US12342737B2
A RRAM device includes a bottom electrode, a resistive material layer, atop electrode, a hard mask and high work function sidewall parts. The bottom electrode, the resistive material layer, the top electrode and the hard mask are sequentially stacked on a substrate. The high work function sidewall parts cover sidewalls of the top electrode and sidewalls of the hard mask, thereby constituting a RRAM cell. A method of forming the RRAM device is also provided.
US12342734B2
The present description concerns a device including phase-change memory cells, each memory cell including a first resistive element in lateral contact with a second element made of a phase-change material.
US12342717B2
The present disclosure provides a perovskite solar cell comprising at least an electrode, an electron transport layer, a hole transport layer, a perovskite layer and a passivation layer. In the perovskite solar cell, the passivation layer may contain a passivator, the passivatormay comprise an aza fused bicyclic compound and/or an organic salt formed from the aza fused bicyclic compound and an acid, each fused ring in the aza fused bicyclic compound may be independently a five-membered or six-membered saturated ring, unsaturated ring or aromatic ring, the fused ring of the aza fused bicyclic compound may contain 1-5 nitrogen atoms, and the fused ring may be an unsubstituted ring or a ring substituted with one or two substituents having 1-3 carbon atoms.
US12342714B2
A resin substrate layer and a first inorganic insulating film on the resin substrate layer are provided. A notch is provided to an end portion of the resin substrate layer. A first inorganic-insulating-film-free region is provided along the notch. From the first inorganic-insulating-film-free region, the first inorganic insulating film is removed.
US12342709B2
A display apparatus includes a first light-emitting element implementing a first emission area, a second light-emitting element implementing a second emission area, a low reflection layer on the first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element, a first touch insulating layer including a first opening overlapping the second emission area, and a second touch insulating layer including a second opening overlapping the first opening, a light-blocking layer on the touch sensing layer and including a third opening corresponding to the first emission area and a fourth opening corresponding to the second emission area, and a reflection-adjusting layer wherein a refractive index of the reflection-adjusting layer is higher than a refractive index of the second touch insulating layer.
US12342706B2
A display panel includes: a plurality of light-emitting devices on a substrate, wherein each light-emitting device is configured to emit light of a preset color; a color conversion layer including a plurality of light exiting parts, wherein each light exiting part corresponds to one light-emitting device, and the light exiting part is configured to receive light emitted by the corresponding light-emitting device and emit light of a color same as or different from the preset color; and an optical layer between the color conversion layer and the plurality of light-emitting devices, wherein the optical layer is configured to transmit at least a portion of the light of the preset color and reflect the light of a color different from the preset color emitted by the color conversion layer; wherein second electrodes corresponding to at least two light exiting parts, which emits light of different colors, have different reflectivities.
US12342703B2
A display panel includes a plurality of first light-emitting devices and a plurality of second light-emitting devices. A ratio of a cavity length of each of the first light-emitting devices and a wavelength of a corresponding light-emitting color is a first ratio. A ratio of a cavity length of each of the second light-emitting devices and a wavelength of a corresponding light-emitting color is a second ratio. The first ratio and the second ratio are different.
US12342701B2
Provided is a display device having defined therein an opening corresponding to a boundary region, and including a plurality of insulating layers disposed on a base layer, an organic layer disposed in the opening, a first connection electrode disposed on the uppermost insulating layer among the plurality of insulating layers, connected to a first signal line through a first contact hole passing through the organic layer, and connected to a transistor through a second contact hole passing through corresponding insulating layers among the plurality of insulating layers, and a second signal line disposed on a layer different from a layer on which the first line is disposed.
US12342698B2
A display device may include a substrate, pixels, a first common voltage line, an outer common voltage trunk line, a first outer common voltage line, and a second outer common voltage line. The substrate may include a display area and a non-display area. The pixels may be disposed on the display area. The first common voltage line may be at least partially disposed on the display area. The outer common voltage trunk line may be disposed on the non-display area, may be electrically connected through the first common voltage line to the pixels, and may include a groove. The first outer common voltage line may protrude from the outer common voltage trunk line. The second outer common voltage line may protrude from the outer common voltage trunk line. The groove may be disposed between the second outer common voltage line and the first common voltage line.
US12342690B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a display apparatus, a manufacturing method for a display apparatus, and an electronic device. The display apparatus includes a first display region and a second display region which adjoin each other. A light transmittance of the second display region is smaller than a light transmittance of the first display region. The second display region includes a thin film transistor. A light shielding portion is disposed between the first display region and the second display region to shield the thin film transistor in the second display region from being irradiated by a light signal from the first display region.
US12342689B2
A display substrate is provided. The display substrate includes: a base substrate; a light-shielding layer disposed on the base substrate, the light-shielding layer comprising a light-shielding region; and a pixel drive layer disposed on a side of the light-shielding layer away from the base substrate, the pixel drive layer including at least one first thin-film transistor, at least one second thin-film transistor, and a first electrode plate of at least one storage capacitor, wherein the first thin-film transistor is disposed in correspondence with the light-shielding region, the second thin-film transistor in correspondence with the light-shielding region, and the at least one first electrode plate are disposed in correspondence with the light-shielding region.
US12342687B2
Disclosed are a display panel and a displaying device. The display panel includes a plurality of first-color subpixels, and each first-color subpixel includes a base, the base including a first driving electrode and a second driving electrode; at least one first electrode, disposed at a side of the base and is connected to the first driving electrode; at least one second electrode, disposed at a same side of the base with the first electrode and is connected to the second driving electrode; an intermediate layer, disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; wherein the first electrode and the second electrode divide the first-color subpixel into a plurality of secondary pixels, the first electrode and the second electrode are insulated with each other via the intermediate layer, and are respectively connected to the first driving electrode and the second driving electrode, and control the secondary pixels independently.
US12342677B2
A display device includes a display module, a flexible circuit film, and a cover film. The display module is divided into a first area including pixels, a second area bent with respect to an imaginary axis extending in a first direction, and a third area, on which a driving chip connected to the pixels is disposed. The flexible circuit film is disposed at at least a portion of the third area of the display module and connected to the display module. The cover film covers the second area of the display module, at least a portion of the flexible circuit film, and an entirety of the driving chip.
US12342673B2
A light-emitting element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a light-emitting layer, a hole injection layer provided between the first electrode and the light-emitting layer, and a hole transport layer provided between the hole injection layer and the light-emitting layer, wherein an insulator layer is provided between the hole injection layer and the hole transport layer. The hole injection layer, the insulator layer, and the hole transport layer each include a compound including one or more types of a cation and one or more types of an anion, the anion includes a group 15 or group 16 element of the periodic table, and an average oxidation number of cations in the insulator layer is greater than an average oxidation number of cations in the hole transport layer and less than an average oxidation number of cations in the hole injection layer.
US12342671B1
Aspects of the present disclosure include a light emitting diode (LED) module including a plurality of LEDs, each of the plurality of LEDs being spaced apart from one or more neighboring LEDs by a spacing, a plurality of optics each disposed over a corresponding LED of the plurality of LEDs, each of the plurality of optics having a radius, and a plurality of LED chips disposed within the plurality of LEDs and each having a LED light emitting surface having one or more sides with a length, wherein a ratio of the spacing, the radius, and the length is configured to cause a light emitted from the LED engine to be narrower than 14 degrees and with a relative Cd/lm greater than 10 and with a measured application color uniformity of less than 0.005 Du1v1.
US12342667B2
An LED module has a first layer including a first plane, an LED chip arranged on the first plane, a second layer surrounding the LED chip and including a convex part on the first plane, and a third layer arranged outside the LED chip and overlapping an upper surface of the first layer, a side surface of the second layer, and a part of the upper surface of the second layer. In the LED module, a height of the convex part of the second layer is lower than a height of the upper surface of the LED chip, and the first layer, the second layer and the third layer include conductive films.
US12342655B2
This n-type SnS thin-film has n-type conductivity, an average thickness thereof is 0.100 μm to 10 μm, a ratio (α1.1/α1.6) of an absorption coefficient α1.1 at a photon energy of 1.1 eV to an absorption coefficient α1.6 at a photon energy of 1.6 eV is 0.200 or less, an atomic ratio of an S content to an Sn content is 0.85 to 1.10.
US12342648B2
In a general aspect, integrated spatial phase wafer-level imaging is described. In some aspects, an integrated imaging system an integrated image sensor and an edge processor. The integrated image sensor may include: a polarizer pixel configured to filter electromagnetic (EM) radiation and to allow filtered EM radiation having a selected polarization state to pass therethrough; a radiation-sensing pixel configured to detect the filtered EM radiation and to generate a signal in response to detecting the filtered EM radiation; and readout circuitry configured to perform analog preprocessing on the signal generated by the radiation-sensing pixel. The edge processor may be configured to: generate first-order primitives and second-order primitives based on the analog preprocessed signal from the readout circuitry; and determine a plurality of features of an object located in a field-of-view of the radiation-sensing pixel based on the first-order primitives and the second-order primitives.
US12342647B2
A semiconductor arrangement is provided. The semiconductor arrangement includes a first photodiode in a substrate. The semiconductor arrangement includes a lens array over the substrate. A first plurality of lenses of the lens array overlies the first photodiode. Radiation incident upon the first plurality of lenses is directed by the first plurality of lenses to the first photodiode.
US12342646B2
The phenomenon of charge trapping and its impact on noise performance of an imaging array using thin film transistor switches can be ameliorated by compensation techniques. One such compensation technique is a recovery process by which trapped charges are detrapped through the periodic imposition of thermal, optical, and/or bias energy. Another technique involves a shield line overlying the transistor switches and connected to the gate base to reduce the gate base resistance and hence reduce changes in the RC time constant of the gate bus.
US12342637B2
A CMOS image sensor includes: a substrate containing a potential well stack including: a first p-well, a first n-well disposed below the first p-well, a second p-well disposed below the first n-well, a second n-well disposed below the second p-well, and a third p-well disposed below the second n-well, wherein a first photodiode is formed at the junction between the first p-well and first n-well, a second photodiode is formed at the junction between the first n-well and second p-well, a third photodiode is formed at the junction between the second p-well and the second n-well, and a fourth photodiode is formed at the junction between the second n-well and the third p-well, and each photodiode is disposed at a different respective depth within the substrate; and a plurality of active pixel sensors for converting light received by the photodiodes into electrical charge.
US12342634B2
A photodetector according to an embodiment includes a plurality of cell regions disposed in an array, and an element isolation region provided between the cell regions, each of the cell regions including: a semiconductor layer having a first face and a second face opposite to the first face; a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type provided in the semiconductor layer; a second semiconductor region of a second conductivity type provided between the first semiconductor region and the first face; an electrode in contact with the second semiconductor region; and a plurality of metal regions having a part surrounded by the first semiconductor region and another part surrounded by the second semiconductor region.
US12342633B2
The present invention provides a photovoltaic panel packaging structure and method for the same. The packaging structure comprises a frame and a solar photovoltaic panel. The solar photovoltaic panel includes a first frame surface and a second frame surface with a receiving space and grooves formed therein. The a solar photovoltaic panel is installed in the receiving space and stacked on top of a first stop portion. The solar photovoltaic panel includes a first encapsulating layer, a second encapsulating layer. The first encapsulating layer includes a plurality of engaging strips extending along the edges of the solar photovoltaic panel, the engaging strips are respectively embedded in the corresponding grooves to hold the solar photovoltaic panel in place in the frame. Meanwhile, a third encapsulating layer extends to connect to the second frame surface. As a result, weight and thickness can be reduced while reducing multiple packaging passes and simplifying the assembly process.
US12342630B2
A heterojunction solar cell and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The manufacturing method includes the following steps: A: forming a tunnel oxide layer on a surface of a semiconductor substrate; B: forming an N-type polysilicon layer on the tunnel oxide layer; C: forming a mask layer on the N-type polysilicon layer of a first main surface of the semiconductor substrate; D: performing texturing and cleaning on a second main surface of the semiconductor substrate, and removing the mask layer; E: forming a second intrinsic amorphous silicon layer on the second main surface of the semiconductor substrate; and F: forming a P-type oxygen-doped microcrystalline silicon layer on the second intrinsic amorphous silicon layer.
US12342607B2
A semiconductor device includes a transistor portion which includes a plurality of gate structure portions, and a diode portion which includes a cathode region in a lower surface of a semiconductor substrate. Each of the gate structure portions includes a gate trench portion, an emitter region of a first conductive type which is provided between an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate and a drift region to abut on the gate trench portion, and a base region of a second conductive type which is provided between the emitter region and the drift region to abut on the gate trench portion. A first threshold of the gate structure portion with a shortest distance to the cathode region in a top view is lower than a second threshold of the gate structure portion with a longest distance to the cathode region by 0.1 V or more and 1 V or less.
US12342586B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method thereof. The manufacturing method of a semiconductor structure includes providing a substrate having trenches, regions other than the trenches in the substrate form a plurality of active regions at intervals; forming a first isolation layer and a second isolation layer, a top surface of the first isolation layer is lower than a top surface of the second isolation layer, a groove is formed between the second isolation layer and the active region; forming a barrier layer in the groove, an etching rate of the barrier layer is lower than an etching rate of the first isolation layer; and forming a third isolation layer in an intermediate trench, the intermediate trench is filled with the third isolation layer, and the first isolation layer, the second isolation layer, the third isolation layer, and the barrier layer form an isolation structure.
US12342578B2
A stacked layer memory for a SRAM includes a first layer of the SRAM, including multiple transistors of a first type, and includes a second layer of the SRAM, having multiple transistors of a second type. The first and second layers are different layers stacked vertically. A width of individual SRAM cells of the stacked layer memory is defined at least by a pitch of a single transistor of the transistors of the first type and the transistors of the second type. A method for forming the stacked layer memory for the SRAM includes forming the first layer and the second layer. The first and second layers are different layers and are formed to be stacked vertically. A width of individual SRAM cells of the stacked layer memory is defined at least by a pitch of a single transistor of the transistors of the first and second types.
US12342576B2
A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes: a substrate with an active region extending in a first direction; an element isolation layer, adjacent to the active region, in the substrate; a gate electrode on the substrate and extending in a second direction which crosses the first direction; a plurality of channel layers on the active region, spaced apart from each other along a third direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate, and surrounded by the gate electrode; and a source/drain region provided in a recess of the active region adjacent to the gate electrode, and connected to the plurality of channel layers. In the first direction, the gate electrode has a first length on the active region and a second length, greater than the first length, on the element isolation layer.
US12342566B2
Provided is an electronic device using an interface between BaSnO3 and LaInO3, the electronic device including: a substrate formed of a metal oxide of non-SrTiO3 material a first buffer layer disposed on the substrate and formed of a BaSnO3 material; a BLSO layer disposed on at least a portion of the first buffer layer and formed of a (Ba1-x, Lax)SnO3 material, wherein x has a value equal to or greater than 0 and less than or equal to 1; an LIO layer at least partially disposed on at least a portion of the BLSO layer so as to form an interface between the LIO layer and the BLSO layer, and formed of an LaInO3 material; and a first electrode layer at least partially in contact with the interface between the BLSO layer and the LIO layer, and formed of at least two or more separated portions.
US12342551B2
Embodiments herein describe techniques for a semiconductor device including a three dimensional capacitor. The three dimensional capacitor includes a pole, and one or more capacitor units stacked around the pole. A capacitor unit of the one or more capacitor units includes a first electrode surrounding and coupled to the pole, a dielectric layer surrounding the first electrode, and a second electrode surrounding the dielectric layer. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US12342544B2
A semiconductor device comprises a stack comprising an alternating sequence of dielectric structures and conductive structures, and a channel structure within an opening vertically extending through the stack and comprising a first semiconductor material having a first band gap. The semiconductor device also comprises a conductive plug structure within the opening and in direct contact with the channel region, and a band offset structure within the opening and in direct physical contact with the channel structure and the conductive plug structure. The band offset structure comprises a second semiconductor material having a second band gap different than the first band gap. The semiconductor device further comprises a conductive line structure electrically coupled to the conductive plug structure. A method of forming a semiconductor device and an electronic system are also described.
US12342534B2
Embodiments relate to a method for fabricating a semiconductor structure. The method includes: providing a substrate, where pillars arranged in an array are formed on a surface of the substrate, and bit lines extending along a first direction are formed at bottoms of the pillars; forming, between adjacent two of the pillars, a first groove extending along a second direction; forming an isolation layer on the substrate, where the isolation layer is filled in the first groove and is filled between adjacent two of the bit lines; etching the isolation layer to expose a surface of the pillar, where a first sub isolation layer positioned in the first groove is lower than a second sub isolation layer; forming a word line surrounding a side wall of the pillar, where a surface of the word line is not higher than a surface of the second sub isolation layer; and forming a dielectric layer on the word line.
US12342531B2
An integrated circuit device includes a substrate including an active region defined by a device isolation layer, the substrate defining a gate trench extending across the active region, a gate dielectric layer conformally covering an inner surface of the gate trench, and a gate electrode filling the gate trench on the gate dielectric layer. The gate electrode is composed of crystal grains of a single metal, and a diagonal length of at least one of the crystal grains is greater than a height of the active region that is in contact with the gate electrode.
US12342527B2
Apparatuses and methods for manufacturing semiconductor memory devices are described. An example method includes: forming a plurality of capacitor contacts on a substrate; forming a dielectric layer on the plurality of capacitor contacts; removing portions of the dielectric layer to form a plurality of openings in the dielectric layer; exposing the plurality of capacitor contacts at bottoms of the plurality of the corresponding openings; and depositing conductive material to form a plurality of interconnects in the plurality of corresponding openings.
US12342524B2
A semiconductor structure and a fabricating method are provided. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate, active pillars, gate structures, a metal silicide layer, and a spacer. The active pillars are positioned on the substrate and are arranged in an array, and the active pillars extend along a direction perpendicular to the substrate. The gate structures are arranged at intervals along a first direction, and the gate structures are arranged surrounding a part of the active pillars. The metal silicide layer is positioned on a top surface of the active pillar, and a projection of the metal silicide layer on the substrate is overlapped with a projection of the top surface of the active pillar on the substrate. The spacer is positioned between adjacent gate structures and adjacent active pillars, and a height of the spacer is higher than a height of a top surface of the metal silicide layer.
US12342517B2
A display device, a bent spacer module and an assembling method thereof are provided. The display device includes: a protective cover plate; a display module, including a display surface facing the protective cover plate and a back surface away from the protective cover plate; a chip-on-film, at least part of the chip-on-film being located on the back surface and being in binding connection with an edge of the display module; a driving chip, which is located on a side, facing the display module, of the chip-on-film on the back surface, and is in binding connection with the chip-on-film; and a bent space, which is located between the driving chip and the back surface, a thickness of a part of the bent spacer contacting the driving chip being greater than that of the remaining part of the bent spacer.
US12342516B2
A shield can for an electronic eyewear device is described that reduces RF signals emanating from the electronic eyewear device. The shield can is attached to a ground plate of the electronic eyewear device using leaf springs on a side of the shield can. The leaf springs do not add to the stack-up thickness of the shield can assembly and provide a balanced force against the ground plate. The shield can is attached to a printed circuit board and encompasses radio frequency (RF) electronic components to prevent RF signals emanating from the RF electronic components. The leaf springs have a pair of fingers providing the balanced mechanical point force. A conductive pressure sensitive adhesive is also provided to secure a top surface of the shield can to the ground plate along with a thermal paste.
US12342514B1
A device for electromagnetic field (EMF) containment, charging, and germ cleaning for an electronic device may include a base, a casing extending upward from outer edges of the base, and a cover attached to a top edge of the casing, the cover closing off an interior space defined by engagement of the casing and the base, wherein the casing includes an aluminum based protective film with an aluminum based matrix grid designed to mitigate EMF emissions. The device may also include at least one UV light positioned within the interior space of the device.
US12342513B2
An electric power converter apparatus includes a case. The case includes a case main body and a lower cover. A recess is formed at a main body floor of the case main body and is covered with the lower cover to form a floor passage. The floor passage includes an upstream passage and a downstream passage. The lower cover includes joint plate portions, a passage plate portion and beads. The joint plate portions are arranged side by side in a width direction of the floor passage while the floor passage is interposed between the joint plate portions. The passage plate portion extends over the joint plate portions in the width direction of the floor passage. Each bead is formed between the passage plate portion and a corresponding one of the joint plate portions and extends in an intersecting direction that intersects the passage plate portion.
US12342506B2
A thermal dissipation structure includes a housing, a thermal dissipation mechanism, and a seal member. The housing accommodates a heat-generating element. The thermal dissipation mechanism includes a thermal transfer part and a thermal dissipation part. The thermal transfer part is disposed inside the housing. The thermal transfer part is configured to transfer heat generated by the heat-generating element. The thermal dissipation part is disposed outside the housing. The seal member seals between the housing and the thermal dissipation mechanism.
US12342500B2
A cooling distribution system cools an electronic computing device and includes a plurality of hot-swappable pump modules mounted within a distribution unit chassis and configured to circulate a coolant along a main cooling path. A coolant inlet manifold is mounted within the chassis and is fluidly coupled to the pump modules to allow entry of the coolant into the main cooling path. A coolant collection pan collects leaked coolant from the coolant circulating along the main cooling path. A recycle pump is fluidly coupled to form a recycle cooling path between the collection pan and the inlet manifold, and is configured to pump the leaked coolant from the collection pan back to the inlet manifold for recirculating the leaked coolant into the main cooling path.
US12342499B2
A liquid cooler includes a liquid cooling head, a liquid cooling radiator and liquid delivery pipes connected between the liquid cooling head and the liquid cooling radiator. The liquid cooling radiator has a liquid pump box, a heat dissipation pipe set and a liquid return box. The liquid pump box is divided into a hot liquid chamber and a cold liquid chamber by an air barrier space. The space of the hot liquid chamber is smaller than that of the cold liquid chamber, so that the hot liquid quickly enters the heat dissipation pipe set through the liquid pump box and overcomes the problems that the hot liquid in the liquid pump box is easy to accumulate heat and conduct heat to the cold liquid.
US12342496B2
A panelboard assembly for a harsh and/or hazardous environment is provided. The panelboard assembly includes a core assembly. The core assembly includes a main breaker assembly configured to be electrically connected to a power supply, and a branch breaker assembly electrically connected to the main breaker assembly and configured to be electrically connected to one or more loads, and a power distribution heatsink assembly. The power distribution heatsink assembly includes an electrically-conductive heatsink having a first end and an opposing second end, the first end electrically connected to the core assembly and an electrically-nonconductive isolator electrically insulating the heatsink.
US12342489B2
An adjustable bracket for enclosing an open frame power supply unit (PSU) is disclosed. The adjustable bracket includes a first bracket section having a first primary plate and a first secondary plate extending generally vertically from one end of the first primary plate; and a second bracket section having a second primary plate and a second secondary plate extending generally vertically from one end of the second primary plate, the first secondary plate and the second secondary plate being generally parallel such that the first secondary plate faces the second secondary plate. The second primary plate is movably coupled to the first primary plate such that the adjustable bracket can be in a compact, intermediately extended, or fully extended configuration by adjusting the bracket according to a width of the open frame PSU, the width being different for a first open frame PSU than for a second open frame PSU.
US12342486B1
A port barrier assembly includes a bezel frame and a barrier component. The bezel frame includes an elongate body having first and second ends and formed as a generally enclosed shape that frames an opening, whereby the first and second ends are arranged in an end-to-end relationship with a gap therebetween. The barrier component has a spine member from which one or more resiliently deflectable barrier elements extend. The spine member is secured to the elongate body with the one or more resiliently deflectable barrier elements substantially entirely covering the opening. The bezel frame is installable, without the aid of tools, along an exposed edge of a port opening in a surface of an electronic equipment enclosure.
US12342483B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes: a screen support, a hinge support, a gear, a rack, and a connecting rod assembly. The gear is fastened to the screen support through the hinge support. The gear is meshed with the rack for transmission. The rack is rotatably connected to the connecting rod assembly. The connecting rod assembly is slidably connected to the screen support.
US12342482B2
An electronic device includes: a housing including a mesh configured to communicate between an external space of the housing and an internal space of the housing; and a protecter overlapping part of the mesh in plan view of the mesh. The protecter includes a first portion extending alongside the mesh without being in contact with the mesh and a second portion protruding toward the mesh and being in contact with the mesh at a distal end of the second portion.
US12342477B2
Systems and methods for providing an electronics module including a raceway for mounting submodules and establishing electrical communication with said submodules. The raceway comprises a base structure and a conductive trace formed by a conductive plating process. Connection pads on the raceway are configured to receive connection nodes of the submodules for providing a continuous electrical connection between the raceway and the submodules for electrical communication and power transmission.
US12342474B2
Embodiments and fabrication methods for a printed circuit board are provided. The embodiments include milling a first cavity in a first sub-lam, wherein the first cavity extends partially through the first sub-lam and milling a second cavity in a prepreg layer. The first sub-lam, the prepreg layer, and a material sheet are stacked and laminated to form a composite cavity from the first cavity and the second cavity. The embodiments also include removing from the laminated stack one or more portions of the first sub-lam covering the first cavity to expose the composite cavity. Conductive paste is placed in the composite cavity of the laminated stack and sintered to form one or more thermal pathways in the laminated stack.
US12342473B2
A wiring board capable of suppressing migration between wires and to provide a method of producing the same, in a method of producing a wiring board provided with a first wiring board in which a first wiring layer is formed, and a second wiring board in which a second wiring layer finer than the first wiring layer is formed, the second wiring board is formed by performing steps of forming a first insulating resin layer provided with a wiring pattern and openings, forming a first inorganic insulating film on the first insulating resin layer, forming a first conductor layer corresponding to the wiring pattern and the openings on the inorganic insulating film, and forming a second inorganic insulating film on the first conductor layer.
US12342471B2
An electronic component of the present disclosure includes: an electronic component body; an electrode on a surface of the electronic component body; and a cover layer having insulating properties on at least a portion of a perimeter of the electrode and extending across a boundary between the perimeter of the electrode and the surface of the electronic component body, wherein in a plan view of the electronic component body seen from a side where the electrode is disposed, the electrode includes corners each provided by two segments defining a portion of the perimeter of the electrode, and a thickness of at least a portion of the cover layer on at least one of the corners is greater than a thickness of the other portions of the cover layer on portions other than the corners.
US12342470B2
In a method for filling through-holes of a substrate with a metal paste, an upper lamination foil is secured to the top surface of the substrate and a lower lamination foil is secured to the bottom surface of the substrate. A laser beam is used to generate a first plurality of holes in the upper lamination foil, and a second plurality of holes in the lower lamination foil. Respective locations of the first and second plurality of holes are aligned with the through-holes of the substrate. Metal paste is applied into the through-holes through the first plurality of holes using a squeegee or a knife. Any metal paste that is pressed out from the second plurality of holes may be scraped off by the squeegee or the knife and recycled. Finally, the upper and lower lamination foils may be removed from the substrate.
US12342465B2
A wiring board includes at least one insulating layer, plurality of conductive members, at least one land electrode formed at position overlapping first surface in plan view of insulating layer as viewed from first surface side, land electrode being connected to each of at least one conductive member, and coil conductor provided inside insulating layer or on second surface on back side of first surface in insulating layer and having winding axis intersecting first surface. Plurality of conductive members includes first conductive member at position where at least part of the first conductive member overlaps opening of the coil conductor in plan view seen from first surface side, and second conductive member at position deviated from opening of coil conductor in plan view seen from first surface side. Area of first conductive member is smaller than area of second conductive member in plan view seen from first surface side.
US12342457B2
A wiring board includes: a wiring layer; an insulating layer laminated on the wiring layer; an opening portion penetrating through the insulating layer to the wiring layer; a recess portion formed in a surface of the wiring layer exposed from the opening portion of the insulating layer; and a conductor film formed in the opening portion of the insulating layer and the recess portion of the wiring layer, wherein the recess portion of the wiring layer includes a raised portion, which is raised higher than an outer peripheral portion of a bottom surface, at a central portion of the bottom surface.
US12342442B2
An emergency lighting system and a method for operating same. The emergency lighting system includes an area control device, a storage device, an external device and a plurality of emergency lighting devices operably connected to the area control device. In addition, each emergency lighting device includes a light, a controller having an electronic processor configured to perform a self-diagnostic test, and an input/output (I/O) device for transmitting data associated with the self-diagnostic test, and wherein each of the plurality of emergency lighting devices is configured to wirelessly communicate with one another. The area control device may wirelessly receive data associated with the self-diagnostic test from at least one of the plurality of emergency lighting devices, and may wirelessly transmit the data associated with the self-diagnostic test of any of the plurality of emergency lighting devices to at least one of the storage device and the external device.
US12342423B2
Systems and methods for taking actions in response to a condition or state of a mobile device are disclosed. The system receives interactions between agents and subscribers of a telecommunications service provider relating to use of the mobile device to access a network. The system accesses subscriber data for the subscriber based on the interactions, the subscriber data including a coverage map. The system determines a usage pattern characterizing the use of the mobile device to access the network. And the system uses the interactions, the subscriber data, and the usage pattern to recommend an action to respond to a condition or state associated with the mobile device. The action can include updating the mobile device, changing a device state, or replacing the mobile device. In some implementations, the system trains and uses a machine learning model to recommend the action and/or to identify and access the subscriber data.
US12342406B2
Apparatus and methods are provided for connectionless data transfer. In one novel aspect, the UE in INACTIVE state initiates one or more data transmissions without RRC connection upon determining one or more preconfigured transmission conditions. The UE restores an INACTIVE AS context, establishes UL resources, and performs connectionless data transmissions. The UE monitors one or more preconfigured fallback conditions for fallback procedures and monitors stop conditions for suspension/stopping procedures. In one embodiment, the UL resources for the one or more data transmission are preconfigured configuration grant (CG) resources from the network. In one embodiment, the preconfigured UL resource is used for the data transmission only when the TA is valid. When the TA is not valid, the UE performs RA procedure and either uses the preconfigure resource or continues the one or more data transmissions by monitoring PDCCH with C-RNTI.
US12342397B2
The present disclosure provides a direct connection communication method and apparatus. The method comprises: determining a direct connection communication Bandwidth Part (BWP) set, the direct connection communication BWP set at least comprising a first direct connection communication BWP and a second direct connection communication BWP; and performing direct connection communication by using the direct connection communication BWP set.
US12342392B2
A communication circuit and protocol for a wireless local area network (WLAN) using single EDCA and/or Multiple-User (MU) EDCA in which frames for Real Time Applications (RTA) can utilize shared Transmit Opportunities (TXOPs) to reduce transmission latencies. The protocol is configured in a number of ways to ensure communication fairness, such as by ensuring a minimum required channel resource is provided for transmitting frames from the primary AC during the TXOP. AP MLDs and non-AP MLDs are also supported and can exchange information on distinguishing traffic streams from other traffic streams having the same Traffic Identifier (TID), in determining which links to use for transmitting the traffic stream.
US12342389B2
There is provided mechanisms for determining time-of-arrival of a PRACH preamble. A method is performed by a radio access network node. The radio access network node is configured for beamformed communication in a set of beams. The method comprises receiving, from a UE and at a TRP of the radio access network node, a PRACH preamble. The method comprises determining a weight factor value for the PRACH preamble. The weight factor value is dependent on beam information mapped to the PRACH preamble. The beam information identifies one of the beams in the set of beams. The method comprises determining time-of-arrival of the PRACH preamble using hypothesis testing that incorporates the weight factor value.
US12342384B2
Some techniques for efficiently indicating a mapping relationship from physical random access channel preambles and/or random access resource specific to one or more system information blocks in a wireless communication network are described. One example method includes transmitting, from a network node, a message that identifies a number of random access preambles that are reserved for transmissions of system information requests by mobile devices.
