US12219888B2
The present disclosure provides a phase change memory and a method for making the same. The phase change memory includes a substrate, a plurality of phase change memory cells, and an isolation material layer. The plurality of phase change memory cells are separately disposed on the substrate, the phase change memory cell sequentially includes, from bottom to top, a first electrode material layer, a first transition material layer, an ovonic threshold switching (OTS) material layer, a second transition material layer, a second electrode material layer, a third transition material layer, a phase change material layer, a fourth transition material layer, and a third electrode material layer; The isolation material layer is disposed on the substrate and surrounds side surfaces of the phase change memory cell, and the plurality of phase change memory cells are isolated from each other by isolation material layer.
US12219887B2
A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate a substrate, a first electrode structure on the substrate, the first electrode structure including first insulating patterns and first electrode patterns, the first insulating patterns alternately stacked with the first electrode patterns, a second electrode pattern on a sidewall of the first electrode structure, and a data storage film on a sidewall of the second electrode pattern. The data storage film has a variable resistance.
US12219886B2
A resistive memory device includes a stacked structure and a copper via conductor structure. The stacked structure includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a variable resistance layer. The second electrode is disposed above the first electrode in a vertical direction, and the variable resistance layer is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode in the vertical direction. The copper via conductor structure is disposed under the stacked structure. The first electrode includes a tantalum nitride layer directly connected with the copper via conductor structure.
US12219885B2
A phase change memory includes a substrate, a plurality of first phase change elements on the substrate, a plurality of electrodes on the plurality of first phase change elements, and a second phase change element connecting the plurality of electrodes and disposed between the plurality of first phase change elements.
US12219882B2
A magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) memory cell comprising a connection via structure, a bottom electrode disposed on the connection via structure, a memory material stack disposed on the bottom electrode, and a conductive contact structure disposed on the memory material stack, in which a bottom surface of the conductive contact structure is in direct contact with a memory material layer of the memory material stack.
US12219880B2
A memory device includes a bottom electrode contact, a magnetic tunnel junction pattern, a protection insulating layer, a first capping layer, an interlayer insulating layer, and a second capping layer. The magnetic tunnel junction pattern is over the bottom electrode contact. The protection insulating layer surrounds the magnetic tunnel junction pattern. The first capping layer surrounds the protection insulating layer. The interlayer insulating layer surrounds the first capping layer. The second capping layer is over the first capping layer and the interlayer insulating layer.
US12219874B2
The present application concerns compounds for use in electronic devices, processes for preparing the compounds, and electronic devices comprising the compounds.
US12219873B2
Provided is a novel light-emitting element, a light-emitting element with a long lifetime, or a light-emitting element with high emission efficiency. The light-emitting element includes an EL layer between a pair of electrodes. The EL layer includes at least a light-emitting layer containing a fluorescent substance and a host material, a first electron-transport layer containing a first electron-transport material, and a second electron-transport layer containing a second electron-transport material, which are in contact with each other and in this order. The LUMO level of each of the host material and the second electron-transport material is higher than the LUMO level of the first electron-transport material.
US12219872B2
The present invention provides various organic electroluminescent elements using a material for a capping layer and a material for a luminous layer, in which the material for a capping layer uses an arylamine material that exhibit excellent stability and durability in the form of a thin film, especially a specific amine compound having a high refractive index and having a high absorbance within a wavelength range from 400 nm to 410 nm in the absorption spectrum at a concentration of 10−5 mol/L; and in which the material for a luminous layer uses a compound containing a heterocyclic compound that has a specific fused ring structure.
US12219867B2
When a base film used in a flexible display panel is bonded to a resin member for fixing the base film that is curved, the base film has creases by an environmental change such as temperature due to difference in linear expansion coefficient before and after a thermal shock. A buffer plate that is thin enough to be bent is provided between the base film used in a flexible display panel and the resin member. With the use of heat dissipation effect and heat equalization effect of the buffer plate, a structure around the panel capable of resisting the environmental change can be provided.
US12219863B2
An apparatus for manufacturing a display device, includes: a stage; a temperature controlling portion on the stage, and to receive a member seated on the temperature controlling portion; and a jig portion facing the temperature controlling portion, the jig portion to move linearly, and to receive an adhesive member. The jig portion includes: a first support plate; a second support plate facing the first support plate; and a pressurization plate on the first support plate and the second support plate, the pressurization plate to receive the adhesive member thereon. An end of the pressurization plate is spaced further from the member than an end of the first support plate and an end of the second support plate when the member is seated on the temperature controlling portion.
US12219857B2
A display apparatus having a photosensing function is provided. The display apparatus includes a first pixel circuit and a second pixel circuit. The first pixel circuit includes a light-receiving device, a first transistor, and a second transistor. The second pixel circuit includes a light-emitting device. The light-receiving device includes a first pixel electrode, an active layer, and a common electrode. The light-emitting device includes a second pixel electrode, a light-emitting layer, and the common electrode. The active layer is positioned over the first pixel electrode and includes a first organic compound. The light-emitting layer is positioned over the second pixel electrode and includes a second organic compound different from the first organic compound. The common electrode includes a portion overlapping with the first pixel electrode with the active layer therebetween and a portion overlapping with the second pixel electrode with the light-emitting layer therebetween. The first transistor includes low-temperature polysilicon as a semiconductor layer and the second transistor includes a metal oxide as a semiconductor layer.
US12219852B2
A display device having a light detection function is provided. A highly convenient display device is provided. The display device includes a light-receiving element, a first light-emitting element, and a second light-emitting element in a display portion. The light-receiving element includes a first pixel electrode, an active layer, and a common electrode. The first light-emitting element includes a second pixel electrode, a first light-emitting layer, and the common electrode. The second light-emitting element includes a third pixel electrode, a second light-emitting layer, and the common electrode. The active layer includes an organic compound. The active layer is positioned between the first pixel electrode and the common electrode. The first light-emitting layer is positioned between the second pixel electrode and the common electrode. The second light-emitting layer is positioned between the third pixel electrode and the common electrode. The first light-emitting layer is further positioned between the first pixel electrode and the common electrode and/or between the third pixel electrode and the common electrode.
US12219850B2
A display substrate, a display panel, and a display device are disclosed. The display substrate includes first and second display regions and sub-pixels. The sub-pixels are divided into first-type and second-type pixel groups arranged in a second direction. The first-type pixel group includes first and second sub-pixels located in the first and second display regions. The second-type pixel group includes second sub-pixels. The second sub-pixels of at least one of the first-type and the second-type pixel groups are disposed at two sides of the first display region in a first direction. The pixel circuits corresponding to the first and second sub-pixels in one first-type pixel group are connected to one first-type data line. The pixel circuits corresponding to the second sub-pixels in one second-type pixel group are connected to one second-type data line. A power line is disposed below a first-type data line in the first display region.
US12219849B2
An array substrate and a display apparatus are provided The array substrate includes: at least one adjusting portion on the base substrate and having a first cross section in a plane perpendicular to the base substrate; first cross section includes top and bottom sides, first and second lateral sides; the bottom side is closer to the base substrate than the top side, an orthographic projection of the top side on the base substrate is within an orthographic projection of the bottom side on the base substrate; the first and/or second lateral sides is/are stepped; a buffer layer on a side of the adjusting portion away from the base substrate; light-emitting devices on a side of the buffer layer away from the base substrate and each including a first electrode, a light-emitting layer and a second electrode sequentially arranged along a direction away from the base substrate.
US12219845B2
A display apparatus includes: a substrate having a plurality of first group areas spaced apart from each other; a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode in each of the plurality of first group areas; a first intermediate layer on the first pixel electrode; a second intermediate layer on the second pixel electrode; an opposite electrode on the first intermediate layer and the second intermediate layer; and a plurality of first capping layers on the opposite electrode and spaced apart from each other to correspond to the plurality of first group areas.
US12219840B2
A display apparatus, a display substrate and a manufacturing method therefor are provided. The display substrate comprises: a driving back plate, having a first driving area and a second driving area; a first electrode pattern, comprising a plurality of transparent first electrodes and a second electrode; a light emitting layer, comprising a first light emitting portion in the first driving area and a second light emitting portion in the second driving area; a second electrode pattern, comprising a plurality of transparent third electrodes in the first driving area and a fourth electrode located in the second driving area. The first electrode, the first light emitting portion and the third electrode corresponding to the first driving area constitute a Passive matrix organic light-emitting diode structure.
US12219838B2
Provided is a display device which includes a substrate having a display area and a non-display area, and a plurality of pads disposed in the non-display area. Each of the pads includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, a third electrode layer, a fourth electrode layer, and a fifth electrode layer which are sequentially disposed on the substrate, and the second electrode layer is in contact with the first electrode layer through a contact hole formed in one or more insulating layers.
US12219832B2
According to one embodiment, a flexible substrate includes an insulating base including first and second strip portions, and island-shaped portions, electrical elements, scanning lines each extending while overlapping the first strip portions, signal lines each extending while overlapping the second strip portions, connection wiring lines each extending while overlapping the second strip portions, a scanning line driver, a signal line driver, a support body including a first side edge, and scanning lines are connected to different connection wiring lines on different island-shaped portion, and the scanning line driver and the signal line driver are located on a side of the first side edge.
US12219831B2
A display apparatus includes: a substrate comprising a display area and a peripheral area outside the display area; a first insulating layer covering the peripheral area; a plurality of first pads on the first insulating layer in the peripheral area; a second insulating layer on the first insulating layer in the peripheral area, the second insulating layer having an opening exposing the plurality of first pads; and a first wiring comprising a 1-1st wiring and a 1-2nd wiring, wherein, in a plan view, the 1-1st wiring is under the first insulating layer to cross the opening of the second insulating layer in the peripheral area, the 1-2nd wiring is electrically connected to the 1-1st wiring outside the opening in the second insulating layer, and the 1-2nd wiring is between the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer.
US12219830B2
A display device includes a substrate, a first barrier layer on the substrate, a lower pattern on the first barrier layer and having a mesh shape defining a disconnection area, a second barrier layer on the first barrier layer, covering the lower pattern, and contacting the first barrier layer in the disconnection area, and a first active pattern on the second barrier layer and overlapping the lower pattern, a gate electrode on the first active pattern and overlapping the lower pattern, a first gate line on the first active pattern extending in a first direction, a second active pattern on the first gate line, a second gate line on the second active pattern extending in the first direction, and a data line on the second gate line extending in a second direction crossing the first direction.
US12219829B2
A display device includes a pixel circuit disposed on a substrate, and a display element on the pixel circuit. The pixel circuit includes a first thin-film transistor comprising a first semiconductor layer and a first gate electrode insulated from the first semiconductor layer, a second thin-film transistor comprising a second semiconductor layer and a second gate electrode insulated from the second semiconductor layer, the second semiconductor layer being connected to the first semiconductor layer and the first gate electrode, a first shielding layer overlapping the second semiconductor layer, and a second shielding layer overlapping the second semiconductor layer and stacked on the first shielding layer.
US12219817B2
A display substrate, an ink jet printing method and a display apparatus are provided. The display substrate includes a base substrate and a pixel define layer disposed on the base substrate, wherein the pixel define layer includes first define layers and a second define layer, a printing region is formed on the base substrate between the first define layers, and the second define layer is disposed on the printing region and divides the printing region into at least two sub-printing regions, and a height of the first define layers is greater than that of the second define layer in a direction perpendicular to the base substrate.
US12219814B2
A display device includes two pixel circuits spaced apart from each other with a transmission area therebetween, a first insulating layer on the two pixel circuits, two pixel electrodes on the first insulating layer, and a second insulating layer including a first portion covering an edge of each of the two pixel electrodes and a second portion, wherein the first insulating layer includes a third portion overlapping the two pixel electrodes, and a fourth portion having a height greater than a height from the substrate to a top surface of the third portion, wherein the first portion of the second insulating layer overlaps the third portion, and the second portion of the second insulating layer overlaps the fourth portion, wherein a height from the substrate to a top surface of the second portion is greater than a height from the substrate to a top surface of the first portion.
US12219793B2
The present disclosure provides a display device including a display panel, a main frame positioned behind the display panel, an inner plate positioned between the display panel and the main frame, a support plate mounted on a back surface of the display panel and facing the inner plate, and a coupling member for coupling the inner plate and the support plate, wherein the coupling member includes a first coupling member mounted on the support plate, and a second coupling member mounted on the inner plate and coupled to the first coupling member.
US12219787B2
The present invention provides QLED devices, hole transport materials and producing methods thereof, and display devices. A hole transport material includes a polymer, wherein the polymer is a single nanoparticle including at least a first metal compound and a second metal compound, the first metal compound and the second metal compound are linked via a covalent bond or a Van der Waals force, and valence band energy levels of the first metal compound and the second metal compound are different.
US12219784B2
Methods for, apparatuses with and vertical 3D memory devices are described. A vertical 3D memory device may comprise: a plurality of contacts associated with a plurality of digit lines and extending through a substrate; a plurality of word line plates separated from one another by respective dielectric layers and including a first plurality of word line plates and a second plurality of word line plates; a first dielectric material positioned between the first plurality and the second plurality of word line plates, the first dielectric material extending in a serpentine shape over the substrate; a conformal material positioned between the first dielectric material and the first and second plurality of word line plates, respectively; a plurality of spacers; a plurality of pillars coupled with the plurality of contacts; and a plurality of storage elements each comprising chalcogenide material positioned in a recess.
US12219764B2
A non-volatile memory device may include a semiconductor substrate, a stack structure and a source structure. The stack structure may be formed on the semiconductor substrate. The source structure may be formed in a slit configured to divide the stack structure. The source structure may include a sealing layer, a source liner, a gap-filling layer and a source contact pattern. The sealing layer may be formed on an inner wall of the slit. The source liner may be formed on a surface of the sealing layer and a bottom surface of the slit. The gap-filling layer may be formed in the slit. The source contact pattern may be formed on the gap-filling layer in the slit. The source contact pattern may be electrically connected with the source liner.
US12219757B2
A memory array comprising strings of memory cells comprises laterally-spaced memory blocks individually comprising a vertical stack comprising alternating insulative tiers and conductive tiers. Channel-material-string structures of memory cells extend through the insulative tiers and the conductive tiers. The channel-material-string structures individually comprise an upper portion above and joined with a lower portion. Individual of the channel-material-string structures comprise at least one external jog surface in a vertical cross-section where the upper and lower portions join. Other embodiments, including method are disclosed.
US12219750B2
Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods of operating such apparatuses. One of such apparatuses includes a data line, a conductive region, and a memory cell including a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor includes a first channel region coupled to the data line and the conductive region, a charge storage structure, and a first gate. The second transistor includes a second channel region coupled to the data line and the charge storage structure, and a second gate. The first gate is electrically separated from the second gate and opposite from the second gate in a direction from the first channel region to the second channel region.
US12219748B2
Devices and methods are described herein that obviate the need for a read assist circuit. In one example, a semiconductor device includes a source region and a drain region formed above a substrate. A buried insulator (BI) layer is formed beneath either the source region or the drain region. A first nano-sheet is formed (i) horizontally between the source region and the drain region and (ii) vertically above the BI layer. The BI layer reduces current flow through the first nano-sheet.
US12219742B2
A converter comprises: a housing comprising a refrigerant flow path; a printed circuit board disposed on top of the housing and on the upper surface of which an electronic component is disposed; and a cover disposed on top of the printed circuit board and which covers the upper surface of the electronic component, wherein a heat transfer layer filled with a thermal interface material is disposed on the upper surface of the housing or the lower surface of the cover overlapping the electronic component in the vertical direction.
US12219737B2
A thermalization structure is formed using a cover configured with a set of pillars, the cover being a part of a cryogenic enclosure of a low temperature device (LTD). A chip including the LTD is configured with a set of cavities, a cavity in the set of cavities having a cavity profile. A pillar from the set of pillars and corresponding to the cavity has a pillar profile such that the pillar profile causes the pillar to couple with the cavity of the cavity profile within a gap tolerance to thermally couple the chip to the cover for heat dissipation in a cryogenic operation of the chip.
US12219730B2
A deflector may be configured to reduce entry of at least one of dust or fluid into an enclosure configured to enclose in an interior thereof a plurality of optical communication connections. The deflector may include a first leg defining a first intersection edge and a first remote edge. The first leg may define a first hole adjacent the first end of the first leg and a second hole adjacent the second end of the first leg. The deflector may also include a second leg defining a second intersection edge and a second remote edge. The first intersection edge and the second intersection edge may be coupled to one another to define a deflector angle. The first hole may be configured to receive a first mounting stud associated with the enclosure, and the second hole may be configured to receive a second mounting stud associated with the enclosure.
US12219728B2
A PCB assembly is disclosed herein. An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a printed circuit board (PCB) assembly on which a plurality of devices is mounted, including: a power supply area disposed at one side of a main printed circuit board; a first area positioned in another direction of the main printed circuit board from the power supply area and including the plurality of devices; a second area positioned in another direction of the main printed circuit board from the first area and including the plurality of devices; a third area positioned in another direction of the main printed circuit board from the second area and including the plurality of devices; and a bridge printed circuit board receiving power from the power supply area and disposed vertically to the main printed circuit board, wherein the bridge printed circuit board crosses the first area, the second area, and the third area, and transmits power and a signal to at least one area.
US12219722B2
A casing with a replacement structure includes the casing and a replacement assembly. The casing includes a casing body and an assembly space. The assembly space is provided in a recessed manner at the casing body and is located at a vertical intersection of two side edges of the casing body. The replacement assembly includes a frame, which is installed in the assembly space and encloses with the casing body to form an accommodating space.
US12219718B2
An electronic apparatus includes a movable cylinder, a support cylinder configured to support the movable cylinder rotatably around a panning rotation axis, a flexible wire connecting to a panning control circuit board in the support cylinder, and a storage area communicating with the movable cylinder and the support cylinder and containing the flexible wire. The flexile wire includes a first fixed part on the movable cylinder and a second fixed part on the support cylinder. In the storage area, the first fixed part is fixed to a first fixing part of the movable cylinder. In the storage area, the second fixed part is fixed to a second fixing part of the support cylinder.
US12219717B2
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, an antenna device, an apparatus for manufacturing the same, and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The antenna device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises an antenna substrate sheet and an antenna pattern. A connecting PCB is attached on the antenna substrate sheet. The antenna pattern starts from one of a plurality of connecting terminals of the connecting PCB and ends at another one of the plurality of connecting terminals. The antenna pattern comprises a plurality of wires which functions as one line and a bridge. The plurality of wires is embedded on the antenna substrate sheet. The bridge connects the connecting PCB and a point where winding of the plurality of wires on the antenna substrate sheet is completed.
US12219709B2
An integrated circuit (IC) chip assembly includes an integrated circuit (IC) die that includes a first substrate in which plurality of transistors is formed, a first structure that contains a plurality of first metallization components, and a second structure that contains a plurality of second metallization components. The first structure is disposed over a first side of the first substrate. The second structure is disposed over a second side of the first substrate opposite the first side. The chip assembly includes a second substrate bonded to the IC die through the second side. The chip assembly includes a trench that extends through the second substrate and through the second structure of the IC die. Sidewalls of the trench are defined at least in part by one or more protective layers.
US12219708B2
An electronic module, comprising an inductor, a first circuit board, and a second circuit board, wherein the first circuit board is disposed on a lateral surface of the body of the inductor with at least one electronic device being disposed on the first circuit board, wherein the second circuit board is disposed under the body of the inductor and electrically connected to the inductor.
US12219706B2
Examples described herein relate to an apparatus that includes a flexible conductor covered in an insulative material and at least one conductor region in contact with the flexible conductor. In some examples, melting of the at least one conductor region is to cause a conductive coupling of the flexible conductor with a second conductor and wherein the flexible conductor is adapted to conductively couple a first circuit board oriented orthogonal to a second circuit board. In some examples, the at least one conductor region comprises at least one solder ball of a grid array. In some examples, the at least one conductor region is re-solderable.
US12219702B2
A wiring substrate includes a substrate, an insulating film stacked on the substrate, an anode pad stacked on a first surface of the insulating film and electrically coupled to an anode of an inorganic light-emitting diode, a cathode pad stacked on the first surface of the insulating film and electrically coupled to a cathode of the inorganic light-emitting diode, and an auxiliary pad provided to the first surface of the insulating film and having electrical conductivity. The auxiliary pad is disposed in a floating state near an end of the anode pad and the cathode pad.
US12219686B2
Methods and systems are provided for plasma confinement utilizing various electrode and valve configurations. In one example, a device includes a first electrode positioned to define an outer boundary of an acceleration volume, a second electrode arranged coaxially with respect to the first electrode and positioned to define an inner boundary of the acceleration volume, at least one power supply to drive an electric current along a Z-pinch plasma column between the first second electrodes, and a set of valves to provide gas to the acceleration volume to fuel the Z-pinch plasma column, wherein an electron flow of the electric current is in a first direction from the second electrode to the first electrode. In additional or alternative examples, a shaping part is conductively connected to the second electrode to, in a presence of the gas, cause a gas breakdown of the gas to generate a sheared flow velocity profile.
US12219677B2
Presented are systems and methods for improving transient response in buck-boost circuits avoid circuit instabilities in both boost mode and buck mode. In embodiments, this is accomplished when, in response to determining that the circuit operates in buck mode, a compensation circuit is adjusted to operate at a first bandwidth. In response to determining that the circuit operates in boost mode, the compensation circuit may then be adjusted to decrease a boost mode crossover frequency and operate at a second, lower bandwidth.
US12219675B2
The invention provides a light generating system (1000) comprising one or more first light generating devices (110), one or more second light generating devices (120), and one or more third light generating devices (130), wherein: —the one or more first light generating devices (110) are configured to generate white first device light (111) having a first color rendering index CRI1 and a first correlated color temperature Tc1; —the one or more second light generating devices (120) are configured to generate white second device light (121) having a second color rendering index CRI2 and a second correlated color temperature Tc2; —the one or more third light generating devices (130) are configured to generate third device light (131) having a third dominant wavelength λd3 selected from the range of 470-500 nm; —CRI1−CRI2≥10; CRI1≥85; Tc2−Tc1≥1000K; Tc1≤3500K; and Tc2≥3000K; and—the light generating system (1000) is configured to generate system light (1001) comprising one or more of the first device light (111), the second device light (121), and the third device light (131).
US12219661B2
A communication technique for convergence of the 5G communication system for supporting higher data transmission rate after the 4G system with IoT technologies and a system thereof. Certain embodiments may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technologies and the IoT-associated technologies (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail services, security and safe-associated services, etc.). A method and an apparatus which can substitute reporting UE capabilities by use of an identifier of the UE, without reporting the overall UE capabilities in a method of reporting UE's own capability.
US12219649B2
An operation method related to sidelink of a second user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system includes transmitting, by the second UE, assistance information including a plurality of first discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration related information to a first UE, wherein the plurality of first DRX configuration related information is transmitted to a base station (BS) by the first UE, and receiving, by the second UE, one or more second DRX configuration related information transmitted by the BS. The second DRX configuration related information is determined based on the assistance information including the plurality of first DRX configuration related information.
US12219648B2
This disclosure relates to performing data communication while in an inactive state in a cellular communication system.
US12219647B2
Systems and methods relating to resuming a suspended connection of a wireless device in a wireless system are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a wireless device includes receiving, from a wireless network, a first message that indicates to suspend a connection between the wireless device and the wireless network. Responsive to receiving the first message, the wireless devices stores a wireless device context and enters a suspended mode of operation. Upon an occurrence of a triggering event, the wireless device transmits, to the wireless network, a second message that requests to resume the connection between the wireless device and the wireless network, wherein the second message includes a resume identifier having an identifier of a network node and an identifier of the wireless device. The wireless device receives, from the wireless network, a contention resolution identity Medium Access Control (MAC) control element that includes a portion of the second message.
US12219643B2
A method and system that support re-establishing a dropped call or communication is disclosed. A terminal may publish its parameters to other terminals through in-band or out-of-band signaling. Token values may then be determined by a weighted sum of parameters, where the terminal having the largest weighted sum possesses the token. If the call or communication drops, the terminal possessing the token then initiates communication to the other terminals. In addition, a plurality of tokens may be used when there are more than two terminals in a call. The terminals may be partitioned into groups, where one of the terminals in each group possesses a token.
US12219634B2
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method by which a base station receives a measurement report in a wireless communication system using a carrier integration technique comprises the steps of: generating a cell list for a second cell according to whether the second cell to be added from a first cell belongs to the same cell group as the first cell; transmitting, to a terminal, a measurement report command including configuration information related to the cell list; and receiving, from the terminal, a measurement report of the second cell on the basis of the configuration information, if the second cell belongs to the same cell group as the first cell.
US12219633B2
A method of triggering a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) status report performed by a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes receiving, from a network, a Data Radio Bearer (DRB) configuration that is associated with a first PDCP entity of the UE; receiving, from the network, a Multicast Broadcast Service Radio Bearer (MRB) configuration that is associated with a second PDCP entity of the UE; triggering, by the first PDCP entity, a first PDCP status report based on a first configuration of the first PDCP entity; and triggering, by the second PDCP entity, a second PDCP status report based on a second configuration of the second PDCP entity.
US12219622B2
A communication method and a related device, the method including receiving a radio access capability of a terminal device, detecting whether a target radio access capability the same as the received radio access capability of the terminal device exists in a terminal device access capability set, where the terminal device access capability set is a set of radio access capability information corresponding to radio access capabilities, and, when the target radio access capability exists in the terminal device access capability set, indexing second access capability indication information in a context of the terminal device to radio access capability information corresponding to the target radio access capability.
US12219617B2
One embodiment of the present specification relates to a method for performing low-latency communications. According to one embodiment, an interframe space (IFS) for low-latency data may be suggested. The interframe space for low-latency data may be set to be greater than PIFS and smaller than DIFS. On the basis of the interframe space for low-latency data, a reception STA may perform EDCA and transmit low-latency data to a transmission STA.
US12219607B2
A random access method and apparatus. The method is applied to an Internet of Things (IoT) device, and includes: determining a dedicated random access resource, in which the dedicated random access resource is a resource dedicated for the IoT device to initiate a random access; and sending a random access request through the dedicated random access resource.
US12219606B2
Disclosed are a method and apparatus for random access using random beam-switching in a wireless network environment. The random access method using random beam-switching in a wireless network environment includes selecting a given preamble when receiving a synchronization signal block from a base station, transmitting, to the base station, a first message including the selected preamble by using a sequential beam-sweeping method, transmitting a third message for a connection request for uplink data transmission when receiving, from the base station, a second message responding to the transmitted first message, and completing a random access channel operation when receiving a fourth message responding to the transmitted third message.
US12219604B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive an indication of a first set of resources associated with a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement (A/N) feedback message, wherein the SPS A/N feedback message is deferred to a second set of resources by the UE. The UE may receive an indication of a third set of resources associated with a dynamic A/N feedback message, wherein the second set of resources and the third set of resources are associated with a collision. The UE may perform an action based on the second set of resources and the third set of resources being associated with the collision. The UE may transmit at least one of the SPS A/N feedback message or the dynamic A/N feedback message based on performing the action. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12219590B2
This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for data parsing for resource unit (RU) aggregation. A wireless communication device (such as an access point (AP) or a station (STA)) may allocate a set of resource units (RUs) for a receiving device in a basic service set (BSS). The set of RUs may be associated with multiple bandwidth segments of a bandwidth allocation and may be non-contiguous or contiguous. The wireless communication device may determine a data parsing and encoding scheme for a set of information bits. In some implementations, the encoded bits may be distributed to the set of RUs based on a distance to tone mapping value or pilot tone location or both of the aggregated set of RUs different than respective values or pilot tone locations of the RUs in the aggregated set of RUs.
US12219589B2
A wireless device receives one or more configuration parameters indicating a time window for controlling a radio link failure indication based on a beam failure recovery procedure. A first failure of the beam failure recovery procedure is determined during the time window. The first failure is ignored by not causing a radio link failure in response to the first failure being during the time window. A second failure of the beam failure recovery procedure after the time window is determined. A radio link failure in response to the second failure is indicated.
US12219588B2
A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may perform, for example, a method for receiving interference information, identifying a plurality of interferers, approximating a location of the plurality of interferers, and adjusting an antenna pattern of an antenna. The method can include determining traffic loads and adjusting the antenna pattern according to the traffic loads. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US12219585B2
Disclosed are various methods for transmitting or receiving data or control information having high reliability conditions. A method for operating a terminal which transmits uplink control information (UCI) includes: a step of generating UCI; a step of comparing the priority of an uplink (UL) control channel for the transmission of the UCI with the priority of a UL data channel when some symbols of the UL control channel and the UL data channel overlap; and a step of selecting the UL channel having a higher priority among the UL control channel and the UL data channel, and transmitting the UCI to a base station through the selected UL channel.
US12219579B2
Disclosed are a method and a device for transmitting or receiving downlink control information in a wireless communication system. A method for receiving downlink control information (DCI) according to an embodiment of the present disclosure any comprise the steps of: repeatedly receiving the DCI via a plurality of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidates; and transmitting or receiving data scheduled via the DCI. The DCI may be transmitted via a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidate within a first search space set and a second PDCCH candidate within a second search space set, the first search space set and the second search space set may be related to different transmission configuration indication (TCI) states, and a window that is a duration in which the first PDCCH candidate and the second PDCCH candidate are transmitted may be preconfigured in a time domain.
US12219576B2
Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for uplink beam management and power control in wireless communications systems. Disclosed embodiments include beam management and power control enhancements for Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH), Sounding Reference Signal (SRS), and Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUSCH) transmissions. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US12219572B2
A communication method includes: obtains a first DAI in a first downlink control channel associated with transmission of a first transport block, wherein the first DAI indicates a first scheduling assignment for the first transport block; obtains a second DAI in a second downlink control channel associated with transmission of a second transport block, wherein the second DAI indicates a second scheduling assignment for the second transport block; determines that at least one value of the second DAI is an assigned value identical to a value of the first DAI.
US12219569B2
An aspect of the disclosure includes a method for, including: determining a first set of candidate number of a first set of aggregation level (AL) for receiving a first DCI; and receiving the first DCI according to the first set of candidate number and the first set of AL on a first cell, wherein the first DCI is configured for scheduling PDSCHs on a plurality of cells, and the plurality of cells comprises a second cell and a third cell, and the first set of candidate number and the first set of AL are corresponding to a search space with a first identity.
US12219568B2
A base station and/or a wireless device may communicate using a plurality of wireless resources. Multiple carriers may be used for a transmission such that portions of the transmission may be transmitted using different carriers. Multiple carrier transmission may be independently configured for each of a plurality of wireless resources.
US12219564B2
A UE may include IoT NTN device, and the UE may acquire the GNSS location to perform the time/frequency pre-compensation. A NAS layer of the UE may initiate a connection request procedure based on the GNSS fix procedure at one or more lower layer of the UE. A network may transmit a paging request to the UE, and manage a paging response timer based on the GNSS fix procedure at the UE.
US12219561B2
A communications device comprising transceiver circuitry and controller circuitry configured in combination with the transceiver circuitry to receive one or more first control signals each comprising an indication of one of one or more first sets of radio resources in each of which one of one or more first downlink signals is to be received, to determine that the communications device should transmit a feedback signal indicating whether each of the first downlink signals were successfully received, transmit the feedback signal in a second set of radio resources of the wireless access interface indicated by at least one of the first control signals, to determine that the communications device should transmit an uplink signal in a third set of radio resources, and to determine whether the communications device should form a multiplexed signal by multiplexing at least a part of the feedback signal into the uplink signal.
US12219560B2
Disclosed in one embodiment is an operating method of receiving user equipment (Rx UE) for performing sidelink communication in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps in which the Rx UE receives sidelink control information (SCI), and the Rx UE receives data related to the SCI, wherein the Rx UE determines the received data to be self-data on the basis of a first comparison between the destination ID and source ID included in the SCI, and the source ID and destination ID of the Rx UE, and a second comparison between the destination ID and source ID related to a MAC header of the data, and the source ID and destination ID of the Rx UE.
