and air circulation to passively scrub indoor air.
US12133490B1
A tower garden for vertical farming includes a vertical column with a plurality of vertical growth modules. The plurality of vertical growth modules are stacked over and connected to each other in a vertical direction and are configured to grow plants in the vertical direction. The tower garden further includes a base positioned below the vertical column. The base is configured to receive a reservoir including an agricultural medium. The tower garden further includes a perforated hose extending from the base of the vertical column in the vertical direction. The perforated hose is configured as a conduit for the agricultural medium to flow upwards and cascade over roots of the plants. Each growth module includes a plastic pocket with a hole.
US12133483B2
A walk-behind self-propelled working machine includes a main body, an operation switch, and a handle device. The main body includes a moving assembly and a drive motor. The operation switch is connected to the drive motor. The handle device is connected to the main body and includes an operation member, a connecting rod, and a sensing device. The operation member includes a gripping portion for a user to hold. The connecting rod is connected to the main body. The sensing device is configured to sense a thrust that is applied to the handle device to drive the walk-behind self-propelled working machine and further includes a pressure sensor and a pressing member. When the gripping portion receives the thrust, the pressing member applies a force along a preset straight line to the pressure sensor to drive the pressure sensor to deform.
US12137621B2
Some embodiments relate to an integrated chip including a memory device. The memory device includes a bottom electrode disposed over a semiconductor substrate. An upper electrode is disposed over the bottom electrode. An intercalated metal/dielectric structure is sandwiched between the bottom electrode and the upper electrode. The intercalated metal/dielectric structure comprises a lower dielectric layer over the bottom electrode, an upper dielectric layer over the lower dielectric layer, and a first metal layer separating the upper dielectric layer from the lower dielectric layer.
US12137604B2
Provided are an organometallic compound represented by Formula 1 and an organic light-emitting device including the same: wherein, in Formula 1, Y1, Y2, Xa, Xb, ring CY1, ring CY2, R1, R2, A1 to A7, a1, and a2 are as defined in the specification.
US12137603B2
A flexible display module and a display device are provided. The flexible display module includes: a flexible substrate; a display layer, disposed on the flexible substrate; a reinforcement layer, disposed on a side of the display layer distal to the flexible substrate; a protective layer, disposed on a side of the reinforcement layer distal to the flexible substrate; a polarizing layer, disposed between the display layer and the reinforcement layer; a touch layer, disposed between the polarizing layer and the display layer; and a base film, disposed on a back surface of the flexible substrate; wherein material of the reinforcement layer comprises glass and a thickness of the reinforcement layer ranges from 10 μm to 150 μm.
US12137601B2
An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) deposition system includes two deposition chambers, a transfer chamber between the two deposition chambers, a metrology system having one or more sensors to perform measurements of the workpiece within the transfer chamber, and a control system to cause the system to form an organic light-emitting diode layer stack on the workpiece. Vacuum is maintained around the workpiece while the workpiece is transferred between the two deposition chambers and while retaining the workpiece within the transfer chamber. The control system is configured to cause the two deposition chambers to deposit two layers of organic material onto the workpiece, and to receive a first plurality of measurements of the workpiece in the transfer chamber from the metrology system.
US12137599B2
A display apparatus includes a substrate including a first region and a second region spaced apart from each other in a first direction, and a plurality of display elements arranged in a display area in which the first region and the second region are disposed. The first region and the second region are circular, a diameter of the first region is about equal to a diameter of the second region.
US12137596B2
The display device includes a display panel and an input detection member. The input detection member includes a first conductive pattern, a first insulating layer covering the first conductive pattern, a second conductive pattern disposed on the first insulating layer, and a second insulating layer covering the second conductive pattern. Both the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer include an organic material. The refractive index of the second insulating layer is greater than that of the first insulating layer.
US12137593B2
A display substrate includes multiple light-emitting units. At least one light-emitting unit includes a first light-emitting device that emits first-color light and a second light-emitting device that emits second-color light. The display substrate displays a first color in a first view angle range smaller than a first view angle, and displays a second color in a second view angle range larger than a second view angle. Or, the display substrate displays the second color in the first view angle range smaller than the first view angle, and displays the first color in the second view angle range larger than the second view angle. The view angle is an included angle between a line of sight of a viewer and a normal of a viewing region in the display substrate, and the second view angle is larger than the first view angle.
US12137578B2
A display device includes a display region in which a plurality of pixels are arranged two-dimensionally. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a light-emitting layer and an optical member that refracts light from the light-emitting layer. In an orthographic projection of a first optical member included in a first pixel with respect to the light-emitting layer, a position of an apex of the first optical member and a position of a center of the first optical member are separated by a first distance.
US12137576B2
Provided is a light emitting apparatus including a substrate including a plurality of light emitting devices, wherein the substrate further includes a plurality of first members configured to diffuse light emitted from at least one of the light emitting devices, and a second member that is positioned between the first members, wherein the second member includes a light absorbing layer.
US12137566B2
A semiconductor device and method of forming thereof that includes a transistor of a peripheral circuit on a substrate. A first interconnect structure such as a first access line is formed over the transistor. A via extends above the first access line. A plurality of memory cell structures is formed over the interconnect structure and the via. A second interconnect structure, such as a second access line, is formed over the memory cell structure. The first access line is coupled to a first memory cell of the plurality of memory cell structures and second access line is coupled to a second memory cell of the plurality of memory cell structures.
US12137562B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide methods of manufacturing a semiconductor device. In a method, a stack of alternating gate layers and insulating layers is formed over a first region and a second region of a substrate of the semiconductor device. The stack of alternating gate layers and insulating layers is of a stair-step form over the second region of the substrate. A channel structure is formed over the first region and dummy channel structures are formed over the second region. The dummy channel structures includes a first dummy channel structure disposed through a first stair region of the stair-step form, a second dummy channel structure disposed through a second stair region of the stair-step form adjacent to the first stair region, and a third dummy channel structure disposed at a boundary between the first stair region and the second stair region.
US12137554B2
A three-dimensional memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers located over a substrate, memory stack structures vertically extending through the alternating stack, etch stop plates located in the staircase region, laterally and vertically spaced apart among one another, and overlying an end portion of a respective one of the electrically conductive layers, and contact via structures located in a staircase region, vertically extending through a respective one of the etch stop plates, and contacting a respective one of the electrically conductive layers.
US12137551B2
Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having a semiconductor-containing structure with a body region vertically between an upper region and a lower region. The upper region includes a first source/drain region. The lower region is split into two legs which are both joined to the body region. One of the legs includes a second source/drain region and the other of the legs includes a body contact region. The first and second source/drain regions are of a first conductivity type, and the body contact region is of a second conductivity type which is opposite to the first conductivity type. An insulative material is adjacent to the body region. A conductive gate is adjacent to the insulative material. A transistor includes the semiconductor-containing structure, the conductive gate and the insulative material. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated assemblies.
US12137546B2
An electromagnetic interface (EMI) shielding material and method for producing the electromagnetic interface (EMI) shielding material. The EMI shielding material including a polymer matrix and a van der Waals material embedded in the polymer matrix and forming quasi-one-dimensional atomic threads, and wherein the van der Waals material is a trichalcogenide compound.
US12137544B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a radio wave absorber having excellent radio wave absorption against oblique incidence, particularly against oblique incidence of radio waves at around 79 GHz. The object can be achieved by a radio wave absorber having characteristic A: an absorption range with absorption performance of 15 dB or more within the frequency band of 75 to 85 GHz of 4 GHz or more in a TM polarization measurement at 45° incidence and/or characteristic B: an absorption range with absorption performance of 15 dB or more within the frequency band of 75 to 85 GHz of 4 GHz or more in a TE polarization measurement at 45° incidence.
US12137543B2
A power conversion apparatus includes: a converter main circuit converting AC power into DC power; an inverter main circuit converting, into AC power, the DC power obtained by conversion by the converter main circuit; and a common cooler cooling first switching elements included in the inverter main circuit and second switching elements included in the converter main circuit. The first switching elements are modularized in units of one or more elements to form first modules. The second switching elements are modularized in units of one or more elements to form second modules. The first and second modules are mounted on a first surface of a base of the cooler. The first modules are arranged in a first direction on the first surface. The second modules are arranged such that two or more second modules are continuously arranged in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction on the first surface.
US12137542B1
A power conversion apparatus includes a case having a heat-dissipation property, and including a housing part formed to surround a predetermined space, a resin material having a thermal conductivity, the resin material being provided in the predetermined space, a coil disposed in the predetermined space, a coil case having a shape that fits with the housing part, the coil case being configured to house the coil, and a power semiconductor device disposed along a side wall of the coil case. The power semiconductor device is pressed and fixed between a side wall of the housing part and the side wall of the coil case in a state where a heat dissipation surface is in contact with the side wall of the housing part.
US12137539B1
An electronic device heat dissipation system with a sugar alcohol PCM energy storage unit includes a cooling circulation pipeline, a heat dissipation cold plate, an energy storage heat exchanger, a crystal powder feeder, and a radiator. Fluid in the cooling circulation pipeline flows sequentially through the heat dissipation cold plate and the energy storage heat exchanger, and the fluid flowing out of the energy storage heat exchanger can optionally pass through the radiator. The energy storage heat exchanger is filled with a sugar alcohol PCM as an energy storage medium, the energy storage medium can absorb heat, melt, solidify and regenerate, and the crystal powder feeder input crystal powder of the energy storage medium to improve a solidification and regeneration speed of the energy storage medium. Heat storage capacity of the sugar alcohol PCM is used, combined with the radiator and the heat dissipation cold plate to achieve temperature control.
US12137535B2
A thermal management system for a computing device often includes one or more internal heat pipes and conductive structures to move heat from one or more heat-generating components within the computing device to a heat exchanger. For an air-cooled device, one or more exhaust fans blow air across the heat exchanger to transfer heat from the heat exchanger to the air before it is exhausted out of the computing device. While operation of the exhaust fans may be necessary to maintain device temperature below one or more thresholds, exhaust fan operation may be optimized to maximize the user experience. The presently disclosed technology applies distinct exhaust fan speed and/or direction profiles for each of one or more exhaust fans within the computing device to maximize the user experience, particularly to reduce or avoid blowing hot air at the user's hand.
US12137530B2
A method that includes receiving an indication at a modular electronic system of initiation of online removal for a module removably inserted into a slot of the modular electronic system, increasing a fan speed at the modular electronic system before the module is removed, monitoring an internal temperature at the modular electronic system, and providing an indication that the module is ready for removal upon reaching a specified cooling state at the modular electronic system based on the temperature monitoring. A panel on an adjacent module is opened and extends into the slot upon removal of the module to substantially block airflow bypass from the slot and maintain cooling within the modular electronic system. An apparatus and logic are also disclosed herein.
US12137513B2
A method for generating atmospheric pressure cold plasma inside a hand-held unit discharges cold plasma with simultaneously different rf wavelengths and their harmonics. The unit includes an rf tuning network that is powered by a low-voltage power supply connected to a series of high-voltage coils and capacitors. The rf energy signal is transferred to a primary containment chamber and dispersed through an electrode plate network of various sizes and thicknesses to create multiple frequencies. Helium gas is introduced into the first primary containment chamber, where electron separation is initiated. The energized gas flows into a secondary magnetic compression chamber, where a balanced frequency network grid with capacitance creates the final electron separation, which is inverted magnetically and exits through an orifice with a nozzle. The cold plasma thus generated has been shown to be capable of accelerating a healing process in flesh wounds on animal laboratory specimens.
US12137509B2
A lossy dielectric heat source transducer or other transducer can be formed using a multi-layer substrate, such as can include a power layer (to receive an applied electromagnetic input signal), a polyurethane or other polymeric electromagnetic energy absorption layer, and a coupling layer therebetween. The absorption layer can be doped with carbon or another dopant material to increase electromagnetic energy absorption. The coupling layer can be doped with barium titanate or another dopant material to focus electromagnetic energy passing through the coupling layer toward the absorption layer. Frequency-selective addressing of particular transducers can include using a plurality of planar resonators, which can be configured to resonate at the same or different specified frequencies of the applied electromagnetic input. Such addressing of such frequency-sensitive structures can permit location-specific actuation of one or more transducers.
US12137507B2
The present disclosure relates to a lighting technology device, comprising a controller, a memory functionally connected to the controller, and an NFC antenna integrated in a casing or arranged on a board carrying the controller and the memory, wherein the antenna comprises two planar antenna wing elements arranged at an angle between 80° and 100°, preferably 85° to 95° with respect to each other, and wherein the controller is configured to process NFC data received from the antenna and store in said memory said data for programming the lighting technology device.
US12137506B2
A method for training a machine for automatizing lighting control actions, wherein the method comprises the steps of: controlling one or more lighting devices to render a first light effect based on a first set of control parameters; controlling the one or more lighting devices to render a second light effect based on a second set of control parameters by transitioning over a transitioning time period from the first light effect to the second light effect; receiving a feedback from a user during a feedback time period; wherein if the feedback has been received within a predetermined time period during the feedback time period; associating the feedback with the transition; and wherein if the feedback has been received after the predetermined time period during the feedback time period; associating the feedback with the second light effect; and wherein the method further comprises training the machine based on the associated feedback.
US12137503B2
Presented are average current mode control systems and methods for driving a load with a constant current. In embodiments, this is accomplished when, in response to a zero-current detection circuit detecting a zero current condition in the load current, a compensation circuit is disconnected from a first error amplifier to enable that error amplifier to provide a first voltage to a second error amplifier. The second error amplifier increases a charging current in a capacitor to reduce a dead time in the load current. Similarly, in response to an overcurrent detection circuit detecting an overcurrent condition in the load current, the compensation circuit is disconnected from the first error amplifier to enable the first error amplifier to provide a second voltage to the second error amplifier to decrease the charging current and reduce an overshoot condition.
US12137502B2
A linear driving module includes: a control circuit, a dimming module, and a low-dropout regulator. The control circuit generates switch signals in response to a change in a pulsed DC voltage. The dimming module receives the pulsed DC voltage. The dimming module includes dimming units. Light-emitting diode units in the dimming units are in a light-on state or a light-off state. The low-dropout regulator receives an input voltage from the dimming unit, and converts the input voltage into a regulated voltage. The input voltage varies with the number of light-emitting diode units in the light-on state. The input voltage is lower than the pulsed DC voltage, and the regulated voltage is lower than the input voltage.
US12137500B2
A light emitter device contains a heater structure configured to emit light if a predefined current flows through the heater structure. The heater structure is arranged at a heater carrier structure. The light emitter device contains an upper portion of a cavity located vertically between the heater carrier structure and a cover structure. The light emitter device contains a lower portion of the cavity located vertically between the heater carrier structure and at least a portion of a carrier substrate. The heater carrier structure contains a plurality of holes connecting the upper portion of the cavity and the lower portion of the cavity. A pressure within the cavity is less than 100 mbar.
US12137496B1
A method and apparatus to address the problems of supporting uplink positioning in mobile network is provided. The method of the terminal includes receiving a RRC message including SuspendConfig, performing state transition to RRC_INACTIVE and cell selection, determining whether to perform TYPE1-I-SRS transmission or TYPE2-I-CRS transmission based on presence and absence of srs-PosRRC-Inactive and/or srs_positioning_inactive_multi_cell in the SuspendConfig in the RRC message and performing SRS transmission based on determination.
US12137495B2
An inactivity timer control method applicable to a terminal is provided. The method includes: detecting on a channel of a sidelink whether a data transmission is performed; and starting or restarting, in response to determining that the data transmission is performed on the channel of the sidelink, an inactivity timer.
US12137494B2
A method and apparatus for performing uplink transmission is provided. The method includes receiving an RRC Release message from a base station, The RRC Release message includes SuspendConfig, causing a wireless device to transition to the RRC_INACTIVE state in response to receiving the RRC Release message and to perform cell selection. The wireless device initiates an RRC CONNECTION RESUME in the cell, and perform a PUSCH transmission.