US12342383B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The described techniques relate to improved methods, systems, devices, and apparatuses that support random-access occasion (RO) selection for reduced-capability (RedCap) user equipment (UEs). A RedCap UE operating in a half-duplex mode may use the techniques described herein to efficiently select an RO in which to transmit a random-access preamble based on a duration between a latest received downlink transmission and the RO satisfying a threshold duration. The UE may receive system information mapping a set of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) to a set of ROs. The UE may then select an RO from the set of ROs in which to transmit the random-access preamble such that the UE has sufficient time to transition from a receive mode to a transmit mode to transmit the random-access preamble.
US12342378B2
A non-AP MLD or a first STA in the non-AP MLD generates a first frame. The first frame includes indication information for indicating padding duration for a channel switch delay in an initial control frame. The padding duration is determined based on duration of a control response frame. The non-AP MLD or the first STA or another STA in the non-AP MLD transmits the first frame. An AP MLD or a first AP or another AP in the AP MLD receives the first frame. The AP MLD or the first AP determines the padding duration of the initial control frame based on the indication information.
US12342367B2
A network device role self-adaptive method and apparatus are provided. Specifically, a first network device and a neighbor network device both determine their respective priority according to information including a connection result between the corresponding network device itself and a server; the first network device receives a second start frame which is sent by the neighbor network device and comprises the priority of the neighbor network device, and then determines whether its own priority and the priority of the neighbor network device meet preset conditions; and if yes, when the priority of the first network device is higher than the priority of the neighbor network device, the first network device determines its own role as an authentication access controller, and when the priority of the first network device is lower than the priority of the neighbor network device, the first network device determines its own role as a request device.
US12342354B2
Disclosed is a method for receiving data by a terminal in a wireless communication system. The terminal may receive a physical protocol data unit (physical layer protocol data unit: PPDU) from an access point (APAP) and decode the received PPDU. The PPDU may include a universal signal (U-SIG) field and an extremely high throughput (EHT)-SIG field including at least one content channel, and the U-SIG field may include a bandwidth field indicating the total bandwidth via which the PPDU is transmitted. The total bandwidth is divided into at least one segment, and at least one of field among same fields includes same information except for a resource unit allocation (RU allocation) field between a first content channel and a second content channel in the same segment among the at least one segment when the at least one content channel is composed of a first content channel and a second content channel.
US12342350B2
A method for data transmission includes, in response to first physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) resources having a first priority, maintaining downlink communication with a serving cell within a first duration after the end moment of the first PUSCH resource, wherein the first duration is a duration between the end moment of the first PUSCH resources and the end moment of a predetermined downlink control information (DCI) monitoring occasion, and the DCI monitoring occasion is the first DCI monitoring occasion after a second duration from the end moment of the first PUSCH resource.
US12342346B2
The present disclosure can provide a method in which a terminal performs transmission in a wireless communication system. The method for performing transmission can comprise the steps in which: a terminal receives a plurality of pre-configured resources; the device confirms as to whether the plurality of pre-configured resources collide; the terminal selects any one pre-configured resource among a plurality of collided pre-configured resources; and transmission for the selected preconfigured resource is performed.
US12342340B2
Disclosed are a method and a device for a node used for wireless communication. The node receives a first information block and a second information block, the first information block and the second information block indicate a scheduled cell set and M PDCCK candidates respectively. M1 PDCCH candidates are monitored in a first time window, the M1 PDCCH candidates occupy M2 non-overlapped CCEs. A first threshold and a second threshold are used to determine the M1 PDCCH candidates. The scheduled cell set is divided into a first cell group and a second cell group, a control resource pool in a scheduling cell of a first serving cell is used to determine whether belongs to the first cell group or the second cell group.
US12342335B2
A first wireless device receives, from a base station, configuration parameters of a scheduling request for a sidelink buffer status report (BSR) of a sidelink between the first wireless device and a second wireless device. The scheduling request is triggered for the sidelink BSR in response to data becoming available for transmission to the second wireless device via the sidelink. The first wireless transmits, based on the triggering and to the base station, a preamble for a random access procedure to obtain a first uplink grant to transmit the sidelink B SR. The sidelink BSR is transmitted via a second uplink grant different from the first uplink grant indicated in a random access response corresponding to the preamble. The random access procedure is stopped in response to transmitting the sidelink BSR.
US12342330B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a method for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE). The UE transmits an indication of a capability of the UE to support downlink and uplink bandwidth part (BWP) pairs that have non-aligned center frequencies. The UE receives signaling configuring the UE with a downlink BWP and an uplink BWP with the non-aligned center frequencies for full-duplex operation, in accordance with the indicated UE capability.
US12342323B2
In an example method, a first device determines first network resources that have been activated for exchanging data with one or more second devices via a wireless network, and determines, for each of the first network resources, a time duration of a respective burst transmission performed using that first network resource. The first device determines whether to (i) activate second network resources for exchanging data with the second devices and/or (ii) deactivate one or more of the first network resources for exchanging data with the second devices. In response, the first device activates the second network resources and/or deactivates the one or more of the first network resources.
US12342310B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Generally, the described techniques provide for efficiently determining a region in which a user equipment (UE) is located. The UE may perform measurements on reference signals received from a first network entity to determine the region in which the UE is located. In some cases, the UE may provide the measurements or other information to a second network entity, and the second network entity may indicate the region in which the UE is located to the UE based on the measurements or the other information. The second network entity or the UE may also indicate the region in which the UE is located to the first network entity. The UE and the first network entity may then select suitable beams for communicating based on the region in which the UE is located.
US12342306B2
A communication terminal is provided for supporting a periodical data flow by forwarding messages received from a communication network to an external node not synchronised with the communication network. The communication terminal is configured to obtain one or more timing adjustment indications from an access node of the communication network and adjust the transmission and/or reception timing of the periodical data flow in dependence on the timing adjustment indication(s). The one or more timing adjustment indications are based on clock mismatch information between the communication terminal and the external node and a holding time.
US12342305B2
Provided are a method and a device for processing a timing advance (TA), and a method and a device for sending indication information. One of the methods includes: in response to a first condition being satisfied, determining that a TA of a terminal is in an invalid state; where the first condition includes at least one of the followings: in response to the terminal being a stationary terminal, a TA timer times out and a change amount of a first measurement value exceeds a first threshold; or in response to the terminal being a non-stationary terminal, the TA timer times out, or the change amount of the first measurement value exceeds the first threshold, or the TA timer times out and the change amount of the first measurement value exceeds the first threshold.
US12342296B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for communicating antenna module information, beamforming capabilities, power control information, etc., for computing devices capable of operating in multiple form factor configurations. A example technique includes detecting that the UE is operating in a first form factor configuration of a plurality of form factor configurations the UE is adapted to operate in. The technique also includes, in response to the detection, transmitting information associated with at least one antenna module of the UE in the first form factor configuration.
US12342293B2
A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a control section that determines whether or not to perform uplink shared channel transmission for an antenna selection TPMI precoder at full power on the basis of a reported full power transmission mode to be supported and a reported transmitted preceding matrix indicator (TPMI) group, and a transmitting section that performs the uplink shared channel transmission using the antenna selection TPMI precoder. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to control full power transmission appropriately.
US12342281B2
A Passive Entry Passive Start (PEPS) method is described. The method includes obtaining, via a BLE receiver of a key fob, a first BLE wakeup signal from a vehicle. In response to obtaining the first wakeup signal, the method includes activating a BLE transceiver of the key fob. Upon activation of the BLE transceiver, the method includes activating a UWB transceiver of the key fob via the BLE transceiver. When the UWB transceiver is activated, the method includes receiving a challenge signal from the vehicle via the UWB transceiver. Upon receiving the challenge signal, the method includes transmitting a response to the challenge signal via the UWB transceiver. Based on the response to the challenge signal, the method includes receiving a success signal from the vehicle. Upon receiving the success signal, the method includes deactivating BLE transceiver and the UWB transceiver.
US12342274B2
A cellular communication system is disclosed in which a base station operates a cell which has a supplementary uplink portion (e.g. on a different frequency and/or using a different technology). The base station broadcasts an offset for user equipment (UE) in its coverage area to assist the UE performing cell selection. Specifically, the UE determines, based on measurements for the cell, the offset, and capability of the UE to communicate using the supplementary uplink portion, whether the cell of the base station is an appropriate candidate for cell selection such that: if the UE is capable of communicating using the supplementary uplink portion then the UE performs cell (re)selection based on the offset; and if the UE is not capable of communicating using the supplementary uplink portion then the UE disregards the offset in its cell (re)selection.
US12342267B2
A method for selecting a network slice in a wireless telecommunications network having a plurality of network slices is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a network request originating from a user equipment, UE, the network request comprising a user identification, ID, associated with the user equipment, obtaining a user profile associated with the user ID, the user profile comprising a service pattern associated with the user ID, and selecting one network slice from the plurality of network slices for the UE based at least partly on the received network request, the obtained user profile, and the slice characteristic of each network slice.
US12342266B2
An electronic device includes a communication circuit, a processor, and a memory which stores instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processor, causes the electronic device to identify a first number, which is a number of available wireless connections of the electronic device, to receive a second number, which is a number of available wireless connections of a first external electronic device of a plurality of external electronic devices by using the communication circuit, to identify a third number, which is a number of wireless connections to be used for data transmission and reception with the first external electronic device, based on the first number and the second number, to establish the third number of wireless connections with the first external electronic device, and to transmit/receive data with the first external electronic device by using the third number of the wireless connections.
US12342265B2
Vehicle, apparatus, method, and computer program for user equipment of a mobile communication system
A transportation vehicle, an apparatus, a method, and a computer program for user equipment of a mobile communication system. The method for user equipment (UE) of a mobile communication system and for determining a communication group of multiple UEs includes receiving information on radio access capabilities from candidate UEs of the communication group, determining one or more radio access technologies to use in the communication group based on the information on the radio access capabilities from the candidate UEs, determining participants of the communication group based on their radio access technologies, and forming the group based on communicating using the one or more radio technologies.
US12342251B2
Provided is peer-to-peer (P2P) communication for a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) service. A V2X apparatus establishes a P2P connection with a peer V2X apparatus on the basis of a V2X ID of the V2X apparatus.
US12342248B2
A system and method for communicating a sports message includes: (a) an encased portable device that includes: (i) a portable computing device having a first processor for processing the sports message, and having a first display; and (ii) an enclosure for supporting the portable computing device and housing a first wireless transceiver; and (b) a wearable device comprising a second processor, a second display, and a second wireless transceiver, the first and second wireless transceivers being cooperatively operable to wirelessly transmit the sports message from the enclosure to the wearable device for display on the second display. The wearable device includes a heater between the second display and a battery. The first processor receives a user selection of the sports message after receiving one of: (i) user-defined category associated with the sports message, (ii) user-selected search criteria, and (iii) a digital file imported into the portable computing device.
US12342247B2
A communication system, a UE (User Equipment), a communication method and a computer readable medium may be provided. The communication system (100) includes: a first UE (User Equipment) (110) including a first controller and a first transceiver, wherein the first controller is configured to control the transceiver to send a message including L2 ID (Layer 2 Identity) and verification information; and a second UE (120) including a second controller and a second transceiver, wherein the second controller is configured: to control the transceiver to receive the message from the first UE (110); and to determine whether to accept the L2 ID or not using the verification information.
US12342243B2
A method includes receiving, by a tracking system server, and from a first computing device of a plurality of computing devices, a request to locate a tracking device associated with the tracking system server. The request includes reward information for locating the tracking device. The method includes establishing, by the tracking system server, a search party for locating the tracking device in response to the request. The established search party includes one or more second computing devices of the plurality of computing devices. The method includes receiving, by the tracking system server, and from at least one of the one or more second computing devices, location information associated with the tracking device, and in response to receiving the location information associated with the tracking device, transmitting, by the tracking system server, the reward information to the at least one of the one or more second computing devices.
US12342237B2
Systems, devices, and automated processes for user equipment (UE) to access network slices at cell sites. An example process includes receiving a registration request from the UE. The registration request includes a list of network slices for access at network cells within range of the UE. The UE is authenticated to the network to identify subscription information of the UE. A list of slice identifications (IDs) available to the UE is transmitted to the UE. A slice-specific authentication of the UE is initiated for a slice identified as available based on the subscription information. The UE is allowed to access the slice in response to the slice-specific authentication.
US12342232B2
In accordance with example embodiments of the invention there is at least a method and apparatus to perform determining by an apparatus information of a list of ranges in a communication network where at least one closed access group cell may be found and where at least one mobile integrated access and backhaul cell may be found; scanning synchronization signal blocks for physical cell identifiers of a candidate cell that are found in both at least one system information block closed access group list or range and at least one system information block mobile integrated access and backhaul list or range; based on the scanning, decoding system information at the candidate cell to verify that the candidate cell is a mobile integrated access and backhaul cell and a closed access group cell; and based on the decoding, enable the apparatus to access the candidate cell for cell reselection.
US12342214B2
The present disclosure provides a method (100) in a terminal device. The method (100) includes: transmitting (110) to a Network Exposure Function, NEF, node a Quality of Service, QoS, request including an Internet Protocol, IP, address of the terminal device and information enabling the NEF node to determine an identifier of the terminal device.
US12342212B2
Systems and methods for reverse affinity link exclusion for ultra-reliable low latency communication
A system of one embodiment provides reverse affinity link exclusion for a computer network. The system includes a memory and a processor. The memory is operable to store logical transmission links, logical receiving links, and metrics for data packets of nodes. The system determines a threshold value for node link reliability. The system determines the node link reliability of a receiving node link by evaluating data loss associated with one or more incoming data packets. The system compares the node link reliability to the threshold value. The system identifies the receiving node link when the node link reliability exceeds the threshold value. The system communicates the identified receiving node link to one or more nodes.
US12342209B2
A method implemented by a Wireless Transmit/Receive Unit (WTRU) includes receiving a DeModulation Interference Measurement (DM-IM) resource, determining an interference measurement based on the DM-IM resource, and demodulating a received signal based on the interference measurement. An interference is suppressed based on the interference measurement. At least one DM-IM resource is located in a Physical Resource Block (PRB). The DM-IM resource is located in a PRB allocated for the WTRU. The DM-IM resource is a plurality of DM-IM resources which form a DM-IM pattern, and the DM-IM pattern is located on a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) and/or an enhanced Physical Downlink Shared Channel (E-PDSCH) of at least one Long Term Evolution (LTE) subframe. The DM-IM resources are different for different Physical Resource Blocks (PRB) in the LTE subframe. The DM-IM is located in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) Resource Block (RB), and the DM-IM pattern is adjusted.
US12342206B2
The present disclosure provides a method and device for configuration of minimization of drive tests, in which a first node sends MDT status information to a second node; and the second node decides whether it is possible to configure a management-based logged MDT measurement for a UE. It is avoided that the MDT configuration information that is currently still valid is erroneously overwritten when the network reconfigures the MDT for the UE.
US12342204B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Generally, the described techniques provide for dynamically adapting a baseband resource envelope (e.g., baseband resources) allocated to a network entity. A virtual radio access network (VRAN) manager (e.g., a host platform for a VRAN) may perform baseband pooling to allocate a baseband resource envelope to a network entity for signal processing at the network entity. The network entity may perform measurements indicating the channel conditions associated with communicating with one or more user equipment (UEs), and the network entity may report the measurements to the VRAN manager. The VRAN manager may then adapt a baseband resource envelope allocated to the network entity based on the measurements to improve the utilization of processing resources.
US12342196B2
The embodiments of the present application provide a measurement method and apparatus, a terminal device, and a network device. The method comprises: a terminal device receives first instruction information sent by a network device, the first instruction information being used for instructing to activate a first measurement gap configuration; the terminal device determines frequency domain information associated with the first measurement gap configuration, and performs a measurement on the basis of a measurement configuration and the frequency domain information associated with the first measurement gap configuration.
US12342194B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit an indication of a classification of a link established between the UE and a network node. The classification may indicate whether the link is associated with a reciprocity. The reciprocity may include a beam correspondence and channel reciprocity. The classification of the link may be a binary classification. The classification of the link may be based at least in part on a metric associated with the link. The link may be associated with the reciprocity depending on one or more link characteristics associated with the link. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12342190B2
A simulated Public Warning System (PWS) message is defined for efficient PWS testing. The simulated PWS message mimics a conventional PWS message, but indicates that it is not to be propagated across an air interface to UEs. However, the simulated PWS message is otherwise propagated through the network as a PWS message. This allows for testing the generation and propagation of PWS messages, without wasting valuable air interface and battery resources. In some embodiments, network nodes may initiate testing by requesting a simulated PWS message. An Access and Mobility management Function (AMF) node in a wireless communication network collects and reports network status to a PWS entity. The AMF node ascertains the functionality of network functions, nodes, and interfaces to which it is connected, independently from receiving reports of such functionality, and an indication of any detected fault or failure is sent to the PWS entity.
US12342189B2
A method, system and network node for detecting indoor traffic of a wireless communications network by obtaining data associated with an operation of a cell of the wireless communication network and determining a quality grading and coverage grading for the cell from the obtained data. The combined quality and coverage grading results are assessed to determine an approximate value corresponding to an amount of cell traffic assessed as being indoor traffic and generating an output indicating the amount of cell traffic as being indoor traffic.
US12342187B2
A steering controller of an access point device can provide an optimized network environment or performance by steering a target client device to a basic service set (BSS) of a network device that is different from the current BSS of the target client device based on one or more non-associated client (NAC) link quality parameters to the BSS on the network device. The steering controller can identify the target client device based on a steering condition. A delta link quality can be determined based on the NAC link quality parameters and the target link quality parameters associated with the target client device. The steering controller can send one or more steering instructions to the target client device if a candidate BSS is identified based on a comparison between a determined maximum difference between a NAC link quality parameter and a target link quality parameter and an associated threshold.
US12342184B2
There is provided mechanisms for scheduling communication with terminal devices. A method is performed by a network node. The method comprises receiving, in response to having performed a beam management procedure involving transmission of reference signals in a set of beams, a beam report from each of the terminal devices. Each beam report indicates one of the beams as top ranked. The method comprises scheduling communication for the terminal devices in beams of the set of beams. At least a first terminal device of the terminal devices and a second terminal device of the terminal devices are both scheduled in a first beam of the beams not indicated as top ranked in the beam report of the second terminal device.
US12342182B2
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for beam management reporting in connected mode discontinuous reception (C-DRX) are provided. One method includes configuring a user equipment (UE) in connected mode discontinuous reception (C-DRX) with a timer that determines at least one of when the UE monitors physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) from channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) based beams or when the UE monitors PDCCH from synchronization signal block (SSB) based beams.
US12342171B2
A control system for a vehicle may include one or more processors configured to execute instructions to receive, by one or more modules of the vehicle control system, a request to pair an accessory with the vehicle and determine, by the one or more modules of the vehicle control system, whether the accessory is preconfigured for pairing with the vehicle. In response to determining that the accessory is preconfigured for pairing with the vehicle, the one or more processors are configured to execute instructions to pair, by the one or more modules of the vehicle control system, the accessory with the vehicle and cause, by the one or more modules of the vehicle control system, a display of the vehicle to display a user interface customized for the accessory as paired with the vehicle.
US12342168B2
The invention relates to a method for a data consumer network function, NF, of a communication network to collect data from a data producer NF, the method comprising: ∘sending (810), to a network repository function, NRF, in the communication network, a request for an access token for a service provided by a data collection coordination function, DCCF, in the communication network; ∘receiving (820), from the NRF, at least one access token for the service provided by the DCCF; and ∘using (830) the at least one access token, collecting data from the data producer NF in the communication network via the DCCF service.
US12342162B2
A communication method and apparatus are provided, to implement automatic onboarding when no network-side information is configured on a terminal device. The method includes: The terminal device obtains auxiliary authentication information that includes identification information of one or more networks; determines access information of a first network based on first temporary authentication information and identification information of the first network, where the first network is any one of the one or more networks; triggers mutual temporary authentication with the first network based on the access information of the first network; and receives configuration information of the first network from the first network when the mutual temporary authentication succeeds. The terminal device may trigger the mutual temporary authentication with the first network based on the access information of the first network.
US12342156B2
An apparatus, method and computer program product for: providing spatial audio content for output via at least one loudspeaker, determining a position of at least one audio device operatively connected to the at least one loudspeaker, providing, in response to determining that the position of the at least one audio device corresponds to an audio zone associated with additional spatial audio content, the additional spatial audio content for output via the at least one audio device, receiving an instruction to include the additional spatial audio content in the spatial audio content, and supplementing, in response to receiving the instruction to include the additional spatial content in the spatial audio content, the spatial audio content with the additional spatial audio such that the additional spatial audio content is provided for output independent of the audio zone.
US12342152B2
A first subwoofer may be configured to output multimedia content in synchrony with at least one other playback device and a second subwoofer. The first subwoofer may, based on a received indication of an acoustic characteristic of the at least one other playback device, determine a crossover frequency of (i) the first subwoofer and the second subwoofer and (ii) the at least one other playback device. After determining the crossover frequency, the first subwoofer may output a first tone set and a second tone set in synchrony with the second subwoofer and the at least one other playback device, and after outputting the first tone set and the second tone set, receive, from a controller device, an indication of a selected one of the first tone set or the second tone set. Based on the selected tone set, the first subwoofer may adjust a phase setting of the first subwoofer.
US12342151B2
A live data distribution method obtains first sound source information according to sound of a first sound source generated at a first location of the first venue and position information of the first sound source, and second sound source information according to a second sound source including an ambient sound generated at a second location of the first venue, as distribution data, distributes the distributed data to the second venue, and renders the distribution data and providing first sound of the first sound source having been performed with localization processing based on the position information of the first sound source, and second sound of the second sound source, at the second venue.
US12342140B2
The present technique relates to a signal processing device and method capable of reducing Doppler distortion. The signal processing device includes a displacement prediction unit that predicts displacement of a diaphragm of a speaker, in a case where the speaker plays back sound based on an audio signal in which a high-frequency signal and a low-frequency signal are mixed, based on the audio signal; and a correction unit that performs time direction correction on the audio signal by performing interpolation processing using at least three samples of the audio signal, based on the displacement obtained from the predicting and a correction time obtained based on an acoustic velocity.
US12342138B2
The invention generally relates a transducer apparatus in a device to obtain high signal-to-noise-ratio signals including speech in a noisy environment by a non-acoustic transducer or sensor adapted in two ways. One, adapted to sense free-field acoustical sounds and whose sensitivity is directive, and arranged to be most sensitive to a direction or axis according to the position or orientation of the device. Two, adapted to sense vibrations, movement or acceleration on the skin of the user of the device arising from the voice of the user. Embodiments and variations of the invention include where the two adaptions are combined, and with acoustical microphones. In the case of adaption two and with a microphone, a transducer apparatus resembling the characteristics of a close-talking microphone can be derived.
US12342132B2
A speaker comprises a housing, a transducer residing inside the housing, and at least one sound guiding hole located on the housing. The transducer generates vibrations. The vibrations produce a sound wave inside the housing and cause a leaked sound wave spreading outside the housing from a portion of the housing. The at least one sound guiding hole guides the sound wave inside the housing through the at least one sound guiding hole to an outside of the housing. The guided sound wave interferes with the leaked sound wave in a target region. The interference at a specific frequency relates to a distance between the at least one sound guiding hole and the portion of the housing.
US12342130B2
A MEMS optical microphone includes: a housing including an inner cavity and a sound port communicating the inner cavity with outside, a light source configured to emitting a light beam, a MEMS module including a membrane suspended above the sound port, and a first reflective coating coated on a surface of the membrane facing the light source and configured to reflect the light beam; a light detection unit configured to detecting light reflecting from the first reflective coating, including a photo detector configured to convert light intensity into photo current, and an optical filter with a variable transmittance hoisted above the photo detector. The MEMS optical microphone has wider dynamic range and higher sensitivity.
US12342128B1
An underwater sound system for watercraft comprising multiple submersible underwater speakers that are configured to be controllably attached to outer surface of the watercraft allowing the submersible underwater speakers to submerge in water when in use or may be lifted out of water when not in use for maintenance work. The submersible underwater speakers are connected to a sound source and a power source that are controlled from the watercraft. The watercraft mounted with the underwater sound system of the present invention allows it to be used in a waterbody such as pond, lake, river, sea or the like so that some underwater activities can be conducted while the system is being used to play music or voice of the user or any recorded sound that may be useful for attracting aquatic animals, or preventing any accidents, or supporting divers or any such activities.
US12342127B2
A microphone array system or microphone array unit for a conference system is provided that includes a front board, side walls and a plurality of microphone capsules arranged in or on the front board mountable on or in a ceiling of a conference room. The microphone array system or unit is adapted for generating a steerable beam within a maximum detection angle range. The microphone array system or microphone array unit includes a processing unit which is configured to receive the output signals of the microphone capsules and to steer the beam based on the received output signal of the microphone array. The processing unit is configured to control the microphone array to limit the detection angle range to exclude at least one predetermined exclusion sector in which a noise source is located.
US12342115B2
A reproduction apparatus that realizes reproduction of which sound leakage is small with use of a speaker installed near a head, and a method and a program thereof are provided. The reproduction apparatus is used in a seat. The reproduction apparatus includes: at least two speakers; an acquisition unit that acquires, from a predetermined sound source, an acoustic signal of which sound is emitted by the reproduction apparatus; and a control unit that controls the acoustic signal acquired by the acquisition unit such that reproduction sound is only transmitted to a first seat and the reproduction sound is not transmitted to a second seat, the speakers each emit sound of the acoustic signal controlled by the control unit, and the speakers are disposed so as to be closer to an ear of a user that sits in the first seat than to the second seat.
US12342104B2
In one embodiment, an exterior charging interface for an electrified vehicle is provided. The exterior charging interface includes a charge port electrically connected to a battery of the electrified vehicle. The exterior charging interface also includes a display adjacent to the charge port. The exterior charging interface further includes a camera. The camera is configured to capture an image of a charger plug and the display is configured to display a message indicating compatibility between the charger plug and the charge port of the electrified vehicle.
US12342103B2
One example method includes establishing a virtual meeting and joining a plurality of client devices to the virtual meeting, each client device associated with a corresponding participant; in response to a request to record the virtual meeting, recording the virtual meeting; accessing a virtual whiteboard based on a request received from a first participant; receiving inputs associated with the virtual whiteboard from the first participant; and storing whiteboard information associated with the inputs as a part of recording the virtual meeting.
US12342099B2
A device may receive event data identifying events associated with user devices utilizing a video conferencing system, and may utilize the event data to train one or more fraud detection models. The device may receive, from a user device, user traffic including at least one of API traffic or media traffic, and may identify characteristics of the user traffic, such as activity related features, application-specific features, and dial-in number-specific features. The device may process at least one of the activity related features, the application-specific features, or the dial-in number-specific features, with the one or more fraud detection models, to determine whether the user traffic from the user device is anomalous or normal, and may block at least one of an IP address of the user device, a telephone number of the user device, or a meeting of the user device, based on determining that the user traffic is anomalous.
US12342086B2
Provided is an imaging device that includes a pixel array section including a plurality of dynamic vision sensor (DVS) pixels that outputs a luminance signal according to a light amount, and a detection circuit section that is disposed outside the pixel array section and outputs a detection signal indicating occurrence of an address event in a case where the luminance signal of each of the plurality of DVS pixels exceeds a predetermined threshold value. Furthermore, each of DVS pixel includes a photoelectric conversion element that outputs a signal corresponding to a light amount, a logarithmic conversion circuit that logarithmically converts the signal, a signal holding circuit that holds the luminance signal converted by the logarithmic conversion circuit, and a readout circuit that reads the luminance signal held in the signal holding circuit.
US12342084B2
An operation method of an optical sensor comprising receiving an ambient light by a light-sensing device. Record a signal generated by the light-sensing device after receiving the ambient light by a operation unit. A flicker frequency of the ambient light is determined by the operation unit. A signal operation parameter is set according to the flicker frequency, and the signal operation parameter comprises a sampling time difference, which is the starting time interval of two corresponding integration time periods of a plurality of integration time periods. Furthermore, the light-sensing device and the operation unit start the calculation of the intensity of the ambient light, so that the flicker component of an ambient light source may be eliminated from the light sensing result to produce a stable sensing result.
US12342081B2
A method for controlling a sensor subsystem, the method including receiving one or more metrics representing one or more characteristics of livestock, including one or more livestock objects, contained in an enclosure and monitored by one or more sensors coupled to a winch subsystem. The method further includes determining a position to move the one or more sensors based on the metrics and determining an instruction that includes information related to a movement of the one or more sensors. The method further includes sending the instruction to the winch subsystem to change the position of the one or more sensors.
US12342072B2
The present disclosure provides an image capturing device that captures images of a first sensor that includes a first imaging modality, a second sensor that includes a first imaging modality and a third sensor that includes a second imaging modality. A controller connected with the first sensor, the second sensor and the third sensor, wherein the controller registers an image captured by the first sensor or the second sensor to an image captured by the third sensor.
US12342071B2
An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing section for performing image capturing, an image capturing mode-determining section, and an installation place-identifying section. If an identified installation place of the apparatus and an installation place registered in advance match, the image capturing mode registered in advance in association with the identified installation place is determined as an image capturing mode to be used for image capturing. If image capturing modes are registered in advance in association with one installation place, one of the modes is selected and determined as an image capturing mode to be used for image capturing. Each mode is different from others in at least one of moving image/still image selection, an image capturing repetition period, a resolution, a frame rate, execution/non-execution of panning/tilting, and a driving range of panning/tilting.
US12342070B2
Systems and methods are described for generating image content. The systems and methods may include, in response to receiving a request to cause a sensor of a computing device to identify image content associated with optical data captured by the sensor, detecting a first sensor data stream having a first image resolution, and detecting a second sensor data stream having a second image resolution. The systems and method may also include identifying, by processing circuitry of the computing device, at least one region of interest in the first sensor data stream, determining cropping coordinates that define a first plurality of pixels in the at least one region of interest in the first sensor data stream, and generating a cropped image representing the at least one region of interest.
US12342069B1
A citizen interface for a body worn camera system, such as those worn by police, allows citizens to communicate with the camera system. A software application installed on a citizen's mobile device identifies nearby body worn cameras, and may be used in traffic stops or other citizen interactions the camera wearer. The camera system triggers actions to improve transparency and accountability, such as initiating video recording, recording an event of interest, restricting pausing, or communicating with the citizen. In embodiments, the interface may facilitate direct communication between an officer and a citizen, improving safety for both users.
US12342067B2
A display method includes detecting a first operation performed by a user to adjust an angle of view; determining a first angle of view in response to the detected first operation; obtaining a first luminance value of a camera lens at the first angle of view based on the first angle of view; obtaining a second luminance value of the camera lens at a preset second angle of view; fusing the first luminance value and the second luminance value; to obtain a fused luminance value; and displaying a preview image obtained by the camera lens at the first angle of view, where the preview image has the fused luminance value.
US12342066B2
A method for controlling the image display includes an image capturing process, an image recognition process, a feature determination process, an image updating process, and an image outputting process. The image capturing process is to capture an input image. The image recognition process is to recognize a specified feature in the input image and generate a recognized image. The feature determination process is to determine whether a target feature exists in the recognized image and when the target feature exists in the recognized image, it also determines whether there is an indication pattern recorded in the image control system and generates a first command or a second command accordingly. The image updating process is to generate an indicator pattern according to the first command and superimpose the indicator pattern on the input image to generate an output image. The image outputting process is to output the output image.
US12342048B2
A method of and system for handling latency issues encountered in producing real-time entertainment such as games of skill synchronized with live or taped televised events is described herein. There are multiple situations that are dealt with regarding latencies in receiving a television signal with respect to real-time entertainment based on the unfolding games played along with the telecasts. Systemic delays, arbitrarily imposed delays of a broadcast signal and variances in the precise broadcast times of taped television programs have to be equalized so as to provide fair entertainment.