US12219556B2
An uplink resource determining method, an uplink resource indication method, a terminal, and a network device are disclosed. The method includes: receiving first DCI used to schedule transmission of a PUSCH on a target BWP, where the first DCI includes an allocation field for frequency domain resource allocation, the allocation field is determined based on a configuration of a reference BWP, and the allocation field includes first bits; and determining an uplink resource indicated by the allocation field, where the uplink resource is an uplink resource determined based on valid bits of the first bits; and a resource allocation type of at least one of the reference BWP and the target BWP is interlace resource allocation.
US12219550B1
A wireless communication device configures a first spatial subchannel in a shared frequency channel for communication with a first node in a first wireless network, and a second spatial subchannel in the shared frequency channel for communication with a second node in a second wireless network, the second wireless network different than the first wireless network. The wireless communication device employs the first spatial subchannel and the second spatial subchannel for communicating concurrently in the first wireless network and the second wireless network.
US12219548B2
According to certain embodiments, a method for use in a network node for scheduling wireless transmissions using a plurality of multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) transmission layers comprises determining a first wireless device is spatially pairable with a second wireless device and that a scheduling priority of the first device is higher than the second device. The method further comprises allocating frequency domain resources of a first transmission layer for the first device according to its scheduling priority and allocating frequency domain resources in a second transmission layer for the second device according to the priority of the first device. The amount of frequency domain resources allocated in the second transmission layer is no larger than that allocated in the first transmission layer. The method further comprises transmitting the data to first wireless device on first transmission layer and to second wireless device on the second transmission layer.
US12219543B2
This disclosure provides methods and apparatuses related to beam training for performing beamforming in wireless communications. In an implementation, an access point (AP) sends training configuration information to a plurality of stations, wherein the training configuration information comprises a first antenna configuration indicating a plurality of first uplink beams corresponding to the plurality of stations. The AP receives a plurality of training frame sent by each of the plurality of stations by using a corresponding second uplink beam and determines, based on the plurality of training frames sent by the plurality of stations, a plurality of third uplink beams for the plurality of stations to send uplink data.
US12219542B2
The embodiments of the application provides a resource allocation method. In an example method, a trigger frame is sent by an access point to a station. The trigger frame includes one user information field, and the user information field may indicate a plurality of resource units allocated to the station.
US12219541B2
Embodiments of this application disclose a carrier configuration method and a related apparatus, so that a terminal device can fully use a spectrum resource when the spectrum resource is greater than a maximum carrier bandwidth at a subcarrier spacing. Specifically, the method includes: A radio access network device obtains an available spectrum resource bandwidth and a maximum carrier bandwidth at a subcarrier spacing. If the available spectrum resource bandwidth is greater than the maximum carrier bandwidth, the radio access network device configures a first carrier and a second carrier, where a sum of a first carrier bandwidth of the first carrier and a second carrier bandwidth of the second carrier is greater than the available spectrum resource bandwidth, and the sum of the first carrier bandwidth and the second carrier bandwidth minus an overlapping bandwidth between the first carrier and the second carrier equals the available spectrum resource bandwidth.
US12219537B2
A method for operating a first device in a wireless communication system is proposed. The method may comprise: a step of receiving information related to a sync resource from a base station; a step of receiving, from a second device, a first sidelink synchronization signal block (S-SSB) through a first resource; a step in which the first S-SSB comprises at least one symbol related to a sidelink primary synchronization signal (S-PSS), at least one symbol related to a sidelink secondary synchronization signal (S-SSS), and at least one symbol related to a physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH); and a step of obtaining slot information related to the first S-SSB.
US12219536B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for connecting to a wireless network. The methods may include obtaining, within a dwell time, at least one packet transmitting on a current channel among a plurality of predetermined channels, wherein the plurality of predetermined channels at least include a target channel on which a connection to the wireless network is to be established; determining a matching score of the current channel based on the at least one packet, wherein the matching score reflects a likelihood that the current channel is the target channel; and determining, based on the matching score, an additional dwell time for continuing dwelling on the current channel to further evaluate the likelihood that the current channel is the target channel.
US12219523B2
A terminal includes a receiver that receives, from a base station, configuration information for at least one of a first activation signal or a second activation signal associated with a paging occasion; a controller that determines, based on the configuration information, a time/frequency domain position of resources on which the first activation signal or the second activation signal is allocated; and a communication unit that receives the first activation signal or the second activation signal on the resources and receives, from the base station, paging associated with the received first activation signal or second activation signal, wherein the controller determines the time/frequency domain position of the resources on which the first activation signal and the second activation signal is allocated, by associating the positions of the resources.
US12219521B2
Certain example embodiments provide systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for associating sensing information with a user (e.g., a cellular user) by, for example, determining information from both a sensing node and a communication node, then associating the a sensed object and the communication node based on the information. Additionally, or alternatively, some embodiments provide systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for radar and sensing-based positioning.
US12219520B2
A method, performed by an electronic device, of determining a location of an external device includes: receiving a trigger signal, which is output at a first location; receiving, after the trigger signal is received, a first chirp signal transmitted from a first external device among at least one external device present at a different location from a location of the electronic device, the first chirp signal being transmitted according to the trigger signal being received by the first external device; obtaining, based on a time point at which the first chirp signal is received, a difference value between a time point at which the trigger signal is received by the electronic device and a time point at which the trigger signal is received by the first external device; and determining a location of the first external device based on the difference value.
US12219506B2
An information transmission method. The method comprises: generating configuration information, wherein the configuration information is used for indicating that there is a synchronization signal block (SSB) candidate position in a time slot or the configuration information is used for indicating that there are two SSB candidate positions in a time slot, and the SSB candidate position is a time domain position where an access network device might send an SSB; and sending the SSB, wherein a PBCH of the SSB carries the configuration information.
US12219503B2
Embodiments of the present application provide an information transmission method and apparatus, and a storage medium, where the method includes: sidelink data transmitted by a second terminal device to at least two first terminal devices carries indication information, where the indication information is used to determine a target transmitting power of feedback information corresponding to the sidelink data, so that each first terminal device can determine the target transmitting power of the feedback information based on the indication information, and transmit the feedback information to the second terminal device with the target transmitting power.
US12219487B2
The present disclosure relates to communication methods. One example method includes within a first discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle, starting, by a terminal device, a first timer (for example, a DRX inactivity timer (drx-InactivityTimer)) when a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) indicates a new transmission. When the first timer expires at or after a time position for sending an indication signal, the terminal device does not receive the indication signal, where the time position is configured by a network device for the terminal device, and the indication signal is used to indicate the terminal device to sleep.
US12219484B2
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may transmit a plurality of repetitions of a cell-common wakeup signal (WUS) on a different transmit beam in each monitoring occasion of one or more monitoring occasions. Another apparatus may beam sweep receive beams in each monitoring occasion to receive the cell-common WUS and to identify a transmit beam/receive beam pair for receiving a paging communication in a paging occasion associated with the transmit beam.
US12219483B2
A method of establishing connection between a first node in a wireless network and a second node in said wireless network, wherein each of said first and second nodes comprise a primary radio receiver and a wake up receiver, each of said nodes comprising a Radio Frequency, RF, switch, arranged to connect one of said primary or secondary radios to a radio antenna, said method comprising the steps of transmitting, by said first node, to a wake-up receiver of a second radio node, a wake-up signal that indicates a frequency channel on which the second radio node is to transmit a response, receiving, by said first node, in response to transmitting said wake-up signal, response from said second radio node on the frequency channel indicated, and establishing, by said first node, a connection between said first and second nodes in order to transfer data between said first and second nodes. The present disclosure also relates to corresponding mesh nodes and a computer program product.
US12219481B2
A method for waking up a smart device includes receiving sound information; determining whether the sound information includes a multi-frequency tone; and when the sound information includes the multi-frequency tone, waking up a preset function of the smart device based on the multi-frequency tone. A device for waking up a smart device as well as a smart device incorporating the device includes processing elements for performing the method. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores computer instructions to cause processing elements to perform the method for waking up a smart device.
US12219480B2
Disclosed, according to various embodiments, are a method for a UE transmitting a sidelink signal in a wireless communication system supporting a sidelink, and a device therefor. Disclosed is a method for transmitting a sidelink signal and a device therefor, the method comprising the steps of: measuring state information including mobility information; receiving a first sidelink signal including control information; and determining whether to transmit a second sidelink signal, wherein, on the basis of the control information, including information on a cluster area, and the state information, including information on a location included in the cluster area, a UE monitors the receiving or not of a third sidelink signal transmitted by other UEs during a predetermined duration, and whether to transmit the second sidelink signal is determined on the basis of the result of the monitoring.
US12219479B2
Embodiments of the present application are related to a method and apparatus for grouping user equipments (UEs). A method according to an embodiment of the present application includes: determining grouping rule information on a set of UE grouping rules for wake up signal (WUS) supported in a base station (BS); and configuring WUS resource information and group information associated with the set of grouping rules. Embodiments of the present application can improve the legacy WUS mechanism and efficiently reduce false wake up probability.
US12219477B2
Network traffic interference detection and management may be provided. An infringement event by an infringing Access Point (AP) on a Restricted Target Wake Time (rTWT) transmission opportunity (TxOp) associated with a victim AP may be detected, and information associated with the infringement event may be added to an infringement list, wherein the information includes a MAC address associated with the infringing AP. A controller, may receive the infringement list and notify the infringement event to the infringing AP. The infringing AP may determine whether a transmission associated with the infringement event is low latency and high priority. When the transmission is not low latency and high priority the infringing AP may modify future transmissions based on the notification. When the transmission is low latency and high priority the infringing AP may notify the controller that the transmission is low latency and high priority. The controller may then create a negotiation between the victim AP and the infringing AP, wherein the negotiation comprises managing future transmissions of the victim AP and the infringing AP.
US12219469B2
A method is disclosed for handling cloud computing resources in a wireless communication network comprising a first and a second access subnetwork providing wireless access to wireless communication devices residing in a first and a second geographic area, respectively, and a first and a second cloud computing resource connected to the first and the second access subnetwork, respectively. The method comprises obtaining mobility information over a time period for the wireless communication devices of when, during the time period, each of the devices has wireless access to the communication network via the first access subnetwork and when they have wireless access to the communication network via the second access subnetwork. The method also comprises selecting which of the first or second cloud computing resource that is to serve each of the devices based on the obtained mobility information, and sending an instruction to each of the devices to connect to a server that is connected to the selected cloud computing resource for that wireless communication device.
US12219446B2
A system, automobile, and method for implementing an electronic control function of an automobile. The system includes a first vehicle integration unit (VIU), an automobile control unit, and a plurality of automobile parts. The automobile control unit includes a first domain controller (DC) or a central computing platform (CCP). The automobile control unit is configured to send first control information to the first VIU. The first VIU is configured to control the plurality of automobile parts based on the first control information. In embodiments of this application, the first VIU controls the plurality of automobile parts.
US12219445B2
This technology provides designs and methods for the vehicle on-board unit (OBU), which facilitates vehicle operations and control for connected automated vehicle highway (CAVH) systems. OBU systems provide vehicles with individually customized information and real-time control instructions for vehicle to fulfill the driving tasks such as car following, lane changing, route guidance. OBU systems also realize transportation operations and management services for both freeways and urban arterials. The OBU composed of the following devices: 1) a vehicle motion state parameter and environment parameter collection unit; 2) a multi-mode communication unit; 3) a location unit; 4) an intelligent gateway unit, and 5) a vehicle motion control unit. The OBU systems realize one or more of the following function categories: sensing, transportation behavior prediction and management, planning and decision making, and vehicle control. OBU is supported by real-time wired and/or wireless communication, the power supply networks, the cloud, cyber safety, security services, and the human machine interface.
US12219439B2
A system and method for providing service information on a social network, that can include: receiving, from a first client device, a social media post including a request for a service, where the request for the service includes a set of objectives, service location information, and an identification of a requesting account requesting a service on the social network; applying grouping criteria to a first set of user accounts to generate a group, where: the group is a subset of the first set of user accounts; providing, to one or more user accounts in the group, the social media post for display by the client devices of the one or more user accounts; and receiving, from a servicing user account in the group, an acceptance of the request for service of the social media post.
US12219438B2
A communication method and device in a wireless communication system supporting edge computing is provided. A method of a UE including an EEC in a communication system supporting an edge computing service using an EDN exchanging application data traffic with the UE is provided, the method comprises identifying whether the UE supports a SMS over NAS, transmitting, to an ECS managing configuration information of the EDN, a first service provisioning request message including an indication of the SMS over the NAS supported in case that the UE supports the SMS over the NAS, and in case that the UE receives, through a network from the ECS, an SMS message including triggering information related to an update of the configuration information, transmitting, to the ECS, a second service provisioning request message based on the triggering information.
US12219432B2
An asset tracking system includes a tracking device associated with a mobile asset and a centralized device management platform. The tracking device is configured via a set of device configurations. The centralized device management platform includes one or more processors in communication with the tracking device and computer-readable memory encoded with instructions that, when executed, cause the system to receive location data corresponding to a location of the tracking device; evaluate the location data to identify a zone corresponding to a physical region that includes the location of the tracking device; compare an identified zone with a set of location-based rules to identify a rule associated with the identified zone; update the set of device configurations with a device configuration that is associated with an identified rule; and sync an updated set of device configurations to the tracking device to reconfigure the tracking device based on the identified rule.
US12219429B2
In some implementations, a locating agent may identify, at the locating agent, one or more identifiable access points, each identifiable access point establishing a wireless network and being identifiable to the locating agent via a signal broadcast from the identifiable access point. The locating agent may compare the identified one or more identifiable access points to an access-point database defining known access points to the wireless tracking system. The locating agent may connect to one of the identifiable access points based on the comparing. The locating agent may transmit one or more of sensed and monitoring data captured at the locating agent to an external device via the connected access point.
US12219424B2
Techniques for providing proximity based messages are discussed herein. Some embodiments may include one or more servers configured to receive proximity message requests from a consumer device. The requests may include consumer device locations, which may be used by the one or more servers to generate a geofence set. Furthermore, the consumer device location may be used as a basis for selecting notification data relevant to the location. Both the geofence set and the notification data may be sent to the consumer device in a single proximity message response for local notification creation if the notification data can be collected within a maximum response time. The notification data may be provided via a push notification server asynchronously if the notification data cannot be collected within the maximum response time.
US12219422B2
Radio resource management is simplified when a cell is spatially separated by a plurality of radio beams. A cell configured by a base station device is spatially separated by a plurality of radio beams being served by the base station device. The base station device shares, between two or more of the plurality of radio beams, a radio resource control (RRC) parameter to be applied to a communication terminal device.
US12219404B2
This application provides a base station switching method and an apparatus. The method includes: A terminal sends one piece of binding signaling that carries SIM card binding information to a source base station; the terminal switches a plurality of SIM cards from being connected to the source base station to being connected to the target base station; and the terminal sends radio resource control reconfiguration complete information to the target base station, where the radio resource control reconfiguration complete information includes information about the plurality of SIM cards that complete the switching operation.
US12219402B2
A method of performing communication, by a network exposure function (NEF), in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving a connection establishment request from a session management function (SMF), based on a protocol data unit (PDU) session establishment procedure performed between the SMF and a user equipment (UE), performing a non-internet protocol (IP) data delivery (NIDD) configuration procedure according to NIDD configuration information included in the connection establishment request, based on whether the NIDD configuration procedure is previously performed on the UE between the NEF and an application function (AF), establishing connection between the SMF and the NEF, and transmitting a connection establishment response to the SMF.
US12219390B2
Disclosed are: a communication technique for merging, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system; and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail, security, and safety related services, and the like) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. Disclosed is an operating method of a terminal, comprising the steps of: receiving, from a base station, a radio resource control (RRC) message including information for indicating whether to use uplink data compression (UDC); receiving data from an upper application layer of the terminal; compressing the data and encoding the compressed data; generating an uplink data compression (UDC) header and a service data adaption protocol (SDAP) header together; generating a block to which the UDC header and the SDAP header are bonded in the encoded data; and transmitting the block to a lower layer of the terminal.
US12219369B2
A terminal includes a control section that determines, when a spatial relation for specific UL transmission is not configured, one specific spatial relation between a quasi-co-location (QCL) parameter related to a latest slot for a start symbol for the specific UL transmission or a first or last symbol for DL transmission corresponding to the specific UL transmission and a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state or a reference signal for path loss reference in a case where only one transmission configuration indication (TCI) state is activated for the specific DL transmission, and a transmitting section that performs the specific UL transmission in accordance with the specific spatial relation.
US12219368B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for beam reporting to facilitate multiple transmission and reception points, multi-TRPs, transmission schemes. A UE may receive, from a base station a configuration to report a beam quality based on at least one of a first reporting scheme and a second reporting scheme or a configuration of measurement resources for each TRP of a plurality of TRPs. The UE may report the beam quality based on the configuration or L1 measurements for multiple beam pairs and a recommended and/or assumed transmission scheme based on the configured measurement resources. The first reporting scheme may include the UE reporting at least one L1 measurement for multiple beams and the second reporting scheme may include the UE reporting at least one L1 measurement for multiple beam pairs. The recommended and/or assumed transmission scheme may be a non-coherent-joint transmission (NC-JT) transmission scheme and/or a single frequency network (SFN) transmission scheme.
US12219367B2
The present disclosure relates to a 5th generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate after a 4th generation (4G) communication system such as long-term evolution (LTE). An apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include: a first coupling portion including a rail structure comprising a rail and a slit structure comprising a slit, a second coupling portion coupled to communication equipment, and a third coupling portion, the third coupling portion may be disposed between the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion, and coupled to the rail structure and the second coupling portion, and may include a protrusion in an area adjacent to the second coupling portion, the protrusion may include a first inclined surface contacted based on the second coupling portion being tilted up and a second inclined surface contacted based on the second coupling portion being tilted down, based on the apparatus being in a first state, the third coupling portion may be configured to move along the rail structure and be inserted into the slit structure, and based on the apparatus being in a second state, the third coupling portion may be configured to move along the rail structure and be disposed to be spaced apart from the first coupling portion.
US12219362B2
In some implementations, an internet protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS) may receive a device identity of the user device as part of an emergency call. The IMS may transmit the device identity to an emergency call server (ECS). The IMS may receive, from the ECS, a subscriber identity of the user device. The IMS may transmit the subscriber identity to a public safety answering point (PSAP) through a next generation core services (NGCS) network that uses a Stir and Shaken protocol. The emergency call is then established with a true subscriber identity of the user device.
US12219353B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for accessing a mobile communication network using a User Identifier. One apparatus (600) includes a processor (605) that establishes (805) a first connection with a remote unit and a transceiver (625) that receives (810) a first request via the first connection to create a User Profile. The processor (605) determines (815) whether the User Profile is to be linked with a third-party account and, if so, creates (820) the User Profile based on information in the third-party account and, if not, creates (825) the User Profile based on information received from the first device. The transceiver (625) sends (830) to the remote unit via the first connection a Device User Profile and sends (835) a second request to the mobile communication network to store the User Profile.
US12219343B2
A signal generating apparatus includes: a memory configured to store instructions; and a processor communicatively connected to the memory and configured to execute the stored instructions to function as: a first generator configured to generate a processed signal by adjusting frequency characteristics of an audio signal representative of a sound from a virtual sound source based on a Head-Related Transfer Function (HRTF) corresponding to a target position of the virtual sound source; and a second generator configured to: generate, based on the processed signal generated by the first generator, a plurality of output signals in one-to-one correspondence with a plurality of loudspeakers; and perform panning processing to adjust a level of each output signal of the plurality of output signals based on the target position.
US12219339B2
Provided is a speaker, including frame, vibration unit, and magnetic circuit unit driving the vibration unit and having magnetic gap, the vibration unit including diaphragm fixed to the frame, voice coil component fixed to the diaphragm and driving the diaphragm, and lower voice diaphragm component supporting the voice coil component. The voice coil component includes voice coil inserted in the magnetic gap and holder fixed to the diaphragm and the voice coil, the voice coil includes first and second voice coil portions. The first voice coil portion is arranged close to the lower voice diaphragm component and is fixed to the lower voice diaphragm component through the holder. The first voice coil portion includes two first sides and second side connecting thereto, and the second voice coil portion protrudes away from the second side. The voice coil component has greater circumference than the racetrack voice coil, enabling better acoustic performance.
US12219335B2
An apparatus may include a passive vibration member, a supporting member overlapping the passive vibration member, and a vibration apparatus between the passive vibration member and the supporting member and configured to include first and second active vibration members connected to each other and intersecting with each other. The first active vibration member may be connected to a first member of one of the passive vibration member and the supporting member, and the second active vibration member may be connected to a second member of the other of the passive vibration member and the supporting member.
US12219329B2
A microphone system for a boomless headset is disclosed, comprising a microphone array and a processing unit. The microphone array comprises Q microphones and generates Q audio signals. A first microphone and a second microphone are disposed on different earcups, and a third microphone is disposed on one of two earcups and displaced laterally and vertically from one of the first and the second microphones. The processing unit performs operations comprising: performing spatial filtering over the Q audio signals using a trained model based on an arc line with a vertical distance and a horizontal distance from a midpoint between the first and the second microphones, a time delay range for the first and the second microphones and coordinates of the Q microphones to generate a beamformed output signal originated from zero or more target sound sources inside a target beam area, where Q>=3.
US12219326B2
A hearing instrument charger device for charging an individually shaped hearing instrument, includes: a charger casing; a charger power supply within the charger casing; a first charger coil connected to the charger power supply; charger electronics for controlling charging of the hearing instrument; and a holder configured for receiving the hearing instrument, the holder located within the charger casing; wherein the holder for the hearing instrument has a shape that is specific for the individually shaped hearing instrument, such that when the individually shaped hearing instrument is received in the holder, a second charger coil of the individually shaped hearing instrument is in an operative position for receiving charging power from the first charger coil of the hearing instrument charger device.
US12219323B2
A hearing device includes at least one microphone configured to capture sound signals within an overall frequency range and to convert them into an input signal. A signal processor is provided for processing the input signal within a lower frequency range that is part of an overall frequency range. A detector is provided for detecting a noise that has frequency components both inside and outside the lower frequency range, namely in an upper frequency range above the lower frequency range. The hearing device is configured in such a way that the detector detects the noise based on its frequency component in the upper frequency range. A method for operating a hearing device is also provided.
US12219321B2
A microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) sensor, a capacitive MEMS motor sensing circuit and a method are provided. The MEMS sensor includes a housing having electrical contacts disposed on an exterior of the housing. The MEMS sensor further includes a capacitive MEMS motor disposed in the housing, and an electrical circuit disposed in the housing and being electrically coupled to the electrical contacts. The electrical circuit includes a bias voltage source having an output coupled to an input of the MEMS motor. The electrical circuit further includes an amplifier including an amplifier input stage having an input, coupled to an output of the MEMS motor, the amplifier input stage having a negative input resistance, where a sum of a series resistance of the MEMS motor at the input and the negative input resistance is less than zero, and wherein application of a signal from the output of the MEMS motor to the input of the amplifier input stage produces a negative real part of input current. The electrical circuit still further includes a stabilization circuit having an output coupled to the input of the amplifier input stage, where the stabilization circuit injects a compensation current at the input of the amplifier input stage that offsets at least a portion of the negative real part of input current.
US12219319B2
Various implementations include audio devices and methods for noise reduction control in wearable audio devices and/or vehicle audio systems. Certain implementations include a non-occluding wearable audio device having: at least one electro-acoustic transducer; at least one microphone; and a control system coupled with the at least one electro-acoustic transducer and the at least one microphone, the control system programmed to: adjust an active noise reduction (ANR) setting for audio output to the at least one electro-acoustic transducer in response to detecting use of the non-occluding wearable audio device in a vehicle.
US12219318B2
According to an embodiment, a wearable device includes: a case including an inner space and including a through-hole connecting the inner space and an outside of the wearable device; a speaker disposed within the case and configured to output audio; and a nozzle including audio path extending from the inner space to the outside of the wearable device, inserted to the through-hole, rotatably coupled to the case within the through-hole; wherein, the case may include a seating portion supporting a part of the nozzle disposed inside the case and formed along the periphery of the through-hole; and a guiding portion disposed in the seating portion and configured to guide the rotation of the nozzle.
US12219314B2
Systems and processes for user identification using headphones associated with a first device are provided. For example, first movement information corresponding to movement of a second electronic device is detected. Second movement information corresponding to movement of a third electronic device is detected. A similarity score is determined based on the first movement information and the second movement information. In accordance with a determination that the similarity score is above a threshold similarity score, a user is identified as an authorized user of the first electronic device and the second electronic device. Based on the identification, an output is provided to the second electronic device.
US12219313B2
An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device according to the present disclosure includes a body, a neck formed at one side of the body, and a head formed on the neck, wherein the head comprises: a circular part connected to the neck; a protrusion part protruding from one side of the circular part and having a curvature that is greater than a curvature of the circular part; a speaker hole formed at at least one of the circular part and the protrusion part; and a band part formed at the periphery of the speaker hole, and the thickness of the band part may be greater than the thickness of the circular part or the protrusion part around the band part.
US12219302B2
A customer premise equipment (CPE), a control method for the CPE, and a computer-readable storage medium. The CPE may include a WiFi access module (110), a rotating body (120), a base (130), and a control processing module (140), where the rotating body (120) is provided with a millimeter wave access module (121), the base (130) is provided with a rotary driving device (131) and a rotary shaft (132), and the rotary driving device (131) is connected to the rotating body (120) by means of the rotary shaft (132).
US12219301B1
Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to receive, at one or more processors associated with an image signal processing (ISP) pipeline for a camera, an image generated using an image sensor of the camera, wherein the image comprises a plurality of channels associated with color information of the image; process, by the one or more processors, the plurality of channels of the image to generate a plurality of luminance and/or radiance values; generate, by the one or more processors, an updated version of the image using the plurality of luminance and/or radiance values; and output the updated version of the image.
US12219299B2
Provided is a method of operating an assessment device which communicates with an image sensor and includes an input buffer and a processor, the method including receiving, by the input buffer, raw image data from the image sensor that is configured to capture a test chart, generating, by the processor, conversion image data based on color domain transformation of the raw image data, generating, by the processor, estimation image data by estimating a non-distorted image based on the conversion image data, and assessing, by the processor, color distortion of the image sensor based on the estimation image data and the conversion image data.
US12219298B2
The present disclosure provides a gamut mapping method and a system. The method includes: obtaining a brightness value of each sampling point corresponding to image data of a transmission end on a basis of a three-dimensional mapping table; performing equal-brightness cutting on a three-dimensional gamut model of the transmission end and a three-dimensional gamut model of a display end separately on a basis of the brightness value of each sampling point to form a corresponding equal-brightness two-dimensional surface; and performing color mapping on a basis of the formed equal-brightness two-dimensional surface and outputting mapping data. Hence, during gamut mapping, brightness and tone are kept unchanged, precise matching of three-dimensional gamut mapping from a transmission gamut to a display gamut is realized, avoiding problems of image distortion or a display error or the like due to mapping mismatch between the transmission gamut and the display gamut.
US12219297B2
An image processing system for modifying one or more images of a user to change a cardiovascular activity that is measurable from the one or more images, the system comprising: an image receiving section configured to receive image data comprising a plurality of image frames; a region selection section configured to select one or more regions where the colour of the skin of the user changes temporally in the image data, wherein the colour changes are indicative of the cardiovascular activity of the user; and a modifying section configured to modify the colour change of the one or more selected regions in one or more image frames to create modified image data, as described elsewhere herein.
US12219289B2
A video shooting method includes: enabling a camera application on a terminal and in a slow-motion video recording mode of the camera application, when a motion detection function of the camera application is enabled, starting to capture video frames after a video recording instruction input by a user is detected, recording a second video frame set at a first frame rate automatically when a motion of a human body in a captured first video frame set is a preset motion, and generating a target video, wherein the target video includes a slow-motion video clip, and wherein the slow-motion video clip includes video frames in the second video frame set.
US12219288B2
A reflective screen including a Fresnel lens-shaped lens layer having unit lenses and a reflective layer formed on the unit lenses for reflecting light. The unit lens protrudes from a video source side to a back surface side in the thickness direction of the lens layer. In the lens layer, a flat part having a flat surface f on the back surface side is formed at at least one end edge. In the thickness direction of the lens layer, a maximum lens height h1max of a lens height h1 that is the distance from a position closest to the video source side to a position closest to the back surface side, and a flat surface height h2 that is the distance from the position closest to the video source side of the unit lens to the flat surface f of the flat part 114 satisfy h2≥h1max.
US12219267B2
A light source module includes an array of illumination elements and an optional projecting lens. The light source module is configured to receive or generate a control signal for adjusting different ones of the illumination elements to control a light field emitted from the light source module. In some embodiments, the light source module is also configured to adjust the projecting lens responsive to objects in an illuminated scene and a field of view of an imaging device. A controller for a light source module may determine a light field pattern based on various parameters including a field of view of an imaging device, an illumination sensitivity model of the imaging device, depth, ambient illumination and reflectivity of objects, configured illumination priorities including ambient preservation, background illumination and direct/indirect lighting balance, and so forth.
US12219263B2
A method for decoding a 360-degree image includes: receiving a bitstream obtained by encoding a 360-degree image; generating a prediction image by making reference to syntax information obtained from the received bitstream; combining the generated prediction image with a residual image obtained by dequantizing and inverse-transforming the bitstream, so as to obtain a decoded image; and reconstructing the decoded image into a 360-degree image according to a projection format. Here, generating the prediction image includes: checking, from the syntax information, prediction mode accuracy for a current block to be decoded; determining whether the checked prediction mode accuracy corresponds to most probable mode (MPM) information obtained from the syntax information; and when the checked prediction mode accuracy does not correspond to the MPM information, reconfiguring the MPM information according to the prediction mode accuracy for the current block.
US12219260B2
A display device, a method, and a non-transitory computer readable medium for modulating capturing view are provided, the display device is wearable on a user's head and includes an image capturing module, a motion capturing module, and a control module; the image capturing module captures an environment image, the image capturing module is movably arranged; the motion capturing module obtains an inclined angle through measuring a posture of the user's head; the control module compares the inclined angle to a predetermined angle, to obtain an angle difference between the inclined angle and the predetermined angle, and controls the image capturing module to move to adjust a position when the angle difference is greater than an angle threshold value, rendering a degree of overlapping of a field of view of the image capturing module and a field of view of the user reaches a predetermined degree of overlapping.
US12219259B2
An industrial camera includes an imaging unit generating a captured image with a number of pixels larger than a number of pixels of the inspection target image, an image generation unit downscaling a first captured image corresponding to an output region which is a region of a field of view range (FOV) of the imaging unit in whole or part at a first scaling magnification to generate an inspection target image with a first number of pixels smaller than a number of pixels of the first captured image, an interface unit receiving a first zoom instruction to change the output region to a relatively small region, and a calculation unit calculating a second scaling magnification. The image generation unit generates an inspection target image with the first number of pixels by downscaling the second captured image at the second scaling magnification.
US12219256B1
A flexure for a camera module is provided. The flexure includes a dynamic platform to which an image sensor is connected such that the image sensor moves with the dynamic platform. The flexure also includes a static platform connected to a static portion of the camera. The flexure further includes a plurality of flexure arms that mechanically connect the dynamic platform to the static platform. The plurality of flexure arms includes a first flexure arm including one or more signal traces having a first impedance and a base layer having a first width. The plurality of flexure arms includes a second flexure arm including one or more signal traces having a second impedance and a base layer having a second width. The first impedance is greater than the second impedance. The first width is less than the second width. The second flexure arm routes image data from the image sensor.
US12219255B1
A ball bearing sensor shift arrangement for a camera may include one or more voice coil motor (VCM) actuators that include the fixed magnets, optical image stabilization (OIS) coils, and/or one or more autofocus (AF) coils. The ball bearing sensor shift arrangement may be coupled with an image sensor of the camera, and may include carrier frames configured to move on ball bearings so as to enable motion of the image sensor in multiple degrees-of-freedom (DOF). An OIS carrier frame(s) may be coupled with the OIS coils, which may be positioned proximate the fixed magnets and used for moving the image sensor in directions orthogonal to an optical axis of the camera. An AF carrier frame may be coupled with the AF coil(s), which may be positioned proximate the fixed magnets and used for moving the image sensor in at least one direction parallel to the optical axis.