US12137493B2
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided herein for handling rejection cases related to Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session establishment. For example, a method is provided that comprises causing transmission of a PDU session establishment request message for a PDU session of a data session type to a data network, receiving a response message to the PDU session establishment request message indicating that the PDU session establishment request for the PDU session of the data session type to the data network is rejected, wherein the response message comprises a rejection cause, and analyzing the rejection cause to identify re-attempt criteria for transmission of a further PDU session establishment request message for a PDU session of a further data session type or to a further data network.
US12137489B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for dynamically controlling sidelink resources in a communication network. In one aspect, a method for configuring resources in a communication network, includes: establishing a first data connection with a user equipment; establishing a second data connection with a vehicle user equipment; transmitting to the user equipment via the first data connection an indication to activate a pool of V2X sidelink resources; and transmitting to the vehicle user equipment via the second data connection the indication to activate the pool of V2X sidelink resources.
US12137481B2
An O-RU may receive a PRACH preamble and a PUSCH within a plurality of symbols of a slot, the PRACH and the PUSCH having different numerology. The O-RU may filter a PUSCH CP for each symbol of the PRACH preamble through a FFT window per symbol of the PRACH preamble, the FFT window extending from the end of the PUSCH CP within a symbol to the end of the symbol, and perform FFT per the FFT window of each symbol of the PRACH preamble. The O-RU may extract I/Q data in frequency domain corresponding to the PRACH preamble, adjust phase shift of the extracted I/Q data to generate the I/Q data of the PRACH preamble accounting for shift of the each FFT window in time domain compared to FFT windows of PRACH CP filtered PRACH preamble and send the I/Q data of the PRACH preamble to an O-DU.
US12137467B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for enhancement of MBMS transmission reliability. A UE may receive PDCP PDUs via a PTM link from a network. The UE may determine to provide feedback regarding receipt of the PDCP PDUs, e.g., based, at least in part, on an occurrence of a triggering event. The triggering event may be configured by the network and may include the UE receiving a request for feedback from the network, the UE determining that at least one PDCP PDU is missing, the UE determining that a number of missing PDCP PDUs exceeds a threshold, and/or the UE determining that a PDCP reordering window is changing based on expiration of a PDCP reordering timer. The UE may transmit feedback associated with receipt of the PDCP PDUs. The feedback may include an indication of missing PDCP PDUs, e.g., such as an indication of a sequence number associated with missing PDCP PDUs.
US12137460B2
Methods, apparatus, and systems are disclosed. One method includes the WTRU receiving a first Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) associated with a first type of service or priority level in a first slot or mini slot and a second PDSCH associated with a second type of service or priority level in a second slot or mini-slot and determining a first HARQ codebook acknowledgment index (HCAI) based on a property of the first PDSCH or control information associated with the first PDSCH and a second HCAI based on a property of the second PDSCH or control information associated with the second PDSCH. The method includes generating for a subsequent slot or mini-slot, a first Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) including first HARQ-ACK information in accordance with the first HCAI and a second PUCCH including second HARQ-ACK information in accordance with the second HCAI and transmitting the first and second PUCCHs.
US12137459B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for converging IoT technology with a 5G communication system for supporting higher data transmission rates after 4G systems, and a system for same. The present invention discloses a method and device for efficiently transmitting control information for multiple pieces of data transmitted to a terminal in order to efficiently support cooperative communication. Specifically, a method for a terminal in a wireless communication system to receive downlink data includes steps for: detecting first downlink control information (DCI) scrambled by a cell-radio network temporary identifier (CRNTI); detecting second DCI scrambled by an RNTI for cooperative communication, when the first DCI has been detected; determining, when the second DCI has been detected, whether the second DCI is valid; and receiving, according to the first DCI and the second DCI, two or more pieces of downlink data when the second DCI has been determined to be valid.
US12137451B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for providing downlink control for multi-TRP transmission. A network-side device may provide a downlink control information transmission to a wireless device scheduling downlink transmission to the wireless device from multiple transmission reception points. The downlink transmission may relate to Hybrid automatic repeat request process and/or system information transmission. And the downlink control information may include information about scheduling of HARQ processes from different TRPs, and/or information about scheduling of SI transmission from different TRPs. The wireless device may receive the downlink transmissions from the plurality of transmission reception points in accordance with the downlink control information.
US12137449B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed. In an example from the perspective of a User Equipment (UE), the UE receives one or more signals indicative of a first Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) and a second PUSCH on a first cell and in a Transmission Time Interval (TTI). The UE determines to transmit a first Uplink Control Information (UCI) in the TTI, wherein the first UCI overlaps with the first PUSCH and the second PUSCH in time domain. The UE selects the first PUSCH for multiplexing the first UCI based on whether the UE is configured with joint Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) feedback mode or separate HARQ feedback mode. The UE transmits the first PUSCH and the second PUSCH on the first cell, wherein the first PUSCH transmitted on the first cell includes the first UCI.
US12137445B2
The present disclosure is applicable to the technical field of mobile communications, and a resource allocation method is provided, this method includes: receiving a SIM card activate request, the SIM card activate request includes identification information of the SIM card; obtaining information of a corresponding carrier of the SIM card according to the identification information; selecting a cloud modem that matches with the information of the carrier from a set of cloud modems as a target cloud modem; sending an indication message for enabling the SIM card to the target cloud modem, the indication message for enabling the SIM card includes the identification information and is used to instruct the target cloud modem to access a mobile communication network of the corresponding carrier of the SIM card according to the identification information.
US12137438B2
A communication method includes determining, by a network device, a first signal. The first signal includes a primary synchronization signal PSS, a secondary synchronization signal SSS, and a first physical broadcast channel PBCH. A frequency domain bandwidth occupied by the PSS, the SSS, and the first PBCH is less than 240 subcarriers. The PSS, the SSS, and the first PBCH are mapped to different time-domain symbols. The method also includes sending, by the network device, the first signal.
US12137435B2
The present invention relates to a system and a method for managing communication between at least one NB-IoT device and an application server. The method comprises continuously receiving, at a mobility management unit, one or more data request from the application server for the at least one NB-IoT device. The mobility management unit transmits a paging request to the at least one NB-IoT device and dynamically monitors a response to the paging request from the at least one NB-IoT device. The mobility management unit continuously buffers the one or more data request based on the dynamic monitoring, and transmits, the one or more buffered data request based on one of an expiry of the paging request and the dynamic monitoring for managing communication between at least one NB-IoT device and the application server.
US12137431B2
Methods and systems for managing AMF re-allocation is provided. The method for managing AMF reallocation during UE registration procedure with a 5G network comprises: determining if the first AMF may send a routing assistance information to the UE, on the first AMF determining that the first AMF is not a right AMF to serve the UE; sending a routing assistance information, to the UE, as response to a first registration request message; receiving routing assistance information from the first AMF; sending a second registration request message to a 5G RAN of the 5G network comprising a portion of content included in the routing assistance information; and routing the second registration request message to a second AMF of the 5G network, wherein the second AMF is determined by the 5G RAN based on the portion of content included in the routing assistance information.
US12137430B2
A disclosure of the present specification provides a method for managing a PDU session performed by an SMF node. The method may comprise the steps of: determining to release an MA PDU session for at least one access of a 3GPP access and a non-3GPP access; and transmitting a message associated with the release of the PDU session to an AMF node.
US12137429B2
A Node-B sends a polling message to a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). The WTRU sends an uplink synchronization burst in response to the polling message without contention. The Node-B estimates an uplink timing shift based on the synchronization burst and sends an uplink timing adjustment command to the WTRU. The WTRU then adjusts uplink timing based on the uplink timing adjustment command. Alternatively, the Node-B may send a scheduling message for uplink synchronization to the WTRU. The WTRU may send a synchronization burst based on the scheduling message. Alternatively, the WTRU may perform contention-based uplink synchronization after receiving a synchronization request from the Node-B. The WTRU may enter an idle state instead of performing a handover to a new cell when the WTRU moves to the new cell. A discontinuous reception (DRX) interval for the WTRU may be set based on activity of the WTRU.
US12137427B2
For wireless communication in the industrial environment, there is, inter alia, an iWLAN protocol, which meets the requirements but provides no time synchronization in the data transmission. According to the invention, an additional—ideally wireless—channel is used for the synchronization. In an advantageous embodiment of the invention, a simple radio system is used for this. Pulses or telegrams for time synchronization are initiated directly from a unit, which is designed as hardware and which is responsible for the time synchronization and which has a highly accurate clock, or supplied on the side to be synchronized of such a unit. The radio system can be designed very simply and unidirectionally. The transmission process is started without delay in order to prevent variable delays.
US12137424B2
Systems and methods are provided for dynamic power allocation of a first maximum uplink power and a second maximum uplink power, wherein the first maximum uplink power is used by a first transmitter to communicate with a first access point and the second maximum uplink power is used by a second transmitter to communicate with a second access point (dual connectivity). Network parameters are determined based on characteristics and/or qualities of the downlink and/or uplink signals of a wireless communication session. In response to the determined network parameters, the WCD may increase a first maximum uplink power and decrease a second maximum uplink power in order to establish or maintain dual connectivity without exceeding the device's maximum total uplink power.
US12137422B2
A communication device includes: a communication unit that is allowed to simultaneously perform data transmission and data reception by using a same band; an acquisition unit that acquires information regarding self-interference generated at a time when the data transmission and the data reception are simultaneously performed by using the same band; and a communication control unit that performs control regarding the data transmission based on information regarding the self-interference or information from another device generated based on the information regarding the self-interference.
US12137415B2
A user equipment (UE), or other network component can operate to generate listen-before-talk (LBT) operations in order to manage power consumption by configuring the discontinuous reception (DRX) in a dynamic manner. The UE can configure an extended active time for the DRX based on whether the LBT is successful and an acquisition channel indication from a base station, e.g., a next generation NodeB (gNB). The UE can operate aperiodic wakeup occasions with or independently of periodic DRX on-durations to better manage power while monitoring a channel for unlicensed carrier communications.
US12137413B2
Procedures and mechanisms for narrowband multi-channel transmission for wakeup radio (WUR) operation are disclosed. A station (STA) operating in WUR mode may have its a primary connectivity radio (PCR) turned off and its WUR turned and operating according to previously negotiated WUR operating parameters. The STA may monitor, for WUR beacons and frames over a first WUR channel, and determine that the first WUR channel does not support reliable transmission based on no beacons being received within a first duration. The STA may turn off the WUR, and turn on the PCR to send a first short WUR frame including a wakeup reason, and receive a second short WUR frame with a WUR channel assignment. The STA may turn off the PCR, turn on the WUR, and monitor for WUR signals on a second WUR channel according to the WUR channel assignment and the previously negotiated WUR operating parameters.
US12137410B2
The embodiments in this invention extend distributed unit (DU), central unit (CU) and control plane of F1 (F1-C) capabilities so that differentiated DRBs of F1-U are placed on differentiated transport network components of equivalent QoS. This is achieved by a transport-aware DU and CU that can map each F1-U DRB into appropriate OSI layer 2-4 headers and can, subsequently, store such mappings. The F1-C interface is extended to distribute the layer 2-4 headers acquired from the transport network controller to the DUs and CU. A new control interface TN-C is defined between transport network controller and CU/DU. Furthermore, a trivial mapping of those embodiments is applicable for the N3 interface as well, which solves the same problem on the backhaul transport network.
US12137403B2
A wireless device 10,120 and a method performed therein for receiving scheduled positioning system information from a radio network node 20, 110. The wireless device and the radio network node operate in a wireless communications network 100. The wireless device receives, from the radio network node, positioning system information scheduling information (pSI) and at least one out of a scheduling offset and a number of system information messages with positioning system information blocks (pSIMs) per system information (SI) window. Further, the wireless device determines in which subframes one or more pSIMs are scheduled by the radio network node based on the pSI and based on at least one out of the scheduling offset and the number of pSIMs per SI window. Furthermore, the wireless device uses the determined scheduling of the one or more pSIMs for receiving the one or more pSIMs.
US12137402B2
A method for determining a number of paths between a Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit (RFIC) and a plurality of Subscriber Identity Modules (SIMS) of a User Equipment (UE), the plurality of SIMS including a primary SIM and a secondary SIM, the method including detecting, by the UE, at least one event associated with the secondary SIM, determining, by the UE, a tune away duration associated with the primary SIM based on the at least one event associated with the secondary SIM, determining, by the UE, an amount of resource loss by the primary SIM and a data throughput reduction of the primary SIM based on the tune away duration, and determining, by the UE, the number of paths between the RFIC and the plurality of SIMS based on the amount of resource loss by the primary SIM and the data throughput reduction of the primary SIM.
US12137401B2
A combined User Plane (UP) node optimizes the UP data stream handling for 4G/5G network operation as follows. The combined UP node, which includes an access data plane node, an intermediate data plane node, an anchor data plane node, and a session handling process module. If the IP addresses or the namespaces of the access data plane node, the intermediate data plane node, and the anchor data plane node are different, then the downlink and uplink packet stream handling utilizes an intermediate interface path within the combined UP node. If the IP addresses or the namespaces of the access data plane node, the intermediate data plane node, and the anchor data plane node are same, then the downlink and uplink packet stream handling does not utilize an intermediate interface path within the combined UP node, but TEID of the unutilized intermediate interface path is used in PFCP response message.
US12137399B2
A mobile phone transfers a picture to the tablet. After the mobile phone detects a sliding operation of a finger of a user, the tablet displays, on a screen, an animation in which the picture is transferred in a sliding direction of the finger of the user.
US12137384B2
A method includes: sending, by a first network device, a first configuration message to a terminal device, where the first configuration message is used to instruct the terminal device to configure a second ciphering/deciphering function associated with a second network device and share a first data packet numbering/reordering function, and the terminal device is configured with the first data packet numbering/reordering function and a first ciphering/deciphering function associated with the first network device; and receiving, by the first network device, a first configuration complete message sent by the terminal device. In this embodiment, the first configuration message is used so that the terminal device may configure the function associated with the second network device. Therefore, during handover, the terminal device may simultaneously perform data transmission with the second network device and the first network device, to reduce or avoid a service interruption time caused by handover.
US12137381B2
This disclosure provides a random access method and a terminal, where the random access method includes: obtaining beam measurement result(s) of at least one potential target cell; selecting a target cell from the at least one potential target cell based on the beam measurement result(s) and a first conditional handover trigger condition; and initiating a random access procedure in the target cell.
US12137379B2
A method of operating a wireless device (300) is described. The method includes providing (1001) a connection with a source access node. The method also includes receiving (1005) a handover command from the source access node while providing the connection with the source access node. The method also includes establishing (1009) a connection with a target access node responsive to receiving the handover command. The method further includes transmitting (1019) uplink data to the source access node after establishing the connection with the target access node. Related wireless devices are also discussed.
US12137378B2
A wireless User Equipment (UE) handsover from a source Radio Unit (RU) to a target RU. The wireless UE attaches to the source RU and receives UE context over the source RU. The wireless UE receives a wireless data service over the source RU, a Distributed Unit (DU), and a Centralized Unit (CU) based on the UE context. The wireless UE attaches to the target RU, detaches from the source RU, and receives modified UE context over the target RU. The wireless UE receives a modified wireless data service over the target RU, the DU, and the CU based on the modified UE context.
US12137372B2
A multi-band communication method, including: before sending data frames in a plurality of frequency bands, respectively determining request to send (RTS) frames that are in a preset format and correspond to each frequency band; and sending the RTS frames corresponding to each frequency band to a station.
US12137367B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication technique that fuses IoT technology with a 5G communication system to support a higher data transfer rate than a 4G communication system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services (e.g., smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retailing, security and safety related services, etc.) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT related technology. The present disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate than a 4G communication system such as LTE. An embodiment of the present invention relates to a method and a structure for processing data for packet duplication. According to the embodiment of the present invention, disclosed are a radio bearer setup method, a packet duplication operation, and a buffer status reporting method, which are for use in performing packet duplication.
US12137358B2
Provided is an information processing apparatus for performing a wireless communication with an external apparatus. The information processing apparatus is configured to measure the communication throughput with the external apparatus, predict the future communication throughput using at least the data of the measured communication throughput, and allocates the usable communication throughput for each service in a communication state based on the predicted communication throughput. When the communication of a first service becomes to be in a non-communication state from a communication state, the processor allocates the usable communication throughput to the first service during a predetermined period after the communication of the first service becomes to be in the non-communication state.