US12342046B2
Systems and methods are described herein for providing content item recommendations based on a video. Using feature vectors corresponding to at least one frame of a video (e.g., generated based on texture and shape intensity of a frame), a recommendation system improves content recommendation using analytic and quantitative characteristics derived from a frame of a content item rather than merely manually labeled bibliographic data (e.g., a genre or producer). The recommendation system may generate a feature vector based on a texture, a shape intensity (e.g., generated from a Generalized Hough Transform), and temporal data corresponding to at least one frame of a video. The feature vector is analyzed using a machine learning model (e.g., a neural network) to produce a machine learning model output. The recommendation system causes a recommended content item to be provided based on the machine learning model output.
US12342041B1
Provided are a system (100) and method for providing a video, wherein the system (100) includes a display (110) disposed in a viewer space, a video recorder (120) disposed in the display (110) or the viewer space, one or more viewer terminals (130) configured to provide a video to the display (110), and a server (140) configured to communicate with the display (110), the video recorder (120), and the viewer terminals (130) and provide an externally received video to the display (110) or the viewer terminals (130).
US12342034B2
In one embodiment, video content displayed across a plurality of display devices is synchronized by first obtaining a first set of VSYNC timestamps for a display controller of a first video display device and a second set of VSYNC timestamps for a display controller of a second video display device. An adjustment factor is determined based on a comparison of the first and second VSYNC timestamps, and an adjusted VSYNC period for the display controller of the second video display device is programmed based on the determined adjustment factor. After a predetermined number of VSYNC cycles, the display controller of the second video display device reverts back to an original VSYNC period.
US12342031B2
A system for out of band control for legacy set top boxes in which an out-of-band (OOB) downstream signal containing control information for consumer premises equipment is transmitted to an end-of-line device, which converts it to an upstream OOB signal, then sends the upstream OOB signal in an upstream direction.
US12342030B2
Virtual remote control among digital assistant devices is provided. A first computing device detects a second computing device and determines a capability of the second computing device. The first computing device generates a prompt indicating that the first computing device is capable to control the second computing device. The first computing device receives, responsive to the prompt, an instruction to control the second computing device. The first computing device establishes a communication channel with the second computing device. The first computing device invokes a virtual controller on the first computing device. The virtual controller forwards queries received by the first computing device to the second computing device via the communication channel to control the second computing device.
US12342027B2
An electronic device plays a target video in a first page of a first application (APP). The device detects a screen projection triggering event when a playing progress of the target video in the first page reaches a first progress, In response to the detecting, the device causes the target video to project onto a target screen projection device so that the target video continues to be played in a second page of the target screen projection device from the first progress. In response to detecting a screen projection stopping triggering event when a playing progress of the target video in the target screen projection device reaches a second progress, the electronic device continues to play the target video in the first page of the first APP of the electronic device from the second progress.
US12342026B2
Content hosting for composite video is described using metadata and user identification. A user management module registers a first user ID for a primary device, a second user ID for a secondary device, a session ID for a session between the primary device and the secondary device, and a player device with a third user ID and privileges to view a composite video. A content hosting module receives a first video associated with the first user ID and the session ID and a second video associated with the second user ID and the session ID. The first and second videos include metadata regarding time and position. The content hosting module serves a composite video to the player device in response to a request associated with the third user ID. A content preparation module forms the composite video using the first video and the second video.
US12342020B2
An advertisement display apparatus, a method, and a non-transitory computer readable medium capable of calculating a display time for efficiently displaying an advertisement to a viewer are provided. An advertisement display apparatus according to the present disclosure includes an acquisition unit and a calculation unit. The acquisition unit acquires information about a region where a viewing terminal is located. The calculation unit calculates, for each region where a viewing terminal is located, the number of viewing terminals in that region based on information about that region, and calculate, for each region, a display time of an advertisement in that region based on the number of viewing terminals in that region.
US12342016B2
Example video data transmission methods and apparatus are described. One example method includes receiving a plurality of data packets corresponding to a plurality of video frames by a network device from a server. The network device determines that a transmission phase of one or more data packets corresponding to each video frame in the plurality of video frames, and determines a corresponding priority based on the transmission phase of the one or more data packets corresponding to each video frame. The network device sends, based on the priority of the one or more data packets corresponding to each video frame, the one or more data packets corresponding to each video frame to a terminal device corresponding to each video frame.
US12342013B2
Disclosed are methods and systems that can transmit medical imaging data. These methods and systems can include generating a first video stream based on imaging data generated by an imaging device, wherein the first video stream comprises a first bitrate; generating a second video stream based on the imaging data, wherein the second video stream comprises a second bitrate lower than the first bitrate; transmitting the first video stream for consumption by a first device; and concurrently transmitting the second video stream for consumption by a second device.
US12342009B2
Systems, methods, and machine-readable media for adaptive content splicing with respect to content corresponding to a televised event are disclosed. First content may be received and may be determined to correspond to an event that is televised. One or more indicators of one or more state changes with respect to the event may be detected. A content composite may be created. An adaptable content item received from a first system may be processed. A content object re may be processed. The adaptable content item may be modified based at least in part on the content object to form the content composite. The creating the content composite may be a function of rules mapped to a current geolocation. Second content corresponding to the programming content may be received. The second content may be output for display in conjunction with the content composite.
US12341983B2
A video encoder is provided that has: one or more encoder plug-ins that provide a wrapper for one or more respective base codecs to implement a base encoding layer, each wrapper implementing an interface for data exchange with a corresponding base codec, the base encoding layer being configured to encode and decode a video signal; an enhancement encoder to implement an enhancement encoding layer, the enhancement encoder being configured to: receive a decoded video signal from one of the one or more encoder plug-ins, the decoded video signal comprising a decoded version of an encoded video signal generated by said one of the one or more encoder plug-ins, and generate an encoded enhancement signal for the encoded video signal, the encoded enhancement signal comprising one or more layers of residual data, the residual data being generated based on a comparison of data derived from the decoded video signal and data derived from an input video signal, and, an encoder integration layer to control operation of the one or more encoder plug-ins and the enhancement encoder to generate an encoding of the input video signal using the base encoding layer and the enhancement encoding layer, wherein the encoder integration layer provides a control interface for the video encoder. A system, methods and computer readable medium are also provided.
US12341980B2
A method for implementing an adaptive color transform (ACT) during image/video encoding and decoding, includes determining, for a conversion between a video including a block and a bitstream of the video, that a size of the block is greater than a maximum allowed size for an ACT mode, and performing, based on the determining, the conversion, wherein, in response to the size of the block being greater than the maximum allowed size for the ACT mode, the block is partitioned into multiple sub-blocks, and wherein each of the multiple sub-blocks share a same prediction mode, and the ACT mode is enabled at a sub-block level.
US12341974B2
A low-complexity panoramic video coding method considering distortion temporal propagation is provided. By analyzing the inter-frame reference relationships under the random access coding structure and establishing the corresponding distortion propagation chain, the method utilizes distortion impact factors of coding units to adjust encoding parameters, thereby optimizing the encoding process. Furthermore, the method addresses the issue of oversampling arising from the varying geometric deformations in different latitude regions during the projection of spherical images in panoramic videos. This is achieved by adjusting coding parameters based on the ratio of area changes at different latitudes. The proposed approach significantly enhances coding performance.
US12341968B2
Methods and systems are provided for decoding at least one video stream. A method includes receiving a first network abstraction layer (NAL) unit of a first slice of a coded picture and a second VCL NAL unit of a second slice of the coded picture, the first VCL NAL unit having a first VCL NAL unit type and the second VCL NAL unit having a second VCL NAL unit type that is different from the first VCL NAL unit type, and decoding the coded picture, the decoding including determining a picture type of the coded picture based on the first VCL NAL unit type of the first VCL NAL unit and the second VCL NAL unit type of the second VCL NAL unit, or based on an indicator, received by the at least one processor, indicating that the coded picture includes mixed VCL NAL unit types.
US12341967B2
A video processing method includes determining, for a conversion between a block of a video and a bitstream representation of the video, a manner in which information for a Matrix-based Intra Prediction (MIP) coding technique is coded in the bitstream representation. A prediction block of the block is determined using the MIP coding technique based on performing a matrix vector multiplication operation on previously coded samples of the video. The method also includes performing the conversion based on the determining.
US12341960B2
An image decoding method including: obtaining, from a bitstream, information related to a triangle prediction mode for a current block; splitting the current block into two triangular partitions, according to the information related to a triangle prediction mode; generating a merge list for a triangle prediction mode, according to a merge list generation method in a regular merge mode; selecting a motion vector for the two triangular partitions according to information indicating the motion vector from among motion vectors included in the merge list; obtaining, from a reference image, prediction blocks corresponding to the two triangular partitions, based on the motion vector; and reconstructing the current block, based on a final prediction block.
US12341946B2
According to one embodiment, a stereoscopic image display device includes a three-dimensional pixel unit, a backlight, and an arithmetic/control circuit. The three-dimensional pixel unit includes a plurality of pixel cells that are formed of an optical material having electrically changeable optical characteristics, are arranged in a mutually separated manner and in a three-dimensional manner, and are electrically connected with transparent wiring patterns. The backlight is configured to emit illumination light to the three-dimensional pixel unit. The arithmetic/control circuit is configured to control the plurality of pixel cells individually via the wiring patterns on the basis of input three-dimensional image data to cause the three-dimensional pixel unit to function as a transmissive hologram.
US12341944B2
An information processing apparatus determines which of a first method for generating virtual viewpoint video upon receiving from an external apparatus object data used for generation of the virtual viewpoint video or a second method for receiving from the external apparatus virtual viewpoint video generated upon a virtual viewpoint designated for generation of the virtual viewpoint video to use as a delivery method for delivery of the virtual viewpoint video; and obtains the virtual viewpoint video by using the determined delivery method.
US12341939B2
A system includes a printing apparatus, and a printhead including a printing element. The printing apparatus includes a data transmission unit configured to transmit, to the printhead, a clock signal of a predetermined period and a data signal. The printhead includes a reception unit configured to receive the clock signal and the data signal, and an information transmission unit configured to transmit, to the printing apparatus, information concerning a reception result of the reception unit. When the data transmission unit transmits control data of the printing element as the data signal, a first period is set as the predetermined period. When the data transmission unit transmits, as the data signal, connection confirmation data for confirming connection of the printhead to the printing apparatus, a second period longer than the first period is set as the predetermined period.
US12341937B2
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to specify information to be incorporated into a first apparatus by referring to information incorporated into a second apparatus that differs from the first apparatus and that is disposed within a predetermined region around a location of the first apparatus.
US12341935B2
A power control device includes a power supply, an integrated scanner assembly (ISA), an image forming engine including a general engine unit and a special engine unit, a main power switch, a special engine unit power switch, and a processor including an independent power controller, and the processor to control power supplied to the ISA and the general engine unit by closing the main power switch through the independent power controller, to receive specification information from the ISA activated by the supplied power, to receive state information on the image forming engine from the general engine unit activated by the supplied power, and to supply power to the special engine unit by closing the special engine unit power switch after receiving the specification information and the state information.
US12341929B2
A contact center server accesses queries provided by user devices. The contact center server determines a confidence score representing a likelihood that a query of the queries matches an intent using an intent matching engine. The contact center server matches, via the intent matching engine based on the confidence score exceeding a threshold, the query to the intent. The contact center server provides, to a client device, a subset of the queries that are not matched to any intent. The subset is identified based on confidence scores. The contact center server receives, from the client device, data representing an intent that matches at least one query in the subset. The contact center server trains the intent matching engine based on the received data.
US12341928B2
A pairing module comprising a memory storing contact center information that i) identifies a first set of available agents that are available to be paired with a contact and ii) identifies a first set of available contacts that are waiting to be paired with an available agent. The pairing module further comprises a contact/agent (C/A) pair selector that functions occasionally read the memory to obtain contact center information and then use the obtained contact center information to pair available agents with available contacts.
US12341901B1
Methods, systems, storage media for authentication are described. On the methods includes receiving, at a smart contract on a distributed ledger, a signed authentication challenge. The method includes verifying the identity of the user who signed authentication challenge. The method includes raising an event that indicates that the user has been authenticated; wherein a server listens for events from the smart contract, and associates a session between the browser and the server with the user based on the event.
US12341897B2
Example embodiments of systems and methods for data transmission in a contactless card are provided. The contactless card may include a processor, and a memory. The memory may contain a first applet, a second applet, and a plurality of keys. The first applet and the second applet may be stored within a shared security domain. The second applet may be configured to communicate with the first applet to perform one or more cryptographic services. The second applet may be configured to transmit one or more requests to the first applet to encode one or more payload strings based on the plurality of keys to perform the one or more cryptographic services. The first applet may be configured to perform the one or more cryptographic services on behalf of the second applet based on the one or more requests.
US12341894B1
Methods, and systems for authentication via web components. One of the methods includes: submitting a token request, by a browser application, to a first server entity for a token from an API hosted by a second server entity; receiving, at the browser application, the token and a time to live (TTL) for the token from the first server entity, the first server entity having added an API key to the token request to produce an appended token request and forwarded the appended token request to the API at the second server entity, the API at the second server entity having authenticated the API key and returned the token and the TTL to the first server entity, and the first server entity having returned the token and the TTL to the browser application; and sending, by the browser application to the second server entity, a data request with the token.
US12341890B2
Approaches in accordance with various embodiments allow for zero-touch enrollment of devices with respective manager systems. In at least one embodiment, a device at startup can contact a central directory service (CDS) for information about an associated manager. The CDS can authenticate the device using device information included in the request, and can send a challenge token to the device in response. The challenge token can include information for the manager, protected with multiple layers of security that should only be able to be decrypted by the authenticated device. The device can decrypt this challenge token to determine the manager information, and can convert this challenge token to a bearer token. The device can then send a request to the determined manager that includes the bearer token, which the manager can use to authenticate the device. The manager can then send the device appropriate configuration information.
US12341885B2
Calculation time is reduced without degrading approximation accuracy in calculation of a complicated function through secure computation. A secret batch approximation system calculates a concealed text [z] of an approximate value z for a function value y satisfying yj=f(xj) by using a concealed text [x] of a value x as input. g is defined as a polynomial for approximating each section of m sections into which the function f is divided. A parameter acquisition unit acquires a concealed text [a] of a parameter a corresponding to the value x for each integer j that is not less than 1 and not more than n, where aj is defined as a parameter pi corresponding to a section Ri including a value xj. A polynomial calculation unit calculates a polynomial g([x], [a]) by using the concealed text [x] of the value x as input based on the concealed text [a].
US12341883B2
A method for selecting a consensus node in an apparatus for generating a blockchain includes reading a nonce from the nonce chain of a node, performing an operation on the read nonce and previous height information, and comparing the result of the operation with a reference value in order to select the node as a consensus node.
US12341863B2
A method is provided to detect a lost packet in an event-based communication system which uses a communication protocol without error correction or recovery. The method includes maintaining a plurality of counters for tracking an overall count of data packets transmitted, and a count of data packets transmitted for each event-type; and transmitting a sequence of data packets to at least one remote device. Each data packet includes information of an event-type from the plurality of different event-types and count information associated with the counters. The method further involves receiving a message from the at least one remote device that at least one data packet from the sequence of transmitted data packets is lost based on the count information from at least one transmitted data packet; and taking at least one action in response to the message.
US12341861B2
Embodiments relate to dynamic horizontal autoscaling for a multi-tenant service. According to an aspect, a computer-implemented method includes configuring a network computing element to route a plurality of requests from two or more clients to a service in a containerized-networked system. A horizontal service-level autoscaler monitors one or more aspects of the requests to the service from the two or more clients. A new pod including a set of running containers with shared resources in the containerized-networked system is created based at least in part on the horizontal service-level autoscaler determining that at least one of the one or more aspects of the requests exceeds a threshold. A new service mapping is created to accept subsequent requests from one of the two or more clients that triggered creation of the new pod.
US12341843B1
The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a method that includes determining, by a first computing device, a set of remote applications hosted by a second computing device including file type associations for each remote application. The first computing device determines a set of local applications and their file type associations. The each file type associated with a remote application, the first computing device determines whether the file type is also associated with a local application. Responsive to determining that the file type is associated with both a remote and local application, the first computing device configures a proxy component with parameters specifying the remote application and the local application. The proxy component is configured to determine whether to open a requested file of the file type with the remote application or the local application based upon the current client/server environment.
US12341839B2
A sidelink connection is created between each device of a plurality of devices. If the sidelink connection quality is not sufficient to transmit a first version of a segment encoded at a first quality level, a lower quality version of the segment may also be retrieved. The lower quality version of the segment may be retrieved by a different device than the device that retrieved the first version of the segment. If the segment is requested from a first device by a second device and the sidelink connection between the first device and the second device is not sufficient to transmit the first version of the segment, the first device may cause transmission of the lower quality version of the segment retrieved by a third device to the second device.
US12341835B2
A scan apparatus that communicates with an information processing apparatus that provides a service for information sharing in a virtual space, the scan apparatus includes a user interface that accepts, from a user, selection of a group that is managed by the service, a scanner that generates image data by scanning an image of a document, and a communicator transmits the generated image data to the information processing apparatus, wherein an image of the image data transmitted by the communicator is displayed, to members of the selected group, in a virtual space viewable by members of the selected group.
US12341833B2
A system, method, and computer-readable media for creating a collaboration container in a group-based communication system are provided. A request to create the collaboration container may be received. The collaboration container may comprise a collection of multimedia files. Multiple users may add multimedia files to the collaboration containers. The multimedia files may be stored in a storage order. The multimedia files in the collaboration container may be sorted based on a sort label, such as by multimedia file topic. Upon playback, the multimedia files may be played back in a sort order distinct from the storage order. During playback, a user may comment on a multimedia file of the collaboration container. When subsequent users playback the collaboration container, the comment may be displayed with the associated multimedia file.
US12341822B2
Embodiments of the innovation relate to a server device, comprising a controller having a memory and a processor, the controller configured to establish a first secure environment with a client device, the first secure environment having an associated server asset policy; provide the asset to the client device via the first secure environment; receive a request from the client device, via the first secure environment, to utilize the asset with a user-selected application according to a user-selected asset policy; establish a second secure environment with the client device, the second secure environment having the user-selected application and the associated user-selected asset policy and the second secure environment isolated from the first secure environment; and provide the asset to the client device via the second secure environment.
US12341816B1
Systems and methods for monitoring and enforcing a service level agreement for an entity are provided. A system includes a scanning engine, an assessment engine, a terms repository, an agreements repository, an assessments repository, and a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to perform operations including: receive device connectivity data; determine an entity; identify a data set of computing resources associated with the entity; reference a service level agreement associated with the entity; parse at least one term from the service level agreement; retrieve an assessment map for the at least one parsed term, wherein the assessment map comprises a key performance indicator, a data set of actual service level values, and a response protocol; score the identified data set of computing resources associated with the entity; determine an assessed service level value; store the assessed service level value; and monitor the identified data set of computing resources.
US12341804B2
A system for providing secure browsing via a transparent network proxy is disclosed. The system may receive, from a client, a request to access a resource. The request may include an identifier that may be utilized to locate the resource. Once the request is received, the system may determine if the resource is not trusted, such as if the identifier is determined to be unknown or suspicious. If the resource is determined to not be trusted by the system, the system may forward the request to a virtual machine manager that may select a browser virtual machine from a pool of browser virtual machines. After the browser virtual machine is selected, the browser virtual machine may stream a rendering of the resource to the client based on the request. The rendering of the resource may be provided in lieu of the actual resource.
US12341803B2
A technique and method for detection and display of the cybersecurity risk context of a cloud environment initiates an inspection of cybersecurity objects within a cloud environment utilizing an inspection environment and stores information pertaining to discovered cybersecurity objects within the inspected cloud environment in a storage environment. The technique and method further generate a cybersecurity risk context for the inspected cloud environment based on the observations made concerning the cybersecurity objects contained within it. The technique and method further configure a web browser running on a client device to automatically display the generated cybersecurity risk context to a user, either through a web page overlay or through a toolbar plugin which has been installed in the web browser and configured to enable inspections of a cloud environment, once the user has navigated to a web page containing cybersecurity object identifiers.
US12341799B2
Systems and methods for cloud activity anomaly detection include receiving historical data from a historical time span associated with an identity, wherein the historical data includes activities performed by the identity and times when the activities took place; computing an activity prediction for a future time span based on the historical data, wherein the activity prediction specifies intervals within the future time span when future activities are expected to take place; performing inline monitoring of activity between the identity and a cloud-based system; and responsive to an activity taking place outside of the activity prediction, performing an action based thereon.
US12341797B1
Data platforms described herein are configured to monitor a compute environment and to create and present composite events indicative of multifaceted security threats within the compute environment. Such a data platform may detect both a first event that occurs within the compute environment and is associated with a first alert score and a second event that occurs within the compute environment and is associated with a second alert score. The data platform may then identify an affiliation between the first event and the second event based on a predefined criteria of a multifaceted security threat. Based on the identifying of the affiliation, the data platform may present the first and second events as a composite event indicative of the multifaceted security threat and associated with a third alert score different from the first and second alert scores. Corresponding methods, systems, and products are also disclosed.
US12341790B2
A security platform architecture is described herein. A user identity platform architecture which uses a multitude of biometric analytics to create an identity token unique to an individual human. This token is derived on biometric factors like human behaviors, motion analytics, human physical characteristics like facial patterns, voice recognition prints, usage of device patterns, user location actions and other human behaviors which can derive a token or be used as a dynamic password identifying the unique individual with high calculated confidence. Because of the dynamic nature and the many different factors, this method is extremely difficult to spoof or hack by malicious actors or malware software.
US12341784B2
According to certain implementations, an access control system controls access to secured data that is stored on a secured source. A requestor system may request information representing the secured data. The access control system receives the secured data from the secured source, and selects a portion of the secured data based on a lens including a filter criteria or a modification instruction. Adjusted data may be generated based on a modification of the selected portion of data, where the modification is based on the lens. The access control system provides the adjusted data to the requestor system via an access interface. In some cases, upon completion of a time period, the access control system prevents the requestor system from accessing the adjusted data, by disabling the access interface used to access the adjusted data. The adjusted data may be deleted from the access control system.
US12341773B1
A system for providing decentralized network management comprises a private, secure network that has a plurality of authentication nodes that collectively authenticate client devices or perform other security functions. That is, the security functions are decentralized such that they are performed by a plurality of authentication nodes that communicate with one another to arrive at a consensus for a given security action, such as whether to authenticate a user. Decentralizing the security functions generally helps to increase the security and robustness of the network. In this regard, even if a hacker is able to access and compromise an authentication node, the other authentication nodes may act to prevent the hacker from using the compromised node to perform harmful or unauthorized actions. In addition, if any of the authentication nodes fails, the other authentication nodes may continue performing security functions allowing the network to recover from the failure.
US12341772B2
Described herein are systems, methods, and software to manage private networks for computing elements. In one example, a computing element on a first local network communicates a request to a coordination service to join a private network. The computing element further receives communication information associated with other computing elements in the private network, wherein the communication information permits the computing element to communicate with other computing elements in the private network that connect to the internet using second local networks. The computing element further advertises the computing elements in the first local network as though the other computing elements are connected to the first local network.
US12341765B2
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for detecting stolen access tokens are disclosed. One example method for detecting stolen access tokens comprises: at a network function (NF) comprising at least one processor: receiving, via a transport layer security (TLS) connection and from a sender, a service request comprising an access token, wherein the access token includes ownership information indicating a TLS parameter for verifying an owner of the access token; determining, using the ownership information of the access token and TLS information in a TLS certificate obtained from the sender, whether the ownership information and the TLS information matches; and in response to determining that the ownership information and the TLS information do not match, rejecting the service request.
US12341764B2
Methods and systems for registering a management controller of a data processing system with a new message broker are disclosed. The management controller may be previously registered with an existing message broker. A server may provide a certificate for the data processing system to the new message broker and the server may notify the management controller that the registration process has been initiated. In response, hardware resources of the management controller may provide a registration request to the new message broker. The new message broker may provide a challenge to the management controller via an out of band communication channel and the management controller may provide a challenge response also via the out of band communication channel. Doing so may complete the registration of the management controller with the new message broker. The server may then un-enroll the management controller from the existing message broker.
US12341755B2
A network access system for detecting intrusions over a network. The network access system includes a computer having non-transitory memory for storing machine instructions that are to be executed by the computer. The machine instructions when executed by the computer implement the following functions: receive network traffic from one or more discrete virtual private network connections, store the network traffic in a repository, and monitor the network traffic for a malicious action.
US12341753B2
Solutions for ARP-based annotations for virtual machines. In some solutions, a hypervisor implemented in a first host might determine that a first process is executing on the first host. The hypervisor can determine first context information for the first process, generate an Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) request, and/or transmit a first packet comprising the ARP request and the context information to a central controller as an indication that the first process is executing on the first host.
US12341742B2
Embodiments of the disclosure disclose a method, apparatus and electronic device for information display. The method comprises: displaying at least two session filtering identifiers, a session corresponding to each session filtering identifier satisfying a filtering condition corresponding to the session filtering identifier; displaying information of respective sessions corresponding to a first filtering identifier in a preset display area of a message page, the first filtering identifier being a currently selected filtering identifier; in response to a message of a session corresponding to a second filtering identifier satisfying a preset condition, displaying information of the session in the preset display area, the second filtering identifier being other filtering identifier than the first filtering identifier. The method makes it possible that a message satisfying the preset condition under a filtering identifier which is not selected currently can be displayed in time.
US12341740B2
A computing device is described that receives a notification generated by a notification source. The computing device selects, based at least in part on one or more notification routing rules, one or more computing devices that are to output one or more indications of the notification out of a plurality of computing devices communicably coupled to the computing device. The computing device routes the notification to the one or more computing devices for outputting the one or more indications of the notification by each of the one or more computing devices.
US12341738B2
Methods and systems are disclosed that access relationship data of a first user of an interaction system to identify a second user of the interaction system associated with the first user, cause presentation of identification information for the second user within an interaction interface and, responsive to identifying an event pertaining to the second user, cause presentation of a call-to-action graphical element associated with identification information of the second user within the interaction interface. Responsive to detecting user selection of the call-to-action graphical element, the methods and systems invoke an interaction function to facilitate an interaction between the first user and the second user. The interaction function includes at least one of a communication function enabling the first user to communicate digital content to the second user using the interaction system, and an augmentation function enabling the first user to augment the digital content using an augmentation graphical feature.
US12341737B2
Systems and methods are described for enhancing a social media post with a content item. An illustrative method includes receiving a social media post; extracting, from the social media post, a first content item; identifying, in a frame of the first content item, a portion of the frame that is a non-focus portion; identifying a plurality of content items that fit within the non-focus portion; identifying a content preference of an audience of the social media post; determining an estimated length of time that the audience will view the social media post; selecting a second content item, from the plurality of content items, that matches the content preference of the audience and has a duration that does not exceed the estimated length of time; generating an enhanced social media post by overlaying the second content item onto the non-focus portion; and generating for display the enhanced social media post.
US12341736B2
An avatar notification system is disclosed, which performs operations that include: causing display of a notification at a client device associated with a first user account, the notification including an identification of a second user account; receiving an input that selects the notification from the client device; presenting a composition interface at the client device in response to the input that selects the notification, the composition interface including a display of a media element that comprises a first identifier associated with the first user account and a second identifier associated with the second user account; receiving a selection of the media element from the client device; and generating a message that includes the media element in response to the selection.
US12341730B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a base station may select, from a plurality of slot formats for supporting time division duplexing, a slot format for use during time division duplexing; transmit an information element that includes a half-slot slot-type to identify the slot format for use during time division duplexing; and communicate with a user equipment (UE) in a time division duplexing mode in accordance with the slot format. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US12341717B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may obtain a set of binary sequences, each binary sequence in the set of binary sequences indicating a number of candidate sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission occasions for a time period, wherein a first value for a location in a binary sequence indicates that an SRS is to be transmitted for an SRS transmission occasion corresponding to the location and a second value for the location in the binary sequence indicates that the SRS is not to be transmitted for the SRS transmission occasion corresponding to the location. The UE may select a binary sequence from the set of binary sequences based at least in part on a pseudo-random sequence. The UE may transmit the SRS in accordance with the selected binary sequence. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12341693B2
A first node determines, based on a data flow identifier of a data flow and a packet header, a first data packet corresponding to an egress port same as the data flow from the to-be-transmitted data packet; obtains, based on the meta information, a meta information value corresponding to the first data packet; and when determining that the feedback trigger condition is met, sends a second data packet to a second node, where the second data packet is used to enable the second node to reduce a transmission rate of at least one data flow in data flows corresponding to the first data packet, or sends, to a third node, indication information used to reduce a transmission rate of at least one data flow in data flows corresponding to the first data packet.
US12341680B2
For a multi-tenant environment, some embodiments of the invention provide a novel method for forwarding tenant traffic through a set of service machines to perform a set of service operations on the tenant traffic. In some embodiments, the method performs a classification operation on a data message flow of a tenant, in order to identify a set of service operations to perform on the data message flow. For some data message flows, the classification operation selects the identified set of service operations from several candidate sets of service operations that are viable service operation sets for similar data message flows of the tenant. In some embodiments, the classification operation is based on a set of attributes associated with the data message flow (e.g., five tuple identifier, i.e., protocol and source and destination ports and IP addresses).
US12341667B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a computer-implemented method that includes intercepting, using a controller of a programmable network (PN), a deployment of a control application in the PN. Responsive to intercepting the deployment of the control application, a user experience (UE) analysis is performed. The UE analysis includes determining, based at least in part on a set of digital twins, a UE impact of the control application; and, based at least in part on the UE impact, generating a UE-based control application deployment recommendation. The UE analysis further includes deploying the control application based at least in part on the UE-based control application deployment recommendation.
US12341666B2
A method includes: receiving a current data packet of a target service; adding detection indication information to the current data packet, to obtain a target data packet, where the detection indication information includes a target phase category corresponding to the current data packet, the target phase category is used to indicate a target phase in at least one key phase in which the current data packet is located in the target service, and the detection indication information is used to indicate to detect the current data packet; and transmitting the target data packet to a next hop node.
US12341663B2
This disclosure describes techniques for diagnosing a presence or malfunction of a network node. In an example method, a first network node receives an indication of a diagnostic transmission originating from a second network node. The second network node further receives a forwarded transmission corresponding to the diagnostic transmission. The first network node diagnoses at least one of a presence or a malfunction of an intermediary node between the first network node and the second network node based on at least one of the indications of the diagnostic transmission or the forwarded transmission.
US12341662B2
A communication method includes: sending, by a policy control network element, first query information to a data analytics network element, where the first query information is used to obtain service quality information; and receiving, by the policy control network element, first response information sent by the data analytics network element, where the first response information includes the quality information that is of the service and that is requested using the first query information.
US12341653B2
A service flow adjustment method and a communication apparatus are provided. Slot adjustment information is carried in a client signal flow sent between nodes, so that times at which all nodes on a network switch slot configuration can be unified, to avoid service damage in a process of adjusting a network transmission bandwidth. The method includes: A first node receives a first client signal flow from a second node by using N slots of a first bundling group; and after first duration starting from a time at which the first node detects slot adjustment information, the first node receives the first client signal flow from the second node by using M slots of the first bundling group.
US12341651B2
A device networking activation method including networking a device to be networked; in response to determining that the device to be networked is successfully networked, pushing an activation strategy for activating the device to be networked to the device to be networked that has been successfully networked; and activating the device to be networked that has been successfully networked according to the pushed activation strategy. The present disclosure solves the technical problem in the conventional techniques that the networking and activation of a device to be networked are not decoupled and therefore the activation of the device has low security and reliability.
US12341644B2
A method and device for selecting a beam used in communication in an environment in which massive-MIMO beamforming is performed, to include a base station including: a communication unit configured to form multiple beams and perform communication with a terminal apparatus; and a control unit configured to transmit, to the terminal apparatus, first identification information of a group that is used in communication with the terminal apparatus among the first identification information allocated to groups each of which includes multiple beams to be formed.
US12341640B2
Disclosed is a method performed by a transmitter node of a communication system, for transmitting reference signalling. The method comprises transmitting, to one or more receiver nodes of the communication system, a reference signal sequence using a first antenna port and a carrier frequency. The method comprises transmitting, to the one or more receiver nodes, using another antenna port and the same carrier frequency, a delayed version of the reference signal sequence. The delay is non-zero and less than a symbol duration of the communication system.