US12219247B2
Provided is an imaging device that includes an imaging unit that performs an imaging operation, a data generator that generates first power supply voltage data corresponding to a first power supply voltage and a flag generation section that generates a flag signal for the first power supply voltage by comparing the first power supply voltage data and first reference data. The first power supply voltage is supplied to the imaging unit.
US12219239B2
A method of controlling an electronic device by recognizing movement of an object includes obtaining at least one image including an image of the object; dividing the obtained at least one image into a middle zone and a peripheral zone; extracting one or more feature points of the object that are within the peripheral zone; recognizing movement of the object based on the extracted one or more feature points; and controlling the electronic device based on the recognized movement.
US12219234B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a frame including a first region and a second region, a window member supported by the frame, a support member rotatably connected to the frame, a display module configured to project an image onto the window member, and a camera disposed in the second region of the frame to capture an eye part of a user. The camera may include a substrate and an image sensor disposed on the substrate, and an area of the substrate may be equal to or smaller than an area of the image sensor.
US12219225B2
A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product provide the ability to enhance linear video content. Linear video content is received. A request to enhance the linear video content is received. Based on the request, a toolbar with options for enhanced content is rendered. One or more of the options are selected. Based on the selection, the enhanced content is invoked simultaneously with a rendering of the linear video content.
US12219224B2
Methods and systems for managing an interruption of content presentation on a computing device are provided. In one example, an interruption of presentation of a segment of content on a computing device is detected. An estimated recovery time is determined for the interruption. Based at least in part on the estimated recovery time, a determination is made as to whether to skip the segment or wait to resume presentation of the video segment after the interruption subsides. Based on a result of the determining whether to skip or wait, an instruction to wait or an instruction to skip the segment is generated for presentation via the computing device.
US12219223B2
In accordance with some implementations of the disclosed subject matter, mechanisms for presenting recommended media content items are provided. In some implementations, a method for providing media guidance is provided, the method comprising: receiving a request for supplemental content relating to a program being presented by a media device; causing a content interface to be presented on a mobile device; identifying the program that is being presented on a media device; determining keywords associated with the program, wherein each of the keywords is associated with a particular portion of the program; obtaining and storing supplemental content items corresponding to the program based on the keywords; causing the content interface to present a first supplemental content item; receiving state information associated with the mobile device that indicates a subsequent visit to the content interface; and causing the content interface to present a second supplemental content item based on the state information.
US12219219B2
A device for enabling content selection is configured to display a program guide that presents a plurality of icon groupings. Each icon grouping corresponds to one of a plurality of sub-categories within a category of media content. An icon in an icon grouping representing a media content item within a sub-category of the plurality of sub-categories. The device is further configured to receive a first input indicative of a selection of the icon grouping and based on the received first input, update the programming guide to present the icon grouping for selection. The updating of the program guide includes changing a manner in which the icons of the icon grouping are organized within the icon grouping. The device is further configured to perform an operation associated with the icon from the icon grouping based on a second input indicative of a selection of the icon.
US12219216B2
Systems and methods for incorporating online user generated media content (e.g., videos) into an interactive video gaming environment are provided. Media assets that are associated with different measures of quality generated by users are stored on a remote server. A player action is received by the remote server. A determination is made as to which one of the plurality of levels of the interactive video gaming environment corresponds to the action. One of the videos associated with one of the measures of quality is selected based on the determination of the level corresponding to the action. The selected video is transmitted to the player.
US12219202B2
A digital content operating apparatus, including: a communication unit which communicates with an external device which has a display for displaying the digital content; a user operation interface which receives a user operation to control the digital content which is displayed on the external device; a display which displays either a linear content operation panel or an interactive content operation panel; and a controller which controls the user operation interface corresponding to information on the digital content which is displayed on the external device; wherein either the linear content operation panel or the interactive content operation panel is displayed alternatively as the user operation interface on the display.
US12219200B2
A programming access device such as, for example, a cable or satellite set top box (STB), a digital video recorder (DVR), a personal computer, and/or a digital media receiver automatically optimizes an order of content choices presented in a content listing, such as a program guide display, favorite channel display, and/or a recording listing display based on the past viewing and/or recording history of an identified user.
US12219195B2
The system generates a display providing storyline information. The display includes, for example, a plurality of storyline identifiers, a plurality of time period indicators, and a plurality of episode indicators. Episode indicators indicate an episode having a segment of the storyline corresponding to a storyline identifier. The system may receive a user input selecting a storyline, or further filtering an existing storyline to tailor the displayed information more closely to a storyline of interest. The system updates the display to each reflect segments within episodes corresponding to the selected storyline identifier. The display may include a grid, with the storyline identifiers arranged along one axis and the time period indicators arranged along a different axis. The system may process metadata to determine storylines, and filter what information is displayed based on user input, the metadata, or both. Storylines include, for example, characters, locations, plots, teams, players, or other attributes.
US12219187B2
A decoder equipment includes a first output suitable for connecting to audio playback equipment; a second output suitable for connecting to video playback equipment; a communication interface arranged in service to receive both an incoming audio/video stream and also incoming metadata; processor means arranged: to process the incoming audio/video stream in order to supply an audio signal at least to the audio playback equipment and a video signal to the video playback equipment; to extract from the incoming metadata information about the incoming audio/video stream and consequently to generate an order for the audio playback equipment, the order specifying an audio profile that is to be applied as a function of said information.
US12219179B2
A system and method for coding video in which deblocking artifacts are reduced by using modified filtering that is based, at least in part on pixel intensity associated with a coding unit, such that filtering levels are increased as pixel intensity increases. In some embodiments, an offset value or indicator of an offset value for parameters associated with deblocking filter parameters can be associated with a filtering level that is based at least in part on an intensity value.
US12219176B2
A video signal processor is configured to: obtain at least one transform block for a residual signal of a current block from a video signal bitstream, wherein the transform block comprises a plurality of transform coefficients two-dimensionally arranged, determine, on the basis of length information of a first side of the transform block, a horizontal transform kernel for horizontal transformation of the transform block, regardless of a length of a second side of the transform block, which is orthogonal to the first side, determine, on the basis of length information of the second side, a vertical transform kernel for vertical transformation of the transform block, regardless of a length of the first side, obtain the residual signal of the current block by performing, on the transform block, inverse transformation using the horizontal transform kernel and the vertical transform kernel, and reconstruct the current block based on the residual signal.
US12219172B2
A method of encoding a motion vector predictor index, in particular a Merge index, comprises generating a list of motion vector predictor candidates, in particular merge candidates. The list includes an ATMVP candidate. One of the motion vector predictor candidates in the list is selected. A motion vector predictor index for the selected motion vector predictor candidate is generated using CABAC coding. One or more bits of the motion vector predictor index are bypass CABAC coded. For example, only the first bit of the motion vector predictor index is CABAC coded using a single context.
US12219169B2
An encoder that encodes a video includes circuitry and memory connected to the circuitry. In operation, the circuitry: generates a prediction image on a per sub-block basis; and when a sub-block size is 4×4, applies a boundary smoothing process only to sub-block boundaries having boundary positions that are integer multiples of 8.
US12219166B2
Example implementations include methods, apparatuses and computer storage media for video processing. One example method comprises determining, during a conversion between a current video block of a video and a bitstream of the video, a motion candidate for the current video block; refining the motion candidate by performing a local search around the motion candidate based on a template matching cost rule; and performing the conversion based on the refined motion candidate, wherein a search order of the local search is related to a coding mode of the current video block.
US12219159B2
A method for encoding a first stream of video data comprising a plurality of frames of video, the method, for one or more of the plurality of frames of video, comprising the steps of: encoding in a hierarchical arrangement a frame of the video data, the hierarchical arrangement comprising a base layer of video data and a first enhancement layer of video data, said first enhancement layer of video data comprising a plurality of sub-layers of enhancement data, such that when encoded: the base layer of video data comprises data which when decoded renders the frame at a first, base, level of quality; and each sub-layer of enhancement data comprises data which, when decoded with the base layer, render the frame at a higher level of quality than the base level of quality; and wherein the steps of encoding the sub-layers of enhancement data comprises: quantizing the enhancement data at a determined initial level of quantization thereby creating a set of quantized enhancement data; associating to each of the plurality of sub-layers a respective notional quantization level and allocating, for each of the plurality of sub-layers, a sub-set of the set of quantized enhancement data based on the respective notional quantization level.
US12219153B2
When removing a block distortion occurring in a local decoded image, a loop filtering part 11 of an image coding device carries out a filtering process on each of signal components (a luminance signal component and color difference signal components) after setting the intensity of a filter for removing the block distortion for each of the signal components according to a coding mode (an intra coding mode or an inter coding mode) selected by a coding controlling part 1.
US12219137B2
An encoder that encodes a video includes a processor and memory. Using the memory, the processor: derives a prediction error of an image included in the video, by subtracting a prediction image of the image from the image; determines a secondary transform basis based on a primary transform basis, the primary transform basis being a transform basis for a primary transform to be performed on the prediction error, the secondary transform basis being a transform basis for a secondary transform to be performed on a result of the primary transform; performs the primary transform on the prediction error using the primary transform basis; performs the secondary transform on a result of the primary transform using the secondary transform basis; performs quantization on a result of the secondary transform; and encodes a result of the quantization as data of the image.
US12219130B2
Disclosed is an image decoding method which includes obtaining, from a bitstream, information relating to the intra prediction type of a current block, information relating to the intra prediction mode of the current block, and residual information of the current block; performing intra prediction based on of the information relating to the intra prediction type and the information relating to the intra prediction mode; performing residual processing based on of the residual information; and reconstructing the current block based on of a result of the intra prediction and a result of the residual processing.
US12219122B2
There is provided an image processing system including a first information processing apparatus and a second information processing apparatus. The first information processing apparatus performs processing, for a plurality of captured images simultaneously captured by a plurality of image capturing devices, for identifying a generation target image section for which a free-viewpoint image is generated, performs control to transmit image data for the generation target image section in each of the plurality of captured images as image data used for generation of a free-viewpoint image in the second information processing apparatus, and generates an output image including a free-viewpoint image received. The second information processing apparatus performs processing for acquiring image data for the generation target image section in each of the plurality of captured images, performs processing for generating a free-viewpoint image by using the image data acquired, and performs control to transmit the free-viewpoint image generated to the first information processing apparatus.
US12219121B2
Provided is an imaging device for acquiring three-dimensional information of a workpiece surface and a two-dimensional image. An imaging device comprises a visual sensor for acquiring a two-dimensional image after acquiring three-dimensional information of a workpiece surface. A position detection device is attached to the conveyor drive motor of a conveyor that conveys a workpiece. An image processing part calculates the amount of movement of the workpiece from when the three-dimensional information is acquired to when the two-dimensional image is captured on the basis of an output of the position detection device. The image processing part moves the three-dimensional information relative to the two-dimensional image in such a manner as to correspond to the amount of movement of the workpiece in a predetermined coordinate system.
US12219117B2
A method includes the steps collecting measurement data of a sample utilizing an adaptable inspection unit or while the sample is in-flight, determining a volume or area of the sample based at least in part on the measurement data, and calculating a weight of the sample based at least in part on the volume or area of the sample. The measurement data includes a captured image that includes a plurality of pixels. The determining of the volume of the sample includes determining the number of pixels in the captured image that display a portion of the sample, or determining the maximum number of consecutive pixels that display a portion of the sample in two or three dimensions.
US12219116B2
An atlas processing unit generates atlas identification information associating a texture image that forms a reference two-dimensional image corresponding to each projection direction formed by projecting three-dimensional data from a predetermined viewpoint position in a plurality of projection directions and a complementary image for generating, from the reference two-dimensional image, a moved two-dimensional image based on a viewpoint position moved within a limited range from the predetermined viewpoint position, with a depth image corresponding to the texture image, and each piece of post decoding information for rendering each reference two-dimensional image and each moved two-dimensional image, the post decoding information including first post decoding information indicating that the first post decoding information is information of a “3DoF+” region in which the complementary image in the texture image is stored. An encoding unit encodes the texture image and the depth image to generate a texture layer and a depth layer.
US12219113B2
A method and apparatus with image correction is provided. A processor-implemented method includes generating, using a neural network model provided an input image, an illumination map including illumination values dependent on respective color casts by one or more illuminants individually affecting each pixel of the input image, and generating a white-adjusted image by removing at least a portion of the color casts from the input image using the generated illumination map.
US12219108B2
If the printing protocol associated with a received print job is not an internet printing protocol, the number of times of printing is counted for each type of printing protocol. If the printing protocol associated with a received print job is an internet printing protocol, the number of times of printing is counted while distinguishing a transmission source application by identifying a transmission source application.
US12219104B2
A method for causing a computer to perform: causing a client to start displaying a predetermined notification; executing predetermined image processing on data; and causing the client to end the displaying of the notification in response to the predetermined image processing being completed and a predetermined time or longer elapsing from the start of the displaying of the notification.
US12219101B2
An image processing system capable of managing image data using a plurality of boxes, comprises a microphone that obtains a sound, an obtaining unit that obtains a user identifier based on voice information of a user obtained via the microphone, a specifying unit that specifies one box among the plurality of boxes based on specification information including at least the user identifier, and an informing unit that informs the user of information related to the specified one box.
US12219093B2
Systems and methods include using a clustering engine to determine topics in a communication. An example system includes a user interface module that receives user input relating to a criteria to define a set of communications, wherein the criteria is at least one of a category, a score, a sentiment, an agent, an agent grouping, a speaker, a location, an event attribute, a call center, a time of communication, or a date of communication, an acoustic analysis module that analyzes the set of communications to determine one or more acoustic characteristics of one or more communications in the set of communications, and a clustering engine that analyzes words and phrases in the set of communications and the one or more acoustic characteristics, and to determine a topic of the set of communications based on at least one commonality in words, phrases, or the one or more acoustic characteristics.
US12219092B2
An improved emergency response method and system are shown and described. A content-specified text field-such as a caller name field—an ALI database record for a communication device is updated to include information about a person experiencing an emergency and the emergency. A PSAP receiving an emergency services call from the communication device receives the caller name field on a terminal display and is thus informed about the emergency via a alphanumeric character communication rather than orally. A particular emergency may be assigned a code that is put in the caller name field. A PSAP operator receiving the emergency services call may then enter the code into an emergency services web interface to retrieve information about the emergency including service provider credentials, the person's medical condition, the person's medical records, real time physiologic data, treatment facility names, treatment facility types, a location of the emergency, a level of care, a videoconference web link, on-site personnel names, disaster information, and hazard information. The code can be transmitted to first responders and downstream medical professionals to enhance their ability to deliver emergency services. The system and method provide a means for legacy PSAPs to receive the benefits of Next Generation 911 systems without the infrastructure changes that would otherwise be required.
US12219091B2
While a first UE is engaged in an active call with a third UE, the first UE may receive an incoming call from a second UE. An option is presented on a display of the first UE to place this incoming call on hold. In response to receiving touch input selecting the option to place the second UE on hold, one or more communications may be sent to the second UE on hold, such as interactive or non-interactive video or audio. As a result, the call experience may be enhanced. In particular, the user of the first UE may no longer incur the stress that comes with either having to flip back and forth between calls or make a decision whether to decline an incoming call. And the user of the second UE may be more likely to wait on hold until the first call has ended.
US12219076B2
Systems and methods that mitigate network congestion on blockchain networks by supporting blockchain operations through off-chain interactions. For example, as communications to initiate off-chain events and/or blockchain operations are received, the system may determine various characteristics about the addresses involved. In particular, the system may determine whether the addresses correspond to cryptography-based, storage applications sharing a common platform service.
US12219066B2
An electronic device, server and method are disclosed. The electronic device includes a communication module, memory, and a processor. The processor implements one method, including executing authentication and registering of an external electronic device as a sharing target, receiving a selection of at least one service to be shared with the external electronic device, encrypting data including an user identification (ID) and a password associated with the at least one service in response to the selection, transmitting a request for sharing the encrypted data to a server through the communication module to allow the external electronic device to use the at least one service without exposure of the ID and the password, receiving a response to the transmitted request from the server through the communication module, and generating a notification indicating whether the ID and the password are successfully shared for the selected at least one service, based on the received response.
US12219065B2
Systems and methods are provided for persistent login. Such persistent login may be based on linking user identity across accounts of different entities to allow each entity to maintain control over their respective sets of user data, while providing a streamlined user experience that avoids much of the repetitive need to login to different services with different login credentials (e.g., during periods of heavy use). Such persistent login may utilize a set of tokens issued and exchanged between devices of the partnering entities. Such tokens may include an access token, refresh token, and identity token. When a user associated with a first entity requests access to information secured by a second entity, such request may be associated with the access token. If the access token is determined to be expired, the refresh token may be used to refresh the access token, which may also trigger issuance of a new refresh token. The refreshed access token may be used in conjunction with the identity token to access the requested information secured by the second entity.
US12219062B2
An electronic device and method are disclosed for managing a non-fungible token (NFT). The electronic device includes: a memory configured to store computer-executable instructions, and a processor. The processor implements the method, including: generating, a NFT for target content in response to receiving a request to register the target content from a first external electronic device, generating, for the NFT, a certification authority (CA) signature indicating that the NFT is generated by the server, and transmitting, via a communication circuitry, the NFT to the first external electronic device, wherein an ownership signature is added to the NFT, together with the CA signature, the ownership signature based on a private key of a user to which ownership of the NFT is assigned.
US12219057B2
Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to generate a trusted execution environment including multiple accelerators. In at least one embodiment, a parallel processing unit (PPU), such as a graphics processing unit (GPU), operates in a secure execution mode including a protect memory region. Furthermore, in an embodiment, a cryptographic key is utilized to protect data during transmission between the accelerators.
US12219054B2
A device generates a biometric public key for an individual based on both the individual's biometric data and a secret S, in a manner that verifiably characterizes both while tending to prevent recovery of either. The biometric data has a Sparse Representation and is encoded in a manner to include a component of noise, such that it is challenging to identify which locations are actually encoded features. Accordingly, the biometric data are encoded as a vector by choosing marker at locations where features are present and, where features are not present, choosing noisy data. The noisy data may be chaff bit values selected collectively from a group of (a) random values and (b) independent and identically distributed values. The biometric public key may be later used to authenticate a subject purporting to be the individual, using a computing facility that need not rely on a hardware root of trust.
US12219052B2
Disclosed in the present disclosure is a blockchain network security communication method based on a quantum key. On the basis of a blockchain network formed by means of combining quantum key distribution technology and blockchain technology, the method implements the process of quantum key distribution, acquisition and encryption transmission with simple steps which are easy to control and implement, to ensure the secure conduction of communication services in the blockchain network.
US12219037B2
A method of managing data streaming processes may include at a processing device, computing hypertext transmission protocol version 3 (HTTP/3) header of a first message received at a first network interface controller (NIC) into a first control message and a second control message, and transmitting the first control message to the first NIC associated with the processing device. The method may further include transmitting the second control message to a second NIC associated with the processing device, and with the first control message and the second control message, transmitting data directly between the first NIC and the second NIC.
US12219035B2
A network system can communicate with user and provider devices to facilitate the provision of a network-based service. The network system can identify optimal service providers to provide services requested by users. The network can utilize context data in matching service providers with users. In particular, the network system can determine, based on context data associated with a user, whether to perform pre-request matching for that user. A service provider who is pre-request matched with the user can be directed by the network system to relocate via a pre-request relocation direction. When the user submits the service request after the pre-request match, the network system can either automatically transmit an invitation to the pre-request matched service provider or can perform post-request matching to identify an optimal service provider for the user.
US12219031B2
An example method for delivery of push notifications includes receiving a push notification including a message and a destination, creating a send token, sending a push notification derived from the received push notification and the send token, and receiving push information concerning a processing of the sent push notification which is identified by the send token. An example system for delivering push notifications includes a server system having a processor, memory, and a network interface, where the memory stores program instructions including code segments for receiving a received push notification via the network interface. In this example, the program instructions further includes code segments for creating a send token, code segments for sending a sent push notification derived from the received push notification and the send token via the network interface, and code segments for receiving received push information concerning a processing of the sent push notification are provided.
US12219022B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for transferring hosted web browser sessions between browser servers are described herein. In various embodiments, a broker service may create a browser server pool from a plurality of browser servers. The broker service may connect a client agent with a first web browser session in a first browser server in the browser server pool. The broker service, responsive to a determination that the first web browser session needs to be transferred to a second browser server in the browser server pool, may request and receive a session context from the first web browser session, launch a second web browser session in the second browser server, initialize the second web browser session with the session context from the first web browser session, transfer the client agent from the first web browser session to the second web browser session, and terminate the first web browser session.
US12219017B1
A system and methods are provided for aggregating communication connections. Multiple users connect to a system (e.g., a web-based system) that hosts an application or service for exchanging communications. Users who exchange communications among themselves may be considered “associates.” When one user who is on-line with the application sends a communication through the system for an associate, the system determines whether the associate is on-line or off-line. If the associate is off-line, the system crafts and sends toward the associate a notification regarding the communication, including an address of the communication server to which the one user is connected. When the associate's device receives the notification, the application may attempt to connect to the specified address. In this way associated users' connections will aggregate or gravitate toward the same communication server, thereby eliminating the latency and cost of exchanging users' communications between multiple communication servers.
US12219010B2
According to one embodiment, a computer implemented method comprises providing multiple channels between a first storage node and a second storage node with each channel having a separate network connection for packets of a transport layer session, assigning packets from each channel to a group of receive queues of the second storage node, continuously monitoring whether two or more channels of the multiple channels share a same receive queue of the second storage node, and sending a communication via a channel to the first storage node to indicate a dynamic change in a hash input field (e.g., a source port, a destination port, a source internet protocol (IP) address, and a destination IP address) when two or more channels of the multiple channels share a same receive queue of the second storage node.
US12218998B1
Method, system and apparatus for managing multiple input stream requests for a single network stream
A method for managing requests for input streams associated with at least one incoming network stream received from a network interface. The input streams include at least one of video data, audio data and ancillary data. The method includes receiving a request for an input stream associated with a network stream identifier and determining whether the network stream identifier associated with the input stream matches an existing network stream identifier, the existing network stream identifier associated with at least one existing input stream. The method further includes: if a match is found, associating the input stream and the at least one existing input stream with a common area of memory; and if a match is not found, associating the input stream with a first area of memory that differs from a second area of memory that is associated with the at least one existing input stream.
US12218993B2
Systems and methods of providing push-to-talk communication techniques in a multimedia conferencing session are provided. For instance, a push-to-talk mode can be implemented in a conferencing session associated with a conferencing system comprising a plurality of endpoints. At least one of the endpoints can be a full duplex endpoint. A request for transmission capabilities can be received from a first endpoint. Transmission capabilities can be granted to the first endpoint based at least in part on one or more floor control parameters associated with the conferencing session. Subsequent to granting transmission capabilities to the first endpoint, audio data can be provided from the first endpoint to at least one endpoint of the plurality of endpoints in the conferencing session.
US12218992B2
Systems and methods of the present invention provide for receiving, from a client, a request for a collaborative environment; displaying the collaborative environment; recording a plurality of attempt steps including events input by a learner to solve a problem, and solution steps input into the collaborative environment by an instructor, which identifies a timestamp within the plurality of events and generates alternative events solving the problem. The system then receives a request to reproduce the collaborative environment; and generates a reproduction of the collaborative environment.
US12218990B2
A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for intelligent User workload orchestration for virtual meetings. A virtual meeting for multiple users is initiated. Voice data of multiple users is received and converted to text data. Machine learning processes the text data to action items to be performed by specific users (i.e., meeting attendees) in real-time. Minutes of the meeting and action items (in the form of real-time and passive recommendations) are generated and provided. In order to perform the action items, determination is made as to which third party applications support the action items and intelligent user workload orchestration is employed.
US12218987B2
Systems and methods are provided for providing transference of a user equipment to a 5G network when a voice call is terminated. The systems and method can include receiving, at a mobility management entity, a voice call termination message from a serving gateway, determining, by the mobility management entity, whether the user equipment includes a 5G subscription and 5G capability based on the voice call termination message, and providing, by the mobility management entity, a handover message to the user equipment to initiate a handover to the 5G network based on the determining of whether the user equipment includes the 5G subscription and 5G capability.
US12218970B2
Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing web-based monitoring and detection of fraudulent or unauthorized use of voice calling service. In various embodiments, a computing system might receive, from a user device associated with an originating party, a request to initiate a call session with a destination party, the request comprising user information associated with the originating party and a destination number associated with the destination party; might query a database with session data (including user information) to access permission data and configuration data; and might configure fraud logic using received configuration data from the database. The computing system might analyze the session data and permission data using the configured fraud logic to determine whether the originating party is permitted to establish the requested call session with the destination party; if so, might initiate one or more first actions; and, if not, might initiate one or more second actions.
US12218965B2
An embodiment includes a method of vulnerability detection and mitigation in a managed network. The method includes receiving a defined state of a product on a managed endpoint of a managed network. The method includes detecting a trigger event in the managed network. The trigger event is indicative of a change to the managed device or to the product that is inconsistent with the defined state. Responsive to detection of the trigger event, the method includes automatically implementing a product modification process. The product modification process includes distribution of at least one product update to a product installed at the managed endpoint.
US12218961B2
A system and method for identifying computing interface calls using communications protocols. A method includes extracting data from a communications session involving communication between a first computing interface and a second computing interface, wherein the communication between the first computing interface and the second computing interface is implemented via a plurality of communication protocol layers, wherein extracting the data from the communications session further comprises building at least one layer of the plurality of communication protocol layers based on a portion of the data extracted from at least one other layer of the plurality of communication protocol layers; duplicating traffic for the communications session based on the extracted data, wherein duplicating the traffic further comprises converting the extracted data into a unified data modeling format; and identifying at least one computing interface call based on the duplicated traffic.
US12218945B2
The invention relates to a system and method for managing the data streams for unified governance of a plurality of intensive computing solutions (70) accessible to a user client (2) from an aggregated interface (10), said intensive computing solutions including at least two solutions selected among: a high performance computing server (71), a server dedicated to supervised or unsupervised learning (72) and a server dedicated to quantum computing (73); said method being implemented at least partly by said computer system including: at least one database (25a) configured to store execution data for intensive computing operations; said method including the steps of storing (300) execution data for the intensive computing solutions (70) and transmitting (400) execution data for the intensive computing solutions to the aggregated interface (10).
US12218944B1
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to group travel between artificial reality (XR) destinations. Currently, users in an artificial reality (XR) experience cannot travel with a group to a specific destination or between destinations (e.g., to and from virtual worlds, levels, applications, etc.). Thus, some implementations assign users within a group in a multiplayer XR experience (e.g., a virtual lobby) a same session identifier. When the users select a destination, some implementations can provide a computing system hosting the destination with the session identifier associated with the users, such that the hosting computing system can ensure that the users travel to the same instance of the destination together. If a user does not already have the destination installed, some implementations can allow the user to acquire access rights to the destination, then travel to the same instance of the destination as the other users.
US12218940B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for online authentication of online attributes. One method includes receiving an authentication request from a rely party, the authentication request including identity information to be authenticated and credential information to be authenticated; determining whether a user account is associated with the received identity information by accessing an internal database; accessing user data of the user account determined to be associated with received identity information; determining authentication data to obtained from a user associated with the user account based on the user data of the user account and the credential information to be authenticated; transmitting a request for authentication data; receiving authentication data associated with the user; transmitting authentication data associated with the user; and receiving an authentication result from the verification data source server for the user associated with authentication data.
US12218936B2
Provided is a method of accessing a service by using authentication of an electronic device. An operation method of the electronic device includes: selecting a cloud server for storing data, based on first authentication information including an identifier of the electronic device and network addresses of a plurality of cloud servers; transmitting, to a service providing server, second authentication information including the identifier of the electronic device, a network address of the selected cloud server, and information about a service executed on the electronic device; and receiving, from the service providing server, information about a result of subscribing to the service determined based on the second authentication information.
US12218929B2
A system can receive a request from a user device to disable a password-based mode of authentication associated with a user account. The user account can have a password usable for accessing account data associated with the user account and account functions associated with the user account. The system can receive verification from the user device for the request. The system can disable the password-based mode of authentication associated with the user account. The system can enable a password-less mode of authentication associated with the user account. The password-less mode of authentication can enable the user device to access account data associated with the user account and account functions associated with the user account without requiring the user to enter the password.
US12218928B2
A system, method, and computer-readable medium for performing a data center monitoring and management operation. The data center monitoring and management operation includes: embedding a unique identifier within a data center asset, the unique identifier including a signed certificate; providing the data center asset to a customer; establishing a secure communication channel between an onboarding system and the data center asset, the secure communication channel using the signed certificate; exchanging information between the onboarding system and the data center asset via the secure communication channel, the information including a data center asset ownership voucher; and, using the data center asset ownership voucher to associate the data center asset to the customer.
US12218926B2
Techniques are disclosed for time constrained electronic request evaluation. A server system receives, from a computing device, a request submitted via an account, including a first set of characteristics associated with the request. The system executes a first machine-learning model to determine a first risk score for the request by inputting the first set of characteristics into the first model. The system generates an initial authentication decision for the request based on the first score and sends the decision to the device. The system executes a second, different machine-learning model to determine a second risk score for the request, by inputting the first set of characteristics and a second, different set of characteristics associated with the account into the second model. Based on the second score, the system determines a final authentication decision. The disclosed techniques may advantageously improve computer security and operations via identification of malicious electronic requests.
US12218925B2
Various embodiments that pertain to network functions are described. A network can be an ad hoc network that function with peer-to-peer communications. The network can be physically decentralized, yet logically centralized. Various functions can be practiced within this network environment. In one example, a provider can provide an authorization to a robot by way of a peer-to-peer communication. The robot can validate the authorization and practice what is authorized in response to the authorization being validated. This authorization can be to perform a function autonomously for a defined length of time.
US12218923B1
Contents of client-initiated handshake messages of a security protocol are obtained at a handshake processing offloader configured for an application. The offloader uses a first security artifact (which is inaccessible from a front-end request processor of the application) and the contents of the handshake messages to generate a second security artifact. The second security artifact is transmitted to the front-end request processor, which uses it to perform cryptographic operations for client-server interactions of the application.
US12218921B1
Aspects of the disclosure relate to a system and method for cryptographically protecting data transferred between spatially distributed computing devices. An intermediary database may be used to facilitate the protected data transfer and/or record the data transfers. A first computing device may transfer, to the intermediary database, encrypted data that may be securely transferred to other computing devices. A second computing device may generate a GUI used to view data available from the intermediary database. Once data is selected by the second device, the second device may transfer a key (or other encryption mechanism) to the first device. The first computing device may encrypt the data using the received key and transmit the encrypted data to the intermediary database. The intermediary database may transmit the encrypted data to the second computing device, and the second computing device may decrypt and use the data.
US12218913B2
A system and a method are for securing a protected host. A secure channel server receives a plurality of first packets transmitted over a first network, and analyzes the plurality of first packets to obtain an analysis information. The plurality of first packets include a plurality of encrypted second packets encrypted by a terminal data processing apparatus with a certificate issued by the secure channel server. The plurality of encrypted second packets relate to an application process executed by the terminal data processing apparatus and judged as a secure process. The plurality of first packets are selectively decrypted with the certificate according to the analysis information into a plurality of decrypted first packets. The secure channel server redirects, according to a selected redirection rule, the decrypted first packets or the first packets selectively via a second network to the protected host.
US12218905B2
An information processing apparatus with a plurality of network interfaces is provided. The information processing apparatus comprises at least one memory that stores a set of instructions, and at least one processor that executes the instructions to control to receive a request via one of the plurality of networks, generate a response to a source of the received request, the response indicating the source of the request set as a destination address and a destination address of the request set as a source address, and in a case where the network interface having received the request is different from a network interface determined to be used for communication with a destination identified by the destination address set in the generated response, prevent the response from the different network interface.