US12137350B2
System, method, and apparatus for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum management and utilization
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum utilization management. The system includes at least one monitoring sensor, at least one data analysis engine, at least one application, a semantic engine, a programmable rules and policy editor, a tip and cue server, and/or a control panel. The tip and cue server is operable utilize the environmental awareness from the data processed by the at least one data analysis engine in combination with additional information to create actionable data.
US12137348B2
Provided is a method, performed by an electronic device, of performing secure ranging with a target device. The method of performing secure ranging may include receiving a connection message for communication with the target device using a first communication method through a first communicator, transmitting, by a first applet in a secure element of the electronic device, a ranging session key for the target device to a second applet in the secure element, the ranging session key being stored in the first applet, receiving a ranging session request from the target device, based on the ranging session request, obtaining, by a second communicator, the ranging session key for the target device from the second applet, and by using the ranging session key, performing secure ranging using a second communication method with the target device through the second communicator.
US12137345B2
Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate an exchange of messages between an access point and a station, wherein the access point requests a unique identifier from the station. The request can include a network requirements field that indicates that a unique identifier is required for access to the network. The station initiates a secure connection with the access point prior to associating with the access point. The station may either respond with a message declining to provide a unique identifier or respond with a message including a unique identifier to be used by the access point for the station via the secure connection. The response from the station may include additional limitations on the use of the unique identifier by the access point. The access point may enforce different policies against the station depending upon how the station responds to the unique identifier request.
US12137344B2
A wireless LAN communication system which achieves convenience where a terminal of a user who is external to an organization can temporarily use the system while ensuring security. For example, a first terminal is used by a user internal to an organization and a second terminal is used by a user external to the organization. A communication device has a display function and the first terminal connects to the communication device via a wireless LAN access point device. The second terminal connects, under permission from the first terminal, to the communication device via the wireless LAN access point. The second terminal uses the display function of the communication device through the connection via the wireless LAN access point. The first terminal and the communication device confirm whether the permission is to be continued or terminated to make the second terminal unable to use the display function.
US12137341B2
Message delivery in cellular roaming scenarios involves a user device activated with a home telecommunications service provider (TSP) that provides cellular service to the user device. The user device is located in a remote location and the user device is activated with a remote TSP providing roaming cellular service to the user device in a remote location on a cellular network of the remote TSP. A process includes, based on the user initiating a transaction with a remote application server that requires user authentication based on delivery of a transactional text message, receiving from the remote application server the transactional text message, encrypting the transactional text message to produce an encrypted transactional text message, and forwarding the encrypted transactional text message to the remote TSP for delivery as a short message service (SMS) text to the user device in the remote location via the cellular network of the remote TSP.
US12137339B2
Disclosed is a UWB communication node comprising: a UWB communication unit configured to transmit one or more messages, to a plurality of external responder nodes and comprising a ranging control message defining a contention period, and further configured to receive one or more responses from said responder nodes during said contention period, each response including a response payload; a processor unit configured to use a common cryptographic session key to encrypt said messages; wherein the processing unit is further configured to use responder-specific session keys to decrypt the response payloads; wherein each individual one of said responder-specific cryptographic session keys is a unique key shared between the node and one of the external responder nodes. Corresponding systems methods and an associated computer program are also disclosed.
US12137337B2
A device detection system is configured to determine whether a device is located within a venue. The device detection system provides user identifiers associated with a device to an anonymization server. The anonymization server provides anonymous identifiers to the device detection system corresponding to the user identifiers. A content distribution system provides content items for a campaign associated with the venue to users. The content distribution system provides user identifiers to the anonymization server and receives anonymous identifiers from the anonymization server. The content distribution system provides the anonymous identifiers to the device detection system. The device detection system compares the sets of anonymous identifiers to identify users that received a content item and subsequently visited the venue.
US12137335B2
Systems and methods for navigating a virtual space using sound are described. Some examples include a multidimensional sound space with a plurality of nodes associated with a plurality of audio sources. Some examples of the system and methods include receiving a first user navigational input, determining a first user location in the multidimensional sound space, and playing a binaural sound associated with a node based on the first user location and the node's location. Some examples further include receiving a second user navigational input, determining a second user location in the multidimensional sound space, and playing a stereophonic sound associated with the node based on the second user location and the node's location.
US12137325B2
A hearing aid is shown and described. The hearing aid includes a body portion having a microphone, an earplug in communication with the body portion having a speaker, a battery and visible and audible beacons disposed in the body portion, and circuitry or programming designed to provide a spatialization function. The hearing aid includes a material having coloring corresponding to the skin pigmentation of a user. The hearing aid is designed to maintain a reserve level of battery power. The hearing aid is waterproof, and can be controlled by a remote controller or cellular telephone application.
US12137321B2
Disclosed are a method for controlling a sound box, a sound box and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium. The method is applied to the sound box in a sound box system. The sound box system includes at least two sound boxes, each sound box includes at least two first sensors, the at least two first sensors are provided on opposite sides of the sound box, each first sensor is configured to transmit and receive preset signals, and the method includes following operations: obtaining, by the sound box, a connection status with other sound boxes; when the sound box is wirelessly connected to the other sound boxes, obtaining first sensing data detected by a first sensor; determining target channel information according to the first sensing data; and outputting audio according to the target channel information.
US12137319B2
A tactile audio system and associated methods are disclosed. In one example, the tactile audio system includes a signal processor configured to separate an input signal into a transient group and a sustained group. In one example, the tactile audio system includes a signal processor configured to separate an input signal into a plurality of frequency bands for each of the transient group and the sustained group. A number of transducers are provided to generate a tactile response corresponding to portions of the separated audio signal.
US12137311B2
The present disclosure provides an earphone with a duct unit dividing a pressure equilibrium hole and a back hole. The earphone includes a driver unit including a frame, a magnetic circuit, a voice coil, a diaphragm configured to reproduce sound, and a pressure equilibrium hole configured to improve a pressure difference between front and rear sides of the driver unit, and a back hole configured to smooth vibration of the diaphragm. A housing allows the driver unit to be installed therein and includes a vent hole. A duct unit provided in the housing adjusts a size of a back volume in the housing and provides a flow path from the pressure equilibrium hole to the vent hole.
US12137302B2
A report evaluation method of a report evaluation device may include receiving a report from at least one client terminal, determining a category of the received report, identifying a learning model corresponding to the category, evaluating a reliability of the report through the learning model, and generating and outputting information on the reliability.
US12137298B2
A system and method for facilitating, selecting, or otherwise providing access to electronic content and services. Access to the content and services may be provided in such a manner as to facilitate access to higher quality forms of the content. The higher quality forms of the content may relate to any number of characteristics associated with displaying, transmitting, compressing, securing, and/or otherwise manipulating the content to more suitable forms relative to another form.
US12137288B2
An electronic device according to the present invention, includes: a processor; and a memory storing a program which, when executed by the processor, causes the electronic device to: acquire an image by image sensing processing; set a part of the image as a specific region, wherein a position of the specific region can be changed; and detect a motion of an object included in the specific region; and perform control to display an indicator based on the detected motion of the object in a direction corresponding to a movement direction of the electronic device so that the indicator is superimposed and displayed at a position on the image based on the specific region.
US12137287B2
The present disclosure generally pertains to autofocus imaging circuitry, configured to: obtain, for a first adjusted focus, a first plurality of brightness change events from a brightness change event detection element; obtain, for a second adjusted focus, a second plurality of brightness change events from the brightness change event detection element; and determine a focus based on the first and the second plurality of brightness change events for autofocusing a scene.
US12137285B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to adjusting a virtual camera's orientation when a vehicle is making a turn. One or more computing devices may receive the vehicle's original heading prior to making the turn and the vehicle's current heading. Based on the vehicle's original heading and the vehicle's current heading, the one or more computing devices may determine an angle of a turn the vehicle is performing and The one or more computing devices may determine a camera rotation angle and adjust the virtual camera's orientation relative to the vehicle to an updated orientation by rotating the virtual camera by the camera rotation angle and generate a video corresponding to the virtual camera's updated orientation. The video may be displayed on the display by the one or more computing devices.
US12137278B2
Imaging devices may capture images of a user premises. The images may be analyzed and processed by a television receiver to determine a scene associated with the user premises. Information indicative of the scene may be transmitted to a service provider system. A content item is received by the television receiver from the service provider system, where the content item is determined based on the information indicative of the scene. The television receiver outputs the content item for presentation to a user device.
US12137270B2
The present disclosure relates to a broadcast receiving apparatus and an operating method thereof. The broadcast receiving apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a network interface unit configured to communicate with an external server through a network; a broadcast receiving unit configured to receive a broadcast signal; a storage unit configured to store a database containing information on at least one broadcasting service provider; and a controller, wherein the controller checks whether access to the network is possible through the network interface unit, checks, when the access to the network is possible, a status of an application, which is registered in an application server, that contains information on a broadcasting service provider, through the network interface unit, determines whether it is required to update at least some of information contained in the database, based on a result of checking the status of the application, receives, when the update is required, an application containing information required for the update from the application server, updates at least some of the information contained in the database, based on the received application, and receives the broadcast signal based on the information contained in the database through the broadcast receiving unit. Various other embodiments are possible.
US12137264B2
Systems and methods for updating advertisements embedded in a media asset scheduled for download at a future time. The media guidance application may receive a request from a user to download a media asset at a future time, where the media asset includes a plurality of embedded advertisements. The media guidance application may determine whether to update an embedded advertisement in the plurality of embedded advertisements. After determining to update the embedded advertisement, the media guidance application may replace the embedded advertisement with an updated advertisement in the media asset.
US12137262B2
An information push method, apparatus, electronic device and storage medium provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure. A type identification corresponding to a media work is displayed when a first page of playing the media work is displayed, and the page is switched when a user triggers the type identification on the first page to display the second page corresponding to the type identification to the user. Since information of other media works corresponding to the type identification of the media work can be displayed on the second page, the user's demand for obtaining push information can be effectively met; at the same time, since the user can directly obtain the second page in a manner of direct triggering the type identification, and the obtaining operation process is very concise, then the solution provided by the present disclosure can optimize an user experience while improving information push efficiency.
US12137258B2
A geolocationing system and method for providing awareness in a multi-space environment, such as a hospitality environment or educational environment, are presented. In one embodiment of the geolocationing system, a vertical and horizontal array of gateway devices is provided. Each gateway device includes a gateway device identification providing an accurately-known fixed location within the multi-space environment. Each gateway device includes a wireless transceiver that receives a beacon signal from a proximate wireless-enabled personal locator device. The gateway devices, in turn, send gateway signals to a server, which determines estimated location of the wireless-enabled personal location device with trilateration and received signal strength modeling.
US12137255B2
In a method of processing UV coordinates of a three-dimensional (3D) mesh, the UV coordinates of the 3D mesh are received. The UV coordinates are two-dimensional (2D) texture coordinates that include U coordinates in a first axis and V coordinates in a second axis, and are mapped with vertices of the 3D mesh. The UV coordinates of the 3D mesh are processed based on at least one of a quantization process, a separation process, and a transformation process. The quantization process is configured to convert the UV coordinates into a plurality of indicators. The separation process is configured to separate the UV coordinates into the U coordinates and the V coordinates respectively. The transformation process is configured to convert the UV coordinates from a spatial domain into a transform domain. Compression is performed on the processed UV coordinates after the processing of the UV coordinates.
US12137251B2
An apparatus for video decoding includes processing circuitry configured to receive a splitting direction syntax element, a first merge triangle index syntax element, and a second merge triangle index syntax element that are associated with a coding block of a picture. The coding block is coded according to a triangular prediction mode and partitioned into a first prediction unit and a second prediction unit according to a split direction. A first merge index identifies first motion information in a merge candidate list of the coding block. A second merge index identifies second motion information in the merge candidate list of the coding block. The coding block is reconstructed according to first prediction samples of the first prediction unit and second prediction samples of the second prediction unit. A value of the second merge triangle index syntax element is based on the first merge index.
US12137247B2
Methods of encoding and decoding for video data are describe in which significance maps are encoded and decoded using non-spatially-uniform partitioning of the map into parts, wherein the bit positions within each part are associated with a given context. Example partition sets and processes for selecting from amongst predetermined partition sets and communicating the selection to the decoder are described.
US12137231B2
An image encoding apparatus comprises a selector configured to select, from a set of candidate prediction operations each defining at least a prediction direction, a prediction operation for prediction of samples of a current region of a current image, the current region comprising an array of two or more rows and two or more columns of samples; an intra-image predictor configured to derive predicted samples of the current region with respect to one or more of a group of reference samples of the same image in dependence upon a prediction direction, defined by the selected prediction operation, between a current sample to be predicted and a reference position amongst the reference samples; in which, for at least some of the candidate prediction operations, the group of reference samples comprises two or more parallel linear arrays of reference samples disposed at different respective separations from the current region; a detector configured to detect whether samples corresponding to any of the two or more parallel linear arrays of reference samples are unavailable for use in prediction of samples of the current region and, if any of the two or more parallel linear arrays of reference samples are unavailable, to inhibit selection, by the selector, of a candidate prediction operation dependent upon the unavailable reference samples.
US12137229B2
An image decoding method is disclosed in the present specification. An image decoding method according to the present invention may include: determining a position of a co-located block of a current block within a co-located picture (co-located picture); determining a representative motion vector of the current block by using motion information at the position of the co-located block; and deriving motion information on a sub-block included in the current block by using the representative motion vector.
US12137225B2
Methods, apparatus, and systems that provide flexible encapsulation of volumetric video data in media files are disclosed. In one example aspect, a method for video processing includes receiving three-dimensional (3D) volumetric video data and encoding the three-dimensional volumetric video data into a media file. The 3D volumetric video data corresponds to one or more atlases, each comprising atlas data and one or more two-dimensional (2D) components. The atlas data and the one or more 2D components are stored in one or more media tracks in the media file.
US12137210B2
An image decoding device includes: a motion vector decoding unit that decodes a motion vector from encoded data; a refinement unit that performs refinement processing to correct the decoded motion vector; and a predictive signal generation unit that generates a predictive signal on the basis of the corrected motion vector outputted from the refinement unit. The predictive signal generation unit determines whether or not to apply BDOF processing for each block, on the basis of information calculated in the course of the refinement processing.
US12137200B2
A 3D strobo-stereoscopic imaging system includes a rotary drive configured to couple to a sample to be imaged by the system, wherein the rotary drive is configured to rotate the sample about a rotational axis when coupled to the rotary drive, a stroboscopic illuminator, a stroboscopic control module coupled to the rotary drive and the stroboscopic illuminator, wherein the stroboscopic control module is configured to repeatedly activate the stroboscopic illuminator at a frequency that is based on a rotational speed of the sample about the rotational axis, a stereoscopic imaging unit including a pair of laterally spaced cameras orientable in the direction of the sample, and an image reconstruction module coupled to the stereoscopic imaging unit and configured to reconstruct a 3D image of the sample from images produced by the pair of cameras of the stereoscopic imaging unit.
US12137194B2
A first communication apparatus may repeat a broadcast transmission of a trigger signal via a second interface, which is a signal to be used by a second communication apparatus as a trigger for sending a wireless connection request to the first communication apparatus. The wireless connection request may be for forming a first wireless network to which both the first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus belong. The first wireless network may be a network for performing a wireless communication via a first interface. The first communication apparatus may receive the wireless connection request via the first interface from the second communication apparatus which has received the trigger signal, and establish a first wireless connection via the first interface with the second communication apparatus so as to form the first wireless network.
US12137188B2
The image reading device includes a reading section 5 for reading an image of a transported medium 3, a discharge section 9 for discharging the transported medium 3 in a discharge direction D, and a tapping member 11 for tapping a rear end portion 3e of the medium 3 discharged by the discharge section 9 downward. The tapping member 11 retreats from a discharge path 13 when the leading end portion 3t of the medium 3 is discharged to the discharge path 13 by the discharge section 9, and advances to the discharge path 13 when the rear end portion 3e of the medium 3 passes through the discharge section 9. The position P2 at which the tapping member 11 taps the medium 3 is a position that does not overlap the discharge section 9 in the discharge direction D.