US12341639B2
Modulating millimeter waves may be embodied via a plurality of means. In at least one embodiment of the process disclosed herein, the process includes receiving, at a transmitter, a set of bits. The process also includes generating at least two complex-valued symbols based on the set of bits using a pipelined modulation at least in part by (i) mapping the set of bits to a first symbol using a first constellation mapping and (ii) mapping the set of bits to a second symbol using a second constellation mapping. The process also includes selecting a first data communication resource in a first single carrier channel for the first symbol and selecting a second data communication resource in a second single carrier channel for the second symbol. The process also includes transmitting, via the transmitter, the first and second symbols using the respective selected data communication resources.
US12341638B2
Provided are an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) time domain windowing method and apparatus. The method includes: current OFDM symbol data is parsed according to a configuration task, and an inverse fast fourier transform (IFFT) processing is performed on the current OFDM symbol data to obtain IFFT data; a cyclic prefix (CP) is added to the IFFT data; and a time domain windowing mode of the current OFDM symbol data is determined according to the configuration task, a windowing operation is performed on IFFT data added with the CP according to the determined time domain windowing mode, and IFFT data after performing the windowing operation is output.
US12341636B2
Presented are a method and a device for receiving a PPDU in a wireless LAN system. Particularly, a receiving STA receives a PPDU from a transmitting STA through a broadband, and decodes the PPDU. The PPDU includes a legacy preamble and first and second signal fields. The legacy preamble and the first and second signal fields are generated on the basis of a first phase rotation value. The first phase rotation value is acquired on the basis of a first preamble puncturing pattern of the broadband. The first preamble puncturing pattern includes the pattern in which 40 MHz or 80 MHz band is punctured in the broadband, when the broadband is a 320 MHz band. The first phase rotation value is [1 −1 −1 −1 1 −1 −1 −1 −1 1 1 1 −1 1 1 1].
US12341634B2
A transmission apparatus of a single carrier-based wireless communication system is proposed. The transmission apparatus may include a transceiver, a memory configured to store one or more instructions; and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory. The processor may generate data symbols by modulating traffic data, generate a cyclic prefix (CP) on the basis of the data symbols, and generate a pilot symbol for the data symbol. The transceiver may transmit a single carrier frequency domain equalizer (SC-FDE) frame including the data symbol, the CP, and the pilot symbol. The data symbols may include first data symbols and second data symbols. The pilot symbol may be transmitted after transmission of the first data symbols and before transmission of the second data symbols.
US12341632B2
A method is disclosed of a transmitter configured to transmit a physical layer packet comprising a plurality of measurement signals for channel estimation. The method includes configuring the transmitter to use different precoding settings for at least two of the plurality of measurement signals for channel estimation, and transmitting the physical layer packet. In some embodiments, at least one of the plurality of measurement signals for channel estimation occurs outside of a preamble of the physical layer packet (e.g., in a midamble). A method of a corresponding receiver is also disclosed. Corresponding apparatuses, wireless communication device, and computer program product are also disclosed.
US12341630B1
A method operable by a communication network gateway for providing communication services includes (a) supporting respective communication links with a plurality of communication service providers, (b) supporting a plurality of virtual local area networks (VLANs), (c) associating each virtual local area network (VLAN) with a respective communication service provider of the plurality of communication service providers, and (d) routing data between each VLAN and the respective communication link of the respective communication service provider associated with the VLAN.
US12341620B2
Example systems and methods for facilitating participant interactions during a virtual expo are provided. A video conference provider creates a virtual expo. The video conference provider receives, from a first client device associated with a first participant in the virtual expo, a request to interact with a second participant in the virtual expo. The video conference provider provides, to a second client device associated with the second participant, a notification of the request to interact. The video conference provider receives, from the second client device, an approval of the request. In response to receiving the approval, the video conference provider establishes a first virtual interaction session between the first participant and the second participant.
US12341608B2
A method for link transition in a USB device includes transmitting a plurality of first RS-FEC blocks by a first transmitter, receiving an UNBOND set by a receiver, waking up a second transmitter by a LASM when the receiver receives the UNBOND set, transmitting a training sequence by the second transmitter, transmitting a specific pattern sequence by the second transmitter after finishing transmitting the training sequence, determining whether a current RS-FEC block to be transmitted by the first transmitter is a DESKEW block, stopping transmitting the specific pattern sequence if the current RS-FEC block is determined to be the DESKEW block, and transmitting a plurality of second RS-FEC blocks by the first transmitter and the second transmitter.
US12341607B2
A transmitter is provided that shapes uniformly-distributed bits into a non-uniformly distributed bits according to a parity check matrix of a linear code such that a product of the parity check matrix and the non-uniformly distributed bits equals the uniformly-distributed bits. Similarly, receiver is provided that recovers the uniformly-distributed bits from the non-uniformly distributed bits through a multiplication of the non-uniformly-distributed bits with the parity check matrix.
US12341597B2
Systems and methods for operating a multi-band satellite terminal are disclosed. One aspect disclosed features a method, comprising: controlling a multi-band satellite terminal capable of receiving signals on a plurality of frequency bands to receive a signal transmitted by a satellite on a first frequency band of the plurality of frequency bands; determining link conditions of the first frequency band based on the received signal; generating an estimate of link conditions of a second frequency band of the plurality of frequency bands, wherein the estimate is generated based on the link conditions of the first frequency band; selecting the second frequency band based on the estimate of the link conditions of the second frequency band; and controlling the multi-band satellite ground terminal to receive the signal transmitted by the satellite on the second frequency band.
US12341596B2
A system for satellite communication including a plurality of nodes, each node including a ground terminal for communication with a satellite constellation, each ground terminal including a phased array antenna, each node being arranged to monitor a signal quality of a signal received by the ground terminal from the satellite constellation, the system being arranged to assign at most one node in the system to serve as a master node, the master node being arranged to obtain, for each node, the signal quality of the signal received by the ground terminal from the satellite constellation, assign, based on the signal quality, a node within the system to maintain communication with the satellite constellation, and hand over communication with the satellite constellation from a first node to a second node based on changes in the signal quality over time.
US12341595B2
In some examples, a method for determining a communication structure to communicatively link a set of delivery unmanned aerial vehicles, UAVs, with a base unit, the communication structure defined by a minimum number of communication UAVs positioned relative to a set of delivery routes of the delivery UAVs at multiple transitory static positions, wherein a communication UAV at a transitory static position supports a communication region, comprises determining a subset of delivery UAVs outside of a communication region of a first communication UAV at a first transitory static position, the subset of delivery UAVs representing a number of unsupported delivery UAVs that are not communicatively linked, via the first communication UAV, to the base unit supplementing the number of communication UAVs with a second communication UAV, and selecting a second transitory static position for the second communication UAV, the second transitory static position minimising a metric representing a number of unsupported delivery UAVs.
US12341594B2
The described technology is generally directed to over-the-air configuration and management of new radio smart repeaters. To facilitate data forwarding, a smart repeater is configured to generate a forwarding layer that is logically above a physical layer of a mobile termination function (corresponding to a repeater link) and a physical layer of distributed unit function of the repeater equipment (corresponding to an access link). Via the forwarding layer, when traffic is received from a parent node, the traffic is forwarded via the access link to user equipment, and when traffic is received from a user equipment, the traffic is forwarded via the access link to a parent node. A smart repeater control management function/interface manages control plane signaling and configurations for the mobile termination function and distributed unit function.
US12341589B2
Devices, methods and computer programs for a transformer-based decoder for channel state information compression are disclosed. At least some example embodiments may allow at least some of the example embodiments described herein may allow a lightweight general purpose, high-fidelity, and data-driven decoder for channel state information (CSI) array compression associated with massive multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO).
US12341578B2
Disclosed herein are apparatuses and a method for improving wireless communication characteristics by matching transmitter antenna patterns to receiver antenna patterns. An embodiment operates by generating a station profile for each of a plurality of stations based on a structure of each of the plurality of stations and an antenna pattern group of each of the plurality of stations. The embodiment then identifies a station profile of a first station from among the plurality of stations based on information received from the first station. Finally, the embodiment searches for an antenna pattern for the first station using the antenna pattern group corresponding to the station profile.
US12341577B2
The present disclosure relates to a distributed antenna system and a signal transmission method. A first remote cascaded chain corresponding to a first channel set and a second remote cascaded chain corresponding to a second channel set are obtained by means of division, such that when a distributed antenna system needs to support multi-channel MIMO, remote units in the first remote cascaded chain and remote units in the second remote cascaded chain only need to be configured with communication link modules, the number of which is less than the number of channels, and the multi-channel MIMO is jointly supported by using the remote units in the first remote cascaded chain and the remote units in the second remote cascaded chain, such that the multi-channel MIMO capability of an overlapping region can be realized.
US12341574B2
Provided are an intelligent metasurface manipulation method, apparatus, and system, an intelligent metasurface, and a storage medium. The intelligent metasurface manipulation method includes determining channel information and beam manipulation information; determining a manipulation parameter to be optimized in a preset target function according to the channel information and the beam manipulation information; determining a target manipulation state of each electromagnetic unit on an intelligent metasurface according to the manipulation parameter to be optimized; and adjusting a current state of each electromagnetic unit to the target manipulation state.
US12341569B1
Semiconductor devices, packaging architectures and associated methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a wireline signaling link is disclosed. The wireline signaling link includes a first transceiver circuit disposed on a first integrated circuit (IC) chip. The first transceiver circuit includes first transmit circuitry to transmit a first set of symbols representing first data, each symbol having a symbol time. The first transceiver circuit also includes first receiver circuitry to receive a second set of symbols representing second data. A second transceiver circuit is disposed on a second IC chip. The wireline signaling link includes a bidirectional channel having a first end coupled to the first transceiver circuit and a second end coupled to the second transceiver circuit. The wireline signaling link further includes circuitry to make an adjustment of an electrical delay of the wireline signaling link, the adjustment based on a phase relationship between interference associated with the first data that is received by the first receiver circuitry and the second data that is received by the first receiver circuitry.
US12341568B1
An efficient synthesis method for a radiation pattern of a conformal array antenna is provided. The method includes: step 1, establishing a field analysis model of the conformal array antenna; determining an aperture field distribution principle suitable for the conformal array antenna, and expanding distribution of an excitation I of an arbitrary curved surface source in a spherical coordinate system according to the aperture field distribution principle; and step 3, establishing an optimization model for the radiation pattern of the conformal array antenna, and performing synthesis of the radiation pattern of the conformal array antenna according to the optimization model. The method greatly improves the synthesis efficiency of a radiation pattern of a conformal array antenna while ensuring that the directional pattern requirements are met.
US12341567B2
A method includes receiving inputs that include geo-located data collected over a period for a plurality of cells in a radio access network; mapping the geo-located data to one or more polygons displayed through a GUI on a user interface, the interference polygons being layered above a display of a geo-location; determining a dataset of each cell included in each interference polygon displayed through the GUI; determining a total number of user samples included in each interference polygon; determining a number of user samples for each cell included in each interference polygon; in response to a first cell including less than or equal to a first threshold of the total number of user samples, determining whether the first cell is an over-shooter cell; and in response to the first cell including greater than the first threshold of the total number of user samples, determining whether the first cell is misaligned.
US12341565B2
A testing system for a modulator includes a radio frequency (RF) generator, an optical power meter, and an electrical power meter. The RF generator is configured to generate and provide a first plurality of RF signals and a second plurality of RF signals, wherein the first plurality of RF signals and the second plurality of RF signals are associated with a plurality of frequencies. The optical power meter is configured to measure an optical power of an output optical signal, which is modulated by the modulator based on the first plurality of RF signals, to facilitate determination of a transmission response measurement of the modulator for each frequency of the plurality of frequencies. The electrical power meter is configured to measure a portion of each RF signal of the second plurality of RF signals to facilitate determination of a reflectance response measurement of the modulator for each frequency.
US12341559B2
An optical transceiver apparatus and an optical signal processing method. The optical transceiver apparatus may include a light source, an optical signal processor, and an optical path selector. The light source is separately connected to the optical signal processor and the optical path selector, and the optical signal processor is connected to the optical path selector. The light source is configured to provide a first local oscillator optical signal and a first carrier optical signal. The optical signal processor is configured to modulate the first carrier optical signal and output a first modulated optical signal. The optical path selector is configured to transmit the first local oscillator optical signal and the first modulated optical signal to the optical signal processor or a transmission fiber. Herein, the transmission fiber is configured to transmit an optical signal to an outside of the optical transceiver apparatus.
US12341555B2
A detection device for detecting polarization fluctuation of signal light having propagated through an optical transmission line includes: a differential phase information acquisition unit which acquires information indicating a differential phase of input light as an evaluation target at each of one or more time points; and a determination unit which determines whether the differential phase at at least some of the one or more time points satisfies a predetermined condition.
US12341549B2
A protective cover for an electronic device comprising a connection portion configured to be attached to the electronic device to secure the protective cover to the electronic device; a stylus storage portion adjacent to the connection portion; and a flap portion connected to the stylus storage portion by a flexible hinge portion. The connection portion includes a plurality of magnets in a predetermined arrangement, wherein the connection portion is configured to be magnetically coupled to the electronic device when the protective cover is attached to the electronic device. The predetermined arrangement is configured to align with another plurality of magnets embedded in a honeycomb structure of the electronic device such that each of the another plurality of magnets is disposed in a respective honeycomb of the honeycomb structure.
US12341542B2
A radio-frequency module includes multiple external connection terminals. The multiple external connection terminals include an antenna connection terminal connected to one end of a filter and another end of a filter, an antenna connection terminal connected to the one end of the filter, an antenna connection terminal connected to the other end of the filter, an antenna connection terminal connected to a duplexer and a transmission-reception filter via a switch, and an antenna connection terminal connected to a duplexer and a transmission-reception filter via the switch.
US12341540B2
A radio frequency circuit includes a switch that includes a terminal connected to an antenna connection terminal and terminals, a duplexer that is connected to the terminal and has a pass band including a communication band A, a duplexer that is connected to the terminal and has a pass band including a communication band B which is available for simultaneous communication with the communication band A, a switch that includes a terminal connected to the terminal and terminals, a duplexer that is connected to the terminal and has a pass band including a communication band C, and a transmit/receive filter that is connected to the terminal and has a pass band including a communication band D.
US12341538B1
A symbol sequence is entropy-encoded using a table of symbol occurrences, and an integer value f is used to encode the table of symbol occurrences. The integer value f is used to adaptively decode the table of symbol occurrences, including (i) decoding each entry of a cumulative table of symbol occurrences by successively subdividing decoding ranges of the cumulative table of symbol occurrences at their respective middle indexes and, for each decoding range: calculating, from decoded entries of the cumulative table of symbol occurrences, an entry at a first index+f mod(an entry at a last index−the entry at the first index+1) to decode an entry at the respective middle index of the decoding range, and calculating f div(the entry at the last index−the entry at the first index+1) to update f; (ii) calculating the table of symbol occurrences from the decoded entries of the cumulative table of symbol occurrences; and applying the decoded table of symbol occurrences to entropy-decode the received encoded symbol sequence.
US12341525B2
An integrated circuit (IC) includes an oscillator circuit having a control input. A control circuit has a control output coupled to the control input. The control circuit is configured to generate a control signal to the control input of the oscillator circuit to cause: the oscillator circuit to be configured as a frequency-locked loop in response to the control signal being in a first state; and the oscillator circuit to be configured as a phase-locked loop in response to the control signal being in a second state.
US12341524B2
A clock generation circuit includes a delay-locked circuit and a duty correction circuit. The delay-locked circuit generates a delay clock signal by delaying an input clock signal and update the delay time of the input clock signal. The duty correction circuit generates a first phase clock signal and a second phase clock signal by delaying the delay clock signal, and updates the delay time of the delay clock signal. The duty correction circuit can prevent or mitigate the delay time of the input clock signal and the delay time of the delay clock signal from being updated simultaneously.
US12341520B2
A differential transceiver including a driver circuit and a receiver circuit, and a serial communications network including the transceiver. The receiver circuit includes an input resistor attenuator, having first and second attenuator inputs coupled to the first and second terminals, respectively, a differential comparator having first and second comparator inputs, and an output buffer having an input coupled to the output of the comparator. The receiver circuit further includes a first switch coupling the first attenuator output to the first comparator input, a second switch coupling the second attenuator output to the second comparator input, and a fail-safe circuit including first and second current sources coupled to the first and second comparator inputs, respectively, and third and fourth switches coupled in series between the first and second current sources.
US12341515B2
Provided are a delay-locked loop (DLL), a delay locking method, a clock synchronization circuit, and a memory. The DLL includes: a frequency division module, configured to receive an input clock signal, perform frequency division on the input clock signal, and output an intermediate clock signal; a first adjustable delay line, configured to receive the intermediate clock signal, adjust and transmit the intermediate clock signal, and output a synchronous clock signal; a delay module, configured to receive the input clock signal, perform delay transmission on the input clock signal, and output a sampling clock signal; and a latching module, configured to receive the sampling clock signal and the synchronous clock signal, latch the synchronous clock signal on the basis of the sampling clock signal, and output a group of target clock signals.
US12341514B1
An electronic circuit includes: an event detector logic circuit; a computing device; and a plurality of integrated circuit (IC) chips that are electrically connected in parallel between at least one control bus configured to provide input signals and the event detector logic circuit. The event detector logic circuit is configured to: receive a plurality of output signals from the plurality of IC chips, generate a data output signal that includes data obtained from a first output signal of the plurality of output signals, and transmit the data output signal to the computing device.
US12341499B2
A power stage includes a control device and a power transistor, the control device comprising a primary circuit comprising: a control module able to generate a control current, a primary circuit malfunction detector able to detect a malfunction, a pulse transformer comprising a primary winding connected to the primary circuit, comprising a secondary winding connected to the secondary circuit, magnetically coupled to the primary winding and able to generate, from the control current, an induced pulse current making it possible to drive the power transistor, a secondary circuit comprising: a power and fault detection controller able to detect a malfunction of the secondary circuit or of the power transistor, the power and fault detection controller being able to communicate the malfunction of the secondary circuit or of the power transistor to the primary circuit malfunction detector.
US12341498B2
A bidirectional signal conversion circuit is configured to perform a signal conversion between a first port and a second port, and includes a switch, a first pull-up resistor, a second pull-up resistor, a first output-response enhancement circuit, and a second output-response enhancement circuit. The switch is coupled between the first port and the second port, and operates according to a bias. The first (second) pull-up resistor is coupled between the first (second) port and a high (low) voltage terminal having a high (low) voltage. The first (second) output-response enhancement circuit includes a first (second) alternative-current (AC) coupling circuit and a first (second) output-stage circuit. When the first (second) port and the second (first) port functions as an input port and an output port respectively, the first (second) output-response enhancement circuit is operable to accelerate the transient response of the output port.
US12341491B2
The device includes an acoustic wave filter element, and a first resonator. The acoustic wave filter element includes interdigitated input electrodes and output electrodes located on a top surface of a piezoelectric layer and a counter-electrode on a bottom surface of the piezoelectric layer. The acoustic wave filter element provides a response with a sideband at a sideband frequency range. The first resonator includes a first resonator electrode on the top surface of the piezoelectric layer and a first resonator counter-electrode on the bottom surface of the piezoelectric layer. The first resonator has a first notch in resonator impedance at a first frequency. The first resonance frequency is tuned to fall within the sideband frequency range to suppress the sideband by depositing a first mass load on top of the first resonator electrode to reduce the first resonance frequency, or partly removing the first resonator electrode to increase the first resonance frequency.
US12341490B2
An acoustic resonator device includes a portion of a piezoelectric plate is a diaphragm spanning a cavity in a substrate. A conductor pattern on a surface of the piezoelectric plate includes an interdigital transducer (IDT) with a first busbar, a second busbar, and a plurality of interleaved fingers extending alternately from the first and second busbars, first and second reflector elements proximate and parallel to a first finger of the interleaved fingers, and third and fourth reflector element proximate and parallel to a last finger of the interleaved fingers. Overlapping portions of the interleaved fingers and the first to fourth reflector elements are on the diaphragm. pr1 is a center-to-center distance of the first and second reflector elements and a center-to-center distance of the third and fourth reflector elements, p is a pitch of the interleaved fingers, and 1.1p≤pr1≤1.5p.
US12341479B2
A power amplifying circuit includes a first amplifier, a second amplifier, a transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding, and a capacitor. The first amplifier amplifies a signal which is one of differential signals. The second amplifier amplifies a signal which is the other of the differential signals. The primary winding is connected, at its first end, to the first amplifier, and is connected, at its second end, to the second amplifier. The secondary winding is connected, at its first end, to an unbalanced line through which an unbalanced signal is transmitted, and is connected, at its second end, to the ground. The secondary winding is electromagnetically coupled to the primary winding. The capacitor is connected, at its first end, to the midpoint of the primary winding, and is connected, at its second end, to the ground.
US12341477B2
The present disclosure relates to a gain stage for an amplifier and to the amplifier. The amplifier may be a broad-band amplifier, trans-impedance amplifier and/or driver amplifier. The gain stage includes a differential input transconductor, a loading network and a differential output terminal. Further, the gain stage includes at least one pair of inductances connected within the loading network or between the differential input transconductor and the differential output terminal.
US12341476B2
A power amplifier circuit includes an amplification unit, a heating unit, and a control circuit. The amplification unit is configured to amplify a radio-frequency signal. The heating unit is provided adjacent to the amplification unit. The heating unit includes one or more transistors configured to generate heat that increases as the passing current increases. The control circuit is coupled to the one or more transistors. The control circuit is configured to increase the passing current when the environmental temperature is a predetermined threshold or lower.
US12341472B2
A computer-implemented method and system provides output data, wherein the output data includes a performance value of a perovskite-based solar cell. The method includes: (i) receiving input data, wherein the input data includes data from electrical impedance spectroscopy carried out on the solar cell or parts thereof, (ii) applying a trained function to the input data, wherein the output data is generated and (iii) providing the output data. A computer-implemented method also provides a trained function which is able to predict a performance value of a perovskite-based solar cell based on electrical impedance spectroscopy carried out on the solar cell or parts thereof.
US12341452B2
A control apparatus is applied to a system that includes a rotating electric machine and an inverter. The inverter has, for each of a plurality of phases, upper-arm and lower-arm switches each of which has a diode connected in antiparallel thereto. The control apparatus includes an all-phase short-circuiting unit and a single-phase short-circuiting unit. The all-phase short-circuiting unit performs all-phase short-circuit control of turning on, for example, all the upper-arm switches of the plurality of phases while turning off all the lower-arm switches of the plurality of phases. The single-phase short-circuiting unit performs, in a regenerative drive state of the rotating electric machine and prior to execution of the all-phase short-circuit control, single-phase short-circuit control of turning on one of the upper-arm and lower-arm switches of one of the plurality of phases, turning off the other switch of the phase and turning off all the switches of the remaining phases.
US12341449B2
A method for determining a rotational angle position of a rotor of a multiphase electrical machine, includes the steps of: generating phase voltages for the multiphase electrical machine by pulse width modulation in accordance with a drive voltage vector circulating in a stator-fixed coordinate system. During a determination time interval: a) generating a test voltage vector, vectorially adding the test voltage vector and the actual drive voltage vector to form a sum vector, outputting the sum vector, and measuring a resulting change of a current vector formed from phase currents; b) repeating step a) for a changed rotational angle position and/or a changed value of the drive voltage vector and for a changed test voltage vector a number n of times so that a total of n+I different test voltage vectors and sum vectors are generated and n+I resulting changes of the current vector are measured; and c) estimating the rotational angle position of the rotor in accordance with the total of n+I measured changes of the current vector.
US12341448B2
A power conversion device comprising, a power converter that outputs signal to the motor to vary the motor's output frequency, output voltage and output current and control unit that controls the power converter, the control unit is, calculating the first power from the output voltage and output current, calculating the second power from the output current, electrical circuit parameters and frequency estimates, calculating the first phase error estimate so that the first power follows the second power in the first frequency domain, calculating the second phase error estimate different from the first frequency domain in a second frequency domain, controlling the frequency estimates so that the first phase error estimate or the second phase error estimate follows the command value of the phase error estimate.
US12341443B2
A rotary piezoelectric motor (1), in particular for a timepiece, including a rotor (3) configured to rotate and actuate a mechanical device, and a stator (2) configured to rotate the rotor (3), the stator (2) including a piezoelectric actuator provided with a resonator (29) arranged to perform an oscillatory motion, and a fixed element (4). The resonator in a movable element (5) arranged at a distance from the fixed element (4) and connected to the fixed element (4), the piezoelectric actuator being configured to move the movable element (5) against the rotor (3) to make it rotate, the movement of the movable element (5) making the rotor (3) rotate in a first direction.
US12341435B2
A power conversion apparatus includes: a first power terminal; a switching circuit including a first switching device on a path coupling a first power node to a first node, a second switching device on a path coupling the first node to a second power node, a third switching device on a path coupling the first power node to a second node, and a fourth switching device on a path coupling the second node to the second power node; a transformer including a first winding coupled to the switching circuit and a second winding; a rectifier circuit; a second power terminal; and a controller that controls operations of the switching circuit and the rectifier circuit to supply power from the second power terminal toward the first power terminal during a predetermined period different from a period during which power is supplied from the first power terminal toward the second power terminal.
US12341431B2
A power converter module includes a multilayer printed circuit board, a switching device, a controlling device and a capacitor device. The switching device includes two switching circuit combinations. Each of the switching circuit combinations includes two switching circuits connected in parallel. Each of the switching circuits includes a switching unit. The controlling device is configured for outputting a first control signal and a second control signal to control the switching circuits of the first switching circuit combination and the switching circuits of the second switching circuit combination respectively. The first control signal and the second control signal are out of phase with each other. On a direction, the switching units of the first switching circuit combinations and the switching units of the second switching circuit combinations are alternately arranged, each of a plurality of capacitors of the capacitor device is neighboring to the two adjacent switching units.
US12341425B2
In some examples, a circuit includes a state machine. The state machine is configured to operate in a first state in which the state machine gates a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal provided for control of a power converter according to a first signal provided by a voltage control loop. The state machine is configured to operate in a second state in which the state machine gates the PWM signal according to a second signal provided by a current limit comparator. The state machine is configured to transition from the first state to the second state responsive to the second signal being asserted after the first signal is asserted in a switching cycle of the power converter. The state machine is configured to transition from the current state to the first state responsive to the first signal being asserted after the second signal in a switching cycle of the power converter.
US12341420B2
An electronic control device for power conversion having an integrated safety function and improved reliability includes: a power module for converting DC power into AC power and supply the AC power to a motor; a gate driver for controlling the power module; a microcontroller for controlling the gate driver; a power supply IC for supplying power to at least one of the gate driver and the microcontroller; a discharge circuit for discharging a high voltage supplied to the power module; and a sensor. The power supply IC includes a microcomputer abnormality detection circuit for detecting an abnormality of the microcontroller and a safety processing circuit for determining necessity of safety processing based on an output of at least one of the microcomputer abnormality detection circuit and the sensor and performs the safety processing. The safety processing circuit stops the motor or discharges a high voltage using the discharge circuit.
US12341416B2
A controller for a power converter having at least a first switch and a second switch. Each switch is a transistor with a collector terminal, an emitter terminal, and a base terminal. The controller is connectable to the base terminals of the first and second switches to provide a base current to the base terminals of the first and second switches, and connectable to the emitter terminals of the first and second switches to provide a short-circuit between the base and emitter terminals of the first and second switches. The controller also comprises a timing circuit for controlling the provision of the base current and the short-circuit in a sequence. An associated method is also provided.
US12341415B2
A gate driver circuit includes a charge pump circuit, a gate pull-up transistor, a resistor, and a capacitor. The charge pump circuit includes an output. The gate pull-up transistor includes a first current terminal, a second current terminal, and a control terminal. The first current terminal is coupled to the output of the charge pump circuit. The second current terminal is coupled to a gate drive output terminal. The resistor is coupled between the power input terminal and the control terminal. The capacitor is coupled between the control terminal and a ground terminal.
US12341410B2
An electric machine arrangement includes an electric machine having a stator and a rotor, a component supporting the stator, and an output element that is in contact with the rotor for conjoint rotation therewith. The stator is supported relative to the rotor via at least a first bearing in such a way as to be decoupled from the rotary motion of the rotor.
US12341406B2
A power tool (1; 90) includes a motor (17) having a stator (18) and a rotor (19). The stator (18) includes front and rear insulators (21, 22) respectively disposed forward and rearward of a stator core (20) in an axial direction thereof. At least six coils (23) are respectively wound on the stator (18) such that the coils (23) are wound through the front and rear insulators (21, 22). Winding wires (23a) respectively electrically connect circumferentially-adjacent pairs of the coils (23). A short circuiting device (25) short circuits respective pairs of windings (23a) that are located diagonally or diametrically across from one another.
US12341404B2
A compressor includes a shaft that is arranged along a rotation axis a compression unit that drives along with rotation of the shaft, a rotor core that is fixed to the shaft, a plurality of permanent magnets that are embedded inside the rotor core, and a stator that causes the rotor core to rotate about the rotation axis, wherein a plurality of eccentric holes for adjusting balance when the shaft rotates are formed in the rotor core, and the plurality of eccentric holes are formed on an inner side of the polygonal region for which midpoints of sides at a side of the rotation axis among sides formed by side surfaces of the plurality of permanent magnet in a cross section perpendicular to the rotation axis serve as vertices.
US12341399B2
To provide a motor capable of meeting a demand for size reduction. The motor includes an axial member, a tubular rotating body rotatable in relation to the axial member, a bearing supporting the rotating body with respect to the axial member, and a stator inside the rotating body. The rotating body preferably includes a tubular member formed of a single member, and a magnet.
US12341391B2
A stator for a rotary electric machine of an embodiment includes: a dividing core including a yoke portion and a teeth portion protruding in an inner peripheral direction from the yoke portion; bobbins that are made of an insulating material and are arranged on both ends in an axial direction of the dividing core; a coil that is wound around the bobbin; and insulating papers that are arranged along an inner peripheral surface of the yoke portion and a side surface of the teeth portion and insulate the coil and the dividing core from each other between both the bobbins, and each of the bobbins is formed with a groove into which an axial end of the insulating paper is inserted, and the groove is configured such that a width dimension of a part along the inner peripheral surface of the yoke portion is larger than a width dimension of a part along the side surface of the teeth portion.
US12341387B2
A method of manufacturing a base winding assembly of a stator. The base winding assembly includes a plurality of conductor loop groups each formed of a plurality of conductor loops that are open on one side, wherein the closed ends of the conductor loops that are open on one side can be arranged at one face of the base assembly and the open ends can be arranged at the opposite face side of the base assembly, wherein the manufacturing of the base winding assembly is done by an additive manufacturing process in which a layer-by-layer application and local solidification of build-up material takes place. Furthermore, a method for manufacturing a stator for an electric machine, as well as a base winding group of a stator and a stator are proposed.
US12341378B2
The present disclosure relates to an axial flux motor comprising a stator assembly and a rotor assembly. The axial flux motor includes stator cores having enlarged end plates. The axial flux motor also includes a cooling jacket including fins that extend between electromagnets of the stator assembly. The axial flux motor rotor assembly also includes an air cooling arrangement to provide air cooling to the stator assembly.
US12341376B2
A first current detector detects an output current of a modular uninterruptible power supply apparatus. Each of a plurality of power conversion modules includes a resistive element and a second switch. The second switch connects the first current detector and the resistive element in parallel in an ON state. Each of first control circuits turns on the second switch when setting a corresponding power conversion module to an operating state, and turns off the second switch when setting the power conversion module to a stopped state. Each of the first control circuits detects a shared current of the corresponding power conversion module based on a current flowing through the resistive element when the second switch is in the ON state. Each of the first control circuits controls a power converter such that an output current of the power conversion module matches the shared current.