US12218901B2
Some examples relate to locally storing a chat conversation history at an on-premises data center. As one example, a system can receive a chat message from a first client device of a first participant in a chat conversation. In response to receiving the chat message, the system can determine a data center associated with the first participant. The system can then transmit the text chat message to a server node in the data center. The server node can be configured to transmit a command to a database system of the data center. The command can be configured to cause the database system to store a copy of the text chat message in a chat log associated with the chat conversation. The system can also transmit the text chat message to a second client device of a second participant in the chat conversation.
US12218897B2
A system and method for dynamically transforming email signatures. A method includes: receiving an email from an email client prior to delivery to an intended recipient, the email including an original signature; analyzing the email to obtain information associated with the intended recipient of the email; predicting a preferred language of the intended recipient based on the information; converting the original signature to a revised signature, wherein the revised signature utilizes the preferred language; and forwarding the email with the revised signature to the intended recipient.
US12218896B2
A first messaging app, in one embodiment receives text and detects that the text includes a URL that refers to audio or audiovisual media content in a catalog of media content, and the messaging app obtains metadata about the media content and transmits the metadata to a second messaging app. Both the first and the second messaging app can operate, through interprocess communication, with its own music extension app that displays a user interface within a view hosted by the respective messaging app.
US12218894B2
The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for displaying and using avatars. In some embodiments, avatars are used to generate stickers for sending in a content-creation user interface. In some embodiments, avatars are used to generate a representation of a contactable user in a contactable user editing user interface. In some embodiments, a user interface can be used to create and edit an avatar. In some embodiments, a user interface can be used to display an avatar that is responsive to detected changes in pose of a face of a user. In some embodiments, contact information is transmitted or received.
US12218887B2
A set of full duplex sub-band patterns, which each define downlink or uplink full duplex frequency sub-band resources during a TDD radio timing unit, are configured to RANs that are neighbors to one another. A RAN determines a traffic load, selects a full duplex sub-band pattern to accommodate the traffic load, and transmits an index associated with the selected pattern to neighboring RANs over a backhaul link. Selecting the pattern may be based on potential CLI. A neighboring RAN may adopt the selected pattern for downlink transmission. A RAN may select a compression subspace plan from among configured subspace plans and transmit, via a backhaul link, an index associated with the compression plan to neighboring RANs for use thereby in performing downlink transmission to minimize CLI. A RAN may transmit, via a backhaul link, an index associated with configured aggressor RAN action based on an uplink traffic or channel type.
US12218883B2
This application provides a method for determining a transport block size and a communication apparatus, which may be used in systems such as vehicle-to-everything, V2X, and V2V. A receive-end terminal device and a transmit-end terminal device may determine a quantity of encoded symbols based on a symbol length used for sidelink communication in a time unit and an scaling factor, and may further determine a transport block size of a data channel based on the quantity of encoded symbols. Therefore, for all slots used for sidelink communication, a same quantity of encoded symbols can be determined, and a same transport block size can be further determined.
US12218882B2
The present disclosure selects a node generating a periodic time slot request in a network to construct a set of periodic time slot request generation nodes, and constructs a time slot request cycle set; selects a node generating an aperiodic time slot request in the network to construct a set of aperiodic time slot request generation nodes, and constructs a time set of the aperiodic time slot request generation nodes; calculates a time slot contention scheduling parameter of each node in the set of the periodic time slot request generation nodes; and if no aperiodic time slot request arrives, allocates a time slot to each time slot requesting node during periodic time slot scheduling; or if an aperiodic time slot request, namely, a sporadic time slot request, arrives, performs rescheduling through hybrid time slot scheduling based on arrival time of the aperiodic time slot request.
US12218881B2
The disclosure relates to a wireless communication system, in which a method performed by a user equipment includes receiving, from a base station, information configuring a plurality of sounding reference signal (SRS) resources that are related with one channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) resource, receiving an SRS resource indicator (SRI) indicating at least one SRS resource from among the plurality of SRS resources, obtaining, based on an implicit precoding being indicated for an uplink channel, precoding information for the uplink channel based on the CSI-RS resource related with a most recently transmitted SRS of the at least one SRS resource indicated by the SRI, and transmitting, to the base station, the uplink channel based on the precoding information.
US12218880B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for transmitting and/or receiving feedback for sidelink transmissions. One method (1000) includes receiving (1002) information from a network device indicating multiple resources for sidelink transmission and resources for feedback. The method (1000) includes transmitting (1004) sidelink data using the multiple resources for sidelink transmission. The method (1000) includes transmitting (1006) feedback to the network device using the resources for feedback based on the transmission of the sidelink data, wherein transmitting the feedback includes: transmitting only a negative acknowledgment on a first at least one resource of the resources for feedback in response to sidelink feedback not being used for the transmission of the sidelink data; transmitting only a positive acknowledgment or no acknowledgment on a second at least one resource of the resources for feedback in response to the sidelink feedback being used for the transmission of the sidelink data; or a combination thereof.
US12218872B2
Provided is a radio communication device which can separate propagation paths of antenna ports and improve a channel estimation accuracy even when using virtual antennas. The device includes: a mapping unit which maps a data signal after modulation to a virtual antenna and a virtual antenna; a phase inversion unit which inverts the phase of S0 transmitted from an antenna port in synchronization with a phase inversion unit between the odd-number slot and the even-number slot; the phase inversion unit which inverts the phase of R0 transmitted from the antenna port; a phase inversion unit which inverts the phase of S1 transmitted from an antenna port in synchronization with a phase inversion unit; and the phase inversion unit which inverts the phase of R1 transmitted from an antenna port.
US12218861B2
Systems and methods for packet payload mapping for robust transmission of data are described. For example, methods may include receiving, using a network interface, packets that each respectively include a primary frame and one or more preceding frames from the sequence of frames of data that are separated from the primary frame in the sequence of frames by a respective multiple of a stride parameter; storing the frames of the packets in a buffer with entries that each hold the primary frame and the one or more preceding frames of a packet; reading a first frame from the buffer as the primary frame from one of the entries; determining that a packet with a primary frame that is a next frame in the sequence has been lost; and, responsive to the determination, reading the next frame from the buffer as a preceding frame from one of the entries.
US12218860B2
A network node includes a network adapter and a host. The network adapter is coupled to a communication network. The host includes a processor running a client process and a communication stack, and is configured to receive packets from the communication network, and classify the received packets into respective flows that are associated with respective chunks in a receive buffer, to distribute payloads of the received packets among the chunks so that payloads of packets classified to a given flow are stored in a given chunk assigned to the given flow, and to notify the communication stack of the payloads in the given chunk, for transferring the payloads in the given chunk to the client process.
US12218844B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products are included for load balancing processing of a data stream that is communicated over a network. An exemplary method includes establishing a communication session over a network between a source endpoint device and a destination endpoint device. A network device in the network receives a data stream that is communicated to the destination endpoint device from the source endpoint device during the communication session. The network device provides data corresponding to the data stream to a processing device. The processing device identifies a portion of the data that is assigned to the processing device and performs operations to process the portion of the data. After performing the operations, the processing device communicates a response corresponding to the processing to the source endpoint device by way of the destination endpoint device.
US12218839B1
Techniques are disclosed for session-based load-balancing of network traffic to network service instances. In one example, a network device receives a first packet of a forward packet flow from a network service instance of a plurality of network service instances after application of a network service. The first packet specifies a Media Access Control (MAC) address of the network service instance as a source MAC address. The network device defines a session comprising the forward packet flow and a reverse packet flow and stores an association between the session and the MAC address of the network service instance. The network device determines that a second packet received from a destination device is associated with the reverse packet flow of the session. The network device forwards the second packet to the same network service instance based on the association between the session and the MAC address of the network service instance.
US12218838B2
A network device to function as an Access Point (AP) in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) is provided. The AP is configured to acknowledge a data frame transmitted by a station (STA) in an uplink multi-user physical layer protocol data unit (UL MU PPDU). The AP includes one or more memories, a physical layer (PHY) processor, and a media access controller (MAC) processor. Each processor is coupled to the one or more memories, and is configured to receive the UL MU PPDU, decode an acknowledge (ACK) policy field within a data field of the UL MU PPDU, and determine whether an acknowledgement (ACK) policy indicated in the data field signals an implicit block acknowledgement (BlockAck) request. Responsive to a determination that the ACK policy indication signals an implicit acknowledgement policy, the AP is configured to transmit an ACK or BlockAck frame to the STA in either a single user (SU) or a multi user (MU) manner.
US12218825B2
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for restricting a number of hops conducted in a communications network are disclosed. One method includes receiving, by a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) proxy element in a first network region, a service request message including a header section that specifies a maximum number of hops value and conducting a search for a producer network function (NF) in the first network region to provide a network service requested in the service request message. The method further includes determining the maximum number of hops value in the header section of the service request message if the HTTP proxy element is unable to locate the producer NF in the first network region, reducing the maximum number of hops value in the header section of the service request message by one to derive an updated maximum number of hops value if the HTTP proxy element determines that the maximum number of hops value in the header section is greater than zero, and directing the service request message containing the updated maximum number of hops value to a second HTTP proxy element located in a second network region.
US12218820B2
Embodiments of this application relate to the communication field, and disclose a method, a device, and a system for transmitting a node identifier, to reduce a limitation on delivery of an SR POLICY route and improve network performance The method includes: A forwarding device sends a node identifier to a controller. The forwarding device receives a first SR POLICY route from the controller, where a target attribute of the first SR POLICY route is the node identifier. The forwarding device determines that the node identifier matches the target attribute of the first SR POLICY route, and forwards a traffic packet according to the first SR POLICY route.
US12218813B2
Techniques include a method, apparatus, system and computer-readable medium to detect, quantify and localize attacks to enhance security for time-synchronized networking. Embodiments include a diagnostic stream producer to produce diagnostic information providing evidence of a timing attack on a node of a time-synchronized network. Embodiments include a diagnostic stream consumer to consume diagnostic information, analyze the diagnostic information, and determine whether a node is under a timing attack. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US12218812B2
Techniques are described for verifying connectivity in a virtualized computing environment comprising networked computing devices having internal endpoints that are configured with operational connectivity to external endpoints. A connectivity test component is configured to execute as a virtual resource in the virtualized computing environment, execute protocol-aware connectivity tests that enable detection of connectivity errors between the internal endpoints and external endpoints, and instantiate or access network interfaces for establishing connectivity between the internal endpoints and external endpoints. A configuration file defines connectivity types between the internal endpoints and external endpoints. Based on the configuration file, the connectivity test component is executed in the virtualized computing environment. An output is generated by the connectivity test component that is indicative of results of connectivity attempts in accordance with the configuration file.
US12218810B2
The present disclosure relates to managing resource utilization in cloud service infrastructure. A device can monitor the cloud service. The cloud service can be configured with an automatic scaling function based on a threshold. The device can determine, based on the monitoring, that a utilization value of the cloud service during a time interval exceeds the threshold. The device can generate, using a policy based on the utilization value and the threshold, an instruction to disable the automatic scaling function of the cloud service by the one or more servers. The device can transmit the instruction to the one or more servers via a second cloud application programming interface. The device can generate, responsive to the policy, a service ticket data structure with an indication of the utilization value and the time interval. The device can provide the service ticket data structure to an electronic board.
US12218809B2
A method of providing service experience analytics in a network is described. The method comprises: requesting or subscribing, by a service consumer from or to a network data analytics function (NWDAF) of the network, service experience analytics for one or more application(s) and/or service experience analytics for one or more network slice(s), via a request or a subscription; determining, by the NWDAF, whether to provide the service experience analytics for one or more application(s) and/or the service experience analytics for one or more network slice(s), based on the request or the subscription; providing, by the NWDAF to the service consumer, the service experience analytics for one or more application(s) and/or the service experience analytics for one or more network slice(s), according to a result of the determining. A network is also described.
US12218806B2
Systems and methods providing object storage gateway for a client device with intermittent connectivity. In one implementation, data objects stored locally on the client device are identified. The data objects are associated with an application running on the client device. Filtered data are produced by filtering the data objects in view of a set of rules. Responsive to determining that a connection between the client device and the server device satisfies a quality condition, the filtered data are synchronized with the server device.
US12218803B2
The invention refers to method, performed by a network optimization function associated with a wireless network (100), of forecasting performance issues associated with cells (106, 111, 116) in the wireless network, the method comprising: for each of a plurality of cells in the wireless network, obtaining (1210) first time-series data representing a plurality of key performance indicators, KPIs, at a first plurality of past time points; applying (1220) a multi-layer forecasting model to the first time-series data to determine second time-series data representing the plurality of KPIs for each of the plurality of cells at a second plurality of future time points; and based on the second time-series data, determining (1240) respective probabilities of occurrence for a respective plurality of different performance issues, associated with the plurality of cells, during one or more future time periods that include the second plurality of future time points; the method further refers to a corresponding network optimization function, a network optimization node and corresponding software.
US12218798B2
Systems, methods, and media for generating a virtual gaming environment. Specifically, an instance of a virtual gaming environment is generated and hosted on a server. Responsive to communicatively connecting a first and second user computing devices, a virtual gaming environment is populated with at least a first virtual avatar, a virtual desktop, a second virtual avatar, and a second virtual desktop. It is determined that the first virtual avatar is within a first predetermined distance of the second desktop, and based on this, a resolution at which to render a visual representation of activities being executed by a second user computing device associated with the second desktop is determined. A bandwidth at which the visual representation is renderable in real time at the determined resolution is calculated. The visual representation is transmitted, utilizing the calculated bandwidth, to the first user computing device at the determined resolution.
US12218796B1
A network device may be coupled to a removable storage device. The network device may process redirect information stored on the removable storage device to connect to a device configuration server indicated by the redirect information. The network device may complete a device provisioning operation based on configuration information obtained from the device configuration server and report status of the device provisioning operation to the device configuration server.
US12218790B2
A system and a method for exchanging data between a server and a client in an industrial data network, wherein the server employs a first information model for information interchange and the client employs a second information model for information interchange, where the method includes converting the first and the second information models in a first and a second machine-interpretable description, deducing similarities between elements of the first and the second machine-interpretable description, proposing and implementing a mapping of at least one element of the first information model to an element of the second information model based on the deduced similarities in text and in structure and, employing, by a gateway entity, the mapping for a data exchange between the server and the client such that the semantic mapping of virtually any input, vendor-specific metadata, and any output model (including OPC UA-based models) is achieved.
US12218789B2
The present specification provides a method, performed by a device, for transmitting information about a pencil beam timing offset in a wireless optical communication system, in which a reference synchronization time is obtained, wherein the reference synchronization time is obtained on the basis of a cell-reference synchronization signal (C-RSS) received from another device, a peak energy time is obtained, the pencil beam timing offset is obtained on the basis of the reference synchronization time and the peak energy time, and information about the pencil beam timing offset is transmitted to the other device.
US12218787B2
A physical layer (PHY) that includes a Legacy Short Training Field (L-STF), a Legacy Long Training Field (L-LTF), a Legacy Signal Field (L-SIG), an Extremely High Throughput Signal A Field (EHT-SIG-A), an Extremely High Throughput Signal B Field (EHT-SIG-B) including a field of four or more bits indicating the number of Space-Time Streams, an EHT Short Training Field (EHT-STF), and an EHT Long Training Field (EHT-LTF) in this order is used.
US12218786B1
A technical solution is directed to a clock recovery apparatus for multi-level signaling on a single-lane communication interface. The apparatus can use bin-map logic to successfully recover a common clock per symbol received on the multi-level signal interface. The multi-level signal can be PAM4 signaling where two bits are encoded to represent four levels. The clock recovery apparatus can detect signal level through individual edge detectors for each of the two bits and can handle jitter up to half-clock period.
US12218762B2
Hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes may be transmitted via configured grants as well as scheduled grants. The configured grants may include time and frequency resources, and transmissions may occur across contiguous transmissions. HARQ process information, such as HARQ IDs and redundancy versions, may be communicated via a control channel, and the control channel may be multiplexed with the transmission resources of the configured grants. Retransmission timers may be used for HARQ processes conveyed via configured grants, and the transmitting apparatus may signal to a receiver when to send an acknowledgement. An acknowledgement may take the form of bitmaps for code block groups of a HARQ. A configured grant may be selected from among multiple configured grants based upon low latency, for example. A group of configured grants may be activated or deactivated via a single command.
US12218746B2
The present disclosure provides an information transmission method, an information transmission device, a communication device and a readable storage medium. The information transmission method includes: obtaining OAM information from an optical network; encapsulating the obtained OAM information to form an OAM frame, the OAM frame including N data frames each having a frame length of L, N varying along with a volume of the OAM information, L being a constant value regardless of the volume of the OAM information; and transmitting the OAM frame. The OAM information is transmitted in a length-constant frame, so it is able to facilitate encoding and decoding of a message, simplifying the processing and reduce the time consumption, and facilitate the extension in accordance with a message content and ensure the extendibility, thereby to solve such problems as complicated processing, being time-consuming, and poor extendibility in the conventional OAM information transmission scheme.
US12218743B2
Systems and methods are described for robust scheduling of beam switching patterns in satellite communications systems. Embodiments operate in context of a hub-spoke satellite communications architecture having a number of gateway terminals servicing large numbers of user terminals over a number of spot beams. The satellite includes switching subsystems that distribute capacity to the user beams from multiple of the gateway terminals in a shared manner according to a beam group switching pattern. The beam group switching pattern is robustly formulated to continue distributing capacity during gateway outages (e.g., when one or two gateway terminals are temporarily non-operational due to rain fade, equipment failure, etc.). For example, the beam group switching pattern can be formulated to minimize worst-case degradation of capacity across user beams, to prioritize certain beams or beam groups, etc.
US12218739B2
The disclosure relates to a circuit arrangement for transmitting uplink and downlink signals between at least one terminal device and at least one antenna, wherein the circuit arrangement comprises a signal coupler for providing a decoupled uplink or downlink signal, a device for providing a reference signal of adjustable frequency, a mixer for mixing the decoupled signal and the reference signal and a filter device for low-pass or bandpass filtering of the mixed signal, wherein the circuit arrangement comprises an evaluation device for evaluating the filtered signal, wherein, depending on the adjusted frequency of the reference signal and on at least one signal property of the filtered signal, a frequency band or channel in which the transmitted signal is being transmitted can be identified, and also to a method for identifying a frequency band or channel.
US12218738B2
A technology is described for a repeater system configured to provide services via a cloud-computing environment. The repeater system can comprise an n-band repeater, wherein n is a positive integer greater than 0; a server port; a donor port; one or more processors and memory in communication with the n-band repeater; and a scanning receiver coupled to the one or more processors and memory, wherein the scanning receiver is configured to scan one or more of the n bands of the n-band repeater and communicate carrier-specific information for the one or more of the n bands to a computer server located in the cloud-computing environment to enable access to the carrier-specific information from the cloud-computing environment.
US12218734B2
A system and method for beam management in a wireless network are provided. A learning module having a trained classification module processes received I/Q input samples to determine transmitted beam information of incoming RF transmissions. The learning module includes a beam inference engine to determine waveforms waveform characteristics of incoming RF transmissions beams, and an angle of arrival engine operative to determine an angle of arrival of the incoming RF transmissions beams on an antenna array. An incoming RF transmission beam and angle of arrival are selected based on the determined waveforms for beam management operations.
US12218728B2
Methods and apparatuses for joint channel state information (CSI) measurement are described herein. A method may include receiving channel state information reference signals (CSI-RSs) from first and second transmit/receive points (TRPs), determining CSI, and selecting one of the TRPs as a primary TRP and a remaining one of the first TRP or the second TRP as a secondary TRP. The method may include reporting information indicating a first CSI for the primary TRP and receiving second CSI-RSs from the TRPs. The method may include determining a second CSI and a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) for the primary TRP, and determining channel coding information for the primary TRP. The method may include determining a second CSI for the secondary TRP, determining, based on channel coding information and the second CSI for the secondary TRP and a PMI for the secondary TRP, and reporting information indicating the PMI for the second TRP.
US12218725B2
The application relates to a user equipment for wireless communications with a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) base station over a wireless communications channel. The user equipment comprises a communications interface configured to receive a current pilot signal over the wireless communications channel from the base station, and at least one processor configured to determine a current channel state information (CSI) based on the current pilot signal and to determine a CSI reliability measure value based on the current CSI and one or several previous CSI, where the at least one processor is configured to determine the previous CSI based on previous pilot signals, i.e. previously received pilot signals.
US12218723B2
Disclosed are a communication device for performing beamforming and an operating method thereof. The communication device includes: an antenna array configured to simultaneously form a first vertical beam and a second vertical beam for an arbitrary time; a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal using a double beam including the first vertical beam and the second vertical beam; and a processor configured to determine a first optimal vertical tilting angle of the first vertical beam based on Inter-Beam Interference (IBI) of the second vertical beam, and determine a second optimal vertical tilting angle of the second vertical beam based on the IBI of the first vertical beam.
US12218722B2
The embodiments of the present application provide an antenna port indication method, a terminal and a network-side device. Said method includes: transmitting a port indication message to a network-side device; and the port indication message carries at least any one of the following port indication information: bitmap information or combination coefficient information for indicating ports selected by a terminal; a first parameter for indicating the ports selected by the terminal; or a second parameter for indicating ports selected by the terminal in a first polarization direction and a third parameter for indicating the ports selected by the terminal in a second polarization direction. The embodiments of the present application achieve the indication of ports selected by a terminal.
US12218717B2
According to the present disclosure, there are provided methods and devices for utilizing controllable metasurface devices capable of redirecting a wavefront transmitted by a transmitter to a receiver in the wireless network to take advantage of the controllable metasurface device capabilities, intelligence, coordination and speed, and thereby enable solutions having different signaling details and capability requirements.
US12218714B2
A resonance magnetic coupling (RMC) communication may be enabled between devices. A device may use a discovery mechanism to transmit and exchange information. A device may use the discovery mechanism to establish a RMC communication channel and may determine its parameterization. A device using a RMC communication may transmit a discovery signal to determine channelization and/or properties of the RMC link. The discovery signal may be generated in the form of a beacon transmission. A signal sequence may be employed for a discovery signal. A device using a RMC communication may transmit a sequence of beacon or discovery signals to track characteristics of the RMC link. Beacon scheduling may be used for RMC communications, and the communication channel may not be static and may be a function of distance and orientation. A device using a RMC communication may sense the channel for potential beacon or sequence signals from other devices.
US12218702B2
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes: a transmit path to receive, process and output a transmit radio frequency (RF) signal, the transmit path including a first power amplifier; a receive path to receive, process and output a receive RF signal, the receive path including a first low noise amplifier (LNA); and switching circuitry coupled to the transmit path and the receive path. In a transmit mode, the switching circuitry is to cause a RF filter to couple into the transmit path to filter the transmit RF signal and cause the filtered transmit RF signal to be provided to the first power amplifier and thereafter to an antenna. In a receive mode, the switching circuitry is to cause the receive RF signal to be provided to the RF filter and the first LNA, and thereafter to be provided to a digital processor.
US12218693B2
An encoding technique for reducing the power of PDM microphones is disclosed. Digital MEMS microphones utilize a modulation technique called Pulse Density Modulation (PDM), where a single data line (PDMDAT) is used to convey the digital information from the microphone source to a receiver. A characteristic of PDM is that a low noise signal will produce the most transitions, a zero signal will produce an alternating bitstream of logic-1s and logic-0s, and low noise bitstreams will be rich in singleton and doubleton 1s/0s. Typically, CMOS drivers transmit the PDM bitstream signal. CMOS drivers consume power primarily when they transition, so a bitstream rich in singletons and doubletons will increase power consumption. Differential encoding with an XNOR function is used as a singleton-suppression encoder, and a differential encoding with an XOR function is used as a doubleton-suppression encoder. In some embodiments, such as a dual PDM microphone configuration, the microphones alternate sending data on the rising (transition to logic-1) and falling (transition to logic-0) edges of PDMCLK. In other embodiments, a Voice Activity Detection (VAD) function may be added. In some other embodiments, a suppressed clock pulse duration modulator may be added.
US12218688B2
Error correction is proposed, wherein, on the basis of a data word, a syndrome calculation is carried out with a matrix M on the basis of a matrix H of a code, and, if the result of the syndrome calculation reveals that the data word is erroneous, the result of the syndrome calculation is transformed by means of a linear mapping. Next, an error vector is determined on the basis of the result of the linear mapping by means of an efficient error correction algorithm and the erroneous data word is corrected on the basis of the error vector.
US12218676B2
The present invention provides the signals received from different antennas (100) in a certain frequency range with micro-miniature input connectors (101) on a printed circuit, amplified and filtered with the help of RF frontend, and then passed to digital domain (109) with analog-digital converter (107) and further then it performs the switching of the signal by transmitting the signal to the FPGA (110). The signal switched in the FPGA (110) is sent to the related digital-analog converter (107) to be routed to the related output port. The digital-analog converter (112), on the other hand, sends the signal analog to one of the micro-miniature output connectors (114) on the output, and performs the reception of the signal from that output port. In the application of the present invention, a structure with a frequency band of 4 MHz-50 MHz (HF band) and 32 inputs and 32 outputs has been implemented specifically.
US12218671B2
A phase coherent synthesizer with good phase noise and spurious performance is described. The phase coherent synthesizer includes digital direct synthesizer (DDS) circuitry, frequency multiplier circuitry, an oscillator, and a mixing stage. The digital direct synthesizer (DDS) circuitry has a first output and a second output. The first output is associated with a fine resolution synthesis. The second output is associated with a step synthesis. A second output signal provided via the second output has a higher frequency compared with a first output signal provided via the first output. The frequency multiplier circuitry is connected with the second output. The frequency multiplier circuitry is configured to multiply the second output signal received via the second output, thereby generating a multiplied output signal. The mixing stage has two input ports connected with the frequency multiplier circuitry and the oscillator respectively. The mixing stage includes, for example, circuitry configured to mix the multiplied output signal and an oscillator output signal of the oscillator, thereby generating an intermediate frequency signal. The first output signal and the intermediate frequency signal are synchronized with each other.
US12218661B1
A driver circuit of a display device is provided. The driver circuit includes a high-side transistor, a high-side voltage drop suppressor circuit, a low-side transistor, a low-side voltage drop suppressor circuit and a control circuit. When the driver circuit supplies power supplies power generated from a high-side input voltage, the control circuit turns on the high-side voltage drop suppressor circuit for reducing a voltage drop across a first terminal and a second terminal of the high-side transistor. When the driver circuit supplies power generated from a low-side input voltage, the control circuit turns on the low-side voltage drop suppressor circuit for reducing a voltage drop across a first terminal and a second terminal of the low-side transistor.
US12218659B2
An apparatus comprises a power source connected to a buffer capacitor. The apparatus comprises a first switch connected between the buffer capacitor and a driven switch. The buffer capacitor is charged by the power source when the first switch is turned off. The apparatus comprises a comparator. The comparator monitors the charging of the buffer capacitor. In response to the buffer capacitor reaching a threshold amount of charge, the comparator turns on the first switch to initiate a charge redistribution of charge from the buffer capacitor to the driven switch.
US12218658B2
A system and a method for identifying a non-switching semiconductor switch are proposed. The system has a first acquisition component, a second acquisition component and a determination unit. The first acquisition component is designed to acquire a profile of an electrical variable of a first semiconductor switch driven by way of a first drive signal. The second acquisition component is designed to acquire a profile of an electrical variable of a second semiconductor switch driven by way of a second drive signal and connected in parallel with the first semiconductor switch. The determination unit is designed to use the profile of the electrical variable of the first semiconductor switch and the profile of the electrical variable of the second semiconductor switch as a basis for determining an output signal that allows identification of a non-switching semiconductor switch for the first semiconductor switch and/or the second semiconductor switch.
US12218657B2
The present invention provides a Miller clamping device for parallel switching transistors and a driver comprising the same. The Miller clamping device includes: a driver chip including an output terminal and a built-in Miller clamping circuit with a Miller clamping terminal, the output terminal of the driver chip being configured to output a pulse width modulation signal; and a plurality of auxiliary Miller clamping circuits, each of the auxiliary Miller clamping circuits being connected between a gate of a corresponding switching transistor and the Miller clamping terminal of the built-in Miller clamping circuit. When the built-in Miller clamping circuit is triggered for Miller clamping, a Miller current generated by the corresponding switching transistor flows to a first direct-current (DC) voltage through a corresponding auxiliary Miller clamping circuit. The Miller clamping device of the present invention can perform Miller clamping on the parallel switching transistors and reduce the circuit cost.
US12218656B2
Provided is a driving apparatus including a temperature detection circuit configured to output a temperature detection signal corresponding to a temperature of a switching device, a current detection circuit configured to sample, at a timing during an ON period of the switching device, a current detection signal corresponding to a current that flows in the switching device, and a driving circuit configured to adjust, according to the temperature detection signal and the current detection signal, a driving current to be supplied to a control terminal of the switching device. When the current detection signals are the same, the driving circuit may decrease the driving current according to the temperature detection signal indicating a lower temperature of the switching device. When the temperature detection signals are the same, the driving circuit may decrease the driving current according to the current detection signal indicating a smaller current regarding the main current.
US12218654B2
Switching device includes a first terminal, a second terminal, a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, a fourth transistor, and a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to control the first transistor, the second transistor, the third transistor, and the fourth transistor. The control circuit is configured to, when supply of the first voltage to the third node is stopped, turn the second transistor from an off state to an on state, turn the third transistor and the fourth transistor from an on state to an off state, and after a first period passes, turn the first transistor from an off state to an on state.
US12218651B2
The present disclosure provides a method of preparing a radio frequency filter, including: a substrate; a supporting electrode protruded on a front surface of the substrate; and a thin film structure formed on the substrate and spaced with the substrate by the supporting electrode. An end surface of a top end of the supporting electrode is in sealing contact with a front surface of the thin film structure.
US12218642B2
In some embodiments, a method for processing an audio signal in an audio processing apparatus is disclosed. The method includes receiving an audio signal and a parameter, the parameter indicating a location of an auditory event boundary. An audio portion between consecutive auditory event boundaries constitutes an auditory event. The method further includes applying a modification to the audio signal based in part on an occurrence of the auditory event. The parameter may be generated by monitoring a characteristic of the audio signal and identifying a change in the characteristic.
US12218635B2
A power amplifier circuit includes: a first branch, including a first amplifier and a first matching network cascaded; a second branch, including a second amplifier and a second matching network cascaded, where a first coupled line enables the first branch and the second branch to form a first combiner; a third branch, including a third amplifier and a third matching network cascaded; and a fourth branch, including a fourth amplifier and a fourth matching network cascaded, where a second coupled line enables the third branch and the fourth branch to form a second combiner. A first output end of the first coupled line is a signal output end of the circuit, and a second output end of the first coupled line is connected to a first output end of the second coupled line, to enable the first combiner and the second combiner to form a series combiner.
US12218617B2
A controller for an electric motor comprises: an estimator configured to estimate a position of a rotor by using a d-axis current, a q-axis current, a d-axis voltage command value, and a q-axis voltage command value from which a noise is removed by a filter having a first time constant when a torque command value is equal to or greater than zero, and estimate a rotational speed of the electric motor and the position by using the d-axis current, the q-axis current, the d-axis voltage command value, and the q-axis voltage command value from which a noise is removed by a filter having a second time constant smaller than the first time constant when the torque command value is less than zero.
US12218616B2
An object is to achieve overheat protection for a converter and stable voltage output thereof. This power supply device includes: a converter connected to power supply voltage and having a plurality of switching elements; a temperature detection circuit for detecting a temperature of the converter; an inverter which is connected between the converter and a load, and which converts output voltage of the converter and outputs resultant voltage to the load; and a control unit for controlling the switching elements of the converter. When the temperature detected by the temperature detection circuit has exceeded a first limitation value, the control unit controls the switching elements so that the output voltage of the converter becomes the power supply voltage at a set change rate.
US12218615B2
An electronic apparatus includes an electric motor, driver circuitry to drive the electric motor, a temperature sensor to detect a temperature of the electric motor, and one or more processors. The one or more processors control the driver circuitry to drive the electric motor according to a predetermined voltage signal to cause the electric motor to stall and generate heat, receive information about the temperature of the electric motor detected by the temperature sensor while the electric motor is stalled, and maintain a temperature of the electric motor below a threshold temperature value while the electric motor is stalled based on the information about the temperature of the electric motor detected by the temperature sensor while the electric motor is stalled.