US12137182B2
A communication equipment including a communication interface corresponding a cellular communication and a display, executes processing of acquiring network related information via the communication interface from a detected cellular communication network detected by the communication interface between a public cellular communication network and a local cellular communication network, processing of specifying, based on the network related information, a provided service type which is a type of service provided by the detected cellular communication network to the communication equipment, and processing of causing the specified provided service type to be displayed on the display.
US12137180B2
The present invention provides an outer flexible screen mobile electronic terminal and a hinge assembly. A composite supporting layer of a flexible screen is provided between a first side housing and a second side housing; the composite supporting layer comprises a tensile layer capable of being bent and rebounding, and a bendable and flattenable supporting layer of the tensile layer. A hinge comprises a middle supporting portion, a first side connection portion, and a second side connection portion; the outer side of the middle supporting portion is provided with an arc fitting the bending of the flexible screen, and the first side and the second side of the middle supporting portion are respectively provided with gratings; the first side connection portion and the second side connection portion are configured to be in the shape of a comb. The supporting structure of the present invention can flatten and support the flexible screen and fit the bending of the flexible screen, is simple in design and control, improves the sense of touch and protects the flexible screen, and prolongs the service life of the flexible screen.
US12137173B2
A device can (i) store public keys Ss and Sn for a network and (ii) record private key sd. A network can record a corresponding private keys ss and sn. The device can (i) generate a device ephemeral PKI key pair (Ed, ed) and (ii) send public key Ed to the network. The device can receive an ephemeral public key Es from the network. The device can calculate values for A: an elliptic curve point addition over Ss, Sn, and Es, and B: (sd+ed)mod n. The device can input values for X and Y into an elliptic curve Diffie Hellman key exchange (ECDH) in order to determine a mutually derived shared secret X5, where the network can also derive shared secret X5. The device can (i) use X5 to derive a key K2 and (ii) decrypt a ciphertext from the network using key K2.
US12137167B2
Disclosed are examples of embedding watermarks in a VDI session of a user. The watermark is based upon the user's identity and can be embedded into the VDI session to aid in the identification of data that is compromised from the VDI session. The watermark can be extracted from an image without needing the original image for extraction purposes.
US12137166B2
A method includes receiving, at a broker processor and from a prover processor, a user request, a user token, and a user cryptographic zero-knowledge proof associated with a user characteristic. The method also includes receiving, at the broker processor, from a service processor, and based on the user request, a requirements specification and the user token. The method also includes generating, via the broker processor, a broker cryptographic zero-knowledge proof based on the requirements specification and the user cryptographic zero-knowledge proof. The method also includes transmitting, via the broker processor and to the service processor, the broker cryptographic zero-knowledge proof to cause the service processor to fulfill the user request.
US12137165B2
Systems and methods for executing sequential suboperations over multiple communication networks. In some aspects, the system receives, via a first communication network, from an external system, an operation related to an aggregated virtual container. The system generates sequential suboperations including a first suboperation associated with a provider of the aggregated virtual container and the external system and a second suboperation associated with the user and the provider of the aggregated virtual container. If the first suboperation is executed successfully, the system transmits the second suboperation to a user system associated with the aggregated virtual container. If the second suboperation is executed successfully, the system generates a first message indicating that the operation has been executed and transmits the first message via the first communication network to the external system.
US12137163B2
A method of encrypting data, in particular encrypting data in dependence on a user verification confidence level. An encryption algorithm is provided, data is input into the encryption algorithm, along with a public key and an access structure comprising the user verification confidence level. The encryption algorithm is run to output a cypher text of encrypted data, whereby the access structure is embedded into the cypher text such that only an entity satisfying the access structure can decrypt the cypher text.
US12137153B2
The disclosure herein describes enables new sensors to be added and maintained in an Internet of Things system without upgrading firmware for the end device. A sensor abstraction layer (SAL) manages the end sensors, and a sensor definition layer (SDL) in the cloud interfaces with the SAL. Sensor definition data of a sensor connected to the end device is identified in a sensor definition data store of the SDL including sensor configuration data. The sensor configuration data is sent to the SAL, wherein the SAL is configured to collect sensor data from the sensor via a sensor interface. Sensor data is received from the SAL via an established network connection and converted into converted sensor data based on a data conversion model of the sensor definition data. The converted sensor data is then provided to an application, connected to a sensor management device, for consumption.
US12137151B2
A device management system comprises a device management service to perform device management; and a device to be managed. The device transmits a registration request to the device management service. The device management service determines, in response to the registration request, whether the device is a device to be registered as a shared device. If the device management service determines that the device is not a device to be registered as the shared device, the device management service transmits, to the device, a notification that the device can be registered as a private device. The device transmits, in response to the notification, a private device registration request along with user authentication information to the device management service. The device management service registers the device in association with a user identified by the user authentication information.
US12137138B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided that automatically scale an application between private and public cloud computing platforms, while simultaneous enforcing policies ensuring private data is persistently stored on the private cloud computing platform, but not the public cloud computing platform. A traffic manager on the public platform routes traffic to instances of a web app executing on a private platform. A traffic monitor on the private platform monitors performance criteria of the private platform, and reports traffic telemetry to the traffic manager. Based on the traffic telemetry, the traffic manager may instantiate one or more instances of the web app on the public platform to handle traffic. Private data gathered by such instantiated instance(s) is persisted to storage in the private platform, but not in the public platform.
US12137135B2
A mobile announcement system distributed on one or more servers operably coupled to one or more client computing devices and one or more service provider computing devices and one or more mobile announcement devices by a public network which supports a mobile announcement program accessible by browser based on-line processing or downloadable by the client computing devices or the service provider computing devices to establish on-line or off-line wired or wireless connection with one or more mobile announcement devices which operate based on pre-selected announcement conditions to make visual or audio announcements.
US12137129B2
Embodiments include systems and methods for offloading media service operation to one or graphical processing unit (GPUs). In some embodiments, a computer system, includes a first computer device to provide a media service that involves implementing media service operations and transmit a first media service request for a first media service operation of the media service operations. In addition, the computer system includes a second computer device that includes one or more GPUs. The second computer device is to implement the first media service operation with the one or more GPUs in response to the first computer device transmitting the first media service request for the first media service operation.
US12137124B2
Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for detecting physical anomalies of a computing environment using machine learning techniques are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes monitoring a physical environment corresponding to at least one component of a distributed computing system using at least one sensor that is one or more of: at least partially within the at least one component and attached to the at least one component; performing, by the at least one component, a machine learning process comprising: analyzing data generated by the at least one sensor to detect one or more physical anomalies associated with the physical environment, and in response to detecting a physical anomaly, selecting at least one automated action, involving at least one additional component of the distributed computing system, to at least partially mitigate the physical anomaly; and initiating a performance of the at least one automated action.
US12137121B2
A distributed security system includes a plurality of content processing nodes that are located external to a network edge of an enterprise and located external from one of a computer device and a mobile device associated with a user, and a content processing node is configured to monitor a content item that is sent from or requested by the external system; classify the content item via a plurality of data inspection engines that utilize policy data and threat data; and one of distribute the content item, preclude distribution of the content item, allow distribution of the content item after a cleaning process, or perform threat detection on the content item, based on classification by the plurality of data inspection engines; and an authority node communicatively coupled to the plurality of content processing nodes and configured to provide the policy data and the threat data for threat classification.
US12137120B2
Systems and methods are presented for causing deception technology to be installed on a first computing device, generating a unique identifier for a user associated with the first computing device and the first computing device, and generating a unique Uniform Resource Locator (URL) associated with the unique identifier. The systems and methods further presented for transmitting the unique URL to the first computing device, detecting that the unique URL has been accessed by a second computing device, capturing data identifying the time and date the unique URL is accessed and information associated with the second computing device accessing the URL, and generating a notification to alert the user of the first computing device of unauthorized access.
US12137116B2
The disclosure relates to methods for establishing a secure communication link between a mobile station and a secondary base station in a mobile communication system. The disclosure is also providing mobile communication system for performing these methods, and computer readable media the instructions of which cause the mobile communication system to perform the methods described herein. Specifically, the disclosure suggests that in response to the detected or signaled potential security breach, the master base station increments a freshness counter for re-initializing the communication between the mobile station and the secondary base station; and the mobile station and the secondary base station re-initialize the communication there between. The re-initialization is performed under the control of the master base station and further includes deriving a same security key based on said incremented freshness counter, and establishing the secure communication link utilizing the same, derived security key.
US12137112B2
Systems and methods are provided for vulnerability proofing the use of an IHS (Information Handling System) in a computing cluster. Notification is received by the IHS of modifications to configurations of a computing cluster that includes the IHS. Vulnerability proofing requirements for computing cluster configurations including the IHS are retrieved from a persistent data storage of the IHS. Based on the vulnerability proofing requirements, catalogs comprising known vulnerabilities of IHS hardware components are accessed. Modifications to the computing cluster configurations are identified as vulnerable in one or more of the catalogs. When modifications to the computing cluster configurations are identified as vulnerable, participation by the IHS in the computing cluster is suspended until the modifications to the computing cluster configurations are changed to include no configurations with vulnerabilities identified in the catalogs.
US12137109B2
Examples are disclosed for methods and mechanisms to address Base Transceiver Stations (BTSes) attempting to hijack Mobile Stations (MSes) in wireless communication networks. In some example methods, a record having values for a set of features associated with an MS and a BTS of a wireless communication net may be processed. A score for the record may be calculated, for example based on a machine-learning model pertaining to the set of features, and a determination may be made as to whether the record demonstrates an anomalous condition based upon the score. The set of features may include at least one feature based on a measured power of the BTS.
US12137096B2
A quantum entanglement communication service can be provided by detecting a request to access data stored at a first computer. In response to detecting the data access request, a request can be generated to request that a server computer generate an entangled particle pair. Measurement data can be received, the measurement data corresponding to a measurement observed after interacting a first bit of a token stored at a second computer with a first entangled particle from the entangled particle pair. An operation to perform on a second entangled particle of the entangled particle pair at the first computer can be determined and performed. A state of the second entangled particle can be measured to obtain a value, and a bit string can be generated, where the bit string can include a number that corresponds to the value.
US12137093B2
In one embodiment, an apparatus of a LISP environment includes one or more processors and computer-readable non-transitory storage media coupled to the one or more processors. The computer-readable non-transitory storage media include instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including receiving an attestation token from a first component of the LISP environment. The operations also include encoding the attestation token using a LISP message format. The operations further include distributing the encoded attestation token with a LISP signaling message to a third component of the LISP environment.
US12137088B2
This disclosure includes utilizing a token cryptogram with a browser to facilitate a transaction. A webpage of a website is configured to accept a token cryptogram in fields of the webpage. The webpage of the website may indicate that it is token-aware and is configured to accept the token cryptograms.
US12137085B2
In an embodiment, systems and methods for rotating keys is provided. A key rotation process is performed on a cloud-based computing platform either on a scheduled basis or on request of a user or administrator. As part of the key rotation process, key pairs associated with cloud resources are identified. Of the identified key pairs, keys that are not currently being used in a key vault are identified and rotated. For identified key pairs where both keys are currently being used, an instruction is sent to the associated resources to switch to a second key of the key pair. The first key will then be rotated the next time the rotation process is executed.
US12137083B2
A method may include allocating a number of public keys, where each respective public key is allocated to a respective entity of a number of entities; storing a number of private keys, where each respective private corresponds to a respective public key; storing one or more decryption algorithms, where each respective decryption algorithm is configured to decrypt data previously encrypted using at least one encryption algorithm of the encryption algorithms. Each respective encryption algorithm may be configured to encrypt data using at least one public key. Each respective decryption algorithm may be configured to decrypt data using at least one private key. The method may include receiving encrypted data, where the encrypted data is encrypted using a first public key and a first encryption algorithm, and the encrypted data is provided over a network.
US12137081B2
A microcontroller is provided and comprises a central repository, a processing device, and a firewall. Rule repository memory in the central repository stores one or more access rules defining an access permission of a software context to one or more target resources of the microcontroller. The firewall receives a bus transaction initiated based on an instruction and determines whether any access rule stored in memory of the firewall defines the access permission of the software context to a destination resource. If no access rule stored in the firewall memory defines the access permission, the firewall communicates a miss query condition to the central repository. The central repository searches the rule repository memory for an access rule defining the access permission of the software context to the destination resource, and if a related access rule is found, the related access rule is stored in the firewall memory.
US12137079B2
A document tracking method, a gateway device, and a server, where the gateway device intercepts a first data flow from a first terminal device in an internal network to a second terminal device in an external network, inserts a first Uniform Resource Locator (URL) into a first document in the first data flow to obtain a second data flow that includes a second document, and sends the second data flow to the second terminal device.
US12137076B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, to integrate multiple interfaces of a communication service are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of determining that a message is designated for output to a user through a first user interface. The actions include determining that the message is to be output through a second user interface. The actions include outputting the message through the second user interface. The actions include generating an updated message to be output through the first user interface. The actions include outputting the updated message through the first user interface. The actions include receiving, from the user through the first user interface, a response to the updated message. The actions include generating an updated response to be output through the second user interface. The actions include outputting the updated response through the second user interface.
US12137075B1
A plurality of distributed service components and experience clients forming a social networking platform to provide user interfaces for recipe sharing and interaction between users about food and recipes. System and methods provide user interfaces allowing users to save, manage, and share their own recipes and stories about food and other food-related content. Further, user interfaces allow users to view content of other users within shared circles, as well as clip recipes from other digital sources.
US12137064B2
A communication terminal for addressed messaging within an Automated Identification System (AIS) arrangement includes a user interface and an Aid to Navigation (AtoN) transponder. The user interface facilitates the addressed messaging, which includes one or more of: chat messaging addressed between the communication terminal and a participant terminal of the AIS arrangement, automatic position messaging addressed from the communication terminal to a monitoring terminal of the AIS arrangement, or situational report messaging addressed from the communication terminal to a situational awareness terminal of the AIS arrangement. The AtoN transponder of the communication terminal of the AIS arrangement is coupled to the user interface for transmitting and receiving that achieves the addressed messaging. For the situational report messaging, the situational awareness terminal reformats and exchanges the addressed messaging with a web-based situational awareness tool via the internet.
US12137063B2
According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes a receiver, a controller and a transmitter. The receiver receives a terminal identifier of a first terminal being a target for downlink frequency multiplexing transmission from another wireless communication device, and receives information identifying, of a plurality of frequency components, a first frequency component allocated to the first terminal. The controller selects, of a plurality second terminals belonging to the wireless communication device, a second terminal having a terminal identifier same as that of the first terminal and allocates the first frequency component to the selected second terminal. The transmitter transmits a header at a band including the plurality of frequency components, the header including the terminal identifier of the selected second terminal in a first field corresponding to the first frequency component, and transmits a first frame addressed to the selected second terminal via the first frequency component.
US12137048B2
A system may include a mobile ad-hoc network (MANET) including nodes. The nodes may include beacon-based clusterhead (BB-CH) nodes and members. Each of the nodes may be configured to transmit communication data packets and transmit beacons. Each of the nodes may have passive spatial awareness. For each of at least some of the BB-CH nodes having members, a BB-CH node may be configured to compile spatial awareness information of all members of the BB-CH node. The compiled spatial awareness information may include a BB-CH node identification for the BB-CH node, position-location information (PLI) of the BB-CH node, a quantity of the members of the BB-CH node, and a member list including member identifications. For each of the at least some of the BB-CH nodes, the BB-CH node may be configured to broadcast, via efficient flooding, some or all of the compiled spatial awareness information to every connected node.