US12341370B2
Disclosed herein are a battery power supply adjusting circuit and method, a charging cable, and a terminal device. The circuit is configured to charge a dual-cell battery (010). The circuit comprises a Buck circuit module (110), a first charge pump circuit module (120), a second charge pump circuit module (130), a battery charging and discharging control module (140), and a system power supply module (150). An input of the Buck circuit module (110) and an input of the first charge pump circuit module (120) are externally connected with an AC/DC adapter (020), respectively. The first charge pump circuit module (120) and the second charge pump circuit module (130) are respectively connected to the dual-cell battery (010). The second charge pump circuit module (130) is also connected to the system power supply module (150).
US12341365B2
Disclosed are embodiments to provide a multi-battery energy storage device. One embodiment comprises a first battery and a second battery, with a first circuit branch coupling a positive side of the first battery to a positive side of the second battery, a second circuit branch coupling a positive side of the first battery to a negative side of the second battery, a third circuit branch coupling the negative side of the first battery to the negative side of the second battery, and multiple switchable devices configured to control flow of current through corresponding branches. Other embodiments comprise other configurations and operations.
US12341357B2
Disclosed is an electronic device including a plurality of sensing coils for sensing an external device; a power transmitting coil for transmitting power to the external device; and a processor configured to: sequentially apply, to the power transmitting coil, powers having magnitudes respectively set to correspond to the plurality of sensing coils, and during a period in which power corresponding to each sensing coil of the plurality of sensing coils among the powers is applied, identify induction voltages respectively induced in the plurality of sensing coils, and sense the external device located on a wireless power transmitting device, on the basis of the identified induction voltages.
US12341351B2
The wireless power transmission is a system for providing wireless charging and/or primary power to electronic/electrical devices via microwave energy. The microwave energy is focused to a location by a power transmitter having one or more adaptively-phased microwave array emitters. Rectennas within the device to be charged receive and rectify the microwave energy and use it for battery charging and/or for primary power.
US12341348B2
A solar farm and method of operating same. The solar farm has a first and second inverters with a first and second DC power input, respectively, and also has a first group of solar panels and a second group of solar panels. A first switch selectably alternately connects the first group of solar panels to one of either DC power inputs. An inverter current monitor monitors electrical current flowing into or out of the first inverter. A controller determines that the first inverter is operating as a clipping inverter based on a current measurement by the inverter current monitor while the first switch is connecting the first group of solar panels to the first DC power input. The controller also switches, when it is determined that the first inverter is operating as a clipping inverter, the first switch to connect the first group of solar panels to the second DC power input.
US12341347B2
An electrical system includes a first conduction terminal, a second conduction terminal, N power units and N supporting devices. The N power units are electrically connected between the first conduction terminal and the second conduction terminal in series, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 2. Each of the N supporting devices includes a conductive part and a support part. Each of the N power units is disposed on the corresponding conductive part. The conductive part is electrically connected with a power terminal of one of the N power units or electrically connected with a reference potential of the electrical system. The support part is connected between the corresponding conductive part and a ground potential.
US12341345B2
A converter station, for a bipole power transmission scheme, includes a first voltage source converter and a second source converter. Each converters have a first terminal as transmission conduit and a second terminal as a return conduit. The second terminal of the return conduit of the first converter is electrically connected to the first terminal of the transmission conduit of the second converter as being a same terminal. Both voltage source converters also includes at least one converter limb which extends between the first and second terminals of each converters. The or each converter limb includes first and second limb portions that are separated by a corresponding first and second AC terminal which is for connection to a respective phase of a first or second AC network.
US12341338B1
A tracking and adaptive compensation method for power fluctuation of a pulse load of a ship is provided. The method includes: based on a microgrid topology model of the ship, a pulse load model of the pulse load, and an interharmonic power and pulse parameter relationship model, performing power fluctuation tracking, frequency selection and a power spectrum analysis to obtain filtering parameters of a low-pass filter and filtering parameters of a band-pass filter; performing waveform adaptation to eliminate a phase delay caused by the low-pass filter and the band-pass filter, and obtaining a control command for a power compensation strategy; and generating, by a power loop, a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal to control a switching tube in a bidirectional direct current (DC)/DC converter of each of an energy storage battery pack and a supercapacitor of a hybrid energy storage system.
US12341336B2
A motor control circuit is provided for connecting or disconnecting an AC voltage to an AC motor, having a switch having two switch contacts, configured to respond to a process variable and move between open and closed switch contact positions to connect or disconnect the AC voltage to the AC motor; and a snubber circuit arranged across the switch contacts in parallel with the AC motor, and configured to respond to motor inductance when the switch is moved between the open and closed switch contact positions, and provide arc suppression in the switch by dissipating energy stored in the motor inductance. The snubber circuit may include a network having a resistor connected in series with a capacitor, or a metal oxide varistor, or a transient voltage suppressor.
US12341335B2
An integrated circuit (IC), comprising: a converter comprising: one or more core devices; and one or more output internal nodes, each internal node coupled to one of the one or more core devices; protection circuitry comprising: one or more isolation switches, each of the one or more isolation switches coupled between a respective one of the one or more internal output nodes and a respective output external pin of the IC, wherein the protection circuitry configured to: monitor a characteristic at each respective external output pin of the IC; and if the characteristic is outside an operating specification of the one or more core devices, open one or more of the one or more isolation switches to isolate one or more of the one or more core devices from the respective external pin of the IC.
US12341330B2
A cable support assembly comprising a grommet, a clamp, and a single or a plurality of fasteners. Wherein, the grommet is an elastic grommet comprising clamp section and strain-relief section, and the clamp is a rigid clamp comprising an upper clamp half and a lower clamp half. Wherein, the at least one fastener may tighten the clamp halves together and affix the cable support assembly to a surface.
US12341321B2
A mount for an electronic device includes a first mount portion having a first base and a first extension extending crosswise to a first base surface of the first base. The mount also includes a second mount portion having a second base, a channel support extending from the second base, a lateral wall extending from the channel support, and a second extension extending crosswise to a second base surface of the second base. The second base, the channel support, and the lateral wall define a channel configured to receive the first base of the first mount portion, and the first base surface, the second base surface, the first extension, and the second extension cooperatively define a space configured to receive the electronic device.
US12341319B2
A semiconductor laser including: an optical resonator that has a first compound semiconductor layer containing an n-type impurity, a second compound semiconductor layer containing a p-type impurity, and a light-emitting layer provided between the first compound semiconductor layer and the second compound semiconductor layer; and a pulse injection means that injects excitation energy for a sub-nanosecond duration into the optical resonator, wherein the optical resonator has a multi-section structure separated into at least one gain region and at least one absorption region, and the semiconductor laser generates optical pulses having a pulse width shorter than 2.5 times the photon lifetime in the optical resonator.
US12341318B2
The invention relates to an optoelectronic component, comprising at least one semiconductor emitter having an active region designed for emitting electromagnetic radiation of a first wavelength range. The optoelectronic component also comprises at least one wavelength conversion plate, having a decoupling surface and a lateral surface arranged laterally to same and orientated transverse to same, as well as a substrate on which the semiconductor emitter and the wavelength conversion plate are arranged. The decoupling surface is facing away from the substrate. The semiconductor emitter is designed to irradiate the wavelength conversion plate with electromagnetic radiation on the lateral surface. The wavelength conversion plate is designed to emit a mixed radiation out of the decoupling surface, said mixed radiation comprising at least one portion of the radiation of the first wavelength range and a converted radiation of a second wavelength range.
US12341315B2
An optical semiconductor chip of the present disclosure includes a high frequency line between an electrode pad receiving a modulation signal and a modulation electrode on the optical waveguide having a light absorption layer. The depletion layer capacitance generated in the light absorption layer is canceled by an inductor component of the high frequency line. When a portion directly below the high frequency line is embedded with a low-dielectric-constant material or is made hollow, the parasitic capacitance is further reduced. The high frequency line may have a zigzag shape as well as a linear shape. The electrode pad on the optical semiconductor chip can be connected to other substrates including RF lines for modulation signal input by bumps or wire bonding.
US12341313B2
A gas laser apparatus includes a chamber; a window provided in the chamber; an optical path tube connected to the chamber; a gas supply port that supplies a purge gas into the optical path tube; an exhaust port that exhausts a gas in the optical path tube; and a control unit, the exhaust port including a main exhaust port provided in the optical path tube, and an auxiliary exhaust port provided in the optical path tube upstream of a flow of the gas in the optical path tube with respect to positions of the window and the main exhaust port, the control unit causing the gas to be exhausted through the main exhaust port before a laser beam is emitted from the chamber and causing the gas to be exhausted through the auxiliary exhaust port in at least a partial period when the laser beam is emitted.
US12341309B2
Electrical connector assembly devices, systems, and methods including a demating device configured to separate a first connector and a second connector of an electrical connector assembly. The demating device includes a housing body, a drive assembly including: a drive lever, a trigger configured to push against the drive lever, a drive assembly rod, and a spring mounted around the drive assembly rod; and a demating assembly including: a movable plate having at least two sides, wherein each of the two sides includes at least two prongs; a stationary plate having at least two sides, wherein each of the two sides includes at least two prongs; and a rotary actuator configured to rotate the movable plate.
US12341305B2
Disclosed is an electronic device including: a USB connector connected to a USB plug of an external device; a high-speed interface; a voltage source for supplying a voltage to the high-speed interface; a first circuit portion connected to a ground portion, and has a second impedance higher than a first impedance of the high-speed interface; and a processor. The processor is configured to monitor the external device by using the high-speed interface in a first interval of a first frame, form a disconnection sensing path by forming a connection between the first circuit portion and a second circuit portion of the external device, and use the disconnection sensing path to determine whether the connection between the USB connector and the USB plug has been disconnected. The second circuit portion may have a fourth impedance higher than a third impedance of an external high-speed interface. Various other embodiments are also possible.
US12341304B2
A communication apparatus having a monitoring function for a coupling state of a connector and/or a method of controlling the communication apparatus are provided. According to various example embodiments, a communication device may include an RF connector portion detachably coupled with a cable connector portion of one end of a cable for transmitting an antenna signal, at least one capacitor disposed near the RF connector portion, and a controller (comprising circuitry) for monitoring a coupling state between the cable connector portion and the RF connector portion based on a capacitance of the at least one capacitor.
US12341290B2
This disclosure provides an active audio and video signal transmission device, which comprises a cable, a display-side connector, and a signal source connector. The cable comprises a first end and a second end. The display-side connector comprises a first shell, a first circuit board configured within the first shell, a first plug configured on the first circuit board and protruded from the first shell, a repeater configured on the first circuit board and electrically connected to the first plug and the first end of the cable, and a microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured on the first circuit board, electrically connected to the repeater, and used for controlling an operation of the repeater. The signal source connector is connected to the second end of the cable. In the disclosure, the repeater is only configured within the display-side connector, and is not configured within the signal source connector.
US12341287B2
A connector includes a casing, a shield shell that accommodates the casing, a wire arranged in the casing, a connector terminal connected to the wire, a blocking member that blocks current by overcurrent flowing in the wire, stud bolts and nuts for connecting the blocking member and the wire, and heat conductive members. The casing includes casing concave parts, which are recessed toward a casing space part and have filling space parts to be filled with the heat conductive members. The stud bolts are fixed to the casing and include exposed surfaces that are partially exposed to the filling space parts. The heat conductive members are in direct contact with the exposed surfaces and a shell inner surface in a filled state.
US12341277B2
A connector comprises an insert-molded body. The insert-molded body comprises a holding member and a plurality of terminals. The terminals include at least one first terminal and at least one second terminal. The first terminal has a first mounted portion and a first main portion. The first mounted portion has a first carrier cut-off surface which is an end surface of the first mounted portion. The end surface of the first mounted portion faces in a width direction. The second terminal has a second mounted portion, a second main portion and an unmounted portion. The unmounted portion has a second carrier cut-off surface which is an end surface of the unmounted portion. The end surface of the unmounted portion faces in the width direction. The first carrier cut-off surface and the second carrier cut-off surface face in orientations same as each other in the width direction.
US12341274B2
A connector for connecting a printed circuit board, which comprises a solder pad, to a conductor of a line includes one or more fasteners, a recess and a second opening. The connector is fastenable to the printed circuit board by the one or more fasteners. The recess is formed on a first side of the connector and extends at least over a second side arranged transversely to the first side. In an assembled state of the connector on the printed circuit board, the solder pad is arrangeable in the recess on the first side, and, on the second side, the recess forms a first opening into which the conductor is insertable. The second opening is formed on a third side opposite the first side. Heat for connecting the at least one conductor to the solder pad is providable through the second opening.
US12341273B2
An antenna includes a first radiator having a first end and a second end, where the second end or a middle position of the first radiator is grounded; a second radiator having a third end and a fourth end, the fourth end is disposed away from the first end relative to the third end, and the second end or a middle position of the second radiator is grounded; a feeding circuit configured to feed the first radiator and the second radiator, at the first end of the first radiator and the third end of the second radiator; and a tuning circuit configured to selectively connect the feeding circuit to the first end of the first radiator or the third end of the second radiator to feed the first radiator or the second radiator.
US12341271B2
In a dipole antenna, a capacitive coupling element is introduced in the form of a conductive strip and is placed in parallel with the dipole conductive strip of the dipole arm. To that end, the conductive strip of the capacitive element is formed on a first copper layer of the PCB in parallel to an extended conductive strip of a dipole arm, that is also disposed on the first copper layer of the PCB. The conductive strip of the capacitive element extends horizontally from the center of the dipole arm in an equal distant on each side. A capacitive plate is placed on the second copper layer of the PCB on the opposite side of the first copper layer and is coupled to the conductive strip of the capacitive element via a plated through hole. The capacitive plate placed on the second copper layer extends downwardly so that a portion of it overlaps with the dipole conductive strip located on the first copper layer forming the capacitance coupling element.
US12341264B2
An antenna apparatus and an electronic device. The antenna apparatus includes a feed source, a transmission line, a first radiator including a first feed point, and a second radiator including a second feed point. The transmission line is electrically connected to the feed source. A second end part of the second radiator is disposed away from the first radiator compared to the first end part of the second radiator, a first gap is formed between the first end part of the first radiator and the first end part of the second radiator, the first end part of the first radiator is a ground end, and the first end part of the second radiator is an open end. The two feed points are electrically connected to the transmission line, and the transmission line input a radio frequency signal in a same frequency band to the two feed points.
US12341251B2
An apparatus includes an antenna array having a plurality of antenna elements. The antenna array includes one or more grouping of the plurality of antenna elements, configured to provide: a first configuration in which the one or more grouping of antenna elements supports at least transmission of a signal according to a first antenna system; and a second configuration in which the one or more grouping of antenna elements supports at least reception of a signal according to a second antenna system. The first antenna system includes a Single Input, Single Output antenna system or Multiple Input, Multiple Output antenna system. The second antenna system includes a Single Input, Single Output antenna system or Multiple Input, Multiple Output antenna system. An array of antenna elements can support different modes of operation, for example, different Multiple Input, Multiple Output modes or Multiple Input, Multiple Output and Single Input, Single Output modes.
US12341249B2
There is provided a radio wave absorber containing a magnetic powder, and an aliphatic polyamide, in which an intensity ratio (α/γ) of a diffraction intensity α of an α crystal of the aliphatic polyamide to a diffraction intensity γ of a γ crystal of the aliphatic polyamide, which are determined by subjecting the radio wave absorber to measurement with an X-ray diffraction method, is 2.60 or less. There is also provided a radio wave absorbing article including this radio wave absorber.
US12341247B2
This disclosure relates generally to multi-port multi-functional meta-surface coplanar antenna system. Conventional electronic or mechanical solutions for beam steering incur high installation costs with less performance speed and bulk structures. The present disclosure provides multi-port multi-functional meta-surface coplanar antenna system for beam steering control. The disclosed antenna system enables radiator to have a performance diversity application through beam steering functionalities. The disclosed antenna system provides a minimal design complexity and minimal usage of active or passive lumped components. The disclosed system comprises Gradient Refractive Index Meta-surface (GRIM) and the antenna disposed on the same side of a substrate. Beam steering control is performed using port excitations and controlling the phase between the concerned ports externally.
US12341243B1
A microwave helix antenna with a coaxial interface having controlled transmission properties is disclosed. In one aspect, dielectric beads surround a center conductor and are varied in number, thickness and spacing to achieve desired transmission properties.
US12341240B2
A vehicle exterior device includes: a base member; a cover attached to the base member in a watertight manner, the cover and the base member forming a housing space therebetween, the cover having at least one opening; a functional unit including a holder located on the base member in the housing space, and a functional component supported by the holder with a leading end thereof being exposed through the opening; and a sealing portion located around the opening between an outer face of the functional unit and an inner face of the cover.
US12341238B2
An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides a backscattering RFID system comprising: a combined oscillator and reflection amplifier circuit comprising a first tunnel diode having an anode and a cathode; and a biasing circuit in communication with the anode and configured to bias the first tunnel diode in a negative differential resistance region; wherein the combined oscillator and reflection amplifier circuit is configured to modulate a RF interrogation signal to produce a backscatter signal.
US12341237B2
A multi-band base station antenna comprises: a reflector; a plurality of high-band radiators arranged on the reflector; and a plurality of low-band radiators arranged on the reflector. Each of the plurality of low-band radiators comprises: a radiation substrate; a first dipole radiator including a first+dipole arm and a first−dipole arm formed on the radiation substrate; a second dipole radiator including a second+dipole arm and a second−dipole arm formed on the radiation substrate; and a metal coupler coupled to the lower portion of the radiation substrate. The metal coupler comprises: a first coupling patch located below the first+dipole arm; a second coupling patch located below the first−dipole arm; a third coupling patch located below the second+dipole arm; and a fourth coupling patch located below the second−dipole arm.
US12341229B2
A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack, a fuel inlet conduit configured to provide a fuel to a fuel inlet of the fuel cell stack, an electrochemical pump separator containing an electrolyte, a cathode, and a carbon monoxide tolerant anode, a fuel exhaust conduit that operatively connects a fuel exhaust outlet of the fuel cell stack to an anode inlet of the electrochemical pump separator, and a product conduit which operatively connects a cathode outlet of the electrochemical pump separator to the fuel inlet conduit.
US12341227B2
Presently described is a monomer having the formula: wherein n ranges from 2 to 8; Y is F or CmF2m+1; a is 0, or averages 1 to 2; m is independently 1, 2, 3, or 4; and X is F or OH. Also described is a method of making such monomer, various compounds prepared during while making the monomer, fluoropolymers comprising polymerized units of such monomer, fuel cell membranes, membrane electrode assemblies, and methods of making fluoropolymers.
US12341207B2
Discussed is a battery module having a plurality of battery cells and a module housing forming an inner space for accommodating the plurality of battery cells, wherein the module housing includes a base plate forming a bottom surface of the module housing; a cover plate integrally forming a top surface and opposite side surfaces of the module housing; and a fastening flange configured to extend in a horizontal direction in a region above the opposite side surfaces of the module housing.
US12341205B2
Provided is a highly reliable button-shaped alkaline battery having excellent load characteristics. A button-shaped alkaline battery includes: a positive electrode having a positive electrode mixture layer containing a silver oxide and a conductive assistant; a negative electrode containing zinc particles; an alkaline electrolyte solution; and a battery container for accommodating the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the alkaline electrolyte solution, the battery container including an outer can, a sealing plate, and a resin gasket. The positive electrode mixture layer contains carbon black and graphite particles as the conductive assistant, and an amount of water in the battery container is 0.63 to 1 g per 1 g of the zinc particles of the negative electrode.
US12341202B2
Disclosed are a pouch type secondary battery, a battery pack, and a method for manufacturing the pouch type secondary battery. According to one aspect of the present invention, in an exterior accommodating an electrode assembly, a sealing part is formed along a circumference of the electrode assembly. The sealing part includes a first sealing part formed to cover an electrode lead, and one end of the first sealing part is formed below an upper end of a circumference of a cup formed in the pouch.
US12341196B2
A secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material layer. The positive electrode active material layer includes N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone. Where the positive electrode active material layer is divided equally in a width direction into two end regions and two middle regions located between the two end regions, a ratio of a content of N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone in the two middle regions to a content of N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone in the two end regions is greater than or equal to 4 and less than or equal to 8.
US12341194B2
An electrode for power storage devices includes: a resin layer; a conductive layer containing copper and being disposed on the resin layer; and an active material layer containing graphite and being disposed on the conductive layer, wherein when measured by an X-ray diffraction method from a surface of the active material layer, a peak intensity ratio A/B between an intensity A at a highest X-ray diffraction peak in a range where a diffraction angle is 48° or more and 53° or less and an intensity B at a highest X-ray diffraction peak in a range where a diffraction angle is 52° or more and 57° or less satisfies Expression (1): 0.3≤A/B≤1 (1).
US12341187B2
A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprises a positive electrode that contains, as positive electrode active materials: (A) a lithium transition metal composite oxide that has a volume-based D50 of 0.6 μm to 3 μm and that consists of secondary particles comprising aggregated primary particles with an average particle diameter of 0.5 μm or more or is configured of substantially one kind of particle; and (B) a lithium transition metal composite oxide that has a volume-based D50 of 6 μm to 25 μm and that consists of secondary particles, comprising aggregated primary particles with an average particle diameter of 0.3 μm or less.
US12341183B2
A cathode for a lithium secondary battery includes a cathode current collector, and a cathode active material layer on the cathode current collector. The cathode active material layer includes a plurality of a lithium-metal oxide particle that has a shape of a single particle. An activation energy (Ea) of the cathode is in a range from 50 kJ/mol to 80 kJ/mol.
US12341178B2
A battery pack having at least one cell module that is connected between a plurality of pack terminals, the battery pack including: at least one thermoelectric element disposed at each of the at least one cell modules; a thermoelectric element power supply circuit configured to supply a driving voltage to the at least one thermoelectric element; and a controller configured to control the thermoelectric element power supply circuit to transfer a first voltage that is supplied for driving the thermoelectric element from a charger as the driving voltage for the at least one thermoelectric element when a temperature of the at least one cell module is out of a first range in a charging mode, the first voltage being different from a second voltage that is a charging voltage supplied to the battery pack from the charger.
US12341161B2
The present application provides an electrode assembly, a batter cell, a battery, an electric apparatus, and a manufacturing method and device of the electrode assembly. A negative plate of the electrode assembly includes a plurality of first negative active material layers located in an abutting region, and a plurality of second negative active material layers located in a non-abutting region; a positive plate of the electrode assembly includes a plurality of first positive active material layers located in the abutting region, and a plurality of second positive active material layers located in the non-abutting region. An active material capacity per unit area of the first negative active material layer is greater than that of the second negative active material layer; and/or an active material capacity per unit area of the first positive active material layer is less than that of the second positive active material layer.
US12341157B2
Disclosed is an electrolyte for a lithium-sulfur battery and a lithium-sulfur battery including the same, more specifically an electrolyte for a lithium-sulfur battery including a lithium salt, a non-aqueous organic solvent, and an additive, wherein the additive includes a sulfide compound. The electrolyte for the lithium-sulfur battery improves the efficiency and stability of the negative electrode, thereby improving the capacity and lifetime characteristics of the lithium-sulfur battery.
US12341145B2
A conductive pattern forming method according to an embodiment includes: forming a first conductive pattern on a substrate; sequentially forming a release layer and a conductive layer on a transfer substrate that includes a mask; irradiating intense pulsed light (IPL) to the substrate where the first conductive pattern is formed; placing the transfer substrate on the substrate; transferring a portion of the conductive layer, corresponding to an opening of the mask, onto the substrate by irradiating the IPL to the transfer substrate to form a second conductive pattern on the substrate.
US12341136B2
A display device and a method for fabrication thereof are provided. A display device includes a plurality of pixel electrodes spaced from each other on a substrate, a plurality of light emitting elements respectively located on the plurality of pixel electrodes, a common electrode layer on the plurality of light emitting elements, and an emission defining layer defining emission areas in which the plurality of light emitting elements are located, wherein the emission defining layer is in contact with a side surface of each of the plurality of light emitting elements and surrounds the side surface of each of the plurality of light emitting elements.
US12341133B2
Various embodiments for die stacking are disclosed in the present disclosure for improved performance in RF circuit integration and packaging. In various layouts, a first die may be flipped and stacked on a second die via one or more bumping pillars coupled between the dies. The bumping pads may be disposed on the first die, the second die, or both. The bumping pads may comprise ground bumping pads for ground connection, RF signal bumping pads for cross-die RF signal transmission, and/or control bumping pads for biasing or logic control. Furthermore, the ground bumping pads and the RF signal bumping pad may form a ground-signal-ground pad structure for smooth RF signal transmission. The present embodiments may integrate a silicon-based die with an III-V semiconductor-based die together for a small form factor package with the well-defined ground to handle RF signals over millimeter-wave frequencies at high power levels.
US12341125B2
A method of direct hybrid bonding first and second semiconductor elements of differential thickness is disclosed. The method can include patterning a plurality of first contact features on the first semiconductor element. The method can include second a plurality of second contact features on the second semiconductor element corresponding to the first contact features for direct hybrid bonding. The method can include applying a lithographic magnification correction factor to one of the first patterning and second patterning without applying the lithographic magnification correction factor to the other of the first patterning and the second patterning. In various embodiments, a differential expansion compensation structure can be disposed on at least one of the first and the second semiconductor elements. The differential expansion compensation structure can be configured to compensate for differential expansion between the first and second semiconductor elements to reduce misalignment between at least the second and fourth contact features.
US12341120B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer having a first surface, an insulating layer formed at the first surface of the semiconductor layer, a Cu conductive layer formed on the insulating layer, the Cu conductive layer made of a metal mainly containing Cu, a second insulating layer formed on the insulating layer, the second insulating layer covering the Cu conductive layer, a Cu pillar extending in a thickness direction in the second insulating layer, the Cu pillar made of a metal mainly containing Cu and electrically connected to the Cu conductive layer, and an intermediate layer formed between the Cu conductive layer and the Cu pillar, the intermediate layer made of a material having a linear expansion coefficient smaller than a linear expansion coefficient of the Cu conductive layer and smaller than a linear expansion coefficient of the Cu pillar.
US12341113B2
A semiconductor structure includes two circuit regions and two inner seal rings, each of which surrounds one of the circuit regions. Each inner seal ring has a substantially rectangular periphery with four interior corner stress relief (CSR) structures. The semiconductor structure further includes an outer seal ring surrounding the two inner seal rings. The outer seal ring has a substantially rectangular periphery without CSR structures at four interior corners of the outer seal ring. The outer seal ring includes a plurality of first fin structures located between each of the two inner seal rings and a respective short side of the outer seal ring. Each first fin structure is parallel with the respective short side of the outer seal ring. Lengths of the first fin structures gradually decrease along a direction from the inner seal rings to the respective short side of the outer seal ring.
US12341110B2
A semiconductor package assembly includes a first mounting surface of a package substrate that faces a second mounting surface of a printed circuit board. A first structural element bond pad is mounted to the first mounting surface. A second structural element bond pad is mounted to the second mounting surface, and the first and second structural element bond pads are aligned with each other. A structural element is interconnected with a first solder joint to the first structural element bond pad and interconnected with a second solder joint to the second structural element bond pad. The structural element extends between the first and second structural element bond pads to absorb mechanical shock when a compressive force pushes one of the first and second mounting surfaces toward the other.
US12341108B2
A semiconductor device has a substrate. An electrical component is disposed over a surface of the substrate. An encapsulant is deposited over the electrical component and substrate. A portion of the surface of the substrate remains exposed from the encapsulant. A shielding layer is formed over the encapsulant. A portion of the shielding layer is removed to expose the portion of the surface of the substrate.
US12341105B2
A semiconductor device includes: a first semiconductor element including a first face and a second face; a second semiconductor element including a third face and a fourth face; an insulating base member including a fifth face and a sixth face; a first wiring that penetrates through the insulating base member, and is disposed on the sixth face; a second wiring that penetrates through the insulating base member, and is disposed on the sixth face; a first wiring member that faces the second face; and a second wiring member that faces the sixth face, and is electrically connected to the second wiring. The second wiring member is bonded to the first and second wirings while the insulating base member is folded. A current flows in a first direction in the first wiring member, and flows in a second direction opposite to the first direction in the second wiring member.
US12341099B2
A semiconductor structure includes a front-end-of-line level including a plurality of field effect transistors electrically connected to a back-end-of-line interconnect level. The back-end-of-line interconnect level is located on a first side of the front-end-of-line level. A backside power rail is embedded within a backside interlayer dielectric located on a second side of the front-end-of-line level opposing the first side of the front-end-of-line level. The backside power rail is electrically connected to at least one field effect transistor of the plurality of field effect transistors. At least one backside field effect transistor is formed on a first semiconductor layer disposed, at least in part, above a passive device region. A first side of the passive device region is in contact with the first semiconductor layer and a second side of the passive device region, opposing the first side, is in contact with the back-end-of-line interconnect level.
US12341089B2
A semiconductor device substrate is provided. The substrate includes an embedded trace substrate (ETS) portion. The ETS portion includes a first conductive layer embedded in the ETS portion at a first major surface. A portion of the first conductive layer is patterned to form a signal line. A non-conductive layer is disposed between the first conductive layer and a second conductive layer second embedded in the ETS portion. A third conductive layer is formed over the first major surface of the ETS portion. The third conductive layer is configured to form a stripline with the signal line of the first conductive layer.
US12341082B2
A cooling plate for cooling chip having redundant cooling fluid circulation. A primary fluid cooling loop removes heat directly from the chip. A secondary cooling loop acts as a condenser for two phase cells, thus removing heat from the chip indirectly. The cold plate may be fabricated as two parts: bottom plate and top plate where is the fluid is divided to primary stream to the bottom plate and secondary stream to top cooling plate. Two-phase, self-contained cells may be partly immersed in the primary cooling loop and partly immersed in the secondary loop. Fluid ports circulate cooling fluid by having one orifice coupled to the primary cooling loop and one orifice coupled to the secondary cooling loop.
US12341081B2
A semiconductor device includes a package and a cooling cover. The package includes a first die having an active surface and a rear surface opposite to the active surface. The rear surface has a cooling region and a peripheral region enclosing the cooling region. The first die includes micro-trenches located in the cooling region of the rear surface. The cooling cover is stacked on the first die. The cooling cover includes a fluid inlet port and a fluid outlet port located over the cooling region and communicated with the micro-trenches.
US12341063B2
Disclosed are an interconnect structure, an electronic device including the same, and a method of manufacturing the interconnect structure. The interconnect structure includes a dielectric layer; a conductive interconnect on the dielectric layer; and a graphene cap layer on the conductive interconnect. The graphene cap layer contains graphene quantum dots, has a carbon content of 80 at % or more, and has an oxygen content of 15 at % or less.
US12341062B2
The present application discloses a method for fabricating a semiconductor device. The method includes: providing a substrate; forming an impurity region in the substrate; forming a first dielectric layer on the substrate; forming an opening along the first dielectric layer to expose the impurity region; conformally forming a layer of first material in the opening; forming a layer of filler material on the layer of first material to completely fill the opening; and performing a planarization process until the top surface of the first dielectric layer is exposed to turn the layer of first material into an intervening film and the layer of filler material into a filler layer. The intervening film includes a U-shaped cross-sectional profile and silicon carbide.
US12341061B2
Bottom-up fill dielectric materials for semiconductor structure fabrication, and methods of fabricating bottom-up fill dielectric materials for semiconductor structure fabrication, are described. In an example, a method of fabricating a dielectric material for semiconductor structure fabrication includes forming a trench in a material layer above a substrate. A blocking layer is formed partially into the trench along upper portions of sidewalls of the trench. A dielectric layer is formed filling a bottom portion of the trench with a dielectric material up to the blocking layer. The blocking layer is removed. The forming the blocking layer, the forming the dielectric layer, and the removing the blocking layer are repeated until the trench is completely filled with the dielectric material.