US12218613B2
A motor drive apparatus includes a three-phase inverter and a three-phase motor. A first terminal of the three-phase inverter is connected to a positive electrode of a power battery. A second terminal of the three-phase inverter is connected to a negative electrode of the power battery Three phase coils of the three-phase motor are respectively connected to midpoints of three phase legs of the three-phase inverter. The motor drive apparatus is configured to simultaneously control (i) a process of charging the power battery by a power supply module, (ii) a torque of the three-phase motor at a zero output, and (iii) the three-phase inverter and the three-phase motor to heat a heat exchange medium flowing through at least one of the three-phase inverter or the three-phase motor.
US12218611B2
A device for converting thermal energy into electrical energy has a first and second layer of thermally conductive material, and an intermediate layer of polymer material arranged between the first and second layers and having a thermal conductivity lower than the first and the second layers. A plurality of channels in which a colloidal suspension of active particles is contained is arranged inside the intermediate layer, the colloidal suspension being capable of flowing along each of the channels as a result of a temperature gradient applied between the first and second layers. Pick-up elements arranged along the channels are configured to extract electrostatic force or electromotive force induced as a response to a flow of the colloidal fluid as a result of at least one among a pyroelectric effect, a triboelectric effect, and thermomagnetic advection. Each channel forms a closed loop and has an outgoing branch and a return branch.
US12218608B2
A method includes detecting a voltage signal of a three-level power converter, the voltage signal indicative of a capacitor voltage balancing in the three-level power converter, and dynamically adjusting an operating variable to adjust the voltage signal until the capacitor voltage balancing in the three-level power converter satisfies a criteria.
US12218593B2
A physical arrangement of at least two power switches and at least one capacitor in a power loop. At least one of the switches is formed of at least two parallel electronic devices, such as transistors. The arrangement minimizes total power loop impedance and results in approximately equal impedance in each parallel branch of the switch formed of two parallel devices, thereby resulting in approximately equal currents in the switches.
US12218591B2
A conversion control circuit, configured to control a switching power converter, includes a trigger signal generation circuit, an on-time control circuit, and a logic driver circuit. The trigger signal generation circuit is configured to generate a turn-on trigger signal. The on-time control circuit is configured to generate a turn-off trigger signal to determine the on-time and/or the off-time of a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal, and adjusts the on-time and/or the off-time according to the input voltage and the output voltage, such that the switching frequency of the switching power converter is adaptively adjusted according to a ratio between the output voltage and the input voltage. The logic driver circuit is configured to generate the PWM signal according to the turn-on trigger signal and the turn-off trigger signal, wherein the turn-on trigger signal enables the PWM signal, and the turn-off trigger signal disables the PWM signal.
US12218586B2
An apparatus for converting a first voltage into a second voltage includes a reconfigurable switched capacitor power converter having a selectable conversion gain. The power converter has switch elements configured to electrically interconnect capacitors to one another and/or to the first or second voltage in successive states. The switch elements are configured to interconnect at least some capacitors to one another through the switch elements. A controller causes the reconfigurable switched capacitor power converter to transition between first and second operation modes. The controller minimizes electrical transients arising from transition between modes. In the first operating mode, the power converter operates with a first conversion gain. In the second operating mode, it operates with a second conversion gain.
US12218582B2
A control circuit for a power factor correction (PFC) circuit, the control circuit includes a multiplier having first, second, and third multiplier inputs and a multiplier output. The control circuit has an adder having first and second inputs and an output. The first input of the adder is coupled to the multiplier output. The control circuit further includes a root mean square (RMS) calculation circuit configured to determine a square of a root mean square of an input sinusoidal voltage. The RMS calculation circuit has an output coupled to the second multiplier input. An input voltage square calculation circuit is configured to determine a square of the input sinusoidal voltage. The input voltage square calculation circuit has an output coupled to the third multiplier input.
US12218573B2
A control circuit for a DC-DC converter has an adaptive voltage position (AVP) control circuit and a switching control circuit. The AVP control circuit generates a position signal based on an output voltage, an output current, a voltage identification code and a set of adaptive voltage control commands. The switching control circuit generates a switching control signal based on the position signal to control the DC-DC converter. When the output current is smaller than a current threshold, the control circuit chooses one of a first voltage position curve and a second voltage position curve as a load line according to the set of adaptive voltage control commands, and when the output current is larger than the current threshold, the control circuit chooses the remaining voltage position curve as the load line according to the set of adaptive voltage control commands.
US12218571B2
In a motor cooling system 1, a determination unit 33 is configured to perform periodic sampling of a driving current Ip or a rotation speed Np of an oil pump 23, and detect a decrease in cooling oil of a motor 2 when it is determined that a standard deviation of the driving current Ip or the rotation speed Np with respect to a plurality of sampling points is larger than a preset threshold value. The threshold value is set on the bases of a measurement value of the driving current Ip or the rotation speed Np of the oil pump 23 which is obtained by an operation test of the motor 2 in a state in which the cooling oil has decreased.
US12218567B2
A power tool is provided including a housing having an elongated body having an outer diameter that is at most approximately 34 mm, and an outer-rotor electric motor disposed within the elongated body of the housing. The electric motor is configured to provide a maximum power output of approximately greater than or equal to 470 watts and a maximum output speed of greater than 25,000 rotations-per-minutes (RPM) when powered by the battery pack having a maximum rated voltage of 20V and rated capacity of 2 Amp-hours.
US12218551B2
A rotor carrier for an electric machine having a sleeve-shaped receiving region and at least one flange-like carrier region connected to a hub or shaft. The receiving region has on its outer circumferential surface at least one driving groove extending in axial direction, and a plurality of radial oil bore holes are provided in the receiving region so as to be distributed over the circumference. An encoder wheel having a nonmagnetic material is provided at an axial end of the rotor carrier, and in that the encoder wheel protrudes over the receiving region in radial direction to serve as an axial limit for a rotor lamination stack.
US12218548B2
According to an embodiment, an embedded magnet rotor comprises: a rotor shaft, a rotor core having permanent magnet housing spaces; and flat plate-shaped permanent magnets. Permanent magnet housing spaces each extend more radially outward than a position where the permanent magnet is held by a magnet holding outer projection and each have a communication opening communicating with a gap space. A radial thickness of each of the two chips sandwiching the communication opening and a circumferential width of the communication opening are in such a dimensional relation as to prevent a fragment produced by break of the permanent magnet from protruding from the communication opening and coming into contact with the stator.
US12218546B2
A stator for a rotary electric machine includes a stator core and a stator coil. The stator core includes plate groups circumferentially shifted from and stacked on one another. The stator core has slots. The stator coil includes segment conductors inserted in the slots respectively. The stator coil is assembled with the stator core. The plate groups each have, as grooves that form the slots, first grooves, and second grooves wider than the first grooves. At least one of the slots is configured with one or more of the first grooves and one or more of the second grooves.
US12218535B2
A charging and discharging circuit is provided, which includes a charging and discharging control circuit, a first connection port, a first switch circuit, a second switch circuit, a second connection port, a third switch circuit, a fourth switch circuit, and an identification logic circuit. The identification logic circuit determines a mode of the first connection port according to a first channel configuration signal of the first connection port, the charging and discharging control circuit switches the first switch circuit and the second switch circuit according to the mode of the first connection port, and the charging and discharging control circuit determines a mode of the second connection port according to a second channel configuration signal of the second connection port, so as to switch the third switch circuit and the fourth switch circuit.
US12218533B1
A multi-bus, energy storage system includes an energy storage bus that provides energy storage; a power demand bus that provides power delivery; and a supervisory system comprised of a system supervisor.
US12218530B2
Discussed is a system for managing a battery, the system including a wireless communication unit that communicates with a first upper-level battery management system performing communication using a first communication channel, a communication abnormality detection unit that detects a communication abnormality of the first upper-level battery management system, and a channel change unit that changes the communication channel of the wireless communication unit to a second communication channel different from the first communication channel when the communication abnormality of the first upper-level battery management system is detected by the communication abnormality detection unit.
US12218520B2
A wireless power transceiver (WPT) device is disclosed. The WPT device includes an energy module and a magnetic interfacing unit comprising a transceiver coil. Further, the WPT device includes a controller configured to generate one of a first control signal and a second control signal based on at least one first parameter of the energy module and at least one second parameter of one of a plurality of external devices. Also, the WPT device includes a bi-directional driver configured to transmit at least one of a first AC signal and a second AC signal through the transceiver coil if the first control signal is received from the controller, and receive at least one of the first AC signal and the second AC signal if the second control signal is received from the controller.
US12218517B2
A wireless power transmission system includes a structure entirely surrounded by an electromagnetic wave shielding member having appropriate electrical conductivity and appropriate frequency selectivity; at least one power receiving unit; at least one power transmission unit; and at least one resonance frequency adjuster. The resonance frequency adjuster includes at least one conductive protrusion having an open end and a transmission line connected to another end of the conductive protrusion at one end of the transmission line, wherein the open end of the conductive protrusion is arranged inside the structure, and the transmission line is electrically connected to the electromagnetic wave shielding member defining a wall surface of the structure at another end not connected to the conductive protrusion.
US12218509B2
A plurality of photovoltaic (PV) modules are configured into a PV string to generate a PV string voltage in a solar power system. The number of PV modules per PV string is based on operating conditions at the solar power system site and cause the PV string voltage to exceed a maximum voltage specification when operating at the lowest expected ambient temperature at the site, but only exceeds the maximum voltage specification for a limited number of occurrences for which the operating conditions at the site cause the PV string voltage to exceed the maximum voltage specification. Under control of a string voltage control circuit, voltage bypass circuits selectively bypass the bypass photovoltaic module so as to eliminate the PV module from the PV string voltage when the operating conditions at the site cause the PV string voltage to exceed the maximum voltage specification.
US12218500B2
A method for analytically studying fault responses of an inverter-interfaced renewable energy source (IIRES). The IIRES includes a decoupled sequence control (DSC) system, and the DSC system includes a converter, a current controller, a low-voltage ride-through (LVRT) control unit, and positive and negative sequence components calculation (PNSCC) structures. The method includes: determining a detailed fault model of the IIRES; determining a unified model of the PNSCC structures; determining a simplified fault model of the IIRES in a fault detection phase; determining a simplified fault model of the IIRES in a control transient response (CTR) phase; detecting a short-circuit fault; cutting off an outer loop of the DSC system; switching the DSC system to a current control mode through the LVRT unit by the current controller; analyzing the short-circuit fault; and designing an enhanced fault-ride-through control of the IIRESs to suppress an inrush current to protect the IIRES.
US12218499B2
A hydraulic compressed air energy storage system includes air and liquid tanks, each of which includes interdependent volumes of liquid and air. Each tank includes dedicated passages through which incoming air may be fed, forcing outflow of liquid, or incoming liquid may be fed, forcing outflow of air. Compressed air tanks are connected to a first group of the air and liquid tanks. The system further includes a pump and a liquid turbine, the liquid turbine being electrically connected to a generator for generating electric power. During charging of the system, liquid is pumped through the first group of air and liquid tanks, and air is expelled from the first group of air and liquid tanks and compressed in the compressed air tanks. During discharging of the system, compressed air is released from the compressed air tanks, and said compressed air pumps liquid through the liquid turbine, thereby generating electricity.
US12218498B2
A circuit for combining direct current (DC) power including multiple direct current (DC) voltage inputs; multiple inductive elements. The inductive elements are adapted for operatively connecting respectively to the DC voltage inputs. Multiple switches connect respectively with the inductive elements. A controller is configured to switch the switches periodically at a frequency sufficiently high so that direct currents flowing through the inductive elements are substantially zero. A direct current voltage output is connected across one of the DC voltage inputs and a common reference to both the inputs and the output.
US12218496B2
This encoder comprises: an encoder main circuit that is driven using an encoder main circuit driving voltage supplied from at least one internal power source to generate rotation information of a rotating element; an overvoltage breakdown prevention circuit that generates an abnormality detection unit driving voltage on the basis of a voltage supplied from a main power source; an abnormality detection unit that is driven using the abnormality detection unit driving voltage outputted from the overvoltage breakdown prevention circuit to detect an abnormality related to the internal power source; and a cut-off circuit that cuts off supply of the encoder main circuit driving voltage from the internal power source to the encoder main circuit upon detection by the abnormality detection unit of an abnormality.
US12218494B2
A conductor shielding termination assembly can include a housing tube defining an inner diameter housing channel therethrough. The housing tube can be made of conductive material. The assembly can include a shoulder bushing configured to insert within the inner diameter housing channel of the housing tube. The shoulder bushing can define an inner diameter bushing channel sized to receive an unshielded portion of a conductor. The assembly can include a clamping assembly configured to clamp around the housing tube and/or the conductor to axially lock the housing tube and the conductor and to trap a shielding termination between the housing tube and the clamping assembly. The clamping assembly can form a clamping inner diameter channel sized to receive a shielded portion of the conductor.
US12218493B2
A sealing unit (28) that fits within the sealing unit opening (26) of a housing 22. The sealing unit (28) including a sealant arrangement (32) that define a plurality of cable ports (30). The sealing arrangement is also configured for providing a peripheral seal between the housing (22) and the sealing unit (28). The sealing unit (28) includes an actuation arrangement (31) for pressurizing the sealant arrangement (32) within the sealing unit opening (26). The sealant arrangement (32) includes a plurality of sealing modules (33a-33e) each sized to form only a portion of the pressure actuated sealant arrangement (32).
US12218489B2
An exposed electrode negative air ion device, either stand-alone or mounted in an exposed environment 56 as part of a negative air ion panel system 50. Each device comprises: (a) an electronics module 22, the electronics module 22 including a negative voltage generator 22B; and (b) an exposed electrode 10, the exposed electrode 10 including a mat surface 11 of intertwined individual fibres electrically connected to the negative voltage generator 22B. The mat surface 11 has a minimum mean resistance of RMIN to restrict a maximum capacitive current discharge below a capacitive current discharge detection threshold. The negative voltage generator 22B is configured to generate a negative voltage source 23 from a power supply 21 within a set of electrical parameters. The set of electrical parameters includes a maximum preset negative voltage of VMAX and a maximum operating current, the maximum operating current set below or equal to a direct current detection threshold.
US12218487B2
The present invention relates to a device for generating laser radiation. An object of the present invention is to indicate a laser diode which simultaneously has a high degree of efficiency and a low degree of far field divergence. The diode laser according to the invention comprises a current barrier (5), characterized in that the current barrier (5) extends along a third axis (X), wherein the current barrier (5) has at least one opening, and a first width (W1) of the opening of the current barrier (5) along the third axis (X) is smaller than a second width (W2) of the metal p-contact (8) along the third axis (X).
US12218485B2
The invention relates to a wavelength-switchable, semiconductor laser (10), for generating of laser light in the optical range between 1 μm and 100 μm, wherein the laser (10) comprises an external cavity (11) and at least the following components: a semiconductor optical amplifier (12), comprising an intra-cavity facet (121) facing towards; a first optical element (13) for collimating a laser beam exiting the intra-cavity facet (121) arranged at the intra-cavity facet (121) of the semiconductor optical amplifier (12); a transmissive, wavelength-adjustable interference filter (1), comprising at least i) a wavelength-adjustable Fabry-Perot filter (100) and ii) a Fabry-Perot etalon (110) comprising a first planar surface (111) and a second planar (112) surface, wherein the first and second surface (111, 112) of the etalon (110) are arranged opposite and plane-parallel to each other and delimit an etalon cavity (113); wherein the Fabry-Perot etalon (110) and the Fabry-Perot filter (100) are arranged in a row; wherein the interference filter (1) is arranged between the first optical element (13) and the beam splitter (14), and wherein the components are arranged such that laser light comprising a selected laser wavelength can stably resonate in the external cavity, wherein an on-axis, retro-reflecting beam splitter (14) is arranged at one end of the external cavity (11). Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for selecting a laser wavelength using the laser.
US12218484B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a semiconductor optical amplifier including a semiconductor-based gain medium configured to receive a drive current and a variable-width waveguide coupled to the in the semiconductor-based gain medium, the variable-width waveguide including a plurality of narrow width regions and a plurality of wide width regions positioned alternately along a longitudinal axis of the waveguide. The variable-width waveguide further includes a plurality of transition regions having an adiabatically varying widths. Each transition region connects adjacent ones of the plurality of narrow width and width regions and the waveguide has a reduced drive current density in the plurality of wide width regions relative to the drive current density in the plurality of narrow width regions.
US12218483B2
Systems and methods for a tunable RF synthesizer based on offset optical frequency combs is provided herein. An exemplary system includes two lasers, a first laser generating a first laser output and a second laser generating a second laser output; and a coupler that receives the first and second laser outputs. Further, the system includes a resonator having first and second sections coupled to one another, the coupler coupling the first and second laser outputs into the resonator; a splitter that couples the first section to the second section, the splitter splitting a first proportion of the first laser output and a second proportion of the second laser output onto different paths within the resonator; and a controller that controls the splitter to change a size of the first proportion in relation to the first laser and the second proportion in relation to the second laser.
US12218482B2
A laser beam generation device includes power supply units, LD modules, a combiner, and a control device. The LD modules receive currents from the power supply units, and output laser beams. The combiner collects the laser beams and outputs one laser beam. The control device generates control signals such that power of the laser beam becomes a laser output setting value and such that the currents become current command values. Phases of pulses of the control signals are shifted from each other by 60 degrees.
US12218481B2
A method of operating a laser includes generating a first signal having a first frequency, and generating a second signal having a second frequency. The first frequency varies in accord with an amplitude of a drive current provided to a laser. The method further includes incrementing or decrementing a count responsive to a relationship between the first frequency and the second frequency; determining the count satisfies a threshold count; and modifying operation of the laser when the count satisfies the threshold count.
US12218480B2
A semiconductor optical amplifier integrated laser includes a semiconductor laser oscillator portion that oscillates laser light having a wavelength included in a gain band and a semiconductor optical amplifier portion that amplifies laser light output from the semiconductor laser oscillator portion. The semiconductor laser oscillator portion and the semiconductor optical amplifier portion have one common p-i-n structure, the common p-i-n structure includes an active layer, a cladding layer provided apart from the active layer, and a common functional layer formed in the cladding layer, and the common functional layer includes a first portion that reflects light having a wavelength within the gain band in the semiconductor laser oscillator portion and a second portion that transmits light having a wavelength within the gain band in the semiconductor optical amplifier portion.
US12218477B2
The embodiments described herein provide a high-luminous flux laser-based white light source. A plurality of laser packages are arranged in an array pattern on a common support member. The plurality of laser packages each include one or more laser diode devices and a phosphor member. The phosphor member converts a fraction of the electromagnetic radiation from each of the laser diode devices to an emitted electromagnetic radiation and a white light is outputted.
US12218472B2
A connection arrangement for connecting an electrical conductor includes: a busbar; a clamping spring, which has a retaining leg and a clamping leg, the clamping leg being transferable into a clamping position and into a release position; a conductor connection space formed between a section of the busbar and of the clamping leg of the clamping spring; a displaceably arranged guide element, which is in operative connection with the clamping leg of the clamping spring, the clamping leg being holdable in the release position by the guide element; and an actuating element, by which the guide element is displaceable in order to transfer the clamping leg of the clamping spring from the clamping position into the release position. The clamping spring is arranged between the section of the busbar and the actuating element.
US12218468B2
A plug adapter connects to a solenoid valve already mounted in a motor vehicle. The plug adapter has a plug connector for receiving an electrical control signal from a control unit of the motor vehicle for operating the solenoid valve. The plug adapter includes a solenoid valve connector for detachable coupling of the plug adapter to the plug connector of the solenoid valve. The solenoid valve connector and the plug connector are matched to one another in terms of plug form and electrical signal transmission. An electronics component, such as a microcontroller, processes an electrical output signal for operating the solenoid valve when an electrical connection is established between the electronics component and the solenoid valve via the solenoid valve connector when the plug adapter is plugged into the plug connector.
US12218464B2
A connector assembly comprises a mating connector and a connector which is configured to be mounted on an object. The mating connector is mateable from above with the connector which is positioned below the mating connector in an up-down direction. The connector comprises a housing and a terminal. The terminal has a fixed portion, a held portion, a coupling portion, a supporting portion and a contact point. The coupling portion couples the fixed portion and the held portion with each other. The coupling portion has a receiving portion. The supporting portion extends from the held portion and is resiliently deformable. The supporting portion has an abutment portion. The abutment portion is positioned above the receiving portion in the up-down direction. The abutment portion is in contact with the receiving portion under a mated state where the connector and the mating connector are mated with each other.
US12218457B1
A RF connector includes a first conductor and a symmetrical second conductor. Each conductor has an elongated structure of a flat conductive material with a length corresponding to ¼ of a nominal frequency of a signal to be coupled and is connected at a first end to a coaxial connector and at a second end to the housing. The RF connector can be switched between an ON state and an OFF state. In the OFF state, the first conductor is distant from the second conductor and in the ON state the first conductor is in close contact with the second conductor such that open sides of their respective housings are oriented against each other, and the conductors are facing each other.
US12218449B2
An electrical connector includes an insulating body with multiple accommodating slots, and multiple terminals accommodated in the accommodating slots. Each terminal has an elastic arm, a floating contact portion and a conducting portion. The elastic arm and the floating contact portion are provided at an interval. One end of the elastic arm is connected with the floating contact portion through an insulating block. When each terminal is mated with a first electronic component and a second electronic component, the conducting portion is electrically connected to the first electronic component, the floating contact portion is electrically connected to the second electronic component, the elastic arm provides an elastic force such that the floating contact portion moves downward, and the floating contact portion and the conducting portion are directly electrically connected.
US12218446B2
An electrical connector pair 1 includes a receptacle connector 1a and a plug connector 1b. The receptacle connector 1a includes a first partition wall 12a, and the plug connector 1b includes a second partition wall 12b. When the receptacle connector 1a and the plug connector 1b are fitted together, the first partition wall 12a partitions a portion of the boundary between a third holder and a fourth holder where the second partition wall 12b is not formed such that a first contact 10a and a third contact 10b cannot be seen from a second contact and a fourth contact.
US12218439B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a conductive member on which at least one power supply point and ground point are positioned, at least one ground member arranged inside the housing, a first ground path connecting the ground point to the ground member, a second ground path connecting the ground point to the ground member, a printed circuit board (PCB) arranged inside the housing and a processor arranged on the PCB. The processor is configured to supply power to the at least one power supply point so that the conductive member transmits and/or receives a signal of a first frequency band.
US12218435B2
A Multi-Beam on Receive Electronically Steerable Antenna comprising a Tx array comprising a phased array of Tx antenna elements and having a geometric aperture with one or more pairs of parallel opposite sides; and an Rx array comprising a phased array of Rx antenna elements and having a geometric aperture with one or more pairs of parallel opposite sides. One or more pairs of parallel opposite sides of the geometric aperture of the Tx array are inclined relative to one or more pairs of parallel opposite sides of the geometric aperture of the Rx array.
US12218433B2
A communication apparatus for a vehicle according to an embodiment and a control method therefor are disclosed. The communication apparatus for a vehicle comprises: an antenna unit including a first antenna and a plurality of second antennas; a first switch for switching a first path to the first antenna and a second path to each of the plurality of second antennas; a second switch for switching a second path to any one of the plurality of second antennas; a length adjustment unit that is connected to the second path to the one second antenna connected to the second switch and adjusts the resonance length of the connected second antenna; and a communication control unit that generates a switching signal for connection to any one of the plurality of second antennas according to the state of the first antenna.
US12218428B2
An In-Building Communications system is disclosed which permits communication in tunnels, underground parking garages, tall buildings such as skyscrapers, buildings having thick walls of concrete or metal, and/or any building which has communication dead zones. The invention includes a portable bi-directional amplifier (BDA) system, an outdoor antenna system attached to the building or independently mountable, an indoor antenna system attached to the building or independently mountable inside the building, and a standardized, In-Building Communications Interface Box (IBCIB) affixed preferably to the exterior of the building. The IBCIB communicates with antenna systems attached to the building. Emergency response personnel carry portable outdoor and indoor antenna systems and a portable, battery-powered, BDA system which may be independently deployed or connected to the IBCIB during an event such as a fire, earthquake, an act of terrorism, or whenever radio coverage enhancement is required.
US12218421B2
Various embodiments relate to antenna panels with different geometries. Two or more log-periodic panels, such as log-periodic antenna panels, can be arranged along about the same plane next to one another. In one example, two panels can be employed, a first panel and a second panel. These panels can have a geometry, with the first panel having a first geometry and the second panel having a second geometry that is a mirror of the first geometry.
US12218419B2
An antenna module, comprising: a first antenna device, which is an AiM (Antenna in Module) and comprises at least one first antenna; a first FPC (flexible printed circuit), coupled to an outer surface of the first antenna device via a conductive structure; and at least one second antenna device, coupled to the first FPC, comprising at least one second antenna. By this way, an antenna module which can change directions of antennas via simplified structures is provided. Further, an antenna system applying the antenna module is also provided.
US12218417B2
To improve quality of a radome using a cyanate ester resin for a skin layer. A radome is formed of a multilayer structure in which a plurality of skin layers are layered on a surface of a core member. The plurality of skin layers include a first fiber reinforced plastic layer containing the cyanate ester resin and a fiber material and a second fiber reinforced plastic layer containing an epoxy resin and a fiber material. The second fiber reinforced plastic layer is disposed at a position in contact with the surface of the core member. A proportion of a thickness of the second fiber reinforced plastic layer to a thickness of all of the skin layers is preferably 50% or less.
US12218410B2
Disclosed is a portable communication device including a housing; a first PCB; a wireless communication circuitry disposed on the first PCB; and a second PCB having a plurality of layers including a first PCB portion; a second PCB portion extended from the first PCB portion and more flexible than the first PCB portion; a third PCB portion extended from the second PCB portion and less flexible than the second PCB portion; a fourth PCB portion extended from the third PCB portion and more flexible than the third PCB portion; and a plurality of lines formed at a same layer of the plurality of layers as extended from the second PCB portion through the third PCB portion to the fourth PCB portion, the plurality of lines including a first ground line and a second ground line, and a first signal line between the first and second ground lines.
US12218408B2
Disclosed herein are antenna boards, antenna modules, and communication devices. For example, in some embodiments, an antenna board may include: an antenna feed substrate including an antenna feed structure, wherein the antenna feed substrate includes a ground plane, the antenna feed structure includes a first portion perpendicular to the ground plane and a second portion parallel to the ground plane, and the first portion is electrically coupled between the second portion and the first portion; and a millimeter wave antenna patch.
US12218405B2
To provide an antenna set capable of forming a communication area which achieves a relatively high throughput. An antenna set comprising a group of antenna units transmitting streams by distributed MIMO, wherein the group of antenna units has a first antenna unit facing a window glass attached to a building, and a second antenna unit disposed at a distance from the first antenna unit.
US12218402B2
The disclosure relates to a device for securing a first module and a second module in a space between a first mount and a second mount. The device comprises a biasing apparatus configured to urge the first module and the second module away from each other, thereby urging the first module against the first mount and urging the second module against the second mount. Further, the device comprises a release apparatus configured to move the first module and the second module toward each other, thereby moving the first module away from the first mount and moving the second module away from the second mount. The device provides an uncomplicated and flexible mounting and demounting of the first module and second module, thus attaining a flexible and uncomplicated attachment of each module to the respective mount and a flexible and uncomplicated detachment of each module from the respective mount.
US12218398B2
The present invention relates to a micro-subminiature microwave gyromagnetic circulator comprising a housing and a first ceramic ring ferrite, a central conductor, a second ceramic ring ferrite and a medium ferrule mounted inside the housing; the medium ferrule comprises a pin, and a foot of the central conductor is provided with a through-hole matching the pin; the pin comprises an extension and a fixed portion which are connected, wherein the diameter of the extension is smaller than the diameter of the fixed portion, the pins and the feet are welded at the through-holes via solder paste, and a tin-containing tank is provided at the connection between the extension and the fixed portion. The microwave gyromagnetic circulator can be micro-subminiature without decreasing bandwidth. The structure stability and conduction stability of the microwave gyromagnetic circulator are improved by welding the central conductor to the pin and providing a tin-containing tank on pin.
US12218397B2
The present disclosure relates to a 5th generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate than a 4th generation (4G) communication system such as Long-Term Evolution (LTE). The present disclosure provides a device for variable signal attenuation equipped in a stack-up structure inside an RFIC. The device for signal attenuation comprises: a first transmission line positioned on a first layer inside the RFIC; a second transmission line positioned on a second layer, which is adjacent to the first layer, and electromagnetically coupled to the first transmission line; and a control unit. The first transmission line comprises an impedance control unit on one side. The control unit can variably control the impedance control unit.
US12218390B2
The present invention relates to a method for heating a fuel cell system (1a; 1b; 1c; 1d) comprising at least one fuel cell stack (2) with an anode portion (3) and a cathode portion (4), and a reformer (5) upstream of the anode portion (3) for steam reforming using a fuel, the reformer (5) comprising a nickel-based catalyst, said method having the following steps: starting a heating process for heating the fuel cell system (1a; 1b; 1c; 1d) with a heating device (6) and conducting a carbon-containing fluid and conducting steam through the nickel-based catalyst of the reformer (5) during the heating process. The invention also relates to a fuel cell system (1a; 1b; 1c; 1d) which is designed to carry out a method according to the invention.
US12218380B2
An electrode assembly manufacturing method includes the steps of: assembling an electrode stack; performing a primary heat press operation on the electrode stack while engaging the electrode stack with a gripper; and then performing a secondary heat press operation on the electrode stack while the gripper is disengaged from the electrode stack. The secondary heat press operation may include applying heat and pressure to the electrode stack for a time period from 5 seconds to 60 seconds under a temperature condition from 50° C. to 90° C. and under a pressure condition from 1 Mpa to 6 Mpa. The step of assembling the electrode stack may include alternately stacking first and second electrodes on an elongated separator sheet, and sequentially folding the separator sheet over a previously-stacked one of the electrodes before a subsequent electrode is stacked. An apparatus for performing the manufacturing method is also disclosed.
US12218379B2
An improved multilayer laminated microporous battery separator for a lithium ion secondary battery, and/or a method of making or using this separator is provided. The preferred inventive dry process separator is a tri-layer laminated Polypropylene/Polyethylene/Polypropylene microporous membrane with a thickness range of 12 μm to 30 μm having improved puncture strength and low electrical resistance for improved cycling and charge performance in a lithium ion battery. In addition, the preferred inventive separator's or membrane's low Electrical Resistance and high porosity provides superior charge rate performance in a lithium battery for high power applications.
US12218378B2
This disclosure provides a battery, an electric device, a manufacturing method and a manufacturing system for the battery. The battery includes a battery module, a casing, and a flow guide member. The battery module includes an explosion-proof assembly. The casing accommodates the battery module. The casing includes a gas discharge passage. The gas discharge passage includes a gas inlet and a gas outlet. The flow guide member is disposed inside the casing and shields the explosion-proof assembly to form a gas guide passage. The gas guide passage is in communication with the gas inlet, for guiding gas generated by the battery module to an exterior of the casing through the gas outlet after the explosion-proof assembly is destroyed. This disclosure intends to solve the technical problem of use safety of the battery being seriously affected due to the battery being prone to catching fire quickly and then exploding.
US12218376B2
A battery pack includes a module. The module includes one or more cell pairs. Each of the one or more cell pairs includes a first cell and a second cell. The first cell includes an exterior package, an electrode assembly, and an electrode terminal. The electrode terminal includes a first main surface and a second main surface. The first main surface is oriented in a direction of the second cell. A sealing portion is formed at a peripheral edge of the exterior package. The sealing portion includes a first region, a second region, and a third region. The first region is formed between the first main surface and the resin layer. The second region is formed between the second main surface and the resin layer. The third region is formed between portions of the resin layer. The second region includes a fracture promoting portion.