US12137044B2
Described herein is a method for detecting systematic communications in a communications network (10, 30). The method comprises repeating the following steps for each data packet (DP) of a sequence of a plurality of data packets (DP) sent through the communication network (10, 30) from a respective source to a respective destination: obtaining (1002, 1004) metadata (MD) of the data packet (DP), wherein the metadata (MD) include both data that identify the source and/or the destination and data that identify a sending time (t) when the data packet (DP) has been sent; verifying (1022) whether the data packet (DP) belongs to a specific type of communication by checking whether the metadata (MD) indicate the fact that the data packet (DP) has been sent by a given source and/or received by a given destination, and in the case where the metadata (MD) indicate that the data packet (DP) has been sent by a given source and/or is received by a given destination, computing (1024) a value of variance for the given type of communication; and comparing (1012) the value of variance with a threshold (TH), and in the case where the value of variance is less than the threshold, generating (1014) a notification that indicates the fact that the given type of communication is systematic. In particular, the value of variance is calculated by means of an iterative procedure.
US12137041B2
A network analytics controller is established in a network. The network includes a plurality of nodes. A plurality of network analytics agents is established; each agent at a node of the network. Network analytics configuration parameters, including a network analytics scope, are received at the networks analytics controller. A task is assigned to each agent at a node determined to be within the network analytics scope, the task comprising that portion of the network analytics specified in the network analytics configuration parameters relevant to the corresponding node. The assigned task is performed at each agent assigned a task. The networks analytics controller receives the results of each performed task, and aggregates the received results.
US12137030B2
Systems and methods for processing a service request within a network environment can include a first cluster of fog nodes that execute service tasks. The cluster can include a primary fog node and nearest neighbor fog nodes. The primary fog node can receive, from the network, a service request, determine service request resource data that includes a first time, quantity of resource blocks required to serve the request, and a hold time required to serve the request locally. An edge controller, connected to the network and the first cluster, can receive, from the primary fog node, the service request resource data, identify available resources at the nearest neighbor fog nodes and the primary fog node, and determine whether resource blocks are available to fulfill the service request using deep reinforcement learning algorithms. The edge controller can also refer a rejected service request to a cloud computing system for execution.
US12137021B2
A modulation method, including: modulating data by using a non-uniform constellation; and sending the modulated data. When the non-uniform constellation provided in embodiments of this application is used, for each noise standard deviation, a BER of the non-uniform constellation provided in embodiments of this application is lower than a BER of an existing QAM constellation.
US12137020B2
A wireless telecommunications base station that compensates for Doppler shift in each connected User Equipment. The base station deploys a plurality of parallel receivers, each with a given frequency offset above and below the carrier frequency. Each receiver performs a frequency shift on a common uplink signal, determines the quality of the frequency shifted uplink signal, and demodulates the frequency shifted uplink signal. A selector/combiner module generates a highest quality demodulated signal, which may be done by selecting the frequency shifted uplink signal or soft combining a subset of frequency shifted uplink signals having a sufficiently high quality.
US12137015B2
This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for wireless communication, and particularly, for generating or receiving a multi-generation physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU). The multi-generation PPDU may concurrently include a first generation-specific preamble based on a first generation of a wireless communication specification (such as that defined by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 family of standards) and a second generation-specific preamble based on a second generation of the wireless communication specification in a same transmission. The generation-specific preambles may be generated based on bandwidth portions of a wireless channel that each generation-specific preamble will occupy in the multi-generation PPDU. One or more of the generation-specific preambles may be modified based on an aggregate bandwidth of the multi-generation PPDU. This disclosure includes several options for modifying one or more generation-specific preambles or data fields to accommodate their use in a multi-generation PPDU.
US12137012B2
A method includes obtaining an in-phase (I) input signal and a quadrature (Q) input signal at a quadrature modulator. The method also includes performing constant envelope bi-phase shift keying (CE-BPSK) modulation using the quadrature modulator to generate a modulated output signal. The modulated output signal includes a CE-BPSK modulated waveform containing phase reversals, and the CE-BPSK modulated waveform has a substantially-constant amplitude during the phase reversals.
US12137010B2
A battery pack comprises an enclosure; a plurality of network nodes that communicate with each other inside the enclosure and that generate a unique radio frequency (RF) signature; and a special-purpose computer processor that compares an incoming channel impulse response (CIR) of the unique radio frequency (RF) signature corresponding to an incoming packet to a plurality of stored valid RF CIR signatures and executes a resemblance metric to accept or reject the incoming packet.
US12137006B1
Apparatuses and methods concerning providing data-communications room recommendations are disclosed. As an example, one apparatus includes a data-communications server. The data-communications server is configured to provide user-data-communications sessions. The server is also configured to retrieve data-communications messages, which may arise from a plurality of disparate interconnected data-communications systems, and batch the data communications messages for a particular data-communications room together to create a room document. Responding to receipt of a request from a particular user, the server identifies a particular data-communications room for a particular inquiry.
US12137003B2
A method and apparatus for periodic transmissions for a configured grant is provided. A first device operating in a wireless communication system transmits, to a second device, a media access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) by using a first resource of a configured grant (CG) in a first period for which the first resource of the CG is associated with a HARQ process identifier (ID), and flushes a HARQ buffer associated with the HARQ process ID in a second period for which a second resource of the CG is associated with the HARQ process ID. Then, the first device ignores a retransmission resource associated with the HARQ process ID based on flushing the HARQ buffer.
US12136999B2
A data transmission apparatus includes a first transmitter. The first transmitter is configured to, when a first timer is running and a second timer is not running, transmit retransmission data according to a configuration grant corresponding to a first hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process, and start the second timer if LBT is not failed for transmission of a transport block for the retransmission data, or, when the first timer is not running, transmit new data according to a configuration grant corresponding to the first HARQ process, and start the first timer and the second timer if LBT is not failed for transmission of a transport lock for the new data.
US12136989B2
A method is disclosed for estimating one or more user terminal locations over a target coverage area by wireless signals transmitted by one or more access points and reflected by one or more reconfigurable intelligent surface panels. The method includes transmission of one or more pilot signals by each of the one or more access points, reflecting, by at least one of the one or more reconfigurable intelligent surface panels, the one or more pilot signals according to one or more predetermined reflection patterns, receiving the reflections by the user terminal, extracting one or more features from the reflections, and estimating of a user terminal location by a method based on a database comprising pairs of locations and the one or more features.
US12136978B2
A method in a user equipment, UE, for reporting channel state information, CSI, to a network includes determining a number of subbands of a bandwidth part, BWP, to report CSI. The method further includes determining a CSI computation time including a CSI computation delay requirement. The method further includes performing CSI estimation for a plurality of the number of subbands based on the CSI computation time. The method further includes reporting the CSI report for at least one of the number of subbands. Analogous UEs, computer programs and computer program products are also provided.
US12136970B2
A data transmission method includes generating a signaling field of a PPDU, where a channel bandwidth for transmitting the PPDU includes at least two frequency segments, which include a first frequency segment, and the channel bandwidth includes an RU for MU-MIMO transmission; the signaling field includes a common field and a user-specific field, the user-specific field includes a user field corresponding to the RU, and the user field is a user field of a station to which the RU is allocated and that parks on the first frequency segment; and the common field includes a resource unit allocation subfield corresponding to the RU, indicating the RU and a quantity of user fields corresponding to the RU; and sending the signaling field on the first frequency segment. Some embodiments are applied to a WLAN system that supports 802.11be standard.
US12136958B2
In certain aspects, a waveform driving device for a tester channel includes a waveform generator, a bit map register, and an output logic circuit. The waveform generator is configured to generate a waveform signal based on a driving source signal. The bit map register is configured to store a bit map associated with the tester channel. The output logic circuit is coupled to the bit map register and the waveform generator, and configured to control an output of the waveform signal through the tester channel based on a bit control signal from the bit map.
US12136957B2
An underwater communications system is provided that transmits electromagnetic and/or magnetic signals to a remote receiver. The transmitter includes a data input. A digital data compressor compresses data to be transmitted. A modulator modulates compressed data onto a carrier signal. An electrically insulated, magnetic coupled antenna transmits the compressed, modulated signals. The receiver that has an electrically insulated, magnetic coupled antenna for receiving a compressed, modulated signal. A demodulator is provided for demodulating the signal to reveal compressed data. A de-compressor de-compresses the data. An appropriate human interface is provided to present transmitted data into text/audio/visible form. Similarly, the transmit system comprises appropriate audio/visual/text entry mechanisms.
US12136953B2
A contactless connector includes: a circuit board; a light emitter arranged on the circuit board and capable of converting electrical signals into optical signals; a light emitter control chip arranged on the circuit board for controlling the operation of the light emitter; and a light-transmitting member at least partially covering the circuit board, the light emitter, and the light emitter control chip.
US12136951B2
An coherent transceiver includes a single silicon photonics substrate configured to integrate a laser diode chip flip-mounted and coupled with a wavelength tuning section to provide a laser output with tuned wavelengths which is split in X:Y ratio partly into a coherent receiver block as local-oscillator signals and partly into a coherent transmitter block as a light source. The coherent receiver includes a polarization-beam-splitter-rotator to split a coherent input signal to a TE-mode signal and a TM*-mode signal respectively detected by two 90-deg hybrid receivers and a flip-mounted TIA chip assisted by two local-oscillator signals from the tunable laser device. The coherent transmitter includes a driver chip flip-mounted on the silicon photonics substrate to drive a pair of Mach-Zehnder modulators with 90-degree shift in quadrature-phase branches to modulate the laser output to two polarized signals with I/Q modulation and uses a polarization-beam-rotator-combiner to combine them as a coherent output signal.
US12136948B2
In one embodiment, a device registers with a controller for a mesh of overhead access points. The device receives, from the controller, a communication schedule for the device. The device generates a message to be sent to the mesh of overhead access points. The device transmits, according to the communication schedule, the message as a beam cone directed substantially upward relative to the device towards the mesh of overhead access points. The message is received and relayed by one or more particular access points in the mesh without the device previously performing a wireless association exchange with those one or more particular access points.
US12136947B1
The techniques described within this disclosure are directed to an in-line adaptor or coupling device of a PON that detects incoming optical signals (e.g., of different services) being delivered over the PON on different bands of wavelengths supported by an incoming optical fiber of the PON, converts (if necessary) any optical signals to suitable wavelength signals, and transmits the converted optical signals to a last mile termination unit via suitable output interfaces. At least a portion of the incoming optical signals are not converted by the in-line adaptor, and instead are passed-through the in-line adaptor to the last mile termination unit via an optical output interface. The in-line adaptor further includes one or more wireless interfaces via which information pertaining to the received optical signals and/or other information related to the in-line adaptor is transmitted to one or more recipient devices.
US12136946B1
The techniques described within this disclosure are directed to an in-line adaptor or coupling device of a PON that detects incoming optical signals (e.g., of different services) being delivered over the PON on different bands of wavelengths supported by an incoming optical fiber of the PON, converts (if necessary) any optical signals to suitable wavelength signals, and transmits the converted optical signals to a last mile termination unit via suitable output interfaces. At least a portion of the incoming optical signals are not converted by the in-line adaptor, and instead are passed-through the in-line adaptor to the last mile termination unit via an optical output interface. The in-line adaptor further includes one or more wireless interfaces via which information pertaining to the received optical signals and/or other information related to the in-line adaptor is transmitted to one or more recipient devices.
US12136944B1
Techniques for repairing a network failure in a Passive Optical Network (PON) include establishing a communication session with an optical network terminal (ONT) in a PON via a short-range communication link. In response to establishing the communication session, the techniques include receiving diagnostic information related to a network failure corresponding to the ONT, and presenting the diagnostic information to a user for the user to repair the ONT based on the received diagnostic information.
US12136937B2
A device for transferring heat between a second module, for example an optical transceiver module, and a first module, for example a heat sink. The device comprises a holder for holding the second module, a first unit configured to be thermally coupled to the first module, and a second unit which is urged against the second module placed in the holder by a biasing apparatus. The first unit and the second unit are thermally coupled to one another through a heat-transferring apparatus such that an improved heat transfer can be provided between the first and second units, and hence between the second module and the first module. Furthermore, the disclosure also relates to an arrangement, including the device, and a network access node for a wireless communication system including any one of the device and the arrangement.
US12136935B2
We disclose herein a method of compressing data for data transfer within an electronic device. The method comprises: receiving, at a first processing member of the electronic device, a plurality of data samples produced by a member of the electronic device, wherein the data samples comprise numerical bits; restructuring, by the first processing member, the plurality of data samples into a plurality of data packets; labelling each data packet with a sample indicator bit to indicate a plurality of groups across the plurality of data packets; transferring a bit stream comprising at least some of the plurality of data packets across an interface of the electronic device to a receiving member of the electronic device; and decoding the bit stream, by a second processing member of the electronic device, to obtain at least some of the plurality of the data samples, the decoding being based at least in part on the sample indicator bits.
US12136927B2
Timing alignment circuits for use in synchronizing output signals of high-speed dividers and other clock generators are provided. An example timing alignment circuit includes detection circuitry to receive first and second output signals, and output an error sign signal indicating whether the second output signal leads or lags the first output signal and a divide ratio slip signal. The example timing alignment circuit also includes control and aligning circuitry. The control circuitry receives a first local sync status signal and outputs a first control signal to a first component. The aligning circuitry receives the error sign signal and the divide ratio slip signal from the detection circuitry and also receives a second local sync status signal indicating when the first and second output signals are synchronized. The aligning circuitry outputs a second control signal to a second component that synchronously enables the output path receiving the clocks from different dividers with all rising edges aligned similar to a circuit exiting a synchronous reset.
US12136926B2
In an example, a phase-locked loop (PLL) circuit includes an oscillator, a frequency search circuit, and an analog control loop. The oscillator is configured to provide a clock signal. The frequency search circuit is configured to measure a first frequency of the clock signal for a first clock control signal, measure a second frequency of a second signal for a second clock control signal, and determine, based on the first frequency, the second frequency, the first clock control signal, and the second clock control signal, a third clock control signal corresponding to a programmed frequency, the third clock control signal for causing the clock signal to have a frequency based on the programmed frequency. The analog control loop is configured to control the oscillator to cause the frequency to converge to the programmed frequency.
US12136920B2
Attenuators are disclosed according to various aspects. In some aspects, an attenuator includes resistors coupled along a resistive path, wherein a first one of the resistors is coupled to an input of the attenuator, and shunt circuits, wherein each one of the shunt circuits is coupled between a respective node on the resistive path and an output of the attenuator. In other aspects, an attenuator includes routing circuits coupled in parallel between an input of the attenuator and an output of the attenuator, wherein each one of the routing circuits includes a respective series resistor and a respective series switch coupled in series between the input of the attenuator and the output of the attenuator, and a respective switchable resistor circuit coupled to a respective node between the respective series resistor and the respective series switch, wherein resistances of the series resistors of the routing circuits are binary weighted.
US12136917B2
Provided is a voltage level shifter that operates in sub-threshold voltages. The level shifter includes a level shifting stage. The level shifting stage receives a first signal from a first voltage domain and outputs a second signal to a second voltage domain. The level shifter includes a first auxiliary stage. In response to the first signal having a first voltage level corresponding to a first logical state and a first node of the level shifting stage having a supply voltage level, the first auxiliary stage sources current to a second node of the level shifting stage. Sourcing the current to the second node accelerates a transition of the first node to a reference voltage. The level shifting stage outputs a second signal to a second voltage domain.
US12136911B2
An acoustic wave device includes an acoustic wave filter configured to filter a radio frequency signal and a loop circuit coupled to the acoustic wave filter. The loop circuit is configured to generate an anti-phase signal to a target signal at a particular frequency. The loop circuit includes a Lamb wave resonator having a piezoelectric layer and an interdigital transducer electrode disposed on the piezoelectric layer. The piezoelectric layer includes free edges. An edge of the piezoelectric layer is configured to one of suppress or scatter reflections of acoustic waves generated by the interdigital transducer electrode from the edge of the piezoelectric layer.