US12341060B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure is provided. The method may include several operations. A first layer is formed over a first region and a second region of a substrate. A first etching is performed on the first layer, thereby forming a first trench in the first region and a second trench in the second region. A first amorphization is performed on the first layer in the second region. A second etching is performed on the first layer, wherein an etching rate of the second etching in the second region is greater than an etching rate of the second etching in the first region.
US12341050B2
An electrostatic chuck includes a base plate, a first heater element, and a plurality of first power feeding terminals. The base plate includes a communicating path having a spiral shape. The first heater element includes a plurality of first zones. The plurality of first power feeding terminals feeds power to the plurality of first zones. Each of the plurality of first zones includes a first heater line and a pair of first power feeding portions feeding power to the first heater line. The pair of first power feeding portions is electrically connected to the plurality of first power feeding terminals. The plurality of first power feeding terminals includes a first and a second annular portion. The communicating path includes a first circumferential portion surrounding the second annular portion between the first annular portion and the second annular portion when viewed along a stacking direction.
US12341046B2
A transfer apparatus includes a transfer arm, an irradiator, a light receiver, and a controller. The transfer arm transfers the member. The irradiator irradiates light obliquely onto a passage area, through which the member passes, when the member is transferred by the transfer arm. The light receiver receives the light, which is irradiated from the irradiator and reflected from the member, when the member passes through the passage area. The controller determines whether the member has passed through the passage area according to whether the light irradiated from the irradiator is received by the light receiver.
US12341042B2
A method includes supporting a workpiece on a workpiece holder within a material deposition chamber. The method includes rotating the workpiece holder, tilting the workpiece holder in response to an output of a determination circuit, and controlling a temperature of the workpiece utilizing a heater on a surface of the workpiece holder. The method includes depositing a material on the workpiece. The heater includes first/second/third heating coils. The first heating coil has first/second ends and the first heating coil continuously extends between the first end and the second end. The second heating coil extends between the first/second ends of the first heating coil. The third heating coil extends between the first/second ends of the first heating coil. By using the tunable heating feature and the tilting feature of the workpiece pedestal, the present disclosure can reduce or eliminate the shadowing effect problem of the related workpiece pedestal in the art.
US12341024B2
According to one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes placing a semiconductor chip on a first surface of a support substrate, forming a first resin layer covering the semiconductor chip on the first surface, and forming a second resin layer on a second surface of the support substrate. The second surface is opposite the first surface. In some examples, the second resin layer can be formed to counteract or mitigate warpage of the support substrate that might otherwise result from use of the first resin layer.
US12341023B2
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing a semiconductor device using multiple CMP processes
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes performing one or more grinding processes on a backside surface of a device wafer to thin the device wafer from a first thickness to a second thickness. A first chemical mechanical polish (CMP) process is performed on the backside surface of the device wafer to thin the device wafer from the second thickness to a third thickness. A second CMP process is performed on the backside surface of the device wafer to selectively remove device wafer material that is disposed over an active device area of the semiconductor device, where a removal rate of the device wafer material is a function of depth.
US12341022B2
Semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a to-be-etched layer having a plurality of first regions and a plurality of second regions that are alternately arranged along a first direction, where the second region includes a second trench region; a first mask layer on the plurality of first regions and the plurality of second regions of the to-be-etched layer; a second mask layer on the first mask layer; a first trench penetrating the first mask layer and the second mask layer over a first region of the plurality of first regions; a mask sidewall spacer on sidewall surfaces of the first trench; and second trenches over the plurality of second trench regions of the plurality of second regions, where a sidewall surface of the second trench exposes a corresponding mask sidewall spacer of an adjacent first trench.
US12341021B2
A method for selectively etching at least one feature in a silicon oxide region with respect to a lower oxygen containing region is provided. An etch gas comprising a metalloid or metal containing precursor and a halogen containing component is provided. The etch gas is formed into a plasma. At least one feature in the silicon oxide region is selectively etched with respect to the lower oxygen containing region, while simultaneously forming a metalloid or metal containing hardmask over the lower oxygen containing region.
US12341020B2
A substrate processing method includes: providing a substrate including a silicon-containing film in a chamber; supplying a processing gas including HF gas into the chamber; etching the silicon-containing film with plasma generated from the processing gas, thereby forming a recess in the silicon-containing film; and controlling a partial pressure of the HF gas to decrease the partial pressure of the HF gas with an increase of an aspect ratio of the recess.
US12341018B2
Improved bonding surfaces for microelectronics are provided. An example method of protecting a dielectric surface for direct bonding during a microelectronics fabrication process includes overfilling cavities and trenches in the dielectric surface with a temporary filler that has an approximately equal chemical and mechanical resistance to a chemical-mechanical planarization (CMP) process as the dielectric bonding surface. The CMP process is applied to the temporary filler to flatten the temporary filler down to the dielectric bonding surface. The temporary filler is then removed with an etchant that is selective to the temporary filler, but nonreactive toward the dielectric surface and toward inner surfaces of the cavities and trenches in the dielectric bonding surface. Edges of the cavities remain sharp, which minimizes oxide artifacts, strengthens the direct bond, and reduces the bonding seam.
US12341017B2
A method for forming an aperture pattern in a substrate, the substrate including a film disposed thereon and a patterned mask layer disposed on the film, comprises 1) exposing the substrate to a vapor of a passivation molecule in a non-plasma condition for a period to form a surface protective layer on the patterned mask layer, 2) exposing the substrate to a plasma activated etch gas and plasma dry etching the substrate to form apertures over the patterned mask layer in the film with the plasma activated etch gas, and 3) repeating step 1) and 2) until a desired aperture pattern is formed in the film, wherein the surface protective layer is also formed on the sidewalls of the apertures formed in the film, wherein the passivation molecule has a boiling point equal to or larger than 20° C.
US12341015B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes providing a polishing pad which includes a first region and a second region separated from each other by a fence, loading a wafer onto the first region, providing a slurry solution onto the first region, providing an ultrapure water onto the second region, turning the polishing pad to polish a surface of the wafer, and unloading the wafer from the polishing pad after polishing on the surface of the wafer is completed, wherein the fence includes a first fence extending from a center of the polishing pad toward an edge of the polishing pad in a first horizontal direction, and a second fence extending from the center of the polishing pad toward the edge of the polishing pad in a second horizontal direction different from the first horizontal direction.
US12341009B2
A method of fabricating an amorphous carbon layer (ACL) mask includes forming an ACL on an underlying layer. The ACL includes a soft ACL portion that has a first hardness and a hard ACL portion that has a second hardness. The soft ACL portion underlies the hard ACL portion. The second hardness is greater than the first hardness. The method further includes forming a patterned layer over the ACL and forming an ACL mask by etching through both the soft ACL portion and the hard ACL portion of the ACL to expose the underlying layer using the patterned layer as an etch mask. Forming the ACL may include depositing one or both of the soft ACL portion and the hard ACL portion. Processing conditions may also be varied while forming the ACL to create a hardness gradient that transitions from softer to harder.
US12341004B2
A film formation method includes (A) to (C) below. (A) Providing a substrate including, on a surface of the substrate, a first region in which a first material is exposed and a second region in which a second material different from the first material is exposed. (B) Supplying, to the surface of the substrate, vapor of a solution that contains a raw material of a self-assembled monolayer and a solvent by which the raw material is dissolved, and selectively forming a self-assembled monolayer in the first region. (C) Forming a desired target film in the second region by using the self-assembled monolayer formed in the first region.
US12340996B2
The present invention discloses a method for rapid on-site detection of fentanyl analogs using a miniature mass spectrometer, comprising the following steps: (1) selecting a spotting plate; (2) loading a sample: depositing the sample and 3-nitrobenzonitrile solution in acetonitrile on the spotting plate to form a crystalline mixture; (3) carrying out analysis and detection: setting the parameters of the miniature mass spectrometer, placing the crystalline mixture on the spotting plate in close proximity to the inlet of the miniature mass spectrometer, and facilitating the ionization of the crystalline mixture for the analysis and detection of fentanyl analogs. The method for rapid on-site detection of fentanyl analogs using a miniature mass spectrometer provided by the present invention requires no extraction solvent, no voltage, no laser, no gas, and the method is simple, rapid, and suitable for rapid on-site detection of fentanyl analogs.
US12340995B2
A ruthenium-based sputtering target having a cast structure, in which a sputter surface of the sputtering target includes at least two or more types of regions, and crystal surfaces in the regions are different from each other, each of the crystal surfaces being specified by a main peak of X-ray diffraction.
US12340994B2
A measurement apparatus for alternating currents and voltages of a physical plasma ignited by applying an alternating high voltage from an alternating high voltage source to a plasma electrode via a high voltage line comprises a current transformer having a measurement winding on a ring core and a cable guide guiding the high voltage line through the ring core. A first measurement alternating voltage dropping over a measurement resistor connected between ends of the measurement winding is a first strictly monotonic increasing function of an amperage of the alternating currents flowing through the high voltage line. A second measurement voltage dropping over a measurement capacitance connected between a center tap of the measurement winding and a reference potential connector is a second strictly monotonic increasing function of an amplitude of the alternating high voltage applied to the plasma electrode with respect to a reference potential at the reference potential connector.
US12340993B2
Proposed are non-invasive diagnostic method and apparatus for plasma processes in which plasma processes can be monitored in real time by measuring a surface wave resonance frequency generated in plasma or a sheath on the basis of a surface wave resonance principle. The diagnostic method may include a step (S10) of installing at least one probe on one side of an electrostatic chuck (ESC) or on an inner wall of a chamber, a step (S20) of emitting a high frequency onto the plasma or the sheath by the probe, and a step (S30) of detecting a frequency reflected from the plasma or the sheath by the probe. In addition, the diagnostic method may include the step (S40) of extracting a reflection spectrum, a step (S50) of extracting the surface wave resonance frequency, and a step (S60) of extracting electron density or uniformity of the plasma.
US12340989B2
An edge ring system comprising a substrate support configured to support a substrate during plasma processing and including a baseplate and an upper layer arranged on the baseplate. An edge ring support includes a first body and an electrostatic clamping electrode arranged in the first body. The edge ring support is arranged above the baseplate and radially outside of the substrate during processing. An edge ring includes a second body arranged on and electrostatically clamped to the edge ring support during plasma processing.
US12340988B2
Disclosed is a ring carrier used for transferring a ring member. The ring carrier includes a body having a plate shape, and a guide part protruding from an upper surface of the body to face an inner periphery of the ring member, and an alignment hole used when the ring carrier is aligned is formed in the body to pass through the body.
US12340973B2
A particle beam system, such as a multi-beam particle microscope, includes a multi-beam deflection device and a beam stop. The multi-beam deflection device is arranged in the particle-optical beam path downstream of the multi-beam generator and upstream of the beam switch of the particle beam system. The multi-beam deflection device serves collectively blanks a multiplicity of charged individual particle beams. These impinge on a beam stop, which is arranged in the particle-optical beam path level with a site at which a particle beam diameter is reduced or is at a minimum. By way of example, such sites are the cross-over plane of the individual particle beams or an intermediate image plane. Associated methods for operating the particle beam system and associated computer program products are disclosed.
US12340968B2
Systems and methods for generating X-ray photons. The methods comprise: generating an electron beam; positioning hollow pedestals in the path of the electron beam (the hollow pedestals being radially spaced apart from each other and extending out and away from a major planar face of a base plate); generating X-ray radiation as a result of an interaction of the electron beam with target element(s) disposed at a distal end of a respective pedestal of the hollow pedestals; causing the X-ray radiation to interact with a beam shield comprising wall elements extending out and away from the major planar face of the base plate; and setting at least one of a beam shape and direction of the X-ray radiation by selectively controlling a location where the electron beam intersects the target element(s) to determine an interaction of the X-ray radiation with the wall elements.
US12340966B2
A fuse holder comprises first and second body halves. The first body half includes a wall having a fuse cavity, a first channel extending from a first end of the fuse cavity of the first body half, and a second channel extending from a second end of the fuse cavity of the first body half. The second body half includes a wall having a fuse cavity, a third channel extending from a first end of the fuse cavity of the second body half, and a fourth channel extending from a second end of the fuse cavity of the second body half. The first channel and the third channel mate together and form a first fuse lead guide path, and the second channel and the fourth channel mate together and form a second fuse lead guide path.
US12340964B2
A contact apparatus includes a base body, two fixed contacts, and a moving contact component. The base body has an inner cavity. The two fixed contacts are fastened to the base body at intervals and extend into the inner cavity of the base body. The moving contact component includes a pushing member and a moving contact. The pushing member is movably disposed through the base body. The moving contact is mounted on the pushing member and is located in the inner cavity of the base body. The pushing member is configured to drive the moving contact to move, so that the moving contact is in contact with or is separated from the two fixed contacts.
US12340963B2
A core unit for a leakage current detection and interruption device includes a control circuit board; a drive coil assembly coupled to the circuit board, including a coil holder frame and an input or output assembly connected thereto; and a magnetic movement assembly nested with the drive coil assembly, including a magnetic movement frame and the output or input assembly connected thereto. In response to relative movements between the drive coil assembly and the magnetic movement assembly away from or toward each other, the input and output assemblies are disconnected from or connected to each other, respectively. The core unit achieves reset function and trip function by the coordination of the drive coil assembly and magnetic movement assembly, effectively ensuring power connection and disconnection while reducing the number of components. This design reduces the size of the device and reduces assembly cost.
US12340960B2
A wireless smart switch, comprising: an actuator, a circuit assembly, comprising at least a controller, a battery, and a transceiver, the controller being powered by the battery and being programmed to send one or more command signals via the transceiver, according to a user input from the actuator; a back-body, the back-body having a rear surface adapted to be mounted to a surface of a wall or to a wall box; and a ground wire, the ground wire being seated within a recess defined within the rear surface of back-body, the ground wire having a fixed end and a free end such that the free end can be drawn away from the back body and connected to a ground wire within a wall box.
US12340957B2
An actuating tool for a switch on a transformer is provided. The switch being rotatable between a plurality of positions. The actuating tool includes an elongated pole having a predetermined length having a first end and an opposing second end. An actuator element is arranged on the first end of the pole, the actuator element being configured to engage the switch. A handle member rotatably coupled to the pole between the first end of the second end, the handle member being movably coupled to rotate between a first position substantially parallel to the pole and a second position substantially perpendicular to the pole.
US12340955B2
A solid electrolytic capacitor element includes an anode body that includes a porous part in at least a surface layer of the anode body, a dielectric layer, and a cathode part. The cathode part includes a solid electrolyte layer that covers the at least a part of the dielectric layer. The anode body includes a first part and a second part. The first part is a cathode forming part on which the solid electrolyte layer is formed, and the second part is a part on which the solid electrolyte layer is not formed. The second part includes at least an anode part including an end of the anode body opposite to the first part. The first part is sectionalized into a plurality of regions, and the first part has a groove at a boundary between adjacent regions among the plurality of regions.
US12340949B2
A multilayer ceramic electronic device includes a multilayer chip having a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of internal electrode layers, one end of each of the plurality of internal electrode layers being exposed from the multilayer chip, an external electrode that is provided on an end face of the multilayer chip and is electrically connected to the one end of at least some of the plurality of internal electrode layers and includes a glass component, the end face being an end of the multilayer chip in a direction in which the plurality of internal electrode layers extend. The external electrode includes a crystal contacting or extending into the glass component at an interface between the external electrode and the end face of the multilayer chip. The crystal includes an element that is the same as at least one of elements included in the plurality of dielectric layers.
US12340944B2
A multilayer electronic component, includes: a body including a stack portion having a dielectric layer and an internal electrode disposed in a first direction, a connection electrode disposed on an end surface of the stack portion in a second direction, to be connected to the internal electrode, and an insulating layer covering the connection electrode, the body having opposing first and second surfaces in the first direction, opposing third and fourth surfaces in the second direction, and opposing fifth and sixth surfaces in a third direction; and an external electrode connected to the connection electrode. The connection electrode includes a body portion in contact with one end of the internal electrode in the second direction, and one or more of first lead portions extending from the body portion to be in contact with one or more of the first surface, the second surface, the fifth surface, and the sixth surface.
US12340938B2
Provided is a three-phase dry-type transformer. The three-phase dry-type transformer comprises three single-phase dry-type transformers connected to each other. Each single-phase transformer comprises an incoming line side high-voltage coil and an outgoing line side high-voltage coil, wherein the incoming line side high-voltage coil is provided with an incoming line end and an outgoing line end, and the outgoing line side high-voltage coil is provided with an incoming line end and an outgoing line end. The outgoing line end of the incoming line side high-voltage coil is connected to the incoming line end of the outgoing line side high-voltage coil, such that the incoming line side high-voltage coil and the outgoing line side high-voltage coil are connected in series. Further provided is an assembly method.
US12340934B2
A device includes a core having a first end and a second end, and first and second wires wound around the core, where the core has first, second, and third sections, the second section being arranged between the first and third sections. Each of the first and second wires includes an ith turn located on the first section, a jth turn located on the second section, and a kth turn located on the third section. The ith turn of the first wire is closer to the first end than the ith turn of the second wire, the jth turn of the first wire is closer to the second end than the jth turn of the second wire, and the kth turn of the first wire is closer to the first end than the kth turn of the second wire.
US12340931B2
A coil component includes a base body, a conductor inside the base body, and an external electrode electrically connected to the conductor. The base body has metal magnetic particles bonded by a first resin, and has a first surface that faces a mounting board, and a second surface adjacent to the first surface. The external electrode includes a first conductive resin layer on the first surface, which is made of a material that contains a second resin and first metal particles. The external electrode includes a second conductive resin layer on the second surface, which is made of a material that contains a third resin and second metal particles. A content rate of the third resin is smaller than a content rate of the second resin. The external electrode includes a metal layer covering the first and second conductive resin layers.
US12340930B2
The present invention provides a magnetic core and transformer which are reduced in core loss. The magnetic core according to the present invention comprises a core member which is formed by winding first electrical steel sheets, which is ring shaped seen from a side surface, and which has one or more bent parts seen from a side surface and one or more stacks of second electrical steel sheets stacked together, each the stack being arranged at least at one of the surfaces formed by side surfaces of the first electrical steel sheets at a bent part of the core member so that a surface formed by side surfaces of the second electrical steel sheets runs along it.
US12340928B2
A transformer device includes a first coil, a second coil, and a third coil. The first coil includes first segments and at least one first connecting portion, in which the first segments are coupled to each other through the at least one first connecting portion. The second coil includes second segments and second connecting portions, in which the of second segments are coupled to each other through the second connecting portions. The third coil is configured to couple the first coil and the second coil. The third coil includes third segments and third connecting portions, a part of the plurality of third segments are coupled in parallel with each other through the third connecting portions, and at least one part of the first segments and at least one part of the second segments are arranged between the part of the third segments.
US12340926B2
A high-power resistor and a fabrication method thereof are provided. The method includes: providing a resistance substrate including resistance alloy material and a copper metal layer; forming a cuprous oxide layer on the resistance substrate by using the copper metal layer; sticking the resistance substrate to a ceramic substrate, in which the cuprous oxide layer is located between the resistance substrate and the ceramic substrate; performing a sintering process on the resistance substrate and the ceramic substrate to form a composite substrate; forming a plurality of terminal electrodes on the composite substrate to form the high-power resistor. Therefore, the high-power resistor includes the composite substrate and the terminal electrodes. The composite substrate includes a bonding layer disposed between the ceramic substrate and the resistance substrate to bond the resistance alloy material on the ceramic substrate, in which the bonding layer includes sintered cuprous oxide.
US12340917B2
The present invention provides a target unit and a sublimation apparatus suitable for use in a method for producing Cu67 radioisotope suitable for use in medical applications. The apparatus comprises a sublimation tube with one open end. The sublimation tube contains an ingot comprising Zn68 and Cu67 in a ceramic capsule contacting a closed end the sublimation tube. A removable vacuum dome is sealable over the open end of the sublimation tube so that interior of the apparatus can be placed under vacuum.
US12340915B2
An apparatus for producing Pb-212. The apparatus comprises an emanation box that comprises an emanation source comprising a porous non-reactive material. The emanation box receives at least one of Th-228 and Ra-224, wherein the at least one of Th-228 and Ra-224 decays to Rn-220 within the emanation box. The apparatus further includes a carrier gas feed coupled to the emanation box. The carrier gas feed directs an inert gas into the emanation box and the inert gas carries the Rn-220 out of the emanation box through a carrier gas exit port of the emanation box. The apparatus also includes one or more Rn-220 targets coupled to the carrier gas exit port. The carrier gas carries the Rn-220 from the emanation box to the one or more Rn-220 targets and the Rn-220 decays into Pb-212 within the one or more Rn-220 targets. The Pb-212 is directed into the Pb-212 collection container.
US12340911B2
A fuel rack apparatus includes a base plate having an upper surface and a lower surface; and a plurality of rectangular storage tubes coupled to and extending upward from the upper surface of the base plate, the storage tubes arranged in a side-by-side arrangement to form an array of the storage tubes. Each storage tube extends vertically along a longitudinal axis and includes an outer tube defining an inner cavity, and a neutron-absorbing inner plate-assemblage positioned within the outer tube that divides the inner cavity into a plurality of interior flux trap chambers and a fuel storage cell. The inner plate assembly includes a pair of angled chevron plates comprising boron. The chevron plates are arranged to define a hexagonal-shaped fuel storage cell forming triangular-shaped interior flux trap spaces between the chevron plates and the outer tube.
US12340909B2
A computing device may be configured to obtain first data associated with a first simulated surgical procedure and second data associated with a second simulated surgical procedure. The first data and the second data may be associated with a surgical task of the surgical procedure. The computing device may be configured to generate aggregation data from the first data and the second data. The computing device may be configured to determine from the aggregation data a first causal relation between a first surgical choice of the first data and a surgical aspect of the first data and a second causal relation between a second surgical choice of the first data and a corresponding surgical aspect of the second data. The computing device may be configured to display the first causal relation with the first data and the second causal relation with the second data.
US12340904B2
Disclosed is a system that includes a computer-readable medium (CRM) coupling a variety of devices. The variety of devices can include one or more patient wearable sensor devices, a paired patient device, and a patient devices docking station. The system can also include a smart patient care cart, a nurse station, a lift tracker station, and/or an agnostic aggregation station. The system can also include a patient datastore, a facility datastore, a caregiver datastore, a device datastore, a patient state datastore, a patient management datastore, a facility management datastore, a caregiver management datastore, an electronic health record (EHR) system datastore, a health/fitness datastore, and an agnostic aggregation datastore.
US12340902B2
Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for monitoring environmental conditions are provided. For example, a computer-implemented method may include receiving, over a first time period, a plurality of biometric values from each of a plurality of biometric monitoring devices and detecting an environmental condition based on the received biometric values corresponding to two or more users at a same user location. Each of the plurality of biometric monitoring devices may be worn by a different one of a plurality of users. Each of the plurality of biometric values may be detected from one of the plurality of users and have an associated time of capture and an associated user location at time of capture.
US12340897B2
A system and method is provided for planning resources for a plurality of COPD RPM programs. Each RPM program is tailored to a different level of disease acuity. Assessment data is obtained relating to the severity of COPD symptoms in respect of a set of patients currently following one of the RPM programs. For each patient, a prediction is made of which RPM program is most likely to be appropriate for the patient at a future time point and from this a required capacity for each RPM program at said future time point can be derived. The required resources for each RPM program can thus be determined.
US12340895B2
Provided are systems and methods for analyzing sonograms of abdomen to identify presence or absence of free fluid in the abdomen. The systems and methods are useful for performing or assisting with point of care diagnosis of presence of internal bleeding in trauma patients without requiring input from a radiologist or another clinician trained to analyze sonograms for presence or absence of free fluid. Also provided are methods and system for training a medical imaging system for analyzing sonograms of abdomen to identify presence or absence of free fluid in the abdomen.
US12340885B2
Various examples described herein are directed to systems and methods for providing a treatment substance to an animal. A server may receive from a user computing device an indication of the animal to be treated. The server may access an indication of a treatment substance to be provided to the animal and receive from the user computing device, a first current location of the user computing device. The server may determine that the first current location of the user computing device is more than a threshold distance from an expected location of the animal and, based on the determining that the first current location of the user computing device is more than a threshold distance from the expected location of the animal, send an alert message to an administrative user device.
US12340881B2
A method of processing medical implant device data for preoperative patients, the method including storing, by a computer memory, a first list of medical implant devices. The method assigning, by a processor in communication with the computer memory, one or more device-variables to each of the plurality of medical implant devices, and storing, by the computer memory, one or more queries assigned to the one or more device-variables. Further, connecting a client computer with the processor and transmitting to the client computer the one or more queries. Receiving, by the processor, one or more data inputs from the client computer in response to the one or more queries. Generating, by the processor, a second list of medical implant devices as a function of the one or more data inputs received, and transmitting the second list of medical implant devices to the client computer.
US12340880B2
Systems and methods for estimating a net health visit demand of potential patients located in one or more geographic areas include one or more electronic databases that store electronic information associated with the potential patients, health care service providers, and general health visit recommendations for the potential patients. A computing device in communication with the database includes a control circuit configured to calculate an estimated total number of health care visits recommended for the potential patients located in a geographic area within a window of time, and to calculate an estimated total number of health care visits that the health care service providers located in the geographic area can accommodate within the window of time. Based on correlating these numbers, the control circuit generates an output indicating whether the health care visit capacity of health care service providers in the selected geographic area is suggested to be increased or reduced.
US12340877B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for automatic or semi-automatic bioprocess design, execution, and analysis. In one aspect, a system comprises receiving a request to execute a sequence of unit operations specified by a recipe representing a bioprocess, wherein each unit operation defines one or more steps to be performed, generating, for each step of each unit operation, a worksheet representing laboratory effects of performing the step and having a worksheet interface for displaying bioprocess data and receiving execution data, including initializing, for each worksheet, a corresponding electronic laboratory notebook object in an underlying electronic laboratory notebook subsystem, receiving execution data entered into the worksheet interface for a particular step of a first unit operation, and updating, in the electronic laboratory notebook subsystem, the corresponding electronic laboratory notebook object using the execution data.
US12340861B2
In a compute express link (CXL) memory controller system, a system and method to identify memory errors which may require soft package repair or hard package repair to rows of DRAM memory. When data is written to a row of DRAM, the data is immediately and automatically read back and scanned for bit errors. If bit errors are identified, steps are taken to determine if the memory location requires no repair, soft repair, or hard repair. The data is corrected and written back to a new memory location which is memory-mapped to the original location, thus effecting the soft- or hard-repair. The present system and method does not repair the entire row of memory, but only repairs the specific die(s) that exhibit memory error in the row.
US12340857B2
Electronic device for adjusting driving voltage of volatile memory and method for operating the same
An electronic device includes a power management circuit; a volatile memory; and a processor configured to: based on the electronic device starting system booting, identify whether the system booting is initial booting or whether a condition designated in the volatile memory is satisfied, based on identifying that the system booting is the initial booting or the condition is satisfied, identify a lower positive supply voltage (LVDD) value for the volatile memory by testing an LVDD margin for the volatile memory, and based on the LVDD value being less than a reference LVDD value for the volatile memory, drive the volatile memory using the LVDD value.
US12340851B2
Memories might include a controller configured to cause the memory to prepare a first plurality of memory cells of a block of memory cells for programming from an initialization state of the block of memory cells, program the first data to the first plurality of memory cells, and, in response to receiving a write command associated with a second address corresponding to the block of memory cells and with second data before successfully verifying programming of the first data to the first plurality of memory cells, prepare a second plurality of memory cells of the block of memory cells corresponding to the second address for programming without returning the block of memory cells to the initialization state after programming the first data to the first plurality of memory cells.
US12340848B2
A memory device includes a target memory block and a peripheral circuit configured to float local word lines which are coupled to the target memory block while an erase voltage rises toward a target level, apply a first voltage to the local word lines after the erase voltage reaches the target level, and apply one or more group voltages to the local word lines after applying the first voltage.
US12340847B2
A method is described. The method includes performing the following on a flash memory chip: measuring a temperature of the flash memory chip; and, changing a program step size voltage of the flash memory chip because the temperature of the flash memory chip has changed.
US12340832B2
Methods, systems, and devices for circuitry borrowing in memory arrays are described. In one example, a host device may transmit an access command associated with data for a first memory section to a memory device. The first memory section may be located between a second memory section and a third memory section. A first set of circuitry shared by the first memory section and the second memory section may be operated using drivers associated with the first memory section and drivers associated with the second memory section. A second set of circuitry shared by the first memory section and the third memory section may be operated using drivers associated with the first memory section and drivers associated with the third memory section. An access operation may be performed based on operating the first set of circuitry and the second set of circuitry.
US12340829B2
A lubricant including a plurality of segments including a divalent center segment and two sidechain segments, each including a perfluoroalkyl ether moieties is provided in which a dewetting thickness of the lubricant may be determined based in-part on a segment weight average molecular weight of the segments. A magnetic recording medium and a magnetic data storage system including the lubricant are also provided.
US12340821B2
A notification system includes: detection means (110) for detecting an acoustic event from voice data transmitted from a communication terminal held by a target person; and notification means (120) for sending a predetermined notification when the detection means (110) has detected the acoustic event. Accordingly, it is possible to determine the state of a target person regardless of the state of this person. Further, when the difference between an acoustic pattern of the voice data transmitted from the communication terminal and acoustic patterns registered in advance is outside a predetermined range, a management server (101) does not send a notification, whereby it is possible to prevent communication traffic from being increased based on unnecessary notifications.
US12340813B2
Provided is a technique according to which it is possible to obtain a decoded sound signal of high sound quality without significantly increasing the delay time compared to a configuration in which only a decoded sound signal of the minimum necessary sound quality is obtained. In a terminal apparatus connected to a first communication line and a second communication line with a lower priority level there than, sound signals of multiple channels are obtained and output based on a monaural code included in a first code string input from the first communication line and an extended code included in a second code string with the closest frame number to that of the monaural code among extended codes included in the second code string input from the second communication line.
US12340812B2
Controlling a concealment method for a lost audio frame associated with a received audio signal is provided. At least one bin vector of a spectral representation for at least one tone is obtained, wherein the at least one bin vector includes three consecutive bin values for the at least one tone. Whether each of the three consecutive bin values has a complex value or a real value is determined. Responsive to the determination, the three consecutive bin values are processed to estimate a frequency of the at least one tone based on whether each bin value has a complex value or a real value.
US12340798B2
Technology of the disclosure may facilitate user discovery of various voice-based action queries that can be spoken to initiate computer-based actions, such as voice-based action queries that can be provided as spoken input to a computing device to initiate computer-based actions that are particularized to content being viewed or otherwise consumed by the user on the computing device. Some implementations are generally directed to determining, in view of content recently viewed by a user on a computing device, at least one suggested voice-based action query for presentation via the computing device. Some implementations are additionally or alternatively generally directed to receiving at least one suggested voice-based action query at a computing device and providing the suggested voice-based action query as a suggestion in response to input to initiate providing of a voice-based query via the computing device.
US12340780B2
A muffler for a percussion instrument includes a main body configured to engage a drumhead of the percussion instrument to dampen sound of the percussion instrument. The main body includes a middle portion, a first side portion, a second side portion, a first hinge portion, and a second hinge portion. The first hinge portion is disposed between the first side portion and the middle portion and allows the first side portion to be folded over the middle portion. The second hinge portion is disposed between the second side portion and the middle portion and allows the second side portion to be folded over the middle portion.
US12340777B2
Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for technology that identifies a parameter of an internal display, populates a lookup table with the parameter and alternative configuration data if the parameter is related to power consumption, detects a trigger condition during operation of the computing system, and reconfigures the internal display from a first state to a second state in response to the trigger condition based on the lookup table and the alternative configuration data, wherein the internal display and/or a system on chip (SoC) associated with the internal display consumes a reduced amount of power in the second state relative to the first state.