US12218374B2
A power supply device according to an aspect of the present invention includes a plurality of battery cells having a flat right-angled parallelepiped shape and a plurality of separators insulating adjacent ones of the plurality of battery cells. Each of the plurality of separators includes heat insulating sheet arranged between adjacent one of the plurality of battery cells and an adjacent cell adjacent to the one of the plurality of battery cells among the plurality of battery cells, and insulating molded member holding heat insulating sheet. Insulating molded member includes lower wall covering lower surfaces of one of the plurality of battery cells and an adjacent cell adjacent to the one of the plurality of battery cells among the plurality of battery cells, and holder holding insulating sheet with a gap disposed between lower wall and insulating sheet.
US12218368B2
Disclosed is an electronic device which includes an adhesive member interposed between a housing and a battery and including at least one adhesive layer in absence of a base or substrate, a first adhesive cover member interposed between the adhesive member and the battery, to surround a portion of the battery, such that the first adhesive cover member is detachably attached to the battery, and a second adhesive cover member spaced apart from the first adhesive cover member to surround another portion of the battery. Adhesive force of the adhesive member is stronger than adhesive force of at least one of the first adhesive cover member or the second adhesive cover member, and a partial area of the second adhesive cover member interposed between the battery and the adhesive member may have adhesive force stronger than adhesive force of a remaining area of the second adhesive cover member outside the partial area.
US12218363B2
A rechargeable battery includes a case having an opening and accommodating an electrode assembly therein; a cap plate closing and sealing the opening; and a welding bead part along a circumference of the cap plate and at a contact surface of the case and the cap plate, wherein the welding bead part includes first and second regions on a cross-section vertical to a welding progressing direction of the welding bead part, the first region has a first boundary line on the cross-section, a contact surface is between end parts of the first boundary line, the second region has a second boundary line on the cross-section, the first region is between end parts of the second boundary line to form first and second contact points in contact with the first boundary line, the first region is deeper than the second region, and the second region is wider than the first region.
US12218361B2
The present disclosure provides a flexible battery, a circuit board and an electronic device, belonging to the technical field of batteries. The flexible battery of the present disclosure includes a flexible encapsulation structure, a plurality of battery cells and a crack detection wiring. The flexible encapsulation structure has a battery area and a peripheral area surrounding the battery area. The battery area includes a plurality of rigid areas and a plurality of bending areas alternately arranged along a first direction. The plurality of battery cells are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of rigid areas. In a corresponding rigid area, the battery cell is cladded in the flexible encapsulation structure. The crack detection wiring is located in the peripheral area and at least partially extends along the first direction. The crack detection wiring is cladded in the flexible encapsulation structure.
US12218357B2
A binder for an all-solid-state secondary battery that can control a decrease in ionic conductivity, is excellent in binding properties and oxidation resistance, and can realize favorable cycle life characteristics even under a high voltage; and a binder composition for an all-solid-state secondary battery containing the binder. A binder for an all-solid-state secondary battery includes a polymer (A) which includes a repeating unit (a1) derived from an unsaturated carboxylic acid ester (excluding an unsaturated carboxylic acid ester having a hydroxyl group) and a repeating unit (a2) derived from a compound having a tertiary amino group, a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of the polymer (A) being from 250000 to 3000000, and an endothermic peak being observed at −10° C. or lower when differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) is performed on the polymer (A) in accordance with JIS K 7121.
US12218356B2
Provided is a composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery functional layer with which it is possible to form a functional layer that can cause a battery member for a non-aqueous secondary battery to display a balance of both high blocking resistance and high process adhesiveness. The composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery functional layer contains a particulate polymer having a core-shell structure including a core portion and a shell portion covering at least a portion of an outer surface of the core portion. The core portion is formed of a polymer A and the shell portion is formed of a polymer B including not less than 1 mol % and not more than 30 mol % of a sulfo group-containing monomer unit.
US12218351B2
A positive electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes particles of a lithium-transition metal composite oxide that contains nickel in the composition thereof and has a layered structure. The particles have an average particle size DSEM based on electron microscopic observation in a range of 1 μm to 7 μm in which a ratio D50/DSEM of a 50% particle size D50 in volume-based cumulative particle size distribution to the average particle size based on electron microscopic observation is in a range of 1 to 4, and a ratio D90/D10 of a 90% particle size D90 to a 10% particle size D10 in volume-based cumulative particle size distribution is 4 or less.
US12218350B2
The present invention provides a negative electrode for a lithium metal battery and a lithium metal battery comprising the same, the negative electrode comprising: a first negative electrode including a lithium metal negative electrode; and a second negative electrode which is disposed on the first negative electrode and includes a coating layer including a carbon-based material. By using the negative electrode for a lithium metal battery, a lithium metal battery can have an improved charge and discharge efficiency and life time.
US12218339B2
A doped electrode is manufactured by an electrode manufacturing method. The doped electrode includes an active material doped with an alkali metal. In the electrode manufacturing method, a dope solution is brought into contact with an electrode. The electrode includes a current collector and an active material layer. The active material layer is formed on a surface of the current collector and includes the active material. The dope solution includes an alkali metal ion and flows. In the electrode manufacturing method, for example, the alkali metal is electrically doped to the active material using a counter electrode member arranged to face the electrode.
US12218336B2
According to the present disclosure, an electrode having an electrode mixture layer with a desired film thickness can be stably produced. A producing method disclosed herein includes detecting the surface position of a mixture coated film by a first sensor; detecting the surface position of a second roll by a second sensor; detecting the film thickness of the mixture coated film based on detection results of the first sensor and the second sensor; and adjusting a relatively rotation speed of a third roll based on the film thickness. And, the detected positions of the first sensor and the second sensor in a circumferential direction of the second roll are substantially identical. Due to this method, the change in the film thickness of the electrode mixed layer of produced electrode can be suppressed.
US12218332B2
A battery pack includes a heat diffusion preventing member. The battery pack can effectively prevent the diffusion of heat or fire generated in any one battery module from among battery modules accommodated in the battery pack, and can have various applications such as vehicles or power storage devices.
US12218329B2
Systems and methods are provided for a high efficiency cold plate system. A high efficiency cold plate system may include an interior surface. A heat source may be configured adjacent to a lower portion of the interior surface. The interior surface may enclose an interior region. The interior surface may also include members extending across the interior surface. The members may be separated by an orifice. The members and interior surface may defined an inlet region and an outlet region. The inlet and outlet regions may be fluidly joined by an orifice separating the members extending across the interior surface. The members may be angled relative to a lower portion of the interior surface. Angling the members may allow the system to constrain and direct fluid flowing through the system to achieve efficient cooling.
US12218328B1
A method for thermal management performed by a controller of an energy storage system, where the energy storage system includes at least a first battery module, a second battery module, a first battery management system (BMS) node, and a second BMS node. The first BMS node is configured to control operation of the first battery module, and the second BMS node is configured to control operation of the second battery module. The method includes (a) determining a first temperature profile difference representing a difference between an actual temperature profile of the first battery module and a desired temperature profile of the first battery module, (b) determining a first operation adjustment representing a desired change in operation of the first battery module for decreasing the first temperature profile difference, and (c) controlling the first BMS node to change operation of the first battery module according to the first operation adjustment.
US12218324B2
A method for disassembling and separating a waste lithium-ion battery comprises: directly tearing a battery pack or a cell of the waste lithium-ion battery with water and electricity without discharging after removing a housing, then performing first wet screening, directly performing wet degumming without drying after recovering an electrolyte and removing iron by magnetic separation, then performing first crushing with water, third wet screening and second crushing with water after performing second wet screening, and finally performing jigging separation to obtain copper powder, aluminum powder, positive and negative electrode materials, plastic powder and separator pulp.
US12218316B2
A convection enhanced energy storage system includes an electrochemical cell with a positive electrode, a separator, and a negative electrode, a tank holding an electrolyte, and a pump connected to the electrochemical cell and the tank to circulate the electrolyte. The electrochemical cell has large γ and β values, which has high transport resistance from diffusion and there is limited salt in the electrolyte solution to compensate. A computer system can implement a model of a convection enhanced energy storage system, for example for simulation to select parameters for such an energy storage system. The model includes: a convection term in a Nernst-Planck equation representing the convection enhanced energy storage system; boundary conditions of a cell of the convection enhanced energy storage system to account for forced convection at boundaries; gauging conservation of anions within an external tank; and calculating electrode active area as a function of porosity.
US12218313B2
A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes an exterior package, an electrode assembly, and an electrolyte solution. In a cross section orthogonal to a winding axis of the laminated assembly, the electrode assembly has a contour line having a corner-rounded rectangular shape. The contour line consists of a first arc-shaped portion, a straight line portion, and a second arc-shaped portion. The contour line has a height ratio (R1=H0/H1) of 1.20 to 1.35. H0 represents a distance between two points most distant from each other on the contour line. H1 represents an average length of the two line segments. The separator includes a first main surface and a second main surface. The first main surface is in contact with the negative electrode plate. A first dynamic coefficient of friction between the first main surface and the negative electrode plate is 0.52 to 0.66.
US12218308B2
An additive, an electrolyte for a rechargeable lithium battery, and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same, the additive being represented by Chemical Formula 1 or Chemical Formula 2:
US12218306B2
Provided are an electrolyte for a secondary battery including a lithium salt, a nonaqueous organic solvent, and a cyclic fluorophosphonate compound, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.
US12218304B2
The invention relates to a solid composite electrolyte comprising: i) at least one solid inorganic particle, ii) at least one ionic liquid electrolyte, and iii) at least one ionically non-conductive polymer, wherein the at least one solid inorganic particle i) is ionic conductive and is blended with the at least one ionic liquid electrolyte ii). The invention also relates to a process for manufacturing the solid composite electrolyte, to a solid state battery comprising the solid composite electrolyte, and to the use of said solid composite electrolyte in a solid state battery for improving ionic conductivity and mechanical properties.
US12218302B2
An aspect of the present invention provides a rechargeable battery which makes placement of the electrode assembly in the case during assembly easy. The rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a separator, and a second electrode, a case housing the electrode assembly and having an opening in a plane parallel to a flat side surface of the electrode assembly, the case being electrically connected to the first electrode, a cover closing the opening in the case, and an electrode terminal mounted to a terminal opening in the case and connected to the second electrode, wherein the electrode terminal and the second electrode are insulated from the case.
US12218297B2
Provided is a display device comprising a substrate, a first active layer on the substrate and extending along a first direction, and a first conductive layer between the substrate and the first active layer, and including a first conductive pattern and a second conductive pattern spaced apart from each other in the first direction, wherein the first active layer conformally reflects a step difference of the first conductive layer, and includes a branched structure in a space between the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern.
US12218288B2
A display device includes a light emitting element disposed on a substrate. A color conversion layer is disposed on the light emitting element, the color conversion layer including color conversion particles that convert light of a first color emitted from the light emitting element into light of a second color. An insulating layer is disposed on the color conversion layer. The insulating layer includes a first inorganic layer overlapping the color conversion layer, a second inorganic layer disposed on the first inorganic layer, and a third inorganic layer disposed on the second inorganic layer. A second porosity of the second inorganic layer is greater than a first porosity of the first inorganic layer. A second porosity of the second inorganic layer is greater than a third porosity of the third inorganic layer.
US12218278B2
Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display device including a base layer, a first electrode and a second electrode extending along a first direction on the base layer, and spaced apart from each other in a second direction crossing the first direction, and light emitting elements at least partially overlapping the first electrode and at least partially overlapping the second electrode, wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode includes a concavo-convex portion in which at least a portion of one of the light emitting elements overlaps with respect to a third direction that is perpendicular to the first direction and to the second direction.
US12218264B2
The present invention relates a photovoltaic module comprising 126, 138 or 150 back-contact half-cells. In an embodiment, the half-cells are divided into 3 groups of each 2 parallel strings with each string containing ⅙ of the total number of half-cells. The module comprises an additional row of 6 back-contact half-cells, relative to known half-cell modules.
US12218263B2
Method of manufacturing a single-side-contacted photovoltaic device (1), comprising the steps of: a) providing a photovoltaically-active substrate (3) defining a plurality of alternating hole collecting zones (3a) and electron collecting zones (3b) arranged in parallel strips; b) depositing a conductive layer (5) across said zones; c) depositing at least one conductive track (9) extending along at least part of each of said zones (3a, 3b); d) selectively forming a dielectric layer (7) on each of said zones (3a, 3b), so as to leave an exposed area free of dielectric at an interface between adjacent zones (3a, 3b); e) etching said conductive layer (5) in said exposed areas; f) applying a plurality of interconnecting conductors (11a, 11b) so as to electrically interconnect at least a portion of said hole collecting zones (3a) with each other, and to electrically interconnect at least a portion of said electron collecting zones (3b) with each other.
US12218258B2
The disclosure relates to the technical field of solar cells, and provides a solar cell and a doped region structure thereof, a cell assembly, and a photovoltaic system. The doped region structure includes a first doped layer, a passivation layer, and a second doped layer that are disposed on a silicon substrate in sequence. The passivation layer is a porous structure having the first doped layer and/or the second doped layer inlaid in a hole region. The first doped layer and the second doped layer have a same doping polarity. By means of the doped region structure of the solar cell provided in the disclosure, the difficulty in production and the limitation on conversion efficiency as a result of precise requirements for the accuracy of a thickness of a conventional tunneling layer are resolved.
US12218250B2
A transistor including a channel layer including an oxide semiconductor material and methods of making the same. The transistor includes a channel layer having a first oxide semiconductor layer having a first oxygen concentration, a second oxide semiconductor layer having a second oxygen concentration and a third oxide semiconductor layer having a third oxygen concentration. The second oxide semiconductor layer is located between the first semiconductor oxide layer and the third oxide semiconductor layer. The second oxygen concentration is lower than the first oxygen concentration and the third oxygen concentration.
US12218249B2
A semiconductor device includes an oxide semiconductor layer including a crystalline region over an insulating surface, a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer, a gate insulating layer covering the oxide semiconductor layer, the source electrode layer, and the drain electrode layer, and a gate electrode layer over the gate insulating layer in a region overlapping with the crystalline region. The crystalline region includes a crystal whose c-axis is aligned in a direction substantially perpendicular to a surface of the oxide semiconductor layer.
US12218246B2
A semiconductor device in which a variation of transistor characteristics is small is provided. The semiconductor device includes a transistor. The transistor includes a first insulator, a first oxide over the first insulator, a first conductor, a second conductor, and a second oxide, which is positioned between the first conductor and the second conductor, over the first oxide, a second insulator over the second oxide, and a third conductor over the second insulator. A top surface of the first oxide in a region overlapping with the third conductor is at a lower position than a position of a top surface of the first oxide in a region overlapping with the first conductor. The first oxide in the region overlapping with the third conductor has a curved surface between a side surface and the top surface of the first oxide, and the curvature radius of the curved surface is greater than or equal to 1 nm and less than or equal to 15 nm.
US12218244B2
Vertical transistors and methods of manufacturing vertical transistors are disclosed. The method can include forming a stack of layers include a first layer stack of a first transistor structure including at least three layers of a conductive material separated by one or more layers of at least one dielectric material. The stack of layers can include a second layer stack of a second transistor structure including at least three layers of a conductive material separated by one or more layers of at least one dielectric material, the second layer stack associated with a second transistor structure. The first and second transistor structures are separated by one or more dielectric materials. The method can include forming a channel opening in the stack. The method includes selectively forming a first channel structure within the channel opening and selectively forming a second channel structure within the channel opening.
US12218242B2
A semiconductor structure includes at least a fin structure, a gate structure over the fin structure, a connecting structure, a first dielectric structure over the gate structure, and a second dielectric structure. The fin structure extends in a first direction, and the gate structure extends in a second direction different from the first direction. The connecting structure is disposed over the fin structure and isolated from the gate structure. The second dielectric structure extends in the first direction. The first dielectric structure and the second dielectric structure include a same material. A top surface of the first dielectric structure and a top surface of the second dielectric structure are substantially aligned with each other.
US12218238B2
Disclosed are a growth structure for a strained channel, and a strained channel using the same and a method of manufacturing a device using the same. The growth structure for a strained channel includes a support substrate, a strain-relaxed buffer (SRB) layer disposed on a support substrate, a base growth layer grown to have one composition on the SRB layer, and a strained channel layer grown to have another composition on the base growth layer. The strained channel layer may include at least one of a tensile-strained channel layer or a compressively strained channel layer.
US12218236B2
A transistor comprises a first conductive contact, a heterogeneous channel comprising at least one oxide semiconductor material over the first conductive contact, a second conductive contact over the heterogeneous channel, and a gate electrode laterally neighboring the heterogeneous channel. A device, a method of forming a device, a memory device, and an electronic system are also described.
US12218233B2
A high electron mobility transistor and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The high electron mobility transistor includes a channel layer, a channel supplying layer causing generation of a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) in the channel layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode provided on respective sides of the channel supplying layer, a depletion forming layer provided on the channel supplying layer to form a depletion region in the 2DEG, a gate electrode provided on a portion of the depletion forming layer, and a current limiting layer provided to contact the gate electrode on another portion of the depletion forming layer. The current limiting layer limits a current flow from the gate electrode to the depletion forming layer according to a voltage applied to the gate electrode.
US12218228B2
Provided is a semiconductor device, including: a semiconductor substrate including a bulk donor; an active portion provided on the semiconductor substrate; and an edge termination structure portion provided between the active portion and an end side of the semiconductor substrate on a upper surface of the semiconductor substrate; wherein the active portion includes hydrogen, and has a first high concentration region with a higher donor concentration than a bulk donor concentration; and the edge termination structure portion, which is provided in a range that is wider than the first high concentration region in a depth direction of the semiconductor substrate, includes hydrogen, and has a second high concentration region with a higher donor concentration than the bulk donor concentration.
US12218225B1
The present disclosure provides a method that includes providing a semiconductor structure having a bottom channel region and a top channel region over the bottom channel region; forming a gate dielectric layer over and wrapping around top channels in the top channel region; performing a radical treatment on the dielectric layer in a supercritical fluid; and forming a metal gate electrode on the dielectric layer.
US12218223B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming an active fin protruding from a substrate and extending in a first direction; forming sacrificial gate patterns intersecting the active fin and extend in a second direction; forming recess regions by etching the active fin on at least one side of each of the sacrificial gate patterns; forming source/drain regions on the recess regions; removing the sacrificial gate patterns to form openings; and forming a gate dielectric layer and a gate electrode such that gate structures are formed to cover the active fin in the openings. The source/drain regions are formed by an epitaxial growth process and an in-situ doping process of doping first conductivity-type impurity elements. In at least one of the source/drain regions, after the in-situ doping process is performed, counter-doping is performed using second conductivity-type impurity elements different from the first conductivity-type impurity elements to decrease carrier concentration.
US12218221B2
Semiconductor devices including fin-shaped isolation structures and methods of forming the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a fin extending from a semiconductor substrate; a shallow trench isolation (STI) region over the semiconductor substrate adjacent the fin; and a dielectric fin structure over the STI region, the dielectric fin structure extending in a direction parallel to the fin, the dielectric fin structure including a first liner layer in contact with the STI region; and a first fill material over the first liner layer, the first fill material including a seam disposed in a lower portion of the first fill material and separated from a top surface of the first fill material, a first carbon concentration in the lower portion of the first fill material being greater than a second carbon concentration in an upper portion of the first fill material.
US12218220B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method thereof. The manufacturing method includes: depositing a thin-film stacked structure on a substrate; forming a first hole in the thin-film stacked structure; growing an epitaxial silicon pillar in the first hole; etching the thin-film stacked structure and the epitaxial silicon pillar along a first direction to form a first trench, the first trench passing through a center of the epitaxial silicon pillar and dividing the epitaxial silicon pillar into a first half pillar and a second half pillar; forming a first isolation layer; forming a first channel region of a first doping type, and forming a second channel region of a second doping type; and forming a gate dielectric layer and a gate conductive layer on a surface of each of the first channel region and the second channel region.
US12218199B2
In an embodiment, a device includes: a first nanostructure; a second nanostructure; a gate dielectric around the first nanostructure and the second nanostructure, the gate dielectric including dielectric materials; and a gate electrode including: a work function tuning layer on the gate dielectric, the work function tuning layer including a pure work function metal, the pure work function metal of the work function tuning layer and the dielectric materials of the gate dielectric completely filling a region between the first nanostructure and the second nanostructure, the pure work function metal having a composition of greater than 95 at. % metals; an adhesion layer on the work function tuning layer; and a fill layer on the adhesion layer.
US12218194B2
A semiconductor device including: a semiconductor substrate including an active region; a plurality of conductive structures formed over the semiconductor substrate; an isolation layer filling a space between the conductive structures and having an opening that exposes the active region between the conductive structures; a pad formed in a bottom portion of the opening and in contact with the active region; a plug liner formed conformally over a sidewall of the opening and exposing the pad; and a contact plug formed over the pad inside the opening.
US12218188B2
A semiconductor device has a deep trench in a semiconductor substrate of the semiconductor device, with linear trench segments extending to a trench intersection. Adjacent linear trench segments are connected by connector trench segments that surround a substrate pillar in the trench intersection. Each connector trench segment has a width at least as great as widths of the linear trench segments connected by the connector trench segment. The deep trench includes a trench filler material. The deep trench may have three linear trench segments extending to the trench intersection, connected by three connector trench segments, or may have four linear trench segments extending to the trench intersection, connected by four connector trench segments.
US12218178B2
A display device includes a substrate; a plurality of pixels provided on the substrate; and a plurality of inorganic light emitting elements provided on each of the pixels. The inorganic light emitting elements each include a semiconductor substrate having a first face facing the substrate and a second face provided in a convex shape on a side opposite from the first face; and a plurality of semiconductor nanowires provided on the first face, the semiconductor nanowires extending in a direction perpendicular to the first face.
US12218177B2
A display device in accordance with some embodiments may include a base layer, a first bank pattern and a second bank pattern on the base layer, and spaced apart from each other in a first direction, a first electrode overlapping the first bank pattern, a second electrode overlapping the second bank pattern, and a light emitting element aligned between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein a distance between an end of the first electrode and an end of the first bank pattern differs from a distance between an end of the second electrode and an end of the second bank pattern in the first direction.
US12218172B2
A sensing device includes a light source to emit light, a light sensor to detect reflection of the emitted light and distance determination circuitry responsive to reflected-light detection within the light sensor. The light sensor includes a photodetector having a photocharge storage capacity in excess of one electron and an output circuit that generates an output signal responsive to light detection within the photodetector with sub-hundred nanosecond latency. The distance determination circuitry measures an elapsed time based on transition of the output signal in response to photonic detection within the photodetector and determines, based on the elapsed time, a distance between the sensing device and a surface that yielded the reflection of the emitted light.
US12218171B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards an image sensor. The image sensor includes a first semiconductor substrate having a photodetector and a floating diffusion node. A transfer gate is disposed over the first semiconductor substrate, where the transfer gate is at least partially disposed between opposite sides of the photodetector. A second semiconductor substrate is vertically spaced from the first semiconductor substrate, where the second semiconductor substrate comprises a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. A readout transistor is disposed on the second semiconductor substrate, where the second surface is disposed between the transfer gate and a gate of the readout transistor. A first conductive contact is electrically coupled to the transfer gate and extending vertically from the transfer gate through both the first surface and the second surface.
US12218162B2
An optoelectronic device comprises a substrate with a photosensitive structure, a dielectric layer on a main surface of the substrate, the dielectric layer having a top surface facing away from the substrate. At least one wiring layer is arranged in the dielectric layer in places and at least one contact area is formed by a portion of the at least one wiring layer. An opening is formed at the top surface of the dielectric layer, the opening extending towards the contact area. An optical element is arranged on the top surface of the dielectric layer above the photosensitive structure and an optical filter is arranged on the top surface of the dielectric layer, the optical filter being electrically conductive, covering a portion of the optical element and being in electrical contact with the contact area. Furthermore, a method for producing an optoelectronic device is provided.
US12218161B2
An optical sensor includes a wavelength filter configured to transmit light in a specific wavelength range and a magnetic element including a first ferromagnetic layer, a second ferromagnetic layer, and a spacer layer sandwiched between the first ferromagnetic layer and the second ferromagnetic layer. The light passing through the wavelength filter is applied to the magnetic element and the light applied to the magnetic element is detected.
US12218145B2
A display panel includes a base substrate, a first transistor, and a second transistor. The first transistor and the second transistor are formed on the base substrate. The first transistor includes a first active layer, a first gate electrode, a first source electrode, and a first drain electrode. The first active layer includes silicon. The second transistor includes a second active layer, a second gate electrode, a second source electrode, and a second drain electrode. The second active layer includes oxide semiconductor. A length of a channel region of the first transistor is L1. Along a direction perpendicular to the base substrate, a distance between the first gate electrode and the first active layer is D1. A length of a channel region of the second transistor is L2. Along the direction perpendicular to the base substrate, a distance between the second gate electrode and the second active layer is D2.
US12218144B2
The stability of a step of processing a wiring formed using copper, aluminum, gold, silver, molybdenum, or the like is increased. Moreover, the concentration of impurities in a semiconductor film is reduced. Moreover, the electrical characteristics of a semiconductor device are improved. In a transistor including an oxide semiconductor film, an oxide film in contact with the oxide semiconductor film, and a pair of conductive films being in contact with the oxide film and including copper, aluminum, gold, silver, molybdenum, or the like, the oxide film has a plurality of crystal parts and has c-axis alignment in the crystal parts, and the c-axes are aligned in a direction parallel to a normal vector of a top surface of the oxide semiconductor film or the oxide film.
US12218142B2
A display device includes: a substrate; a polycrystalline silicon film on the substrate; and a first buffer film between the substrate and the polycrystalline silicon film and having one surface contacting the polycrystalline silicon film and another surface opposite to the one surface, wherein the one surface of the first buffer film has a first root mean square (RMS) roughness range, and the first RMS roughness range is 1.5 nm or less.
US12218140B2
Integrated circuits including an integrated standard cell structure are provided. In an embodiment, an integrated circuit includes a first transistor gated by a first input and connected to a first power supply rail and an output, a second transistor gated by a second input and connected to the first power supply rail and the output, a floating third transistor and a fourth transistor that are connected to the first power supply rail and a third power supply rail, a fifth transistor gated by the first input and connected to a second power supply rail, a sixth transistor gated by the second input and connected to the second power supply rail, a seventh transistor gated by the second input and connected to the fifth transistor and the output, and an eighth transistor gated by the first input and connected to the sixth transistor and the output.
US12218139B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a first active region disposed in a first region of a substrate and a second active region disposed in a second region of the substrate. A first gate stack is disposed over the first active region and a second gate stack is disposed over the second active region, the first and second gate stacks having elongated shapes oriented in a first direction. A first metal layer is disposed over the first gate stack and the second gate stack. The first metal layer includes first metal layer structures oriented in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. A second metal layer disposed over the first metal layer. The second metal layer includes second metal layer structures oriented in the first direction. A third metal layer is disposed over the second metal layer. The third metal layer includes a third metal layer structures oriented in the second direction.
US12218136B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor fin, a gate structure, source/drain structures, and a contact structure. The semiconductor fin extends from a substrate. The gate structure extends across the semiconductor fin. The source/drain structures are on opposite sides of the gate structure. The contact structure is over a first one of the source/drain structures. The contact structure includes a semiconductor contact and a metal contact over the semiconductor contact. The semiconductor contact has a higher dopant concentration than the first one of the source/drain structures. The first one of the source/drain structures includes a first portion and a second portion at opposite sides of the fin and interfacing the semiconductor contact.
US12218131B2
A semiconductor device including a gate separation region is provided. The semiconductor device includes an isolation region between active regions; interlayer insulating layers on the isolation region; gate line structures overlapping the active regions, disposed on the isolation region, and having end portions facing each other; and a gate separation region disposed on the isolation region, and disposed between the end portions of the gate line structures facing each other and between the interlayer insulating layers. The gate separation region comprises a gap fill layer and a buffer structure, the buffer structure includes a buffer liner disposed between the gap fill layer and the isolation region, between the end portions of the gate line structures facing each other and side surfaces of the gap fill layer, and between the interlayer insulating layers and the side surfaces of the gap fill layer.
US12218130B2
Methods of cutting gate structures, and structures formed, are described. In an embodiment, a structure includes first and second gate structures over an active area, and a gate cut-fill structure. The first and second gate structures extend parallel. The active area includes a source/drain region disposed laterally between the first and second gate structures. The gate cut-fill structure has first and second primary portions and an intermediate portion. The first and second primary portions abut the first and second gate structures, respectively. The intermediate portion extends laterally between the first and second primary portions. First and second widths of the first and second primary portions along longitudinal midlines of the first and second gate structures, respectively, are each greater than a third width of the intermediate portion midway between the first and second gate structures and parallel to the longitudinal midline of the first gate structure.
US12218126B2
The present disclosure provides an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection structure, an ESD protection circuit, and a chip. The ESD protection structure includes a semiconductor substrate, a first N-type well, a first P-type well, a first N-type doped portion, a first P-type doped portion, a second N-type doped portion, and a second P-type doped portion. The semiconductor substrate includes a first integrated region. The first N-type well is located in the first integrated region. The first P-type well is located in the first integrated region. The first N-type doped portion is located in the first N-type well. The first P-type doped portion is located in the first N-type well. The second N-type doped portion is located in the first P-type well. The second P-type doped portion is located on a side of the second N-type doped portion away from the first N-type well.
US12218122B2
A memory circuit includes first and second read-only memory (ROM) cells aligned along a first active structure including a first shared source portion of the first and second ROM cells, third and fourth ROM cells aligned along a second active structure including a second shared source portion of the third and fourth ROM cells, a first bit line overlying the first and second ROM cells, a second bit line overlying the third and fourth ROM cells, and a reference voltage line positioned between the first and second bit lines and in a same metal layer as the first and second bit lines. A conductive structure is electrically connected to each of the first and second shared source portions and the reference voltage line and is positioned in a metal layer below the same metal layer.
US12218115B2
A display device includes a display element part disposed on a substrate, the display element part including a light emitting element, and an upper film layer disposed on the display element part, the upper film layer including an anti-electrostatic pattern. The anti-electrostatic pattern includes a conductive pattern and an anti-reflection pattern, and the conductive pattern and the anti-reflection pattern overlap each other.
US12218107B2
An element that is configured to bond to another element is disclosed. A first element that can include a first plurality of contact pads on a first surface. The first plurality of contact pads includes a first contact pad and a second contact pad that are spaced apart from one another. The first and second contact pads are electrically connected to one another for redundancy. The first element can be prepared for direct bonding. The first element can be bonded to a second element to form a bonded structure. The second element has a second plurality of contact pads on a second surface. At least one of the second plurality of contact pads is bonded and electrically connected to at least one of the first plurality of contact pads.
US12218103B2
Radiation hard semiconductor devices and packaging are disclosed. A semiconductor device assembly includes a substrate, a semiconductor die stack electrically coupled to the substrate, and an ionizing radiation shield disposed over a top die of the semiconductor die stack, wherein the ionizing radiation shield comprises silicon carbide (SiC). The semiconductor device assembly further includes an encapsulant at least partially encapsulating the semiconductor die stack and the ionizing radiation shield.
US12218086B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor package includes bonding first the and second structures, such that a first bonding structure is directly bonded to a second bonding structure. The forming of the first structure includes; forming a blocking layer on a metallic material layer including a first portion covering a concaved portion of the metallic material layer and a second portion covering a non-concaved portion of the metallic material layer, performing a first planarization process to remove the second portion of the blocking layer while the first portion of the blocking layer remains, performing a second planarization process to remove the non-concaved portion of the metallic material layer and expose the barrier layer on the insulating layer, performing a wet etching process to remove the barrier layer on the insulating layer and the blocking layer to form the first bonding pad including the barrier layer in the opening and the metallic material layer and forming a recessed portion below an upper surface of the metallic material layer on the barrier layer while removing the barrier layer on the insulating layer.
US12218081B2
Microelectronic devices include a stack structure of insulative structures vertically alternating with conductive structures and arranged in tiers forming opposing staircase structures. A polysilicon fill material substantially fills an opening (e.g., a high-aspect-ratio opening) between the opposing staircase structures. The polysilicon fill material may have non-compressive stress such that the stack structure may be partitioned into blocks without the blocks bending and without contacts—formed in at least one of the polysilicon fill material and the stack structure—deforming, misaligning, or forming electrical shorts with neighboring contacts.