US12136910B2
Aspects of this disclosure relate to an acoustic wave resonator with a patterned conductive layer. The acoustic wave resonator can include a piezoelectric layer, an interdigital transducer electrode over the piezoelectric layer, and a temperature compensation layer over the interdigital transducer electrode. The interdigital transducer electrode can include a bus bar and fingers extending from the bus bar. The fingers can each include an edge portion and a body portion. The patterned conductive layer can overlap the edge portions of the fingers. The patterned conductive layer can conductive portions that are spaced apart from each other. A portion of the temperature compensation layer can be positioned between the patterned conductive layer and the interdigital transducer electrode.
US12136904B2
Disclosed embodiments provide flexible performance, high dynamic range, microelectromechanical (MEMS) multipath digital microphones, which allow seamless, low latency transitions between audio signal paths without audible artifacts over interruptions in the audio output signal. Disclosed embodiments facilitate performance and power saving mode transitions maintaining high dynamic range capability.
US12136903B2
A power amplifier is provided. The power amplifier comprises: a universal pulse converter configured to: receive at least one analog input; and modulate an in-phase component of the at least one analog input and a quadrature component of the at least one input signal; a processor configured to process the in-phase and quadrature components, the processor comprising: a clock configured to produce a clock signal; a pulse processor configured to remove non-essential information from the modulated in-phase and quadrature components; and a pulse converter configured to output a control signal based on a selected amplifier class; and a switching network configured to actuate one or more switches based on the control signal to output an amplified signal.
US12136901B2
Apparatus and methods for a no-load-modulation power amplifier are described. No-load-modulation power amplifiers can comprise multiple amplifiers connected in parallel to amplify a signal that has been divided into parallel circuit branches. One of the amplifiers can operate as a main amplifier in a first amplification class and the remaining amplifiers can operate as peaking amplifiers in a second amplification class. The main amplifier can see essentially no modulation of its load between the power amplifier's fully-on and fully backed-off states. The power amplifiers can operate in symmetric and asymmetric modes. Improvements in bandwidth and drain efficiency over conventional Doherty amplifiers are obtained. Further improvements can be obtained by combining signals from the amplifiers with hybrid couplers.
US12136893B2
An optical device includes a base that includes a main surface, a movable unit that includes an optical function unit, an elastic support unit that supports the movable unit so that the movable unit is movable along a predetermined direction perpendicular to the main surface, a fixed comb electrode that includes a plurality of fixed comb fingers, and a movable comb electrode that includes a plurality of movable comb fingers which are disposed alternately with the plurality of fixed comb fingers. At least one of the movable unit and the elastic support unit includes an electrode support portion that supports the movable comb electrode. The electrode support portion includes a rib portion that is formed so that the thickness of the electrode support portion in the predetermined direction is larger than the thickness of the movable comb fingers in the predetermined direction.
US12136889B2
A power system, related to the field of electronic power. The power system includes a centralized controller and three power modules. Each phase of an alternating current power supply is connected to one power module, and an input end of each power module is connected to one phase of the alternating current power supply. Each power module includes a low voltage controller and at least two power units. Each power unit includes a unit controller. The centralized controller is connected to each low voltage controller by using a bus. The centralized controller sends a control signal to each unit controller by using each low voltage controller, to control the unit controller and/or a power conversion circuit. The power system can implement hot swap of the power module and improve on-site operation reliability.
US12136886B2
For power transfer from a first DC part to a second DC part in a dual active bridge (DAB) converter by stepping up a voltage, the second bridge circuit includes a period in which a secondary winding of an insulated transformer and the second DC part conduct and a period in which ends of the secondary winding of the insulated transformer are short-circuited in the second bridge circuit. A control circuit fixes a phase difference between a first leg a the second leg, variably controls a simultaneous off period of a fifth switching element and a sixth switching element, and variably controls a simultaneous off period of a seventh switching element and an eighth switching element.
US12136883B2
An active flyback converter is transitioned between a plurality of operational states based on a comparison of a control voltage signal to voltage thresholds and a count of a number of consecutive switching cycles during which a clamp switch is kept off. The plurality of operational states includes a run state, an idle state, a first burst state, and a second burst state. Each set of consecutive switching cycles of the first burst state includes a determined number of switching cycles during which signals are generated to turn the power switch on and off and to maintain an off state of the clamp switch, and a switching cycle in a determined position in the set of switching cycles during which signals are sequentially generated to turn the power switch on, turn the power switch off, turn the clamp switch on and turn the clamp switch off.
US12136878B2
A multi-stage amplifier circuit includes: a front stage amplification circuit, for generating a front stage amplification signal according to a difference between a primary reference signal and a primary feedback signal; an output adjustment circuit, for generating a driving signal according to the front stage amplification signal; and an output transistor, controlled by the driving signal to generate an output signal. The output adjustment circuit includes: an adjustment transistor biased by a differential current of the front stage amplification signal; and an impedance adjustment device biased by the differential current. A resistance of the impedance adjustment device is determined by a difference between an adjustment feedback signal and an adjustment reference signal. The driving signal is determined by a product of a resistance of the impedance adjustment device multiplied by the differential current of the front stage amplification signal, and a drain-source voltage of the adjustment transistor.
US12136877B2
A switched capacitor voltage converter circuit for converting a first voltage to a second voltage, includes: a switched capacitor converter and a control circuit. The switched capacitor converter includes at least two capacitors, plural switches and at least one inductor. In a mode switching period wherein the switched capacitor converter switches from a present conversion mode to a next conversion mode, at least two forward switches of the plural switches operate in a unidirectional conduction mode. Each of the forward switches provides a current channel that unidirectionally flows toward the second voltage in the unidirectional conduction mode. The switched capacitor voltage converter circuit is also operable to convert the second voltage to the first voltage.
US12136873B2
Systems and methods for adaptive power factor correction are described that utilize a circuit that senses a current or frequency of a line and controls one or more switches to vary the capacitance of the circuit based on the measured current or frequency. Two or more branches can be used to allow for the capacitance of the circuit to be varied over time in response to a change in the measured current or frequency. Using such systems and methods, a high power factor can be maintained even for higher line frequencies and lighter loads.
US12136862B2
The present invention provides a motor including a shaft, a rotor coupled to the shaft, and a stator disposed outside the rotor, wherein the stator includes a stator core, insulators disposed on the stator core, coils disposed on the insulators, and insulating members disposed between the insulators in a circumferential direction, the insulator includes a body on which the coil is disposed and a guide extending from one side of the body, the guide includes a protrusion protruding from an inner circumferential surface toward a center of the stator, and a lower portion of the protrusion includes a first inclined surface.
US12136861B2
A motor stator for a motor is disclosed. The motor stator includes a stator body and a plurality of windings. The stator body includes a weld end, a crown end, and a plurality of slots arranged circumferentially and extending axially therethrough between the weld end and the crown end. Each winding including a phase lead, a neutral lead, and a plurality of coils. The plurality of coils include a same-layer lead coil including two legs that spans across multiple slots of the plurality of slots and that are inserted into respective slots at a same layer thereof. The same-layer lead coil positions the phase lead at the weld end. The neutral lead and welds joining the plurality of coils are all positioned at the weld end.
US12136851B2
A stator for an electric motor has a stator base body, which has stator teeth arranged in a star shape and a stator yoke, and on whose outer circumference a number of axial slots are provided, into which joining elements projecting radially from the circumference of the stator base body are radially inserted in a form-fitting manner.
US12136848B2
The battery assembly includes a control unit and a DCDC converter. The control unit is configured to, when a first load is short-circuited in a process in which the battery assembly supplies power to the first load, control the DCDC converter to output a first current. The first current is greater than a maximum nominal discharge current of the battery assembly, is used to break an electrical connection between the first load and a busbar, and is less than a short-circuit protection current of the battery assembly; and/or the control unit is configured to, after a power supply encounters a power failure, control a discharge capability of the battery assembly to be greater than a maximum nominal discharge capability of the battery assembly, and supply power to a first load and a second load by using a DCDC converter.
US12136837B1
The battery-charging system is an electric circuit. The battery-charging system is an electrochemical device. The battery-charging system converts chemical potential energy into electrical energy used to power an electric load. The battery-charging system comprises a power distribution circuit and a regeneration circuit. The power distribution circuit generates a plurality of specified voltage values that are capable of meeting a plurality of input voltage specifications. The power distribution is capable of simultaneously supplying electric energy to a plurality of electric loads. The power distribution circuit further comprises an electric circuit that redistributes the chemical potential energy stored within the power distribution circuit to match the electrical energy needs of the plurality of electric loads. The regeneration circuit recharges the power distribution circuit. The plurality of diodes are connected between parallel battery strings each comprising battery cells.
US12136834B2
A power transmitter (101) provides power to a power receiver (105) via an electromagnetic power transfer signal. The power transmitter (101) comprises an output circuit (302, 103) with a transmitter coil (103) generating the power transfer signal in response to a drive signal generated by a driver (301). A configuration controller (303) switches between power transfer configurations having different maximum power limits and voltage amplitudes for the drive signal. A transmitter (307) transmits a power configuration message to the power receiver (105) comprising data indicative of a voltage amplitude for a first power transfer configuration a receiver (305) receives a power transfer configuration change request message from the power receiver (105). The configuration controller (303) switches the power transmitter (101) to the first power transfer configuration in response to the power transfer configuration change request message. The approach allows a power transmitter and receiver to collaborate to change power transfer configurations providing different maximum power limits.
US12136830B2
Disclosed is an antenna module for wireless power transmission and reception, wherein a loop-shaped coil for wireless power transmission and reception is formed using two wires having different diameters, so that a reduction in charging efficiency is prevented. The disclosed antenna module for wireless power transmission and reception may comprise: a first coil which is wound around a first winding shaft to form a first loop and has a first coil diameter; a second coil which is wound around the outer periphery of the first coil to form a second loop and has a second coil diameter thicker than the first oil diameter; a base substrate disposed to overlap portions of the first coil and the second coil; and a coil connection pattern formed on one surface of the base substrate and connected to the first coil and the second coil.
US12136824B2
A device for receiving and harvesting energy from the earth and its atmosphere for providing a supply of electrical energy.
US12136822B2
Aspects are described for a device comprising a wireless transceiver configured to receive a radio frequency (RF) emission from a source device, an energy-harvesting unit configured to charge the first device wirelessly, using a first part of the RF emission, and a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver. The processor is configured to modulate the first part of the RF emission based on information detected by the device and determine that an energy level of the device is above a threshold. The processor is further configured to transmit, in response to determining that the energy level is above the threshold, using the wireless transceiver, the modulated first part of the RF emission to the source device. The processor is further configured to transmit, in response to determining that the energy level is above the threshold, using the wireless transceiver, a second part of the RF emission wirelessly to another device to charge the other device.
US12136820B2
An exemplary power system includes a DC power bus and a photovoltaic system connected to the DC power bus. An energy storage system is connected to the DC power bus and stores energy injected to the DC power bus by the photovoltaic system. A power inverter is connected to the DC power bus and converts power between the DC power bus and an AC connected load. The power system also includes a control system that receives power system data from one or more sub-systems and devices connected to the DC power bus, and controls, in real-time, one or more of the power inverter and the energy storage system to act as a load on the DC power bus based on the received power system data.
US12136819B2
A power conversion system (PCS) includes an alternating current (AC) power port, a first direct current (DC) power port, a second DC power port, a high voltage capacitor, a first DC converter, a second DC converter, a power inverter, and a microcontroller unit. The microcontroller unit adjusts a frequency of an AC power output by the power conversion system based on a voltage difference across the high voltage capacitor of the power conversion system to switch the frequency of the AC power between different frequencies.
US12136815B2
Provided are a method and system for managing power grid stability utilising local dynamic load control, the method being performed by a virtual load manager (VLM) comprising one or more processors configured to: configure a plurality of electrical devices connected to a mains supply grid to individually react to grid fluctuations such that the plurality of electrical devices act as one or more virtual load groups each comprising one or more electrical devices with the same response to the grid fluctuations; and manage the individual electrical devices and operating characteristics of the electrical devices in the one or more virtual load groups on behalf of a central grid controller (CGC) of the mains supply grid, wherein each of the electrical devices comprises a local controller configured to provide dynamic control of their respective load in response to fluctuations of the mains supply grid based on the configuration provided by the virtual load manager (VLM).
US12136808B2
A photovoltaic power generation system includes an inverter, a controller, and at least two direct current branch circuits. The leakage current detection apparatus is configured to: detect a leakage current of the direct current branch circuit on which the leakage current detection apparatus is located and send the leakage current to the controller. The controller is further configured to: when the photovoltaic power generation system runs and a value of a leakage current of the direct current branch circuit exceeds a preset range, determine that an insulation fault occurs on the direct current branch circuit. The system can determine the direct current branch circuit on which the insulation fault occurs in the photovoltaic power generation system, so that measures are taken in time for the direct current branch circuit on which the insulation fault occurs, to eliminate a potential safety hazard.
US12136803B2
A bracket for suspending multiple line segments at an elevated location is disclosed. The bracket has a back portion to engage against a supporting surface at the elevated location. The back portion has a left segment and a right segment. The bracket has at least one of a left arm extending from the left segment or a right arm extending from the right segment. The bracket has at least one of a first left seat extending from the left arm, a second left seat extending from the left arm, a first right seat extending from the right arm, or a second right seat extending from the right arm. At least one of the multiple line segments are supported by at least one of the first left seat, the second left seat, the first right seat, or the second right seat.
US12136800B2
A gas leakage detection system 1 with high detection accuracy for a remaining gas amount and a gas leakage amount of an insulation gas 28 in a container 27 forming a electrical apparatus 2 is provided. The gas leakage detection system 1 includes: the electrical apparatus 2 including: the container 27 to which a power distribution apparatus 29 is fixed and in which the insulation gas 28 is contained; a plurality of divided spaces 21 in the container 28 divided in parallel with a ground; a plurality of temperature sensors 22 which detects temperature of the insulation gas 28 and which is positioned in the plurality of the divided spaces 22; and a pressure sensor 23 which detects a pressure in the container 27; and a monitor 3 which calculates the remaining gas amount Mg of the insulation gas 28 remaining in the container 27 based on the temperature Ta and Tb of the insulation gas 28 detected by the plurality of the temperature sensors 22 and the pressure Pg of the insulation gas 28 detected by the pressure sensor 23.
US12136797B2
The upper surface of the semiconductor substrate has a slope descending from the projection in the second direction at an angle of 0-12° to a horizontal plane. The mesa stripe structure has an inclined surface with a slope ascending from the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate at an angle of 45-55° to the horizontal plane, the mesa stripe structure having an upright surface rising from the inclined surface at an angle of 85-95° to the horizontal plane. The buried layer is made from semiconductor with ruthenium doped therein and is in contact with the inclined surface and the upright surface. The inclined surface is as high as 80% or less of height from the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate to a lower surface of the quantum well layer and is as high as 0.3 μm or more.
US12136796B2
The present disclosure is generally directed to an EML with a filter layer disposed between an active region of the EML and a substrate of the EML to absorb a portion of unmodulated light energy, and preferably the unmodulated light energy caused by transverse electric (TE) substrate mode. The filter layer preferably comprises a material with an energy band gap (Eg) that is less than the energy band gap of the predetermined channel wavelength to absorb unmodulated laser light.
US12136795B2
A method of manufacturing an optical semiconductor device includes a step of forming semiconductor layers on the surface of an n-type InP substrate; an etching step of forming an active layer ridge by etching part of the semiconductor layers; a cleaning step of removing Si having adhered to the surface of the etched semiconductor layers while feeding a source gas for the crystal growth and an etching gas; and a crystal growth step of forming buried layers along both sidewalls of the active layer ridge at a processing temperature higher than that in the cleaning step, and the cleaning step is performed with the ridge being kept in shape.
US12136791B2
A memory card reader body includes an upper face consisting of a cover and a lower face consisting of a base in which there is made a through-orifice for receiving a memory card connector, wherein: —said base is a metal component including first means of assembly with said cover, which means are each positioned on at least two opposing sides of said base, —said cover is a metal component including second means of assembly with said base, which means are each positioned on at least two opposing sides of said cover, wherein said first means of assembly are intended to plug together with the second means of assembly to form two lateral walls of said memory card reader body, said lateral walls having the overall shape of a rectangular parallelepiped and extending substantially perpendicular to the lower face of said memory card reader.