US12340771B2
A method of wavelength selection and a communication apparatus is applied to fields such as optical communication, optical switching, digital central networks, microwave photonics, liquid crystal antennas, optical phased arrays, beam forming, beam scanning, laser radars, laser projection, laser televisions, holographic display, adaptive optics, laser beam shaping, laser processing, ultrafast laser pulse shaping, laser active imaging, optical tomography scanning, and retinal imaging. When port switching occurs in a WSS apparatus, only image data of a changed local image of an LCoS image is updated within each time interval that is shorter than duration of one image frame, and a driving voltage for a pixel on the LCoS display screen is refreshed based on a priority.
US12340768B2
A backlight control chip, a driving method, a backlight control system, and a near-eye display device. The backlight control chip for driving a backlight module, includes: a boosting circuit, configured to receive a variable-frequency clock signal and boost the variable-frequency clock signal into a synchronous signal, wherein both the variable-frequency clock signal and the synchronous signal have the same refresh rate as variable-frequency display; and a gating circuit, configured to at least receive the synchronous signal and frame rate control signals, and control output of the synchronous signal in response to the frame rate control signals.
US12340765B2
The invention provides an image capture device and an image processing method thereof. The image processing method includes the following steps. First, an image signal source is received by a receiving unit, wherein the image signal source has a plurality of image frames and plurality corresponding image information or plurality of corresponding variable refresh rate (VRR) related information. Next, it is determined whether the image signal source is a VRR signal, and a determination result is generated. A time stamp of each image frame is calculated according to the VRR-related information if the determination result is positive, wherein the time stamps correspond to a dynamic frame interval respectively. Next, the image frames are respectively converted into a corresponding output packet. Finally, the output packets are respectively integrated with their respective time stamps to generate a dynamic frame interval output packet.
US12340757B2
Embodiments relate to a display device and driving method thereof. A display device includes a display panel including a pixel arranged thereon, a gate driving circuit configured to supply a scan signal to the pixel, a power control unit configured to output a gate driving voltage to the gate driving circuit, a sensing unit configured to sense an input electric signal and output sensing data, and a timing controller configured to control operations of the gate driving circuit.
US12340748B2
A display device includes a display panel, and a panel driver configured to drive the display panel. In an active period of a frame period, the panel driver generates data voltages based on a gamma voltage, provides the data voltages to a plurality of pixels through a plurality of data lines, and provides scan signals having a gate-on voltage to the plurality of pixels through a plurality of scan lines. In a black period of the frame period, the panel driver outputs a black data voltage to the plurality of data lines, and outputs a gate-off voltage to the plurality of scan lines. In a display-off period, the panel driver outputs the gamma voltage to the plurality of data lines, outputs the gate-off voltage to the plurality of scan lines, and adjusts at least one of the gamma voltage and the gate-off voltage.
US12340743B2
The present disclosure provides a signal selection circuit and a signal selection method of a display panel, and a display device. The display panel has N regions and includes pixel driving circuits and M gate driving circuits for providing M gate driving signals to the pixel driving circuits; each gate driving circuit includes N gate driving sub-circuits, each of which is configured to provide one gate driving signal to the pixel driving circuits in one region; M≥2, N≥2, and M and N are integers; the signal selection circuit includes: M frame start signal lines, each of which is configured to provide a frame start signal for one gate driving circuit; and a selection sub-circuit configured to output frame start signals written by the frame start signal lines to the gate driving sub-circuits corresponding to the regions of the display panel according to a preset sequence.
US12340740B2
A method of aligning a light emitting element includes providing an ink comprising light emitting elements on a substrate, a first electrode and a second electrode being disposed on the substrate and spaced apart from each other, and applying an AC voltage to the first electrode and the second electrode. The AC voltage is controlled so that a maximum value of an output AC voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode is higher than a first threshold voltage and a minimum value of the output AC voltage has a magnitude higher than a second threshold voltage, and the first threshold voltage and the second threshold voltage have a same magnitude and opposite polarities.
US12340736B2
In an embodiment, an electronic display may include an electronic display panel that includes a plurality of display pixels configured to emit light; a first pre-charge voltage source; and a second pre-charge voltage source; and a microdriver that may include: a capacitor coupled at a first terminal to the first pre-charge voltage source and coupled at a second terminal to the second pre-charge voltage source; and a buffer. The buffer may include a positive input terminal coupled to the first pre-charge voltage source and the capacitor; an output terminal coupled to a plurality of driving circuits; and a negative input terminal coupled to the output terminal.
US12340731B2
The present disclosure relates to a drive control device, a drive control method, an information processing system, and an information processing method for an information processing system capable of suppressing the occurrence of banding that occurs in a direct view light emitting diode (LED) display during re-imaging. In order to make luminance of the LEDs lower, lower-order bits used for control using thinned light emission are fixed at 0 to disable the control using thinned light emission, and light emission is controlled for each plurality of LEDs set as a unit using pseudo gradation for gradation control by controlling the number of LEDs that emit light and the positions of the LEDs that emit light. The present disclosure is applicable to a passive-matrix driven LED display device.
US12340722B2
A pixel circuit is provided and configured to drive a first light emitting unit and a second light emitting unit of a sub-pixel to emit light. The pixel circuit includes: an input circuit, a first light emitting control circuit, and a second light emitting control circuit. The input circuit is configured to write a data signal provided by a data signal line to a first node and store the data signal written into the first node, under controlling of a scanning signal provided by a scanning signal line. The first light emitting control circuit is configured to provide a driving current to a second node, under controlling of a first power supply signal provided by a first power supply line, the first node, and a light emitting control signal provided by a light emitting control signal line.
US12340716B2
A display device including a substrate; a first electrode on the substrate; a partitioning wall on the first electrode that includes a first opening that overlaps the first electrode; a touch detection electrode on the partitioning wall; a low refractive layer on the partitioning wall and the touch detection electrode, the low refractive layer including a second opening that overlaps the first opening; and a high refractive layer on the low refractive layer. Planar shapes of the first opening and the second opening are polygons, each including a series of sides, and a distance between one side of the first opening and the second opening is different than another side of the first opening and the second opening in a plan view.
US12340715B2
Provided herein is a label structure for tagging a product item. The label structure includes a first graphic pattern having a first number of pixels and printed on a first portion of the label structure; a second graphic pattern having a second number of pixels and printed on a second portion of the label structure, the second graphic pattern forming an optical code readable by an optical decoding device; and shielding means capable of hiding or making visible the first graphic pattern depending on the values taken by a physical quantity to which the label structure is exposed. The first and second graphic patterns can be observed in combination, when the first graphic pattern is made visible by the shielding means.
US12340705B2
Boundary information for a three-dimensional (3D) flying space is obtained. An input associated with steering a vehicle is received from an input device and location information associated with the vehicle is received from a location sensor. A control signal for the vehicle is generated based at least in part on the boundary information, the input, and the location information. In the event the input would cause the vehicle to cross the boundary of the 3D flying space if obeyed, the control signal for the vehicle is generated so that the vehicle is prevented from crossing the boundary of the 3D flying space. In response to receiving an indication associated with the vehicle landing, the boundary information is modified so that the 3D flying space includes a landing pathway.
US12340701B2
A system for navigating an aircraft, comprising a flight planning system configured to prepare a set of at least three different trajectories for a flight from a departure point to a destination point, a flight verification system configured to verify each trajectory of the set of trajectories, an onboard flight management system to be installed at an aircraft and having a storage unit for storing the set of trajectories, wherein the flight management system is configured to select one of the trajectories from the set of trajectories as an active trajectory for a current flight of the aircraft, wherein the flight management system includes a replanning unit configured to change, during the current flight, the active trajectory by selecting a second trajectory from the set of trajectories as the active trajectory for the current flight, such as to continue the current flight based on the second trajectory t.
US12340700B2
A flight planning system and method include one or more control units configured to determine, from ensemble data, a plurality of flight plans for an aircraft from a departure location to an arrival location. The ensemble data includes an aggregation of data from multiple data sources. In at least one example, the one or more control units are further configured to determine a preferred flight plan from the plurality of flight plans.
US12340698B2
A flight deck system is configured to: receive a data model populated with flight data obtained while performing a core avionics function; receive configuration information from an external source that identifies a specific plurality of flight data items to extract from the data model; extract from the data model data values for the specific plurality of flight data items identified in the configuration information; generate an optical code that encodes the extracted data values; generate an HMI display that provides a selectable link for causing the optical code to be displayed in the aircraft; cause the HMI display to be display on an aircraft display; and cause the optical code to be displayed on an aircraft display responsive to selection of the selectable link; wherein the optical code provides encoded data values corresponding to the specific plurality of flight data items for decoding and display by a mobile device.
US12340691B2
Localization systems, including road surface-based localization systems, are disclosed that may work in conjunction with less precise systems, such as GPS, to accurately locate a vehicle on a road segment. Methods and apparatus are disclosed for the identification and selection of landmarks, including road surface-based landmarks.
US12340689B2
A computer system that performs a remedial action is described. During operation, the computer system may receive information corresponding to traffic conditions in an environment (such as traffic flows in at least a portion of a city), where the information is associated with different types of sources distributed in the environment, and the environment includes multiple intersections and roadways. Then, the computer system may identify an event in at least a portion of the environment based at least in part on the information, such as predicting a change in a traffic condition in the environment in a subsequent time interval. Next, the computer system may perform a remedial action based at least in part on the identified event, such as: providing an alert about the event; providing an instruction based at least in part on the event; and/or modifying traffic management in at least the portion of the environment.
US12340688B2
A system for processing vehicle speed data is disclosed that includes a plurality of speed data systems operating on one or more electronic devices, each speed data system configured to detect vehicle speeds, to generate vehicle speed data for each vehicle and to transmit the vehicle speed data to a central data processing system. The central data processing system operating on one or more electronic devices and configured to receive the vehicle speed data, to transmit user interface control data to a remote device, and to process the vehicle speed data as a function of user-entered data from the remote device to generate a display that incorporates the processed speed data.
US12340678B2
Doorbells can send data to each other to enable a first doorbell user to warn a second doorbell user regarding a suspicious visitor. A first user can indicate a first trait of a visitor via a first remote computing device. The first user can create a user group to enable the members of the user group to use their doorbells to take pictures of suspicious visitors and to send the pictures of the suspicious visitors to other members of the user group.
US12340675B2
A method for detecting an exit of a patient from a hospital bed, the method comprising: detecting a presence of the patient on the bed, upon detection of the patient on the bed, monitoring an indication that the patient has moved from a predetermined patient area on a patient receiving surface of the bed to outside the predetermined patient area, upon detection that the patient has moved outside the predetermined patient area, activating a bed alarm to indicate to a user that an exit of the patient from the hospital bed has been detected, and after monitoring the indication that the patient has moved from the predetermined patient area and further upon receiving a pause command, suspending monitoring the indication that the patient has moved from the predetermined patient area. There is also provided a system for detecting an exit of a patient from a hospital bed.
US12340671B2
A method for monitoring a state of wearing safety protective equipment according to an embodiment includes receiving an image from a site monitoring device installed at an operation site determining whether a work performed in a monitoring area corresponds to a dangerous work by analyzing the image; detecting a target worker and a body area of the target worker when it is determined that the work corresponds to the dangerous work as a result of determining whether the work performed in the monitoring area corresponds to the dangerous work; determining a type of safety protective equipment required for the target worker; and determining the state of the target worker wearing the safety protective equipment.
US12340646B2
Sensors are mounted to surfaces of an intermediate module and a lower module of a media handling device. The sensors report to firmware and the firmware determines whether the lower module is in proper alignment with the intermediate module based on the reported sensor data. A spring plunger is configured with sufficient tension to push the lower module into alignment and a motorized latch controlled by the firmware is configured to pull the lower module into alignment and/or assist the spring plunger in pushing the lower module into alignment. In an embodiment, a lid and a lid alignment rail apparatus is provided to ensure a lid of the lower module is properly latched, aligned, and unlatched.
US12340644B2
Systems and methods for amenity management are described. An amenity management system can include a plurality of amenities and an amenity manager communicatively coupled to the plurality of amenities. The amenity manager can implement a user authentication module configured to generate a user profile including user authentication data and an access status, selectively provide access to the plurality of amenities based on the access status, and update the user profile to include amenity use data for each instance a particular amenity of the plurality of amenities is accessed by the user profile, an amenity status tracking module configured to receive cleanliness data of each of the plurality of amenities, and a user management module configured to update the access status of the user profile based on the user authentication data, the amenity use data, and the cleanliness data.
US12340642B2
An electronic straight shackle lock apparatus and system. Aspects of the present disclosure provide for a keyless, electronic straight shackle lock that provides a high level of security at a relatively low cost and without any opening for a physical mechanical key. Certain embodiments provide for an easy-to-use and compact adapter for a keyless, electronic straight shackle lock and the ability to manually override the electronic lock. Certain benefits and advantages of the present disclosure include a compact and flexible locking system that can be installed on many different enclosures and doors that can be locked and unlocked using an electronic device via a wireless signal.
US12340636B2
A system comprising one or more computing devices implements a vehicle information extraction service. The vehicle information extraction service enables customers to provide access to proprietary encoding protocols used by the customers to communicate over a bus of a vehicle, wherein the proprietary protocols are used by the vehicle information extraction service to perform vehicle information monitoring, while at the same time protecting the confidentiality of the proprietary protocols from being accessed by third parties. Also, the vehicle information extraction service enables streaming of relevant vehicle information corresponding to customer defined event criteria without requiring non-relevant vehicle information to be streamed, which would consume considerable network resources.
US12340635B2
Techniques are described for tracking information regarding the condition history of a vehicle battery using blockchain technology. In an example embodiment, a system comprises a memory that stores computer executable components, and a processor that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components comprise a communication component that receives battery information regarding a condition of a vehicle battery over a period of time prior to installation of the vehicle battery in a vehicle, and a recording component that records the vehicle battery information in a blockchain stored on a blockchain network as the vehicle battery information is received over the period of time.
US12340626B2
A three-dimensional gesture detection device and a three-dimensional gesture detection method are provided. The three-dimensional gesture detection device includes a node detection unit, a gesture recognition model and a gesture trajectory detection unit. The node detection unit obtains several nodes according to each of the hand frames of a continuous hand image. The gesture recognition model obtains confidence levels of several gesture categories. The gesture trajectory detection unit includes a weight analyzer, a gesture analyzer, a key point classifier and a trajectory analyzer. The weight analyzer obtains weights of the gesture categories through a user interface. The gesture analyzer performs a weighting calculation on the confidence levels of the gesture categories to analyze a gesture on each of the hand frames. The key point classifier classifies several key points from the nodes. The trajectory analyzer obtains an inertial trajectory of the gesture according to the key points.
US12340622B2
Systems and methods for increasing a false positive identification rate of a face recognition algorithm are provided. A method includes using a first image sensor, acquiring image data for a first facial image of a person and selecting an application profile for the first facial image. The application profile is selected to modify the image data to alter a value of an image classification feature used by a face recognition algorithm to increase a false positive identification rate of the face recognition algorithm that is configured to match an input facial image with at least one of N stored facial images. The method further includes, modifying an aspect associated with the face of the person, such that a second facial image of the face, when acquired by a second image sensor subsequent to the modification of the aspect, is different from the first facial image.
US12340617B2
A detection device includes a plurality of detection elements arranged in a matrix having a row-column configuration in a detection area, a plurality of scan lines each coupled to the detection elements arranged in a first direction, a drive circuit configured to drive the scan lines, a plurality of output signal lines each coupled to the detection elements arranged in a second direction different from the first direction, and a detection circuit configured to be supplied with detection signals from the detection elements through the output signal lines.
US12340614B2
A system and a method for identifying and tagging individuals present in an image are disclosed. The method comprises detecting a second device present in proximity of a first device, for establishing a connection. The connection may be established while the first device enters in a camera mode. Immediately after the first device captured an image, the first device may receive identity information of individuals from the second device. The identity information of individuals may comprise at least one of images and personal details of the individuals. Based on the received identity information, the first device may identify the individuals present in the image. The identified individuals present in the image may be tagged using their corresponding identities. Such tagging information may be stored in metadata of the image for a later usage.
US12340613B2
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with identifying a document type of an unidentified document based on image features are described. In one embodiment, image pairs are formed by pairing the unidentified document with anchor images from a plurality of anchor images, wherein each anchor image is a known document type. For each image pair, first visual features are extracted from the unidentified document and second visual features are extracted from the paired anchor image. A similarity function is applied to compare the first visual features and the second visual features, and a similarity score is generated for each image pair based on the comparing. The most similar anchor image from the image pairs, which has a greatest similarity score, is identified. The document type of the unidentified document is then predicted as the known document type associated with the most similar anchor image.
US12340612B2
An online document system can allow users to upload a document packages containing multiple individual document files. The online document system then automatically identifies and separates the component documents within an uploaded document package based on a package template for that type of document package. Based on the documents included in the document package, the online document system can automatically take action on the identified documents. The online document system may recognize component documents within a document package using a set of rules defining potential component documents that may appear within the received document package and one or more methods of recognizing each type of component document. In some embodiments, the online document system can improve package templates and recognition of component documents over time using feedback from the importing users through updates to the document identification rules and/or a supplementary probabilistic recognition system.
US12340610B1
A document is received from a document provider. A representation of the document provider associated with the document within a document provider space is determined based at least in part on text boxes and corresponding coordinates associated with the text boxes within the document. The document provider associated with the document is determined based on a measure of similarity. A database is updated to associate the document with the determined document provider.
US12340607B2
Aspects of the present invention relate to a machine learning system that is trained to identify forms, performing a method that includes receiving a form as an input image; identifying a field in the input image; identifying boundaries of the field; identifying locations of characters in the field; creating a two-dimensional space containing special characters; replacing the special characters with the characters in the field; identifying one or more keywords in the field based on identification of words and/or location of words; and responsive to an indication that the identifying one or more keywords yielded an incorrect result, updating the machine learning system. In another aspect, the machine learning system is used to identify forms, and can identify whether a form requires registration and, if registration is required, performing the registration.
US12340604B2
Provided is a method for recognizing a text. The method includes: acquiring a text image; determining at least one text box in the text image, wherein each of the at least one text box corresponds to at least one word; determining, from the at least one text box, a text box to be recognized; determining a picture unit corresponding to the text box to be recognized in the text image; rotating the picture unit to a target posture; and determining a target recognition result by performing text recognition on the picture unit in the target posture.
US12340582B2
The present invention relates to a method for perceiving an event tagging-based situation and a system for same which recognize a plurality of objects by using camera images and apply technology for tracking the movements of the plurality of recognized objects to enable the perception of various situations.
US12340574B2
A utilizing device includes a utilizing-side inference unit that uses a utilizing-side inference network to perform inference from target data, and a utilizing-side transmitting unit that transmits the target data to a learning device when the degree of certainty of the inference result inferred by the utilizing-side inference network is lower than a predetermined criterion. The learning device includes a learning-side inference unit that uses a learning network functioning as a teacher model of a utilizing-side inference network to perform inference from the received target data to generate learning data, a learning unit that generates updated weighting coefficient information indicating weighting coefficients updated by relearning the learning-side inference network which has the same network structure as the utilizing-side inference network by using the learning data, and a learning-side transmitting unit that transmits the updated weighting coefficient information to the utilizing device to update the utilizing-side inference network.
US12340571B2
Various embodiments classify one or more portions of an image based on deriving an “intrinsic” modality. Such intrinsic modality acts as a substitute to a “text” modality in a multi-modal network. A text modality in image processing is typically a natural language text that describes one or more portions of an image. However, explicit natural language text may not be available across one or more domains for training a multi-modal network. Accordingly, various embodiments described herein generate an intrinsic modality, which is also a description of one or more portions of an image, except that such description is not an explicit natural language description, but rather a machine learning model representation. Some embodiments additionally leverage a visual modality obtained from a vision-only model or branch, which may learn domain characteristics that are not present in the multi-modal network. Some embodiments additionally fuse or integrate the intrinsic modality with the visual modality for better generalization.
US12340567B2
A synthetic world interface may be used to model digital environments, sensors, and motions for the evaluation, development, and improvement of localization algorithms. A synthetic data cloud service with a library of sensor primitives, motion generators, and environments with procedural and game-like capabilities, facilitates engineering design for a manufactural solution that has localization capabilities. In some embodiments, a sensor platform simulator operates with a motion orchestrator, an environment orchestrator, an experiment generator, and an experiment runner to test various candidate hardware configurations and localization algorithms in a virtual environment, advantageously speeding development and reducing cost. Thus, examples disclosed herein may relate to virtual reality (VR) or mixed reality (MR) implementations.
US12340561B2
A search system using object contextualization according to an aspect of the present disclosure stores object contextualization data obtained by contextualizing a detected object and attribute information of the object with respect to one or more video files for each frame, in the form of a text file in a big data storage, and searches for a video that meets a search condition with respect to the stored object contextualization data.
US12340559B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for objection classification. One of the methods includes: obtaining a first set of images of objects that have a likelihood of being at a property that satisfies a likelihood threshold; generating, for each object, a binary classifier from a set of images of the respective object; determining, using at least one of the binary classifiers, that an image of an unknown object was classified as an object from the objects; in response to determining, using the binary classifiers, that the image of the unknown object was classified as an object from the objects, selecting a second set of images of unknown objects that does not include the image; and generating a multiclass classifier for use classifying objects using i) the first set as respective classes and ii) the second set that does not include the image.
US12340552B2
Techniques for binarization and extraction of information from image data are disclosed. The inventive concepts include independently binarizing portions of the image data on the basis of individual features, e.g. per connected component, and using multiple different binarization thresholds to obtain the best possible binarization result for each portion of the image data. Determining the quality of each binarization result may be based on attempted recognition and/or extraction of information therefrom. Independently binarized portions may be assembled into a contiguous result. In one embodiment, a method includes: identifying a region of interest within a digital image; generating a plurality of binarized images based on the region of interest using different binarization thresholds; and extracting data from some or all of the plurality of binarized images. The extracted data includes connected components that overlap and/or are obscured by unique background. Corresponding systems and computer program products are disclosed.
US12340550B2
A method for operating a computing system on at least one processor includes performing search space reduction on input data using a first trained artificial intelligence model to generate relevant regions in the input data. The method also includes generating region proposals in the relevant regions using a second trained artificial intelligence model. The method further includes performing unsupervised anomaly classification on the region proposals using a third trained artificial intelligence model to classify each of the region proposals as normal or as an anomaly. The method further includes performing contextual filtering on the region proposals classified as anomalies to determine if any of the region proposals classified as anomalies are contextually normal using a fourth trained artificial intelligence model.
US12340543B2
A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: encoding items of attribute information corresponding to respective three-dimensional points using a parameter; and generating a bitstream including the items of attribute information encoded and the parameter. Each of the items of attribute information belongs to one of at least one layer. Each of the three-dimensional points belongs to one of at least one region. The parameter is determined based on a layer to which an item of attribute information to be encoded in the encoding belongs, and a region to which a three-dimensional point having the item of attribute information to be encoded in the encoding belongs. The parameter included in the bitstream includes a predetermined reference value, a first difference value determined for each of the at least one layer, and a second difference value determined for each of the at least one region.
US12340542B2
A method for analyzing droplets based on images: obtaining a working dye channel image and a reference dye channel image corresponding to a droplet system (S1); separately performing a preset image processing operation on the working dye channel image and the reference dye channel image (S2); using the working dye channel image or the reference dye channel image as a target image (S3), and determining a region in which each droplet is located from within the target image (S4); and on the basis of the determined region in which each droplet is located, analyzing the droplet system (S5). The method can effectively improve the accuracy of droplet analysis. Further provided are a computer device and a storage medium.
US12340539B2
Distances between spatial features such as a clearance height of a bridge over a roadway are determined based on camera images captured in a moving vehicle. A stream of images is captured. The presence of bridge overpasses is recognized in the images. A range between the vehicle and the bridge overpasses is detected at which each respective image is captured. A height of each respective bridge overpass is photometrically determined according to the respective detected range, a respective location on the respective bridge overpass, and a calibration factor. A posted height is recognized in a respective image of a respective one of the bridge overpasses. The calibration factor is revised according to a discrepancy between the respective posted height and the respective photometrically determined height. In succeeding determinations of the monitored distances, the revised calibration factor is employed.
US12340537B2
A device configured to detect a triggering event at a platform and to capture a depth image of items on the platform using a three-dimensional (3D) sensor. The device is further configured to determine an object pose for each item on the platform and to identify one or more cameras from among a plurality of cameras based on the object pose for each item on the platform. The device is further configured to capture one or more images of the items on the platform using the identified cameras and to identify items within the one or more images based on features of the items. The device is further configured to identify a user associated with the identified items on the platform, to identify an account that is associated with the user, and to associate the identified items with the account of the user.
US12340519B2
A method extracts a trajectory of an arrow in a binary image. The method extracts a skeleton of an arrow in the image and splits the skeleton into bones. For each of the bones, the method extends a bone to obtain an extended bone having both ends of the bone reaching a border of the arrow, and warps the extended bone into a straight line using a thin plate spline. For each bone, the method warps the binary image into a warped image using a thin plate spline with same parameters as the thin plate spline used to warp the extended bone into the straight line. For each bone, the method selects a component that includes a center point of the warped image, computes a symmetric error of the selected component, and selects, as the trajectory of the arrow, a bone where the selected component has the lowest symmetric error.
US12340515B2
An image edge detection method for processing an image including multiple pixels includes performing a convolution operation on the image by a gradient operator in a first direction and a gradient operator in a second direction to obtain a first-direction gradient data and a second-direction gradient data, wherein the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction, performing a gradient statistical calculation within a neighboring area of a target pixel of the image according to the first-direction gradient data and the second-direction gradient data to obtain a gradient statistic, and determining an edge significance corresponding to the target pixel according to the gradient statistic.
US12340511B2
Detections in video frames of a video signal, which are output from a machine learning model, are associated to generate a detection chain. Display of a detection in the video signal is caused based on a position of the detection in the detection chain, the confidence value of the detection and the location of the detection.
US12340505B2
A microscopy system comprises a microscope configured to capture raw data and a computing device configured to derive at least one microscope image from the raw data and to run a processing program for processing the microscope image. The computing device is configured to first supply a microscope image which is to be processed with the processing program to a checking program, which checks the supplied microscope image with respect to an evaluation criterion predefined for the processing program. The microscope image is only transmitted to the processing program in the event of a positive checking result.
US12340499B1
The present invention provides a method and system for statistics of thickness of corrosion product film based on image processing, comprising obtaining overall image by stitching plurality of cross-sectional images of the corrosion product film on surface of pipeline; obtaining feature area of the corrosion product film by segmenting the overall image; performing division of the thickness layers on the feature area of the corrosion product film according to number of pixel points in vertical direction of thickness; counting the number of pixel points of each of the thickness layers; obtaining the thickness of each of the thickness layers according to counted number of pixel points; and, performing statistics of thickness after obtaining the overall image representing larger area of the corrosion product film on the surface of pipeline by stitching the plurality of images.
US12340498B2
A method for quality control of contact lens packages comprises receiving a first data set comprising a plurality of images of a contact lens package having physically implanted defects; receiving a second data set comprising a plurality of images of a contact lens package having digitally implanted defects; testing and training, on the first and second data set, a model to determine a validated one or more quality control models; capturing image data of a package of a contact lens; analyzing, based on the validated one or more quality control models, the image data; and causing, based on the analyzing, output of a quality control metric indicative of at least an accept or reject condition of the package.
US12340497B1
Arrays of photovoltaic modules produce power as a result of incident solar radiation. The amount of radiation reaching a solar cell can be decreased due to light-blocking matter adhering to the module surface. The light-blocking or soiling matter can be snow, dirt, or other particulates such as pollen or excrement, and can be detected on the module surface using visible light photography. We have developed an automated image processing routine to estimate the power loss on a photovoltaic array due to partial surface shading, soiling or coverage from time-series visible light photographs. This tool can inform the design of PV systems optimized for particular operating environments, resulting in more efficient PV systems, can be used to inform the development of new technologies, such as anti-soiling coatings, and can help validate the accuracy of PV performance models in locations that see high rates of soiling.
US12340486B1
A method for determining a seam line of orthoimages, method for generating a mosaic image, device, and medium. The method includes: extracting valid area contours of a master image and a slave image respectively through a crawling search method; calculating difference values of valid pixels within an overlapping area between the master and slave images through a difference function, to obtain a difference map of the valid area; if there are more than two intersection points: calculating a position of a centroid of the overlapping area based on coordinates of each contour point of the intersection contour, determining a rectangular window centered on the centroid in the difference map, searching the rectangular window, and taking a position with a smallest difference value as an optimization end and the intersection points as optimization starts; determining, based on the optimization start and optimization end, a seam line through an A* algorithm.
US12340484B2
Apparatuses, systems, and techniques for texture synthesis from small input textures in images using convolutional neural networks. In at least one embodiment, one or more convolutional layers are used in conjunction with one or more transposed convolution operations to generate a large textured output image from a small input textured image while preserving global features and texture, according to various novel techniques described herein.
US12340480B2
Three-dimensional (3D) avatars may be produced by stylizing a dataset of images based on a user-input text prompt input to a stable diffusion model, and using the output stylized dataset of images to train an efficient geometry-aware 3D generative adversarial network (EG3D) model.
US12340478B2
A computing device is configured to determine an initial position and orientation of the computing device within a virtual 3D model of a real-world environment, (ii) capture sensor data that is representative of the real-world environment surrounding the computing device, (iii) based on an analysis of the sensor data, detect an object in the real-world environment, (iv) compare the detected object to data defining physical elements that are represented within the virtual 3D model, (v) identify a given physical element represented within the virtual 3D model that matches the detected object, (vi) update one or more of a position, an orientation, or a presentation of the virtual 3D model in order to align the given physical element with the detected object, and (vii) cause a display screen to present the aligned virtual 3D model as overlaid virtual content on a view of the real-world environment surrounding the computing device.
US12340477B2
Examples of systems and methods for rendering an avatar in a mixed reality environment are disclosed. The systems and methods may be configured to automatically scale an avatar or to render an avatar based on a determined intention of a user, an interesting impulse, environmental stimuli, or user saccade points. The disclosed systems and methods may apply discomfort curves when rendering an avatar. The disclosed systems and methods may provide a more realistic interaction between a human user and an avatar.
US12340473B2
Provided is a technique that trains motor imagery to reinforce brain waves, and a guidance method for motor imagery displays virtual reality including a virtual body part corresponding to a user's real body part the user, detects a movement of the real body part through a motion sensor to track a motion, and visually displays the movement of the virtual body part through the virtual reality according to the tracked motion to induce an ownership feeling that makes the user mistake the virtual body part for the real body part.
US12340468B2
Apparatus and method for lossy displaced mesh compression. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: displacement mapping circuitry/logic to generate an original displacement-mapped mesh by performing a displacement mapping of a plurality of vertices of a base subdivision mesh; and mesh compression circuitry/logic to compress the original displacement-mapped mesh, the mesh compression circuitry/logic comprising a quantizer to quantize the displacement mapping of the plurality of vertices in view of a base mesh to generate a displacement array.
US12340467B2
This specification discloses methods and systems for generating three-dimensional models of deformable objects from two-dimensional images. According to one aspect of this disclosure, there is described a computer implemented method for generating a three dimensional model of deformable object from a two-dimensional image. The method comprises: receiving, as input to an embedding neural network, the two-dimensional image, wherein the two dimensional image comprises an image of an object; generating, using the embedding neural network, an embedded representation of a two-dimensional image; inputting the embedded representation into a learned decoder model; and generating, using the learned decoder model, parameters of the three dimensional model of the object from the embedded representation.
US12340463B2
The control unit generates a 3D view in which the vehicle and its surroundings are viewed from the set viewpoint from the captured images acquired from the imaging unit that captures an image of the surroundings of the vehicle and the polygon model indicating the vehicle, and displays the generated 3D view on the display. Here, when the obstacle detecting unit detects the obstacle 52 existing in the traveling direction of the vehicle, the viewpoint of 3D view displayed on the display can be switched to the viewpoint where the traveling direction of the vehicle 50 can be confirmed and the obstacle 52 is displayed on the display.