US12218079B2
Semiconductor devices having reinforcement structures configured to mitigate thermomechanical stresses, and associated systems and methods, are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a semiconductor package includes a semiconductor die and a substrate coupled to the semiconductor die. The substrate can include a base structure and a reinforcement structure at least partially within a die shadow region of the substrate. The reinforcement structure can be at least partially surrounded by the base structure. The reinforcement structure has a higher stiffness than the base structure.
US12218073B2
The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor mark and a forming method thereof. The semiconductor mark comprises: a previous layer mark comprising first patterns and at least one second pattern, the second pattern being located between adjacent first patterns, the first pattern being different from the second pattern in material property. Since the first pattern and the second pattern in the previous layer mark in the semiconductor mark according to the present disclosure are different in material property, during measurement, the first pattern and the second pattern are different in reflectivity for measurement light. Thus, the contrast of images of the first pattern and the second pattern obtained during measurement is improved, the positions and boundaries of the first pattern and the second pattern are clearly determined, and the measurement of the previous layer mark is more accurate.
US12218068B2
A through electrode substrate according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a substrate having a first surface, a second surface, and a through-hole that penetrates between the first surface and the second surface and a through electrode disposed inside of the through-hole. The through electrode includes a first portion that closes part of the through-hole adjacent to the first surface and a second portion disposed along the internal surface of the through-hole. The thinnest part of the first portion in a direction perpendicular to the first surface has a thickness of A, the thinnest part of the second portion has a thickness of B, and the diameter of the through-hole on the first surface has a length of C. The relationship A
US12218067B1
An electronic assembly, comprising a carrier wafer of a first material, having a top wafer surface and a bottom wafer surface; said carrier wafer comprising a through-wafer cavity having walls that join said top wafer surface to said bottom wafer surface; and an insulator of a second material, different from the first material, having insulator top and bottom surfaces, joined by insulator side surfaces, and having a conducting via that passes through said insulator between said insulator top surface and said insulator bottom surface; wherein the insulator is held in said through-wafer cavity by direct contact of the insulator side surfaces with an attachment metal that fills said through-wafer cavity.
US12218048B2
A method of constructing a superconducting switch includes depositing a thin sacrificial layer on top of a substrate. The sacrificial layer is patterned to remove portions of the sacrificial layer except at a first portion of the substrate. A superconducting metal layer is patterned on top of the substrate and on top of the sacrificial layer. The superconducting metal layer is patterned to form a superconducting metal line over the sacrificial layer. The patterned sacrificial layer is etched from under the superconducting metal line to release the metal line from the substrate.
US12218047B2
A memory device includes a programming transistor and a reading transistor of an anti-fuse memory cell. The programming transistor includes first semiconductor nanostructures vertically spaced apart from one another, each of the first semiconductor nanostructures having a first width along a first lateral direction. The reading transistor includes second semiconductor nanostructures vertically spaced apart from one another, each of the second semiconductor nanostructures having a second width different from the first width along the second direction. The memory device also includes a first and a second gate metals. The first gate metal wraps around each of the first semiconductor nanostructures with a first gate dielectric disposed therein. The second gate metal wraps around each of the second semiconductor nanostructures with a second gate dielectric disposed therein.
US12218044B2
A wiring substrate includes: a first insulating layer; a first metal pattern formed on the first insulating layer; a second insulating layer formed on the first insulating layer so as to cover the first metal pattern; a second metal pattern formed on the second insulating layer; and an organic insulating film contacted with a portion of the second metal pattern. The first metal pattern has: a first lower surface contacted with the first insulating layer; and a first upper surface contacted with the second insulating layer. The second metal pattern has: a second lower surface contacted with the second insulating layer; and a second upper surface contacted with the organic insulating film. Further, a surface roughness of the second upper surface is larger than a surface roughness of each of the second lower surface, the first upper surface and the first lower surface.
US12218040B2
An electronic package includes an interposer having an interposer substrate, a cavity that passes into but not through the interposer substrate, a through interposer via (TIV) within the interposer substrate, and an interposer pad electrically coupled to the TIV. The electronic package includes a nested component in the cavity, wherein the nested component includes a component pad coupled to a through-component via. A core via is beneath the nested component, the core via extending from the nested component through the interposer substrate. A die is coupled to the interposer pad by a first interconnect and coupled to the component pad by a second interconnect.
US12218039B2
A semiconductor package may include a redistribution substrate having a first surface and a second surface, opposite to each other, a semiconductor chip on the first surface of the redistribution substrate, and a solder pattern on the second surface of the redistribution substrate. The redistribution substrate may include an under-bump pattern coupled to the solder pattern, a first redistribution pattern on the under-bump pattern, the first redistribution pattern including a first via portion and a first wire portion, and a first seed pattern between the under-bump pattern and the first redistribution pattern and on a side surface of the first via portion and a bottom surface of the first wire portion. A bottom surface of the first seed pattern may be at a level lower than a top surface of the under-bump pattern.
US12218038B2
In an embodiment, a leadframe includes a first electrically conductive part and a second electrically conductive part, each having an outer surface arranged to provide substantially coplanar outer contact areas having a footprint and an inner surface opposing the outer surface, the first part being spaced apart from the second part by a gap, a first recess arranged in the inner surface of the first part, a second recess arranged in the inner surface of the second part, and a first electrically conductive insert that is arranged in, and extends between, the first recess and the second recess and bridges the gap between the first part and the second part.
US12218030B2
An electronic module includes a semiconductor package, and a clip connected to the semiconductor package. The clip is connected to or includes at least one fastening element which is configured to make a connection to an external heat sink.
US12218020B2
A semiconductor package includes a circuit structure, a first redistribution layer, a second redistribution layer, a first encapsulant, a bus die and a plurality of through vias. The first redistribution layer is disposed over the circuit structure. The second redistribution layer is disposed over the first redistribution layer. The first encapsulant is disposed between the first redistribution layer and the second redistribution layer. The through vias surround the bus die. The first encapsulant is extended along an entire sidewall of the bus die, and a first surface of the bus die is substantially coplanar with top surfaces of the first encapsulant and the plurality of through vias.
US12218019B2
Disclosed is a method for manufacturing an electronic component device, including: preparing a sealing structure including a sealing layer having two opposing main surfaces, an electronic component, and a connection portion, the connection portion being exposed on a circuit surface that is one main surface of the sealing layer; preparing a rewiring structure including a rewiring portion having two opposing main surfaces, and a plurality of bumps; and bonding the sealing structure and the rewiring structure in a direction that the circuit surface and the plurality of bumps face each other, with an insulating adhesive layer intervening, and thereby connecting the sealing structure and the rewiring structure.
US12218015B2
An apparatus includes a beam conditioning assembly configured to output one or more wavelengths to a substrate being processed and receive one or more reflected wavelengths from the substrate, and a machine learning device configured to process the one or more reflected wavelengths to predict a process variable and compare the predicted process variable with a measured process variable to obtain a comparison result.
US12218011B2
A method of microfabrication includes forming an initial vertical channel structure of semiconductor material protruding from a surface of a substrate such that the initial vertical channel structure has a current flow path that is perpendicular to the surface of the substrate. The initial vertical channel structure is segmented lengthwise into a plurality of independent vertical channel structure segments, each vertical channel structure segment having a respective current flow path that is perpendicular to the surface of the substrate.
US12218004B2
A method for forming a semiconductor structure is provided. In one form, a method includes: providing a base; forming a pattern memory layer on the base, where at least a first trench and a second trench are provided on the pattern memory layer, where an extending direction of the first trench is parallel to an extending direction of the second trench, and the first trench and the second trench are formed using different masks; and forming mandrel lines separated on the base at positions of the base that correspond to the first trench and the second trench. By using the method, a problem that a photoresist peels off during etching due to an elongated shape when separated mandrel lines are directly formed can be avoided. Further, a problem of a relatively high requirement on a filling material when the mandrel lines are formed directly by using a plurality of photolithography processes can be avoided, to lower the requirement on the filling material.
US12218002B2
A semiconductor device including a first interlayer insulating film; a conductive pattern in the first interlayer insulating film; a resistance pattern on the conductive pattern; an upper etching stopper film spaced apart from the resistance pattern, extending in parallel with a top surface of the resistance pattern, and including a first metal; a lower etching stopper film on the conductive pattern, extending in parallel with a top surface of the first interlayer insulating film, and including a second metal; and a second interlayer insulating film on the upper etching stopper film and the lower etching stopper film, wherein a distance from a top surface of the second interlayer insulating film to a top surface of the upper etching stopper film is smaller than a distance from the top surface of the second interlayer insulating film to a top surface of the lower etching stopper film.
US12217996B2
This conveying device 1 comprises: a chuck 2 that contactlessly holds a semiconductor chip 103 to face a holding surface 2B; and a guide 3 that has a guide probe 9 capable of abutting a chip side surface 103s of the semiconductor chip 103, and for the semiconductor chip 103 held by the chuck 2, the guide probe 9 limits the movement of the semiconductor chip 103 in the lateral direction which intersects a normal N to the holding surface 2B. The guide probe 9 is capable of reciprocating movement in which a probe tip 9a moves towards and away from the holding surface 2B.
US12217994B2
An electrostatic chuck device containing a substrate, a stack stacked on an upper surface of the substrate in the thickness direction, and a ceramic layer stacked on an upper surface of the stack in the thickness direction. A sleeve formed from an insulating material is inserted into a through-hole that penetrates through the substrate and the stack in the thickness direction. The upper surface of the sleeve in the thickness direction has a two-level structure including a first upper surface positioned on the same plane as an upper surface of the substrate in the thickness direction, and a second upper surface positioned above the first upper surface in the thickness direction of the sleeve and disposed proximate to the ceramic layer. In a plan view, an edge portion of the stack is disposed on top of the first upper surface.
US12217992B2
Methods and systems for improving the efficiency of an automated material handling system (AMHS) include providing an apparatus operatively coupled to a load port of a processing apparatus, where the apparatus is configured to remove a first work-in-process from the load port and to move the first work-in-process along a first direction to displace the first work-in-progress from the load port while a second work-in-progress is transferred to the load port from an AMHS vehicle along a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction, and transferring the first work-in-progress to an AMHS vehicle along the second direction. The methods and systems may be used for loading and unloading wafer storage containers, such as front opening unified pods (FOUPs), in a semiconductor fabrication facility.
US12217989B2
A semiconductor apparatus and a method for collecting residues of curable material are provided. The semiconductor apparatus includes a chamber containing a wafer cassette, and a collecting module disposed in the chamber for collecting residues of curable material in the chamber. The collecting module includes a flow-directing structure disposed below a ceiling of the chamber, a baffle structure disposed below the flow-directing structure, and a tray disposed on the wafer cassette. The flow-directing structure includes a first hollow region, the baffle structure includes a second hollow region, and the tray is moved together with the wafer cassette to pass through the second hollow region of the baffle structure and is positioned to cover the first hollow region of the flow-directing structure.
US12217984B2
A wafer processing apparatus may include a plurality of equipment front end modules (EFEMs), a wafer transfer chamber, a wafer processing chamber, and a wafer transfer arm. Each of the plurality of EFEMs may include an EFEM chamber, a plurality of load ports provided at a side of the EFEM chamber, and a load lock provided at a side of the EFEM chamber to overlap with at least one of the plurality of load ports in a vertical direction.
US12217982B2
A method and apparatus for substrate processing and a cluster tool including a transfer chamber assembly and a plurality of processing assemblies. Processing chamber volumes are sealed from the transfer chamber volume using a support chuck on which a substrate is disposed. A seal ring assembly is coupled to the support chuck. The seal ring assembly includes an inner assembly, an assembly bellows circumscribing the inner assembly, and a bellows disposed between the inner and outer platform. An inner ring is disposed between inner assembly of the seal ring assembly and the bottom surface of the support chuck. An outer ring disposed between the seal ring assembly and the lower sealing surface of the process chamber wall. The support chuck is raised to form an isolation seal between the processing chamber volume and the transfer chamber volume using the bellows, the inner ring, and the outer ring.
US12217970B2
Disclosed is a plasma etching method. The plasma etching method comprises: a first step for evaporating liquid perfluoropropyl carbinol (PPC); a second step for supplying a discharge gas including the evaporated PPC and argon gas to a plasma chamber in which an object to be etched is arranged; and a third step for discharging the discharge gas to generate plasma, and using the plasma to plasma-etch the object to be etched.
US12217968B2
A method for etching a surface including obtaining a substrate comprising a material; reacting a surface of a substrate with a reactant, comprising a gas or a plasma, to form a reactive layer on the substrate, the reactive layer comprising a chemical compound including the reactant and the material; and wet etching or dissolving the reactive layer with a liquid wet etchant of solvent that selectively etches or dissolves the reactive layer but not the substrate.
US12217963B2
A bonding apparatus configured to bond a first substrate and a second substrate includes: a first holder configured to hold the first substrate; a second holder disposed to face the first holder in a vertical direction, and configured to hold the second substrate; a processing vessel accommodating the first holder and the second holder therein; and a horizontal position adjuster provided outside the processing vessel and connected to the first holder via a support supporting the first holder, the horizontal position adjuster being configured to adjust a horizontal position of the first holder.
US12217958B2
A method of pre-treating a substrate on which graphene will be directly formed may include pre-treating the substrate using a pre-treatment gas including at least a carbon source and hydrogen.
US12217955B2
A method for patterning a stack having a mask with a plurality of mask features is provided. A targeted deposition is provided, wherein the targeted deposition comprises a plurality of cycles, wherein each cycle comprises flowing a precursor to deposit a layer of precursor and targeted curing the layer of precursor, comprising flowing a curing gas, flowing a modification gas, forming a plasma from the curing gas and modification gas, and exposing the layer of precursor to the plasma providing a targeted curing, wherein plasma from the curing gas cures first portions of the layer of precursor and plasma from the modification gas modifies second portions of the layer of precursor, wherein the modification of the second portion reduces curing of the layer of precursor of the second portions of the layer of precursor. The stack is etched through the targeted deposition.
US12217953B2
Provided are an ion source and a mass spectrometer that reduce a dead volume of the connecting part of a pipe to a capillary. An ion source has a capillary and a pipe. The capillary has a large-diameter part that forms a capillary upstream-side end face on an upstream side. The large-diameter part has a large-diameter part downstream side face on a downstream side. The pipe has a pipe downstream end face on the downstream side. A capillary retaining unit has a hole through which the capillary downstream-side end face is passable and a face on which the large-diameter part downstream side face is installable. The ion source includes a pipe retaining unit that retains the pipe. The capillary retaining unit and the pipe retaining unit are disposed such that the capillary upstream-side end face contacts the pipe downstream end face to connect the capillary to the pipe.
US12217951B2
A sputtering target comprising a sputtering material and having a non-planar sputtering surface prior to erosion by use in a sputtering system, the non-planar sputtering surface having a circular shape and comprising a central axis region including a concave curvature feature at the central axis region. The central axis region having a wear profile after erosion by use in a sputtering system for at least 1000 kWhrs including a protuberance including a first outer circumferential wear surface having a first slope. A reference, protruding convex curvature feature for a reference target after sputtering use for the same time includes a second outer circumferential wear surface having a second slope. The protuberance provides a sputtered target having reduced shadowing relative to the reference, protruding convex curvature feature, wherein the first slope is less steep than a second slope.
US12217950B2
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, devices for a magnet system that includes a housing with a housing interior. The magnet system also includes a magnet holder disposed in the housing interior and supported by the housing, preferably stationary with respect thereto. The magnet system also includes a housing cover forming a fluid-tight chamber when mated with the housing, wherein the housing cover includes a gear stage, a generator, and a rotary coupling that couples the gear stage to the generator.
US12217947B2
The invention relates to the deposition of optical precision films with high uniformity, precision, particle freedom and low absorption on the substrate. For this purpose, a method and a device are proposed. The approach is the use of target materials and also possibly of surfaces in the sputtering field. Particularly high uniformity and also particularly low residual absorption are achieved with these materials. The invention is suitable for the production of optical thin-film filters, as are used for example in laser material machining, laser components, optical sensors for measuring technology, or in medical diagnostics.
US12217938B2
Disclosed herein is an apparatus for processing a substrate using an inductively coupled plasma source. An inductively coupled plasma source utilizes a power source, a shield member, and a coil coupled to the power source. In certain embodiments, the coils are arranged with a horizontal spiral grouping and a vertical extending helical grouping. The shield member, according to certain embodiments, utilizes a grounding member to function as a Faraday shield. The embodiments herein reduce parasitic losses and instabilities in the plasma created by the inductively coupled plasma in the substrate processing system.
US12217924B2
A semiconductor device is disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, and a heater element on the semiconductor substrate, the heater element configured to generate heat in response to a current flowing therethrough. The semiconductor device also includes a conductor material having a programmable conductivity, and an insulator layer between the heater element and the conductor material, where the conductor material is configured to be programmed by applying one or more voltage differences to one or more of the heater element and the conductor material, and where a capacitance between the conductor material and the heater element is configured to be controlled by the voltage differences such that the capacitance is lower while the conductor material is being programmed than while the conductor material is not being programmed.
US12217923B2
A multi-mode air compressor pressure switch is disclosed. A first mode of operation of the switch has a first range that includes a first cut-out pressure and a first cut-in pressure. A second mode of operation of the switch has a second range that includes a second cut-out pressure and a second cut-in pressure. The second range is smaller than the first range. The second mode of operation adds compressor output over the first mode of operation to extend operable time of a tool that is connected to a compressor that is controlled by the first mode and the second mode.
US12217920B2
A switchgear apparatus configured for operation at voltages up to 72.5 kV includes a vacuum interrupter assembly including a vacuum bottle having an upper portion and a lower potion, a sleeve surrounding the vacuum bottle, a dielectric material surrounding the sleeve, a first terminal electrically coupled to the upper portion of the vacuum interrupter assembly, and an interchange coupled to a lower portion of the vacuum interrupter assembly. The dielectric material is molded around the sleeve and around at least a portion of the first terminal or the interchange. The sleeve may be molded around the vacuum bottle or pre-formed and slid around the vacuum bottle.
US12217911B2
There are provided a dielectric composition and a multilayer capacitor including the same. The dielectric composition contains: barium titanate (BaTiO3); and 0.6 to 0.9 mol of calcium (Ca) and 0.5 to 2.0 mol of magnesium (Mg) based on 100 mol of barium titanate.
US12217893B2
A laminated coil component includes a multilayer body in which a coil, which is obtained by electrically connecting a plurality of coil conductors with a via conductor interposed therebetween, is provided in an inside of an insulator portion which is obtained by laminating a plurality of insulation layers. Each of a first coil conductor and a second coil conductor that are adjacent to each other in a lamination direction and are electrically connected in series with a first via conductor interposed therebetween includes a first main surface that faces the opposite direction to the lamination direction and on which a void exists. The second coil conductor includes a second main surface that faces the lamination direction and on which another void exists, and the other void locally exists on a position opposed to the first via conductor.
US12217883B1
A method for assembling an adjustable collimator for spatially fractionated radiation therapy is disclosed. Penetrating sheets that can transmit rays are stacked to form penetration sections, and the quantity of penetrating sheets is calculated. The thickness of each penetration section corresponds to the width of each radiation area. Shielding sheets that can block rays are stacked to form shielding sections, and the quantity of shielding sheets is calculated, with the thickness of each shielding section corresponding to the spacing between the radiation areas. The penetration sections and shielding sections form a collimation module, with shielding sections on opposite sides. Penetration and shielding sections of different thicknesses are assembled based on the radiation range and the radiation area spacing. Since the thickness of the penetration and shielding sections can be adjusted as needed, it can be applied to spatially fractionated radiation therapy with different requirements, achieving cost reduction.
US12217877B2
A nuclear reactor incorporates a fully passive decay heat removal system with a modular cold source. The decay heat removal system is configured to remove heat passively, via the outside of a primary vessel included in the nuclear reactor. The cold source has a plurality of modules grouped together in assemblies. Each module is filled with a phase change material. Each module is cooled by a monotube heat exchanger. The decay heat removal system includes a hot collector and a cold collector to ensure the distribution of a heat transfer fluid in the plurality of monotube heat exchangers.
US12217876B2
Methods and systems for providing health professionals with continued education are based on performance gaps identified from patient data available in transactional systems of record. The methods can include creating a repository of educational material, measuring patient and team level performance gaps, associating the identified performance gaps with appropriate educational material, alerting the person about the appropriate educational material, capturing a user's interaction with the educational materials, and issuing credits or rewards for substantial consumption of the educational materials.
US12217868B2
Methods and systems for improved preparing of received data using differential diagnosis for analysis by machine learning models. In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes receiving an identifier of an event. A plurality of inquiries may be sequentially processed, and subsequent inquiries for processing may be selected based on the responses to earlier inquiries. A tensor may be used to store indications of which inquiries were processed and the responses received to the inquiries. A machine learning model may use the tensor to determine a diagnosis and whether the event is an emergency event requiring intervention. If the event is an emergency event, an intervention may be generated for the emergency event, which may include a computer system taking automatic action to respond to the emergency event.
US12217861B2
A method of supporting user adherence to a medication regimen includes storing received medication information associated with one or more medications using a patient wearable device and a coordinated care platform. The method also includes displaying identification and dosing information associated with the medications, generating a notification indicating that the identification information is being displayed, monitoring a response input indicating that the medications have been administered. For each of the one or more medications displayed, the method includes generating a medication status describing that either (i) the medication has been administered or (ii) the response has not been received. The method further includes generating a reminder notification when the medication status indicates that the response has not been received. The method may further include gathering behavioral data points associated with the user for submission to the coordinated care platform, which performs predictive analytics based on the data points.
US12217853B2
A computing device obtains information about a medical slide image, and determines a dataset type of the medical slide image and a panel of the medical slide image. The computing device assigns to an annotator account, an annotation job defined by at least the medical slide image, the determined dataset type, an annotation task, and a patch that is a partial area of the medical slide image. The annotation task includes the determined panel, and the panel is designated as one of a plurality of panels including a cell panel, a tissue panel, and a structure panel. The dataset type indicates a use of the medical slide image and is designated as one of a plurality of uses including a training use of a medical learning model and a validation use of the machine learning model.
US12217843B2
Methods and devices involving using a bolus calculator to account for an uncertainty of a carbohydrate estimate to reduce a risk of hypoglycemia and/or a risk of hyperglycemia. More specifically, methods and devices using an algorithm executed by a processor of the bolus calculator and using a carbohydrate estimate and a measure defining the uncertainty of the carbohydrate estimate to determine the probability of hypoglycemia and/or hyperglycemia if the carbohydrate estimate is an overestimate or an underestimate, and subsequently providing recommendations and alerts to a user.
US12217835B2
The present disclosure is related to systems and methods for hashing-based assessment of electronic clinical trial outcomes. Such systems and methods may advantageously enable secure, rapid, efficient, and cost-effective reuse of pre-built eCOA assessments for clinical trials. In an aspect, the present disclosure provides a computer-implemented method for validation of an electronic clinical trial outcome assessment (eCOA), comprising: (a) obtaining an assessment of an eCOA, the assessment comprising a plurality of files generated by performing a first validation of the eCOA; (b) obtaining a first hash value associated with the assessment of the eCOA, the first hash value generated by hashing the plurality of files of the assessment of the eCOA; (c) hashing the plurality of files of the assessment of the eCOA to generate a second hash value; and (d) validating the eCOA when the second hash value is equal to the first hash value.
US12217833B1
A system and method for increasing muscle protein synthesis (MPS) relative to another nitrogenous process is disclosed. The method includes obtaining an amino acid profile of a protein sample comprising a plurality of amino acids and the value of the plurality of amino acids are sorted from greatest to least, and plotting the amino acids, on a two-dimensional graph, in descending order based respective values to identify a final five data points of the amino acid profile to define a slope regression tail. The method includes calculating an initial slope value for each of the final five data points, adjusting the amino acid profile algorithmically to generate an adjusted amino acid profile based on a percent difference between a highest initial slope value of said initial slope values and each of the final five data points of the slope regression tail.
US12217832B2
The technology disclosed directly operates on sequencing data and derives its own feature filters. It processes a plurality of aligned reads that span a target base position. It combines elegant encoding of the reads with a lightweight analysis to produce good recall and precision using lightweight hardware. For instance, one million training examples of target base variant sites with 50 to 100 reads each can be trained on a single GPU card in less than 10 hours with good recall and precision. A single GPU card is desirable because it a computer with a single GPU is inexpensive, almost universally within reach for users looking at genetic data. It is readily available on could-based platforms.
US12217830B2
The disclosure provides methods for estimating tumor purity from tumor samples without use of matched-normal controls. A set of genomic regions are identified based on a nucleic acid sequence data that is aligned to a reference genome. Each genomic region of the set of genomic regions includes one or more nucleotide-sequence variants relative to a corresponding genomic region of the reference genome. A B-allele frequency distribution for the biological sample is determined based on a B-allele frequency determined for each genomic region of the set of genomic regions. The B-allele frequency distribution is processed using a trained machine-learning model to estimate a metric identifying tumor purity in the biological sample.
US12217825B2
The disclosed driver and memory include: a phase driver that receives a first voltage signal, configured to output a second phase signal according to the first phase signal and the first voltage signal; a complementary phase driver includes: a first inverter for generating a complementary inverted phase signal based on a first complementary phase signal, the first phase signal and the first complementary phase signal are mutually inverted; a second inverter for receiving an output signal of the first inverter and a second voltage signal, the voltage value of the second voltage signal is smaller than that of the first voltage signal, and the second inverter is configured to be based on the first complementary inverted phase signal, and the second voltage signal outputs a second complementary phase signal. The driver of the embodiment provides the second phase signal and the second complementary phase signal.
US12217820B2
A counter circuit includes an addition circuit including counting circuits corresponding to binary bits, a subtraction circuit and control circuits. Each counting circuit obtains a carry signal and this-time bit value according to addend signal and bit value currently output by the counting circuit, outputs the carry signal to next counting circuit, and latches the this-time bit value in response to first clock and outputs same to output terminal of the counting circuit in response to second clock. The subtraction circuit is connected to the counting circuits, obtains present subtraction counting result according to present addition counting result and subtrahend signal and outputs same in response to a first refresh instruction. Each control circuit corresponds to a counting circuit, outputs, in response to second refresh instruction, corresponding bit of the present subtraction counting result to the counting circuit to serve as the bit value output by the counting circuit.
US12217819B2
A method for performing an in-memory computation includes: storing data in memory cells of a memory array, the data including weights for computation; determining whether an update command to change at least one of the weights is received; in response to receiving the update command, performing a write operation on the memory array to update the at least one weight; and disabling the write operation on the memory array until receiving a next update command to change the at least one weight.
US12217816B2
Apparatus and methods are disclosed, including transistors, semiconductor devices and systems. Example semiconductor devices and methods include a first transmission line and a second transmission line located over one another. A via is shown connecting the first transmission line and a second transmission line wherein a first side of the via and a side of the second transmission line are coplanar. A via is also shown connecting the first transmission line and a second transmission line wherein the second transmission line tapers downward from a line width to a via width.
US12217813B2
Counters may be provided for individual word lines of a memory for tracking word line accesses. In some examples, multiple counters may be provided for individual word lines. In some examples, the counters may be included on the word lines. The counters may be incremented responsive to word line accesses in some examples. In some examples, the counters may be incremented responsive for a time period for which a word line is held open. In some examples, the counters may be incremented responsive to both word line accesses and time periods for which the word line is held open. In some examples, count values for the counters may be written back to the counters after incrementing. In some examples, the count values may be written back prior to receiving a precharge command.
US12217811B2
A programmable logic device (PLD) supports scan testing of configurable logical blocks using scannable word line (WL) shift register (WLSR) chains to enable writes to configurable memory bits while scan test data is input via a scan chain comprising scannable bit line (BL) shift registers (BLSRs). Input test data may be shifted onto BLs to write data into a configurable memory bit when a corresponding WL associated with the configurable memory bit is asserted. Logic blocks may comprise: latch-based configurable memory bits, scannable WLSRs forming a distinct WLSR chain in shift mode and driving corresponding WLs. Each WL, when asserted, enables writes to a corresponding configurable memory bit. A scannable BLSR receives serial scan test vector input in shift mode and drives a corresponding BL coupled to the configurable memory bit to write data to the configurable memory bit when the associated WL is asserted.
US12217810B2
A circuit includes a plurality of anti-fuse cells coupled to a first selection circuit, a plurality of magnetic random-access memory (MRAM) cells coupled to a second selection circuit, an amplifier including a first input terminal coupled to each of the first and second selection circuits, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) including input terminals coupled to output terminals of the amplifier, and a comparator including a first input port coupled to an output port of the ADC. The amplifier, ADC, and comparator are configured to output data bits from the comparator responsive to current levels received from the first selection circuit at the first input terminal of the amplifier and first voltage levels received from the second selection circuit at the first input terminal of the amplifier.
US12217803B2
A memory device to determine a voltage optimized to read a group of memory cells. In response to a command, the memory device reads the group of memory cells at a plurality of test voltages to determine a set of signal and noise characteristics of the group of memory cells. The memory device determines or recognizes a shape of a distribution of the signal and noise characteristics over the plurality of test voltages. Based on the shape, the memory device selects an operation in determining an optimized read voltage of the group of memory cells.
US12217802B2
A non-volatile memory device includes a meta area having a first region storing first initial data, and second regions storing second initial data, different from each other; a user area configured to store user data; an initialization register configured to store the first initial data or update the second initial data in whole or in part; and control logic configured to perform a read operation, a program operation, or an erase operation using the initial data stored in the initialization register.
US12217795B2
A memory includes a memory device, a reading device and a feedback device. The memory device stores a plurality of bits. The reading device includes first and second reading circuits coupled to the memory device. The second reading circuit is coupled to the first reading circuit at a first node. The first and second reading circuits cooperates with each other to generate a first voltage signal at the first node based on at least one first bit of the plurality of bits. The feedback device adjusts at least one of the first reading circuit or the second reading circuit based on the first voltage signal. The first and second reading circuits generate a second voltage signal, different from the first voltage signal, corresponding to the bits, after the at least one of the first reading circuit or the second reading circuit is adjusted by the feedback device.
US12217794B2
A difference between a recorded time stamp for a first set of memory cells comprised by an open translation unit (TU) of memory cells and a current time stamp for the open TU is determined, wherein the first set of memory cells comprises a most recently programmed set of memory cells. It is determined, based on a current temperature for the open TU and the difference between the recorded time stamp and the current time stamp, that a second set of memory cells comprised by the open TU is in a coarse programming state. A programming operation is performed on the second set of memory cells using a reduced programming state verify level and a reduced programming state gate step size associated with the second set of memory cells.
US12217786B2
A memory device includes a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells connected to a plurality of wordlines and a plurality of bitlines, a target row refresh logic circuit configured to select a target row address from among a plurality of target row addresses as a refresh row address based on victim point values, and perform a refresh operation on first memory cells of the plurality of memory cells connected to a wordline of the plurality of wordlines indicated by the refresh row address, a victim point table configured to store the victim point values for the target row addresses, and a victim point accumulator configured to receive a first row address from an external device, and accumulate a first victim point value for at least one target row address corresponding to the first row address during a unit time period.
US12217782B2
The disclosed MTJ read circuits include a current steering element coupled to the read path. At a first node of the current steering element, a proportionally larger current is maintained to meet the requirements of a reliable voltage or current sensing. At a second node of the current steering element, a proportionally smaller current is maintained, which passes through the MTJ structure. The current at the first node is proportional to the current at the second node such that sensing the current at the first node infers the current at the second node, which is affected by the MTJ resistance value.
US12217772B2
Devices, systems, and processes for reducing interruptions due to a presentation timestamp restart (PTSrs) are provided. A process includes receiving content data packets identifiable by a timestamp. The timestamps vary between a PTSmin and a PTSmax. When PTSmax is reached, a next data packet is restarted at substantially equal to PTSmin. The process includes first determining whether one of the timestamps have restarted and, if so, generating a loop over index file associating a first timestamp with a first index value (A), a second timestamp with a second index value (B), a third timestamp with a third index value (C), and a fourth timestamp with a fourth index value (D). PTSrs may be detected when the second timestamp is greater than the fourth timestamp or when the first timestamp is greater than the third timestamp. When a restart occurs, adjustments to content playback sequence are made using the index values.