US12136766B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. According to one or more aspects, the described apparatus includes one or more stacks of patch radiators (such as patch antennas) comprising at least a first patch radiator and a second patch radiator. The first patch radiator is associated with a low-band frequency; the second patch radiator is associated with a high-band frequency. The first patch radiator and the second patch radiator may overlap a ground plane, which may be asymmetric. Some or all patch radiators in a stack may be rotated relative to the ground plane, such that some or all edge of a patch radiator may be nonparallel with one or more edges of the ground plane. Further, each patch radiator stack may include separate feeds for each of at least two frequencies and two polarizations, and thus at least four feeds (one for each frequency/polarization combination) in total.
US12136755B2
The invention relates to a fuel cell system (100) and to an integration backplane (10) for holding at least one pair of fuel cell modules (110) and at least one air module (120), said integration backplane (10) being provided with a positioning means (12) for the pair of fuel cell modules (110) and for the air module (120), such that the air module (120) can be arranged in a symmetric position with regards to, in particular between the fuel cell modules (110) of the pair of fuel cell modules (110), and said integration backplane (10) being further provided with a media and electrical interface (20), wherein the media and electrical interface (20) includes module connection ports for connecting to the fuel cell modules (110) and the air module (120). In accordance with the invention, the media and electrical interface (20) includes first air passages for the routing of air to the air module (120), module connecting air passages for the routing of compressed air from the air module (120) to the fuel cell modules (110), and evacuation air passages for the evacuation of depleted air from the fuel cell modules (110).
US12136748B2
The present disclosure relates to an energy storage device and an electrical equipment. The energy storage device includes a housing, a jellyroll, a connecting sheet, and a top cover. The jellyroll is provided with a tab, and the connecting sheet includes a side wing part. The energy storage device includes a welding structure composed of the tab and the side wing part. A tab sheet farthest from the side wing part in the tab sheets included by the tab is a first tab sheet, the welding structure forms a welding area on the first tab sheet. An area of the welding area is S1, an area of the side wing part is S2, and a projection area of the first tab sheet on a plane where the side wing part is located is S3, wherein 0.4≤S1/S2≤0.8, 0.14≤S1/S3≤0.28.
US12136745B1
A connecting structure, a battery module, an energy storage apparatus, and an electronic device are provided. The connecting structure includes a connecting assembly and a conducting member. The connecting assembly includes a first connecting member and a second connecting member. The first connecting member includes a first bending portion, a first connecting portion, and a second connecting portion. The first connecting portion, the first bending portion, and the second connecting portion surround a space to define an inserting groove. The second connecting member is mounted in the inserting groove and resiliently abuts against the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion. The second connecting member includes a bridging portion, a first plate, and a second plate. Each of the first plate and the second plate is provided with a resilient portion, the resilient portion has a first sub-section.
US12136732B2
Cathode active material for lithium secondary battery, and lithium secondary battery comprising same
A positive active material for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the same are provided, wherein the positive active material includes lithium, nickel, cobalt, manganese, and a doping element, and the doping element may include Zr, Al, and Ti.
US12136731B2
A negative electrode active material that includes an active material core that allows for the intercalation and deintercalation of lithium ions. The negative electrode active material also includes a plurality of conductive materials positioned on a surface of the active material core, a plurality of organic linkers each including a hydrophobic group and a polar functional group bonded to the hydrophobic group, and an elastic unit. The elastic unit includes an elastic moiety having two or more binding sites, and a functional group bonded to a binding site of the elastic moiety. The functional group reacts with the polar functional group of the organic linker, and one or more of the plurality of organic linkers are connected to the conductive materials through the hydrophobic groups of the organic linkers.
US12136728B2
The present invention relates to a lithium metal anode, a method for manufacturing same, and a lithium secondary battery using same. The lithium metal anode include a current collector having a flat structure and an anode active material layer including a lithium metal disposed on the current collector, wherein the lithium metal has a concave-convex structure and no dendrite is present on the surface of the lithium metal.
US12136703B2
A lithium-ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material. The electrolytic solution includes a cyclic sulfuric acid ester compound, a cyclic ether compound, and a chain alkyl dinitrile compound. A ratio of a weight (mg) of the cyclic sulfuric acid ester compound to a weight (g) of the positive electrode active material is from 0.01 to 2.
US12136699B2
Provided is a technology that allows precipitated metallic lithium to be rendered harmless in a lithium ion secondary battery. The nonaqueous electrolyte solution of a lithium ion secondary battery disclosed herein contains a lithium salt as an electrolyte salt, a nonaqueous solvent, and an aromatic carboxylic acid compound and an aryl halide compound, as additives.
US12136688B2
Disclosed are a light conversion device and a preparation method thereof, and a display device having the light conversion device. The preparation method includes the step of performing photolithography process n times on the substrate layer sequentially, wherein a patterned quantum dot structure and a cured photoresist layer are obtained by means of this step.
US12136685B2
A process for mounting a light component on a carrier. The light component includes a generally planar substrate, on a first face of which submillimetre-sized electroluminescent semiconductor elements are epitaxied in the form of a matrix. The process is noteworthy in that it eliminates the need for a layer of filler material between the component and the carrier, while providing good thermal and electrical conductivity between the component and the carrier and high mechanical strength.
US12136680B2
An optoelectronic device comprising two photovoltaic absorber materials of CdSeTe and perovskite and their functional component layers that are monolithically integrated into a bifacial tandem solar cell structure.
US12136679B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a first doped region having a first doping type disposed in a semiconductor substrate. A second doped region having a second doping type different than the first doping type is disposed in the semiconductor substrate and laterally spaced from the first doped region. A waveguide structure is disposed in the semiconductor substrate and laterally between the first doped region and the second doped region. A photodetector is disposed at least partially in the semiconductor substrate and laterally between the first doped region and the second doped region. The waveguide structure is configured to guide one or more photons into the photodetector. The photodetector has an upper surface that continuously arcs between opposite sidewalls of the photodetector. The photodetector has a lower surface that continuously arcs between the opposite sidewalls of the photodetector.
US12136670B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor body includes forming a pattern at a first side of a substrate, forming a semiconductor layer on the first side of the substrate, attaching the substrate and the semiconductor layer to a carrier via a surface of the semiconductor layer, and removing the substrate from a second side opposite to the first side.
US12136668B2
A semiconductor structure includes a heterojunction, including at least two sets of channel layers and barrier layers stacked sequentially; a first p-type semiconductor, disposed in a gate region of the heterojunction and extended to a bottom of the heterojunction; and a second p-type semiconductor, disposed on the gate region of the heterojunction. By providing a heterojunction including at least two sets of channel layers and barrier layers stacked sequentially, multilayer 2DEG is realized by using multilayer channel layers and barrier layers to increase the concentration of 2DEG, thereby reducing the resistance. Since a first p-type semiconductor is disposed in a gate region of the heterojunction, the p-type semiconductor materials in the first p-type semiconductor are used to deplete the 2DEG to realize normally-off and increase the threshold voltage.
US12136665B2
Provided is a semiconductor device that carries current in both directions and that enables accurate detection of current flowing through the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a transistor and a diode both formed in a common semiconductor base body. The semiconductor device includes: a first main surface; a second main surface; a first electrode; a second electrode; a third electrode for current sensing; and a fourth electrode for current sensing. The semiconductor base body includes: a transistor region in which the transistor is formed; a diode region in which the diode is formed; and a separation region formed between the transistor region and the diode region. The third electrode is provided on the first main surface in the transistor region at a distance from the first electrode. The fourth electrode is provided on the first main surface in the diode region at a distance from the first electrode.
US12136662B2
In an embodiment, a method includes: forming a fin extending from a substrate; forming a first gate mask over the fin, the first gate mask having a first width; forming a second gate mask over the fin, the second gate mask having a second width, the second width being greater than the first width; depositing a first filling layer over the first gate mask and the second gate mask; depositing a second filling layer over the first filling layer; planarizing the second filling layer with a chemical mechanical polish (CMP) process, the CMP process being performed until the first filling layer is exposed; and planarizing the first filling layer and remaining portions of the second filling layer with an etch-back process, the etch-back process etching materials of the first filling layer, the second filling layer, the first gate mask, and the second gate mask at the same rate.
US12136661B2
A Compact CMOS System having a non-split Channel Regions Controlling Gate, including a material which forms rectifying junctions with both N and P-type Field Induced Semiconductor, and at least two Channels electrically connected thereto and projecting substantially away therefrom adjacent and parallel to one another. There further being substantially non-rectifying junctions to the material which forms a rectifying junction with both N and P-type Field Induced Semiconductor, and to distal ends of the at least two Channels.
US12136656B2
Semiconductor structures are disclosed which comprise semiconductor devices having thin multi-layer channel stacks. In one example, a semiconductor structure comprises a gate structure comprising a multi-layer channel stack. The multi-layer channel stack comprises a first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer, and a channel layer disposed between the first and second dielectric layers. The semiconductor structure further comprises a first source/drain region disposed on a first side of the gate structure and in electrical contact with a first end portion of the multi-layer channel stack and a second source/drain region disposed on a second side of the gate structure and in electrical contact with a second end portion of the multi-layer channel stack.
US12136651B2
A semiconductor structure includes a SiGe fin protruding from a substrate, where the SiGe fin includes a top portion having a first sidewall and a second sidewall and a bottom portion having a third sidewall and a fourth sidewall, and where a first transition region connecting the first sidewall to the third sidewall and a second transition region connecting the second sidewall to the fourth sidewall each have a tapered profile extending away from the first sidewall and the second sidewall, respectively, and a Si-containing layer disposed on the top portion of the SiGe fin, where a portion of the Si-containing layer on the first transition region extends away from the first sidewall by a first lateral distance and a portion of the Si-containing layer on the second transition region extends away from the second sidewall by a second lateral distance that is different from the first lateral distance.
US12136643B2
An image sensor may include a first substrate having first and second surfaces and including unit pixel regions, each of which includes a device isolation pattern and a photoelectric conversion region adjacent to the first surface of the first substrate, a pixel isolation pattern provided in the first substrate to define the unit pixel regions and to penetrate the device isolation pattern, a first impurity region and a floating diffusion region provided in the first substrate and adjacent to the first surface, a second substrate provided on the first substrate to have third and fourth surfaces, a second impurity region provided in the second substrate and adjacent to the third surface, and ground and body contacts coupled to the first and second impurity regions, respectively. The ground contact and the body contact may be electrically separated from each other.
US12136632B2
A structure is disclosed, comprising: a first field effect transistor, FET, comprising a first source terminal, a first drain terminal, a first layer or body of semiconductive material arranged to provide a first semiconductive channel connecting the first source terminal to the first drain terminal, and a gate terminal arranged with respect to the first semiconductive channel such that a conductivity of the first semiconductive channel may be controlled by application of a voltage to the gate terminal; and a second FET comprising a second source terminal, a second drain terminal, a second layer or body of semiconductive material arranged to provide a second semiconductive channel connecting the second source terminal to the second drain terminal, and the gate terminal, the second conductive channel being arranged with respect to the gate terminal such that a conductivity of the second channel may be controlled by application of a voltage to the gate terminal. Methods of manufacturing such structures are also disclosed.
US12136631B2
A display panel includes a base layer including a first area and a second area. At least one inorganic layer disposed on the base layer overlaps the first area and the second area. The at least one inorganic layer comprises a lower opening. A first thin-film transistor is disposed on the at least one inorganic layer. The first thin-film transistor includes a silicon semiconductor pattern. A second thin-film transistor is disposed on the at least one inorganic layer. The second thin-film transistor includes an oxide semiconductor pattern. A plurality of insulation layers overlap the first area and the second area. An upper opening extends from the lower opening. A signal line is electrically connected to the second thin-film transistor. An organic layer is disposed in the lower opening and the upper opening. A light emitting element is disposed on the organic layer.
US12136623B2
A semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor body having a main surface and a rear surface opposite the main surface, a first bond pad disposed on the main surface, a second bond pad disposed on the rear surface, a first switching device that is monolithically integrated in the semiconductor body and has a first input-output terminal that is electrically connected to the first bond pad, and a second switching device that is monolithically integrated in the semiconductor body and has a first input-output terminal that is electrically connected to the second bond pad.
US12136614B2
A radio frequency module includes a module substrate having main surfaces facing each other and enabling radio frequency components to be mounted on both main surfaces, a power amplifier configured to amplify transmission signals in a cellular band, and a low noise amplifier configured to amplify GPS reception signals. The power amplifier and the low noise amplifier are mounted on the same module substrate.
US12136609B2
A plurality of semiconductor devices are arranged in a stack. Individual semiconductor devices within the stack are selected by an identity signal sent into the stack. The signal is compared within each stack to a unique stack identifier stored within each of the semiconductor devices and, when the signal is the same as the unique stack identifier, the semiconductor device is selected while, when the signal is not the same as the unique stack identifier, the semiconductor device remains within the default bypass mode.
US12136605B2
Layer structures for making direct metal-to-metal bonds at low temperatures and shorter annealing durations in microelectronics are provided. Example bonding interface structures enable direct metal-to-metal bonding of interconnects at low annealing temperatures of 150° C. or below, and at a lower energy budget. The example structures provide a precise metal recess distance for conductive pads and vias being bonded that can be achieved in high volume manufacturing. The example structures provide a vertical stack of conductive layers under the bonding interface, with geometries and thermal expansion features designed to vertically expand the stack at lower temperatures over the precise recess distance to make the direct metal-to-metal bonds. Further enhancements, such as surface nanotexture and copper crystal plane selection, can further actuate the direct metal-to-metal bonding at lowered annealing temperatures and shorter annealing durations.
US12136599B2
Disclosed are three-dimensional (3D) memory devices and fabricating methods thereof. In some embodiments, a disclosed memory device comprises a wafer structure having a sealing region and a chip region. The wafer structure comprises a substrate, a memory string array on a first side of the substrate in the chip region, a first protection structure and a second protection structure on the first side of the substrate in the sealing region, and a first contact and a second contact extending through the substrate in the sealing region. The first contact is in contact with the first protection structure, and the second contact is in contact with the second protection structure.
US12136598B2
Provided is a lid of an electronic component-housing package. The lid includes a conductor layer and a dielectric layer. The conductor layer includes at least one opening and a first part surrounding the at least one opening. The dielectric layer includes a second part, a first dielectric layer, and a second dielectric layer. The second part is located in the at least one opening. The first dielectric layer lies on the top of the conductor layer. The second part lies on the underside of the conductor layer.
US12136582B2
A power module is obtained in which the thermal resistance in the range from a semiconductor device to a base plate is reduced and the stress in the joining portion is relieved. The power module includes at least one semiconductor device, an insulating substrate having an insulating layer, a circuit layer provided on an upper surface of the insulating layer and a metal layer provided on a lower surface of the insulating layer, and a sintering joining member with an upper surface larger in outer circumference than a back surface of the at least one semiconductor device, to join together the back surface of the at least one semiconductor device and an upper surface of the circuit layer on an upper-surface side of the insulating layer.
US12136581B2
A method of fabricating a semiconductor package structure is provided. The structure is configured to include a base substrate, a die placed on the base substrate, the die including a semiconductor device, a solder bump placed on one surface of the die to exhaust heat generated in the die to an outside; and a solder ball placed on other surface of the die facing the one surface to transmit a signal, which is produced by the semiconductor device of the die, to an external device.
US12136578B2
A structure includes a first sub-structure and a second sub-structure coupled with the first sub-structure and being a composite including filler particles in a matrix. A surface of the first sub-structure has a surface profile with first elevations and first recesses configured to enable at least part of the filler particles to at least partially enter the first recesses to thereby form an interlayer including the first elevations of the first sub-structure and filler particles in the matrix of the second sub-structure.
US12136570B2
The present disclosure provides low resistance contacts and damascene interconnects with one or more graphene layers in fin structures of FETs. An example semiconductor device can include a substrate with a fin structure that includes an epitaxial region. The semiconductor device can also include an etch stop layer on the epitaxial region, and an interlayer dielectric layer on the etch stop layer. The semiconductor device can further include a metal contact, above the epitaxial region, formed through the etch stop layer and the interlayer dielectric layer, and a graphene film at interfaces between the metal contact and each of the epitaxial region, the etch stop layer, and the interlayer dielectric layer.