US12340461B2
Disclosed herein are aspects for resituating virtual cameras and avatars in a virtual environment. An aspect begins by rendering the virtual environment, including a first avatar and a second avatar. The virtual environment is rendered on a first device, belonging to a first user, and from a perspective of a first virtual camera controlled by the first user. The first avatar represents the first user at a location of the first virtual camera. The second user views the virtual environment from a perspective of a second virtual camera at a location of the second avatar. The aspect proceeds by repositioning the first virtual camera and the first avatar to a first location and resituating the second avatar to a second location. The aspect concludes by sending a message instructing a second device, belonging to the second user, to resituate the second virtual camera to the second location.
US12340448B2
This application provides techniques of generating comment videos. The techniques comprise receiving a selection of a target text video template, wherein the target text video template is associated with synthesis material, and wherein the synthesis material comprises a video track; determining at least one target comment corresponding to the target text video template; segmenting the at least one target comment and obtaining at least one comment segment comprised in each of the at least one target comment; and generating a corresponding comment video by adding the at least one comment segment of each target comment to the synthesis material.
US12340438B2
There is provided an information processing device including a data acquisition unit that acquires sensing data of a real object, a parameter acquisition unit that acquires a predetermined parameter, and an object generation unit that extracts a feature amount from the sensing data and generates a virtual object based on the feature amount, in which the object generation unit adjusts the virtual object according to the predetermined parameter.
US12340432B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for electronically detecting and determining a type of inspection to recommend for a property and/or one or more characteristics of the property using input from multiple computing devices, such as image capturing devices, mobile devices, external data sources, internal data sources, and/or other data sources. A computing device may receive, via a communication interface, a plurality of images of a property. The computing device may determine, based on the plurality of images of the property, a score indicative of a level of care of the property. The computing device may determine, based on the plurality of images of the property, an estimate of a value of the property. Based on the determined score indicative of the level of care of the property and the determined estimate of the value of the property, the computing device may determine a recommendation for a type of inspection to perform on the property. The computing device may send, via the communication interface, the recommendation for the type of inspection for display on a display of a user device.
US12340431B1
Embodiments are directed toward a network-based venue management system comprising a venue management server and one or more location sensors coupled to a network. The sensors are arranged to detect the location of a customer within a venue, as the customer travels within the venue. The venue management server is arranged to receive location information from the sensors and to track the customer, providing real-time geo-location information to the customer and to venue staff.
US12340427B2
Technologies are provided for correlating experimental biological datasets. The disclosed technologies may be used for data dependent socialization for life scientists and organizations. Data dependent socialization may be based on statistical correlations between experimental life science data.
US12340426B2
The present disclosure relates to blockchain and social media, and more specifically, to a unified engagement platform that incentivizes blockchain use and provides avenues for companies to foster brand loyalty amongst consumers. In accordance with aspects and embodiments, a method of facilitating blockchain use is provided. The method comprises providing a social media platform in communication with a blockchain and providing each user of the platform with a blockchain account. Social media influencers and creators, brands, and retailer users of the platform, referred to as partners, are provisioned with a set of digital collectibles having value and are provided with tools to create additional digital collectibles. A partner's digital collectibles are distributed to non-partner users on the platform that support the partner, users referred to as supporters. Supporters may obtain digital collectibles by purchasing them, by engaging in social media activity that benefits the partner, offering the digital collectible, or digital collectibles may be offered by partners as contest and sweepstakes prizes. The platform uses the blockchain for the construction, management, and distribution of all digital collectibles, and each time a digital collectible is created or distributed, a transaction must be posted to the blockchain to complete the distribution.
US12340418B2
A system and a method for collecting and using market data. The system includes a workstation, where at least one message is entered, a transmitter, where the at least one message is transmitted, a parser for parsing the at least one message, a data recognizer for identifying relevant information in the at least one message, a processor for extracting the relevant information and a communicator for communicating the relevant information.
US12340393B2
A system and method for messaging-triggered sales lead redirection which uses an interaction control server to facilitate initial communications between potential buyers and sales representatives of sellers. In an embodiment, the system comprises a triggering application installed on a mobile phone of a user (potential buyer), a media gateway server which provides context-aware advertising and through which potential buyers may be connected directly with sales representatives of a seller, and an interaction control server which controls the messaging between the mobile device and the media gateway server.
US12340392B2
The presently disclosed subject matter aims to provide a system and method for detecting potential ad frauds by determining color content resemblance of at least one pixel of an ad media displayed within at least one given placement on a plurality of user devices, and a desired color of the at least one pixel.
US12340379B2
The disclosure relates to a method for streamlining baggage screening across modes of transportation. The method includes scanning a baggage item at an airport and uploading scanned baggage imagery of the contents and license plate identification to a secure cloud storage system. A screening manifest is generated which lists an additional mode of transportation requiring different screening rules. The contents of the stored baggage imagery are reanalyzed according to these different rules and regulations, to determine compliance, and creates a baggage authorization record. Based on the compliance result, represented by an indicium affixed to the baggage, a trusted custody handler can directly deliver the baggage to the next mode of transportation without additional screening, or direct it for further security screening if non-compliant. This system improves efficiency and security in multi-modal transportation networks.
US12340372B2
Disclosed are exemplary embodiments of systems and methods for facilitating services associated with transaction requests. In an exemplary embodiment, a method generally includes receiving, from a first entity, a transaction request for a payment account transaction. The transaction request includes a primary account number (PAN) for a payment account involved in the transaction. The exemplary method also includes overwriting the PAN in the transaction request with a non-PAN identifier (NPI), where a first segment of the PAN is identical to a first segment of the NPI and where the NPI is an invalid PAN. The exemplary method further includes routing the transaction request to a service, whereby the service is able to be implemented for the transaction request based, in part, on the first segment of the NPI while the PAN remains anonymous to the service.
US12340360B2
Self-checkout vehicle systems and methods comprising a self-checkout vehicle having a camera(s), a weight sensor(s), and a processor configured to: (i) identify via computer vision a merchandise item selected by a shopper based on an identifier affixed to the selected item, and (ii) calculate a price of the merchandise item based on the identification and weight of the selected item. Computer vision systems and methods for identifying merchandise selected by a shopper comprising a processor configured to: (i) identify an identifier affixed to the selected merchandise and an item category of the selected merchandise, and (ii) compare the identifier and item category identified in each respective image to determine the most likely identification of the merchandise.
US12340358B2
A software agent, comprising a machine learning algorithm trained to engage in a conversation with a customer to take an order, receives an utterance from a customer. The utterance is converted to text and an analysis of the text performed. If the software agent determines, based on the analysis, that the software agent is untrained to respond to the text, the software agent establishes a connection to a point-of-sale device associated with a human agent. The human agent may perform a modification (e.g., an edit to the text, a modification to a cart, or provide input) to a modifiable portion displayed by the point-of-sale device. The software agent, based at least in part on the modification, resumes the conversation with the customer. The human agent does not directly interact with the customer during the conversation between the software agent and the customer.
US12340357B1
Described are systems and methods for in-facility purchase of items from a single seller when those items are offered for sale by multiple sellers. For example, a materials handling facility may include two or more sellers (Seller A and Seller B) that offer items for sale within the facility. A user may pick items from Seller A and items from Seller B and complete an in-facility purchase of those picked items from one of the sellers, such as Seller B, by payment of the purchase price and applicable taxes to that seller. At a subsequent time, for example when the user exits the facility, Seller B may pay Seller A at least a portion of the purchase price for the Seller A items sold by Seller B as part of the in-facility purchase.
US12340354B2
An improved financial terminal automatically reconfigures into different financial processing terminal types. In one embodiment, the terminal comprises a housing; a card reader configured to accept at least a portion of a card having an integrated circuit; at least one display; at least one processor; and at least one memory configured to store machine readable code, the machine readable code comprising a first kernel corresponding to a first transaction type and a second kernel corresponding to a second transaction type.
US12340344B2
A registration device includes a shelf including a sensor and on which a commodity is placed, a camera configured to capture an image of a first area and a second area outside the first area, and a processor configured to start tracking of a customer who has entered the second area from outside based on the image captured by the camera, determine whether the commodity is taken from the shelf based on changes in weight measured by the sensor, upon determining that the commodity has been taken, determine whether the tracked customer performs a particular action within the first area, upon determining that the tracked customer has performed the particular action, determine whether the customer has entered the second area, and upon determining that the customer has entered the second area, register the taken commodity as a commodity being purchased by the customer.
US12340331B2
An information processing device of the present disclosure is used in a mounting system including multiple mounting-related devices each having a display section that visually notifies an operator of information and an attachment portion to which a member is attached and related to a process of mounting a component on a processing target object, and a moving work device that is moved between the multiple mounting-related devices to automatically attach and detach the member to and from the attachment portion. The information processing device includes a control section that outputs, to the display section, notification information including work details that are substitutable by the operator in association with a status of the moving work device based on a predetermined priority order based on continuation of processes of the mounting-related devices.
US12340322B2
One computer-implemented method comprises receiving requests to create subforms associated with a digitally stored expense trip preapproval form; in a particular subform, receiving input specifying input values for attributes of the particular subform, the plurality of input values collectively specifying the travel expense item; programmatically transmitting, to a price modeling server, a query comprising the input values and requesting a cost value for a travel item corresponding to the input values, and receiving a predicted cost of the travel expense item; automatically updating the particular subform to display the predicted cost and to populate the predicted cost into a total cost attribute, the total cost attribute being separate from the predicted cost; receiving an updated value of the total cost attribute and updating it; in response to determining that the updated total cost attribute differs from the predicted cost, presenting a notification specifying an amount of the difference.
US12340315B2
Embodiments disclosed herein relate to methods, systems, and computer programs for automatically determining an outcome associated with a reasoning graph, based on one or more data sets. The methods, systems, and computer programs compare hash values associated with different data sets to determine if they match to assign the outcome associated with a pre-existing hash to the later provided hash and data set associated therewith.
US12340300B1
Improved placement of memory and functional modules, ‘tiles’, within a tiled processor architecture are disclosed for linear algebra calculations involving vectors and matrices comprising large amounts of data. The improved placement places the data in close proximity to the functional modules performing calculations using the data. These modules enable these calculations to be performed more quickly while using less energy. These modules, in particular, improve the efficiency of the training and application of deep learning and artificial neural network systems. This Abstract and the independent Claims are concise signifiers of embodiments of the claimed inventions. The Abstract does not limit the scope of the claimed inventions.
US12340292B1
A network operation system and method accesses a training dataset for a network operation predictive model including historical network operation records and historical decision records, generates an inferred protected class dataset by executing a protected class demographic model, executes an algorithmic bias model using as input the historical decision records and the inferred protected class dataset to generate one or more fairness metrics, executes, based on the fairness metrics, a bias adjustment model using as input the historical decision records and the inferred protected class dataset to generate an adjusted training dataset, trains the network operation predictive model using as input the adjusted training dataset, receives an electronic request for a network operation, executes the network operation predictive model using as input at least one attribute of the electronic request for the network operation, and executes the network operation based on a prediction of the network operation predictive model.
US12340289B2
A system for predicting alimentary element ordering based on biological extraction includes a computing device configured to identify an alimentary profile, wherein identifying further comprises obtaining a biological extraction of a user, determining an alimentary element order chronicle of a user, and identifying the alimentary profile as a function of the biological extraction and the alimentary element order chronicle, determine an edible of interest, wherein determining the edible further comprises receiving a datum as a function of an edible database, and determining the edible of interest as a function of the alimentary profile and the datum, obtain a nourishment information associated to the edible of interest, and generate a nourishment score as a function of the edible of interest and the nourishment information.
US12340282B2
Methods, apparatuses, and systems associated with anomaly detection and resolution are described. Examples can include detecting, via a sensor of a robot, an object in a path of the robot while the robot is performing a task in an environment and classifying the object as an anomaly or a non-anomaly and the environment as anomalous or non-anomalous using a machine learning model. Examples can include proceeding with the task responsive to classification of the object as a non-anomaly and the environment as non-anomalous and resolving the anomaly or the anomalous environment and proceeding with the task responsive to classification of the object as an anomaly or the environment as anomalous.
US12340274B2
Technology to map classical data into quantum bits includes generating a set of complex feature vectors based upon a set of classical digital data; converting the complex feature vectors to a complex wave via wave expansion, the complex wave providing a feature representation in a transformed domain, and generating quantum vectors based on the complex wave, wherein the quantum vectors are to be submitted to a quantum computing device. Generating a set of complex feature vectors can include selecting a sequence of data points from the classical digital data and transforming the sequence of data points into a frequency domain. Generating quantum vectors can include determining vector coordinates for each of the quantum vectors. Each of the quantum vectors can be defined by a respective pair of parameters, where submitting the quantum vectors to a quantum computing device includes submitting each respective pair of parameters to the quantum computing device.
US12340271B2
To suppress an increase in processing time due to a load of inference processing while improving reading accuracy by the inference processing of machine learning. An optical information reading device includes a processor including: an inference processing part that inputs a code image to a neural network and executes inference processing of generating an ideal image corresponding to the code image; and a decoding processing part that executes first decoding processing of decoding the code image and second decoding processing of decoding the ideal image generated by the inference processing part. The processor executes the inference processing and the first decoding processing in parallel, and executes the second decoding processing after completion of the inference processing.
US12340262B2
There is provided a computer-implemented method for remote delegation of cryptographic processing from an application to other entities. The method including: structuring the cryptographic package with an application programming interface (API) as an engine of the cryptographic package and each provider including a dynamic-link library (dll) of an instance of the API; registering the API to a cryptographic library as a new crypto suite through the engine; implementing a control policy at a control entity to provide runtime input to the providers; receiving an API call from the application to implement a cryptographic action via the API, the API selecting the cryptographic scheme to implement the action.
US12340260B2
A first data accessor acquires a lock associated with a critical section. The first data accessor initiates a help session associated with a first operation of the critical section. In the help session, a second data accessor (which has not acquired the first lock) performs one or more sub-operations of the first operation. The first data accessor releases the lock after at least the first operation has been completed.
US12340250B2
A system and method for multi-region deployment of application jobs in a federated cloud computing infrastructure. A job is received for execution in two or more regions of the federated cloud computing infrastructure, each of the two or more regions comprising a collection of servers joined in a raft group for separate, regional execution of the job generating a copy of the job for each of the two or more regions. The job is then deployed to the two or more regions, the workload orchestrator deploying the job according to a deployment plan. A state indication is received from each of the two or more regions, the state indication representing a state of completion of the job by each respective region of the multi-cloud computing infrastructure.
US12340245B2
Techniques related to scheduling and load balancing media tasks across heterogeneous hardware units are discussed. Such techniques include estimating completion times of received media tasks and, after submission of the media task to a selected hardware, only checking status of the media task after the estimated completion time.
US12340243B2
A computer implemented method includes granting a subscriber client access to a cloud service-based resource group within a subscriber controlled computing environment. The subscriber controlled computing environment has a virtual network. A direct network connection is established via the virtual network to a domain controller in the subscriber controlled computing environment. The virtual network is extended to a subscriber client virtual machine in a producer cloud service. The subscriber client virtual machine is then joined with the virtual network. Access to the subscriber client virtual machine is provided via the subscriber controlled computing environment and virtual network.
US12340232B2
The present disclosure is directed to integrating mobile application plug-ins. For example, a method may include: at run-time of a host application, initializing, by the host application, a plurality of plug-ins; in response to initializing the plurality of plug-ins, establishing a set of supported services provided between a plurality of components comprising a native component of the host application and the plurality of plug-ins; detecting a request for a service from a first component of the plurality of components; and in response to determining that the requested service is one of the supported services, routing the requested service to a second component of the plurality of components, the second component being different than the first component.
US12340230B2
A network-connected boot device connection refresh system includes a computing device that is coupled to a boot device via a network, and that includes an initialization subsystem. As part of an initialization of the computing device, the initialization subsystem performs first network-level connection operations that do not result in a connection to the boot device. If the initialization subsystem then determines that a boot device connection refresh should be performed, it performs Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)-level reconnection operations followed by second network-level connection operations that result in a connection to the boot device, and provides the boot device as an option for completing the initialization of the computing device.
US12340223B2
Branch prediction techniques for pipelined microprocessors are disclosed. A microprocessor for branch predictor selection includes a fetch stage configured to retrieve instructions from a memory. A buffer is configured to store instructions retrieved by the fetch stage, and one or more pipelined stages configured to execute the instructions stored in the buffer. The branch predictor, communicatively coupled to the buffer and the one or more pipelined stages, is configured to select a branch target predictor from a set of branch target predictors. Each of the branch target predictors comprise a trained model associated with a previously executed instruction to identify a target branch path for the instruction currently being executed based on the selected branch target predictor.
US12340221B2
A system for processing a plurality of concurrent threads comprising: a reconfigurable processing grid, comprising logical elements and a context storage for storing thread contexts, each thread context for one of a plurality of concurrent threads, each implementing a dataflow graph comprising an identified operation; and a hardware processor configured for configuring the at reconfigurable processing grid for: executing a first thread of the plurality of concurrent threads; and while executing the first thread: storing a runtime context value of the first thread in the context storage; while waiting for completion of the identified operation by identified logical elements, executing the identified operation of a second thread by the identified logical element; and when execution of the identified operation of the first thread completes: retrieving the runtime context value of the first thread from the context storage; and executing another operation of the first thread.
US12340206B2
An information processing apparatus and a firmware update method. The information processing apparatus updates firmware of the controller, updates the firmware of the operation device while the operation device is in operation, and updates respective firmware concurrently at least a part of time.
US12340203B2
A firmware upgrade method of a network storage includes inquiring, by the network storage, about a latest firmware version for the network storage from a firmware upgrade platform through a network, and based on the latest firmware version being inconsistent with a current firmware version of the network storage, downloading, by the network storage, the latest firmware version from the firmware upgrade platform through the network and performing a firmware upgrade based on the latest firmware version.
US12340195B2
A system is presented that includes a communication link, a runtime processor coupled to the communication link, and a reconfigurable processor. The reconfigurable processor is adapted for generating an interrupt to the runtime processor in response to a predetermined event and includes multiple arrays of coarse-grained reconfigurable (CGR) units and an interface to the communication link that couples the reconfigurable processor to the runtime processor via the communication link. The runtime processor is adapted for configuring the interface to the communication link to provide access to the multiple arrays of coarse-grained reconfigurable units from a physical function driver and from at least one virtual function driver, and the reconfigurable processor is adapted for sending the interrupt to the physical function driver and to a virtual function driver of the at least one virtual function driver within the runtime processor.
US12340191B1
Provided herein is a method for reviewing code. The method can comprise parsing the code to generate a structural representation of the code, wherein the structural representation comprises a graph representative of the code. The method can comprise processing the code and the structural representation to generate a context for the code based at least in part on the graph. The method can comprise processing the context and a set of prompts to generate a set of contextualized prompts, wherein at least two prompts in the set of prompts are specific for different categories of issues. The method can comprise prompting a first set of language models with the set of contextualized prompts to generate a set of issue reports. The method can comprise prompting a second set of language models to generate a set of validated issue reports comprising a set of non-hallucinated issue report.
US12340178B2
Generating synthetic user data for training and evaluation of machine learning-based language models
A system generates synthetic user profiles. The system receives various user profile parameters including a trajectory representing variation of relevance scores of epochs. The trajectory may be specified using any representation of a graph, including an image representation of a line graph, a set of tuples representing coordinates of the trajectory, or a natural language description of the trajectory. The user profile parameters may specify characteristics of epochs including the number of epochs, the aggregate time period of the epochs, and lengths of various epochs. The system generates a synthetic user profile using a machine learning-based language model. The system generates a user profile comprising a sequence of epochs such that the relevance scores of the sequence of epochs varies over time according to the specified trajectory. The synthetic user profiles may be used for training or evaluation of a machine learning-based models or systems based on such models.
US12340173B2
The invention relates to a semantic data acquisition, storage and presentation system comprising SentenceClasses wherein SentenceClasses comprise SentenceClassLabels and SentenceClassData, each such label in the form of a RelationalPhrase or an alias thereof, and data, for each class, organized in conformance with the class-defining relation, as expressed in the form of the RelationalPhrase. Instantiation of SentenceClasses, by replacing substitution variables in RelationalPhrases with associated items of SentenceClassData, produces Sentences that provides context to the instantiated items. The system of the invention also comprises methods and processes including for: acquiring, transforming and recording data; operating on SentenceClasses including forming new SentenceClasses; and instantiating, rendering and presenting Sentences in human or machine-readable format.
US12340172B2
Techniques for improving a semantic parser of a dialog system, by breaking the semantic parser into a coarse semantic parser and a fine semantic parser, are described. A method described herein includes accessing an utterance received in a dialog system. The utterance is a text-based natural language expression. The method further includes applying a coarse semantic parser to the utterance to determine an intermediate logical form for the utterance. The intermediate logical form indicates one or more intents in the utterance. The method further includes applying a fine semantic parser to the intermediate logical form to determine a logical form for the utterance. The logical form is a syntactic expression of the utterance according to an established grammar, and the logical form includes one or more parameters of the one or more intents. The logical form can be used to conduct a dialog with a user of the dialog system.
US12340169B2
Electronic document generation systems and methods include a processor, a memory component communicatively coupled to the processor, and machine-readable instructions. The machine-readable instructions cause the system to access an electronic document generation template including placeholders with nesting values indicative of a number populating conditions to generate an electronic document, populate one or more placeholders associated with corresponding nesting values of zero with data from a master data store or data that is based on a user input to a prompt, prompt, via a graphical user interface, the user to respond to one or more conditional prompts, populate one or more placeholders associated with the next lowest corresponding nesting value based on a user input to the one or more conditional prompts, and generate the electronic document based on the one or more placeholders as populated via the electronic document generation template for display on the graphical user interface.
US12340166B2
Techniques for document decomposition based on determined logical visual layering of document content. The techniques include iteratively identifying a plurality of logical visual layers of a document resulting in each logical visual layer being associated with one or more document content objects of the document. The one or more document content objects associated with each logical visual layer are annotated to be indicative of the associated logical visual layer. The document is then displayed with an indication of one or more of the annotated document objects.
US12340161B2
A computer implemented method for a multi-layer integrated circuit routing tool connecting sources with nets to sinks in a hierarchical multi-layer integrated circuit design environment, the method including creating a cycle reach table containing a first set of information parameters for two dimensional nets per metal layer combination, creating a repeater reach table containing a second set of information parameters per constraint class, preparing a working list of nets, preparing a list of blocks larger than repeater reach dimensions, connecting a source pin to a sink pin on preassigned metal layers, by routing the net based on the given constraint class.
US12340160B2
A memory cell array includes a first and a second column of memory cells, a first and a second bit line, a source line and a first set of vias. The second bit line includes a first conductive line located on a first metal layer, and a second conductive line located on a second metal layer. The first and second conductive lines overlap a source of a transistor of a memory cell of the second column of memory cells. The source line is coupled to the first and second column of memory cells. The first set of vias is electrically coupled to the first and second conductive line. A pair of vias of the first set of vias is located above where the first conductive line overlaps each memory cell of the second column of memory cells.
US12340156B2
A system and method for generation of a hardware description for adding interface protection scheme to an electronic design. The electronic design and interface protection scheme are defined as parameters. An interface protection model includes interface protection implementation parameters that describe the implementation details of the interface protection. A hardware description module uses the electronic design parameters and the interface protection implementation parameters to create a hardware description. The interface protection scheme can be a built-in protection scheme, a user defined scheme, a scheme that includes place holders that the user may define later, and a combination of the preceding.
US12340155B2
A method includes: loading a circuit design including a plurality of combinational elements and controlled by a user clock; detecting strongly connected components (SCCs) corresponding to the plurality of combinational elements in the circuit design; inserting a plurality of break registers into the circuit design, each break register being between two combinational elements of a corresponding SCC of the SCCs to break the corresponding SCC, the plurality of break registers being clocked by a relaxation clock; detecting, by a processor, during an emulation run of the circuit design, one or more value mismatches across an input pin and an output pin of one or more break registers of the plurality of break registers based on a relaxation cycle of the relaxation clock, the one or more break registers being associated with one or more SCCs exhibiting instability; and reporting an instability event based on the one or more value mismatches.
US12340153B2
A computer-implemented method for simulating a magnetic field within an electromagnetic device for use in evaluating the electromagnetic device. The method comprises: obtaining a digital design of the electromagnetic device, the digital design comprising geometric data representing a geometry of the electromagnetic device and material data representing material properties of the electromagnetic device; obtaining magnetic field data representing a magnetic field pattern that would be generated through operation of the digital design of the electromagnetic device; and converting the magnetic field data into virtual current data, wherein the virtual current data represents the magnetic field pattern as one or more virtual currents that would create an estimated magnetic field pattern that substantially matches the magnetic field pattern.
US12340152B1
A large-scale underground shield docking model test platform and a test method using the same are provided. The test platform includes a test soil tank, a partition wall, a shield docking model, and a freezing system. The test soil tank is of an underground foundation pit structure, the partition wall is disposed in the test soil tank to separate the test soil tank into a filling area and a non-filling area. The shield docking model is disposed in the filling area and is a reduced-scale test model. The shield docking model is provided with the freezing system, including a refrigeration system, a coolant circulation system, and freezing pipes. The freezing pipes are arranged on the shield docking model and are connected to the refrigeration system through the coolant circulation system. The refrigeration system is placed on a laminate in the non-filling area of the test soil tank.
US12340150B2
A processor may receive a building design of the building having one or more design components. A processor may receive, from at least one data collection device, a geographical location with one or more environmental parameters. A processor may simulate a virtual reality environment of the building design in the geographical location interacting with the one or more environmental parameters. A processor may augment the building design to an updated building design. The updated building design may be augmented based on the one or more environmental parameters.
US12340147B1
This disclosure is directed to methods, apparatuses, and systems for providing content streams with highly targeted, interactive content in a personalized manner. A content producer can generate a user-generic content stream associated with one or more user-specific content flags, which can describe how the user-specific content can be presented along with the content stream. A content-provider can purchase or otherwise acquire the rights to insert their user-specific content into another content provider's user-generic content. Both the user-specific and user-generic content can be provided to the user by means of a voice-controlled device associated with a cloud-based profile of the user. A user can interact with the personalized content to receive supplemental information.
US12340136B2
Provided are a display apparatus and a method of operating the display apparatus. The display apparatus is configured to convert an input signal from a device controller into a control signal, identify an operation mode of the display apparatus as one of a menu mode for changing settings of the display apparatus and a content play control mode for controlling content displayed on the display, identify a control target device based on the identified operation mode; process the control signal based on the identified control target device and transmit the processed control signal to the control target device.
US12340133B2
An image forming apparatus includes a processor configured to: obtain print information including a setting of a predetermined specific page and predetermined verification information, the predetermined specific page being indicated by print data which is to be subjected to printing processing; convert the print data into image data in a printable format for each output page; embed the predetermined verification information into the image data of an output page including the predetermined specific page; request a user to provide the verification information so as to obtain the verification information when printing the output page with the embedded verification information; and execute printing processing if the embedded verification information and the obtained verification information match each other.
US12340132B2
A method for a printer including a transport device including an endless transport belt supported on a pair of support rollers, which between them define a medium support plane, over which medium support plane a print station is provided. The method includes transporting in parallel a plurality of individual print media perpendicular to a scanning direction of the print station on the medium support plane, the print media having different dimensions; determining positions of the individual print media based on the determined positions; and jetting marking material for forming a designated image specific for each print medium on each respective print medium. The above steps are repeated such that print media are printed in a plurality of parallel lanes on the medium support plane perpendicular to the scanning direction. The printer is provided with a plurality of guiding bars extending in the transport direction and positioned at a side of at least one lane of the plurality of parallel lanes in order to guide the individual print media into one of the plurality of parallel lanes. The printer includes a print controller for controlling the print process for a digital image to be printed, the print controller including two print queues for receiving digital images to be printed by the printer. It is established if the digital image requires to be right aligned or left aligned along a guiding bar. In case of a required left alignment, the digital image is added to a first print queue of the two print queues. In case of a required right alignment, the digital image is added to a second print queue of the two print queues.
US12340129B2
An example image forming apparatus includes an input interface, an output interface, a memory, and a processor. The processor is to output information related to whether a function of the image forming apparatus is enabled through the output interface, based on the function of the image forming apparatus being disabled, output information indicating whether a size of the memory corresponding to the disabled function is allocated, and based on receiving a signal to remove a memory size allocated to the disabled function through the input interface, remove the memory size allocated to the disabled function and adjusts an allocation state of the memory size to a user setting state.
US12340118B2
Mechanisms for prioritizing read commands over write commands to a storage device are provided, the mechanisms comprising: determining counts of read commands targeting a plurality of portions of the storage device; calculating a threshold based on a function of an average of the counts of read commands targeting the plurality of portions of the storage device; determining that a count of read command(s) targeting one of the plurality of portions of the storage device meets the threshold; and in response to determining that the count of read command(s) targeting the one of the plurality of portions of the storage device meets the threshold, prioritizing a read command to access the one of the plurality of portions of the storage device over at least one write command.
US12340117B2
Examples described herein include systems and methods which include a multiple input, multiple output transceiver including a plurality of receive antenna configured to receive a plurality of receive signals, and a wireless receiver coupled to the plurality of antenna and configured to receive and decode the plurality of receive signals. The transceiver includes a memory array and a memory controller. The memory controller includes a data address generator configured to, during the decode of the plurality of receive signals, generate at least one memory address according to an access mode of a memory command associated with a memory access operation. The at least one memory address corresponds to a specific sequence of memory access instructions to access a memory cell of the memory array.
US12340116B2
A memory system may include a storage device, a buffer memory and a memory controller. The buffer memory may include a first portion and a second portion. The memory controller may detect a set event, store external data in the first portion before the event is detected, and store the external data in the second portion after the event is detected. The external data is associated with a read request or a write request from an external device.
US12340115B2
In an aspect, a memory device includes page buffers and a controller coupled to the page buffers. Each of the page buffers includes N data latches configured to store data, where N is a positive integer. The controller is configured to receive data that includes data units, wherein each of the data units includes N bits, store the data units in the N data latches, convert the data stored in the N data latches based on a table, and program cells of the memory device based on the converted data. The table include N rows and 2N columns of bits. Bits from column 2N−1+2 to column 2N in Nth row of the table are identical.
US12340110B1
Replicating a dataset in a storage system operating in a reduced power mode, including: detecting that the storage system should enter the reduced power mode; entering the reduced power mode; and performing, while in the reduced power mode, one or more data replication operations associated with the dataset, including selecting, from amongst a plurality of data communication mechanisms, a data communication mechanism to utilize for performing the one or more data replication operations.
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Performance deterioration of a storage system is prevented. A storage controller includes one or more processors, and one or more memories configured to store one or more programs to be executed by the one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to execute conversion of converting metadata before conversion for controlling the storage system into metadata after conversion in a format corresponding to a new controller newly installed in the storage system, execute control of switching an access destination between the metadata before conversion and the metadata after conversion according to an access control code during the conversion, and access the metadata before conversion without using the access control code before start of the conversion.
US12340099B2
A read-modify-write operation is performed, within a single cycle of a clock signal, by: decoding an address to select a word line of a memory; applying a word line signal at a first voltage level to the selected word line; reading a current data word from a data word location in the memory; reducing the word line signal from the first voltage level to the second voltage level; performing a mathematical modify operation internally within the memory on the current data word to generate a modified data word; increasing the word line signal from the second voltage level to the first voltage level; and writing the modified data word back to the location in the memory.
US12340087B2
A computer implemented method comprises accessing data stored in memory of the computer system, wherein the memory includes a faster access storage medium and a slower access storage medium; determining respective exponential moving averages of a number of access operations performed on respective memory locations of the memory; and transferring a portion of the data into the faster access storage medium and transferring a portion of the data into the slower access storage medium according to the determined exponential moving average.