US12217771B2
Systems and procedures for transforming video into a condensed visual representation. An example procedure may include receiving video comprised of a plurality of frames. For each frame, the example procedure may create a first representation, reduced in one dimension, wherein a visual property of each pixel of the first representation is assigned by aggregating a visual property of the pixels of the frame having the same position in the unreduced dimension. The example procedure may further form a condensed visual representation including the first representations aligned along the reduced dimension according to an order of the frames in the video.
US12217770B1
Some implementations include methods generating visualization emphasis object for players and may include receiving a video clip associated with a sporting event participated by a plurality of players using a playing field with a play object. The players in a frame of the video clip may be detected. Players who are on the playing field may be identified from the detected players. Each of the players identified to be on the playing field may be associated with a rectangular bounding box that provides an outline of each of the players. A player who has possession of the play object may be identified. A visualization emphasis object may be generated and placed on the player who has possession of the play object. The visual emphasis object may have a size proportional to height of a bounding box associated with the player having the possession of the play object.
US12217769B1
According to one embodiment, a controller of a magnetic disk device calculates a first power amount that is an amount of power required for an unload operation of a magnetic head based on a state of a VCM while the VCM is operating. The controller calculates a first set value based on the first power amount. When an amount of second data that is first data stored in a volatile memory and not yet written to a magnetic disk exceeds the first set value, the controller executes a first write operation of writing a part or all of the second data to the magnetic disk. When supply of power from outside is interrupted, the controller executes the unload operation and saving of the second data to a nonvolatile memory by using power generated by a back electromotive force of the second motor.
US12217768B2
Apparatus and methods related to separation of audio sources are provided. The method includes receiving an audio waveform associated with a plurality of video frames. The method includes estimating, by a neural network, one or more audio sources associated with the plurality of video frames. The method includes generating, by the neural network, one or more audio embeddings corresponding to the one or more estimated audio sources. The method includes determining, based on the audio embeddings and a video embedding, whether one or more audio sources of the one or more estimated audio sources correspond to objects in the plurality of video frames. The method includes predicting, by the neural network and based on the one or more audio embeddings and the video embedding, a version of the audio waveform comprising audio sources that correspond to objects in the plurality of video frames.
US12217765B2
Example techniques involve noise-robust acoustic echo cancellation. An example implementation may involve causing one or more speakers of the playback device to play back audio content and while the audio content is playing back, capturing, via the one or more microphones, audio within an acoustic environment that includes the audio playback. The example implementation may involve determining measured and reference signals in the STFT domain. During each nth iteration of an acoustic echo canceller (AEC): the implementation may involve determining a frame of an output signal by generating a frame of a model signal by passing a frame of the reference signal through an instance of an adaptive filter and then redacting the nth frame of the model signal from an nth frame of the measured signal. The implementation may further involve determining an instance of the adaptive filter for a next iteration of the AEC.
US12217763B2
A transient detector analyzes a given frame n of the input audio signal to determine, based on audio signal characteristics of the given frame n, a transient hangover indicator for a following frame n+1, and signals the determined transient hangover indicator to an associated audio encoder to enable proper encoding of the following frame n+1.
US12217755B2
A voice conversion device is provided with a linguistic information extraction unit that extracts linguistic information corresponding to utterance content from a conversion source voice signal, an appearance feature extraction unit that extracts appearance features expressing features related to the look of a person's face from a captured image of the person, and a converted voice generation unit that generates a converted voice on a basis of the linguistic information and the appearance features.
US12217752B2
A system and method for integrating audio data collected, such as audio data and analytical data, to perform behavioral analysis on the audio data, using an application of acoustic signal processing and machine learning algorithms, by converting the audio data to text data and performing behavioral analysis on the text data. The behavioral analysis data from the audio application of acoustic signal processing is combined with machine learning algorithms and speech to text data to provide a call agent with feedback to assist in the next best action or insight into customer behaviors.
US12217748B2
Disclosed herein are example techniques to identify a voice service to process a voice input. An example implementation may involve a network microphone device (NMD) receiving, via a microphone, voice data indicating a voice input. The NMD may identify, from among multiple voice services registered to a media playback system, a voice service to process the voice input and cause, via a network interface, the identified voice service to process the voice input.
US12217741B2
A method for implementing a privacy-preserving automatic speech recognition system using federated learning. The method includes receiving, from respective client devices, at a cloud server, local acoustic model weights for a neural network-based acoustic model of a local automatic speech recognition system running on the respective client devices, wherein the local acoustic model weights are generated at the respective client devices without labelled data, updating a global automatic speech recognition system based on (a) the local acoustic model weights received from the respective client devices and (b) global acoustic model weights of the global automatic speech recognition system derived from labelled data to obtain an updated global automatic speech recognition system, and sending the updated global automatic speech recognition system to the respective client devices to operate as a new local automatic speech recognition system.
US12217717B2
The present disclosure relates to a circuit and a method for conditioning a clock signal, display panel, and display device. The circuit includes a signal conversion circuit and a delay processing circuit; when a voltage amplitude of the converted electrical signal falls within a turn-on threshold range, the delay processing circuit receives the N-th clock signal transmitted from the N-th clock signal output terminal, and performs delay processing on the N-th clock signal, so as to avoid occurrence of GOA-stage transfer abnormality when one of the plurality of CK clock signals is in an abnormal condition that no signal is output.
US12217713B2
Display units for executing operational updates in a prioritized fashion are disclosed. A control subsystem is in electronic communication with an electronic display, sensor(s), and a thermal management subsystem. Requests to update established operational parameters for the electronic display and the thermal management subsystem are received at the control subsystem. The established operational parameters include operational parameters specific to sensor readings. The control subsystem determines which of the requests would provide a largest change to the established operational parameters if implemented, and prioritize that, largest, one of the requests for execution.
US12217705B2
A driving circuit, a driving method, a display device, and a display control method are provided. The driving circuit includes multi-stage driving units and an on/off control circuit. Each of the driving units includes an input end and a driving signal output end, and each of the driving units is configured for outputting a corresponding driving signal via the driving signal output end according to an input signal provided by the input end. The input end of a first-stage driving unit is electrically connected to a start signal end. The on/off control circuit is electrically connected to an on/off control end and input ends of the multi-stage driving units, and configured for controlling the electric connection or electric disconnection of the input ends of the multi-stage driving units under the control of an on/off control signal provided by the on/off control end.
US12217703B2
An electronic device includes a display layer configured to display an image, a sensor layer disposed on the display layer and including a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes, and a sensor driver configured to drive the sensor layer and selectively operate in a first mode or a second mode different from the first mode. When operating in the second mode, the sensor driver is configured to selectively operate in a first driving mode to simultaneously output a plurality of first transmission signals to the plurality of first electrodes or in a second driving mode to simultaneously output a plurality of second transmission signals different from the plurality of first transmission signals to the plurality of first electrodes.
US12217699B2
A display apparatus includes a pixel part including a plurality of pixels, and a gate driving circuit. Each of the plurality of pixels is driven in one first scan period and one or more second scan periods during one frame in a driving mode driven at a first driving frequency lower than a maximum driving frequency.
US12217698B2
A display device includes subpixels of a first, second, and third colors, scan lines, and column lines. The subpixels are arranged in an array of rows and columns, with each subpixel in a column being electrically connected to a same column line. Each subpixels in a column is configured for receiving electronic scan signals that control a light output from an emissive element of the subpixel from a scan line and from the column line connected to the subpixel. One or more line drivers provide the electronic scan signals, during a time period for rendering a frame, to subpixels in a first set of columns first to subpixels of the first color and then to the subpixels of the third color and to subpixels in a second set of columns first to subpixels of the third color and then to the subpixels of the first color.
US12217694B2
A display device includes: a plurality of pixels connected to gate lines and data lines; a gate driver to supply a gate signal to the gate lines; and a data driver to supply a data signal to the data lines. The gate driver includes: a first transistor including a first active layer at a first layer; and a second transistor including a second active layer at a second layer on the first layer.
US12217692B2
An organic light emitting diode (“OLED”) display includes a semiconductor layer on a substrate, first and second signal lines on the semiconductor layer, a shield layer on the first and second signal lines, a data line on the shield layer, and an OLED on the data line, where the transistor includes a driving transistor, a second transistor connected to the first signal line and the data line, and a third transistor including a gate electrode connected to the first signal line, a third electrode connected to a second electrode of the driving transistor, and a fourth electrode connected to a gate electrode of the driving transistor, the shield layer includes an overlapped portion overlapping at least a part of the connection portion and non-overlaps the second transistor, and the shield layer is separated from the first and second signal lines with a gap therebetween in a plan view.
US12217691B2
A display substrate and a display device are provided. The display substrate includes a base substrate and a plurality of subpixels provided on the base substrate. Each subpixel includes a pixel circuit. The plurality of subpixels include first subpixels. The display substrate further includes power lines. Each power line is configured to provide a first supply voltage for the corresponding first subpixels, the power line is provided on a side of the pixel electrode of the first subpixel near the base substrate, and the power line includes a power line main body and a power line protrusion protruded from the power line main body. The power line protrusion is at least partially overlapped with the pixel electrode of the first subpixel in a direction perpendicular to the base substrate. The display substrate can effectively improve the display quality.
US12217690B2
An example device includes a display panel; a fingerprint sensor configured to sense a fingerprint through the display panel; and processing circuitry configured to: responsive to activation of the fingerprint sensor: activate a local high brightness mode by at least increasing an amount of light radiated from a first portion of the display panel that overlies the fingerprint sensor; and temporarily decrease controlled brightness of a second portion of the display panel that is non-overlapping with the first portion.
US12217685B2
A display device includes a plurality of pixels, each of which includes a light emitting element and a pixel driving circuit and a plurality of sensors, each of which includes a light receiving element and a sensor driving circuit. A sensor driving circuit included in at least one of sensors includes a reset transistor configured to output a reset signal to a first sensing node in response to a reset control signal, an amplification transistor connected to first and second sensing nodes and configured to receive a sensor driving voltage, a first output transistor connected between the second sensing node and a readout line and configured to receive a first output control signal, and a second output transistor connected between the second sensing node and the readout line and configured to receive a second output control signal.
US12217681B2
A display device includes a display panel configured to display images, a plurality of circuit boards connected to one side of the display panel, a cable electrically connecting at least two of the plurality of circuit boards, voltage lines disposed on the cable, the plurality of circuit boards, and the display panel, a deviation compensation circuit configured to sense voltages transmitted through a circuit board on one side and a circuit board on the other side connected by the cable among the plurality of circuit boards and to output a signal based on the sensed voltages, and a variable circuit configured to compensate for a current difference between the circuit board on one side and the circuit board on the other side based on the signal output from the deviation compensation circuit.
US12217680B2
A display device includes a first vertical power line extending in a first direction and receiving a first power source; and a first horizontal power line extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction between a first pixel and a second pixel and receiving the first power source, each of the first pixel and the second pixel includes first to third sub-pixels sequentially disposed in the first direction, the first pixel includes a first common pattern between the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel extending in the second direction, the first sub-pixel of the first pixel and the second sub-pixel of the first pixel share the first common pattern and are connected to the first vertical power line, and the third sub-pixel of the first pixel shares the first horizontal power line with the first sub-pixel of the second pixel.
US12217668B2
An OLED display system is provided having visual performance pixel compensation for loss of brightness, including display pixels, where each display pixel has OLED subpixels and pixel drive circuitry; a sensing system having sensors and analog to digital conversion circuitry connected to each of the sensors, and a processor to provide an image data drive signal to each of the display pixels, receive the sensor signal from the ADC circuitry for each sensor, estimate a state of degradation of at least one of the display pixels, determine a drive-signal compensation for each display pixel having an estimated state of degradation and compensate the image data drive signal to each display pixel having an estimated state of degradation. Methods for compensating pixels for an image in a display are also provided.
US12217664B2
The present application provides an under-display camera assembly, including: an organic light-emitting diode display screen, wherein a display region of said display screen includes an under-display camera region and a non-under-display camera region, and a pixel density of the under-display camera region is configured to be less than that of the non-under-display camera region; and a camera module located at a rear end of the under-display camera region, and including an iris diaphragm, a lens group, and a photosensitive component, wherein the iris diaphragm is provided between a bottom surface of a pixel light-emission layer and a top surface of the foremost lens of the lens group, and has a closed state and a transmission state. The iris diaphragm, in the closed state, reflects light from the display screen or emits light by itself from the front of the display screen, and the transmission state refers to a state in which a light path of the camera module is opened. The application further provides a corresponding terminal device. The application can produce full-screen display effects, provide an added aperture adjustment function, and facilitate alignment during an assembly process.
US12217663B2
A light sensor status control method, includes: a processor (110) determines a display time period and a non-light-emitting time period in a image refresh cycle (501); and the processor (110) controls an optical transmitter of a light sensor (180G) to transmit an optical signal when pixels in a display area that is of an OLED display screen (194) and that corresponds to the light sensor do not emit light in the image refresh cycle, and the processor (110) controls the optical transmitter not to transmit an optical signal when the pixels in the display area that is of the OLED display screen (194) and that corresponds to the light sensor (180G) emits light (502). Therefore, a problem that the screen blinks because the light sensor emits infrared light is alleviated, and a display effect of the screen is improved.
US12217637B2
The present disclosure provides a display backplane and a preparation method therefor, and a display apparatus. The display backplane includes a plurality of display units, at least one display unit includes a pixel area and a light transmitting area, the pixel area is configured to perform image display and the light transmitting area is configured to transmit light; and in a plane perpendicular to the display backplane, the light transmitting area includes a substrate and a light transmitting structure layer arranged on the substrate, and the light transmitting structure layer is provided with light transmitting holes.
US12217632B1
A Method and Apparatus for Comparing Colors have been disclosed. In one implementation a compliant membrane which is substantially transparent with an area having a shade/color is placed on the user's skin to see what the shade/color will look like on the skin. In one implementation a compliant substrate which is largely transparent with an area having a shade/color is placed on an inanimate object to see how the shade/color will appear on the inanimate object without the substrate itself causing an unnecessary barrier between the inanimate object and the shade/color.
US12217623B2
A demonstration device for demonstrating at least one thermally-reversible characteristic of a photochromic optical article, such as an optical article having a photochromic material, having a housing defining an interior, and an inspection platform within the interior of the housing configured for supporting at least a portion of the optical article. The demonstration device further has at least one ultraviolet light source configured to radiate ultraviolet light into the interior of the housing, and at least one inspection light source configured to illuminate at least a portion of the interior of the housing. The demonstration device further has at least one heating device configured to heat at least a portion of the interior of the housing. The at least one heating device has at least one heat source and at least one fan.
US12217619B2
This habit improving device is provided with: a first calculation unit which, for every first period, acquires an activity amount of the user totaled for each first period, and which calculates a distribution pattern that indicates the change over time in the activity amount during a second period, which includes a first period; a sorting unit which classifies multiple of the distribution patterns into one or more groups; a second calculation unit which, on the basis of attribute information relating to the user's attributes, and external factor information relating to external factors, which are factors affecting the user by matters outside of the user, calculates, and associates with the groups, a target pattern as a target for the user; and a presenting unit which presents advice information to the user on the basis of the current distribution pattern and the target pattern.
US12217610B2
A system for graphical indication of a corridor is disclosed. The system may include a display and a processor. The processor may be configured to receive corridor position data of a corridor and aircraft position data indicative of a position of an aircraft. The processor may also be configured to determine a relative distance of the aircraft in relation to the corridor based on the corridor position data and the aircraft position data. The processor may further be configured to display a corridor graphic associated with the corridor based on the relative distance.
US12217608B2
A vehicle detection information sharing system includes a detection information acquiring unit, a vehicle information acquiring unit, a risk degree calculator, and an information transmitter. The detection information acquiring unit is configured to acquire detection information on an obstacle detected by a first vehicle traveling on a road. The vehicle information acquiring unit is configured to acquire vehicle information on a second vehicle traveling on the road. The risk degree calculator is configured to calculate a risk degree on the basis of the detection information and the vehicle information. The risk degree is a degree of risk that arises between the second vehicle and the obstacle. The information transmitter is configured to transmit, to the second vehicle, risk avoidance information corresponding to the risk degree.
US12217604B2
Various aspects of a system and method for driving assistance along a path are disclosed herein. In accordance with an embodiment, a unique identifier is received from a communication device at an electronic control unit (ECU) of a first vehicle. The unique identifier is received when the first vehicle has reached a first location along a first portion of the path. A communication channel is established between the first vehicle and the communication device based on the received unique identifier. Data associated with a second portion of the path is received by the ECU from the communication device based on the established communication channel. Alert information associated with the second portion of the path is generated by the ECU based on the received data.
US12217596B2
A monitor system for one or more surge protection devices may include a hub configured for wireless communication with one or more remote devices, or a sensor configured to detect an end-of-life state of a surge protection device (SPD). The sensor may include a transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit a sensor signal to the hub to indicate the end-of-life state of the SPD. The hub may be configured to transmit to one or more of a remote server or a mobile device a hub signal corresponding to the end-of-life state.
US12217589B2
A watching support system ensures that a person in charge of watching can be efficiently and effectively arranged in a watching system capable of detecting a position of an object person with high power efficiency and accuracy. An object person terminal transmits identification information via short-range wireless communication. A detection terminal is carried by a person in charge of watching who detects and performs watching over an object person, and transmits the identification information transmitted from the object person terminal that can be communicated to a server. The server specifies the position of the object person terminal based on information transmitted from a detection terminal, acquires watching need information regarding a necessity of watching by the person in charge of watching, and outputs an instruction regarding watching to the detection terminal based on the watching need information.
US12217588B2
Various embodiments provide systems and methods for locating and aiding in the recovery of discarded tracking devices.
US12217572B2
According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided gaming methods and a system that utilize a presentation assembly configured to present a first series of spins of a plurality of reels arranged in an array, the plurality of reels including value-bearing symbols, wherein, when at least a specified number of the value-bearing symbols land in the array, the value-bearing symbols are held in place during a second series of spins of the plurality of reels in which the plurality of reels include advancement symbols. When an advancement symbol lands in the array, an index indicating one of a plurality of modifiers is incremented. At a conclusion of the second series of spins, the values of the held value-bearing symbols are modified according to the currently indexed modifier and a corresponding payout is awarded.
US12217571B2
A promotional game is conducted over participants' cell phones. During a play period, a participant advances on a virtual game board using cell phone commands. During the play period, participants' gaming wagering is used to generate drawing tickets. Each player may text COUNT to receive a text message containing his or her current board position and total tickets accumulated. Alternatively, or in addition, he or she may go to the casino, text the word STATUS and have the same information depicted with accompanying animation on a video display. At the end of the play period each player may text PEEK to receive a message indicating whether or not he or she has won any prizes. To learn the number of prizes and their worth, the player may go to the casino, text the word REVEAL and have the prize details depicted with accompanying animation on the video display.
US12217558B2
A fault remediation system for a vehicle includes one or more controllers in electronic communication with one or more consumed interfaces and one or more provided interfaces. The one or more controllers execute instructions to receive, from the one or more consumed interfaces, a consumed signal and perform fault detection upon the consumed signal to determine the presence of an active fault within the consumed signal. In response to detecting an active fault with the consumed signal, the one or more controllers select a remediation state from a group of two or more prospective remediation states based on a significance analysis of the consumed signal. The one or more controllers evaluate a relevant subfunction that corresponds to the consumed signal that the remediation state addresses for the presence of remediation tolerance and generates arbitration instructions based on the remediation tolerance.
US12217553B2
A transport vehicle management method includes self-testing a transport vehicle to determine whether there is an abnormality in the transport vehicle, checking whether the transport vehicle is capable of self-correcting the abnormality when the abnormality is detected in the transport vehicle, and self-correcting the abnormality when the transport vehicle is capable of self-correcting the abnormality.
US12217542B2
An imaging system (10) according to the disclosure includes: a first control unit (11) configured to control, in such a way as to fix a focal position in a predetermined position, an iris imaging means for capturing an image focusing on an iris of a target person; an authentication unit (12) configured to authenticate the target person, based on an iris image of the target person being captured by the iris imaging means controlled by the first control unit (11); and a second control unit (13) configured to control the iris imaging means in such a way as to scan a focal position in a predetermined range, in order to re-authenticate the target person when authentication of the target person fails.
US12217531B2
A texture recognition device and a display apparatus are provided, the texture recognition device has a plurality of pixel units, and includes a base substrate, a driving circuit layer, a first electrode layer and a photosensitive element layer; at least one of the plurality of pixel units includes a pixel driving circuit in the driving circuit layer, a first electrode in the first electrode layer, and a plurality of photosensitive elements spaced apart from each other in the photosensitive element layer, the pixel driving circuit is electrically connected with the first electrode, the plurality of photosensitive elements are on a side of the first electrode away from the base substrate, and are electrically connected to the pixel driving circuit through the first electrode.
US12217524B2
Systems and methods for extracting data from electronic documents using optical character recognition (OCR) and non-OCR based text extraction. A server computing device initiates non-OCR based text extraction for each page of an electronic document. The server calculates a document text coverage percentage corresponding to the non-OCR based text extraction for the whole document and, in response to determining that the document text coverage percentage is below a first threshold, initiates OCR for the document. The server calculates a page text coverage percentage corresponding to the non-OCR based text extraction for one or more pages of the electronic document and, in response to determining that the page text coverage percentage is below a second threshold, initiates OCR for the pages. The server combines first text extracted from the electronic document using non-OCR based text extraction and second text extracted from the electronic document using OCR.
US12217523B2
A system and method for automating and improving tabular and list-based data extraction from a variety of document types is disclosed. The system and method detect and sort which documents include tables or lists, and performs row and column segmentation. In addition, the system and method apply Conditional Random Fields models to localize each table and semantic data understanding to map and export the extracted data to the desired format and arrangement.
US12217520B1
An apparatus and method for detecting content of interest on a slide using machine learning. The apparatus includes at least a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the at least a processor. The memory instructs the processor to receive a first image, comprising a macro image, identify areas of interest associated with the grids of the first image, receive a second image comprising a high magnification image associated with the areas of interest of the first image, classify, using at least a probed point, the grids of the first image, wherein classifying the grids of the first image includes classifying the grids into accepted grids of the grids and rejected grids of the grids, scan, using the image capturing device, the accepted grids to generate an output image, and display, using a display device, the output image.
US12217512B2
An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a classification unit and a generation unit. The classification unit classifies an object detected in a space on a basis of a predetermined criterion. The generation unit sets a priority for the object on a basis of a classification result by the classification unit, and generates position-related information regarding a position in the space on a basis of the set priority. Use of the position-related information makes it possible to improve the accuracy of autonomous movement control. This makes it possible to improve the accuracy of autonomous movement control.
US12217510B2
The present application provides a region management and control method, device, apparatus and storage medium. The region management and control method includes: obtaining a current image in a video image and a target region graphic included in the current image; determining whether a person graphic in the current image and the target region graphic meet a predetermined condition; and sending alarm information in response to the person graphic in the current image and the target region graphic meeting the predetermined condition. The predetermined condition includes at least one of: a space condition, a person identity condition, a time condition, a person protection condition, a person number condition or a person body temperature condition.
US12217504B2
An electronic device may include a display, a camera, a communication circuitry, and a processor, wherein the processor may be configured to: control to transmit an image obtained through the camera to an external device through the communication circuitry, receive an AR image including at least one object from the external device through the communication circuitry and display same through the display, recognize a target object from among the at least one object, and map one of peripheral devices found on a data communication link through the communication circuitry to a target device corresponding to the recognized target object. Various embodiments are possible.
US12217484B2
A method of jointly training of a transferable feature extractor network, an ordinal regressor network, and an order classifier network in an ordinal regression unsupervised domain adaption network by providing a source of labeled source images and unlabeled target images; outputting image representations from a transferable feature extractor network by performing a minimax optimization procedure on the source of labeled source images and unlabeled target images; training a domain discriminator network, using the image representations from the transferable feature extractor network, to distinguish between source images and target images; training an ordinal regressor network using a full set of source images from the transferable feature extractor network; and training an order classifier network using a full set of source images from said transferable feature extractor network.
US12217481B2
A similar drawing search device according to an embodiment configured to search for a drawing similar to a target drawing from a drawing database that stores feature information on a shape of a component in each drawing and drawing information on the component in the drawing in association with each other for a plurality of drawings. The similar drawing search device configured to acquire, from the target drawing, feature information related to a shape of a component in the target drawing; acquire, from the target drawing, drawing information on the component in the target drawing; search the drawing database for a plurality of first similar drawings, based on the feature information of the target drawing; narrow down the plurality of first similar drawings to a plurality of second similar drawings, based on the drawing information of the target drawing; and display the plurality of second similar drawings.
US12217480B1
In some embodiments, a method receives query content that includes first visual data and select reference content that includes second visual data. A first visual feature mapping for the query content is generated using a model that is trained to generate visual feature mappings using content pairs where alterations in one instance of the content pair are used in the training. A second visual feature mapping is determined for the reference content. The second visual feature mapping is determined using the model. The method compares the first visual feature mapping and the second visual feature mapping to generate a score that rates a similarity between the query content and the reference content. The score is based on recognizing an alteration in one instance of the query content and the reference content. The score is output.
US12217475B1
The provided is a stream processing-based non-blocking oriented FAST and rotated BRIEF (ORB) feature extraction accelerator implemented by a field programmable gate array (FPGA), which mainly includes two innovations: A stream processing-based non-blocking hardware architecture and a cache management algorithm are provided. The accelerator precisely controls and buffers each column of an rBRIEF descriptor computation window by using an algorithm, allowing to receive a new input pixel stream while computing a descriptor, thereby achieving non-blocking processing. An efficient hardware sorting design embedded in an accelerator is provided. Based on a count sorting algorithm, minimal resources are used to implement rBRIEF sorting on hardware, and the rBRIEF sorting is embedded in the accelerator. The accelerator ensures quality of a feature point while achieving high-speed feature point extraction, without significantly reducing accuracy of ORB_SLAM and other algorithms.
US12217468B2
A device for detecting a coating applied to a surface includes a portable housing, a light source, a light detector, and a processing unit. The light source emits a first light having a first wavelength. The coating includes a fluorophore that re-emits a second light having a second wavelength, which is different than the first wavelength, in response to excitation by the first light. The light detector receives the second light re-emitted from the coating. The processing unit is adapted to determine a re-emission intensity of the second light and to determine a coverage metric of the coating based on the re-emission intensity of the second light. The coverage metric is then used to infer the efficacy of the coating.
US12217461B1
A high precision optical tag includes gradient features at the corners. The gradient features transition from a darker pattern proximal to the corner of the tag to a lighter pattern distal to the corner. The gradient facilitates rapid and computationally efficient determination of the corners of the optical tag at high resolution, such as to a pixel-level within an image. Once the corners of the optical tag are precisely identified, a boundary of the tag may be determined. In one implementation, with the precise information about the corners and boundary of the optical tag in the image, a pose of the camera relative to the optical tag may be determined.
US12217458B1
The invention provides a camera extrinsic parameter calibration method, an image stitching method and an apparatus thereof. The calibration method can include: acquiring a plurality of images captured by the camera based on a plurality of sets of extrinsic parameters to be calibrated, wherein each of the plurality of sets of extrinsic parameters to be calibrated include a horizontal rotation angle and a vertical rotation angle; obtaining at least one matched image pair based on feature point matching among the plurality of images, wherein each matched image pair includes matched feature point pairs with a quantity satisfying a threshold condition; and calibrating the plurality of sets of extrinsic parameters to be calibrated according to a first difference representation between coordinate representations of each matched feature point pair of each matched image pair in a reference coordinate system.
US12217457B1
This disclosure is directed to, in part, mobile carts that are configured to determine their respective locations based on analysis of image data generated by cameras mounted to the respective carts. For instance, an example mobile cart may include at least one camera of a field-of-view directed substantially away from a cart and substantially towards an outward environment of the cart, such as toward an inventory location that houses one or more items. The mobile cart may generate image data representative of items housed at an inventory location adjacent to the cart and may use computer-vision techniques to analyze the image data and determine characteristics of these items. The mobile cart may then use this information to determine which section of multiple sections of a store in which the cart is currently located.
US12217455B2
A method for providing content using a marker by an electronic device is provided. The method comprise obtaining an image for a first marker through a camera, obtaining a first content corresponding to the first marker and a position of the first marker, based on the image, obtaining a second content corresponding to a second marker and a position of the second marker, based on information received from an external electronic device, and obtaining a third content by combining the first content and the second content based on the position of the first marker and the position of the second marker.
US12217454B2
A sensing data processing device is provided. The sensing data processing device may track keypoints within a full observable range of the sensing data processing device based on sensing data collected from a previous frame and a sensing data collected from a current frame through a reference sensor, the full observable range determined based on a combined field of view (FOV) of sensors, manage a new keypoint together with the keypoints in response to the new keypoint being detected, and perform localization of the device based on the managed keypoints.
US12217453B2
Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a method for performing operations comprising: receiving a video that depicts a person. The operations further include identifying a set of skeletal joints of the person. The operations further include identifying a pose of the person depicted in the video based on positioning of the set of skeletal joints (or detecting a hand pose, detecting a mirror frame, or detecting a mobile device). The operations further include determining, based on the pose of the person (or detecting a hand pose, detecting a mirror frame, or detecting a mobile device), that the video comprises a mirror reflection of the person. The operations further include, in response to determining that the video comprises the mirror reflection of the person, causing display of a 3D virtual object in the video.
US12217444B2
A method for forming a point cloud corresponding to the topography of an imaged environment involves acquiring an image of the environment with a camera having a WFOV lens mounted on a vehicle; changing the camera pose by an adjustment greater than a threshold; and acquiring another image of the environment with the camera at the changed pose. The images are mapped onto respective surfaces to form respective mapped images, defined by the same nonplanar geometry. One of the mapped images is divided into blocks of pixels. For each block, a depth map is formed by performing a search through the other mapped image to evaluate a disparity in the position of the location of the block of pixels in each of the mapped images. The depth map is converted into a partial point cloud corresponding to the local topography of the environment surrounding the vehicle as it moves through the environment.
US12217442B2
Systems and methods for performing registration between a patient space and an image space are disclosed herein. Systems using such methods may identify a pose of a registration frame having one or more apertures within the patient space using a tracking system. Image data corresponding to the image space having an image of the registration frame is taken. A plurality of aperture locations within the image data (corresponding to the apertures of the registration frame) are identified in the image data. Aperture representations from a model of the registration frame are matched to these aperture locations to determine a pose of the registration frame within the image space. A transform between the patient space and the image space is generated based on the pose of the registration frame within the patient space and the pose of the registration frame within the image space. Optimization methods for this transform are discussed.
US12217440B2
A computer implemented method of decoding a signal. The method includes receiving a signal (which may be an electromagnetic signal), sampling the received signal to generate an input waveform having magnitude and phase components, applying a transform operation to the input waveform to generate a first decoded signal, and outputting the first decoded signal. The transform operation includes pre-processing the input waveform to generate a mirrored inverted waveform and applying a continuous wavelet transform to the mirrored inverted waveform to generate the first decoded signal. This allows inversion of the frequency and temporal resolution of the continuous wavelet transform, thereby enabling improved temporal and frequency decoding of a signal. The method is particularly suitable for signal filters and filtering units.
US12217433B2
This application describes systems and methods for detecting depth in deep trench isolation with semiconductor devices using test key transistors. An method comprises: capturing, by an image sensor, an image; generating a plurality of chrominance channels by converting the image into luminance-chrominance space; performing homogeneous region segmentation on the plurality of chrominance channels to generate one or more regions of interest in the plurality of chrominance channels; and projecting the regions of interest onto eigen-illuminant images to determine gray color pixels on the image, wherein the eigen-illuminant images are generated via performing a machine learning algorithm on a training set of images captured by the image sensor.