US12136568B2
A semiconductor structure includes: a base including a substrate and a dielectric layer, herein the substrate having a front surface and a back surface that are oppositely arranged, and the dielectric layer is located on the front surface; a connecting hole penetrating the substrate and extending to the dielectric layer; a connecting structure, located in the connecting hole; and an insulating structure, located between the connecting structure and the inner wall of the connecting hole. The insulating structure, the inner wall of the connecting hole, and the connecting structure define an air gap.
US12136552B2
The current disclosure generally relates to the manufacture of semiconductor devices. Specifically, the disclosure relates to methods of depositing a layer on a substrate comprising a recess. The method comprises providing the substrate comprising a recess in a reaction chamber, depositing inhibition material on the substrate to fill the recess with inhibition material, removing the inhibition material from the substrate for exposing a deposition area and depositing a layer on the deposition area by a vapor deposition process. A vapor deposition assembly for performing the method is also disclosed.
US12136545B2
Described herein is a technique capable of forming a film so as to fill an inside of a recess provided on a surface of a substrate. According to one aspect of the technique, there is provided a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, including: (a) forming a film by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including: (a-1) supplying a gas to a substrate in a process chamber; and (a-2) vacuum-exhausting an inner atmosphere of the process chamber; and (b) generating a predetermined temperature difference between a front surface of the substrate and a back surface of the substrate at a predetermined timing during (a).
US12136542B2
An apparatus for obtaining ion energy distribution, IED, measurements in a plasma processing system, in one example, comprising a substrate for placement in the plasma processing system and exposed to the plasma, an ion energy analyser disposed in the substrate for measuring the ion energy distribution at the substrate surface during plasma processing, the analyser comprising a first conductive grid, a second conductive grid, a third conductive grid, a fourth conductive grid and a collection electrode, each grid separated by an insulation layer, a battery power supply and control circuitry, integrated in the substrate, for supplying and controlling voltage to each of the grids and the collector of the ion energy analyser; and a high voltage generating circuit.
US12136536B2
The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for controlling a plasma sheath near a substrate edge. Changing the voltage/current distribution across the inner electrode and the outer electrode with in the substrate assembly facilitates the spatial distribution of the plasma across the substrate. The method includes providing a first radio frequency power to a central electrode embedded in a substrate support assembly, providing a second radio frequency power to an annular electrode embedded in the substrate support assembly at a location different than the central electrode, wherein the annular electrode circumferentially surrounds the central electrode, monitoring parameters of the first and second radio frequency power, and adjusting one or both of the first and second radio frequency power based on the monitored parameters.
US12136531B2
In one embodiment, a method includes, by a switch device, determining a position of an on/off input selector, the on/off input selector being located within a switch device, in response to determining the position of the on/off input selector is in an off position, operating one or more solid state switches to suspend current to one or more load-side terminals, determining whether the one or more load-side terminals of the switch device are electrically isolated, in response to determining the one or more load-side terminals of the switch device are electrically isolated, generating a prompt via a graphical user interface, and receiving, via the graphical user interface, one or more inputs, the one or more inputs including at least a request for safety lockout instructions.
US12136522B2
A monolithic ceramic capacitor has a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of conductive layers sintered together to form a substantially monolithic ceramic body. The ceramic body defines at least one void between the dielectric and conductive layers. The void is at least partially enclosed within the ceramic body and bounded by at least a portion of a dielectric layer, a first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer. Within the dielectric body, the first and second conductive layers are connected in a nonconductive manner.
US12136512B2
A coil component includes a body and an external electrode. The body includes a coil conductor formed by winding a substantially rectangular wire covered with an insulating film, and a magnetic-body section containing a magnetic-body particle and a resin. The external electrode is electrically connected to an exposed surface of an extended portion of the coil conductor and is disposed at a surface of the body, the exposed surface being exposed at the surface of the body. The body includes first and second principal surfaces that face each other. At the wire, an average thickness of a portion of the insulating film that covers a first surface facing the first principal surface and extending in a direction orthogonal to a winding axis of the coil conductor is larger than average thicknesses of portions of the insulating film that cover other surfaces, orthogonal to the first surface, of the wire.
US12136506B2
An electrical wire arrangement structure includes: a base member; and an electrical wire group including four or more electrical wires, wherein the electrical wire group includes a parallel arrangement part fixed in a parallel state by the base member, and in the parallel arrangement part, an average value of sizes between the electrical wires in a central part region in a width direction is larger than an average value of sizes between the electrical wires in both side part regions in a width direction.
US12136497B2
Plurality of layers form a nuclear fission reactor structure, each layer having an inner segment body, an intermediate segment body, and an outer segment body (each segment body separated by an interface). The layers include a plurality of cladding arms having involute curve shapes that spirally radiate outward from a radially inner end to a radially outer end. Chambers in the involute curve shaped cladding arm contain fuel compositions (and/or other materials such as moderators and poisons). The design of the involute curve shaped cladding arms and the composition of the materials conform to neutronic and thermal management requirements for the nuclear fission reactor and are of sufficiently common design and/or have sufficiently few variations as to reduce manufacturing complexity and manufacturing variability.
US12136492B2
A machine-learned model to diagnose patients with a rare disease based on medical data/records, and methods of training such a model are disclosed. A computer implemented method is disclosed for generating a training dataset for training a machine-learning model to identify individuals with a rare disease. the method comprises: generating, from medical literature associated with the rare disease and using natural language processing, an embedding vector for each of a plurality of terms associated with the rare disease; receiving an initial dataset comprising medical data relating to a plurality of individuals with the rare disease; combining the initial dataset with a control dataset comprising a plurality of individuals without the rare disease; and generating, for each individual in the combined dataset, an embedding vector representing the individual based on features associated with the individual and the embedding vectors for the plurality of terms associated with the rare disease.
US12136490B2
A method of automated medical scheduling of an autonomous vehicle to pick up a patient including the steps of receiving data on a processor via a checklist, said data being a plurality of predetermined physical conditions of a patient, each of the plurality of predetermined physical conditions having a predetermined assigned weight based on level of severity, generating a summation of the total weight for each predetermined physical condition, generating a predetermined specialty acuity score by comparing the corresponding range of the total weight and generating a report to output of the specialty acuity score, the specialty acuity score used to determine priority of scheduling patients in a system. A specialty acuity score may be generated for each system affected, the systems each assigned a value of 1. A comorbidity score may be generated by the summation of each system.
US12136486B2
A medical information processing device according to an embodiment includes a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire a plurality of sets of analysis result information on a plurality of analysis processes that are executed on at least one medical image obtained by capturing an image of a patient; sets, with respect to each disorder of the patient, a first priority that is a priority in displaying the acquired sets of analysis result information; and causes the sets of analysis result information to be displayed in an order corresponding to the first priorities that are set with respect to each disorder of the patient.
US12136485B2
An electronic device and a method for determining medical images are provided. The method includes: obtaining an input image; inputting the input image into a first machine learning model to generate a labeled image, wherein the labeled image includes a plurality of area images; inputting the labeled image into a second machine learning model to generate a plurality of area determination data corresponding to the plurality of area images; and displaying a determination result including the plurality of area determination data.
US12136483B2
The present disclosure relates to a medical image analysis method using a processor and a memory which are hardware. The method includes generating predicted second metadata for a medical image by using a prediction model, and determining a processing method of the medical image based on one of first metadata stored corresponding to the medical image and the second metadata.
US12136478B2
A method for automatically configuring a medical device with user-specific configuration data includes determining, by a first medical device, that the first medical device is being removed from service, wherein the first medical device was previously placed into service to provide therapy to a patient in accordance with user-specific configuration data stored on the first medical device, and wherein the first medical device is to be replaced with a second medical device that is a replacement medical device for the first medical device, and causing, by the first medical device in response to determining that the first medical device is being removed from service, configuration of the second medical device to provide therapy to the patient in accordance with the user-specific configuration data, wherein causing configuration of the second medical device comprises communicating the user-specific configuration data toward the second medical device.
US12136477B2
Methods and systems for performing multidose packaging targeting are provided. The methods and systems perform operations comprising: receiving prescription related complexity data associated with a patient, the prescription related complexity data comprising medication regiment information for a plurality of medications and patient specific information, the prescription related complexity data representing complexity for the patient in adhering to the one or more medications; applying a model to the prescription related complexity data to generate a score for at least one medication of the plurality of medications, the score being indicative of a likelihood of converting the patient from a current dispensing process to an alternate dispensing process; and triggering, based on the generated score, a notification associated with converting the patient from the current dispensing process to the alternate dispensing process.
US12136476B2
The present invention provides prediction information for an effect of taking a medicine on a biometric value. A medication assistance information providing device includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire prescription information related to a medicine that a user plans to take, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire dosing adherence rate information including a dosing adherence rate representing a medication achievement of the user with respect to a dosage specified by the prescription information, a third acquisition unit configured to acquire change prediction information for a biometric value of the user relative to the dosing adherence rate on the basis of the prescription information and the dosing adherence rate information, and a first provision unit configured to provide the change prediction information for the biometric value.
US12136474B2
A computer-implemented method of providing a dosage and a transgender patient treatment lifecycle comprising receiving, by a computerized device, an input signal of a user indicating an input directed to a patient sex and a patient status, wherein the patient status is automatically determined by the processor and includes at least one of a new patient, a returning patient and a booster patient, determining by the processor at least one of an effective estradiol dosage and an effective testosterone dosage using dosage calculation methods selected based on the patient status, automated male-to-female input parameters or automated female-to-male input parameters, and male-to-female or female-to-male tracking parameters in response to receiving an input indicating that the patient sex is male-to-female or female-to-male, displaying on the display screen, the determined effective dosages, and administering a pellet comprising at least one of the determined effective dosages to the patient.
US12136453B2
The present disclosure provides systems, methods and media of optimization of temporary read errors (TRE) in three-dimensional (3D) NAND memory devices. The (3D) NAND memory devices comprises a plurality of memory cells arranged as an array of NAND memory strings, a plurality of word lines couple to the memory cells, and a controller. The controller is configured to determine whether a next read operation is a first read operation of the memory device after recovering from an idle state, and in response to a positive result of the determination, control the memory device to perform an extended pre-phase of the first read operation before a read-phase of the first read operation.
US12136446B2
The present disclosure generally relates to a two dimensional magnetic recording (TDMR) spin-orbit torque (SOT) read head comprising bismuth antimony (BiSb) layers. The read head comprises a lower reader comprising a first SOT stack and an upper reader comprising a second SOT stack. The first SOT stack and the second SOT stack each individually comprise a BiSb layer recessed from a media facing surface (MFS) and a free layer exposed at the MFS. The BiSb layers of each SOT stack are recessed from the MFS a distance of about 5 nm to about 20 nm, the distance being less than a length of the free layers. In one embodiment, the lower reader and the upper reader share a current path. In another embodiment, the lower reader and the upper reader have separate current paths.
US12136442B1
This disclosure relates to a system, method, and computer program for enabling an interactive process for video generation in which a user is able to guide the output of machine-learning asset enhancement modules to produce assets for a video. The system enables the user to interact with the asset enhancement modules via proxy elements in a video production workspace. The system provides a novel way to produce and edit video. The system enables any asset added to a video production workspace to serve as a proxy asset that a user can leverage to guide the output of one or more machine learning models trained to generate a type of multimedia asset. Specifically, a user can select an asset in the video production workspace, provide input on what attributes the user would like the asset to have, and the system then uses one or more machine-learning modules to generate an asset with the attributes requested by the user. The machine-generated asset may visually replace the selected asset at the same time and location in the video as the selected asset. A user is able to transform any asset to any other asset. Even a simple shape can serve as a proxy for a much more complex asset, even an asset of different multimedia type. A user may transform assets independently of each other and the video as a whole, or in conjunction with each other and the video as a whole.
US12136439B2
A method may include serially joining different video clips from videos of different historical competitions to form a composite video competition, the different video clips comprising an indeterminate subset of clips drawn from a larger pool of clips, wherein each clip from a historical competition has an associated partial result contribution to a final result of the historical competition further include presenting a result during the composite video competition, the result comprising a linked combination of the partial result contributions from the different video clips.
US12136419B2
Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. An example process for determining user intent includes receiving a natural language input and detecting an event. The process further includes, determining, at a first time, based on the natural language input, a first value for a first node of a parsing structure; and determining, at a second time, based on the detected data event, a second value for a second node of the parsing structure. The process further includes in accordance with a determination that the first time and the second time are within the predetermined time: determining, using the parsing structure, the first value, and the second value, a user intent associated with the natural language input; initiating a task based on the determined intent; and providing an output indicative of the task.
US12136418B2
The method S200 can include: at an aircraft, receiving an audio utterance from air traffic control S210, converting the audio utterance to text, determining commands from the text using a question-and-answer model S240, and optionally controlling the aircraft based on the commands S250. The method functions to automatically interpret flight commands from the air traffic control (ATC) stream.
US12136417B2
A system for improved natural language understanding (NLU) provides pre-feature input to a named entity recognition (NER) component. Pre-features may include no-textually derived information associated with the circumstances describing a user command (such as time, location, etc.). A domain and/or intent may also be determined prior to NER processing and may be passed to the NER component as an input. The pre-features and/or domain or intent information may assist the NER processing by providing context to a textual input, thereby improving NER processing such as semantic tagging, which in turn may improve overall NLU processing quality.
US12136406B2
A method creates a virtual ensemble file by receiving, at a central assembler node, recorded performance files from a recording node(s). The recording nodes generate a respective one of the performance files concurrently with playing a backing track and/or nodal metronome signal. Each performance file includes audio and/or visual data. The assembler node generates the ensemble file as a digital output file. Another method creates the ensemble file by receiving input signals inclusive of the backing track and/or metronome signal at the recording node(s), and generating the performance files at the recording node(s) concurrently with playing the backing track and/or metronome signal. The performance files are transmitted to the assembler node. A computer-readable medium or media has instructions for creating the ensemble file, with execution causing a first node to generate the performance files, and a second node to receive the same and generate the ensemble file.
US12136400B2
The present disclosure discloses a viewing angle compensation method and apparatus for a display panel, and the display panel, and relates to the technical field of liquid crystal displaying. The purpose of increasing a visual angle of an MVA liquid crystal panel can be achieved, and for a whitening phenomenon of a screen watched at a side viewing angle, a better improving effect can be given. A main technical solution of the present disclosure includes: receiving to-be-processed image data, the image data including pixel points formed in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, and each pixel point having different subpixels on red, green and blue three-color channels; adjusting current gray-scale values of the subpixels by looking up a preset visual compensation lookup table to obtain adjusted gray-scale values, the preset visual compensation lookup table including two corresponding gamma curves, and the two corresponding gamma curves being used for describing corresponding adjustable ranges of the gray-scale values; and acquiring first target image data as output target image data according to the adjusted gray-scale values corresponding to the subpixels.
US12136393B1
A compensation circuit includes at least one driving unit, each the driving unit includes a first response switch and a storage capacitor, a first end of the first response switch is connected to a light emitting unit, and a second end of the first response switch is connected to a power supply; the storage capacitor has a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate opposite to the first electrode plate, the first electrode plate is connected to a control end of the first response switch, the second electrode plate is connected to a second end of the first response switch, the compensation circuit further includes a subtractor provided with a first detection port, a second detection port and an output port, and a controller provided with a receiving port and a feedback port.
US12136390B2
The present disclosure relates to a drive device and an electronic apparatus, the device including voltage generation module, a switch module, a capacitor module, a transistor module and a light emission module, the voltage generation module is configured to generate a first voltage and a second voltage; the switch module is configured to output the first voltage to a first end of the capacitor module in a first time period, and output the second voltage to a second end of the capacitor module in a second time period, so as to set a voltage of the first end of the capacitor module; the transistor module is configured to drive the light emission module to emit a light with the voltage of the first end of the capacitor module.
